[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 120 (Friday, September 11, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D962-D963]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                         Friday, September 11, 1998

[[Page D962]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      The House agreed to H. Res. 525, providing for review by the 
      Committee on the Judiciary of a Communication from an Independent 
      Counsel, and for the release thereof.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S10227-S10268
Measures Introduced: Two bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2461-2462 and S. Con. Res. 117.                 
  Page S10240
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 2361, to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act to authorize programs for predisaster 
mitigation, to streamline the administration of disaster relief, to 
control the Federal costs of disaster assistance, with amendments. (S. 
Rept. No. 105-326)                                          
Page S10240
Measures Passed:
  Volunteers for Wildlife Act: Senate passed H.R. 1856, to amend the 
Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to promote volunteer programs and 
community partnerships for the benefit of national wildlife refuges. 
                                                        Pages S10248-50
  Lott (for Chafee) Amendment No. 3578, to make technical corrections. 
                                                            Page S10250
  Fish and Wildlife Revenue Enhancement Act: Senate passed S. 2094, to 
amend the Fish and Wildlife Improvement Act of 1978 to enable the 
Secretary of the Interior to more effectively use the proceeds of sales 
of certain items, after agreeing to committee amendments, and the 
following amendment proposed thereto:                   
  Pages S10250-52
  Lott (for Chafee) Amendment No. 3579, to make technical corrections. 
                                                            Page S10251
Child Custody Protection Act--Cloture Vote: By a unanimous vote of 97 
yeas (Vote No. 265), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and 
sworn having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed to a motion 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.                       
  Pages S10227-31, S10235-36
Consumer Bankruptcy Reform Act--Cloture Vote Vitiated: By unanimous-
consent agreement, the cloture vote scheduled to occur on the pending 
Lott (for Grassley/Hatch) Amendment No. 3559, in the nature of a 
substitute, to S. 1301, to amend title 11, United States Code, to 
provide for consumer bankruptcy protection, was vitiated.   
  Page S10236
  Subsequently, a unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for 
further consideration of the bill and certain amendments to be proposed 
thereto, and that following disposition of the listed amendments and 
the committee substitute, the Senate proceed to consideration of H.R. 
3150, House companion measure, that all after the enacting clause be 
stricken and the text of S. 1301, as amended, be inserted in lieu 
thereof, and passage occur thereon. Also, that the Senate insist on its 
amendment, request a conference with the House and the Chair be 
authorized to appoint conferees on the part of the Senate, as follows: 
Senators Hatch, Grassley, Sessions, Leahy, and Durbin.      
Page S10236
Truth in Employment Act--Cloture Vote Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing for consideration of the motion to 
proceed to consideration of S. 1981, to preserve the balance of rights 
between employers, employees, and labor organizations which is 
fundamental to our system of collective bargaining while preserving the 
rights of workers to organize, or otherwise engage in concerted 
activities protected under the National Labor Relations Act, on Monday, 
September 14, 1998, with a vote on the cloture motion to occur at 5:30 
p.m.                                                        
  Page S10252
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:

[[Page D963]]


  Craig Gordon Dunkerly, of Massachusetts, a Career Member of the 
Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, for the Rank of 
Ambassador during his tenure of Service as Special Envoy for 
Conventional Forces in Europe.
  Routine lists in the Navy.                            
Pages S10265-68
Messages From the House                                     
  Page S10236
Communications:                                         
  Pages S10236-40
Petitions:                                                  
  Page S10240
Statements on Introduced Bills:                         
  Pages S10240-41
Additional Cosponsors:                                  
  Pages S10241-42
Amendments Submitted:                                   
  Pages S10242-45
Notices of Hearings:                                        
  Page S10245
Authority for Committees:                                   
  Page S10245
Additional Statements:                                  
  Pages S10245-48
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--265) 
                                                            Page S10231
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 2:44 p.m., 
until 11 a.m., on Monday, September 14, 1998. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S10252.)