[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 66 (Thursday, May 21, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D545-D547]
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                                             Thursday, May 21, 1998

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      The House passed H.R. 3616, National Defense Authorization Act 
      for Fiscal Year 1999.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5247-S5358
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and three resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2105-2111, S. Res. 233-234, and S. Con. Res. 98. 
                                                             Page S5322
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  H.R. 1151, to amend the Federal Credit Union Act to clarify existing 
law and ratify the longstanding policy of the National Credit Union 
Administration Board with regard to field of membership of Federal 
credit unions, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. 
Rept. No. 105-193)
  H.R. 824, to redesignate the Federal building located at 717 Madison 
Place, NW., in the District of Columbia, as the ``Howard T. Markey 
National Courts Building''.
  S. 1298, to designate a Federal building located in Florence, 
Alabama, as the ``Justice John McKinley Federal Building''.
  S. 1355, to designate the United States courthouse located in New 
Haven, Connecticut, as the ``Richard C. Lee United States Courthouse''.
  S. 1800, to designate the Federal building and United States 
courthouse located at 85 Marconi Boulevard in Columbus, Ohio, as the 
``Joseph P. Kinneary United States Courthouse''.
  S. 1892, to provide that a person closely related to a judge of a 
court exercising judicial power under article III of the United States 
Constitution (other than the Supreme Court) may not be appointed as a 
judge of the same court, and for other purposes.
  S. 1898, to designate the Federal building located at 1301 Clay 
Street in Oakland, California, as the ``Ronald V. Dellums Federal 
Building''.
  S. 2022, to provide for the improvement of interstate criminal 
justice identification, information, communications, and forensics, 
with an amendment.
  S. 2032, to designate the Federal building in Juneau, Alaska, as the 
``Hurff A. Saunders Federal Building''.
  S. 2073, to authorize appropriations for the National Center for 
Missing and Exploited Children, with an amendment.
Page S5321
Measures Passed:
  Congressional Adjournment: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 98, 
providing for a conditional adjournment or recess of the Senate and 
House of Representatives.
  Page S5280
  National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Service: Senate agreed 
to H. Con. Res. 171, declaring the memorial service sponsored by the 
National Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Memorial Service Board of 
Directors to honor emergency medical services personnel to be the 
``National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Service''.
  Page S5356
  U.S. Agriculture Import Restrictions: Committee on Finance was 
discharged from consideration of S. Con. Res. 73, expressing the sense 
of Congress that the European Union is unfairly restricting the 
importation of United States agriculture products and the elimination 
of such restrictions should be a top priority in trade negotiations 
with the European Union, and the resolution was then agreed to. 
                                                             Page S5356
  Restitution Subsidies Waiver: Committee on Finance was discharged 
from consideration of S. Res. 232, to express the sense of the Senate 
that the European Union should waive the penalty for failure to use 
restitution subsidies for barley to the United States and ensure that 
restitution or other subsidies are not used for similar sales in the 
United States and that the President, the United States Trade 
Representative, and the Secretary of Agriculture should conduct an 
investigation of and report on the sale and subsidies, and the 
resolution was then agreed to.
  Pages S5356-57

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  Testimony and Document Production Authorization: Senate agreed to S. 
Res. 233, to authorize testimony and document production and 
representation of Senate employees in People v. James Eugene Arenas. 
                                                             Page S5357
  Honoring Stuart Balderson: Senate agreed to S. Res. 234, to honor 
Stuart Balderson.
  Page S5358
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 S5247-S5314
Pending:
  Gregg/Leahy Amendment No. 2433 (to Amendment No. 2420), to modify the 
provisions relating to civil liability for tobacco manufacturers. (By 
37 yeas to 61 nays, two responding present (Vote No. 145), Senate 
failed to table the amendment.)
Pages S5248-69, S5280-91
  Gregg/Leahy Amendment No. 2434 (to Amendment No. 2420), in the nature 
of a substitute. (The amendment fell when Amendment No. 2433, listed 
above, was tabled.)
Pages S5270-80, S5291
  Gramm Motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on Finance with 
instructions to report back forthwith, with Amendment No. 2436, to 
modify the provisions relating to civil liability for tobacco 
manufacturers, and to eliminate the marriage penalty reflected in the 
standard deduction and to ensure the earned income credit takes into 
account the elimination of such penalty.
Pages S5291-93
  Daschle (for Durbin) Amendment No. 2437 (to Amendment No. 2436), 
relating to reductions in underaged tobacco usage.
Pages S5292-93
  Daschle (for Durbin) Amendment No. 2438 (to Amendment No. 2437), of a 
perfecting nature.
Pages S5292-93
Iran Missile Proliferation Sanctions Act: Pursuant to the order of 
April 3, 1998, Senate will consider H.R. 2709, to impose certain 
sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to Iran's 
efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles, on Friday, 
May 22, 1998.
  Pages S5308-09, S5358
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaty:
  Protocol to Extradition Treaty with Mexico (Treaty Doc. 105-46).
  The treaty was transmitted to the Senate today, considered as having 
been read for the first time, and referred, with accompanying papers, 
to the Committee on Foreign Relations and was ordered to be printed. 
                                                             Page S5357
Messages from the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, a report concerning the ratification of the Protocols 
to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on the accession of Poland, 
Hungary, and the Czech Republic; to the Committee on Foreign Relations. 
(PM-129).
Page S5317
  Transmitting a report concerning the ratification of the Protocols to 
the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on the accession of Poland, Hungary, 
and the Czech Republic; to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (PM-
130).
Pages S5317-18
  Transmitting a report concerning the ratification of the Protocols to 
the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on the accession of Poland, Hungary, 
and the Czech Republic; to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (PM-
131).
Page S5318
  Transmitting the report of the National Endowment for the Humanities 
for calendar year 1997; referred to the Committee on Labor and Human 
Resources. (PM-132).
Page S5318
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Fred P. Hochberg, of New York, to be Deputy Administrator of the 
Small Business Administration.
  Jeanne Hurley Simon, of Illinois, to be a Member of the National 
Commission on Libraries and Information Science for a term expiring 
July 19, 2002.
  David R. Oliver, of Idaho, to be Deputy Under Secretary of Defense 
for Acquisition and Technology.
  William James Ivey, of Tennessee, to be Chairperson of the National 
Endowment for the Arts for a term of four years.
  Robert H. Beatty, Jr., of West Virginia, to be a Member of the 
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission for a term expiring 
August 30, 2004.
  Thomas Ehrlich, of California, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service for a 
term of five years.
  Dorothy A. Johnson, of Michigan, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service for a 
term of five years.
  William Joseph Burns, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the 
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
  Ryan Clark Crocker, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Syrian 
Arab Republic.
  Routine lists in the Foreign Service.
Pages S5269, S5355-56, S5358

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Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Richard M. Berman, of New York, to be United States District Judge 
for the Southern District of New York.
  Donovan W. Frank, of Minnesota, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Minnesota.
  Colleen McMahon, of New York, to be United States District Judge for 
the Southern District of New York.
  William H. Pauley III, of New York, to be United States District 
Judge for the Southern District of New York.
  Michael S. Dukakis, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Reform 
Board (AMTRAK) for a term of five years.
  Sylvia de Leon, of Texas, to be a Member of the Reform Board (AMTRAK) 
for a term of five years.
  Linwood Holton, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Reform Board 
(AMTRAK) for a term of five years.
  Amy M. Rosen, of New Jersey, to be a Member of the Reform Board 
(AMTRAK) for a term of five years.
  John Robert Smith, of Mississippi, to be a Member of the Reform Board 
(AMTRAK) for a term of five years. (New Position)
  Tommy G. Thompson, of Wisconsin, to be a Member of the Reform Board 
(AMTRAK) for a term of five years. (New Position)
Page S5358
Messages From the President:
  Pages S5317-18
Messages From the House:
  Page S5318
Measures Referred:
  Page S5318
Communications:
  Pages S5318-21
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Pages S5321-22
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S5322-33
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S5333-34
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S5334-42
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S5342
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S5342-43
Additional Statements:
  Pages S5343-55
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total-145) 
                                                         Pages S5290-91
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 8:10 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Friday, May 22, 1998. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S5358.)