[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 99 (Wednesday, July 22, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D809-D810]
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                                           Wednesday, July 22, 1998

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House Committees ordered reported 11 sundry measures, including 
      the Transportation appropriations for fiscal year 1999.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8689-S8813
Measures Introduced: Five bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2340-2344, and S. Res. 257.                  
  Pages S8778-79
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 712, to provide for a system to classify information in the 
interests of national security and a system to declassify such 
information, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. 
No. 105-258)
  H.R. 643, to designate the United States courthouse to be constructed 
at the corner of Superior and Huron Roads, in Cleveland, Ohio, as the 
``Carl B. Stokes United States Courthouse''.
  H.R. 3504, to amend the John F. Kennedy Center Act to authorize 
appropriations for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 
and to further define the criteria for capital repair and operation and 
maintenance.
  S. 1700, to designate the headquarters building of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development in Washington, District of Columbia, as 
the ``Robert C. Weaver Federal Building''.                   
Page S8778
Commerce, Justice, State Appropriations, 1999: Senate resumed 
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, taking action on amendments 
proposed thereto, as follows:                         
  Pages S8689-S8775
Adopted:
  By 56 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 219), Graham/DeWine Amendment No. 
3244, to modify the definition of the term ``public aircraft''. 
                                                         Pages S8690-91
  Wellstone Amendment No. 3252, to provide for mental health screening 
and treatment for incarcerated offenders.                
Pages S8705-09
  Faircloth Amendment No. 3253, relating to offenses involving the 
sexual exploitation or other abuse of children.          
Pages S8709-10
  Bryan Amendment No. 3267 (to Amendment No. 3266), to provide an 
exception for ``fantasy'' sports games and contests.     
Pages S8758-64
  By 55 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 221), Gregg Modified Amendment No. 
3255, to express the sense of the Senate on the budget and Social 
Security.                                                
Pages S8722-34
  Thompson Modified Amendment No. 3256, to reinstate certain 
principles, criteria, and policies relating to Federalism. 
                                                  Pages S8747-49, S8769
  Craig Modified Amendment No. 3261, to require increased efforts for 
the prosecution of offenses in connection with the unlawful possession, 
transfer and use of firearms.                     
Pages S8741-47, S8769
  Bumpers/Hatch Amendment No. 3262, to require a report by the Judicial 
Conference of the United States concerning whether the Federal Rules of 
Criminal Procedure should be amended to provide for the presence of 
witness' counsel in the grand jury room.                     
Page S8749
  Wyden/Smith (of Oregon) Amendment No. 3265, relating to the illegal 
possession of firearms by juveniles.                     
Pages S8757-58
  Bryan Amendment No. 3267 (to Amendment No. 3266), to provide an 
exception for ``fantasy'' sports games and contests.     
Pages S8758-64
Rejected:
  By 41 yeas to 59 nays (Vote No. 218), Bumpers Modified Amendment No. 
3243, to amend the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, relating to 
counsel for witnesses in grand jury proceedings.         
Pages S8689-91
  Sessions/Hatch Amendment No. 3245, to increase funding for Juvenile 
Accountability Incentive Block Grants. (By 64 yeas to 36 nays (Vote No. 
220), Senate tabled the amendment.)                   
Pages S8691-S8704

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  By 47 yeas to 53 nays (Vote No. 222), Hollings Amendment No. 3254, to 
express the sense of the Senate on the budget and Social Security. 
                                                         Pages S8710-34
  By 47 yeas to 53 nays (Vote No. 223), McCain Amendment No. 3257, to 
prevent any consolidation of the Patent and Trademark Office until the 
Administrator of General Services conducts a cost-benefit analysis that 
is not limited to a specific geographical region and makes a 
recommendation on the basis of that analysis. 
                                               Pages S8735-40, S8768-69
  Durbin Amendment No. 3260, to require secure storage for firearms and 
installation of a safety device to prevent children from injuring 
themselves and others with firearms. (By 69 yeas to 31 nays (Vote No. 
224), Senate tabled the amendment.)            
Pages S8740-47, S8769-70
  By 50 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 225), Bumpers Amendment No. 3263, to 
make it illegal, in most cases, to tape a phone conversation without 
the consent of all parties.                    
Pages S8749-51, S8770-71
  Feingold Amendment No. 3264, to require a report from the Federal 
Communications Commission with respect to cable television rates. (By 
63 yeas to 36 nays, one responding present (Vote No. 227), Senate 
tabled the amendment.)                            
Pages S8751-57, S8772
Pending:
  Kyl/Bryan Amendment No. 3266, to prohibit Internet gambling. 
                                                         Pages S8758-68
  Craig Modified Amendment No. 3268 (to Amendment No. 3266), to clarify 
that Indian gaming is subject to Federal jurisdiction. 
                                               Pages S8764-68, S8774-75
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 51 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. 226), Senate tabled the motion to 
reconsider the vote by which Amendment No. 3263, listed above, was 
rejected.                                                    
Page S8771
  A unanimous-consent time-agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the pending amendments and certain amendments to be 
proposed on Thursday, July 23, 1998.                         
Page S8774
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that following 
passage of S. 2260, and upon receipt of H.R. 4276, House companion 
measure, that all after the enacting clause be stricken and the text of 
S. 2260, as passed by the Senate, be inserted in lieu thereof, that 
H.R. 4276, be passed, that the Senate insist on its amendment, request 
a conference with the House thereon, the Chair be authorized to appoint 
the following conferees on the part of the Senate: Senators Gregg, 
Stevens, Domenici, McConnell, Hutchison, Campbell, Cochran, Hollings, 
Inouye, Bumpers, Lautenberg, Mikulski, and Byrd, and that the passage 
of S. 2260 be vitiated, and the bill be indefinitely postponed. 
                                                         Pages S8734-35
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report concerning abatement of interest on under-
payments in presidentially declared disaster areas; referred to the 
Committee on the Budget. (PM-147).                           
Page S8778
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  James E. Newsome, of Mississippi, to be a Commissioner of the 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission for the term expiring June 19, 
2001.
  Howard Hikaru Tagomori, of Hawaii, to be United States Marshal for 
the District of Hawaii for the term of four years.
  2 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  29 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Army and Navy.                    
Pages S8812-13
Messages From the President:                             
  Pages S8777-78
Communications:                                              
  Page S8778
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S8778
Statements on Introduced Bills:                          
  Pages S8779-86
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S8786-87
Amendments Submitted:                                 
  Pages S8788-S8804
Authority for Committees:                                
  Pages S8804-05
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S8805-12
Record Votes: Ten record votes were taken today. (Total--227) 
                              Pages S8690-91, S8703-04, S8734, S8769-72
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 11:37 p.m., 
until 9 a.m., on Thursday, July 23, 1998. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S8812.)