[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 39 (Thursday, March 11, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D258-D259]
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                                           Thursday, March 11, 1999

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Education Flexibility Partnership Act.
      House Committees ordered reported 13 sundry measures, including a 
      Supplemental Appropriations for fiscal year 1999 and the 
      Financial Service Act of 1999.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2535-S2611
Measures Introduced: Nineteen bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 585-603, and S. Con. Res. 17.
  Pages S2575-76
Measures Passed:
  Unilateral Declaration of a Palestine State: Pursuant to the order of 
Wednesday, March 10, 1999, Committee on Foreign Relations was 
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 by 98 
yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. 38), Senate agreed to the resolution. 
                                                  Pages S2535-42, S2556
  Education Flexibility Partnership Act: By 98 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. 
48), Senate passed H.R. 800, to provide for education flexibility 
partnerships, after striking all after the enacting clause, and 
inserting in lieu thereof, the text of S. 280 (Senate companion 
measure), and after taking action on the following amendments proposed 
thereto:
  Pages S2542-73
Adopted:
  Jeffords Amendment No. 31, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                         Pages S2542-71
  By 60 yeas to 39 nays (Vote No. 40), 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. (By 38 yeas to 61 nays 
(Vote No. 39), Senate earlier failed to table the amendment.) 
                                               Pages S2542-43, S2556-58
  By 61 yeas to 38 nays (Vote No. 42), 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 S2543, S2560-61
  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 S2543, S2561-62
  By 78 yeas to 21 nays (Vote No. 45), 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 S2543, S2564-66
Rejected:
  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. (By 
59 yeas to 40 nays (Vote No. 46), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                                  Pages S2543, S2566-67
  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

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Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998, except to permit the 
formation of secondary and post-secondary consortia. (By 57 yeas to 42 
nays (Vote No. 47), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S2543, S2567
  Bingaman Amendment No. 63 (to Amendment No. 31), to provide for a 
national school dropout prevention program. (By 55 yeas to 44 nays 
(Vote No. 43), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S2543, S2561
  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. (By 55 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 41), 
Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S2543, S2558-60
  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. (By 55 yeas 
to 44 nays (Vote No. 44), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                                  Pages S2543, S2562-64
  Senate insisted on its amendment and requested a conference with the 
House thereon.
Pages S2568-69
  Subsequently, S. 280 was placed back on the Senate Calendar. 
                                                         Pages S2568-69
National Missile Defense Act: Senate began consideration of S. 257, to 
state the policy of the United States regarding the deployment of a 
missile defense capable of defending the territory of the United States 
against limited ballistic missile attack.
  Page S2573
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill on Monday, March 15, 1999.
Page S2611
Messages From the House:
  Page S2575
Measures Referred:
  Page S2575
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S2575
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S2576-S2604
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S2604-05
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S2606-07
Additional Statements:
  Pages S2607-11
Quorum Calls: One quorum call was taken today. (Total--5)
  Page S2557
Record Votes: Eleven record votes were taken today. (Total--48) 
                    Pages S2556-58, S2560-61, S2563-64, S2566-67, S2569
Adjournment: Senate convened at 12 noon, and adjourned at 6:48 p.m., 
until 12 noon, on Monday, March 15, 1999. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S2611.)