[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 46 (Tuesday, March 23, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D323-D325]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                            Tuesday, March 23, 1999

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Bill, and 
      agreed to Military Air Operations Authorization Resolution.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3065-S3157
Measures Introduced: Fifteen bills and four resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 678-692, S. Res. 72-73, and S. Con. Res. 21-
22.                                                      
  Pages S3122-23
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 507, to provide for the conservation and development of water and 
related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct 
various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United 
States, and for other purposes, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 106-34)
  Special Report entitled ``Legislative Activities Report of the 
Committee on Foreign Relations''. (S. Rept. No. 106-35)
  H.R. 432, to designate the North/South Center as the Dante B. Fascell 
North-South Center.
  S. Res. 54, condemning the escalating violence, the gross violation 
of human rights and attacks against civilians, and the attempt to 
overthrow a democratically elected government in Sierra Leone.
  S. Res. 68, expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the 
treatment of women and girls by the Taliban in Afghanistan.
  S. Res. 73, congratulating the Government and the people of the 
Republic of El Salvador on successfully completing free and democratic 
elections on March 7, 1999.
  S. 688, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to reauthorize 
the Overseas Private Investment Corporation.             
Pages S3121-22
Measures Passed:
  Emergency Supplemental Appropriations: Senate passed S. 544, making 
emergency supplemental appropriations and rescissions for recovery from 
natural disasters, and foreign assistance, for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1999, after taking action on the following amendments: 
                                               Pages S3065-94, S3103-09
Adopted:
  Stevens (for Bingaman/Bond) Amendment No. 125, to express the sense 
of the Senate regarding the use of the sequential billing policy in 
making payments to home health agencies under the medicare program. 
                                                         Pages S2077-78
  Stevens (for Leahy/Jeffords/Collins) Amendment No. 126, to 
appropriate an additional amount to promote the recovery of the apple 
industry in New England, with an offset.                 
Pages S3077-78
  Stevens (for Lincoln) Amendment No. 127, to provide adversely 
affected crop producers with additional time to make fully informed 
risk management decisions for the 1999 crop year.        
Pages S3077-78
  Gramm Amendment No. 128, to eliminate any emergency designations from 
the bill and provide additional offsets from unused fiscal year 1999 
emergency spending.                                      
Pages S3078-80
  Gramm Amendment No.129 (to Amendment No. 128), to eliminate any 
emergency designations from the bill.                    
Pages S3078-80
  Murkowski Amendment No. 130, to maintain existing marine activities 
in Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska. (By 40 yeas to 59 nays (Vote 
No. 56), Senate failed to table the amendment.) 
                                     Pages S3080-85, S3088-89, S3108-09
  Robb Amendment No. 131, to authorize payments in settlement of claims 
for deaths arising from the accident involving a United States Marine 
Corps A-6 aircraft on February 3, 1998, near Cavalese, Italy. 
                                                          Page S3085-88
  Stevens (for Helms) Amendment No. 132, to appropriate, with a 
rescission, funds for the United States Commission on International 
Religious Freedom.                                       
Pages S3104-06
  Stevens (for Grassley) Amendment No. 133, to make available certain 
funds for regional applications programs at the University of Northern 
Iowa consistent with the direction in the report to accompany

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Public Law 105-277, and to reduce the amount of certain rescinded funds 
under the heading Operations, Research and Facilities of the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce. 
                                                         Pages S3104-06
  Stevens Amendment No. 134, to allow military technicians while 
deployed to receive per diem expenses.                   
Pages S3104-06
  Stevens Amendment No. 135, to provide funds for the construction of 
the Pike's Peak Summit House, and for the Borough of Ketchikan to 
participate in a study of the feasibility and dynamics of manufacturing 
veneer products in Southeast Alaska.                     
Pages S3104-06
  Stevens (for Gregg) Amendment No. 136, to provide for a limitation on 
certain fishing permits or authorizations.               
Pages S3104-06
  Stevens (for Daschle) Amendment No. 137, to provide that the Corps of 
Engineers is directed to reprogram certain funds made available for the 
operation of the Pick-Sloan project to perform the preliminary work 
needed to transfer Federal lands to the tribes and State of South 
Dakota, and to provide funds for the protection of certain Indian 
cultural sites.                                          
Pages S3104-06
  Stevens Amendment No. 138, to provide limited operational leasing 
authority to the Secretary of the Air Force.             
Pages S3104-06
  Stevens (for Enzi/Bingaman) Amendment No. 139, to provide emergency 
relief to the livestock industry.                        
Pages S3104-06
  Stevens (for Bingaman) Amendment No. 140, to provide emergency relief 
to the domestic oil and gas industry.                    
Pages S3104-06
  Stevens (for Domenici) Amendment No. 141, to establish an emergency 
oil and gas guaranteed loan program.                     
Pages S3104-06
Withdrawn:
  Hutchison Amendment No. 81, to set forth restrictions on deployment 
of United States Armed Forces in Kosovo.          
Pages S3065-77, S3109
  Subsequently, 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, fell 
when Amendment No. 81 (listed above) was withdrawn. 
                                                  Pages S3065-77, S3109
  Stevens (for Lott) Amendment No. 142, to provide that the presiding 
officer of the Senate should apply all precedents of the Senate under 
rule 16, in effect at the conclusion of the 103rd Congress. 
                                                             Page S3106
  Stevens (for Gregg) Amendment No. 113, to provide for a limitation on 
certain fishing permits or authorizations. (By unanimous consent, 
Senate vitiated the adoption of Amendment No. 113 which occurred on 
Thursday, March 18, 1999, and was subsequently withdrawn.)   
Page S3103
  During consideration of this bill today, the Senate took the 
following action:
  By 55 nays to 44 nays (Vote No. 55), 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 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 S3076-77
  Military Air Operations Authorization: By 58 yeas to 41 nays (Vote 
No. 57), Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 21, authorizing the President of 
the United States to conduct military air operations and missile 
strikes against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and 
Montenegro).                                             
  Pages S3110-19
  Robert C. Weaver Federal Building: Senate passed S. 67, to designate 
the headquarters building of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development in Washington, District of Columbia, as the ``Robert C. 
Weaver Federal Building''.                               
  Pages S3153-55
  Lloyd D. George U.S. Courthouse: Senate passed S. 437, to designate 
the United States courthouse under construction at 338 Las Vegas 
Boulevard South in Las Vegas, Nevada, as the ``Lloyd D. George United 
States Courthouse''.                                     
  Pages S3153-55
  Hurff A. Saunders Federal Building: Senate passed S. 453, to 
designate the Federal building located at 709 West 9th Street in 
Juneau, Alaska, as the ``Hurff A. Saunders Federal Building''. 
                                                         Pages S3153-55
  Robert K. Rodibaugh U.S. Bankruptcy Courthouse: Senate passed S. 460, 
to designate the United States courthouse located at 401 South Michigan 
Street in South Bend, Indiana, as the ``Robert K. Rodibaugh United 
States Bankruptcy Courthouse''.                          
  Pages S3153-55
  Hiram H. Ward Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse: Senate passed 
H.R. 92, to designate the Federal building and United States courthouse 
located at 251 North Main Street in Winston Salem, North Carolina, as 
the ``Hiram H. Ward Federal Building and United States Courthouse'', 
clearing the measure for the President.                  
  Pages S3153-55

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  James F. Battin U.S. Courthouse: Senate passed H.R. 158, to designate 
the Federal Courthouse located at 316 North 26th Street in Billings, 
Montana, as the ``James F. Battin Federal Courthouse'', clearing the 
measure for the President.                               
  Pages S3153-55
  Richard C. White Federal Building: Senate passed H.R. 233, to 
designate the Federal building located at 700 East San Antonio Street 
in El Paso, Texas, as the ``Richard C. White Federal Building'', 
clearing the measure for the President.                  
  Pages S3153-55
  Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building: Senate passed H.R. 396, to 
designate the Federal building located at 1301 Clay Street in Oakland, 
California, as the ``Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building'', clearing the 
measure for the President.                               
  Pages S3153-55
  El Salvador Free Elections: Senate agreed to S. Res. 73, 
congratulating the Government and the people of the Republic of El 
Salvador on successfully completing free and democratic elections on 
March 7, 1999.                                               
  Page S3155
Congressional Budget--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement was 
reached providing for the consideration of S. Con. Res. 20, setting 
forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for 
fiscal years 2000 through 2009, on Wednesday, March 24, 1999. 
                                                             Page S3118
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Gary L. Visscher, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Occupational 
Safety and Health Review Commission for a term expiring April 27, 2001.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.                  
Page S3157
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S3120
Communications:                                          
  Pages S3120-21
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S3122
Statements on Introduced Bills:                          
  Pages S3123-46
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S3146-47
Notices of Hearings:                                         
  Page S3148
Authority for Committees:                                
  Pages S3148-49
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S3149-53
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--57) 
                                              Pages S3077, S3108, S3118
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and adjourned at 8:49 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, March 24, 1999. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S3556.)