[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 49 (Monday, April 12, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D361-D362]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                             Monday, April 12, 1999

[[Page D361]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3581-S3611
Measures Introduced: Five bills were introduced, as follows: S. 763-
767.
  Page S3594
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  Reported on Friday, March 26, during the adjournment:
  S. 148, to require the Secretary of the Interior to establish a 
program to provide assistance in the conservation of neotropical 
migratory birds. (S. Rept. No. 106-36)
  S. 331, to amend the Social Security Act to expand the availability 
of health care coverage for working individuals with disabilities, to 
establish a Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program in the Social 
Security Administration to provide such individuals with meaningful 
opportunities to work, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
(S. Rept. No. 106-37)
  S. 380, to reauthorize the Congressional Award Act. (S. Rept. No. 
106-38)
  S. 574, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to make corrections 
to a map relating to the Coastal Barrier Resources System. (S. Rept. 
No. 106-39)
  S. Res. 26, relating to Taiwan's Participation in the World Health 
Organization, with amendments.
  S. 461, to assure that innocent users and businesses gain access to 
solutions to the year 2000 problem-related failures through fostering 
an incentive to settle year 2000 lawsuits that may disrupt significant 
sectors of the American economy, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
  S. Con. Res. 17, concerning the 20th Anniversary of the Taiwan 
Relations Act, with an amendment.
Page S3594
Measures Passed:
  U.S. Opposition to Palestinian Statehood: Senate agreed to H. Con. 
Res. 24, 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.
  Page S3604
  Taiwan Relations Act Anniversary: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 17, 
concerning the 20th Anniversary of the Taiwan Relations Act, after 
agreeing to a committee amendment.
  Pages S3604-05
  Taiwan's Participation in WHO: Senate agreed to S. Res. 26, relating 
to Taiwan's Participation in the World Health Organization, after 
agreeing to committee amendments.
  Page S3605
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Thomas Lee Strickland, of Colorado, to be United States Attorney for 
the District of Colorado for the term of four years.
  Carl Schnee, of Delaware, to be United States Attorney for the 
District of Delaware for the term of four years.
Pages S3604, S3611
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Delmond J.H. Won, of Hawaii, to be a Federal Maritime Commissioner 
for the term expiring June 30, 2002.
  David L. Goldwyn, of the District of Columbia to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Energy (International Affairs).
  John T. Hanson, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs (Public and Intergovernmental Affairs).
  A routine list in the Foreign Service.
Pages S3610-11
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Pages S3586-87
Communications:
  Pages S3587-94
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S3595-98
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S3598-S3600
Authority for Committees:
  Page S3602
Additional Statements:
  Pages S3602-03

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Text of S. 293 and H. Con. Res. 68 as Previously Passed: 
                                                         Pages S3605-10
Adjournment: Senate convened at 12 noon, and adjourned at 3:21 p.m., 
until 11:30 a.m., on Tuesday, April 13, 1999. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S3610.)