[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 145 (Tuesday, October 13, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1161]
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                                          Tuesday, October 13, 1998

[[Page D1161]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S12437-S12462
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  H.R. 1903, to amend the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology Act to enhance the ability of the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology to improve computer security. (S. Rept. No. 
105-412)
Page S12455
Measures Passed:
  Rhino and Tiger Product Labeling Act: Committee on Environment and 
Public Works was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 2807, to 
amend the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 to prohibit the 
sale, importation, and exportation of products labeled as containing 
substances derived from rhinoceros or tiger, and the bill was then 
passed after striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in 
lieu thereof the text of H.R. 2863, to amend the Migratory Bird Treaty 
Act to clarify restrictions under that Act on baiting, and to 
facilitate acquisition of migratory bird habitat, after agreeing to a 
committee amendment and the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                        Pages S12438-42
  DeWine (for Chafee) Amendment No. 3819, to incorporate other 
wildlife-related and water-related provisions.
Pages S12438-39
  DeWine (for Chafee) Amendment No. 3820, to increase and change the 
application of the criminal penalty provisions.
Pages S12438-39
  Subsequently, H.R. 2863 was returned to the Senate Calendar. 
                                                            Page S12442
  Salton Sea Reclamation: Senate passed H.R. 3267, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to 
complete a feasibility study relating to the Salton Sea, after agreeing 
to the following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S12461-62
  Gorton (for Kyl) Amendment No. 3821, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                        Pages S12461-62
Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act--Conference Report: Senate 
agreed to the conference report on S. 1260, to amend the Securities Act 
of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to limit the conduct of 
securities class actions under State law.
  Pages S12444-50
Messages From the House:
  Page S12455
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S12455
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S12455-59
Recess: Senate convened at 11 a.m., and recessed at 12:53 p.m., until 
12 noon, on Wednesday, October 14, 1998. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S12462.)