[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 128 (Wednesday, September 23, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1021-D1022]
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                                      Wednesday, September 23, 1998

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Consumer Bankruptcy Reform Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S10739-S10864
Measures Introduced: Two bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2512 and 2513 and S. Res. 281.                 
  Pages S10841
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  Special Report on Further Revised Allocation to Subcommittees of 
Budget Totals for fiscal year 1999. (S. Rept. No. 105-345) 
                                                            Page S10841
Measures Passed:
  Consumer Bankruptcy Reform Act: By 97 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. 284), 
Senate passed H.R. 3150, to amend title 11, United States Code, after 
striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof 
the text of S. 1301, after agreeing to a committee amendment in the 
nature of a substitute, and taking action on amendments proposed 
thereto, as follows:                                    
  Pages S10739-89
Adopted:
  Lott (for Grassley/Hatch) Amendment No. 3559, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                             
Pages S10739-67
  Dodd Amendment No. 3614 (to Amendment No. 3559), to improve certain 
bankruptcy procedures relating to the protection of savings earmarked 
for the postsecondary education of children.            
Pages S10740-42
  Kohl Amendment No. 3599 (to Amendment No. 3559), to express the sense 
of the Senate regarding misuse of the homestead exemption to the 
bankruptcy laws.                                        
Pages S10742-43
  Feinstein/Durbin/Jeffords Amendment No. 3615 (to Amendment No. 3559), 
to provide for a study and report by the Board of Governors of the 
Federal Reserve System regarding credit industry practices. 
                                                        Pages S10743-46
  Grassley Amendment No. 3617 (to Amendment No. 3559), to require a 
study regarding the adequacy of information received by consumers 
regarding the creation of security interests under open end credit 
plans, to amend provisions relating to a warehouseman's lien for 
handling of goods, to amend provisions relating to trustee 
compensation, and to further modify Amendment No. 3595, as previously 
agreed to.                                              
Pages S10762-63
Rejected:
  Harkin Amendment No. 3616 (to Amendment No. 3559), to express the 
sense of the Congress regarding the reduction of the Federal Funds rate 
by the Federal Open Market Committee. (By 71 yeas to 27 nays (Vote No. 
283), Senate tabled the amendment.)                     
Pages S10749-54
  Pursuant to the order of September 11, 1998, the Senate insisted on 
its amendment, requested a conference with the House thereon, and the 
Chair appointed the following conferees on the part of the Senate: 
Senators Hatch, Grassley, Sessions, Leahy, and Durbin. 
                                                        Pages S10786-87
  Authorizing Testimony: Senate agreed to S. Res. 281, to authorize 
testimony and representation of employees of the Senate in United 
States v. Alphonso Michael Espy.                            
  Page S10858
FAA Authorizations: Senate began consideration of S. 2279, to amend 
title 49, United States Code, to authorize the programs of the Federal 
Aviation Administration for fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002, 
with a committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, taking action 
on amendments proposed thereto, as follows: 
                                  Pages S10800-14, S10817-19, S10823-33
Adopted:
  McCain/Ford Amendment No. 3618, to make certain minor additions and 
corrections to the bill.                                    
Page S10817
  Roth/Moynihan Amendment No. 3621, to extend the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund expenditure authority.                       
Pages S10823-24
  McCain (for Snowe) Amendment No. 3623, to provide increased civil 
penalties for violation of the prohibition against discrimination 
against handicapped individuals.                        
Pages S10831-32

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  McCain (for Snowe) Amendment No. 3624, to require human weather 
observers for Automated Surface Observation System stations until the 
automated system reports consistently on changing conditions. 
                                                        Pages S10831-32
  McCain (for Snowe) Amendment No. 3625, to provide that communities 
participating in the community-carrier air service program will be 
selected from all regions of the country.               
Pages S10831-32
  McCain/Ford Amendment No. 3626, to make technical corrections. 
                                                            Page S10832
Pending:
  Inhofe Amendment No. 3620, to provide for the immediate application 
of certain orders relating to the amendment, modification, suspension, 
or revocation of certificates under chapter 447 of title 49, United 
States Code.                                            
Pages S10824-29
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill and certain amendments to be proposed 
thereto.                                        
Pages S10832-33, S10859
  Senate will continue consideration of the bill on Thursday, September 
24, 1998.
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report concerning the continuation of the national 
emergency with respect to UNITA; referred to the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Affairs. (PM-159).                             
Page S10840
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Denise E. O'Donnell, of New York, to be United States Attorney for 
the Western District of New York for the term of four years.
  17 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  2 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  A routine list in the Army and Foreign Service.       
Pages S10859-64
Messages From the President:                                
  Page S10840
Messages From the House:                                    
  Page S10840
Executive Reports of Committees:                            
  Page S10841
Statements on Introduced Bills:                         
  Pages S10841-42
Additional Cosponsors:                                      
  Page S10843
Amendments Submitted:                                   
  Pages S10843-53
Notices of Hearings:                                        
  Page S10853
Authority for Committees:                               
  Pages S10853-54
Additional Statements:                                  
  Pages S10854-58
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--284). 
                                                   Pages S10754, S10767
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 6:37 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, September 24, 1998. (For Senate's 
program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's 
Record on page S10859.)