[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 118 (Wednesday, September 9, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D945-D946]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                           Wednesday, September 9, 1998

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S10045-S10142
Measures Introduced: Five bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2450-2454 and S. Res. 273 and 274.
  Page S10118
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 1736, to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a 
certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in 
the coastwise trade for vessel BETTY JANE. (S. Rept. No. 105-314)
  S. 1802, to authorize appropriations for the Surface Transportation Board 
for fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 105-315)
  S. 2096, to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a 
certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in 
the coastwise trade for the vessel FOILCAT, with an amendment. (S. Rept. No. 
105-316)
  S. 2124, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1999 for the Maritime 
Administration, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 105-317)
  S. 2139, to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a 
certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in 
the coastwise trade for the vessel YESTERDAYS DREAM. (S. Rept. No. 105-318)
  S. 1770, to elevate the position of Director of the Indian Health Service 
to Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services, to provide for the 
organizational independence of the Indian Health Service within the 
Department of Health and Human Services, with an amendment in the nature of 
a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 105-319)
  S. 469, to designate a portion of the Sudbury, Assabet, and Concord Rivers 
as a component of the National Wild and Scenic River System, with an 
amendment. (S. Rept. No. 105-320)
  H.R. 1663, to clarify the intent of the Congress in Public Law 93-632 to 
require the Secretary of Agriculture to continue to provide for the 
maintenance of 18 concrete dams and weirs that were located in the Emigrant 
Wilderness at the time the wilderness area was designated as wilderness in 
that Public Law. (S. Rept. No. 105-321)
  S. 1998, to authorize an interpretive center and related visitor 
facilities within the Four Corners Monument Tribal Park. (S. Rept. No. 105-
322)
  H.R. 2186, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide 
assistance to the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center in Casper, 
Wyoming. (S. Rept. No. 105-323)
  S. 2272, to amend the boundaries of Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic 
Site in the State of Montana. (S. Rept. No. 105-324)
Page S10118
Measures Passed:
  Congratulating Mark McGwire: Senate agreed to S. Res. 273, recognizing the 
historic home run record set by Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals on 
September 8, 1998.
  Pages S10082-84
Interior Appropriations, 1999: Senate resumed 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 S10060-82, S10084-90
Pending:
  McCain/Feingold Amendment No. 3554, to reform the financing of Federal 
elections.
Page S10060
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the pending amendment on Thursday, September 10, 1998. 
                                                                 Page S10101
Consumer Bankruptcy Reform Act: Senate began consideration of the motion to 
proceed to consideration of S. 1301, to amend title 11, United States Code, 
to provide for consumer bankruptcy protection. 
                                          Pages S10059, S10090-99, S10101-09
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate took the following 
action:
  By 99 yeas to 1 nays (Vote No. 263), three-fifths of those Senators duly 
chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, Senate agree to close 
further debate on the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill. 
                                                                 Page S10093
  Subsequently, the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill was 
agreed to, and the following amendment was proposed thereto:
Page S10101
Pending:
  Lott (for Grassley/Hatch) Amendment No. 3559, in the nature of a 
substitute.
Page S10109
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the pending amendment and, 
in accordance with the

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provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on the 
cloture motion will occur on Friday, September 11, 1998.
Page S10109
American Missile Protection Act--Cloture Vote: By 59 yeas to 41 nays (Vote 
No. 262), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn not having 
voted in the affirmative, Senate failed to agree to close further debate on 
the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 1873, to state the policy of 
the United States regarding the deployment of a missile defense system 
capable of defending the territory of the United States against limited 
ballistic missile attack.
  Pages S10045-59
Child Custody Protection Act--Cloture Filed: A motion was entered to close 
further debate on the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 1645, to 
amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking minors across State 
lines to avoid laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion 
decisions 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 
Friday, September 11, 1998.
  Pages S10141-42
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  David G. Carpenter, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State.
  David G. Carpenter, of Virginia, to be Director of the Office of Foreign 
Missions, and to have the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service.
  William Lacy Swing, of North Carolina, to be Ambassador to the Democratic 
Republic of the Congo.
  Margaret B. Seymour, of South Carolina, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of South Carolina.
Page S10142
Messages From the House:
  Page S10114
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S10114
Communications:
  Pages S10114-18
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S10118-20
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S10120-21
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S10121-36
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S10136
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S10136-37
Additional Statements:
  Pages S10137-41
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total-263) 
                                                        Pages S10059, S10093
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and adjourned at 7:38 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Thursday, September 10, 1998. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S10142.)