[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 85 (Thursday, June 25, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D705-D710]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                            Thursday, June 25, 1998

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act.
      Senate passed Military Construction Appropriations, 1999.
      The House agreed to the conference report on H.R. 2676, IRS 
      Restructuring and Reform Act.
      The House passed H.R. 4112, Legislative Branch Appropriations 
      Act.
      House Committees ordered reported 16 sundry measures, including 
      the following appropriations for fiscal year 1999: Interior and 
      VA, HUD and Independent Agencies.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7039-S7228
Measures Introduced: Twenty two bills and two resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 2215-2236, S.J. Res. 54, and S. Con. Res. 
106.
  Page S7172
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 627, to reauthorize the African Elephant Conservation Act. (S. 
Rept. No. 105-222)
  S. 2090, to extend the authority of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
to collect fees through 2003. (S. Rept. No. 105-223)
  S. 2095, to reauthorize and amend the National Fish and Wildlife 
Foundation Establishment Act, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 105-224)
  S. 1482, to amend section 223 of the Communications Act of 1934 to 
establish a prohibition on commercial distribution on the World Wide 
Web of material that is harmful to minors. (S. Rept. No. 105-225)
  S. 1619, to direct the Federal Communications Commission to study 
systems for filtering or blocking matter on the Internet, to require 
the installation of such a system on computers in schools and libraries 
with Internet access, and for other purposes. (S. Rept. No. 105-226)
  H.R. 39, to reauthorize the African Elephant Conservation Act.
  S. Res. 240, expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to 
democracy and human rights in the Lao People's Democratic Republic, 
with amendments.
  S. 1976, to increase public awareness of the plight of victims of 
crime with developmental disabilities, to collect data to measure the 
magnitude of the problem, and to develop strategies to address the 
safety and justice needs of victims of crime with developmental 
disabilities, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. Con. Res. 97, expressing the sense of Congress concerning the 
human rights and humanitarian situation facing the women and girls of 
Afghanistan, with amendments.
Page S7170
Measures Passed:
  Congressional Adjournment: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 297, 
providing for an adjournment of both Houses.
  Page S7096
  Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
1999: By 88 yeas to 4 nays (Vote No.181), Senate passed 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, after 
taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows: 
                                  Pages S7039-50, S7057-78, S7081-S7160
Adopted:
  By 48 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 174), Inhofe Amendment No. 2981, to 
modify the restrictions on the general authority of the Department of 
Defense

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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 S7039, S7042-46
  Dodd Amendment No. 3004, to require actions to eliminate the backlog 
of unpaid retired pay for members and former members of the Army. 
                                                         Pages S7057-58
  Murray/Murkowski/Sarbanes Amendment No. 3005, relating to burial 
honors for deceased veterans.
Pages S7058-60
  Gramm Amendment No. 3010, to permit recipients of Naval Reserve 
Officers' Training Corps scholarships to attend the participating 
college or university of their choice.
Pages S7094-96, S7156
  Faircloth Modified Amendment No. 3014, to authorize funds for the 
construction of the National Guard Military Educational Facility at 
Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Pages S7111-12, S7152
  Thurmond/Levin Amendment No. 3015, to increase the percent by which 
the rates of basic pay are to be increased.
Page S7112
  Burns Amendment No. 2728, to improve the quality of life for members 
of the Armed Forces by authorizing additional military construction and 
military family housing projects.
Pages S7117, S7150, S7157-59
  Warner/Levin/Lott/Daschle Amendment No. 3016, to name the bill in 
honor of Senator Strom Thurmond.
Pages S7121-22, S7156-57
  Thurmond (for Coats) Amendment No. 2823, to require the Director of 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency to carry out a program of 
assistance for State and local governments to ensure the preparedness 
of those governments to respond to potential emergencies resulting from 
the destruction of lethal chemical agents and munitions. 
                                                         Pages S7122-50
  Levin (for Biden) Modified Amendment No. 2867, to make available 
$30,000,000 for the Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention program 
and $30,000,000 for the so-called ``nuclear cities'' initiative. 
                                                         Pages S7122-50
  Thurmond (for Stevens) Modified Amendment No. 2909, to require the 
Secretary of Defense to provide new incentives for retention of 
personnel for critical military specialties.
Pages S7122-50
  Levin (for Mikulski) Modified Amendment No. 2791, to require the 
Secretary of the Navy to carry out a vessel scrapping pilot program. 
                                                         Pages S7122-50
  Thurmond (for Thomas/Enzi) Amendment No. 3017, to authorize 
$13,584,000 for the construction of a Combined Support Maintenance Shop 
for the Army National Guard at Camp Guernsey, Wyoming.
Pages S7122-50
  Levin (for Harkin) Amendment No. 3018, to increase by $10,000,000 the 
total amount authorized to be appropriated for research and development 
relating to Persian Gulf illnesses, and to offset the increase by 
reducing the amount under title II for the Army Commercial Operations 
and Support Savings Program by $10,000,000.
Pages S7122-50
  Thurmond (for DeWine) Amendment No. 3019, to reauthorize a land 
conveyance of the Army Reserve Center, Youngstown, Ohio. 
                                                         Pages S7122-50
  Levin (for Dodd) Amendment No. 3020, to make available certain funds 
from the defense health programs for research and surveillance 
activities relating to Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases. 
                                                         Pages S7122-50
  Thurmond (for Brownback) Amendment No. 2904, to express the sense of 
the Senate regarding the August 1995 assassination attempt against 
President Shevardnadze of Georgia.
Pages S7122-50
  Levin (for Rockefeller) Amendment No. 3021, to make funds available 
for the DOD/VA Cooperative Research Program.
Pages S7122-50
  Warner (for Domenici/Bingaman) Amendment No. 3022, relating to 
activities of the contractor-operated facilities of the Department of 
Energy.
Pages S7122-50
  Levin (for Wyden/Smith of Oregon) Amendment No. 3023, relating to 
Department of Defense aviation accident investigations. 
                                                         Pages S7122-50
  Thurmond (for Smith of Oregon) Amendment No. 2783, to provide for the 
issuance of burial flags to deceased members and former members of the 
Selected Reserve.
Pages S7122-50
  Levin (for Durbin) Modified Amendment No. 2923, to require the 
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs to revise the TRICARE 
policy manual to clarify that rehabilitative services are available to 
a patient for a head injury under certain circumstances. 
                                                         Pages S7122-50
  Warner (for Thurmond) Amendment No. 3024, to enable the Secretary of 
Energy to set a maximum age at which new couriers may enter the 
Department of Energy's nuclear materials courier force and to provide 
early retirement programs for the Department's nuclear materials 
couriers.
Pages S7122-50
  Warner (for Jeffords/Leahy) Amendment No. 3025, to require a review 
and report regarding the distribution of National Guard resources among 
States.
Pages S7122-50
  Levin (for Wellstone) Amendment No. 3026, to provide health benefits 
for abused dependents of members of the armed forces.
Pages S7122-50
  Levin (for Wyden/Grassley) Amendment No. 3027, to eliminate secret 
Senate holds.
Pages S7122-50

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  Warner (for Domenici/Bingaman) Amendment No. 3028, to provide funds 
for research, development, test, and evaluation for the Low Cost Launch 
Development Program.
Pages S7122-50
  Levin (for Durbin) Amendment No. 3029, to require efforts to continue 
to increase defense burdensharing by allies.
Pages S7122-50
  Warner (for Sessions) Amendment No. 2907, to require the Secretary of 
Energy to select the technology to be used for tittium production by 
December 31, 1998.
Pages S7122-50
  Warner (for Graham/Bennett) Amendment No. 3030, to add findings and 
additional items for the report on the continuity of essential 
operations at risk of failure because of computer systems that are not 
year 2000 compliant.
Pages S7122-50
  Warner/Santorum Amendment No. 3031, to modify the requirements 
relating to reports on the transferability of functions of the Defense 
Automated Printing Service.
Pages S7122-50
  Levin (for Sarbanes) Modified Amendment No. 2792, to provide funds 
for emergency repairs and stabilization measures at the historic 
district of the Forest Glen Annex of Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 
Maryland.
Pages S7122-50
  Warner (for Santorum) Amendment No. 3032, to increase funds for 
procurement of M888, 60-millimeter, high-explosive munitions for the 
Marine Corps.
Pages S7122-50
  Warner (for Santorum) Amendment No. 3033, relating to the pharmacy 
benefit available under the health care demonstration projects with 
respect to medicare-eligible beneficiaries of the military health care 
system.
Pages S7151-52
  Levin (for Dorgan/Conrad) Amendment No. 3034, to modify the land 
conveyance authority with respect to Finley Air Force Station, Finley, 
North Dakota.
Pages S7151-52
  Warner (for Hutchinson) Modified Amendment No. 2976, to express the 
sense of the Congress that significant funds be directed towards 
broadcasting to China and Tibet in appropriate languages and dialects. 
                                                         Pages S7122-50
  Levin (for Biden/Levin) Amendment No. 3035, to require a report on 
the peaceful employment of former Soviet experts on weapons of mass 
destruction.
Pages S7122-50
  Warner (for Kyl/Murkowski) Amendment No. 3036, to require a study on 
effective deployment of theater missile defense systems in the Asia-
Pacific region.
Pages S7122-50
  Warner (for Bingaman/Domenici) Amendment No. 3037, to require the 
submission of a plan and design relating to the relocation of the 
National Atomic Museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Pages S7122-50
  Warner (for Murkowski) Amendment No. 3038, to require a report on the 
cooperation between the Department of the Army and the Environmental 
Protection Agency in meeting Chemical Weapons Convention requirements 
to destroy the U.S. chemical stockpile.
Pages S7122-50
  Levin (for Byrd) Amendment No. 3039, to amend title 10, United States 
Code, with respect to the administration of certain drugs to members of 
the Armed Forces without the informed consent of the members. 
                                                         Pages S7122-50
  Warner (for Hutchison) Amendment No. 3040, to authorize the 
conveyance of utility systems at Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant, 
Texas.
Pages S7122-50
  Warner (for Murkowski) Amendment No. 3041, to require a report 
recommending alternative means for a small disadvantaged business 
refiner to fulfill its contractual obligations.
Pages S7155-56
Rejected:
  By 18 yeas to 74 nays (Vote No. 173), Wellstone/Boxer Amendment No. 
2902, to provide funds for the Child Development Program of the 
Department of Defense.
Pages S7040-42
  By 38 yeas to 55 nays (Vote No. 175), 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 S7039, S2946-47
  By 44 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. 176), Murray/Snowe Amendment No. 
2794, to repeal the restriction on the use of Department of Defense 
facilities for abortions.
Pages S7060-66, S7075-76
  Reid Amendment No. 3009, relating to the withdrawal of lands at the 
Juniper Butte Range, Idaho, for use by the Secretary of the Air Force. 
(By 49 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 177), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                               Pages S7066-75, S7076-77
  By 20 yeas to 72 nays (Vote No. 178) Feingold Amendment No. 2808, to 
terminate the Extremely Low Frequency Communication System program of 
the Navy.
Pages S7097-S7104, S7150
  By 19 yeas to 73 nays (Vote No. 179) Bumpers/Feingold Amendment No. 
3012, to limit the obligation of advance procurement funds for the F-22 
aircraft program.
Pages S7106-10, S7151
  By 39 yeas to 53 nays (Vote No. 180) Byrd Amendment No. 3011 (to 
Amendment No. 3010), to require separate training platoons and separate 
housing for male and female basic trainees, and to ensure after-hours 
privacy for basic trainees.
Pages S7097, S7101, S7104-06, S7152-56
  Energy National Security: Senate passed S. 2058, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 1999 for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, after striking all after the enacting clause and 
inserting in

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lieu thereof Division C of S. 2057, National Defense Authorizations, as 
amended.
  Page S7160
  Military Construction Authorizations: Senate passed S. 2059, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1999 for military 
construction, after striking all after the enacting clause and 
inserting in lieu thereof Division B of S. 2057, National Defense 
Authorizations, as amended.
  Page S7160
  National Defense Authorizations: Senate passed S. 2060, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 1999 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, and to prescribe personnel strengths for such 
fiscal year for the Armed Forces, after striking all after the enacting 
clause and inserting in lieu thereof Division A of S. 2057, National 
Defense Authorizations, as amended.
  Page S7160
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached with respect to further 
consideration of S. 2057, S. 2058, S. 2059, and S. 2060 (all listed 
above as passed by the Senate), that if the Senate receives a message 
from the House of Representatives with respect to any of those bills, 
that the Senate be deemed to have disagreed to the amendment or 
amendments to the Senate-passed bill, that the Senate agree to or 
request a conference with the House thereon, and the Chair be 
authorized to appoint conferees on the part of the Senate.
Page S7160
  National Defense Authorizations: Senate passed H.R. 3616, 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, after 
striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof 
the text of S. 2057, as amended.
  Page S7160
  Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair appointed the following conferees: 
Senators Thurmond, Warner, McCain, Coats, Smith (New Hampshire), 
Kempthorne, Inhofe, Santorum, Snowe, Roberts, Levin, Kennedy, Bingaman, 
Glenn, Byrd, Robb, Lieberman, and Cleland.
Page S7160
  Military Construction Appropriation, 1999: Senate passed H.R. 4059, 
making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and 
base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, after striking all after the 
enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the text of S. 2160, 
Senate companion measure, and after taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S7216-18
  Burns Amendment No. 3045, to adjust appropriations for Navy military 
construction, Air Force family housing construction, and Defense-Wide 
military construction to accommodate the authorizations of 
appropriations for such construction for fiscal year 1999. 
                                                         Pages S7216-18
  Burns (for Thomas/Enzi) Amendment No. 3046, to increase the 
appropriation for military construction for the Army National Guard and 
to decrease the appropriation for military construction for the Army 
Reserve.
Pages S7216-18
  Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair was authorized to appoint the following 
conferees: Senators Burns, Hutchison, Faircloth, Craig, Stevens, 
Murray, Reid, Inouye, and Byrd.
Page S7218
  Commending the Library of Congress: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 
106, to commend the Library of Congress for 200 years of outstanding 
service to Congress and the Nation, and to encourage activities to 
commemorate the bicentennial anniversary of the Library of Congress. 
                                                         Pages S7218-19
  Alaska Land Exchange: Senate passed S. 1158, to amend the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act, regarding the Huna Totem Corporation 
public interest land exchange, after agreeing to a committee amendment 
in the nature of a substitute, and the following amendment proposed 
thereto:
  Pages S7222-28
  Burns (for Murkowski) Amendment No. 3042, of a technical nature. 
                                                         Pages S7222-28
  Alaska Land Exchange: Senate passed S. 1159, to amend the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act, regarding the Kake Tribal Corporation 
public interest land exchange, after agreeing to a committee amendment 
in the nature of a substitute, and the following amendment proposed 
thereto:
  Pages S7222-28
  Burns (for Murkowski) Amendment No. 3043, relating to the Kake Tribal 
Corporation land exchange.
Pages S7222-28
  Alaska Hydroelectric Project: Senate passed S. 439, to provide for 
Alaska State jurisdiction over small hydroelectric projects, to address 
voluntary licensing of hydroelectric projects on fresh waters in the 
State of Hawaii, to provide an exemption for portion of a hydroelectric 
project located in the State of New Mexico, after agreeing to committee 
amendments.
  Pages S7222-28
  Hawaii Hydroelectric Project: Senate passed S. 846, to amend the 
Federal Power Act to remove the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission to license projects on fresh waters in the State 
of Hawaii.
  Pages S7222-28
  Wyoming Land Conveyance: Senate passed S. 799, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to transfer to the personal representative of 
the estate of Fred Steffens of Big Horn County, Wyoming, certain land

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comprising the Steffens family property, after agreeing to a committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  Pages S7222-28
  Wyoming Land Conveyance: Senate passed S. 814, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to transfer to John R. and Margaret J. Lowe 
of Big Horn County, Wyoming, certain land so as to correct an error in 
the patent issued to their predecessors in interest, after agreeing to 
a committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  Pages S7222-28
  California Land Conveyance: Senate passed H.R. 960, to validate 
certain conveyances in the City of Tulare, Tulare County, California, 
clearing the measure for the President.
  Pages S7222-28
  Minidoka Project Conveyance: Senate passed S. 538, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to convey certain facilities of the Minidoka 
project to the Burley Irrigation District, after agreeing to a 
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and the following 
amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S7222-28
  Burns (for Craig) Amendment No. 3044, to modify the committee 
amendment relating to land transfer.
Pages S7222-28
  Washington State Hydroelectric Project: Senate passed H.R. 651, to 
extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act for the construction of 
a hydroelectric project located in the State of Washington, clearing 
the measure for the President.
  Pages S7222-28
  Washington State Hydroelectric Project: Senate passed H.R. 652, to 
extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act for the construction of 
a hydroelectric project located in the State of Washington, clearing 
the measure for the President.
  Pages S7222-28
  New York Hydroelectric Project: Senate passed H.R. 848, to extend the 
deadline under the Federal Power Act applicable to the construction of 
the AuSable Hydroelectric Project in New York, clearing the measure for 
the President.
  Pages S7222-28
  Washington State Hydroelectric Project: Senate passed H.R. 1184, to 
extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act for the construction of 
the Bear Creek hydroelectric project in the State of Washington, 
clearing the measure for the President.
  Pages S7222-28
  Washington State Hydroelectric Project: Senate passed H.R. 1217, to 
extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act for the construction of 
a hydroelectric project located in the State of Washington, clearing 
the measure for the President.
  Pages S7222-28
  Martin Luther King Memorial Location: Senate passed H.J. Res. 113, 
approving the location of a Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial in the 
Nation's Capital, clearing the measure for the President.
  Page S7228
  National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom: Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 
1635, to establish within the United States National Park Service the 
National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom program, and the bill 
was then passed, clearing the measure for the President.
  Page S7078
National Peace Groud Memorial: Senate concurred in the amendment of the 
House to S. 731, to extend the legislative authority for construction 
of the National Peace Garden memorial, clearing the measure for the 
President.
  Page S7228
Higher Education Act Reauthorization--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing for the consideration of S. 1882, to 
reauthorize the Higher Education Act of 1965, with a committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute, and certain amendments to be 
proposed thereto.
  Page S7218
Alaska Land Conveyance--Agreement: A unanimous-consent time-agreement 
was reached providing for the consideration of S. 660, to provide for 
the continuation of higher education through the conveyance of certain 
public lands in the State of Alaska to the University of Alaska, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute, and certain amendments to 
be proposed thereto.
  Pages S7227-28
Alaska Land Transfer Agreement: A unanimous-consent time-agreement was 
reached providing for the consideration of S. 1092, to provide for a 
transfer of land interests in order to facilitate surface 
transportation between the cities of Cold Bay, Alaska, and King Cove, 
Alaska, and certain amendments to be proposed thereto.
  Page S7228
Nominations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing for the consideration of the nominations of A. Howard Matz, 
of California, to be United States District Judge for the Central 
District of California, and Victoria A. Roberts, of Michigan, to be 
United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, on 
Friday, June 26, 1998, with votes to occur thereon.
  Page S7219
Messages from the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:

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  Transmitting the report entitled ``Science and Engineering 
Indicators--1998''; referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation. (PM-141).
Page S7168
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Mary Anne Sullivan, of the District of Columbia, to be General 
Counsel of the Department of Energy.
  Donald J. Barry, of Wisconsin, to be Assistant Secretary for Fish and 
Wildlife.
  Michael S. Dukakis, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Reform 
Board (AMTRAK) for a term of five years.
  John Robert Smith, of Mississippi, to be a Member of the Reform Board 
(AMTRAK) for a term of five years.
  Tommy G. Thompson, of Wisconsin, to be a Member of the Reform Board 
(AMTRAK) for a term of five years.
  52 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  30 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  10 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy. 
                                               Pages S7078-79, S7219-22
Nomination Received: Senate received the following nomination:
  David O. Carter, of California, to be United States District Judge 
for the Central District of California.
Page S7078
Messages From the President:
  Pages S7167-68
Messages From the House:
  Page S7168
Measures Referred:
  Page S7168
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S7168
Communications:
  Pages S7168-69
Petitions:
  Pages S7169-70
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S7170
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S7172-S7200
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S7200-01
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S7201-11
Authority for Committees:
  Page S7211
Additional Statements:
  Pages S7211-16
Record Votes: Nine record votes were taken today. (Total--181) 
                Pages S7042, S7046-47, S7076-77, S7150-51, S7156, S7159
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 11:28 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Friday, June 26, 1998. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S7078.)