[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 96 (Friday, July 17, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D781-D783]
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                                              Friday, July 17, 1998

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed VA/HUD Appropriations, 1999.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8425-S8542
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2325-2331, and S. Con. Res. 108.                 
  Page S8482
Measures Passed:
   VA/HUD Appropriations: Senate passed 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, after taking action on further amendments proposed thereto, as 
follows:                                                 
  Pages S8425-47
Adopted:
  Burns Amendment No. 3205, to provide for insurance and 
indemnification with respect to the development of certain experimental 
aerospace vehicles.                                  
Pages S8425, S8431
  Murkowski Modified Amendment No. 3200, to provide land allotments for 
certain Native Alaskan veterans.                  
Pages S8425, S8431-32
Rejected:
  Nickles Amendment No. 3202, to provide for an increase in FHA single 
family maximum mortgage amounts and GNMA guaranty fee. (By 69 yeas to 
27 nays (Vote No. 211), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                                  Pages S8425, S8428-30
  Sessions Amendment No. 3206, to increase funding for activities of 
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration concerning science 
and technology, aeronautics, space transportation, and technology by 
reducing funding for the AmeriCorps program. (By 58 yeas to 37 nays 
(Vote No. 212), Senate tabled the amendment.)            
Pages S8425-31
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 54 yeas to 40 nays (Vote No. 210), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected a motion to waive the Congressional Budget Act with respect to 
consideration of Wellstone/Murray/McCain Amendment No. 3199, to restore 
veterans tobacco-related benefits as in effect before the enactment of 
the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century. Subsequently, a 
point of order that the amendment was in violation of section 302(f) of 
the Congressional Budget Act was sustained, and the amendment thus 
fell.                                                    
Pages S8425-28
  Milosevic/War Crimes: Committee on Foreign Relations was discharged 
from further consideration of S. Con. Res. 105, expressing the sense of 
the Congress regarding the culpability of Slobodan Milosevic for war 
crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide in the former Yugoslavia, 
and the resolution was agreed to, after agreeing to the following 
amendments proposed thereto:                             
  Pages S8456-58
  D'Amato Amendment No. 3212, to make a technical correction. 
                                                             Page S8457
  D'Amato Amendment No. 3213, to strike provisions regarding U.S. 
policy in dealings with President Milosevic.                 
Page S8457
  Shackleford Banks Wild Horses Protection: Senate passed H.R. 765, to 
ensure maintenance of a herd of wild horses in Cape Lookout National 
Seashore, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S8532-33
  Domenici (for Murkowski) Amendment No. 3214, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S8533
  Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument Completion Act: Senate 
passed 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, after agreeing to a committee amendment in the nature of 
a substitute.                                            
  Pages S8533-34
  National Discovery Trails: Senate passed S. 1069, entitled the 
``National Discovery Trails Act of

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1997'', after agreeing to a committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.                                              
  Pages S8534-35
  Bandelier National Monument: Senate passed S. 1132, to modify the 
boundaries of the Bandelier National Monument to include the lands 
within the headwaters of the Upper Alamo Watershed which drain into the 
Monument and which are not currently within the jurisdiction of a 
Federal land management agency, and to authorize purchase or donation 
of those lands, after agreeing to committee amendments. 
                                                         Pages S8535-36
  National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Program: Senate passed S. 
1403, to amend the National Historic Preservation Act for purposes of 
establishing a national historic lighthouse preservation program, after 
agreeing to a committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                         Pages S8536-37
  Methane Hydrate Resources: Senate passed S. 1418, to promote the 
research, identification, assessment, exploration, and development of 
methane hydrate resources, after agreeing to committee amendments. 
                                                             Page S8537
  Land Conveyance: Senate passed 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, after agreeing to a committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.                     
  Page S8538
  Wenatchee National Forest: Senate passed S. 1683, to transfer 
administrative jurisdiction over part of the Lake Chelan National 
Recreation Area from the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of 
Agriculture for inclusion in the Wenatchee National Forest, after 
agreeing to a committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S8538
  Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site: Senate passed S. 1695, to 
establish the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site in the State 
of Colorado, after agreeing to a committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.                                              
  Pages S8538-39
  Hart Mountain Transfer: Senate passed S. 1807, to transfer 
administrative jurisdiction over certain parcels of public domain land 
in Lake County, Oregon, to facilitate management of the land, after 
agreeing to a committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S8539
  New Mexico Land Conveyance: Senate passed 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, after agreeing to a 
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.           
  Page S8539
  California Land Sale: Senate passed H.R. 1439, to facilitate the sale 
of certain land in Tahoe National Forest, in the State of California to 
Placer County, California, clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                             Page S8540
  Guam Delegate Election: Senate passed H.R. 1460, to allow for 
election of the Delegate from Guam by other than separate ballot, 
clearing the measure for the President                       
  Page S8540
  Mark Twain National Forest Boundary Adjustment: Senate passed 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, clearing the 
measure for the President.                                   
  Page S8540
  Iowa FERC Project Extension: Senate passed 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, clearing the measure for 
the President.                                               
  Page S8540
  Colorado FERC Project Extension: Senate passed 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, clearing the 
measure for the President.                                   
  Page S8540
  Kentucky Hydroelectric Project Extension: Senate passed H.R. 2841, to 
extend the time required for the construction of a hydroelectric 
project, clearing the measure for the President.             
  Page S8540
Legislative Branch Appropriations--Cloture Motion Filed: A motion was 
entered to close further debate on the motion to proceed to 
consideration of H.R. 4112, making appropriations for the Legislative 
Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999 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 21, 1998. 
                                                             Page S8471
  Senate will consider the bill on Monday, July 20, 1998.
Commerce/Justice/State Appropriations, 1999--Agreement: A unanimous-
consent agreement was reached providing for the consideration of 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, on Monday, July 20, 1999.         
  Page S8540
Messages from the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:

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  Transmitting the report of the Executive Order blocking government 
property and prohibiting transactions with the Federal Republic of 
Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro); the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs. (PM-144).                             
Pages S8478-80
  Transmitting the report concerning the emigration laws and policies 
of Albania; referred to the Committee on Finance. (PM-145). 
                                                             Page S8480
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  John J. Pikarski, Jr., of Illinois, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation for the 
remainder of the term expiring December 17, 1998.
  John J. Pikarski, Jr., of Illinois, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation for a term 
expiring December 17, 2001.
  Romulo L. Diaz, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
  J. Charles Fox, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency.
  Paul Steven Miller, of California, to be a Member of the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission for the remainder of the term 
expiring July 1, 1999.
  4 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  3 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Army, Navy.                       
Pages S8542-45
Messages From the President:                             
  Pages S8478-80
Messages From the House:                                     
  Page S8480
Measures Placed on Calendar:                                 
  Page S8480
Communications:                                          
  Pages S8480-81
Petitions:                                                   
  Page S8481
Statements on Introduced Bills:                       
  Pages S8482-S8512
Additional Cosponsors:                                       
  Page S8512
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S8513-14
Notices of Hearings:                                         
  Page S8514
Authority for Committees:                                    
  Page S8514
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S8514-16
Text of H.R. 4101 as Previously Passed:                  
  Pages S8516-32
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--212) 
                                               Pages S8427 28, S8430-31
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and adjourned at 3:29 p.m., 
until 1 p.m., on Monday, July 20, 1998. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S8540.)