[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 38 (Wednesday, March 10, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D246-D248]
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                                          Wednesday, March 10, 1999

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2465-S2533
Measures Introduced: Thirteen bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 572-584, and S. Res. 60.
  Page S2503
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 576, to provide for improved monetary policy and regulatory reform 
in financial institution management and activities, to streamline 
financial regulatory agency actions, to provide for improved consumer 
credit disclosure. (S. Rept. No. 11)
  S. 96, to regulate commerce between and among the several States by 
providing for the orderly resolution of disputes arising out of 
computer-based problems related to processing data that includes a 2-
digit expression of that year's date, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 106-10)
  S. 92, to provide for biennial budget process and a biennial 
appropriations process and to enhance oversight and the performance of 
the Federal Government, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 106-12)
Page S2503
Education Flexibility Partnership Act: Senate continued consideration 
of S. 280, to provide for education flexibility partnerships, taking 
action on the following amendments/motions:
  Pages S2465-S2500
Pending:
  Jeffords Amendment No. 31, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S2478
  Jeffords (for Lott) Modified Amendment No. 60 (to Amendment No. 31), 
to express the sense of the Senate regarding flexibility to use certain 
Federal education funds to carry out part B of the Individuals with 
Disabilities Education Act, and 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 S2481, S2498
  Feinstein/Dorgan/Bingaman Amendment No. 61 (to Amendment No. 31), to 
assist local educational agencies to help all students achieve State 
achievement standards, and to end the practice of social promotion. 
                                                         Pages S2481-85
  Wellstone Amendment No. 62 (to Amendment No. 31), to provide for 
local and state plans, use of funds, and accountability, under the Carl 
D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998, except to 
permit the formation of secondary and post-secondary consortia. 
                                                         Pages S2485-87
  Bingaman Amendment No. 63 (to Amendment No. 31), to provide for a 
national school dropout prevention program.
Pages S2487-89
  Bingaman (for Murray/Kennedy) Amendment No. 64 (to Amendment No. 31), 
authorizing funds for fiscal years 2000 through 2005 to provide for 
class-size reduction in the early grades and to provide for the hiring 
of additional qualified teachers.
Page S2489
  Bingaman (for Boxer) Amendment No. 65 (to Amendment No. 31), to 
improve academic and social outcomes for students and reduce both 
juvenile crime and the risk that youth will become victims of crime by 
providing productive activities during after school hours.
Page S2489
  Jeffords (for Lott) Amendment No. 66 (to Amendment No. 31), 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 S2489-92
  Jeffords (for Lott) Amendment No. 67 (to Amendment No. 31), 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 S2489-92
  Jeffords (for Lott) Amendment No. 68 (to Amendment No. 31), 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, and to amend the 
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act with respect to alternative 
educational settings.
Pages S2489-92

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Withdrawn:
  Bingaman Amendment No. 35 (to Amendment No. 31), to provide for a 
national school dropout prevention program.
Pages S2478, S2480
  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 S2478, S2480
  Gramm (for Allard) Amendment No. 40 (to the language in the bill 
proposed to be stricken by Amendment No. 31), to prohibit 
implementation of ``Know Your Customer'' regulations by the Federal 
banking agencies.
Pages S2478, S2480
  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 S2478, S2480
  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 S2478, S2480
  Subsequently, the following amendments (Amendment Nos. 58 and 59) 
fell when the Kennedy/Daschle motion to recommit (listed above) was 
withdrawn:
  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 S2478, S2480
  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.
Pages S2478, S2480
  During consideration of this bill today, the Senate took the 
following action:
  By 44 yeas to 55 nays (Vote No. 36), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
failed to agree to close further debate on Kennedy/Daschle motion to 
recommit (listed above).
Page S2478
  By 55 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 37), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
failed to agree to close further debate on Lott (for Jeffords) Modified 
Amendment No. 37 (listed above).
Page S2479
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the vote on 
the second motion to close further debate on the Lott (for Jeffords) 
Modified Amendment No. 37 (listed above) scheduled for Thursday, March 
11, 1999, be vitiated.
Page S2480
  A further unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for 
certain amendments/motion to be withdrawn (as listed above). 
                                                             Page S2480
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill and amendments to be proposed thereto, with 
votes to occur thereon, on Thursday, March 11, 1999.
Page S2533
Unilateral Declaration of a Palestine State Agreement: A unanimous-
consent-time agreement was reached providing for the Committee on 
Foreign Relations to be discharged from further consideration of S. 
Con. Res. 5, expressing congressional opposition to the unilateral 
declaration of a Palestinian state and urging the President to assert 
clearly United States opposition to such a unilateral declaration of 
statehood, and the Senate proceed with its consideration, with a vote 
to occur thereon, on Thursday, March 11, 1999.
  Page S2533
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 Iran; referred to the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-15).
Pages S2502-03
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Mervyn M. Mosbacker, Jr., of Texas, to be United States Attorney for 
the Southern District of Texas for the term of four years.
  Gregory A. Vega, of California, to be United States Attorney for the 
Southern District of California for the term of four years. 
                                                             Page S2533
Messages From the President:
  Pages S2502-03
Messages From the House:
  Page S2503
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S2503-19
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S2519-20
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S2522-29
Authority for Committees:
  Page S2529
Additional Statements:
  Page S2529

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Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--37). 
                                                         Pages S2478-79
Adjournment: Senate convened at 12 noon, and adjourned at 6:17 p.m., 
until 12 noon, on Thursday, March 11, 1999. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S2533.)