[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 87 (Monday, July 6, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D722-D723]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                               Monday, July 6, 1998

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7341-S7525
Measures Introduced:  Four bills were introduced, as follows: S. 2261-
2264.
  Page S7357
Measures Reported:  Reports were made as follows:
  Reported on Thursday, July 2, during the adjournment:
  S. 1752, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain 
administrative sites and use the proceeds for the acquisition of office 
sites and the acquisition, construction, or improvement of offices and 
support buildings for the Coconino National Forest, Kaibab National 
Forest, Prescott National Forest, and Tonto National Forest in the 
State of Arizona, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. 
Rept. No. 105-233)
  S. 1807, to transfer administrative jurisdiction over certain parcels 
of public domain land in Lake County, Oregon, to facilitate management 
of the land, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. 
No. 105-234)
  S. 2260, making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, 
Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1999. (S. Rept. No. 105-235)
  H.R. 434, to provide for the conveyance of small parcels of land in 
the Carson National Forest and the Santa Fe National Forest, New 
Mexico, to the village of El Rito and the town of Jemez Springs, New 
Mexico, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 
105-236)
  H.R. 2165, to extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act 
applicable to the construction of FERC Project Number 3862 in the State 
of Iowa. (S. Rept. No. 105-237)
  H.R. 2217, to extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act 
applicable to the construction of FERC Project Number 9248 in the State 
of Colorado. (S. Rept. No. 105-238)
  H.R. 2841, to extend the time required for the construction of a 
hydroelectric project. (S. Rept. No. 105-239)
  S. 1510, to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
Agriculture to convey certain lands to the county of Rio Arriba, New 
Mexico, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 
105-240)
Page S7357
VA/HUD Appropriations:  Senate began consideration of S. 2168, making 
appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and 
Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, commissions, 
corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1999, taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows: 
                                               Pages S7344-48, S7351-54
Adopted:
  Bond/Mikulski Amendment No. 3056, to provide additional funds for 
anti-terrorism activities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. 
                                                         Pages S7351-52
  Bond/Mikulski Amendment No. 3057, to transfer land from the 
Department of Veterans Affairs to the University of Alabama, to clarify 
that States may charge loan fees to clean water state revolving fund 
borrowers, to make technical reforms to the Mark-to-Market program, and 
to make certain technical corrections.
Pages S7352-54
  Senate may continue consideration of the bill on Tuesday, July 7, 
1998.
Measures Read First Time:
  Page S7355
Communications:
  Pages S7355-57
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S7357-59
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S7359-60
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S7360-62
Additional Statements:
  Pages S7362-S7519
Adjournment:  Senate convened at 12 noon, and adjourned at 5:19 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, July 7, 1998. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks

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of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S7520-21.)