[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 44 (Friday, March 19, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D310-D311]
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                                             Friday, March 19, 1999

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2979-S3026
Measures Introduced: Eight bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 668-675 and S. Con. Res. 20.
  Page S3000
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. Con. Res. 20, setting forth the congressional budget for the 
United States Government for fiscal years 2000 through 2009. (S. Rept. 
No. 106-27)
  S. 422, to provide for Alaska state jurisdiction over small 
hydroelectric projects, with an amendment. (S. Rept. No. 106-28) 
                                                      Pages S2999-S3000
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations:
  Senate continued consideration of S. 544, making emergency 
supplemental appropriations and rescissions for recovery from natural 
disasters, and foreign assistance, for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 1999, taking action on the following amendments: 
                                     Pages S2979-85, S2989-90, S2995-96
Adopted:
  Stevens (for Enzi) Amendment No. 111, to prohibit the Secretary of 
the Interior from promulgating certain regulations relating to Indian 
gaming and to prohibit the Secretary from approving class III gaming 
without State approval.
Pages S2979-85
  Stevens (for Sessions) Amendment No. 121, to improve the crop loss 
assistance program.
Pages S2989-90
  Stevens (for Coverdell) Amendment No. 122, to make available funds 
for a scholarship fund for Zamorano Agricultural University in 
Honduras.
Pages S2989-90
  Stevens (for Daschle) Amendment No. 123, to provide for the use at 
Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, of the amount received by the 
United States in settlement of claims with respect to a family housing 
project at Ellsworth Air Force Base, and to increase the amount of 
rescission of the ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'' account 
of the Department of Defense.
Pages S2989-90
Pending:
  Hutchison Amendment No. 81, to set forth restrictions on deployment 
of United States Armed Forces in Kosovo.
Pages S2995-96
  Lott Amendment No. 124 (to Amendment No. 81), to prohibit the use of 
funds for military operations in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 
(Serbia and Montenegro) unless Congress enacts specific authorization 
in law for the conduct of those operations.
Pages S2995-96
  A motion was entered to close further debate on Lott Amendment No. 
124 (to Amendment No. 81), 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 Tuesday, March 23, 1999, at 2:15 p.m. 
                                                         Pages S2995-96
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill on Monday, March 22, 1999.
Page S3026
  A further unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for 
further consideration of Lott Amendment No. 124 (to Amendment No. 81), 
listed above, on Tuesday, March 23, 1999.
Page S2996
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Anne Jeannette Udall, of North Carolina, to be a Member of the Board 
of Trustees of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in 
National Environmental Policy Foundation for a term expiring October 6, 
2004.
Page S3026
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S2999
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S3000-15
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S3015-16
Amendments Submitted:
  Page S3023
Additional Statements:
  Pages S3024-26
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:45 a.m., and adjourned at 2:32 p.m., 
until 12 noon, on Monday, March 22, 1999. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S3026.)

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