[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 72 (Tuesday, May 18, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D543-D544]
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                                              Tuesday, May 18, 1999

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5437-S5505
Measures Introduced: Eleven bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1063-1073, and S. Res. 103.
  Pages S5483-84
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  H.R. 1034, to declare a portion of the James River and Kanawha Canal 
in Richmond, Virginia, to be nonnavigable waters of the United States 
for purposes of title 46, United States Code, and the other maritime 
laws of the United States.
Page S5483
Measures Passed:
  National Missile Defense Act: Senate passed H.R. 4, to declare it to 
be the policy of the United States to deploy a national missile 
defense, after striking all after the enacting clause, and inserting in 
lieu thereof the text of S. 257, Senate companion measure, as amended, 
and as passed the Senate on March 17, 1999.
  Page S5504
  Public Safety Medal of Valor Act: Senate passed S. 39, to provide a 
national medal for public safety officers who act with extraordinary 
valor above and beyond the call of duty.
  Pages S5504-05
Y2K Act: Senate continued consideration of a motion to proceed to the 
consideration of S. 96, to regulate commerce between and among the 
several States by providing for the orderly resolution of disputes 
arising out of computer-based problems related to processing data that 
includes a 2-digit expression of that year's date. 
                                                  Pages S5437-43, S5460
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 53 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 120), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
failed to agree to close further debate on the motion to proceed to the 
consideration of the bill.
Page S5442
Juvenile Justice: Senate resumed 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 S5466-79
Adopted:
  By 85 yeas to 13 nays (Vote No. 121), Lott (for Allard) Amendment No. 
351, to allow the erecting of an appropriate and constitutional 
permanent memorial on the campus of any public school to honor students 
and teachers who have been murdered at the school and to allow 
students, faculty, and administrative staff of a public school to hold 
an appropriate and constitutional memorial service on their campus to 
honor students and teachers who have been murdered at their school. 
                                                  Pages S5468-69, S5473
  By 78 yeas to 20 nays (Vote No. 122), Kohl/Hatch/Chafee Amendment No. 
352, to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to require 
the provision of a secure gun storage or safety device in connection 
with the transfer of a handgun.
Pages S5467-68, S5473-74
  By 85 yeas to 13 nays (Vote No. 123), Hatch/Feinstein Amendment No. 
353, authorizing funds for programs to combat gang violence. 
                                                  Pages S5470-72, S5474
  By 80 yeas to 17 nays, 1 member responding present (Vote No. 124), 
Byrd/Kohl Amendment No. 339, to provide for injunctive relief in 
Federal district court to enforce State laws relating to the interstate 
transportation of intoxicating liquor.
Pages S5472-75
  Feinstein Modified Amendment No. 354, to modify the laws relating to 
interstate shipment of intoxicating liquors.
Pages S5473, S5475
Rejected:
  Wellstone Amendment No. 359, to limit the effects of domestic 
violence on the lives of children. (By 55 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 
125), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S5476-77
  By 26 yeas to 73 nays (Vote No. 126), Sessions (for Ashcroft) 
Amendment No. 348, to encourage States to prosecute violent juveniles 
as adults for certain offenses involving firearms.
Pages S5476-78
Pending:
  Frist Amendment No. 355, to amend the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act and the Gun-Free Schools Act of 1994 to authorize schools 
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apply appropriate discipline measures in cases where students have 
firearms.
Page S5467
  Wellstone Amendment No. 356, to improve the juvenile delinquency 
prevention challenge grant program.
Page S5467
  Sessions/Inhofe Amendment No. 357, relating to the placement of a 
disclaimer on materials produced, procured or disseminated as a result 
of funds made available under this Act.
Page S5467
  Wellstone Amendment No. 358, to provide for additional mental health 
and student service providers.
Page S5467
  Hatch (for Santorum) Amendment No. 360, to encourage States to 
incarcerate individuals convicted of murder, rape, or child 
molestation.
Page S5467
  Ashcroft Amendment No. 361, to provide for school safety and violence 
prevention and teacher liability protection measures.
Page S5467
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of Amendment Nos. 357, 358, 360 and 361, on Wednesday, 
May 19, 1999, with votes to occur thereon, at 1 p.m.
Pages S5475-76
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  A message from the President of the United States transmitting, a 
notice of Continuation of Emergency with Respect to Burma; referred to 
the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-29). 
                                                             Page S5481
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Jack E. Hightower, of Texas, to be a Member of the National 
Commission on Libraries and Information Science for a term expiring 
July 19, 1999.
  Jack E. Hightower, of Texas, to be a Member of the National 
Commission on Libraries and Information Science for a term expiring 
July 19, 2004. (Reappointment)
  A routine list in the Foreign Service.
Page S5505
Messages From the President:
  Page S5481
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S5481
Communications:
  Pages S5481-83
Petitions:
  Page S5483
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S5484-98
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S5498-S5500
Authority for Committees:
  Page S5502
Additional Statements:
  Pages S5502-04
Record Votes: Seven record votes were taken today. (Total--126) 
                                        Pages S5442, S5473-75, S5477-78
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 6:44 p.m., 
until 10 a.m., on Wednesday, May 19, 1999. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S5505.)