[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 79 (Wednesday, June 17, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D649-D650]
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                                           Wednesday, June 17, 1998

[[Page D649]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House Committees ordered reported 12 sundry measures, including 
      the following appropriations for fiscal year 1999: Defense; and 
      Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6433-6505
Measures Introduced: Six bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2181-2186, and S. Res. 250.                  
  Pages S6487-88
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 S6441-63, S6465-81
Pending:
  Gregg/Leahy Amendment No. 2433 (to Amendment No. 2420), to modify the 
provisions relating to civil liability for tobacco manufacturers. 
                                                             Page S6441
  Gregg/Leahy Amendment No. 2434 (to Amendment No. 2433), in the nature 
of a substitute.                                             
Page S6441
  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 S6441
  Daschle (for Durbin) Amendment No. 2437 (to Amendment No. 2436), 
relating to reductions in underage tobacco usage.            
Page S6441
  Ford Modified Amendment No. 2707 (to Amendment No. 2437), to provide 
assistance for eligible producers experiencing losses of farm income 
during the 1997 through 2004 crop years.                     
Page S6441
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 57 yeas to 42 nays (Vote No. 161), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
failed to close further debate on the modified committee amendment in 
the nature of a substitute (Amendment No. 2420).         
Pages S6473-79
  By 53 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. 162), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected a motion to waive the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with 
respect to consideration of the bill. Subsequently, a point of order 
that the bill was in violation of section 302 of the Congressional 
Budget Act was sustained, and pursuant to section 312(f) of the 
Congressional Budget Act, the bill was recommitted to the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation.                   
Pages S6479-81
Energy and Water Development Appropriations: Senate began consideration 
of S. 2138, making appropriations for energy and water development for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999.               
  Pages S6481-85
  Senate will continue consideration of the bill on Thursday, June 18, 
1998.
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Ida L. Castro, of New York, to be a Member of the Equal Employment 
Opportunity Commission for a term expiring July 1, 2003.
  2 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  A routine list in the Coast Guard.                         
Page S6505
Communications:                                          
  Pages S6486-87
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S6487
Statements on Introduced Bills:                          
  Pages S6488-96
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S6496-97

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Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S6498-99
Authority for Committees:                             
  Pages S6499-S6500
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S6500-05
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--162) 
                                                      Page S6479, S6481
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 6:56 p.m., 
until 10 a.m., on Thursday, June 18, 1998. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S6505.)