[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 103 (Tuesday, July 28, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D847-D848]
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                                             Tuesday, July 28, 1998

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      The Congress and President of the United States honored the 
      memory of Detective John Michael Gibson and Private First Class 
      Jacob Joseph Chestnut in the United States Capitol Rotunda.
      Senate passed Federal Credit Union Reform Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9089-S9162
Measures Introduced: Six bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2362-2367, S. Res. 258, and S. Con. Res. 113.
  Page S9137
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 314, to require that the Federal Government procure from the 
private sector the goods and services necessary for the operations and 
management of certain Government agencies, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 105-269)
  S. 2244, to amend the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to promote 
volunteer programs and community partnerships for the benefit of 
national wildlife refuges. (S. Rept. No. 105-270)
  Special Report on Further Revised Allocation to Subcommittees of 
Budget Totals from the Concurrent Resolution for Fiscal Year 1998. (S. 
Rept. No. 105-271)
  Special Report on Further Revised Allocation to Subcommittees of 
Budget Totals for Fiscal Year 1999. (S. Rept. No. 105-272)
  H.R. 1856, to amend the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct a volunteer pilot project at one 
national wildlife refuge in each United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service region, and for other purposes, with amendments.
  S. 2112, to make the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 
applicable to the United States Postal Service in the same manner as 
any other employer.
  S. Con. Res. 103, expressing the sense of the Congress in support of 
the recommendations of the International Commission of Jurists on Tibet 
and on United States policy with regard to Tibet, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute.
Page S9135
Measures Passed:
  Federal Credit Union Reform Act: By 92 yeas to 6 nays (Vote No. 239), 
Senate passed H.R. 1151, to amend the Federal Credit Union Act to 
clarify existing law with regard to the field of membership of Federal 
credit unions, to preserve the integrity and purpose of Federal credit 
unions, and to enhance supervisory oversight of insured credit unions, 
after agreeing to a committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, 
and taking action on further amendments proposed thereto, as follows: 
                                                         Pages S9089-98
Adopted:
  Gramm Amendment No. 3336, to strike provisions requiring credit 
unions to use the funds of credit union members to serve persons not 
members of the credit union.
Pages S9089, S9092
  D'Amato/Sarbanes Amendment No. 3339, with respect to review of 
regulations and paperwork reductions, consultation with State 
supervisory agencies, the field of membership exception for underserved 
areas, and to require a study by the Secretary of the Treasury of 
member business lending.
Page S9093
Rejected:
  Shelby Amendment No. 3338, with respect to exempting certain 
financial institutions from the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977. (By 
59 yeas to 39 nays (Vote No. 238), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                                         Pages S9089-92
  Authorizing Senate Legal Counsel: Senate agreed to S. Res. 258, to 
authorize testimony and representation of Senate employee in State of 
Tennessee v. Ronald W. Byrd.
  Page S9161
Treasury/Postal Service Appropriations, 1999: Senate began 
consideration of S. 2312, making appropriations for the Treasury 
Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of

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the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1999, taking action on amendments proposed 
thereto, as follows:
  Pages S9099-S9110, S9113-30
Adopted:
  Campbell/Faircloth/Kohl Amendment No. 3340, relating to the 
adjustment in the rates of basic pay for the statutory pay systems. 
                                                             Page S9101
  Campbell (for Grassley) Amendment No. 3341, regarding antique 
firearms regulation and an exemption for muzzle loader firearms under 
the Gun Control Act.
Pages S9101-03
  Campbell/Kohl Amendment No. 3342, to make a technical correction 
regarding the Federal Financing Bank in order to reflect the true 
amount of debt accumulated.
Pages S9101-03
  Campbell (for Sarbanes) Amendment No. 3343, to provide for the reform 
of the overtime pay of Federal firefighters.
Pages S9101-03
  Campbell (for Cochran) Amendment No. 3344, to provide for an annual 
report on international services of the Postal Service. 
                                                         Pages S9101-03
  Campbell (for Coverdell) Amendment No. 3345, to express the sense of 
the Senate on the use of random selection of returns for examination by 
the Internal Revenue Service.
Pages S9101-03
  Campbell/Kohl Amendment No. 3346, to make modification to Title III 
relating to the Drug Czar's office media campaign.
Pages S9101-03
  Campbell/Kohl Amendment No. 3347, to make a technical correction to 
Title IV.
Page S9103
  Campbell (for Landrieu) Amendment No. 3352, to provide for greater 
access to child care services for Federal employees.
Pages S9107-08
  Kohl Amendment No. 3355, to extend certain prohibitions relating to 
undetectable firearms.
Pages S9110, S9113
  Campbell (for Chafee/Warner) Amendment No. 3356, to require the 
Administrator of General Services to acquire a lease for the Department 
of Transportation headquarters and to provide additional funding for 
security for the Capitol complex.
Pages S9115-18
Pending:
  Thompson Amendment No. 3353, to require the addition of use of forced 
or indentured child labor to the list of grounds on which a potential 
contractor may be debarred or suspended from eligibility for award of a 
Federal Government contract.
Pages S9108-09
Rejected:
  Feinstein Amendment No. 3351, to ban the importation of large 
capacity ammunition feeding devices. (By 54 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 
240), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Page S9107
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 49 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No.241), 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 Hutchinson Amendment No. 3249, to terminate the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Subsequently, a point of order that the 
amendment was in violation of Section 202(b) of the Congressional 
Budget Act was sustained, and the amendment thus fell.
Page S9124
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill on Wednesday, July 29, 1998.
Page S9161
Messages From the House:
  Pages S9134-35
Measures Read First Time:
  Page S9135
Communications:
  Page S9135
Executive Reports of Committees
  Pages S9135-37
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S9137-39
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S9139-40
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S9141-46
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S9146
Authority for Committees:
  Page S9146
Additional Statements:
  Pages S9146-50
Text of S. 2307 as Previously Passed:
  Pages S9150-61
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--241) 
                                    Pages S9092, S9097, S9107, S9129-30
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:45 a.m., and adjourned at 6:58 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, July 29, 1998. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on 
pages S9161-62.)