[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 80 (Thursday, June 18, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D657-D659]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                            Thursday, June 18, 1998

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Energy and Water Appropriations, 1999.
      House committee ordered reported the Legislative appropriations 
      for fiscal year 1999.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6507-S6640
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2187-2193, and S. Res. 251.                      
  Page S6564
Measures Passed:
  Congratulating the Detroit Red Wings: Senate agreed to S. Res. 251, 
to congratulate the Detroit Red Wings on winning the 1998 National 
Hockey League Stanley Cup Championship and proving themselves to be one 
of the best teams in NHL history.                        
  Pages S6529-30
  Energy and Water Development Appropriations, 1999: By 98 yeas to 1 
nay (Vote No. 165), Senate passed S. 2138, making appropriations for 
energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1999, after taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows: 
                                               Pages S6507-21, S6524-48
Adopted:
  Gorton (for Inouye) Amendment No. 2713, to provide funds for 
assistance in a study of measures to increase the efficiency of 
existing water systems that serve sugar cane plantations in Hawaii. 
                                                     Pages S6508, S6530
  Jeffords Modified Amendment No. 2715, to increase funding for energy 
supply, research, and development activities relating to renewable 
energy sources.                                          
Pages S6516-18
  Domenici (for Daschle) Amendment No. 2717, to make funds available 
for the Omaha District of the Army Corps of Engineers to pay certain 
claims.                                                      
Page S6531
  Domenici (for Lautenberg/Torricelli) Amendment No. 2718, to provide 
funds for continued construction of the Joseph G. Minish Passaic River 
waterfront park and historic area.                           
Page S6531
  Domenici (for Levin/Glenn) Amendment No. 2719, to make funds 
available for demonstration of sediment remediation technology. 
                                                             Page S6531
  Domenici (for Biden) Amendment No. 2720, to make funds available for 
the Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention Program.        
Page S6531
  Domenici (for Levin) Amendment No. 2721, to make funds available for 
Belle Isle Shoreline erosion protection, Riverfront Rowers to 
Renaissance Center shoreline protection, and for the Great Lakes Basin, 
Sea Lamprey Control, all Michigan projects.                  
Page S6531
  Domenici (for Reid) Amendment No. 2722, to provide funding for the 
isotope ratio capabilities at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. 
                                                             Page S6531
  Domenici (for Cleland) Amendment No. 2723, to make funds available 
for the Atlanta Watershed, Atlanta, Georgia project.         
Page S6531
  Domenici (for Levin) Amendment No. 2724, to make funds available for 
support of the National Contaminated Sediment Task Force.    
Page S6531
  Domenici/Reid Amendment No. 2725, to increase funding for science 
activities of the Department of Energy.                      
Page S6531
  Domenici (for Dorgan/Conrad) Amendment No. 2726, to provide for a 
two-year payment waiver for a Bureau of Reclamation project in 
Dickenson, North Dakota.                                     
Page S6541
  Domenici (for Murray/Gorton) Modified Amendment No. 2727, to increase 
funding for energy supply programs of the Department of Energy. 
                                                     Pages S6541, S6548
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that S. 2138 
remain at the desk pending receipt of the House companion measure, that 
all after the enacting clause be stricken and the text of S. 2138, as 
passed by the Senate, be inserted in lieu thereof, that the bill be 
passed, the Senate insist on its amendment, request a conference with 
the House

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thereon, the Chair be authorized to appoint the following conferees on 
the part of the Senate: Senators Domenici, Cochran, Gorton, McConnell, 
Bennett, Burns, Craig, Stevens, Reid, Byrd, Hollings, Murray, Kohl, 
Dorgan, and Inouye; and that the passage of S. 2138 be vitiated, and S. 
2138 be indefinitely postponed.                              
Page S6548
Withdrawn:
  Coats Modified Amendment No. 2716, to provide authority for States to 
limit the interstate transportation of municipal solid waste. 
                                                         Pages S6525-31
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 54 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 164), Senate agreed to table a motion 
to waive the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to 
consideration of Daschle Amendment No. 2714, to reform and structure 
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, and the amendment 
thus fell.                                               
Pages S6508-11
  By 96 yeas to 2 nays (Vote No. 163), Senate agreed to a motion to 
instruct the Sergeant at Arms to request the attendance of absent 
Senators.                                                    
Page S6510
  Coastal Barrier Boundary Corrections: Senate passed S. 1104, to 
direct the Secretary of the Interior to make corrections in maps 
relating to the Coastal Barrier Resources System.            
  Page S6638
  Life Insurance Payment Precedence: Senate passed H.R. 1316, to amend 
chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code, with respect to the order of 
precedence to be applied in the payment of life insurance benefits, 
clearing the measure for the President.                     
  Pages S6638
  Indian Employment and Training Programs: Senate passed S. 1279, to 
amend the Indian Employment, Training and Related Services 
Demonstration Act of 1992 to provide for the transfer of services and 
personnel from the Bureau of Indian Affairs to the Office of Self-
Governance, to emphasize the need for job creation on Indian 
reservations, after agreeing to a committee amendment in the nature of 
a substitute.                                            
  Pages S6638-39
Agriculture Appropriations, 1999: Senate began consideration of S. 
2159, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1999, taking action on amendments proposed 
thereto, as follows:                           
  Pages S6548-57, S6559-62
Pending:
  Daschle Amendment No. 2729, to reform and structure 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.                       
Page S6462
Department of Defense Authorizations: Senate resumed consideration of 
S. 2057, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1999 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, and to prescribe 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, with the 
following amendments proposed thereto:                       
  Page S6637
Pending:
  Feinstein Amendment No. 2405, to express the sense of the Senate 
regarding the Indian nuclear tests.                          
Page S6637
  Brownback Amendment No. 2407 (to Amendment No. 2405), to repeal a 
restriction on the provision of certain assistance and other transfers 
to Pakistan.                                                 
Page S6637
  Senate will continue consideration of the bill on Friday, June 19, 
1998.
Appointments:
  Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group Meeting: The Chair, on behalf of 
the Vice President, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 276h-276k, as amended, 
appointed the following Senators as members of the Senate Delegation to 
the Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group Meeting during the Second 
Session of the 105th Congress, to be held in Morelia, Mexico, June 19-
21, 1998: Senators Roberts and Sessions.                     
  Page S6637
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Q. Todd Dickinson, of Pennsylvania, to be Deputy Commissioner of 
Patents and Trademarks.
  Michael H. Trujillo, of New Mexico, to be Director of the Indian 
Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services. 
                                                  Pages S6637-38, S6640
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  John Bruce Craig, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Sultanate 
of Oman.
  Robert C. Felder, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Benin.
  James Vela Ledesma, of California, to be Ambassador to the Gabonese 
Republic and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation 
as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
America to the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe.
  Elizabeth Davenport McKune, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
State of Qatar.

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  George Mu, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Cote 
d'Ivoire.
  Robert Cephas Perry, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Central 
African Republic.
  David Michael Satterfield, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Lebanon.
  Joseph Gerard Sullivan, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Angola.
  Diane Edith Watson, of California, to be Ambassador to the Federated 
States of Micronesia.
  Melissa Foelsch Wells, of Connecticut, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Estonia.
  Kent M. Wiedemann, of California, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of 
Cambodia.
  3 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.
  A routine list in the Foreign Service.                 
Pages S6639-40
Messages From the House:                                     
  Page S6563
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S6563
Measures Placed on Calendar:                                 
  Page S6563
Communications:                                              
  Page S6563
Petitions:                                               
  Pages S6563-64
Statements on Introduced Bills:                          
  Pages S6564-80
Additional Cosponsors:                                       
  Page S6580
Amendments Submitted:                                 
  Pages S6581-S6632
Notices of Hearings:                                         
  Page S6632
Authority for Committees:                                    
  Page S6632
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S6632-37
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--165) 
                                                  Pages S6510-11, S6541
Quorum Calls: One quorum call was taken today. (Total--2)    
  Page S6510
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and adjourned at 7:43 p.m., 
until 10 a.m., on Friday, June 19, 1998. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S6639.)