[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 139 (Wednesday, October 7, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1114-D1118]
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                                         Wednesday, October 7, 1998

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      The House agreed to the conference report on H.R. 3694, 
      Intelligence Authorization Act.
      The House agreed to the conference report on H.R. 4104, Treasury, 
      Postal Appropriations Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S11643-S11830
Measures Introduced: Fourteen bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 2563-2576 and S. Res. 289-291.
  Page S11698
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  Special Report entitled ``Further Revised Allocation to Subcommittees 
of Budget Totals for Fiscal Year 1999.'' (S. Rept. No. 105-373)
  Report to accompany S. 2041, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and 
Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to participate in the design, planning, and construction of 
the Willow Lake Natural Treatment System Project for the reclamation 
and reuse of water. (S. Rept. No. 105-374)
  Report to accompany S. 2140, to amend the Reclamation Projects 
Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 to authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to participate in the design, planning, and construction 
of the Denver Water Reuse project. (S. Rept. No. 105-375)
  Report to accompany S. 2142, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to convey the facilities of the Pine River Project, to allow 
jurisdictional transfer of lands between the Department of Agriculture, 
Forest Service, and the Department of the Interior, Bureau of 
Reclamation, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. (S. Rept. No. 105-376)
  Report to accompany H.R. 2402, to make technical and clarifying 
amendments to improve management of water-related facilities in the 
Western United States. (S. Rept. No. 105-377)
  Report to accompany H.R. 4079, to authorize the construction of 
temperature control devices at Folsom Dam in California. (S. Rept. No. 
105-378)
  S. 391, to provide for the disposition of certain funds appropriated 
to pay judgment in favor of the Mississippi Sioux Indians, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 105-379)
  H.R. 1023, to provide for compassionate payments with regard to 
individuals with blood-clotting disorders, such as hemophilia, who 
contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to contaminated blood 
products.
  S. 2564, to provide for compassionate payments with regard to 
individuals with blood-clotting disorders, such as hemophilia, who 
contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to contaminated blood 
products, and for other purposes.
Pages S11697-98
Measures Passed:
  Copyright Term Extension Act: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S. 505, to amend the 
provisions of title 17, United States Code, with respect to the 
duration of copyright, and the bill was then passed after agreeing to 
the following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S11672-75
  Lott (for Hatch) Amendment No. 3782, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                        Pages S11672-73
  Thomas Alva Edison Commemorative Coin Act: Senate passed H.R. 678, to 
require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of 
the sesquicentennial of the birth of Thomas Alva Edison, to redesign 
the half dollar circulating coin for 1997 to commemorate Thomas Edison, 
clearing the measure for the President.
  Pages S11807-08
  School Resource Officers: Senate passed S. 2235, to amend part Q of 
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to encourage the 
use of school resource officers.
  Page S11808

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  Alternative Dispute Resolution Act: Senate passed H.R. 3528, to amend 
title 28, United States Code, with respect to the use of alternative 
dispute resolution processes in United States district courts, after 
agreeing to committee amendments, and the following amendment proposed 
thereto:
  Pages S11808-10
  McCain (for Grassley/Durbin) Amendment No. 3784, to make technical 
modifications regarding the use of alternative dispute resolution 
processes in United States district courts.
Page S11810
  Printing Authority: Senate agreed to S. Res. 289, authorizing the 
printing of the ``Testimony from the Hearings of the Task Force on 
Economic Sanctions''.
  Page S11810
  Senate Legal Counsel Representation: Senate agreed to S. Res. 290, to 
authorize representation by Senate Legal Counsel.
  Page S11810
  Senate Legal Counsel Representation: Senate agreed to S. Res. 291, to 
authorize representation by Senate Legal Counsel.
  Pages S11810-11
  Democracy Transition in Iraq: Senate passed H.R. 4655, to establish a 
program to support a transition to democracy in Iraq, clearing the 
measure for the President.
  Pages S11811-12
  Bounty Hunter Accountability and Quality Assistance Act: Senate 
passed S. 1637, to expedite State review of criminal records of 
applicants for bail enforcement officer employment, after agreeing to a 
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  Pages S11812-13
  Irrigation Project Contract Extension Act: Senate passed H.R. 2795, 
to extend certain contracts between the Bureau of Reclamation and 
irrigation water contractors in Wyoming and Nebraska that receive water 
from Glendo Reservoir, clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                            Page S11813
  Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument Completion Act: Senate 
passed H.R. 1659, to provide for the expeditious completion of the 
acquisition of private mineral interests within the Mount St. Helens 
National Volcanic Monument mandated by the 1982 Act that established 
the Monument, clearing the measure for the President.
  Page S11813
  Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: Senate passed H.R. 2000, to 
amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to make certain 
clarifications to the land bank protection provisions, clearing the 
measure for the President.
  Page S11813
  Carlsbad Irrigation Project Acquired Land Transfer Act: Senate passed 
S. 736, to convey certain real property within the Carlsbad Project in 
New Mexico to the Carlsbad Irrigation District, after agreeing to a 
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  Pages S11813-14
  Lewis and Clark Rural Water System Act: Senate passed S. 777, to 
authorize the construction of the Lewis and Clark Rural Water System 
and to authorize assistance to the Lewis and Clark Rural Water System, 
Inc., a nonprofit corporation, for planning and construction of the 
water supply system, after agreeing to committee amendments. 
                                                        Pages S11814-16
  Advisory Commission Reauthorization: Senate passed S. 1175, to 
reauthorize the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Citizen 
Advisory Commission for 10 additional years.
  Page S11816
  Women's Rights National Historic Trail: Senate passed S. 1641, to 
direct the Secretary of the Interior to study alternatives for 
establishing a national historic trail to commemorate and interpret the 
history of women's rights in the United States, after agreeing to a 
committee amendment.
  Page S11816
  Willow Lake Natural Treatment System Project: Senate passed S. 2041, 
to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and 
Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
participate in the design, planning, and construction of the Willow 
Lake Natural Treatment System Project for the reclamation and reuse of 
water.
  Page S11816
  George Washington Birthplace National Monument: Senate passed S. 
2086, to revise the boundaries of the George Washington Birthplace 
National Monument, after agreeing to a committee amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.
  Pages S11816-17
  Denver Water Reuse Project: Senate passed S. 2140, to amend the 
Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the design, 
planning, and construction of the Denver Water Reuse Project. 
                                                            Page S11817
  Pine River Project Conveyance: Senate passed S. 2142, to authorize 
the Secretary of the Interior to convey the facilities of the Pine 
River Project, to allow jurisdictional transfer of lands between the 
Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, and the Department of the 
Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
after agreeing to a committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                        Pages S11817-18
  Fort Matanzas National Monument: Senate passed S. 2239, to revise the 
boundary of Fort Matanzas National Monument.
  Page S11818
  Adams National Historical Park: Senate passed S. 2240, to establish 
the Adams National Historical

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Park in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, after agreeing to committee 
amendments.
  Pages S11818-20
  Land Acquisition: Senate passed S. 2241, to provide for the 
acquisition of lands formerly occupied by the Franklin D. Roosevelt 
family at Hyde Park, New York.
  Page S11820
  Boundary Modification: Senate passed S. 2246, to amend the Act which 
established the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, in the 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, by modifying the boundary.
  Page S11820
  U.S. Park Police Medical Expenses: Senate passed S. 2247, to permit 
the payment of medical expenses incurred by the United States Park 
Police in the performance of duty to be made directly by the National 
Park Service.
  Page S11820
  Waiver Allowance/Indemnification: Senate passed S. 2248, to allow for 
waiver and indemnification in mutual law enforcement agreements between 
the National Park Service and a State or political subdivision, when 
required by State law.
  Pages S11820-21
  National Historic Preservation Act: Senate passed S. 2257, to 
reauthorize the National Historic Preservation Act, after agreeing to 
committee amendments.
  Page S11821
  Minuteman Missile National Historic Site: Senate passed S. 2284, to 
establish the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site in the State of 
South Dakota, after agreeing to a committee amendment in the nature of 
a substitute.
  Page S11821
  Seneca Falls Convention 150th Anniversary: Senate passed S. 2285, to 
establish a commission, in honor of the 150th Anniversary of the Seneca 
Falls Convention, to further protect sites of importance in the 
historic efforts to secure equal rights for women.
  Pages S11821-22
  Gateway Visitor Center: Senate passed S. 2309, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement for the 
construction and operation of the Gateway Visitor Center at 
Independence National Historical Park.
  Pages S11822-23
  Dante Fascell Visitor Center: Senate passed S. 2468, to designate the 
Biscayne National Park visitor center as the Dante Fascell Visitor 
Center at Biscayne National Park, after agreeing to a committee 
amendment.
  Page S11823
  Land Exchange: Senate passed H.R. 2411, to provide for a land 
exchange involving the Cape Cod National Seashore and to extend the 
authority for the Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission, 
clearing the measure for the President.
  Page S11823
  Folsom Dam: Senate passed H.R. 4079, to authorize the construction of 
temperature control devices at Folsom Dam in California, clearing the 
measure for the President.
  Page S11823
  Idaho Admission Act: Senate passed H.R. 4166, to amend the Idaho 
Admission Act regarding the sale or lease of school land, clearing the 
measure for the President.
  Page S11823
  Fall River Water Users District Rural Water System Act: Senate passed 
S. 744, to authorize the construction of the Fall River Water Users 
District Rural Water System and authorize financial assistance to the 
Fall River Water Users District, a non-profit corporation, in the 
planning and construction of the water supply system, after agreeing to 
committee amendments, and the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                        Pages S11823-25
  McCain (for Daschle/Johnson) Amendment No. 3786, to reduce the 
Federal share of expenditures and require a water conservation program.
                                                            Page S11824
  Perkins County Water Supply System: Senate passed S. 2117, to 
authorize the construction of the Perkins County Rural Water System and 
authorize financial assistance to the Perkins County Rural Water 
System, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, in the planning and construction 
of the water supply system, after agreeing to committee amendments, and 
the following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S11825-28
  McCain (for Daschle/Johnson) Amendment No. 3787, to require a water 
conservation program.
Pages S11827-28
  Hydroelectric Project Extension: Senate passed H.R. 4081, to extend 
the deadline under the Federal Power Act applicable to the construction 
of a hydroelectric project in the State of Arkansas, clearing the 
measure for the President.
  Page S11828
Financial Services Act: By 88 yeas to 11 nays (Vote No. 301), Senate 
agreed to a motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 10, to enhance 
competition in the financial services industry by providing a 
prudential framework for the affiliation of banks, securities firms, 
and other financial service providers, with a committee amendment in 
the nature of a substitute.
  Page S11648
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill on Thursday, October 8, 1998, at 5 p.m.
Internet Tax Freedom Act: Senate resumed consideration of S. 442, to 
establish a national policy against State and local government 
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computer services, and to exercise Congressional jurisdiction over 
interstate commerce by establishing a moratorium on the imposition of 
exactions that would interfere with the free flow of commerce via the 
Internet, taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows: 
                                  Pages S11651-70, S11675-79, S11682-91
Adopted:
  By 98 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. 303), Coats Modified Amendment No. 
3695, to exempt from the moratorium on Internet taxation any persons 
engaged in the business of selling or transferring by means of the 
World Wide Web material that is harmful to minors who do not restrict 
access to such material by minors.
Pages S11651-56
  Dodd Amendment No. 3780 (to Amendment No. 3695), to provide for an 
exception to the moratorium with respect to Internet access providers 
who do not offer customers screening software.
Pages S11652-56
  McCain (for Graham) Amendment No. 3734, to modify the Commission 
membership.
Pages S11656-57
  McCain Modified Amendment No. 3723, to establish a relationship with 
other provisions of existing law, and to set forth the role of the 
National Commission on Uniform State Legislation.
Pages S11656-57
  McCain/Wyden Amendment No. 3717, to add severability provisions. 
                                                        Pages S11656-57
  McCain/Wyden Amendment No. 3713, of a clarifying nature. 
                                                        Pages S11656-57
  McCain/Wyden Amendment No. 3710, of a clarify nature. 
                                                        Pages S11656-57
  McCain/Wyden Amendment No. 3712, to define the term ``Internet''. 
                                                        Pages S11656-57
  McCain (for Bryan) Amendment No. 3735, to make it clear that the 
delayed effective date for the Children's Online Privacy Act is keyed 
to the filing date of the application.
Pages S11656-57
  McCain Modified Amendment No. 3721, to establish an Advisory 
Commission on Electronic Commerce.
Page S11656
  Subsequently, the amendment was further modified. 
                                                   Pages S11659, S11677
  McCain Amendment No. 3722, to direct the Commission to examine model 
State legislation.
Pages S11659-70
  Hutchinson Modified Amendment No. 3760 (to Amendment No. 3722), 
relating to the duties of the Advisory Commission on Electronic 
Commerce. (By 30 yeas to 68 nays (Vote No. 304), Senate earlier failed 
to table the amendment.)
Pages S11660-69
  McCain (for Graham) Amendment No. 3732, to modify the duties of the 
Commission.
Page S11670
  McCain (for Graham) Amendment No. 3733, to modify the report of the 
Commission.
Page S11670
  Dorgan Modified Amendment No. 3779 (to Amendment No. 3719), to 
establish a definition of generally imposed and actually enforced. 
                                                        Pages S11675-76
  McCain (for Enzi) Amendment No. 3727, to include legislative 
recommendations in the commission's report.
Page S11679
  McCain Modified Amendment No. 3718, to revise the definitions of the 
terms ``tax'', ``telecommunications service'', and ``tax on Internet 
access''.
Page S11679
  McCain (for Abraham) Modified Amendment No. 3678, to enhance 
electronic commerce by promoting the reliability and integrity of 
commercial transaction through establishing authentication standards 
for electronic communications.
Page S11676
  Subsequently, the amendment was further modified.
Pages S11687-88
Pending:
  McCain/Wyden Amendment No. 3719, to make changes in the moratorium 
provision. By 28 yeas to 69 nays (Vote No. 306), Senate earlier failed 
to table the amendment.
Pages S11675, S11688-90
Rejected:
  By 45 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 305), McCain/Wyden Amendment No. 3783 
(to Amendment No. 3719), to extend the ending date of the moratorium. 
                                             Pages S11676-79, S11683-87
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 94 yeas to 4 nays (Vote No. 302), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed to 
close further debate on the bill.
Page S11649
  Senate may resume consideration of the bill on Thursday, October 8, 
1998.
Freedom from Religious Persecution Act--Cloture Filed: A motion was 
entered to close further debate on the motion to proceed to the 
consideration of H.R. 2431, to establish an Office of Religious 
Persecution Monitoring, and to provide for the imposition of sanctions 
against countries engaged in a pattern of religious persecution 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, October 
9, 1999.
  Page S11807
Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorizations--Conference Report: Senate 
agreed to the conference report on H.R. 3874, to amend the Child 
Nutrition Act of 1966 to make improvements to the special supplemental 
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and children and to extend the authority of that program through fiscal 
year 2003, clearing the measure for the President.
  Page S11807
Head Start/Low-Income Energy Assistance/Community Services Block Grant 
Authorizations Conference Report--Agreement: A unanimous-consent time-
agreement was reached providing for the consideration of the conference 
report on S. 2206, to amend the Head Start Act, the Low-Income Home 
Energy Assistance Act of 1981, and the Community Services Block Grant 
Act to reauthorize and make improvements to those Acts, and to 
establish demonstration projects that provide an opportunity for 
persons with limited means to accumulate assets.
  Page S11808
Intelligence Authorizations Conference Report--Agreement: A unanimous-
consent time-agreement was reached providing for the consideration of 
the conference report on H.R. 3694, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 1999 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities 
of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and 
the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System. 
                                                            Page S11828
VA/HUD Appropriations Conference Report--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
time-agreement was reached providing for the consideration of the 
conference report on H.R. 4194, making appropriations for the 
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and 
offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, on Thursday, 
October 8, 1998, with a vote to occur thereon.
  Page S11828
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Joy Harjo, of New Mexico, to be a Member of the National Council on 
the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2002.
  Joan Specter, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the National Council 
on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2002. 
                                                   Pages S11813, S11830
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Margaret Ellen Curran, of Rhode Island, to be United States Attorney 
for the District of Rhode Island for the term of four years.
  Byron Todd Jones, of Minnesota, to be United States Attorney for the 
District of Minnesota for the term of four years.
  Harold J. Creel, Jr., of South Carolina, to be a Federal Maritime 
Commissioner for the term expiring June 30, 2004.
  Robert W. Perciasepe, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Page S11830
Messages From the House:
  Page S11695
Communications:
  Page S11695
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S11698
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S11698-S11714
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S11714-15
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S11716-96
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S11796-97
Additional Statements:
  Pages S11797-S11806
Text of S. 2561 as Previously Passed:
  Pages S11806-09
Record Votes: Six record votes were taken today. (Total--306) 
                   Pages S11648, S11649, S11656, S11669, S11687, S11690
Recess: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and recessed at 8:04 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Thursday, October 8, 1998. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S11828.)