[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 65 (Wednesday, May 20, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D536-D537]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                            Wednesday, May 20, 1998

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House Committees ordered reported 14 sundry measures.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5149-S5246
Measures Introduced: Eleven bills were introduced, as follows: 2094-
2104.
  Pages S5217-18
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. Con. Res. 30, expressing the sense of the Congress that the 
Republic of China should be admitted to multilateral economic 
institutions, including the International Monetary Fund and the 
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Page S5217
Universal Tobacco Settlement Act: Senate continued consideration of S. 
1415, to reform and restructure the processes by which tobacco products 
are manufactured, marketed, and distributed, to prevent the use of 
tobacco products by minors, and to redress the adverse health effects 
of tobacco use, with a modified committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute (Amendment No. 2420), taking action on amendments proposed 
thereto, as follows:
  Pages S5149-S5215, S5245-46
Rejected:
  Kennedy/Lautenberg Amendment No. 2422 (to Amendment No. 2420), to 
modify those provisions relating to revenues from payments made by 
participating tobacco companies. (By 58 yeas to 30 nays, one responding 
present (Vote No. 144), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S5149-90
  Ashcroft Modified Amendment No. 2427 (to Amendment No. 2422), to 
strike those provisions relating to consumer taxes. (By 72 yeas to 26 
nays, one responding present (Vote No. 143), Senate tabled the 
amendment.)
Pages S5151-88
Pending:
  Gregg/Leahy Amendment No. 2433 (to Amendment No. 2420), to modify the 
provisions relating to civil liability for tobacco manufacturers. 
                                                      Pages S5192-S5202
  Gregg/Leahy Amendment No. 2434 (to Amendment No. 2420), in the nature 
of a substitute.
Pages S5194-S5202
  Senate will continue consideration of the bill and the amendments 
pending thereto on Thursday, May 21, 1998.
Child Support Performance and Incentive Act: Senate insisted on its 
amendments to H.R. 3130, to provide for an alternative penalty 
procedure for States that fail to meet Federal child support data 
processing requirements, to reform Federal incentive payments for 
effective child support performance, and to provide for a more flexible 
penalty procedure for States that violate interjurisdictional adoption 
requirements, agreed to the request of the House for a conference 
thereon, and the Chair appointed the following conferees: from the 
Committee on Finance: Senators Roth, Chafee, Grassley, Moynihan, and 
Baucus; and from the Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Senators 
Jeffords, Coats, and Kennedy.
  Page S5245
Message From the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report of disapproval of the District of Columbia 
Student Opportunity Scholarship Act of 1998 (S. 1502). (PM-128) 
                                                             Page S5216
Messages From the President:
  Page S5216
Messages From the House:
  Page S5217
Measures Referred:
  Page S5217
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S5217
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S5218-37
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S5237-38
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S5238-40
Authority for Committees:
  Page S5240
Additional Statements:
  Pages S5240-44
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--144) 
                                                         Pages S5188-90

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Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 8:25 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, May 21, 1998. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S5245.)