[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 94 (Wednesday, July 15, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D761-D763]
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                                           Wednesday, July 15, 1998

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House Committees ordered reported three sundry measures, 
      including the Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary 
      appropriations for fiscal year 1999.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8161-S8268
Measures Introduced: Ten bills were introduced, as follows: S. 2307-
2316.
  Pages S8240-41
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 2307, making appropriations for the Department of Transportation 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999. (S. 
Rept. No. 105-249)
  S. 2176, to amend sections 3345 through 3349 of title 5, United 
States Code (commonly referred to as the ``Vacancies Act'') to clarify 
statutory requirements relating to vacancies in and appointments to 
certain Federal offices, and for other purposes, with amendments. (S. 
Rept. No. 105-250)
  S. 2312, making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the 
United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, 
and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 1999, and for other purposes. (S. Rept. No. 105-251)
Page S8240
Measures Passed:
  Congressional Gold Medal: Senate passed S. 1283, to award 
Congressional gold medals to Jean Brown Trickey, Carlotta Walls LaNier, 
Melba Patillo Beals, Terrence Roberts, Gloria Ray Karlmark, Thelma 
Mothershed Wair, Ernest Green, Elizabeth Eckford, and Jefferson Thomas, 
commonly referred collectively as the ``Little Rock Nine'' on the 
occasion of the 40th anniversary of the integration of the Central High 
School in Little Rock, Arkansas, after agreeing to a committee 
amendment.
  Pages S8264-65
Agriculture Appropriations, 1999: Senate resumed consideration of S. 
2159, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1999, taking action on amendments proposed 
thereto, as follows:
  Pages S8161-S8236
Adopted:
  Cochran (for Brownback/Roberts) Amendment No. 3155, to amend the Arms 
Export Control Act to provide waiver authority on certain sanctions 
applicable to India or Pakistan.
Page S8183
  Dodd Amendment No. 3158, to exempt agricultural products, medicine, 
and medical equipment from U.S. economic sanctions. (By 38 yeas to 60 
nays (Vote No. 203), Senate earlier failed to table the amendment.) 
                                                         Pages S8214-28
  Roberts Modified Amendment No. 3159 (to Amendment No. 3158), of a 
perfecting nature.
Pages S8214-26
  Torricelli Amendment No. 3160 (to Amendment No. 3158), to exclude the 
application of Amendment No. 3158 to any country that repeatedly 
provided support for acts of terrorism. (By 30 yeas to 67 nays (Vote 
No. 204), Senate earlier failed to table the amendment.) 
                                                         Pages S8226-27
  Kerrey/Burns Amendment No. 3161, to ensure the continued viability of 
livestock producers and the livestock industry in the United States. 
(By 49 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. 205), Senate earlier failed to table 
the amendment.)
Pages S8228-32
  Graham Amendment No. 3162, to provide assistance to agricultural 
producers for losses resulting from drought or fire.
Pages S8232-33
  Cochran (for Coverdell) Amendment No. 3163, to make food safety 
competitive research program funds available for research on 
E.coli:0157H7.
Pages S8233-36
  Cochran (for DeWine/Hutchinson) Amendment No. 3164, to require the 
Commissioner of Food and Drugs to conduct assessments and take other 
actions relating to the transition from use of chlorofluorocarbons in 
metered-dose inhalers.
Pages S8233-36

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  Cochran (for Harkin/Grassley) Amendment No. 3165, to provide for the 
construction of a Federal animal biosafety level-3 containment center. 
                                                         Pages S8233-36
  Cochran Amendment No. 3166, to provide additional funds for 
conservation operations.
Pages S8233-36
  Cochran (for Kempthorne/Baucus) Amendment No. 3167, to provide 
funding for a secondary agriculture education program.
Pages S8233-36
  Cochran (for Bryan) Amendment No. 3168, to require the Secretary of 
Agriculture to submit to Congress a report concerning the market access 
program.
Pages S8233-36
  Cochran (for Graham/Mack) Amendment No. 3169, to provide additional 
funding for fruit fly exclusion and detection.
Pages S8233-36
  Cochran (for Johnson/Burns) Amendment No. 3170, to require that beef 
or lamb be labeled as United States beef or lamb or imported beef or 
lamb.
Pages S8233-36
Rejected:
  Daschle Amendment No. 3146, to provide a safety net for farmers and 
consumers regarding marketing assistance loans. (By 56 yeas to 43 nays 
(Vote No. 200), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S8164-83
  Lugar Amendment No. 3156, to provide a framework for consideration by 
the legislative and executive branches of unilateral economic sanctions 
in order to ensure coordination of United States policy with respect to 
trade, security, and human rights. (By 53 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. 
201), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S8185-S8203, S8211-12
  Bryan Amendment No. 3157, to eliminate funding for the market access 
program for fiscal year 1999. (By 70 yeas to 29 nays (Vote No. 202), 
Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S8203-13
  Senate will continue consideration of the bill and amendments to be 
proposed thereto, on Thursday, July 16, 1998.

  (During consideration of this measure on Tuesday, July 14, the Senate 
also took the following action):
Amendments adopted:
  By a unanimous vote of 99 yeas (Vote No. 199), Modified Daschle (for 
Harkin/Daschle) Amendment No. 3127, to express the sense of the Senate 
that emergency action is necessary to respond to the economic hardships 
facing agricultural producers and their communities. 
                                        Pages S8093-94, S8100-23, S8128
  Bumpers/Cochran Amendment No. 3142, to clarify a budget request 
submission regarding spending based on assumed revenues of unauthorized 
user fees.
Pages S8123-24
  Bumpers (for Daschle) Amendment No. 3143, to establish a pilot 
program to permit certain owners and operators to hay and graze on land 
that is subject to conservation reserve contracts.
Page S8124
  Bumpers (for Durbin) Amendment No. 3144, to prohibit the previous 
shipment of shell eggs under the voluntary grading program of the 
Department of Agriculture and to require the Secretary of Agriculture 
to submit a report on egg safety and repackaging.
Pages S8124-25
  Bumpers (for Byrd) Amendment No. 3145, to provide funding for 
completion of construction of the Alderson Plant Materials Center in 
Alderson, West Virginia.
Page S8125
  Bumpers (for Lieberman/Dodd) Amendment No. 3146, to clarify the 
eligibility of State agricultural experiment stations for certain 
agricultural research programs.
Pages S8128-29
Homeowners Protection Act: Senate concurred in the amendments of the 
House to S. 318, to require automatic cancellation and notice of 
cancellation rights with respect to private mortgage insurance which is 
required as condition for entering into a residential mortgage 
transaction, to abolish the Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight 
Board, with an amendment, as follows:
  Pages S8267-68
  DeWine (for Santorum/Specter) Amendment No. 3171, to establish that 
certain provisions shall not apply to a nonprofit institution whose 
primary function is to provide health care educational services that 
files for bankruptcy.
Page S8268
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Charles R. Rawls, of North Carolina, to be General Counsel of the 
Department of Agriculture.
  Robert M. Walker, of Tennessee, to be Deputy Director of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency.
  George McDade Staples, of Kentucky, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Rwanda.
  A routine list in the Foreign Service.
Page S8268
Messages From the House:
  Page S8239
Measures Referred:
  Page S8239
Petitions:
  Pages S8239-40
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S8240
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S8241-53
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S8253-54
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S8254-61
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S8261
Authority for Committees:
  Page S8261
Additional Statements:
  Pages S8262-64
Record Votes: Six record votes were taken today. (Total--205) 
                                 Pages S8183, S8212-13, S8226-28, S8232

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Adjournment: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and adjourned at 10:48 p.m., 
until 10 a.m., on Thursday, July 16, 1998. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S8268.)