[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 68 (Monday, June 1, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D564-D565]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                               Monday, June 1, 1998

[[Page D564]]


                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5489-S5526
Measures Introduced: Two resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 
Res. 238 and 239.
  Page S5517
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  Reported on Wednesday, May 27, during the adjournment:
  H.R. 2232, to provide for increased international broadcasting 
activities to China, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 2126, to amend section 502B of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
to require information on foreign government officials responsible for 
egregious offenses against human rights in the annual reports on the 
human rights practices of countries receiving United States security 
assistance.
Pages S5516-17
Reported today:
  Report to accompany S. 1360, Border Improvement and Immigration Act. 
(S. Rept. No. 105-197)
  S. 1531, to deauthorize certain portions of the project for 
navigation, Bass Harbor, Maine.
  S. 1532, to amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 to 
deauthorize the remainder of the project at East Boothbay Harbor, 
Maine.
Page S5517
Measures Passed:
  Authorizing Testimony/Production of Documents: Senate agreed to S. 
Res. 239, to authorize testimony and document production and 
representation of Senate employees in Pointe Properties, Inc., et al. 
v. Michael J. Bevenour, et al.
  Pages S5525-26
Universal Tobacco Settlement Act: Senate resumed 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 S5494-S5511
Pending:
  Gregg/Leahy Amendment No. 2433 (to Amendment No. 2420), to modify the 
provisions relating to civil liability for tobacco manufacturers. 
                                                             Page S5494
  Gregg/Leahy Amendment No. 2434 (to Amendment No. 2420), in the nature 
of a substitute.
Page S5494
  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.
Page S5494
  Daschle (for Durbin) Amendment No. 2437 (to Amendment No. 2436), 
relating to reductions in underage tobacco usage.
Page S5494
  Daschle (for Durbin) Amendment No. 2438 (to Amendment No. 2437), of a 
perfecting nature.
Page S5494
  Senate will continue consideration of the bill on Tuesday, June 2, 
1998.
Nuclear Waste Policy Act--Cloture Vote Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing for consideration of the motion to 
proceed to consideration of H.R. 1270, to amend the Nuclear Waste 
Policy Act of 1982, with a cloture vote to occur thereon at 6 p.m. 
                                                             Page S5526
Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing for the consideration of the nomination of Rosemary S. 
Pooler, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Second 
Circuit, on Tuesday, June 2, 1998, with a vote to occur thereon. 
                                                             Page S5525

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Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  Chester J. Straub, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Second Circuit.
Pages S5525-26
Messages From the House:
  Pages S5511-12
Communications:
  Pages S5512-15
Petitions:
  Pages S5515-16
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S5517
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S5521
Additional Statements:
  Pages S5521-25
Adjournment: Senate convened at 12 noon, and adjourned at 6:23 p.m. 
until 9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, June 2, 1998. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5526.)