[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 48 (Thursday, March 25, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D347-D353]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                           Thursday, March 25, 1999

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to the Congressional Budget.
      The House agreed to H. Con. Res. 68, Concurrent Budget 
      Resolution.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3385-S3579
Measures Introduced: Fifty bills and five resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 713-762, S.J. Res. 16-17, S. Con. Res. 23-24, and S. 
Res. 75.                                                 
  Pages S3438-40
Measures Passed:
  Emergency Supplemental Appropriations: Pursuant to the order of March 
18, 1999, Senate passed H.R. 1141, making emergency supplemental 
appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, after 
striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof 
the text of S. 544, Senate companion measure, as passed by the Senate 
on Tuesday, March 23, 1999.                                  
  Page S3327
  Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair, as authorized, appointed the following 
conferees on the part of the Senate: Senators Stevens, Cochran, 
Specter, Domenici, Bond, Gorton, McConnell, Burns, Shelby, Gregg, 
Bennett, Campbell, Craig, Hutchison, Kyl, Byrd, Inouye, Hollings, 
Leahy, Lautenberg, Harkin, Mikulski, Reid, Kohl, Murray, Dorgan, 
Feinstein, and Durbin.                                       
Page S3327
  Subsequently, S. 544 was placed back on the Senate calendar.
  Adjournment Resolution: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 23, providing 
for a conditional adjournment or recess of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives.                                             
  Page S3385
  Cuban Human Rights: By a unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. 67), 
Senate agreed to S. Res. 57, expressing the sense of the Senate 
regarding the human rights situation in Cuba, after agreeing to the 
following amendment proposed thereto:                    
  Pages S3380-83
  Graham/Mack Amendment No. 245, to state that where such abuses 
violate internationally accepted norms of conduct enshrined by the 
Universal Declaration of Human Rights.                   
Pages S3382-83
  Congressional Budget: By 55 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 81), Senate 
agreed to H. Con. Res. 68, setting forth the congressional budget for 
the United States Government for fiscal years 2000 through 2009, after 
striking all after the resolving clause and inserting in lieu thereof 
the text of S. Con. Res. 20, Senate companion measure, as amended, and 
after taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows: 
                                  Pages S3309-19, S3321-80, S3385-S3432
Adopted:
  Enzi Amendment No. 154, to express the sense of the Senate that 
agricultural risk management programs should include livestock 
producers.                                               
Pages S3327-28
  Dodd Amendment Modified No. 160, to increase the mandatory spending 
in the Child Care and Development Block Grant by $7.5 billion over five 
years, the amendment reduces the resolution's tax cut and leaves 
adequate room in the revenue instructions for targeted tax cuts that 
help families with the costs of caring for their children, and that 
such relief would assist all working families with employment related 
child care expenses, as well as families in which one parent stays home 
to care for an infant. (By yeas to nays (Vote No. 74), Senate failed to 
table the amendment.)                                    
Pages S3390-91
  Graham Modified Amendment No. 164, to express the sense of the Senate 
that funds recovered from any Federal tobacco-related litigation should 
be set-aside for the purpose of first strengthening the medicare trust 
fund and second to fund a medicare prescription drug benefit. 
                                                             Page S3426
  Graham Modified Amendment No. 165, to express the sense of the Senate 
that the Congress and the President should offset inappropriate 
emergency funding from fiscal year 1999 in fiscal year 1999. 
                                                             Page S3426

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  Lautenberg (for Feinstein) Amendment No. 169, to express the sense of 
the Senate on the social promotion of elementary and secondary school 
students.                                         
                                                  Pages S3387, S3415-17
  Lautenberg (for Reid) Modified Amendment No. 170, to express the 
sense of the Senate regarding social security ``notch babies'', those 
individuals born between the years 1917 and 1926.            
                                                             Page S3430
  Lautenberg (for Boxer) Amendment No. 171, to ensure that the 
President's after school initiative is fully funded for fiscal year 
2000.                                                        
                                                             Page S3397
  Lautenberg (for Murray) Amendment No. 173, to express the sense of 
the Senate on women and Social Security reform.              
                                                             Page S3388
  Lautenberg (for Boxer) Amendment No. 175, to ensure that the 
substantial majority of any income tax cuts go to middle and lower 
income taxpayers.
  By 56 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 65), Roth Modified Amendment No. 176, 
to express the sense of the Senate regarding the modernization and 
improvement of the medicare program.           
                                               Pages S3310-19, S3352-53
  Lautenberg Amendment No. 183, to express the sense of the Senate that 
Congress should enact legislation to modernize America's schools. 
                                                  Pages S3331-32, S3427
  Lautenberg (for Durbin) Amendment No. 185, to provide a substitute 
for section 205 regarding the emergency designation point of order. 
                                           Pages S3332, S3378, S3426-27
  Lautenberg (for Durbin) Amendment No. 186, to express the sense of 
the Senate that the provisions of this resolution assume that it is the 
policy of the United States to provide as soon as it is technologically 
possible an education for every American child that will enable each 
child to effectively meet the challenges of the 21st century. 
                                                  Pages S3332-33, S3387
  Lautenberg (for Durbin) Amendment No. 187, to finance disability 
programs designed to allow individuals with disabilities to become 
employed and remain independent.                     
                                                     Pages S3333, S3387
  Lautenberg (for Dorgan) Amendment No. 188, to express the sense of 
the Senate that agricultural commodities and products, medicines, and 
medical products should be exempted from unilateral economic sanctions.
                                                     Pages S3333, S3387
  Lautenberg (for Dorgan) Amendment No. 189, to express the sense of 
the Senate regarding capital gains tax fairness for family farmers. 
                                                     Pages S3333, S3387
  Lautenberg (for Torricelli) Amendment No. 191, to express the sense 
of the Senate that the Urban Parks and Recreation Recovery (UPARR) 
program should be fully funded.                   
                                                  Pages S3333-34, S3387
  Lautenberg (for Lieberman) Amendment No. 197, to express the sense of 
the Senate regarding asset-building for the working poor. 
                                              Pages S3336, S3387, S3420
  Lautenberg (for Bingaman) Amendment No. 199, to help insure the long-
term national security of the United States by budgeting for a robust 
Defense Science and Technology Program.           
                                                  Pages S3336-37, S3387
  Lautenberg (for Biden) Amendment No. 202, to express the sense of the 
Senate on the importance of funding for embassy security. 
                                                     Pages S3338, S3397
  Lautenberg (for Landrieu) Modified Amendment No. 205, to allow for a 
tax cut for working families that could be provided immediately, before 
enactment of Social Security reform would make on-budget surpluses 
available as an offset.                        
                                               Pages S3339-40, S3396-97
  Domenici (for Hatch) Modified Amendment No. 206, to provide the sense 
of the Senate regarding support for Federal, State and local law 
enforcement, and for the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund. 
                                                  Pages S3340, S3428-29
  Domenici (for Hatch) Modified Amendment No. 207, to ensure a rational 
adjustment to merger notification thresholds for small business and to 
ensure adequate funding for Antitrust Division of the Department of 
Justice.                                             
                                                     Pages S3340, S3391
  Domenici (for Enzi) Modified Amendment No. 208, to express the sense 
of the Senate that the Marriage Penalty should be eliminated and the 
marginal income tax rates should be uniformly reduced.     
Pages S3340, S3396-97
  Domenici (for Shelby) Amendment No. 209, to express the sense of the 
Senate that the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 needs comprehensive 
reform.                                           
Pages S3340-41, S3387
  Domenici (for Sessions) Amendment No. 210, to express the sense of 
the Senate that the additional tax incentives should be provided for 
education savings.                         
Pages S3341, S3378-79, S3387
  Domenici (for Santorum) Amendment No. 211, to express the sense of 
the Senate regarding the Davis-Bacon Act.     
Pages S3341, S3387, S3418
  By 97 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. 68), Domenici (for Santorum/Leahy) 
Amendment No. 212, to express the sense of the Senate that the 106th 
Congress, 1st Session should reauthorize funds for the Farmland 
Protection Program.                               
Pages S3341, S3385-86
  Domenici (for DeWine/Coverdell) Modified Amendment No. 213, to 
express the sense of the Senate regarding support for State and local 
law enforcement.                                  
Pages S3341, S3391-92
  Domenici (for DeWine) Modified Amendment No. 214, to express the 
sense of the Senate that funding for Federal drug control activities 
should be at a level higher than that proposed in the President's 
budget request for fiscal year 2000.           
Pages S3341-42, S3426-27

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  Domenici (for Gorton) Amendment No. 215, to express the sense of the 
Senate concerning resources for autism research through the National 
Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.                                          
Pages S3342, S3387
  Domenici (for Roberts) Amendment No. 216, to express the sense of the 
Senate regarding the potential impact of the amendments to the medicare 
program contained in the Balanced Budget Act on access to items and 
services under such program.                         
Pages S3342, S3387
  Domenici (for Fitzgerald) Amendment No. 217, to express the sense of 
the Senate that the budget process should require truth-in-budgeting 
with respect to the on-budget trust funds.           
Pages S3342, S3387
  Domenici (for Specter) Amendment No. 219, to express the sense of the 
Senate that $50 million will be provided in fiscal year 2000 to conduct 
intensive firearms prosecution projects to combat violence in the 
twenty-five American cities with the highest crime rates. 
                                           Pages S3343-44, S3387, S3389
  Subsequently, the amendment was modified.
  Domenici (for Specter) Amendment No. 220, to express the sense of the 
Senate on providing women direct access to physicians specializing in 
obstetrics and gynecological services.                       
Page S3387
  Domenici (for Jeffords) Amendment No. 221, to express the sense of 
the Senate concerning fostering the employment and independence of 
individuals with disabilities.                       
Pages S3344, S3387
  Domenici (for Jeffords) Amendment No. 222, to express the sense of 
the Senate with respect to maintaining at least current expenditures 
(including emergency funding) for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance 
Program for Fiscal Year 2000.                     
Pages S3344-45, S3387
  Domenici (for Ashcroft) Amendment No. 224, to express the sense of 
Congress that South Korea must abide by its international trade 
commitments on pork and beef.                 
Pages S3345, S3389, S3420
  Domenici (for Shelby/Domenici) Modified Amendment No. 225, to express 
the sense of the Senate that no additional firewalls should be enacted 
for transportation activities.                    
Pages S3345-46, S3387
  Domenici (for Enzi) Amendment No. 226, to express the sense of the 
Senate that new public health programs should not be established to the 
detriment of funding for existing, effective programs, such as the 
Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant.         
Pages S3346, S3387, S3427
  Domenici (for Abraham) Amendment No. 227, to provide for the 
continued viability of professional, educational, and trade 
associations.                                  
Pages S3346-47, S3426-27
  Domenici (for Gregg/Collins) Amendment No. 229, to express the sense 
of the Senate concerning funding for special education. 
                                                  Pages S3347-48, S3387
  Domenici (for Stevens/Warner) Amendment No. 230, to provide an 
exception for emergency defense spending.         
Pages S3348, S3426-27
  Domenici (for Grams) Modified Amendment No. 231, to express the sense 
of the Senate on providing tax relief to all Americans by returning the 
non-Social Security surplus to taxpayers.         
Pages S3348,-S3368-74
  Domenici (for Chafee) Amendment No. 236, to strike section 201, 
Reserve Fund for a Fiscal Year 2000 Surplus, as provided for under 
Title II--Budgetary Restraints and Rulemaking.    
Pages S3349, S3426-27
  Domenici (for Chafee) Amendment No. 237, to express the sense of the 
Senate on the importance of social security for individuals who become 
disabled.                                         
Pages S3349-50, S3387
  Domenici (for Chafee) Amendment No. 238, to provide $200,000,000 for 
the State-side program of the land and water conservation fund. 
                                                  Pages S3350, S3430-31
  Domenici (for Ashcroft) Amendment No. 240, to express the sense of 
the Senate concerning Federal tax relief.            
Pages S3351, S3393
  Domenici (for Ashcroft) Amendment No. 242, to express the sense of 
the Senate that increased funding for elementary and secondary 
education should be directed to States and local school districts. 
                                           Pages S3351, S3354-58, S3376
  Domenici (for Hutchison/Feinstein) Modified Amendment No. 243, to 
express the sense of the Senate that a task force be established to 
create a reserve fund for natural disasters.         
Pages S3351, S3392
  Lautenberg (for Moynihan) Amendment No. 244, to strike section 314, 
Sense of the Senate on Sale of Governors Island.             
Page S3387
  Domenici (for Collins) Amendment No. 247, to express the sense of the 
Senate on need-based student financial aid programs.     
Pages S3429-30
Rejected:
  Kennedy Amendment No. 177, to reduce tax breaks for the wealthiest 
taxpayers and reserve the savings for Medicare. (By 53 yeas to 46 nays 
(Vote No. 66), Senate tabled the amendment.)   
Pages S3321-31, S3353-54
  Voinovich Amendment No. 161, to use on-budget surplus to repay the 
debt instead of tax cuts. (By 67 yeas to 32 nays (Vote No. 71), Senate 
tabled the amendment.)                                       
Page S3388
  Robb/Graham Amendment No. 182, to ensure fiscal discipline by 
requiring that any tax relief be offset in accordance with current 
budget rules and

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practices, and that any surpluses be used for debt reduction, until 
Congress saves Social Security and strengthens Medicare and pays off 
the publicly held debt.                           
Pages S3351-52, S3427
  Lautenberg (for Kennedy) Amendment No. 192, to fully fund the Class 
Size Initiative and the Individuals with Disabilities Act with 
mandatory funds, the amendment reduces the resolution's tax cut by one 
fifth, frees up $43 billion in discretionary spending within Function 
500 (in 2001-2009) for other important education programs, and leaves 
adequate room in the revenue reconciliation instructions for targeted 
tax cuts that help those in need and tax breaks for communities to 
modernize and rebuild crumbling schools. (By 54 yeas to 45 nays (Vote 
No. 72), Senate tabled the amendment.)         
Pages S3334-35, S3388-89
  Dorgan Modified Amendment No. 178, to provide for additional 
agricultural funding. (By 53 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 75), Senate 
tabled the amendment.)           
Pages S3327, S3352, S3363-68, S3392-93
  By 24 yeas to 74 nays (Vote No. 78), Lautenberg (for Hollings) 
Amendment No. 174, to continue Federal spending at the current services 
baseline levels and pay down the Federal debt.          
Pages S3376-77, S3397-98
  Lautenberg (for Rockefeller) Amendment No. 196, to create a reserve 
fund for medicare prescription drug benefits. (By 54 yeas to 45 nays 
(Vote No. 79), Senate tabled the amendment.)      
Pages S3336, S3427-28
Withdrawn:
  Lautenberg (for Kennedy) Amendment No. 193, to allocate a portion of 
the surplus for legislation that promotes early educational development 
and well-being of children.                       
Pages S3335-36, S3387
  Domenici (for Helms) Amendment No. 218, relating to the international 
affairs budget.                                   
Pages S3342-43, S3388
  Domenici (for Coverdell) Amendment No. 234, to express the sense of 
the Senate regarding the need for incentives for low- and middle-income 
savers and investors and the need for such incentives to be accompanied 
by an expansion of the lowest personal income tax bracket. 
                                                  Pages S3348-49, S3387
  Domenici (for Chafee) Amendment No. 235, to reduce the size of the 
tax cut.                                             
Pages S3349, S3387
  Domenici (for Ashcroft) Amendment No. 239, to express the sense of 
the Senate that the Social Security Trust Fund shall be managed in the 
best interest of current and future beneficiaries.   
Pages S3351, S3387
  Domenici (for Grassley) Amendment No. 241, to express the sense of 
the Senate regarding the closure of Howard Air Force Base and 
repositioning of assets and operational capabilities in forward 
operating locations.                                 
Pages S3351, S3387
  Lautenberg Amendment No. 166, to express the sense of the Senate on 
saving Social Security and Medicare, reducing the public debt, and 
targeting tax relief to middle-income working families.      
Page S3393
  Lautenberg (for Biden) Amendment No. 204, to extend the Violent Crime 
Reduction Trust Fund.                                
Pages S3339, S3397
  Lautenberg (for Schumer) Amendment No. 167, to express the sense of 
the Senate that the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program 
should be reauthorized in order to provide continued Federal funding 
for the hiring, deployment, and retention of community law enforcement 
officers.                                                    
Page S3427
  Domenici (for Hutchison) Amendment No. 223, to express the sense of 
the Senate that the Congress should provide the maximum funding 
envisioned in law for Southwest Border law enforcement programs to stop 
the flow of drugs into the United States.            
Pages S3345, S3427
  Domenici (for Abraham/Coverdell) Amendment No. 228, to express the 
sense of Congress on the use of Federal funds for needle exchange 
programs for drug addicts.                                   
Page S3347
  Lautenberg (for Wyden) Amendment No. 200, to allow increased tobacco 
tax revenues to be used as an offset for the medicare prescription drug 
benefit provided for in section 209 (Reserve Fund for Medicare and 
Prescription Drugs).                                 
Pages S3337, S3428
  Lautenberg (for Dodd) Amendment No. 201, to fund a 40 percent Federal 
share for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the 
amendment reduces the resolution's tax cut by nearly one fifth, frees 
up $43 billion in discretionary spending within Function 500 (in 2001-
2009) for other important education programs, and leaves adequate room 
in the revenue reconciliation instructions for targeted tax cuts that 
help those in need and tax breaks for communities to modernize and 
rebuild crumbling schools.                           
Pages S3338, S3428
  Lautenberg (for Harkin) Amendment No. 203, to allow for the creation 
of a mandatory fund for medical research under the authority of the 
National Institutes of Health fully funded through a tax provision 
providing that certain funds provided by tobacco companies to States or 
local governments in connection with tobacco litigation or settlement 
shall not be deductible.                          
Pages S3338-39, S3428
  Lautenberg (for Feinstein) Amendment No. 168, to express the sense of 
the Senate regarding school construction grants, and reducing school 
sizes and class sizes.                            
Pages S3410-11, S3428
  Lautenberg (for Murray) Amendment No.172, to fully fund the Class 
Size Initiative, the amendment reduces the resolution's tax cut by ten 
billion dollars,

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leaving adequate room in the revenue reconciliation instructions for 
targeted tax cuts that help those in need and tax breaks for 
communities to modernize and rebuild crumbling schools.      
Page S3428
  Lautenberg Amendment No. 184, to establish a budget-neutral reserve 
fund for environmental and natural resources.        
Pages S3332, S3428
  Lautenberg (for Kennedy) Amendment No. 194, to fully fund the Class 
Size Initiative and the Individuals with Disabilities Act with 
mandatory funds, the amendment reduces the resolution's tax cut by one 
fifth, frees up $43 billion in discretionary spending within Function 
500 (in 2001-2009) for other important education programs, and leaves 
adequate room in the revenue reconciliation instructions for targeted 
tax cuts that help those in need and tax breaks for communities to 
modernize and rebuild crumbling schools.             
Pages S3336, S3428
  Lautenberg (for Feinstein) Amendment No. 198, to express the sense of 
the Senate regarding the need for increased funding for the State 
Criminal Alien Assistance program in fiscal year 2000.     
Pages S3336, S3428
  Domenici (for Coverdell) Amendment No. 233, to protect taxpayers from 
retroactive income and estate tax rate increases by creating a point of 
order.                                               
Pages S3348, S3428
  During consideration of this measure today, the Senate also took the 
following action:
  Three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted 
in the affirmative, Senate rejected motions to waive certain provisions 
of the Congressional Budget Act with respect to the consideration of 
the following amendments:
  By 47 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 64), Specter/Harkin Amendment No. 
157, to provide for funding of biomedical research at the National 
Institutes of Health.                                
Pages S3310, S3352
  By 49 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 69), Reed Amendment No. 162, to 
provide for certain Federal revenues, total new budget authority, and 
total budget outlays.                                        
Page S3386
  By 52 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 70), Craig Amendment No. 146, to 
modify the pay-as-you-go requirement of the budget process to require 
that direct spending increases be offset only with direct spending 
decreases.                                        
Pages S3377, S3386-87
  By 42 yeas to 57 nays (Vote No. 73), Crapo/Grams Amendment No. 163, 
to create a reserve fund to lock in additional non-Social Security 
surplus in the outyears for tax relief and/or debt reduction. 
                                                  Pages S3379, S3389-90
  By 54 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 76), Domenici (for Snowe) Amendment 
No. 232, to allow increased tobacco tax revenues to be used as an 
offset for the Medicare prescription drug benefit provided for in 
section 209.                                      
Pages S3348, S3393-96
  By 45 yeas to 53 nays (Vote No. 77), Lautenberg (for Kennedy) 
Amendment No. 195, to express the sense of the Senate concerning an 
increase in the minimum wage.                        
Pages S3336, S3396
  By 45 yeas to 54 nays (Vote No. 80), Lautenberg (for Kerry) Amendment 
No. 190, to provide for a 1-year delay in a portion of certain tax 
provisions necessary to avoid future budget deficits. 
                                                  Pages S3333,-S3374-76
  Subsequently, a point of order that the amendments were in violation 
of the Congressional Budget Act was sustained, and the amendments thus 
fell.
  Senate insisted on its amendment and requested a conference with the 
House thereon.                                               
Page S3432
  Subsequently, S. Con. Res. 20 was placed back on the Senate calendar.
                                                             Page S3432
  Senate National Security Working Group: Senate agreed to S. Res. 75, 
reconstituting the Senate Arms Control Observer Group as the Senate 
National Security Working Group and revising the authority of the 
Group.                                                   
  Pages S3564-65
  Microloan Program Technical Corrections Act: Committee on Small 
Business was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 440, to make 
technical corrections to the Microloan Program, and the bill was then 
passed, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S3554-66
  Enzi (for Kerry) Amendment No. 248, to provide for the equitable 
allocation of appropriated amounts.                      
Pages S3565-66
  SBA Disaster Mitigation Pilot Program: Committee on Small Business 
was discharged from further consideration of S. 388, to authorize the 
establishment of a disaster mitigation pilot program in the Small 
Business Administration, and the bill was then passed.       
  Page S3566
  House Mail Technical Corrections: Committee on Governmental Affairs 
was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 705, to make 
technical corrections with respect to the monthly reports submitted by 
the Postmaster General on official mail of the House of 
Representatives, and the bill was then passed, clearing the measure for 
the President.                                           
  Pages S3566-67
  Aviation War Risk Insurance Program Extension: Committee on 
Governmental Affairs was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 
98, to amend chapter 443 of title 49, United States Code, to extend the 
aviation war risk insurance program, the bill was then referred to the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and then discharged 
from further consideration, and the bill

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was then passed, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed 
thereto:                                                     
  Page S3567
  Enzi (for Thompson) Amendment No. 249, to strike section 2 relating 
to the Centennial of Flight Commemoration Act.               
Page S3567
  Risk Management Decisions Affecting the 1999 Crop Year: Senate passed 
S. 756, to provide adversely affected crop producers with additional 
time to make fully informed risk management decisions for the 1999 crop 
year.                                                    
  Pages S3567-68
  Crop Revenue Coverage PLUS Supplemental Endorsement: Senate passed 
H.R. 1212, to protect producers of agricultural commodities who applied 
for a Crop Revenue Coverage PLUS supplemental endorsement for the 1999 
crop year, clearing the measure for the President.           
  Page S3568
  New Mexico Land Conveyance: Senate passed S. 278, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to convey certain lands to the county of Rio 
Arriba, New Mexico.                                      
  Pages S3568-69
  New Mexico Land Conveyance: Senate passed S. 291, to convey certain 
real property within the Carlsbad Project in New Mexico to the Carlsbad 
Irrigation District.                                     
  Pages S3568-70
  Route 66 Resource Protection: Senate passed S. 292, to preserve the 
cultural resources of the Route 66 corridor and to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance.           
  Pages S3568, S3570-71
  New Mexico Land Conveyance: Senate passed S. 293, to direct the 
Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior to convey certain lands in San 
Juan County, New Mexico, to San Juan College, after agreeing to the 
following amendment proposed thereto:             
  Pages S3568, S3573-74
  Enzi (for Domenici) Amendment No. 250, in the nature of a substitute.
                                                  Pages S3568, S3573-74
  Perkins County Rural Water System Assistance: Senate passed S. 243, 
to authorize the construction of the Perkins County Rural Water System 
and authorize financial assistance to the Perkins County Rural Water 
System, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, in the planning and construction 
of the water supply system.                       
  Pages S3568, S3574-75
  Enzi (for Johnson/Daschle) Amendment No. 251, in the nature of a 
substitute.
  FERC License Jurisdiction: Senate passed S. 334, to amend the Federal 
Power Act to remove the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission to license projects on fresh waters in the State of Hawaii. 
                                                     Pages S3568, S3571
  Wellton-Mohawk Transfer Act: Senate passed S. 356, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to convey certain works, facilities, and 
titles of the Gila Project, and designated lands within or adjacent to 
the Gila Project, to the Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation and Drainage 
District.                                            
  Pages S3568, S3571
  South Dakota Historic Site: Senate passed S. 382, to establish the 
Minuteman Missile National Historic Site in the State of South Dakota. 
                                                  Pages S3568, S3571-72
  Alaska Hydroelectric Project Jurisdiction: Senate passed S. 422, to 
provide for Alaska state jurisdiction over small hydroelectric 
projects, after agreeing to a committee amendment.   
  Pages S3568, S3572
  Coastal Heritage Trail Route Authorization: Senate passed H.R. 171, 
to authorize appropriations for the Coastal Heritage Trail Route in New 
Jersey, clearing the measure for the President.      
  Pages S3568, S3572
  Sudbury, Assabet, and Concord Wild and Scenic River Act: Senate 
passed H.R. 193, to designate a portion of the Sudbury, Assabet, and 
Concord Rivers as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers 
System, clearing the measure for the President.   
  Pages S3568, S3572-73
  Treaty Approved: The following treaty having passed through its 
various parliamentary stages, up to and including the presentation of 
the resolution of ratification, upon division, two-thirds of the 
Senators present and having voted in the affirmative, the resolution of 
ratification was agreed to:
  Convention on Nuclear Safety, with six conditions and two 
understandings. (Treaty Doc. 104-6);                     
Pages S3575-77
Authority for Committees: All committees were authorized to file 
legislative reports on Friday, March 26, 1999 from 10 a.m. until 11 
a.m., and executive and legislative reports on Tuesday, April 6, 1999 
from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. during the adjournment of the Senate. 
                                                             Page S3564
  Nomination-Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached to 
extend the Governmental Affairs consideration of the nomination of 
David C. Williams, of Maryland, to be Inspector General for Tax 
Administration, Department of the Treasury.                  
  Page S3575
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Rose Eilene Gottemoeller, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary 
of Energy (Non-Proliferation and National Security).
  3 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  2 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  22 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Army, Marine Corps, Navy.     
Pages S3564, S3579

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Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Johnnie E. Frazier, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, Department 
of Commerce.
  James W. Klein, of the District of Columbia, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Columbia.
  Ellen Segal Huvelle, of the District of Columbia, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Columbia.
  Barbara M. Lynn, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of Texas.
  Marshall S. Smith, of California, to be Deputy Secretary of 
Education.                                                   
Page S3579
Messages From the House:                                 
  Pages S3433-34
Communications:                                          
  Pages S3434-35
Petitions:                                               
  Pages S3435-38
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S3438
Statements on Introduced Bills:                       
  Pages S3440-S3516
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S3516-17
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S3518-36
Notices of Hearings:                                     
  Pages S3536-37
Authority for Committees:                                
  Pages S3537-38
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S3538-51
Text of S. 544 (as passed the Senate on Tuesday, March 23, 1999 and 
inserted as an amendment to replace the entire text of H.R. 1141, as 
passed the Senate today.)                                
  Pages S3551-63
Record Votes: Eighteen record votes were taken today. (Total--81). 
     Pages S3352-54, S3382, S3385-91, S3393, S3396, S3398, S3428, S3432
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9 a.m. and pursuant to the provisions 
of S. Con. Res. 23, adjourned at 10:42 p.m., until 12 noon Monday, 
April 12, 1999. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority 
Leader in today's Record, on page S3577.)