[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 84 (Wednesday, June 24, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D694-D697]
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                                           Wednesday, June 24, 1998

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to the Education Savings Act for Public and Private 
      Schools Conference Report.
      The House passed H.R. 4101, Agriculture Appropriations Act.
      The House passed H.R. 4103, Defense Appropriations Act.
      House Committees ordered reported 8 sundry measures.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6917-S7038
Measures Introduced: Six bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2209-2214, S. Con. Res. 105, and S. Res. 254. 
                                                         Pages S7012-13
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  H.J. Res. 54, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the 
United States authorizing the Congress to prohibit the physical 
desecration of the flag of the United States.
  S.J. Res. 40, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the 
United States authorizing Congress to prohibit the physical desecration 
of the flag of the United States.
  Special Report entitled ``Further Revised Allocation to Subcommittees 
of Budget Totals, Fiscal Year 1999.'' (S. Rept. No. 105-221) 
                                                             Page S7012
Measures Passed:
  Occupational Safety and Health Administration Compliance Assistance 
Authorization: Senate passed H.R. 2864, to require the Secretary of 
Labor to establish a program under which employers may consult with 
State officials respecting compliance with occupational safety and 
health requirements, clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                             Page S7035
  Occupational Safety and Health Reform: Senate passed H.R. 2877, to 
amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, clearing the 
measure for the President.
  Pages S7035-36
  National Character Counts Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 176, 
proclaiming the week of October 18 through October 24, 1998, as 
``National Character Counts Week''.
  Page S7037
  National Bone Marrow Registry Reauthorization: Committee on Labor and 
Human Resources was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 2202, 
to amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend the bone 
marrow donor program, and the bill was then passed, clearing the 
measure for the President.
  Page S7037
  National Drought Policy Act: Senate passed H.R. 3035, to establish an 
advisory commission to provide advice and recommendations on the 
creation of an integrated, coordinated Federal policy designed to 
prepare for and respond to serious drought emergencies, clearing the 
measure for the President.
  Pages S7037-38
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 S6935-S7008
Adopted:
  By 90 yeas to 5 nays (Vote No. 170), Thurmond Amendment No. 2975, to 
express the sense of Congress regarding continued participation of 
United States forces in operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina. 
                                                         Pages S6935-56
  McCain Amendment No. 2977 (to Amendment No. 2975), to require the 
President to submit to Congress certain reports on the missions of 
United States forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Pages S6946-56

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  Kempthorne Amendment No. 2892, to provide a substitute for title 
XXIX, to provide for the withdrawal of lands at the Juniper Butte 
Range, Idaho, from all forms of appropriation under the public land 
laws, including the mining laws and the mineral and geothermal leasing 
laws, and to reserve these lands for use by the Secretary of the Air 
Force.
Pages S6963-67
  Brownback Amendment No. 2978, to require separate housing for male 
and female basic trainees, and to ensure after-hours privacy for basic 
trainees.
Pages S6967-81
  By 56 yeas to 37 nays (Vote No. 172), Levin (for Snowe/Cleland) 
Amendment No. 2979 (to Amendment No. 2978), to require a moratorium on 
changes to gender-related policies and practices.
Pages S6967-81
  Warner (for Thurmond) Amendment No. 2985, to require a report on 
leasing and other alternative uses of non-excess military property by 
the military departments.
Pages S6991-92
  Levin (for Harkin) Amendment No. 2986, to require a plan for 
addressing problems in Department of Defense management of the 
department's inventories of in-transit secondary items.
Page S6992
  Warner (for Thurmond) Modified Amendment No. 2447, to limit advance 
billings for working-capital funds of the Department of Defense. 
                                                         Pages S6992-93
  Levin (for Rockefeller) Amendment No. 2987, to provide for an 
assessment of the establishment of an independent entity to evaluate 
post-conflict illnesses among members of the Armed Forces and the 
health care provided by the Department of Defense and Department of 
Veterans Affairs both before and after the deployment of such members. 
                                                         Pages S6993-94
  Warner (for Kyl) Amendment No. 2838, to establish a commission to 
assess the reliability, safety, and security of the United States 
nuclear deterrent.
Pages S6994-95
  Levin (for Wyden and Smith of Oregon) No. 2796, to state the sense of 
the Senate regarding the memoranda of understanding with the State of 
Oregon relating to Hanford.
Pages S6995-96
  Warner (for Frist) Amendment No. 2812, to express the sense of 
Congress concerning the naming of an LPD-17 class amphibious vessel in 
honor of Lieutenant General Clifton B. Cates, the 19th Commandant of 
the Marine Corps.
Page S6996
  Warner (for Thurmond) Amendment No. 2988, to provide authority to 
waive the moratorium on the use of anti-personnel landmines scheduled 
to begin on February 12, 1999.
Pages S6996-97
  Levin (for Leahy) Amendment No. 2989, to make available funds for 
activities relating to the identification, adaptation, modification, 
research, and development of existing and new tactics, technologies, 
and operational concepts with regard to landmines.
Page S6997
  Levin Amendment No. 2990, to re-establish the initiative relating to 
fair trade in automotive parts.
Pages S6998-99
  Warner (for Lott) Amendment No. 2991, to provide for accountability 
of the Director and Deputy Director of the Naval Home.
Page S6999
  Warner (for Ford/McConnell) Amendment No. 2992, to ensure continuity 
in the management of the program for assessing alternative technologies 
for the destruction of assembled chemical munitions, and to provide for 
the use of such technologies.
Pages S6999-S7001
  Warner (for McCain/Lieberman) Amendment No. 2993, to authorize the 
President to advance Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., to the grade of general on 
the retired list of the Air Force.
Pages S7001-02
  Levin (for Torricelli/Lautenberg) Amendment No. 2994, to require a 
report regarding the savings and effect of personnel reductions in the 
Army Materiel Command.
Page S7002
  Warner (for Grams/Wellstone) Amendment No. 2995, to authorize a land 
conveyance, Naval Air Reserve Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 
                                                             Page S7002
  Levin (for Durbin) Amendment No. 2996, to authorize a land 
conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Peoria, Illinois.
Pages S7002-03
  Warner (for D'Amato) Amendment No. 2997, to authorize a land 
conveyance, Skaneateles, New York.
Page S7003
  Levin (for Wyden) Modified Amendment No. 2874, to require a review of 
the methods used by the Department of Energy to calculate overhead 
costs of cleanup of Department sites.
Page S7003
  Warner (for Coats) Amendment No. 2998, to revise authorities relating 
to a Department of Defense officer designated as a member of the Panama 
Canal Commission supervisory board by the Secretary of Defense. 
                                                         Pages S7003-04
  Levin (for Feingold) Amendment No. 2809, to require an annual GAO 
review of the F/A-18E/F aircraft program.
Page S7004
  Warner (for DeWine/Glenn) Amendment No. 2826, to authorize the 
conveyance of the vessel ex-U.S.S. Lorain County (LST-1177) to the Ohio 
War Memorial, Inc., Sandusky, Ohio.
Pages S7004-05
  Levin (for Bingaman) Amendment No. 2999, to guarantee the long-term 
national security of the United States by investing in a robust Defense 
Science and Technology Program.
Page S7005
  Warner (for Thurmond) Modified Amendment No. 2448, to add disposal 
receipts objectives for three additional fiscal years; to clarify the 
authority relating to the disposal of chromium ferroalloy; to

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add a condition to the authority to dispose of certain strategic and 
critical materials in the National Defense Stockpile; and to authorize 
use of funds in the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund for 
certain environmental activities.
Pages S7005-06
  Levin (for Feinstein/Boxer) Amendment No. 3000, to express the sense 
of Congress regarding the homeporting of the U.S.S. Iowa battleship at 
the Port of San Francisco.
Page S7006
  Warner (for Grassley) Modified Amendment No. 2822, to improve the 
process for designating defense property for demilitarization and to 
further penalize acts involved in unlawful export of certain 
merchandise.
Pages S7006-07
  Levin (for Byrd) Amendment No. 2860, to prohibit evaluation of the 
merit of selling malt beverages and wine in commissary stores as 
exchange store merchandise.
Pages S7007-08
  Warner/Moynihan Amendment No. 3001, to provide a substitute that 
clarifies that additional museums may be designated as ``America's 
National Maritime Museum''.
Page S7008
Rejected:
  Smith of New Hampshire Modified Amendment No. 2912, to limit the use 
of funds to support the continued deployment of ground combat forces of 
the Armed Forces of the United States in Bosnia and Herzegovina pending 
a vote of Congress on the continuation of the deployment, and to 
require the President to submit to Congress a plan for withdrawing 
United States forces from Bosnia and Herzegovina if Congress does not 
so act by March 31, 1999. (By 65 yeas to 31 nays (Vote No. 171), Senate 
tabled the amendment.)
Pages S6956-63
Pending:
  Inhofe Amendment No. 2981, to modify the restrictions on the general 
authority of the Department of Defense regarding the closure and 
realignment of military installations, and to express the sense of the 
Congress on further rounds of such closures and realignments. 
                                                         Pages S6982-91
  Harkin/Wellstone Amendment No. 2982, to authorize a transfer of funds 
from the Department of Defense to the Department of Veterans Affairs 
for health care.
Pages S6987-91
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for the 
consideration of the pending amendments and an amendment to be proposed 
to the bill, with votes to occur thereon, on Thursday, June 25, 1998. 
                                                             Page S7038
Education Savings Act for Public and Private Schools--Conference 
Report: By 59 yeas to 36 nays (Vote No. 169), Senate agreed to the 
conference report on H.R. 2646, 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, clearing the measure for the President.
  Pages S6918-35
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  Louis Caldera, of California, to be Secretary of the Army. 
                                                     Pages S7037, S7038
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Barry P. Goode, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Ninth Circuit.
  Robert Bruce King, of West Virginia, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Fourth Circuit.
  Thomasina V. Rogers, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Occupational 
Safety and Health Review Commission for the remainder of the term 
expiring April 27, 2001.
Page S7038
Nomination Withdrawn: Senate received notification of the withdrawal of 
the following nomination:
  Daniel Guttman, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission for a term expiring 
April 27, 2001, vice Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., term expired, which was sent 
to the Senate on January 9, 1997.
Page S7038
Messages From the House:
  Page S7010
Measures Referred:
  Pages S7010-11
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S7011
Communications:
  Pages S7011-12
Petitions:
  Page S7012
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S7013-18
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S7018-19
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S7022-30
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S7030-31
Additional Statements:
  Pages S7031-35
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--172) 
                                       Pages S6935, S6956, S6963, S6981
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 10:27 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, June 25, 1998. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S7038.)

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