[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 114 (Wednesday, September 2, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D927-D928]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                       Wednesday, September 2, 1998

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal 
      Compact Conference Report.
      Senate passed Foreign Operations Appropriations, 1999.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9807-S9900
Measures Introduced: Five bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2431-2435, and S. Res. 270.                      
  Page S9877
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 389, to improve congressional deliberation on proposed Federal 
private sector mandates, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 105-299) 
                                                             Page S9877
Measures Passed:
  Foreign Operations Appropriations, 1999: By 90 yeas to 3 nays (Vote 
No. 259), Senate passed S. 2334, making appropriations for foreign 
operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1999, after taking action on amendments proposed 
thereto, as follows:                 
  Pages S9825-34, S9837-47, S9851-69
Adopted:
  McConnell/Leahy Amendment No. 3491, to provide that the Export Import 
Bank shall not disburse direct loans, loan guarantees, insurance, or 
tied aid grants or credits for enterprises or programs in the New 
Independent States which are majority owned or managed by state 
entities.                                                
Pages S9858-59
  Inhofe Amendment No. 3366, to require a certification that the 
signing of the Landmine Convention is consistent with the combat 
requirements and safety of the armed forces of the United States. 
                                                         Pages S9858-59
  McConnell (for Brownback) Amendment No. 3528, to express the finding 
of the Senate that according to the Department of State, Iran continues 
to support international terrorism, providing training, financing, and 
weapons to such terrorist groups as Hizballah, Islamic Jihad and Hamas.
                                                    Pagess S9842, S9845
  McConnell (for DeWine) Amendment No. 3529, to provide additional 
resources for enhanced alternative crop development support in source 
zone.                                                
Pages S9842, S9845
  McConnell (for Craig) Amendment No. 3530, to establish a Joint United 
States-Canada Commission on Cattle, Beef, and Dairy Products, to 
identify, and recommend means of resolving, national, regional, and 
provincial trade-distorting differences between the countries with 
respect to the production, processing, and sale of cattle, beef, and 
dairy products.                                      
Pages S9842, S9845
  McConnell (for Craig) Amendment No. 3531, to describe the 
circumstances under which funds made available under the legislation 
may be available to any tribunal.                    
Pages S9842, S9845
  McConnell (for Craig) Amendment No. 3532, to express the Sense of the 
Senate concerning the operation of agricultural commodity foreign 
assistance programs.                          
Pages S9842, S9845, S9853
  Subsequently, the amendment was modified.                  
Page S9853
  McConnell (for Reed) Amendment No. 3533, to make certain funds 
available for the Claiborne Pell Institute for International Relations 
and Public Policy at Salve Regina University.        
Pages S9842, S9845
  McConnell (for DeWine) Amendment No. 3534, to prohibit the 
availability of funds for Haiti unless certain conditions are met. 
                                                         Pages S9842-45
  McCain Modified Amendment No. 3500, to restrict the availability of 
certain funds for the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization 
unless an additional condition is met. (By 11 yeas to 80 nays (Vote No. 
257), Senate failed to table the

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amendment.)         
Pages S9825-26, S9837-38, S9841, S9845-47, S9851-53
  McConnell (for McCain/Murkowski) Amendment No. 3501, to express the 
sense of the Congress regarding ballistic missile development by North 
Korea.                                                       
Page S9859
  Hutchison/McConnell Modified Amendment No. 3526 (to Amendment No. 
3500), to condition the use of appropriated funds for the Korean 
Peninsula Energy Development Organization. 
                                 Pages S9825-26, S9847, S9851-53, S9868
  Subsequently, the amendment was further modified.          
Page S9868
  McConnell Amendment No. 3535, to provide for the establishment of an 
Office of Security within the Office of the Administrator of the Agency 
for International Development.                           
Pages S9858-59
  Leahy (for DeWine/Leahy) Amendment No. 3536, to provide assistance 
for sub-Saharan Africa.                                  
Pages S9867-68
  Leahy (for Kerrey/Lott) Amendment No. 3537, to state the sense of the 
Senate regarding the development by the International Telecommunication 
Union of world standards for the next generation of wireless 
telecommunications services.                             
Pages S9867-68
  Leahy Amendment No. 3538, to increase funds for peacekeeping 
operations, and increase funds for development assistance of the Agency 
for International Development.                           
Pages S9867-68
  Leahy (for Abraham) Amendment No. 3539, to allow for the carryover of 
certain refugee resettlement funds.                      
Pages S9868-69
Rejected:
  Kyl Amendment No. 3522, to establish conditions for the use of quota 
resources of the International Monetary Fund. (By 74 yeas to 19 nays 
(Vote No. 256), Senate tabled the amendment.)            
Pages S9826-33
  Dodd Amendment No. 3527, to establish a procedure for the 
declassification of information pertaining to Guatemala and Honduras. 
(By 50 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No.258), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                               Pages S9838-41, S9854-60
Withdrawn:
  Coats Amendment No. 3523, to reallocate funds provided to the Korean 
Peninsula Energy Development Organization to be available only for 
antiterrorism assistance.                                    
Page S9853
Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact--Conference Report: 
78 yeas to 15 nays (Vote No. 255), Senate agreed to the conference 
report on H.R. 629, to grant the consent of the Congress to the Texas 
Low- Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact, clearing the measure for 
the President.                                           
  Pages S9809-19
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  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.                                   
Pages S9894-S9900
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Robert Bruce Green, of Oklahoma, to be United States Attorney for the 
Eastern District of Oklahoma for the term of four years.
  The following-named Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, 
Class of Career Minister, for the personal rank of Career Ambassador in 
recognition of especially distinguished service over a sustained 
period:
  Mary A. Ryan, of Texas.
  2 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Foreign Service, Marine Corps, 
Navy.                                                 
Pages S9895-S9900
Communications:                                          
  Pages S9872-77
Statements on Introduced Bills:                          
  Pages S9877-83
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S9883-84
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S9885-87
Authority for Committees:                                    
  Page S9887
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S9888
Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total--259). 
                                Pages S9819, S9833, S9846, S9860, S9869
Recess: Senate convened at 9:15 a.m., and recessed at 7:18 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Thursday, September 3, 1998. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S9894.)