[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 86 (Friday, June 26, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D717-D719]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                                   Friday, June 26, 1998

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Intelligence Authorizations.


                                 Senate

Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7229-S7339
Measures Introduced: Twenty three bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2237-2259 and S. Res. 255.                     
  Pages S7255-56
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 2237, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999. (S. Rept. 
No. 105-227)
  S. 638, to provide for the expeditious completion of the acquisition of 
private mineral interests within the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic 
Monument mandated by the 1982 Act that established the Monument, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 105-229)
  S. 1403, to amend the National Historic Preservation Act for purposes of 
establishing a national historic lighthouse preservation program, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 105-230)
  H.R. 1439, to facilitate the sale of certain land in Tahoe National 
Forest, in the State of California to Placer County, California. (S. Rept. 
No. 105-231)
  H.R. 1779, to make a minor adjustment in the exterior boundary of the 
Devils Backbone Wilderness in the Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri, to 
exclude a small parcel of land containing improvements. (S. Rept. No. 105-
232)                                                              
Page S7255
Measures Passed:
  National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: Senate passed S. 2073, 
to authorize appropriations for the National Center for Missing and 
Exploited Children, after agreeing to a committee amendment, and the 
following amendment proposed thereto:                      
  Pages S7298-S7305
  Lott (for Hatch) Amendment No. 3047, to provide for sentencing 
enhancements and amendments to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines for 
offenses relating to the abuse and exploitation of children. 
                                                           Pages S7299-S7305
  Lott (for Leahy/Hatch) Amendment No. 3048, to reauthorize the Runaway and 
Homeless Youth Act.                                        
Pages S7299-S7305
  Berlin Airlift: Committee on Foreign Relations was discharged from further 
consideration of S. Con. Res. 81, honoring the Berlin Airlift, and the 
measure was then agreed to, after agreeing to the following amendments 
proposed thereto:                                             
  Pages S7305-06
  Lott (for Coverdell) Amendment No. 3049, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                              Pages S7305-06
  Intelligence Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1999: Committee on 
Intelligence was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 3694, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1999 for intelligence and 
intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the 
Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Retirement and 
Disability System, and the bill was then passed, after striking all after 
the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the text of S. 2052, 
Senate companion measure, after agreeing to the following amendments 
proposed thereto:                                             
  Pages S7325-33
  Lott (for Shelby) Amendment No. 3050, to provide for the designation of 
the headquarters Building of the Central Intelligence Agency as the George 
Herbert Walker Bush Center for Central Intelligence.          
Pages S7327-28
  Lott (for Kerrey) Amendment No. 3051, to authorize the Assistant Director 
of Central Intelligence for Analysis and Production to direct competitive 
analysis of analytical products having National importance.   
Pages S7327-28
  Lott (for Kerrey) Amendment No. 3052, to require annual studies and 
reports on the safety and security of Russian nuclear facilities and nuclear 
military forces.                                              
Pages S7327-28
  Lott (for Coats) Amendment No. 3053, relating to a quadrennial 
intelligence review.                                          
Pages S7327-28
  Prior to this action, Committee on Armed Services was discharged from 
further consideration of S. 2052.                                 
Page S7325
  Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the House 
thereon, and the Chair appointed the following conferees: Senators Shelby, 
Chafee, Lugar, DeWine, Kyl, Inhofe, Hatch, Roberts, Allard, Coats, Kerrey, 
Glenn, Bryan, Graham, Kerry, Baucus, Robb, Lautenberg, and Levin, and from 
the Committee on Armed Services: Senator Thurmond.                
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  Subsequently, S. 2052, was placed on the Senate calendar.       
Page S7328
  Commending the Library of Congress:Senate agreed to S. Res. 255, 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.              
  Page S7334
  Next Generation Internet Research Act: Senate passed S. 1609, to amend the 
High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal years 1999 and 2000 for the Next Generation Internet program, and to 
require the Advisory Committee on High-Performance Computing and 
Communications, Information Technology, and the Next Generation Internet to 
monitor and give advice concerning the development and implementation of the 
Next Generation Internet program and report to the President and the 
Congress on its activities, after agreeing to the following amendments 
proposed thereto:                                             
  Pages S7334-38
  Lott (for Frist/Rockefeller) Amendment No. 3054, to change the 
authorization levels for the Department of Defense and the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration, and to provide that the FY 1999 DOD 
authorization is under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 1999.                                                        
Page S7334
  Lott (for Leahy/Ashcroft) Amendment No. 3055, to authorize the 
comprehensive independent study of the effects on trademark and intellectual 
property rights holders of adding new generic top-level domains and related 
dispute resolution procedures.                                
Pages S7334-36
Product Liability--Cloture Motion Filed: A motion was entered to close 
further debate on the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 648, to 
establish legal standards and procedures for product liability litigation 
and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a vote on the cloture motion will occur on Tuesday, July 7, 
1998.                                                             
  Page S7297
Child Support Performance and Incentive Act: Senate concurred in the 
amendments of the House to the amendments of the Senate to H.R. 3130, to 
provide for an alternative penalty procedure for States that fail to meet 
Federal child support data processing requirements, to reform Federal 
incentive payments for effective child support performance, and to provide 
for a more flexible penalty procedure for States that violate 
interjurisdictional adoption requirements, clearing the measure for the 
President.                                                    
  Pages S7306-23
Appointments:
  Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the U.S.: The 
Chair, on behalf of the Majority Leader, pursuant to the provisions of 
Public Law 105-186, appointed the following Senators to the Presidential 
Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the United States: Senators 
D'Amato and Specter; and on behalf of the Democratic Leader: Senators Boxer 
and Dodd.                                                          
  Page 7298
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed from 
the following treaties:
  Tax Convention with Estonia (Treaty Doc. 105-55);
  Tax Convention with Lithuania (Treaty Doc. 105-56); and
  Tax Convention with Latvia (Treaty Doc. 105-57).
  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. 
                                                              Pages S7333-34
Treaties Approved: The following treaties having passed through their 
various parliamentary stages, up to and including the presentation of the 
resolution of ratification, upon division, two-thirds of the Senators 
present and having voted in the affirmative, the resolutions of ratification 
were agreed to:
  Convention for the Protection of Plants, with one reservation, two 
declarations, and one provision. (Treaty Doc. 105-15)             
Page S7333
  International Grains Agreement, 1995, with one declaration and one 
proviso. (Treaty Doc. 105-16)                                     
Page S7333
  Trademark Law Treaty with Regulations, with two declarations, and one 
proviso. (Treaty Doc. 105-17)                                     
Page S7333
  Amendments to the Convention on the International Maritime Organization, 
with one declaration, and one proviso. (Treaty Doc. 105-18)       
Page S7333
Authority for Committees: All committees were authorized to file executive 
and legislative reports during the adjournment of the Senate on Thursday, 
July 2, 1998, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.                              
  Page S7333
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations: By 
unanimous vote of 85 yeas (Vote No. 182EX), A. Howard Matz, of California, 
to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California. 
                                                              Pages S7235-37
  By unanimous vote of 85 yeas (Vote No. 183EX), Victoria A. Roberts, of 
Michigan, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of 
Michigan.                                                         
Page S7237
  Nancy E. Soderberg, of the District of Columbia, to be an Alternate 
Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the 
General Assembly of the United Nations during her tenure of service as 
Alternate Representative of the United States of America for Special 
Political Affairs in the United Nations.
  Nancy E. Soderberg, of the District of Columbia, to be Alternate 
Representative of the United States of America for Special Political Affairs 
in the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador.

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  Michael J. Copps, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce.
  Shirley Elizabeth Barnes, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Madagascar.
  Charles Richard Stith, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the United 
Republic of Tanzania.
  Vivian Lowery Derryck, of Ohio, to be an Assistant Administrator of the 
Agency for International Development.
  Eric S. Edelman, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Finland.
  Nancy Halliday Ely-Raphel, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of Slovenia.
  William Davis Clarke, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the State of 
Eritrea.
  George Williford Boyce Haley, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of the Gambia.
  Katherine Hubay Peterson, of California, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom 
of Lesotho.
  Jeffrey Davidow, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Mexico.
  John O'Leary, of Maine, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Chile.
  Michael Craig Lemmon, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Armenia.
  Rudolf Vilem Perina, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Moldova.
  Paul L. Cejas, of Florida, to be Ambassador to Belgium.
  Cynthia Perrin Schneider, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of 
the Netherlands.
  Awilda R. Marquez, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce, and 
Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service.
  William Lloyd Massey, of Arkansas, to be a Member of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission for the term expiring June 30, 2003.
  Kenneth Spencer Yalowitz, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Georgia.
  1 Marine Corps nomination in the rank of general.
  A routine list in the Foreign Service.               
Pages S7323-25, S7339
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Susan G. Esserman, of Maryland, to be Deputy United States Trade 
Representative, with the rank of Ambassador.
  Richard E. Hecklinger, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of 
Thailand.
  Theodore H. Kattouf, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the United Arab 
Emirates.
  7 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.                      
Page S7339
Messages From the House:                                          
  Page S7255
Measures Placed on Calendar:                                      
  Page S7255
Statements on Introduced Bills:                               
  Pages S7256-86
Additional Cosponsors:                                        
  Pages S7286-87
Amendments Submitted:                                         
  Pages S7287-90
Notices of Hearings:                                              
  Page S7290
Additional Statements:                                        
  Pages S2791-94
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--183) 
                                                              Pages S7236-37
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and, in accordance with H. Con. 
Res. 297, adjourned at 2:15 p.m., until 12 noon, on Monday, July 6, 1998.