[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 36 (Monday, March 8, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D232-D233]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                               Monday March 8, 1999

[[Page D232]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2381-S2439
Measures Introduced: Ten bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 557-566, S.J. Res. 13, and S. Res. 59.       
  Pages S2411-12
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 82, to authorize appropriations for Federal Aviation 
Administration, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 106-9).
  S. 557, to provide guidance for the designation of emergencies as a 
part of the budget process.
  S. 558, to prevent the shutdown of the Government at the beginning of 
a fiscal year if a new budget is not yet enacted.
Measures Passed:
  Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act Guaranteed Loans: Senate 
passed H.R. 882, to nullify any reservation of funds during fiscal year 
1999 for guaranteed loans under the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act for qualified beginning farmers or ranchers. 
                                                             Page S2434
  Honoring Morris King Udall: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 40, 
honoring Morris King Udall, former United States Representative from 
Arizona, and extending the condolences of the Congress on his death. 
                                                             Page S2434
Education Flexibility Partnership Act: Senate resumed consideration of 
S. 280, to provide for education flexibility partnerships, taking 
action on the following amendments/motions:           
  Pages S2392-S2409
Pending:
  Jeffords Amendment No. 31, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                      Pages S2392-S2409
  Bingaman Amendment No. 35 (to Amendment No. 31), to provide for a 
national school dropout prevention program.                  
Page S2392
  Lott (for Jeffords) Modified Amendment No. 37 (to Amendment No. 35), 
to provide all local educational agencies with the option to use the 
funds received under section 307 of the Department of Education 
Appropriations Act, 1999, for activities under part B of the 
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.         
Pages S2392, S2408
  Gramm (for Allard) Amendment No. 40 (to Amendment No. 31), to 
prohibit implementation of ``Know Your Customer'' regulations by the 
Federal banking agencies. (By 0 yeas to 88 nays, 1 voting present (Vote 
No. 33), Senate failed to table the amendment.)              
Page S2392
  Jeffords Amendment No. 55 (to Amendment No. 40), to require local 
educational agencies to use the funds received under section 307 of the 
Department of Education Appropriations Act, 1999, for activities under 
part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. 
                                                         Pages S2394-95
  Kennedy/Daschle motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions with instructions to report back 
forthwith with the following amendment: Kennedy (for Murray/Kennedy) 
Amendment No. 56, to reduce class size.                  
Pages S2395-96
  Lott (for Jeffords) Amendment No. 58 (to the instructions of the 
motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions), to provide all local educational agencies with 
the option to use the funds received under section 307 of the 
Department of Education Appropriations Act, 1999, for activities under 
part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. 
                                                         Pages S2408-09
  Lott (for Jeffords) Amendment No. 59 (to Amendment No. 58), to 
provide all local educational agencies with the option to use the funds 
received under section 307 of the Department of Education 
Appropriations Act, 1999, for activities under part B of the 
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.                 
Page S2409
  A motion was entered to close further debate on Kennedy/Daschle 
motion to recommit the bill 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 Wednesday, March 10, 1999.              
Page S2398
  A motion was entered to close further debate on Lott (for Jeffords) 
Modified Amendment No. 37 (listed above) 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 Wednesday, March 10, 1999. 
                                                             Page S2408

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  During consideration of this bill today, the Senate took the 
following action:
  By 54 yeas to 41 nays (Vote No. 34), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
failed to agree to close further debate on Jeffords Amendment No. 31, 
in the nature of a substitute.                               
                                                             Page S2408
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill on Tuesday, March 9, 1999, with a vote on the 
second motion to close further debate on the Jeffords Amendment No. 31 
(listed above) to occur at 4 p.m.                            
                                                             Page S2435
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Montie R. Deer, of Kansas, to be Chairman of the National Indian 
Gaming Commission for the term of three years.       
                                                     Pages S2434, S2439
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations: Julio 
M. Fuentes, of New Jersey, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Third Circuit.
  Robert A. Katzmann, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Second Circuit.
  M. James Lorenz, of California, to be United States District Judge 
for the Southern District of California.
  W. Allen Pepper, Jr., of Mississippi, to be United States District 
Judge for the Northern District of Mississippi.
  Karen E. Schreier, of South Dakota, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of South Dakota.
  Routine lists in the Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, Navy. 
                                                         Pages S2437-39
Communications:                                          
  Pages S2410-11
Statements on Introduced Bills:                          
  Pages S2412-18
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S2418-20
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S2421-24
Notices of Hearings:                                         
  Page S2424
Authority for Committees:                                    
  Page S2424
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S2424-34
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--34)   
  Page S2408
Adjournment: Senate convened at 12 noon and adjourned at 6:59 p.m., 
until 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 9, 1999. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S2435.)