[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 83 (Tuesday, June 23, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D683-D685]
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                                             Tuesday, June 23, 1998

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6833-S6916
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and one resolution were introduced as 
follows: S. 2202-2208 and S. Res. 253.
  Pages S6885-86
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 1754, to amend the Public Health Service Act to consolidate and 
reauthorize health professions and minority and disadvantaged health 
professions and disadvantaged health education programs, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 105-220)
  S. Res. 237, expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the 
situation in Indonesia and East Timor.
Page S6883
Measures Passed:
  Energy and Water Development Appropriations: Pursuant to the order of 
June 18, 1998, Senate passed H.R. 4060, making appropriations for 
energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1999, after striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in 
lieu thereof the text of S. 2138, Senate companion measure, as passed 
by the Senate. Also, pursuant to the order of June 18, 1998, Senate 
insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the House 
thereon, and the following conferees were appointed on the part of the 
Senate: Senators Domenici, Cochran, Gorton, McConnell, Bennett, Burns, 
Craig, Stevens, Reid, Byrd, Hollings, Murray, Kohl, Dorgan, and Inouye.
                                                             Page S6861
  Subsequently, the passage of S. 2138 was vitiated and the measure was 
indefinitely postponed.
Page S6861
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, taking 
action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows: 
                                        Pages S6833-52, S6861, S6863-67
Adopted:
  Thurmond (for Warner) Amendment No. 2942, to clarify the 
responsibility for submission of information on prices previously 
charged for property or services offered.
Pages S6846-47
  Levin (for Kerry/McCain/Smith of New Hampshire) Amendment No. 2943, 
to recognize and honor former South Vietnamese commandos. 
                                                         Pages S6847-48
  Thurmond (for Kerry/McCain/Smith of New Hampshire) Amendment No. 
2944, to provide for payments to certain survivors of captured and 
interned Vietnamese operatives who were unmarried and childless at 
death.
Page S6848
  Levin (for Kerry/McCain/Smith of New Hampshire) Amendment No. 2945, 
to clarify the recipient of payments to Vietnamese operatives captured 
and interned by North Vietnam.
Page S6849
  Thurmond (for Bond) Amendment No. 2946, to extend the authorization 
and authorization of appropriations for the construction of an 
automated 100-meter baffled multi-purpose range at the National Guard 
Training Site in Jefferson City, Missouri.
Page S6849
  Levin (for Kennedy) Amendment No. 2803, to state the sense of the 
Senate regarding declassification of classified information of the 
Department of Defense and the Department of Energy.
Page S6849
  Thurmond (for Kyl) Amendment No. 2921, to require a visual 
examination of all documents released by the National Archives to 
ensure that such documents do not contain restricted data or formerly 
restricted data.
Pages S6849-50
  Levin/Conrad/Kempthorne/Kennedy/Bingaman Amendment No. 2947, to 
highlight the dangers posed by Russia's massive tactical nuclear 
stockpile, and urge the President to call on Russia to proceed 
expeditiously with promised reductions.
Page S6850
  Thurmond (for Grams) Amendment No. 2948, to provide for the 
presentation of a United States flag to members of the Armed Forces 
being released from active duty for retirement.
Pages S6850-51
  Thurmond (for Hutchison) Amendment No. 2949, to require a report on 
options for the reduction of infrastructure costs at Brooks Air Force 
Base, Texas.
Page S6851

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  Levin (for Inouye) Amendment No. 2950, to require a report regarding 
the potential for development of Ford Island within the Pearl Harbor 
Naval Complex, Oahu, Hawaii.
Page S6851
  Feinstein Amendment No. 2405, to express the sense of the Senate 
regarding the Indian nuclear tests.
Pages S6833, S6867
  Brownback Modified Amendment No. 2407 (to Amendment No. 2405), to 
repeal a restriction on the provision of certain assistance and other 
transfers to Pakistan.
Pages S6833, S6864-67
Withdrawn:
  Warner motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on Armed Services 
with instructions to report back forthwith with all amendments agreed 
to in status quo and with a Warner Amendment No. 2735 (to the 
instructions on the motion to recommit), condemning forced abortions in 
the People's Republic of China.
Page S6833
  Warner Amendment No. 2736 (to the instructions of the motion to 
recommit), of a perfecting nature. (The amendment fell when the motion 
to recommit was withdrawn)
Page S6833
  Warner Modified Amendment No. 2737 (to Amendment No. 2736), 
condemning human rights abuses in the People's Republic of China. (The 
amendment fell when the motion to recommit was withdrawn) 
                                                         Pages S6833-39
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 14 yeas to 82 nays (Vote No. 167), Senate failed to table 
Amendment No. 2737, listed above.
Pages S6833-39
  By a unanimous vote of 96 nays (Vote No. 168), Senate failed to table 
Division I of Amendment No. 2737, to condemn those officials of the 
Chinese Communist Party, the Government of the People's Republic of 
China, and other persons who are involved in the enforcement of forced 
abortions by preventing such persons from entering or remaining in the 
United States.
Pages S6839-46, S6852, S6861, S6863
  By unanimous-consent agreement, the vote scheduled on the motion to 
close further debate on the bill, was vitiated.
Page S6854
  Senate will continue consideration of the bill on Wednesday, June 24, 
1998.
Education Savings Act for Public and Private Schools--Conference 
Report: Senate began consideration of the conference report on H.R. 
1882, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow tax-free 
expenditures from education individual retirement accounts for 
elementary and secondary school expenses, and to increase the maximum 
annual amount of contributions to such accounts.
  Pages S6867-75
  A unanimous-consent time-agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the conference report on Wednesday, June 24, 1998, 
with a vote on adoption of the conference report to occur thereon. 
                                                             Page S6916
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaties:
  Treaty with Niue on Delimitation of a Maritime Boundary (Treaty Doc. 
105-53); and
  Treaty with Belize for Return of Stolen Vehicles (Treaty Doc. 105-
54).
  The treaties were transmitted to the Senate today, considered as 
having been read for the first time, and referred, with accompanying 
papers, to the Committee on Foreign Relations and was ordered to be 
printed.
Page S6915
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Edward L. Romero, of New Mexico, to be Ambassador to Spain.
  Edward L. Romero, of New Mexico, to serve concurrently and without 
additional compensation as Ambassador to Andorra.
Pages S6915-16
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Jane E. Henney, of New Mexico, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs, 
Department of Health and Human Services.
  Barbara Pedersen Holum, of Maryland, to be a Commissioner of the 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission for the term expiring April 13, 
2002.
  Kenneth Prewitt, of New York, to be Director of the Census. 
                                                             Page S6916
Messages From the House:
  Page S6879
Measures Referred:
  Page S6879
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S6879
Communications:
  Pages S6879-80
Petitions:
  Pages S6880-83
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Pages S6883-85
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S6886-89
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S6889-90
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S6890-S6907
Authority for Committees:
  Page S6907
Additional Statements:
  Pages S6907-15
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--168) 
                                                     Pages S6839, S6852
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 7:06 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, June 24, 1998. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S6916.)

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