[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 61 (Friday, April 30, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
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                                             Friday, April 30, 1999

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4477-S4509
Measures Introduced: Five bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 931-935, and S.J. Res. 24.
  Page S4487
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S.J. Res. 20, concerning the deployment of the United States Armed 
Forces to the Kosovo region in Yugoslavia, without recommendation. 
                                                             Page S4486
Measures Passed:
  National Military Appreciation Month: By a unanimous vote of 93 yeas 
(Vote No. 97), Senate agreed to S. Res. 33, designating May 1999 as 
``National Military Appreciation Month''.
  Pages S4482-83
  Inhalant Abuse Prevention: Senate passed S. 609, to amend the Safe 
and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1994 to prevent the abuse 
of inhalants through programs under that Act.
  Page S4508
  Use of Capitol Grounds/Bike Rodeo: Committee on Rules and 
Administration was discharged from further consideration of H. Con. 
Res. 49, authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for a bike rodeo to 
be conducted by the Earth Force Youth Bike Summit, and the resolution 
was then agreed to.
  Page S4508
Budget Process Reform: Senate continued consideration of S. 557, to 
provide guidance for the designation of emergencies as a part of the 
budget process, taking action on the following amendments proposed 
thereto:
  Pages S4477-82
Pending:
  Lott (for Abraham) Amendment No. 254, to preserve and protect the 
surpluses of the social security trust funds by reaffirming the 
exclusion of receipts and disbursement from the budget, by setting a 
limit on the debt held by the public, and by amending the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 to provide a process to reduce the limit on the debt 
held by the public.
Page S4477
  Abraham Amendment No. 255 (to Amendment No. 254), in the nature of a 
substitute.
Pages S4477-82
  Lott motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on Governmental 
Affairs, with instructions and report back forthwith.
Page S4477
  Lott Amendment No. 296 (to the instructions of the Lott motion to 
recommit), to provide for Social Security surplus preservation and debt 
reduction.
Page S4477
  Lott Amendment No. 297 (to Amendment No. 296), in the nature of a 
substitute.
Page S4477
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 49 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 96), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
failed to agree to close further debate on Amendment No. 255 (listed 
above).
Pages S4481-82
Deployment of U.S. Armed Forces to Kosovo: Pursuant to the War Powers 
Act, Senate will begin consideration of S.J. Res. 20, concerning the 
deployment of the United States Armed Forces to the Kosovo region in 
Yugoslavia, on Monday, May 3, 1999, with a vote expected on or in 
relation to the resolution to occur at 5:30 p.m.
  Page S4509
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Frank H. McCarthy, of Oklahoma, to be United States District Judge 
for the Northern District of Oklahoma.
Page S4509
Communications:
  Page S4486
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Pages S4486-87
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S4487-S4505
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S4505-06
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S4506
Authority for Committees:
  Page S4506
Additional Statements:
  Pages S4506-08
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--97) 
                                                         Pages S4482-83
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:31 a.m., and adjourned at 1:02 p.m., 
until 12 noon., on Monday,

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May 3, 1999. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting 
Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4509.)