[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 74 (Wednesday, June 10, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D609-D610]
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                                           Wednesday, June 10, 1998

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6001-S6129
Measures Introduced: Four bills and four resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2152-2155, S.J. Res. 50 and 51, S. Res. 246, and S. Con. 
Res. 103.
  Page S6037
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  H.R. 2614, to improve the reading and literacy skills of children and 
families by improving in-service instructional practices for teachers 
who teach reading, to stimulate the development of more high-quality 
family literacy programs, to support extended learning-time 
opportunities for children, to ensure that children can read well and 
independently not later than third grade, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 105-208)
  H. Con. Res. 131, expressing the sense of Congress regarding the 
ocean, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 
105-209)
  S.J. Res. 41, approving the location of a Martin Luther King, Jr., 
Memorial in the Nation's Capital. (S. Rept. No. 105-210)
  S. 1683, to transfer administrative jurisdiction over part of the 
Lake Chelan National Recreation Area from the Secretary of the Interior 
to the Secretary of Agriculture for inclusion in the Wenatchee National 
Forest, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Page S6037
Measures Passed:
  Senate Chamber Photograph: Senate agreed to S. Res. 246, authorizing 
the taking of a photograph in the Chamber of the United States Senate. 
                                                             Page S6115
  International Year of the Ocean: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 131, 
acknowledging 1998 as the International Year of the Ocean and 
expressing these sense of the Congress regarding the ocean, after 
agreeing to a committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                         Pages S6115-16
  Federal Reports Elimination Act: Senate passed S. 1364, to eliminate 
unnecessary and wasteful Federal reports, after agreeing to committee 
amendments, and the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S6116-27
  Collins (for Levin/McCain) Amendment No. 2570, to provide for 
additional reports.
Pages S6226-27
  Indian Mineral Leasing: Senate passed S. 2069, to permit the mineral 
leasing of Indian land located within the Fort Berthold Indian 
Reservation in any case in which there is consent from a majority 
interest in the parcel of land under consideration for lease, after 
agreeing to a committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S6127
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 S6001-03, S6005, S6007-08, S6010-33
Adopted:
  Gramm Modified Amendment No. 2686 (to Amendment No. 2437), to 
eliminate the marriage penalty reflected in the standard deduction, to 
ensure the earned income credit takes into account the elimination of 
such penalty, and to provide a full deduction for health insurance 
costs of self-employed individuals. (By 48 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 
154), Senate failed to table the amendment.)
Pages S6030-31
Rejected:
  Daschle Amendment No. 2688 (to Amendment No. 2437), to provide a 
deduction for two-earner married couples, and to allow self-employed 
individuals a 100-percent deduction for health care insurance costs. 
(By 55 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 155), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                                         Pages S6031-33
Pending:
  Gregg/Leahy Amendment No. 2433 (to Amendment No. 2420), to modify the 
provisions relating to civil liability for tobacco manufacturers. 
                                                             Page S6001
  Gregg/Leahy Amendment No. 2434 (to Amendment No. 2433), in the nature 
of a substitute.
Page S6001

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  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 S6001
  Daschle (for Durbin) Amendment No. 2437 (to Amendment No. 2436), 
relating to reductions in underage tobacco usage.
Page S6001
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 43 yeas to 55 nays (Vote No.153), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
failed to agree to close further debate on the modified committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute (Amendment No. 2440). 
                                                          Page S6001-02
  A vote on a third cloture motion will occur Thursday, June 11, 1998.
U.S. Holocaust Assets Commissions Act: Senate concurred in the 
amendment of the House to S. 1900, to establish a commission to examine 
issues pertaining to the disposition of Holocaust-era assets in the 
United States before, during, and after World War II, and to make 
recommendations to the President on further action, clearing the 
measure for the President.
  Pages S6127-29
Messages From the House:
  Page S6034
Measures Referred:
  Page S6034
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Pages S6034-35
Petitions:
  Pages S6035-37
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S6037-52
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S6052-53
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S6054-S6111
Authority for Committees:
  Page S6111
Additional Statements:
  Pages S6111-15
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--155) 
                                           Pages S6001-02, S6031, S6033
Adjournment: Senate convened at 11 a.m., and adjourned at 7:44 p.m., 
until 9:45 p.m., on Thursday, June 11, 1998. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S6129.)