[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 76 (Tuesday, May 25, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D580-D581]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                              Tuesday, May 25, 1999

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5889-S5978
Measures Introduced: Eleven bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1113-1123, S.J. Res. 25-26, and S. Con. Res. 
34.
  Pages S5953-54
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  Special Report entitled ``Allocation to Subcommittees of Budget 
Totals.'' (S. Rept. No. 106-52)
  S. 1122, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2000. (S. Rept. No. 106-53)
  H.R. 1664, making emergency supplemental appropriations for military 
operations, refugee relief, and humanitarian assistance relating to the 
conflict in Kosovo, and for military operations in Southwest Asia for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, with amendments. 
                                                         Pages S5952-53
Measures Passed:
  Fastener Quality Act Amendments Act: Senate passed H.R. 1183, to 
amend the Fastener Quality Act to strengthen the protection against the 
sale of mismarked, misrepresented, and counterfeit fasteners and 
eliminate unnecessary requirements, clearing the measure for the 
President.
  Page S5978
Department of Defense Authorization: Senate continued 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 S5889-S5948
Adopted:
  Wellstone Amendment No. 380, to expand the list of diseases presumed 
to be service-connected for radiation-exposed veterans. 
                                                  Pages S5890, S5907-11
  Wellstone Modified Amendment No. 381, to require the Secretary of 
Defense to provide information and guidance to the public regarding 
environmental contamination at United States military installations 
formerly operated by the United States that have been closed. 
                                                  Pages S5890, S5905-06
  By 52 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 142), 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 S5890-96, S5915-16
  By 87 yeas to 12 nays (Vote No. 143), Roberts/Warner Modified 
Amendment No. 377, relating to 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 S5890, S5896-S5905, S5906-07, S5916-17
Rejected:
  By 49 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 144), 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. 
                                        Pages S5890, S5911-15, S5917-18
  Specter Modified Amendment No. 383, to limit the deployment of United 
States ground troops in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. (By 52 yeas 
to 48 nays (Vote No. 145), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                        Pages S5890, S5918-28, S5938-40
  By 49 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 146), Gramm Amendment No. 392, to 
delete certain provisions relating to the safety and security of 
America's federal prisons.
Pages S5928-38, S5940
Pending:
  McCain/Levin Amendment No. 393, to provide authority to carry out 
base closure round commencing in 2001.
Page S5940
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By unanimous-consent, the following amendment was incorporated into 
the text of Amendment No. 377 (listed above): Warner Amendment No. 378 
(to Amendment No. 377), to require the President to

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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 S5890
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill and Amendment No. 393, and certain amendments 
to be proposed thereto, with a vote to occur on Amendment No. 393 at 
1:45 p.m., on Wednesday, May 26, 1999.
Page S5940
Communications:
  Pages S5949-51
Petitions:
  Pages S5951-52
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S5953
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S5954-70
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S5970-71
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S5972-74
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S5974
Authority for Committees:
  Page S5974
Additional Statements:
  Pages S5974-77
Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total--146) 
                                                  Pages S5915-18, S5940
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 8:52 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, May 26, 1999. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S5978.)