[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 112 (Monday, August 31, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D916-D917]
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                                            Monday, August 31, 1998

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9671-S9714
Measures Introduced: Three bills were introduced, as follows: S. 2426-
2428.
  Page S9689
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  Reported on Tuesday, August 25, during the adjournment:
  S. 2131, to provide for the conservation and development of water and 
related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct 
various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United 
States, and for other purposes, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 105-286)
  S. 2359, to amend the National Environmental Education Act to extend 
the programs under the Act. (S. Rept. No. 105-287)
  S. 1398, to extend certain contracts between the Bureau of 
Reclamation and irrigation water contractors in Wyoming and Nebraska 
that receive water from Glendo Reservoir, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 105-288)
  S. 2087, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain 
works, facilities, and titles of the Gila Project, and designated lands 
within or adjacent to the Gila Project, to the Wellton-Mohawk 
Irrigation and Drainage District, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 105-289)
  S. 2171, to extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act 
applicable to the construction of a hydroelectric project in the State 
of Arkansas. (S. Rept. No. 105-290)
  H.R. 449, to provide for the orderly disposal of certain Federal 
lands in Clark County, Nevada, and to provide for the acquisition of 
environmentally sensitive lands in the State of Nevada. (S. Rept. No. 
105-291)
  H.R. 2886, to provide for a demonstration project in the Stanislaus 
National Forest, California, under which a private contractor will 
perform multiple resource management activities for that unit of the 
National Forest System, with an amendment. (S. Rept. No. 105-292)
  H.R. 3796, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the 
administrative site for the Rogue River National Forest and use the 
proceeds for the construction or improvement of offices and support 
buildings for the Rogue River National Forest and the Bureau of Land 
Management, with an amendment. (S. Rept. No. 105-293)
  S. 1397, to establish a commission to assist in commemoration of the 
centennial of powered flight and the achievements of the Wright 
brothers, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. 
No. 105-294)
  H.R. 930, to require Federal employees to use Federal travel charge 
cards for all payments of expenses of official Government travel, to 
amend title 31, United States Code, to establish requirements for 
prepayment audits of Federal agency transportation expenses, to 
authorize reimbursement of Federal agency employees for taxes incurred 
on travel or transportation reimbursements, and to authorize test 
programs for the payment of Federal employee travel expenses and 
relocation expenses, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 105-295)
  H.R. 3096, to correct a provision relating to termination of benefits 
for convicted persons. (S. Rept. No. 105-296)
  S. Con. Res. 82, expressing the sense of Congress concerning the 
worldwide trafficking of persons, that has a disproportionate impact on 
women and girls, and is condemned by the international community as a 
violation of fundamental human rights, with an amendment. 
                                                         Pages S9688-89
Measures Passed:
  Commerce, Justice, State Appropriations, 1999: Pursuant to the order 
of July 22, 1998, Senate passed H.R. 4276, making appropriations for 
the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, 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. 2260, as passed by the Senate.
  Page S9713
  Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and pursuant to the order of July 22, 1998, the Chair 
appointed the

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following conferees on the part of the Senate: Senators Gregg, Stevens, 
Domenici, McConnell, Hutchison, Campbell, Cochran, Hollings, Inouye, 
Bumpers, Lautenberg, Mikulski, and Byrd.
Page S9713
  Subsequently, passage of S. 2260 was vitiated and the bill was 
indefinitely postponed.
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Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaty:
  Treaty with Guatemala for return of Stolen, Robbed, Embezzled or 
Appropriated Vehicles and Aircraft (Treaty Doc. 105-58);
  The treaty was transmitted to the Senate today, considered as having 
been read for the first time, and referred, with accompanying papers, 
to the Committee on Foreign Relations and was ordered to be printed. 
                                                         Pages S9713-14
Executive Reports of Committees: Senate received the following 
executive report of a committee:
  Received on August 25, 1998, during the adjournment of the Senate:
  Treaty Doc. 95-2 B (formerly Ex. B., 95-1), Montreal Protocol No. 4 
to Amend the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating 
to International Carriage by Air, with one declaration and two 
provisos. (Exec. Rept. No. 105-20)
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Appointment:
  National Skill Standards Board: The Chair announced the following 
appointment made by the Democratic Leader during the August recess: 
Pursuant to the provisions of Public Law 103-227, the appointment of 
Barbara Kairson, of New York, as the Representative of Labor to the 
National Skill Standards Board, effective August 13, 1998.
  Page S9714
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Peter J. Basso, Jr., of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Transportation.
  H. Dean Buttram, Jr., of Alabama, to be United States District Judge 
for the Northern District of Alabama.
  Inge Prytz Johnson, of Alabama, to be United States District Judge 
for the Northern District of Alabama.
Page S9714
Messages From the House:
  Pages S9680-81
Measures Referred:
  Pages S9681-82
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S9682
Measures Read First Time:
  Page S9682
Communications:
  Pages S9682-88
Petitions:
  Page S9688
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S9689
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S9689-92
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S9692-93
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S9693
Additional Statements:
  Pages S9693-95
Text of H.R. 4103 as Previously Passed:
  Pages S9695-S9713
Recess: Senate convened at 12 noon, and recessed at 3:59 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, September 1, 1998. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S9714.)