[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 76 (Friday, June 12, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D628-D629]
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                                              Friday, June 12, 1998

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6273-S6307
Measures Introduced: Two bills were introduced, as follows: S. 2168-
2169.
  Page S6295
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 1104, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to make corrections 
in maps relating to the Coastal Barrier Resources System. (S. Rept. No. 
105-214)
  S. 2038, to amend the John F. Kennedy Center Act to authorize 
appropriations for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 
and to further define the criteria for capital repair and operation and 
maintenance, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. 
No. 105-215)
  S. 2168, making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans 
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent 
agencies, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1999. (S. Rept. No. 105-216)
  S. 887, to establish in the National Service the National Underground 
Railroad Network to Freedom program. (S. Rept. No. 105-217) 
                                                             Page S6295
Measures Passed:
  Commemorating U.S.-Philippines Relations: Committee on Foreign 
Relations was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 235, 
commemorating 100 years of relations between the people of the United 
States and the people of the Philippines, and the resolution was then 
agreed to.
  Pages S6289-90
  Carl D. Perkins Vocational-Technical Education Act: Committee on 
Labor and Human Resources was discharged from further consideration of 
H.R. 1853, to amend the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied 
Technology Education Act, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing 
to the following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S6306-07
  Hagel (for Jeffords) Amendment No. 2704, in the nature of a 
substitute.
Page S6306
  Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair appointed the following conferees: 
Senators Jeffords, Coats, Gregg, Frist, DeWine, Enzi, Hutchinson, 
Collins, Warner, McConnell, Kennedy, Dodd, Harkin, Mikulski, Bingaman, 
Wellstone, Murray, and Reed.
Pages S6306-07
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 S6275-89
Pending:
  Gregg/Leahy Amendment No. 2433 (to Amendment No. 2420), to modify the 
provisions relating to civil liability for tobacco manufacturers. 
                                                             Page S6276
  Gregg/Leahy Amendment No. 2434 (to Amendment No. 2433), in the nature 
of a substitute.
Page S6276
  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 S6276
  Daschle (for Durbin) Amendment No. 2437 (to Amendment No. 2436), 
relating to reductions in underage tobacco usage.
Page S6276
  Reed Amendment No. 2702 (to Amendment No. 2437), to disallow tax 
deductions for advertising, promotional, and marketing expenses 
relating to tobacco product use unless certain requirements are met. 
                                                         Pages S6276-89
  Senate will continue consideration of the bill on Monday, June 15, 
1998.
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Wilma A. Lewis, of the District of Columbia, to be United States 
Attorney for the District of Columbia for the term of four years. 
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Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S6306
Communications:
  Page S6292
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S6295-96
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S6296
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S6296-S6305
Additional Statements:
  Pages S6305-06
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 1:56 p.m., 
until 1 p.m., on Monday, June 15, 1998. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S6307.)