[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 105 (Thursday, July 30, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D867-D873]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                                 Thursday, July 30, 1998

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Department of Defense Appropriations, 1999.
      House Committee ordered reported the District of Columbia 
      appropriations for fiscal year 1999.


                                 Senate

Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9323-S9519
Measures Introduced: Twenty-four bills and six resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2371-2394, S. Con. Res. 114-115, and S. Res. 260-263. 
                                                              Pages S9425-26
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 442, to establish a national policy against State and local government 
interference with interstate commerce on the Internet or interactive 
computer services, and to exercise Congressional jurisdiction over 
interstate commerce by establishing a moratorium on the imposition of 
exactions that would interfere with the free flow of commerce via the 
Internet, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 
105-276)
  S. 2375, to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Foreign 
Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, to strengthen prohibitions on international 
bribery and other corrupt practices. (S. Rept. No. 105-277)
  S. 2279, to amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize the programs 
of the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, 
and 2002, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 
105-278)
  Special Report on Further Revised Allocation To Subcommittees of Budget 
Totals for Fiscal Year 1999. (S. Rept. No. 105-279)
  H.R. 3528, to amend title 28, United States Code, with respect to the use 
of alternative dispute resolution processes in United States district 
courts, with amendments.
  S. Res. 193, designating December 13, 1998, as ``National Children's 
Memorial Day''.
  S. 1031, to protect Federal law enforcement officers who intervene in 
certain situations to protect life or prevent bodily injury, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S.J. Res. 51, granting the consent of Congress to the Potomac Highlands 
Airport Authority Compact entered into between the States of Maryland and 
West Virginia.
Pages S9424-25
  Department of Defense Appropriations, 1999: By 97 yeas to 2 nays (Vote No. 
252), Senate passed H.R. 4103, making appropriations for the Department of 
Defense for fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, after striking all after 
the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the text of S. 2132, 
Senate companion measure, after taking action on amendments proposed 
thereto, as follows:
  Pages S9323-43, S9350-52, S9357-S9407, S9416-17
Adopted:
  Stevens/Inouye Modified Amendment No. 3391, to provide a 3.6 percent pay 
raise for military personnel during Fiscal Year 1999. 
                                                       Pages S9326, S9343-44
  Stevens Amendment No. 3392, to provide additional funds for U.S. military 
operations in Bosnia as an emergency requirement.
Pages S9326-27
  Subsequently, the amendment was modified.
Page S9391
  Roberts Amendment No. 3393, to impose a limitation on deployments of 
United States forces to Yugoslavia, Albania, or Macedonia.
Pages S9327-28
  Abraham/Hutchinson Amendment No. 2964, to provide for improved monitoring 
of human rights in the People's Republic of China.
Pages S9350-52, S9359
  Hutchinson Amendment No. 3124, to condemn those officials of the Chinese 
Communist Party, the Government of the People's Republic of China, and other 
persons who are involved in the enforcement of forced abortions by 
preventing such person from entering or remaining in the United States, and 
to express the sense of the Congress that the President should make freedom 
of religion one of the major objects of United States foreign policy with 
respect to China. (By 29 yeas to 70 nays (Vote No. 248), Senate earlier 
failed to table the amendment.)
Pages S9334-40, S9345-46, S9358-59, S9373
  By a unanimous vote of 99 yeas (Vote No. 250), Hutchinson Amendment No. 
3419 (to Amendment No. 3124), of a perfecting nature.
Pages S9371-73
  Hutchison Amendment No. 3409, to express the Sense of the Congress that 
the readiness of the United States Armed Forces to execute the National 
Security Strategy of the United States is eroded from

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a combination of declining defense budget and expended missions, including 
the ongoing commitment of U.S. forces to the peacekeeping mission in Bosnia.
                                                       Pages S9341-43, S9396
  Stevens (for Akaka) Amendment No. 3420, to set aside $12,000,000 for 
continuation of electric and hybrid-electric vehicle development. 
                                                              Pages S9375-85
  Stevens (for Bingaman/Domenici) Amendment No. 3421, to set aside 
$2,250,000 for the Defense Systems Evaluation program for support of test 
and training operations at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, and Fort 
Bliss, Texas.
Pages S9375-85
  Stevens (for Cochran) Amendment No. 3422, to provide $1,000,000 for 
Acoustic Sensor Technology Development Planning for the Department of 
Defense.
Pages S9375-85
  Stevens (for Domenici/Harkin) Amendment No. 3423, to require the Secretary 
of Defense to report on food stamp assistance for Armed Forces families, and 
to require the Comptroller General to study and report on issues relating to 
the family life, morale, and retention of members of the Armed Forces. 
                                                              Pages S9375-85
  Stevens (for Durbin) Amendment No. 3424, relating to the conveyance of the 
remaining Army Reserve property at former Fort Sheridan, Illinois. 
                                                              Pages S9375-85
  Stevens (for Gregg) Amendment No. 3425, to require a conveyance of certain 
property at former Pease Air Force Base, New Hampshire.
Pages S9375-85
  Stevens (for Hollings) Amendment No. 3426, to make available up to 
$10,000,000 for the Department of Defense share of environmental restoration 
at Defense Logistics Agency inventory location 429 (Macalloy site) in 
Charleston, South Carolina.
Pages S9375-85
  Stevens (for Inouye) Amendment No. 3427, to designate funds for a 
strategic materials manufacturing project.
Pages S9375-85
  Stevens (for Inouye) Amendment No. 3428, to authorize the transportation 
of American Samoa veterans to Hawaii on Department of Defense aircraft for 
receipt of veterans medical care in Hawaii.
Pages S9375-85
  Stevens (for Inouye) Amendment No. 3429, to provide that the Secretary of 
Defense shall submit to the President and the Congressional Defense 
Committees a report regarding the potential for development of Ford Island 
within the Pearl Harbor Naval Complex, Oahu, Hawaii.
Pages S9375-85
  Stevens (for Kennedy) Amendment No. 3430, to reduce funds available for 
Navy S-3 Weapon System Improvement program and to provide funds for a cyber-
security program.
Pages S9375-85
  Stevens (for Sarbanes ) Amendment No. 3431, to provide additional funding 
for repair of the Korean War Veterans Memorial.
Pages S9375-85
  Stevens (for McConnell/Ford) Amendment No. 3432, to set aside $18,000,000 
for the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment for demonstrations of 
technologies and a pilot scale facility.
Pages S9375-85
  Stevens (for Mack) Amendment No. 3433, to authorize the lease of real 
property at the Naval Air Warfare Center, Training Systems Division, 
Orlando, Florida.
Pages S9375-85
  Stevens (for Mikulski) Amendment No. 3434, to provide for the funding of a 
vessel scrapping pilot program.
Pages S9375-85
  Stevens (for Lott) Amendment No. 3435, to provide that the Department of 
Defense shall, in allocating funds for the Next Generation Internet 
initiative, give full consideration to the allocation of funds to the 
regional partnerships that will best leverage Department investments in the 
Department of Defense Major Shared Resources Centers and Centers with 
supercomputers.
Pages S9375-85
  Stevens (for Murkowski) Amendment No. 3436, to provide $500,000 for 
payment of subcontractors and suppliers under an Army services contract. 
                                                              Pages S9375-85
  Stevens (for Shelby) Amendment No. 3437, to designate funds to continue an 
electronic circuit board manufacturing program.
Pages S9375-85
  Stevens (for Specter) Amendment No. 3438, to reestablish the Commission To 
Assess the Organization of the Federal Government To Combat the 
Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction.
Pages S9375-85
  Stevens Amendment No. 3439, to designate funds for the procurement of 
Multiple Integrated laser Engagement System (MILES) training equipment. 
                                                              Pages S9375-85
  Stevens Amendment No. 3440, to strike the emergency designation for the 
funds authorized to be appropriated for the costs of overseas contingency 
operations.
Pages S9375-85
  Stevens (for Coats) Amendment No. 3441, to reduce funds available for 
development of the Army Joint Tactical Radio and to provide funds for the 
development of the Army Near Term Digital Radio.
Pages S9375-85
  Stevens (for Warner) Amendment No. 3442, to designate Army Digitization 
funds for development of the Digital Intelligence Situation Mapboard. 
                                                              Pages S9375-85
  Stevens (for Boxer) Amendment No. 3443, to set aside $5,000,000 of Navy 
research, development, test, and evaluation funds for the Shortstop 
Electronic Protection System, which is to be developed for use in urban 
warfare, littoral operations, and peacekeeping operations.
Pages S9375-85
  Stevens (for Ford) Amendment No. 3444, to revise and clarify the authority 
for Federal support of National Guard drug interdiction and counterdrug 
activities.
Pages S9375-85
  Stevens (for Dodd) Amendment No. 3445, to set aside funds for research and 
surveillance activities relating to Lyme disease and other tick-borne 
diseases.
Pages S9375-85

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  Stevens (for Kerry) Amendment No. 3446, to make available $3,000,000 for 
advanced research relating to solid state dye lasers.
Pages S9375-85
  Stevens (for McCain/Kyl) Amendment No. 3447, to authorize the Secretary of 
Defense to lease a parcel of real property from the City of Phoenix. 
                                                              Pages S9375-85
  Stevens (for Kyl) Amendment No. 3448, to designate Army RDT&E funds for 
integration and evaluation of a passenger safety system for heavy tactical 
trucks.
Pages S9375-85
  Stevens (for Grassley) Amendment No. 3449, relating to matching 
disbursements for financial accounting.
Pages S9375-85
  Stevens (for Harkin) Amendment No. 3450, to increase the amount provided 
for research and development relating to Persian Gulf illnesses. 
                                                              Pages S9375-85
  Stevens Amendment No. 3451, to reduce funds available for development of 
the Navy Hard and Deeply Buried Target Defeat System and to provide funds 
for the procurement of Joint Tactical Combat Training System (JTCTS) 
equipment.
Pages S9375-85
  Stevens (for Faircloth) Amendment No. 3452, to require a comprehensive 
assessment of the TRICARE program.
Pages S9375-85
  Stevens Amendment No. 3453, to authorize the Secretary of the Army and the 
Secretary of the Air Force to enter into one or more multiyear leases of 
non-tactical firefighting, crash rescue, or snow removal equipment. 
                                                              Pages S9375-85
  Stevens (for Bumpers) Amendment No. 3454, to provide funds for a Domestic 
Preparedness Sustainment Training Center.
Pages S9375-85
  Stevens (for Faircloth) Amendment No. 3455, to ensure that a balanced 
investment is made in the Aerostat development program.
Pages S9375-85
  Stevens (for Baucus/Burns) Amendment No. 3456, to provide funds for the 
redevelopment of Havre Air Force Base and Training Site, Montana, for public 
benefit purposes.
Pages S9375-85
  Stevens (for McCain/Hutchison) Amendment No. 3457, to repeal limitations 
on authority to set rates and waive requirements for reimbursement of 
expenses incurred for instruction at service academies of persons from 
foreign countries.
Pages S9375-85
  Stevens (for Dorgan) Amendment No. 3458, to make small businesses eligible 
to participate in the Indian Subcontracting Incentive Program. 
                                                              Pages S9375-85
  Stevens (for McConnell/Ford) Amendment No. 3459, to provide for full 
funding of the testing of six chemical demilitarization technologies under 
the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment.
Pages S9375-85
  Stevens (for Wellstone) Amendment No. 3460, to express the sense of the 
Senate regarding the use of child soldiers in armed conflict. 
                                                              Pages S9375-85
  Stevens (for Faircloth) Amendment No. 3461, to provide that funds 
available for Pulsed Fast Neutron Analysis Project should be executed 
through cooperation with the Office of National Drug Control Policy. 
                                                              Pages S9375-85
  Stevens (for Bennett) Amendment No. 3462, to designate funds for the 
development and testing of alternate turbine engines for missiles. 
                                                              Pages S9375-85
  Stevens (for Gramm) Amendment No. 3463, to guarantee the right of all 
active duty military personnel, merchant mariners, and their dependents to 
vote in Federal, State, and local elections.
Pages S9375-85
  Inouye (for Moseley-Braun) Amendment No. 3464, to provide for the 
conversion of the Eighth Regiment National Guard Armory into a Chicago 
Military Academy.
Pages S9375-85
  Stevens (for D'Amato) Amendment No. 3466, to require the Air National 
Guard to provide support for Coast Guard seasonal search and rescue 
operations at Francis S. Gabreski Airport, Hampton, New York. 
                                                       Pages S9391, S9393-94
  Stevens (for Bingaman) Amendment No. 3467, to require the Secretary of 
Defense to carry out a program to donate surplus dental equipment to the 
Indian Health Service Facilities and to Federally-qualified health centers 
that serve rural and medically underserved populations.
Pages S9393-94
  Stevens (for Bingaman) Amendment No. 3468, to require a report on 
uniformed services dental care policies, practices, and experience 
pertaining to furnishing of dental services to dependents of members of the 
uniformed services on active duty.
Pages S9393-94
  Stevens (for Dodd) Amendment No. 3469, to make funds available for actions 
necessary to eliminate the backlog of unpaid retired pay relating to Army 
service and to report to Congress.
Pages S9393-94
  Stevens (for Harkin) Amendment No. 3470, to require the Secretary of 
Defense to take action to ensure the elimination of the backlog of 
incomplete actions on requests for replacement medals and replacement of 
other decorations.
Pages S9393-94
  Stevens (for Harkin) Amendment No. 3471, to provide tobacco cessation 
therapy.
Pages S9393-94
  Stevens (for Frist) Amendment No. 3472, to make available funds for 
procurement of lightweight maintenance enclosures (LME) for the Army and the 
Marine Corps.
Pages S9393-94
  Stevens (for Dorgan) Amendment No. 3473, to require the abatement of 
hazardous substances at Finley Air Force Station, Finley, North Dakota. 
                                                              Pages S9393-94
  Stevens (for DeWine) Amendment No. 3474, to provide additional resources 
for enhanced drug interdiction efforts in the Caribbean and South America. 
                                                              Pages S9393-94
  Stevens (for Wellstone) Amendment No. 3475, to provide for enhanced 
protections of the confidentiality of records of family advocacy services 
and other professional support services relating to incidents of

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sexual harassment, sexual abuse, and intrafamily abuse.
Pages S9393-94
  Robb Amendment No. 3476, to express the sense of the Congress that the 
United States should resolve the claims of the victims of the U.S. Marine 
Corps aircraft incident in Cavalese, Italy as quickly and fairly as 
possible.
Pages S9394-95
  Leahy Amendment No. 3477, to prohibit the use of funds to support training 
programs of security forces of a foreign country if such unit has committed 
a violation of human rights.
Page S9395
  Stevens (for Santorum) Amendment No. 3394, to add $8,200,000 for 
procurement of M888, 60-millimeter, high-explosive ammunition for the Marine 
Corps, and to offset the increase by reducing the amount for Air Force war 
reserve materials (PE 13950).
Page S9397
  Stevens (for Kerrey) Amendment No. 3478, to express the sense of the 
Senate regarding payroll tax relief.
Pages S9403-04
Rejected:
  Feingold Amendment No. 3397, to provide additional funds for the Army 
National Guard operation and maintenance account, and reduce the amount 
provide for procurement for the F/A-18E/F aircraft program. (By 80 yeas to 
19 nays (Vote No. 247), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                             Pages S9329-32, S9333-34, S9358
  Hutchison Amendment No. 3413, to condition the use of appropriated funds 
for the purpose of an orderly and honorable reduction of U.S. ground forces 
in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. (By 68 yeas to 31 nays (Vote No. 
249), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Page S9344, S9360, S9372-73
  Durbin Amendment No. 3465, to prohibit the availability of funds for 
offensive military operations except in accordance with Article I, Section 8 
of the Constitution. (By 84 yeas to 15 nays (Vote No. 251), Senate tabled 
the amendment.)
Pages S9386-92
Withdrawn:
  Kyl Amendment No. 3398, to limit the use of funds pending establishment of 
the position of Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Technology Security 
Policy.
Pages S9332-33, S9392
  Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the House 
thereon, and the Chair appointed the following conferees on the part of the 
Senate: Senators Stevens, Cochran, Specter, Domenici, Bond, McConnell, 
Shelby, Gregg, Hutchison, Inouye, Hollings, Byrd, Leahy, Bumpers, 
Lautenberg, Harkin, and Dorgan.
Page S9417
  Subsequently, S. 2132 was indefinitely postponed.
Page S9417
  Department of Transportation Appropriations, 1999: Pursuant to the order 
of July 23, 1998, Senate passed H.R. 4328, making appropriations for the 
Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1999, after striking all after the enacting clause and 
inserting in lieu thereof the text of S. 2307, Senate companion measure, as 
passed by the Senate on July 24, 1998.
  Page S9389
  Also, pursuant to the order of July 23, 1998, passage of S. 2307 was 
vitiated and the bill was indefinitely postponed.
Page S9389
  VA/HUD Appropriations, 1999: Pursuant to the order of July 16, 1998, 
Senate passed H.R. 4194, making appropriations for the Department 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 striking all after the enacting clause 
and inserting in lieu thereof the text of S. 2168, Senate companion measure, 
as passed by the Senate on July 17, 1998, insisted on its amendment, 
requested a conference with the House thereon, and the Chair appointed the 
following conferees on the part of the Senate: Senators Bond, Burns, 
Stevens, Shelby, Campbell, Craig, Mikulski, Leahy, Lautenberg, Harkin, and 
Byrd.
  Page S9389
  Also, pursuant to the order of July 16, 1998, passage of S. 2168 was 
vitiated and the bill was indefinitely postponed.
Page S9389
  Congressional Adjournment: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 114, providing 
for a conditional adjournment or recess of the Senate and a conditional 
adjournment of the House of Representatives.
  Page S9407
  Emergency Farm Financial Relief: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
Forestry was discharged from further consideration of S. 2344, to amend the 
Agricultural Market Transition Act to provide for the advance payment, in 
full, of the fiscal year 1999 payments otherwise required under production 
flexibility contracts, and the bill was then passed.
  Pages S9413-16
  Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations: Senate 
passed H.R. 1085, to revise, codify, and enact without substantive change 
certain general and permanent laws, related to patriotic and national 
observances, ceremonies, and organizations, as title 36, United States Code, 
``Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations'', 
clearing the measure for the President.
  Page S9493
  Printing Authority: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 115, to authorize the 
printing of copies of the publication entitled ``The United States Capitol'' 
as a Senate document.
  Page S9494
  Authorizing Payment of Expenses: Senate agreed to S. Res. 263, to 
authorize the payment of expenses of representatives of the Senate attending 
the funeral of a Senator.
  Page S9494
  Antitrust Laws/Major League Baseball: Senate passed S. 53, to require the 
general application of the antitrust laws to major league baseball, after 
agreeing to a committee amendment in the nature

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of a substitute, and the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                              Pages S9494-98
  Jeffords (for Hatch) Amendment No. 3479, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                              Pages S9494-98
  Granting Consent of Congress: Senate passed S. 1134, granting the consent 
and approval of Congress to an interstate forest fire protection compact. 
                                                              Pages S9498-99
  Biomaterials Access Assurance Act: Senate passed H.R. 872, to establish 
rules governing product liability actions against raw materials and bulk 
component supplies to medical device manufacturers, clearing the measure for 
the President.
  Pages S9500-01
  Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act: Senate passed S. 512, to 
amend chapter 47 of title 18, United States Code, relating to identity 
fraud, after agreeing to a committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute, and the following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S9501-04
  Jeffords (for Kyl) Amendment No. 3480, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                              Pages S9503-04
  Freedom From Government Competition Act: Senate passed S. 314, to provide 
a process for identifying the functions of the Federal Government that are 
not inherently governmental functions, after agreeing to a committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  Pages S9504-06
  Border Improvement and Immigration Act: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of H.R. 2920, to amend the Illegal 
Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to modify the 
requirements for implementation of an entry-exit control system, and the 
bill was then passed after striking all after the enacting clause and 
inserting in lieu thereof the text of S. 1360, Senate companion measure, 
after agreeing to a committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and 
the following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S9506-09
  Jeffords (for Abraham) Amendment No. 3481, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                              Pages S9507-09
  Subsequently, S. 1360 was returned to the Senate Calendar.
Page S9510
  Steve Schiff Auditorium: Senate passed H.R. 3731, to designate the 
auditorium located within the Sandia Technology Transfer Center in 
Albuquerque, New Mexico, as the ``Steve Schiff Auditorium'', clearing the 
measure for the President.
  Page S9510
  Commercial Space Act: Senate passed H.R. 1702, to encourage the 
development of a commercial space industry in the United States, after 
agreeing to a committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and the 
following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S9510-16
  Jeffords (for Frist) Amendment No. 3482, to modify the provisions relating 
to national launch capability.
Page S9515
Job Training Partnership Act--Conference Report: Senate agreed to the 
conference report on H.R. 1385, to consolidate, coordinate, and improve 
employment, training, literacy, and vocational rehabilitation programs in 
the United States.
  Pages S9489-93
Treasury/Postal Service Appropriations, 1999: Senate resumed consideration 
of 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, taking 
action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S9356-57
Pending:
  McConnell Amendment No. 3379, to provide for appointment and term length 
for the staff director and general counsel of the Federal Election 
Commission. (By 45 yeas to 54 nays (Vote No. 246), Senate failed to table 
the amendment.)
Pages S9356-57
  Glenn Amendment No. 3380, to provide additional funding for enforcement 
activities of the Federal Election Commission.
Page S9356
  Graham/Mack Amendment No. 3381, to provide funding for the Central Florida 
High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area.
Page S9356
  Campbell (for Grassley) Amendment No. 3386, to protect Federal law 
enforcement officers who intervene in certain situations to protect life or 
prevent bodily injury.
Page S9356
  Harkin Amendment No. 3387, to provide additional funding to reduce 
methamphetamine usage in High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas.
Page S9356
  Kohl (for Kerrey) Amendment No. 3389, to express the sense of the Senate 
regarding payroll tax relief.
Page S9356
Withdrawn:
  Stevens Amendment No. 3385, to provide for an adjustment in the 
computation of annuities for certain Federal officers and employees relating 
to average pay determinations.
Pages S9356-57
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill and amendments pending thereto.
Page S9357
Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Consent Act Conference 
Report--Agreement: A unanimous-consent time-agreement was reached providing 
for the consideration of the conference report on H.R. 629, to grant the 
consent of Congress to the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal 
Compact.
  Page S9374
Military Constructions Appropriations Conference Report--Agreement: A 
unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for the consideration of 
H.R. 4059, making appropriations for military construction, family housing, 
and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1999.
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Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Scott E. Thomas, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
Federal Election Commission for a term expiring April 30, 2003.
  Darryl R. Wold, of California, to be a Member of the Federal Election 
Commission for a term expiring April 30, 2001.
  Raymond L. Bramucci, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor.
  Deidre A. Lee, of Oklahoma, to be Administrator for Federal Procurement 
Policy.
  Thelma J. Askey, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the United States 
International Trade Commission for the remainder of the term expiring 
December 16, 2000.
  Jennifer Anne Hillman, of Indiana, to be a Member of the United States 
International Trade Commission for the term expiring December 16, 2006.
  Stephen Koplan, of Virginia, to be a Member of the United States 
International Trade Commission for the term expiring June 16, 2005.
  David M. Mason, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal Election 
Commission for a term expiring April 30, 2003.
  Rosina M. Bierbaum, of Virginia, to be an Associate Director of the Office 
of Science and Technology Policy.
  Diane D. Blair, of Arkansas, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of 
the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for a term expiring January 31, 
2004.
  Jonathan H. Spalter, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate 
Director of the United States Information Agency.
  L. Britt Snider, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Central 
Intelligence Agency.
  Hugh Q. Parmer, of Texas, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Agency 
for International Development.
  Kelley S. Coyner, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Research and 
Special Programs Administration, Department of Transportation.
  Carolyn H. Becraft, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Navy.
  Ruby Butler DeMesme, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air 
Force.
  Patrick T. Henry, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army.
  Karl J. Sandstrom, of Washington, to be a Member of the Federal Election 
Commission for a term expiring April 30, 2001.
  Ritajean Hartung Butterworth, of Washington, to be a Member of the Board 
of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for a term expiring 
January 31, 2004.
  9 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  79 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  11 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, Navy. 
                                                    Pages S9409-10, S9516-19
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Francis M. Allegra, of Virginia, to be Judge of the United States Court of 
Federal Claims for a term of fifteen years.
  Legrome D. Davis, of Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge for 
the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
  Michael M. Reyna, of California, to be a Member of the Farm Credit 
Administration Board, Farm Credit Administration, for a term expiring May 
21, 2004.
  Cardell Cooper, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development.
  Charles G. Groat, of Texas, to be Director of the United States Geological 
Survey.
  David C. Williams, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, Department of the 
Treasury.
  Claiborne deB. Pell, of Rhode Island, to be an Alternate Representative of 
the United States of America to the Fifty-third Session of the General 
Assembly of the United Nations.
  Rod Grams, of Minnesota, to be a Representative of the United States of 
America to the Fifty-third Session of the General Assembly of the United 
Nations.
  Joseph R. Biden, of Delaware, to be a Representative of the United States 
of America to the Fifty-third Session of the General Assembly of the United 
Nations.
  John U. Sepulveda, of New York, to be Deputy Director of the Office of 
Personnel Management.
  Montie R. Deer, of Kansas, to be Chairman of the National Indian Gaming 
Commission for the term of three years.
  Joseph E. Stevens, Jr., of Missouri, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation for a term expiring 
December 10, 2003.
  Stephen W. Preston, of the District of Columbia, to be General Counsel of 
the Department of the Navy.
  Harold Lucas, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development.
  Routine lists in the Army, Air Force, and Navy.
Pages S9407-09
Nominations Withdrawn: Senate received notification of the withdrawal of the 
following Nominations:
  Daryl L. Jones, of Florida, to be Secretary of the Air Force, vice Sheila 
Widnall, resigned, which was sent to the Senate on October 22, 1997.
  Tadd Johnson, of Minnesota, to be Chair of the National Indian Gaming 
Commission for the term of three years, vice Harold A. Monteau, resigned, 
which was sent to the Senate on July 31, 1997, and September 2, 1997.

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  Cardell Cooper, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Administrator, Office of 
Solid Waste, Environmental Protection Agency, vice Elliott Pearson Laws, 
resigned, which was sent to the Senate on September 2, 1997.
Page S9410
Messages From the House:
  Page S9424
Measures Referred:
  Page S9424
Communications:
  Page S9424
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S9425
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S9426-51
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S9451-52
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S9455-79
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S9480
Authority for Committees:
  Page S9480
Additional Statements:
  Pages S9480-89
Record Votes: Seven record votes were taken today. (Total--252) 
                                      Pages S9357-59, S9372-73, S9392, S9416
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and adjourned at 11:05 p.m., until 
10 a.m., on Friday, July 31, 1998. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of 
the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S9410-11.)