[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 50 (Tuesday, April 13, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D372-D373]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                            Tuesday, April 13, 1999

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3613-S3665
Measures Introduced: Twenty-three bills and two resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 768-790, S.J. Res. 18, and S. Con. Res. 25. 
                                                         Pages S3633-34
Measures Reported:
  Special Report on Legislative Activities of the Committee on Labor 
and Human Resources during the 105th Congress. (S. Rept. No. 106-40)
  Special Report of the Committee on Rules and Administration United 
States Senate during the 105th Congress. (S. Rept. No. 106-41)
  Report to accompany S. 247, to amend title 17, United States Code, to 
reform the copyright law with respect to satellite retransmissions of 
broadcast signals. (S. Rept. No. 106-42)
Page S3633
Measures Passed:
  Congressional Award Act Authorization: Senate passed S. 380, to 
reauthorize the Congressional Award Act.
  Page S3660
  Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation: Senate passed S. 148, to 
require the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to provide 
assistance in the conservation of neotropical migratory birds. 
                                                         Pages S3660-63
Congressional Budget House Message: Senate received message on House 
action on H. Con. Res. 68, establishing the congressional budget for 
the United States Government for fiscal year 2000 and setting forth 
appropriate budgetary levels for each of fiscal years 2001 through 
2009, taking the following action:
  Pages S3615-28
Adopted:
  By a unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. 82), Lautenberg motion to 
instruct conferees to include in the conference report provisions that 
would reserve all Social Security surpluses only for Social Security, 
and not for other programs (including other retirement programs) or tax 
cuts.
Pages S3615-18, S3626-27
  By 57 yeas to 42 nays (Vote No. 83), Domenici motion to instruct 
conferees to include in the conference report (1) Roth/Breaux Modified 
Amendment No. 176 regarding Medicare reform (adopted March 25, 1999), 
and (2) section 209 of the Senate passed resolution regarding the use 
of non-budget surpluses for a prescription drug benefit. 
                                                     Pages S3621, S3627
  By 66 yeas to 33 nays (Vote No. 85), Dodd motion to instruct 
conferees to include in the conference report the Dodd/Jeffords 
Modified Amendment No. 160 to provide for an increase in the mandatory 
spending in the Child Care and Development Block Grant (adopted on 
March 25, 1999).
Pages S3621-24, S3628
  Dorgan motion to instruct conferees to include in the conference 
report provisions that would provide additional funding for income 
assistance for family farmers above the level provided in the Senate 
passed resolution.
Pages S3624-26
Rejected:
  Kennedy motion to instruct conferees to include in the conference 
report provisions that would (1) allow targeted tax relief for low-and 
middle-income working families, and (2) reserve a sufficient portion of 
projected non-Social Security surpluses to extend significantly the 
solvency of the Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust fund and modernize 
and strengthen the program. (By 54 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 84), 
Senate tabled the motion.)
Pages S3618-21, S3627-28
Withdrawn:
  Domenici Amendment No. 252 (to Kennedy motion to instruct conferees-
listed above), to instruct conferees to include in the conference 
report (1) Roth/Breaux Modified Amendment No. 176 regarding Medicare 
reform (adopted March 25, 1999), and (2) section 209 of the Senate 
passed resolution regarding the use of non-budget surpluses for a 
prescription drug benefit.
Page S3621
  The Chair was authorized to appoint the following conferees on the 
part of the Senate: Senators Domenici, Grassley, Nickles, Gramm, 
Gorton, Lautenberg, Conrad, Boxer, and Murray.
Page S3628
Appointments:
  Senate National Security Working Group: The Chair, on behalf of the 
Democratic Leader, pursuant to the provisions of S. Res. 105, adopted 
April 13, 1989, as amended by Public Law 105-275, adopted October 21, 
1998, and further amended by S. Res.

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75 adopted March 25, 1999, appointed the following Senators to serve as 
members of the Senate National Security Working Group: Senators Byrd 
(Minority Administrative Co-Chairman), Levin (Minority Co-Chairman), 
Biden (Minority Co-Chairman), Kennedy, Kerrey, Moynihan, Sarbanes, 
Kerry, and Durbin.
  Page S3663
  President's Export Council: The Chair, pursuant to the provisions of 
Executive Order No. 12131, appointed the following Members of the 
Senate to the President's Export Council: Senators Burns, Ashcroft, 
Enzi, Baucus, and Johnson.
  Page S3663
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  A routine list in the Foreign Service.
Pages S3660, S3665
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Robert J. Einhorn, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of State (Non-proliferation).
  1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.
Page S3665
Messages From the House:
  Page S3633
Measures Referred:
  Page S3633
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S3633
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S3634-52
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S3652-54
Amendments Submitted:
  Page S3655
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S3655
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S3655-56
Additional Statements:
  Pages S3656-60
Adjournment: Senate convened at 11:30 a.m., and adjourned at 6:21 p.m., 
until 11:30 a.m., on Wednesday, April 14, 1999. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S3663.)