[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 150 (Tuesday, October 20, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1186-D1187]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                          Tuesday, October 20, 1998

[[Page D1186]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House agreed to the conference report on H.R. 4328, Omnibus 
      Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for fiscal 
      year 1999 (H. Rept. 105-825).
      House agreed to H. Con. Res. 353, providing for the sine die 
      adjournment of the second session of the One Hundred Fifth 
      Congress.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S12679-S12740
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and three resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2641-2647, S. Res. 311, and S. Con. Res. 129 and 130. 
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Measures Passed:
  Further Continuing Appropriations: Senate passed H.J. Res. 137, 
making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 1999, clearing 
the measure for the President.                              
  Page S12680
  Correction Officers Health and Safety Act: Committee on the Judiciary 
was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 2070, to amend title 
18, United States Code, to provide for the mandatory testing for 
serious transmissible diseases of incarcerated persons whose bodily 
fluids come into contact with corrections personnel and notice to those 
personnel of the results of the tests, and the bill was then passed, 
after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                            Page S12680
  Burns (for Hatch) Amendment No. 3832, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                            Page S12680
  Africa: Seeds of Hope Act: Senate passed H.R. 4283, to support 
sustainable and broad-based agricultural and rural development in sub-
Saharan Africa, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed 
thereto:                                                    
  Page S12680
  Burns (for DeWine) Amendment No. 3833, in the nature of a substitute.
                                                            Page S12680
  Controlled Substances Trafficking Prohibition Act: Senate passed H.R. 
3633, to amend the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to place 
limitations on controlled substances brought into the United States 
from Mexico, clearing the measure for the President.    
  Pages S12680-81
  Computation of Annuities for State Department Special Agents and 
Security Personnel: Senate passed H.R. 633, to amend the Foreign 
Service Act of 1980 to provide that the annuities of certain special 
agents and security personnel of the Department of State be computed in 
the same way as applies generally with respect to Federal law 
enforcement officers, clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                            Page S12681
  Regarding Access for Disabled Persons: Senate passed H.R. 4501, to 
require the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior 
to conduct a study to improve the access for persons with disabilities 
to outdoor recreational opportunities made available to the public, 
clearing the measure for the President.                     
  Page S12681
  Enrollment Correction: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 129, to correct 
a technical error in the enrollment of H.R. 3910.           
  Page S12681
Omnibus Appropriations, 1999: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing for a vote to occur on the conference report on H.R. 4328, 
the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
1999, on Wednesday, October 21, 1998, at 9 a.m.     
  Pages S12696-S12716
Messages from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Received on October 19, 1998, during the recess of the Senate:
  A message from the President of the United States transmitting the 
report concerning the continuation of the national emergency with 
respect to narcotics

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traffickers centered in Columbia; referred to the Committee on Foreign 
Relations. (PM-164).                                        
Page S12716
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Douglas L. Miller, of South Dakota, to be a Director of the Federal 
Housing Finance Board for a term expiring February 27, 2002.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.                 
Page S12740
Messages From the President:                                
  Page S12716
Messages From the House:                                
  Pages S12716-18
Communications:                                         
  Pages S12718-20
Statements on Introduced Bills:                         
  Pages S12720-25
Additional Cosponsors:                                      
  Page S12725
Amendments Submitted:                                   
  Pages S12725-28
Additional Statements:                                  
  Pages S12728-40
Recess: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and recessed at 4:33 p.m., until 9 
a.m., on Wednesday, October 21, 1998.