[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 71 (Thursday, June 4, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D585-D586]
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                                             Thursday, June 4, 1998

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      The House agreed to the Conference Report on S. 1150, 
      Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 
      1997--Clearing the Measure.
      The House passed H.R. 3433, Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency 
      Act.
      House Committees ordered reported 7 sundry measures.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5583-S5663
Measures Introduced: Five bills and six resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2130-2134, S.J. Res. 47-48, S. Con. Res. 101-102, and S. 
Res. 242-243.
  Page S5634
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 2132, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1999. (S. Rept. No. 200)
  S. 1301, to amend title 11, United States Code, to provide for 
consumer bankruptcy protection, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
Page S5634
Measures Passed:
  Commending UNLV Men's Golf Team: Senate agreed to S. Res. 243, to 
commend and congratulate the University of Nevada Las Vegas men's golf 
team on winning the team's first National Collegiate Athletic 
Association Championship.
  Page S5662
  Recognizing Disabled American Veterans: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 
102, recognizing disabled American veterans.
  Pages S5662-63
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 S5584-S5601, S5604-30
Adopted:
  Daschle (for Durbin) Amendment No. 2438 (to Amendment No. 2437, 
listed below), of a perfecting nature. (By 29 yeas to 66 nays, one 
responding present (Vote No. 149), Senate earlier failed to table the 
amendment.)
Pages S5591-S5601, S5622
Pending:
  Gregg/Leahy Amendment No. 2433 (to Amendment No. 2420), to modify the 
provisions relating to civil liability for tobacco manufacturers. 
                                                             Page S5584
  Gregg/Leahy Amendment No. 2434 (to Amendment No. 2433), in the nature 
of a substitute.
Page S5584
  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 S5584
  Daschle (for Durbin) Amendment No. 2437 (to Amendment No. 2436), 
relating to reductions in underage tobacco usage.
Page S5584
  Lott (for Coverdell) Modified Amendment No. 2451 (to Amendment No. 
2437), to stop illegal drugs from entering the United States, to 
provide additional resources to combat illegal drugs, and to establish 
disincentives for teenagers to use illegal drugs.
Pages S5622-30
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the modified 
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute (Amendment No. 2440) 
and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing 
Rules of the Senate, a vote on the cloture motion will occur on Monday, 
June 11, 1998.
Page S5605

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  Senate will resume consideration of the bill on Friday, June 5, 1998.
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Yvette Kane, of Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge for 
the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
  James M. Munley, of Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge 
for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
  Thomas J. Whelan, of California, to be United States District Judge 
for the Southern District of California.
  Edward L. Romero, of New Mexico, to serve concurrently and without 
additional compensation as Ambassador to Andorra.
Page S5663
Messages From the President:
  Pages S5631-32
Messages From the House:
  Page S5632
Measures Referred:
  Page S5632
Communications:
  Pages S5632-33
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S5634
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S5634-37
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S5637-38
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S5641-52
Notices of Hearings:
  Pages S5652-53
Authority for Committees:
  Page S5653
Additional Statements:
  Pages S5653-61
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--149) 
                                                             Page S5622
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 7:45 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Friday, June 5, 1998. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S5663.)