[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 69 (Thursday, May 13, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D523-D524]
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                                             Thursday, May 13, 1999

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      The House agreed to H.R. 1555, Intelligence Authorization Act for 
      Fiscal Year 2000.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5193-S5319
Measures Introduced: Twenty-five bills and two resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1028-1052, and S. Res. 101-102. 
                                                         Pages S5264-65
Measures Passed:
  Senate Legal Counsel: Senate agreed to S. Res. 102, appointing 
Patricia Mack Bryan as Senate Legal Counsel.             
  Pages S5318-19
Juvenile Justice: Senate continued consideration of S. 254, to reduce 
violent juvenile crime, promote accountability by rehabilitation of 
juvenile criminals, and punish and deter violent gang crime, taking 
action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                      Pages S5193-S5259
Adopted:
  By a unanimous vote of 100 yeas (Vote No. 113), Hatch/Leahy Amendment 
No. 335, relating to the availability of Internet filtering and 
screening software.                                      
Pages S5193-94
  By 96 yeas to 2 nays (Vote No. 115), Ashcroft Amendment No. 342, to 
enhance penalties for the unlawful use by or transfer to juveniles of a 
handgun, ammunition, large capacity ammunition feeding devices, or 
semiautomatic assault weapons.                 
Pages S5215-20, S5236-38
  Feinstein Modified Amendment No. 343, to provide for a ban on 
importing large capacity ammunition feeding devices, to prohibit the 
transfer to and possession by juveniles of semiautomatic assault 
weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices, and to enhance 
criminal penalties for transfers of handguns, ammunition, semiautomatic 
assault weapons, and large capacity ammunition feeding devices to 
juveniles. (By 39 yeas to 59 nays (Vote No. 116), Senate earlier failed 
to table the amendment.)                       
Pages S5220-27, S5237-38
Rejected:
  Hollings Amendment No. 328, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 
to require that the broadcast of violent video programming be limited 
to hours when children are not reasonably likely to comprise a 
substantial portion of the audience. (By 60 yeas to 39 nays (Vote No. 
114), Senate tabled the amendment.)            
Pages S5193, S5195-S5214
Pending:
  Hatch/Craig Amendment No. 344, to provide for effective gun law 
enforcement, enhanced penalties, and facilitation of background checks 
at gun shows. (By 3 yeas to 94 nays (Vote No. 117), Senate earlier 
failed to table the amendment.)                
Pages S5227-36, S5238-40
  Schumer Amendment No. 350, to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
regulate the transfer of firearms over the Internet.     
Pages S5253-59
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill, with votes to occur on Hatch/Craig Amendment 
No. 344 (listed above) and Schumer Amendment No. 350 (listed above), on 
Friday, May 14, 1999.                                        
Page S5319
Executive Reports of Committees: Senate received the following 
executive report of a committee:
  Report to accompany the Amended Protocol on Prohibitions or 
Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-traps and Other Devices 
(Protocol II or the Amended Mines Protocol), to the 1980 Convention on 
Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Convention Weapons 
which May Be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to have 
Indiscriminate Effects (Treaty Doc. 105-1(A)) (Exec. Rept. No. 106-2). 
                                                         Pages S5262-64
Appointments:
  Senate Legal Counsel: The Chair, on behalf of the President pro 
tempore, pursuant to Public Law 95-521, appointed Patricia Mack Bryan, 
of Virginia, as Senate Legal Counsel, effective as of June 1, 1999,

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for a term of service to expire at the end of the 107th Congress. 
                                                             Page S5318
Messages from the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the annual report of the National Institute of Building 
Sciences for fiscal year 1997; referred to the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-28).                         
Page S5262
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Jeffrey Rush, Jr., of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department 
of the Treasury.
  Prudence Bushnell, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Guatemala.
  Arthur L. Money, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Defense.
  1 Marine Corps nomination in the rank of general.          
Page S5319
Messages From the President:                                 
  Page S5262
Messages From the House:                                     
  Page S5262
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S5262
Measures Placed on Calendar:                                 
  Page S5262
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S5262-64
Statements on Introduced Bills:                       
  Pages S5265-S5305
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5305-06
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S5307-15
Notices of Hearings:                                         
  Page S5315
Authority for Committees:                                
  Pages S5315-16
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S5316-18
Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total-117) 
                                    Pages S5194, S5214, S5236-38, S5240
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 10:09 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Friday, May 14, 1999. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S5319.)