[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 75 (Monday, May 24, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D573-D574]
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                                               Monday, May 24, 1999

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                              Daily Digest


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5787-S5887
Measures Introduced: Eleven bills and four resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1102-1112, S. Res. 105-107, and S. Con. Res. 33. 
                                                             Page S5834
Department of Defense Authorization: Senate began consideration of S. 
1059, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2000 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, taking 
action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                      Pages S5793-S5825
Adopted:
  By a unanimous vote of 90 yeas (Vote No. 141), Specter (for Landrieu/
Specter) Amendment No. 384, to express the sense of Congress regarding 
the need for vigorous prosecution of war crimes, genocide, and crimes 
against humanity in the former Republic of Yugoslavia.   
Pages S5809-17
Pending:
  Roberts/Warner Amendment No. 377, to express the sense of the Senate 
regarding the legal effect of the new Strategic Concept of NATO (the 
document approved by the Heads of State and Government participating in 
the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Washington, D.C., on April 
23 and 24, 1999).                                     
Pages S5799-S5809
  Warner Amendment No. 378 (to Amendment No. 377), to require the 
President to submit to the Senate a report containing an analysis of 
the potential threats facing NATO in the first decade of the next 
millennium, with particular reference to those threats facing a member 
nation or several member nations where the commitment of NATO forces 
will be ``out of area'', or beyond the borders of NATO member nations. 
                                                             Page S5800
  Wellstone Amendment No. 380, to expand the list of diseases presumed 
to be service-connected for radiation-exposed veterans.      
Page S5809
  Wellstone Amendment No. 381, to require the Secretary of Defense to 
provide information and technical guidance to certain foreign nations 
regarding environmental contamination at United States military 
installations closed or being closed in such nations.        
Page S5809
  Wellstone Amendment No. 382, to require the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services to provide Congress with information to evaluate the 
outcome of welfare reform.                                   
Page S5809
  Specter Amendment No. 383, to direct the President, pursuant to the 
United States Constitution and the War Powers Resolution, to seek 
approval from Congress prior to the introduction of ground troops from 
the United States Armed Forces in connection with the present 
operations against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia or funding for 
that operation will not be authorized.                       
Page S5809
  Roth Amendment No. 388, to request the President to advance the late 
Rear Admiral (retired) Husband E. Kimmel on the retired list of the 
Navy to the highest grade held as Commander in Chief, United States 
Fleet, during World War II, and to advance the late Major General 
(retired) Walter C. Short on the retired list of the Army to the 
highest grade held as Commanding General, Hawaiian Department, during 
World War II, as was done under the Officer Personnel Act of 1947 for 
all other senior officers who served in positions of command during 
World War II.                                            
Pages S5818-25
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill and pending amendments, with votes to occur 
at 2:15 p.m. on certain pending amendments, on Tuesday, May 25, 1999. 
                                                             Page S5886
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Received on Friday, May 21, 1999 (during the adjournment of the 
Senate):
  A message from the President of the United States transmitting, a 
draft of proposed legislation entitled ``Educational Excellence for All 
Children Act of 1999;'' to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
and Pensions. (PM-30).                                   
Pages S5825-26
Received on today:
  A message from the President of the United States transmitting, a 
notice relative to the Amended Mines Protocol of the Convention on 
Conventional

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Weapons; to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (PM-31). 
                                                         Pages S5826-27
  A message from the President of the United States transmitting, a 
notice relative to the Amended Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions 
on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices, together with its 
Technical Annex; to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (PM-32). 
                                                             Page S5827
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Paul Steven Miller, of California, to be a Member of the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission for a term expiring July 1, 2004. 
(Reappointment)
  3 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.              
Pages S5886-87
Nomination Withdrawn: Senate received notification of the withdrawal of 
the following nomination:
  J. Brian Atwood, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to 
Brazil, which was sent to the Senate on January 6, 1999.     
Page S5887
Messages From the President:                             
  Pages S5825-27
Communications:                                          
  Pages S5827-30
Petitions:                                               
  Pages S5830-34
Statements on Introduced Bills:                          
  Pages S5834-68
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5868-70
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S5876-79
Authority for Committees:                                    
  Page S5879
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S5879-83
Text of H.R. 1554, as Previously Passed:                 
  Pages S5883-86
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--141) 
                                                             Page S5817
Adjournment: Senate convened at 11 a.m., and adjourned at 7:33 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, May 25, 1999. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S5886.)