[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 117 (Tuesday, September 8, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D941-D942]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                         Tuesday, September 8, 1998

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9949-S10043
Measures Introduced: Ten bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2440-2449, and S. Res. 272.
  Page S9973
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 2440, making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health 
and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1999. (S. Rept. No. 105-300)
  S. 1380, to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
regarding charter schools, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 105-301)
  S. 1016, to authorize appropriations for the Coastal Heritage Trail 
Route in New Jersey. (S. Rept. No. 105-302)
  S. 1408, to establish the Lower East Side Tenement National Historic 
Site. (S. Rept. No. 105-303)
  S. 1990, to authorize expansion of Fort Davis National Historic Site 
in Fort Davis, Texas. (S. Rept. No. 105-304)
  S. 2039, to amend the National Trails System Act to designate El 
Camino Real de Tierra Adentro as a National Historic Trail. (S. Rept. 
No. 105-305)
  S. 2109, to provide for an exchange of lands located near Gustavus, 
Alaska, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 
105-306)
  S. 2232, to establish the Little Rock Central High School National 
Historic Site in the State of Arkansas, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 105-307)
  S. 2276, to amend the National Trails System Act to designate El 
Camino Real de los Tejas as a National Historic Trail, with amendments. 
(S. Rept. No. 105-308)
  S. 2228, to amend the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) 
to modify termination and reauthorization requirements for advisory 
committees. (S. Rept. No. 105-309)
  S. 2317, to improve the National Wildlife Refuge System, with 
amendments. (S. Rept. No. 105-310)
  S. 1333, to amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to 
allow national park units that cannot charge an entrance or admission 
fee to retain other fees and charges, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 105-311)
  S. 1665, to reauthorize the Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal 
National Heritage Corridor Act, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 105-312)
  S. 2129, to eliminate restrictions on the acquisition of certain land 
contiguous to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. (S. Rept. No. 105-313) 
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Measures Passed:
  National Children's Memorial Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 193, 
designating December 13, 1998, as ``National Children's Memorial Day''.
                                                             Page S9958
  Recognizing the Service of Angela Raish: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
272, recognizing the distinguished service of Angela Raish. 
                                                         Pages S9957-58
Interior Appropriations, 1999: Senate began consideration of S. 2237, 
making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, taking action 
on amendments proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S9958-71
Adopted:
  Gorton (for Jeffords/Torricelli) Amendment No. 3541, to earmark funds 
for the acquisition and preservation of Civil War battlefields. (By a 
unanimous vote of 83 nays (Vote No. 261), Senate failed to table the 
amendment.)
Pages S9961-62
  Gorton (for Craig) Amendment No. 3543, relating to fees charged for 
recreation residence fees charged on the Sawtooth National Forest. 
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  Gorton (for Enzi) Amendment No. 3544, to subject certain reserved 
mineral interests to the Mineral Leasing Act.
Page S9965
  Gorton Amendment No. 3545, to make technical corrections regarding 
the removal of economically viable commercial wood products prior to 
initiating burning activities.
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  Gorton Amendment No. 3548, to clarify how the Forest Service is to 
conduct public involvement related to management of fixed climbing 
anchors in wilderness areas.
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  Gorton Amendment No. 3546, to make technical corrections regarding 
authority for the Forest Service to independently acquire a general 
ledger system.
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  Gorton Amendment No. 3547, to make a technical correction regarding a 
prohibition on timber purchaser road credits.
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  Gorton Amendment No. 3549, relating to activities of certain Indian 
trust accounts.
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  Gorton Amendment No. 3550, of a technical nature.
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  Gorton Amendment No. 3551, relating to the trust lands of the 
Cherokee territory in Oklahoma.
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  Gorton (for Reid) Amendment No. 3552, to correct and clarify a legal 
description of land to be conveyed to Pahrump, Nevada.
Page S9965
  Gorton Amendment No. 3553, to add requirements in Forest Service 
administrative provisions for charging indirect expenses to permanent 
and trust funds.
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  Bennett (for Gorton) Amendment No. 3555, regarding modifications to 
dams on the Columbia and Snake Rivers.
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  Bennett (for Gorton) Amendment No. 3556, relating to the distribution 
of Bureau of Indian Affairs funds to Indian tribes, and the development 
of alternative methods to fund TPA base programs.
Pages S9967-68
  Bennett (for Gorton) Amendment No. 3557, to provide for the transfer 
of additional funds to the Energy Conservation account.
Page S9968
Pending:
  McCain Amendment No. 3554, to reform the financing of Federal 
elections.
Page S9967
  A motion was entered to close further debate on Amendment No. 3554, 
listed above and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the 
Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on the cloture motion will occur 
on Thursday, September 10, 1998.
Page S9967
  Senate may resume consideration of the bill on Wednesday, September 
9, 1998.
Measures Read First Time:
  Page S9973
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S9973-82
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S9982-84
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S9984-92
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S9992
Additional Statements:
  Pages S9992-96
Text of S. 2334 and H.R. 4104 as Previously Passed:
  Pages S9996-10042
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--261) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 10:30 a.m., and adjourned at 6:21 p.m., 
until 9 a.m., on Wednesday, September 9, 1998. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S10043.)