[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 121 (Monday, September 14, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D969-D970]
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                                         Monday, September 14, 1998

[[Page D969]]

                              Daily Digest


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S10269-S10330
Measures Introduced: Six bills were introduced, as follows: S. 2463-
2468.                                                       
  Page S10320
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 2213, to allow all States to participate in activities under the 
Education Flexibility Partnership Demonstration Act, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 105-327)
  S. 1718, to amend the Weir Farm National Historic Site Establishment 
Act of 1990 to authorize the acquisition of additional acreage for the 
historic site to permit the development of visitor and administrative 
facilities and to authorize the appropriation of additional amounts for 
the acquisition of real and personal property, with an amendment. (S. 
Rept. No. 105-328)
  S. 1719, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of 
the Interior to exchange land and other assets with Big Sky Lumber Co., 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 105-329)
  S. 2106, to expand the boundaries of Arches National Park, Utah, to 
include portions of certain drainages that are under the jurisdiction 
of the Bureau of Land Management, and to include a portion of Fish Seep 
Draw owned by the State of Utah, with an amendment. (S. Rept. No. 105-
330)
  H.R. 3830, to provide for the exchange of certain lands within the 
State of Utah. (S. Rept. No. 105-331)
  S. 2364, to reauthorize and make reforms to programs authorized by 
the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965. (S. Rept. No. 
105-332)
  S. 2463, to provide authorities with respect to the transfer of 
excess defense articles and the transfer of naval vessels under the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export Control ACt. (S. 
Rept. No. 105-333)                                          
Page S10320
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 S10283-S10304, S10309-13, S10315-18
Adopted:
  Gorton (for Campbell) Amendment No. 3582, to strike provisions 
regarding use of highway trust funds.              
Pages S10315, S10317
  Gorton Amendment No. 3583, to require repayment of misused Federal 
funds by self-governance tribes.                   
Pages S10315, S10317
  Gorton Amendment No. 3584, to adjust the boundaries of the Columbia 
River Gorge National Scenic Area.                  
Pages S10315, S10317
  Gorton Amendment No. 3585, to prohibit the use of funds for land 
acquisition at Texas Chenier Plain.                
Pages S10315, S10317
  Gorton (for Hollings) Amendment No. 3586, to direct the Secretary of 
the Interior to make corrections to a map relating to the Coastal 
Barrier Resources System.                               
Pages S10315-17
  Gorton (for Mikulski/Sarbanes) Amendment No. 3587, relating to a land 
exchange in the District of Columbia and Prince George's County, 
Maryland.                                               
Pages S10315-17
  Gorton (for Stevens) Amendment No. 3588, regarding wildland fire 
management in Alaska.                                   
Pages S10315-17
  Gorton (for Stevens) Amendment No. 3589, providing for an exchange of 
land at Katmai National Park.                           
Pages S10315-17
  Gorton (for Wyden) Amendment No. 3590, to provide that the Bureau of 
Land Management may enter into watershed restoration and enhancement 
agreements with the same entities and for the same purposes as is 
provided in section 323 of the bill for Forest Service agreements. 
                                                   Pages S10315, S10317
Rejected:
  Harkin (for Daschle) Amendment No. 3580, to provide emergency 
assistance to agricultural producers. (By 53 yeas to 41 nays (Vote No. 
267), Senate tabled the amendment.)      
Pages S10285-S10304, S10309-13
Pending:
  Daschle Amendment No. 3581, to provide emergency assistance to 
agricultural producers.                                     
Page S10313

[[Page D970]]


  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill on Tuesday, September 15, 1998.   
Page S10329
Truth in Employment Act: Senate considered 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. 
                                             Pages S10270-83, S10304-09
  During consideration of this motion today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 52 yeas to 42 nays (Vote No. 266), 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 the bill.                                  
Page S10309
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report of United States participation in the United 
Nations for calendar year 1997; referred to the Committee on Foreign 
Relations. (PM-155).                                        
Page S10319
  Transmitting the report on aeronautics and space for fiscal year 
1997; referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation. (PM-156).                                   
Page S10319
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Richard Danzig, of the District of Columbia, to be Secretary of the 
Navy.
  2 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.
  5 Coast Guard nominations in the rank of admiral. Routine list in the 
Navy.                                                   
Pages S10329-30
Messages From the President:                                
  Page S10319
Messages From the House:                                    
  Page S10319
Measures Referred:                                          
  Page S10319
Statements on Introduced Bills:                         
  Pages S10320-21
Additional Cosponsors:                                  
  Pages S10321-22
Amendments Submitted:                                   
  Pages S10322-26
Notices of Hearings:                                        
  Page S10326
Authority for Committees:                                   
  Page S10326
Additional Statements:                                  
  Pages S10326-29
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--267) 
                                                   Pages S10309, S10313
Adjournment: Senate convened at 11 a.m., and adjourned at 7:11 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, September 15, 1998. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S10329.)