[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 78 (Thursday, May 27, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D600-D608]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                                  Thursday, May 27, 1999

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed National Defense Authorization Bills.
[D27MY9-1]D600 Senate


                                 Senate

[D27MY9-2]D600 Chamber Ac
Chamber Action
[D27MY9-3]D600 Routine Pr
Routine Proceedings, pages S6159-S6453
Measures Introduced: Forty-four bills and five resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1142-1185, S. Res. 109-112, and S. Con. Res. 36. 
                                                              Pages S6284-86
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
[D27MY9-4]D600 S. 1143, m
  S. 1143, making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000. (S. Rept. 
No. 106-55)
[D27MY9-5]D600 Special Re
  Special Report entitled ``Revised Allocation to Subcommittees of Budget 
Totals.'' (S. Rept. No. 106-56)
[D27MY9-6]D600 S. 920, to
  S. 920, to authorize appropriations for the Federal Maritime Commission 
for fiscal years 2000 and 2001, with an amendment. (S. Rept. No. 106-57) 
                                                                  Page S6284
Measures Passed:
  Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act: Senate passed H.R. 435, 
to make miscellaneous and technical changes to various trade laws, after 
agreeing to an amendment proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S6444-45
[D27MY9-7]D600 Snowe (for
  Snowe (for Roth) Amendment No. 481, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                                  Page S6445
  Department of Defense Authorization: By 92 yeas to 3 nays (Vote No. 154), 
Senate passed 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, after taking 
action on the following amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S6160-S6274
Adopted:
[D27MY9-8]D600 Warner Ame
  Warner Amendment No. 411, to authorize the Secretary of Defense to 
incorporate in to the Pentagon Renovation Program the construction of 
certain security enhancements.
Pages S6160-70
[D27MY9-9]D600 Warner/Lev
  Warner/Levin Amendment No. 412, to authorize the appropriation for the 
increased pay and pay reform for members of the uniformed services contained 
in the 1999 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act.
Pages S6160-70
[D27MY9-10]D600 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Allard/Cleland), Amendment No. 413, to authorize dental 
benefits for retirees that are comparable to those provided for dependents 
of members of the uniformed services.
Pages S6160-70
[D27MY9-11]D600 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Mack/Graham) Amendment No. 414, to provide $6,000,000 (in PE 
604604F) for the Air Force for the 3-D advanced track acquisition and 
imaging system, and to provide an offset.
Pages S6160-70
[D27MY9-12]D600 Warner Ame
  Warner Amendment No. 415, to amend a per purchase dollar limitation on 
funding assistance for procurement of equipment for the National Guard for 
drug interdiction and counter-drug activities so as to apply the limitation 
to each item of equipment procured.
Pages S6160-70
[D27MY9-13]D600 Levin (for
  Levin (for Torricelli) Amendment No. 416, to require the Secretary of the 
Army to review the incidence of violations of State and local motor vehicle 
laws and to submit a report on the review to Congress.
Pages S6160-70
[D27MY9-14]D600 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Crapo) Amendment No. 417, to provide a substitute for section 
654 a repeal of the reduction in military retired pay for civilian employees 
of the Federal Government.
Pages S6160-70
[D27MY9-15]D600 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Snowe) Amendment No. 418, to establish as a policy of the 
United States that the United States will seek to establish a multinational 
economic embargo against any foreign country with

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which the United States is engaged in armed conflict.
Pages S6160-70
[D27MY9-16]D601 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Hatch) Amendment No. 419, to require a report on the Air Force 
distributed mission training.
Pages S6160-70
[D27MY9-17]D601 Levin (for
  Levin (for Reed/Chafee) Amendment No. 420, to add test and evaluation 
laboratories to the pilot program for revitalizing Department of Defense 
laboratories; and to add an authority for directors of laboratories under 
the pilot program.
Pages S6160-70
[D27MY9-18]D601 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Grams) Amendment No. 421, to authorize land conveyances with 
respect to the Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant, Minnesota. 
                                                              Pages S6160-70
[D27MY9-19]D601 Levin (for
  Levin (for Graham/Mack) Amendment No. 422, to require a land conveyance, 
Naval Training Center, Orlando, Florida.
Pages S6160-70
[D27MY9-20]D601 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Sessions) Amendment No. 423, to modify the conditions for 
issuing obsolete or condemned rifles of the Army and blank ammunition 
without charge.
Pages S6160-70
[D27MY9-21]D601 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Snowe) Amendment No. 424, to authorize use of Navy procurement 
funds for advance procurement for the Arleigh Burke class destroyer program.
                                                              Pages S6160-70
[D27MY9-22]D601 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Shelby/Sessions) Amendment No. 425, to set aside funds for the 
procurement of the multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) rocket inventory and 
reuse model.
Pages S6160-70
[D27MY9-23]D601 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Gramm) Amendment No. 426, to expand the entities eligible to 
participate in alternative authority for acquisition and improvement of 
military housing.
Pages S6160-70
[D27MY9-24]D601 Levin (for
  Levin (for Cleland) Amendment No. 427, to authorize medical and dental 
care for certain members of the Armed Forces incurring injuries on inactive-
duty training.
Pages S6160-70
[D27MY9-25]D601 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Thompson) Amendment No. 428, to refine and extend Federal 
acquisition streamlining.
Pages S6160-70
[D27MY9-26]D601 Levin (for
  Levin (for Lieberman/Santorum) Amendment No. 429, to authorize an 
additional $21,700,000 for research, development, test, and evaluation for 
the Army for the Force XXI Battle Command, Brigade and Below (FBCB2) 
(PE0203759A), and to offset the additional amount by decreasing by 
$21,700,000 the authorization for other procurement for the Army for the 
Maneuver Control System (MCS).
Pages S6160-70
[D27MY9-27]D601 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Grassley/Domenici) Amendment No. 430, to improve financial 
management and accountability in the Department of Defense.
Pages S6160-70
[D27MY9-28]D601 Levin (for
  Levin (for Reid) Amendment No. 431, to authorize $4,500,000 for research, 
development, test, and evaluation, Defense-wide, relating to a hot gas 
decontamination facility and to reduce by $4,500,000 the amount authorized 
for chemical demilitarization activities to take into account inflation 
savings in the account for such activities.
Pages S6160-70
[D27MY9-29]D601 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Cochran) Amendment No. 432, to provide $3,500,000 (in PE 
62633N) for Navy research in computational engineering design, and to 
provide an offset.
Pages S6160-70
[D27MY9-30]D601 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Allard) Amendment No. 433, to extend certain temporary 
authorities to provide benefits for Department of Defense employees in 
connection with defense workforce reductions and restructuring. 
                                                              Pages S6160-70
[D27MY9-31]D601 Levin (for
  Levin (for Landrieu) Amendment No. 434, to require the Secretary of 
Defense to carry out an exit survey on military service for members of the 
Armed Forces separating from the Armed Forces.
Pages S6160-70
[D27MY9-32]D601 Warner/Lev
  Warner/Levin Amendment No. 435, to authorize the use of amounts for award 
fees for Department of Energy closure projects for purposes of funding 
additional cleanup projects at closure project sites.
Pages S6160-70
[D27MY9-33]D601 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Abraham/Thurmond) Amendment No. 436, to authorize the awarding 
of the Medal of Honor to Alfred Rascon for valor during the Vietnam 
conflict.
Pages S6160-70
[D27MY9-34]D601 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Thomas/Enzi) Amendment No. 437, to prohibit the return of 
veterans memorial objects to foreign nations without specific authorization 
in law.
Pages S6160-70
[D27MY9-35]D601 Warner/Lev
  Warner/Levin Amendment No. 438, to authorize emergency supplemental 
appropriations for fiscal year 1999.
Pages S6160-70
[D27MY9-36]D601 Warner Ame
  Warner Amendment No. 439, to clarify the scope of the requirements of 
section 1049, relating to the prevention of interference with Department of 
Defense use of the frequency spectrum.
Pages S6160-70
[D27MY9-37]D601 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Bond/Kerry) Amendment No. 440, to ensure continued 
participation by small businesses in providing services of a commercial 
nature.
Pages S6160-70
[D27MY9-38]D601 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Roberts) Amendment No. 441, to authorize the Secretary of 
Defense to provide assistance to civil authorities in responding to 
terrorism.
Pages S6160-70
[D27MY9-39]D601 Allard/Har
  Allard/Harkin Amendment No. 396, to express the sense of Congress that no 
major change to the governance structure of the Civil Air Patrol should

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be mandated by Congress until a review of potential improvements in the 
management and oversight of Civil Air Patrol operations is conducted. 
                                                       Pages S6160, S6170-75
[D27MY9-40]D602 By a unani
  By a unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. 152), Kennedy Amendment No. 442, 
to express the sense of the Congress regarding the continuation of sanctions 
against Libya.
Pages S6178-80, S6184-85, S6189
[D27MY9-41]D602 Lott Modif
  Lott Modified Amendment No. 394, to improve the monitoring of the export 
of advanced satellite technology, to require annual reports with respect to 
Taiwan, and to improve the provisions relating to safeguards, security, and 
counterintelligence at Department of Energy facilities.
Pages S6160, S6190
[D27MY9-42]D602 Feingold M
  Feingold Modified Amendment No. 444, to ensure compliance with contract 
specifications prior to multiyear contracting and entry into full-rate 
production under the F/A-18E/F aircraft program.
Pages S6185-89, S6190
[D27MY9-43]D602 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Hutchison) Amendment No. 477, to require the President to 
submit to Congress a proposal to prioritize and begin disengaging from non-
critical overseas missions involving United States combat forces. 
                                                    Pages S6209-10, S6213-14
[D27MY9-44]D602 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Specter) Modified Amendment No. 458, to prohibit the United 
States from negotiating a peace agreement relating to the Federal Republic 
of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) with any individual who is an indicted 
war criminal.
Pages S6205, S6229
[D27MY9-45]D602 Warner Ame
  Warner Amendment No. 482, to add an exception to a requirement to 
reimburse a mentor firm under the Mentor-Protege Program.
Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-46]D602 Levin (for
  Levin (for Schumer) Amendment No. 483, to provide for the consolidation of 
Air Force Research Laboratory facilities at the Rome Research Site, Rome, 
New York.
Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-47]D602 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Bennett) Amendment No. 484, to provide for the repair and 
conveyance of the Red Butte Dam and Reservoir, Salt Lake City, Utah, to the 
Central Utah Water Conservancy District.
Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-48]D602 Levin (for
  Levin (for Biden) Amendment No. 485, to provide $3,000,000 (in PE 62234N) 
for the Navy for basic research on advanced composite materials processing 
(specifically, resin transfer molding, vacuum-assisted resin transfer 
molding, and co-infusion resin transfer molding), and to provide an offset. 
                                                              Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-49]D602 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Roberts) Amendment No. 486, to add $3,000,000 (in PE 65326A) 
for the Army Digital Information Technology Testbed.
Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-50]D602 Levin (for
  Levin (for Kennedy) Amendment No. 487, to provide for contract goal for 
small disadvantaged businesses and certain institutions of higher education.
                                                              Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-51]D602 Warner (fo
  Warner (for McCain) Amendment No. 488, to authorize payment of special 
compensation to certain severely disabled uniformed services retirees. 
                                                              Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-52]D602 Levin (for
  Levin (for Harkin) Amendment No. 489, to direct the Secretary of Defense 
to eliminate the backlog in satisfying requests of former members of the 
Armed Forces for the issuance or replacement of military medals and 
decorations.
Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-53]D602 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Lott) Amendment No. 490, to clarify the relationship between 
the pilot program for commercial services and existing law on the 
transportation of supplies by sea.
Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-54]D602 Levin (for
  Levin (for Bingaman) Amendment No. 491, to require a report on the use of 
the facilities and electronic infrastructure of the National Guard for 
support of the provision of veterans services.
Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-55]D602 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Sessions) Amendment No. 492, to express the sense of congress 
regarding ballistic missile defense technology funding.
Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-56]D602 Levin (for
  Levin (for Conrad) Amendment No. 493, to require a report regarding 
National Missile Defense.
Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-57]D602 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Allard) Amendment No. 494, to require a report from the 
Comptroller General on the closure of the Rocky Flats Environmental 
Technology Site, Colorado.
Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-58]D602 Levin (for
  Levin (for Cleland) Amendment No. 495, to provide for Montgomery GI bill 
benefits and other education benefits.
Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-59]D602 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Thurmond) Amendment No. 496, to amend title 10, United States 
Code, to increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for 
surviving spouses age 62 and older.
Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-60]D602 Levin (for
  Levin (for Dorgan) Amendment No. 497, to authorize the award of the Navy 
Combat Action ribbon based upon participation in ground or surface combat as 
a member of the Navy or Marine Corps during the period between December 7, 
1941, and March 1, 1961.
Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-61]D602 Warner (fo
  Warner (for McCain) Amendment No. 498, to authorize Coast Guard 
participation in DOD education programs.
Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-62]D602 Levin (for
  Levin (for Landrieu) Amendment No. 499, to designate the officials to 
administer the defense reform initiative enterprise pilot program for 
military manpower and personnel information.
Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-63]D603 Warner (fo

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  Warner (for Snowe) Amendment No. 500, to authorize a demonstration program 
on open enrollment in managed care plans of the former uniformed services 
treatment facilities.
Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-64]D603 Levin (for
  Levin (for Dorgan) Amendment No. 501, to require a report on the D-5 
missile program.
Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-65]D603 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Lott) Amendment No. 502, to provide $10,000,000 (in Budget 
Activity 1: Operating Forces) for Navy Operations and Maintenance Funding 
for Operational Meteorology and Oceanography and UNOLS, and to provide an 
offset.
Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-66]D603 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Hutchison) Amendment No. 503, to require that due 
consideration be given to according a high priority to attendance of 
military personnel of the new member nations of NATO at professional 
military education schools and programs of the Armed Forces. 
                                                              Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-67]D603 Levin (for
  Levin (for Lieberman) Amendment No. 504, to enhance the technology of 
health care quality surveillance and accountability.
Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-68]D603 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Gramm) Amendment No. 505, to guarantee the right of all active 
duty military personnel, merchant mariners, and their dependents to vote in 
federal, State, and local elections.
Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-69]D603 Levin (for
  Levin (for Feinstein) Amendment No. 506, to express the sense of Congress 
regarding United States-Russian cooperation in commercial space launch 
services.
Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-70]D603 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Nickles) Amendment No. 507, to make available certain funds to 
the American Red Cross to fund the Armed Forces Emergency Services. 
                                                              Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-71]D603 Levin (for
  Levin (for Cleland) Amendment No. 508, to require the Department of 
Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs to carry out joint 
telemedicine and telepharmacy demonstration projects.
Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-72]D603 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Frist) Amendment No. 509, to permit certain members of the 
Armed Forces not currently participating in the Montgomery GI Bill 
educational assistance program to participate in that program. 
                                                              Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-73]D603 Warner (fo
  Warner (for DeWine) Amendment No. 510, to authorize the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to continue payment of monthly educational assistance 
benefits to veterans enrolled at educational institutions during periods 
between terms if the interval between such periods does not exceed eight 
weeks.
Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-74]D603 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Cochran) Amendment No. 511, to authorize the transfer of a 
naval vessel to Thailand.
Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-75]D603 Levin (for
  Levin (for Robb) Amendment No. 512, to authorize payments in settlement of 
claims for deaths arising from the accident involving a United States Marine 
Corps EA-6B aircraft on February 3, 1998, near Cavalese, Italy and the 
subsequent determination that parties involved in the accident obstructed 
the investigation by disposing of evidence.
Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-76]D603 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Sessions) Amendment No. 513, to increase the grade established 
for the chiefs of reserve components and the additional general officers 
assigned to the National Guard Bureau, and to exclude those officers from a 
limitation on number of general and flag officers.
Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-77]D603 Levin (for
  Levin (for Edwards) Amendment No. 514, to express the sense of the Senate 
that members of the Armed Forces who receive special pay should receive the 
same tax treatment as members serving in combat zones.
Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-78]D603 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Stevens) Amendment No. 515, to increase the funding for the 
Formerly Used Defense Sites account.
Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-79]D603 Warner (fo
  Warner (for McCain) Amendment No. 516, to strike the portions of the 
military lands withdrawals relating to lands located in Arizona. 
                                                              Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-80]D603 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Santorum) Amendment No. 517, to increase by $2,000,000 the 
amount authorized for the Navy for procurement of MJU-52/B air expendable 
countermeasures and to offset the increase by a decrease by $2,000,000 of 
the amount authorized for the Army for UH-1 helicopter modifications. 
                                                              Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-81]D603 Levin (for
  Levin (for Sarbanes) Amendment No. 518, to authorize a one-year delay in 
the demolition of three certain radio transmitting facility towers at Naval 
Station, Annapolis, Maryland and to facilities transfer of towers. 
                                                              Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-82]D603 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Smith, of NH) Amendment No. 519, to impose certain 
requirements relating to the recovery and identification of remains of World 
War II servicemen in the Pacific theater of operations.
Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-83]D603 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Levin) Amendment No. 520, to make certain technical and 
clarifying amendments.
Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-84]D603 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Smith, of NH) Amendment No. 521, to require a report on 
military-to-military contacts between the United States and the People's 
Republic of China.
Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-85]D604 Warner (fo

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  Warner (for Sessions) Amendment No. 522, to authorize the Secretary of 
Defense to transfer to the Attorney General quantities of lethal chemical 
agents required to support training at the Chemical Defense Training 
Facility at the Center for Domestic Preparedness, Fort McClellan, Alabama. 
                                                              Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-86]D604 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Voinovich) Amendment No. 523, to direct the Secretary of 
Defense to undertake a study and is authorized to remove ordnance 
infiltrating the federal navigation channel and adjacent shorelines of the 
Toussaint River.
Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-87]D604 Levin (for
  Levin (for Conrad) Amendment No. 524, to require a study and report 
regarding the options for Air Force cruise missiles.
Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-88]D604 Levin (for
  Levin (for Conrad) Amendment No. 525, to encourage reductions in Russian 
nonstrategic nuclear arms.
Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-89]D604 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Helms) Amendment No. 526, to make certain technical 
corrections.
Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-90]D604 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Domenici) Amendment No. 527, to authorize $4,000,000 for 
construction of a control tower at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, and 
$8,000,000 for runway improvements at Cannon Air Force Base, and to offset 
such authorizations by striking a military family housing project at 
Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, and by reducing the amount authorized 
for the United States share of projects of the NATO Security Investment 
program.
Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-91]D604 Levin (for
  Levin (for Bingaman) Amendment No. 528, to amend title XXIX, relating to 
renewal of public land withdrawals for certain military ranges, to include a 
placeholder to allow the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the 
Interior the opportunity to complete a comprehensive legislative withdrawal 
proposal, and to provide an opportunity for public comment and review. 
                                                              Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-92]D604 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Smith, of NH) Amendment No. 529, to authorize $3,850,000 for 
the construction of a Water Front Crane System for the Navy at the 
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-93]D604 Levin (for
  Levin (for Bryan/Reid) Amendment No. 530, to authorize $11,600,000 for the 
Air Force for a military construction project at Nellis Air Force Base, 
Nevada (Project RKMF983014).
Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-94]D604 Warner Ame
  Warner Amendment No. 531, to provide for the Army Reserve relocation from 
Fort Douglas, Utah.
Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-95]D604 Warner (fo
  Warner (for DeWine) Amendment No. 532, to authorize, with an offset, an 
additional $59,200,00 for drug interdiction and counterdrug activities of 
the Department of Defense.
Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-96]D604 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Thurmond) Amendment No. 533, expressing the sense of the 
Senate regarding settlement of claims with respect to the deaths of members 
of the United States Air Force resulting from the accident off the coast of 
Namibia on September 13, 1997.
Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-97]D604 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Gramm) Amendment No. 534, to commemorate the victory of 
freedom in the Cold War.
Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-98]D604 Levin (for
  Levin (for Harkin) Amendment No. 535, to require the implementation of the 
Department of Defense special supplemental nutrition program. 
                                                              Pages S6231-50
[D27MY9-99]D604 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Domenici) Amendment No. 536, to provide $4,000,000 for testing 
of airblast and improvised explosives (in PE 63122D), and to offset that 
amount by reducing the amount provided for sensor and guidance technology 
(in PE 63762E).
Pages S6231-50
Rejected:
[D27MY9-100]D604 Feingold A
  Feingold Amendment No. 443, to limit the total amount obligated or 
expended for production of airframes, contractor furnished equipment, and 
engines under the F/A-18E/F aircraft program. (By 87 yeas to 11 nays (Vote 
No. 153), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S6180-84, S6189-90
Withdrawn:
[D27MY9-101]D604 Cochran Am
  Cochran Amendment No. 445, to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to 
provide for the transfer to the Government of Thailand the CYCLONE class 
coastal patrol craft CYCLONE (PC1) or a craft with a similar hull. 
                                                              Pages S6190-93
[D27MY9-102]D604 Kyl Amendm
  Kyl Amendment No. 446, to provide for the organization of Department of 
Energy counterintelligence, intelligence, and nuclear security programs and 
activities.
Pages S6193-98, S6214-31
[D27MY9-103]D604 Graham Ame
  Graham Amendment No. 447, to establish a commission on the 
counterintelligence capabilities of the United States. 
                                             Pages S6198-S6202, S6230, S6250
[D27MY9-104]D604 Levin (for
  Levin (for Kerrey) Amendment No. 376, to strike section 1041, relating to 
a limitation on retirement or dismantlement of strategic nuclear delivery 
systems.
Pages S6203, S6250
[D27MY9-105]D604 Levin (for
  Levin (for Sarbanes) Amendment No. 386, to provide for a one-year delay in 
the demolition of certain naval radio transmitting facility (NRTF) towers at 
Naval Station, Annapolis, Maryland, to facilitate the transfer of such 
towers.
Pages S6203, S6250
[D27MY9-106]D604 Levin (for
  Levin (for Sarbanes) Amendment No. 387, to modify land conveyance 
authority relating to the

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former Naval Training Center, Bainbridge, Cecil County, Maryland. 
                                                          Pages S6203, S6250
[D27MY9-107]D605 Levin (for
  Levin (for Harkin/Boxer) Amendment No. 398, to require the implementation 
of the Department of Defense special supplemental nutrition program, and to 
offset the cost of implementing that program by striking the $18,000,000 
provided for procurement of three executive (UC-35A) aircraft for the Navy. 
                                                          Pages S6203, S6250
[D27MY9-108]D605 Levin (for
  Levin (for Harkin/Feingold) Amendment No. 399, to direct the Secretary of 
Defense to eliminate the backlog in satisfying requests of former members of 
the Armed Forces for the issuance of replacement of military medals and 
decorations.
Pages S6203, S6250
[D27MY9-109]D605 Levin (for
  Levin (for Boxer) Amendment No. 403, to authorize transfers to allow for 
the establishment of additional national veterans cemeteries. 
                                                          Pages S6203, S6250
[D27MY9-110]D605 Levin (for
  Levin (for Reid) Amendment No. 448, to designate the new hospital bed 
replacement building at the Ioannis A. Lougaris Department of Veterans 
Affairs Medical Center in Reno, Nevada, in honor of Jack Streeter. 
                                                       Pages S6204-05, S6250
[D27MY9-111]D605 Levin (for
  Levin (for Bryan) Amendment No. 449, to authorize $11,600,000 for the Air 
Force for a military construction project at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada 
(Project RKMF983014).
Pages S6204-05, S6250
[D27MY9-112]D605 Levin (for
  Levin (for Harkin/Boxer) Amendment No. 450, to require the implementation 
of the Department of Defense special supplemental nutrition program, and to 
offset the cost of implementing that program by striking the $18,000,000 
provided for procurement of three executive (UC-35A) aircraft for the Navy. 
                                                       Pages S6204-05, S6250
[D27MY9-113]D605 Levin (for
  Levin (for Leahy) Amendment No. 451, to prohibit the authorization of 
certain funds to be used to support any training program involving a unit of 
the security forces of a foreign country if the Secretary of Defense has 
received credible information from the Department of State that a member of 
such unit has committed a gross violation of human rights, unless all 
necessary corrective steps have been taken.
Pages S6204-05, S6250
[D27MY9-114]D605 Levin (for
  Levin (for Conrad) Amendment No. 452, to require the Secretary of Defense 
to submit a report to Congress regarding the advantages of a two-site 
deployment of a ground-based National Missile Defense. 
                                                       Pages S6204-05, S6250
[D27MY9-115]D605 Levin (for
  Levin (for Conrad) Amendment No. 453, to encourage reductions in Russian 
nonstrategic nuclear arms.
Pages S6204-05, S6250
[D27MY9-116]D605 Levin (for
  Levin (for Conrad) Amendment No. 454, to require the Secretary of the Air 
Force to conduct a study and report regarding the options for Air Force 
cruise missiles.
Pages S6204-05, S6250
[D27MY9-117]D605 Levin (for
  Levin (for Lautenberg) Amendment No. 455, to require conveyance of certain 
Army firefighting equipment at Military Ocean Terminal, New Jersey. 
                                                       Pages S6204-05, S6250
[D27MY9-118]D605 Levin (for
  Levin (for Lautenberg) Amendment No. 456, to authorize a land conveyance, 
Nike Battery 80 family housing site, East Hanover Township, New Jersey. 
                                                       Pages S6204-05, S6250
[D27MY9-119]D605 Levin (for
  Levin (for Sarbanes) Amendment No. 457, to authorize a one-year delay in 
the demolition of three certain radio transmitting facility towers at Naval 
Station, Annapolis, Maryland and to facilitate transfer of towers. 
                                                       Pages S6204-05, S6250
[D27MY9-120]D605 Levin (for
  Levin (for Bingaman) Amendment No. 459, to amend title XXIX, relating to 
renewal of public land withdrawals for certain military ranges, to include a 
placeholder to allow the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the 
Interior the opportunity to complete a comprehensive legislative withdrawal 
proposal, and to provide an opportunity for public comment and review. 
                                                       Pages S6205-06, S6250
[D27MY9-121]D605 Warner Ame
  Warner Amendment No. 460, to provide for the Army reserve relocation from 
Fort Douglas, Utah.
Pages S6206, S6250
[D27MY9-122]D605 Levin (for
  Levin (for Robb) Amendment No. 461, to authorize payments in settlement of 
claims for deaths arising from the accident involving a United States Marine 
Corps EA-6B aircraft on February 3, 1998, near Cavalese, Italy and the 
subsequent determination that parties involved in the accident obstructed 
the investigation by disposing of evidence.
Pages S6206, S6250
[D27MY9-123]D605 Levin (for
  Levin (for Lincoln) Amendment No. 462, to amend the tables in section 2301 
to include $7.8 million for C130 squadron operations/AMU facility at the 
Little Rock Air Force Base in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Pages S6206, S6250
[D27MY9-124]D605 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Smith, of N.H.) Amendment No. 463, to authorize $3,850,000 for 
the construction of a Water Front Crane System for the Navy at the 
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Pages S6206, S6250
[D27MY9-125]D605 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Helms) Amendment No. 464, to provide for the disposition of 
weapons-grade material.
Pages S6206-07, S6250
[D27MY9-126]D605 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Sessions) Amendment No. 465, to increase the grade established 
for the chiefs of reserve components and the additional general officers 
assigned to the National Guard Bureau and to exclude

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those officers from a limitation on number of general and flag officers. 
                                                Pages S6207, S6211-13, S6250
[D27MY9-127]D606 Warner (fo
  Warner (for DeWine) Amendment No. 466, to authorize, with an offset, an 
additional $59,200,000 for drug interdiction and counterdrug activities of 
the Department of Defense.
Pages S6207, S6250
[D27MY9-128]D606 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Voinovich) Amendment No. 467, to direct the Secretary of 
Defense to undertake a study and to remove ordnance infiltrating the federal 
navigation channel and adjacent shorelines of the Toussaint River. 
                                                          Pages S6207, S6250
[D27MY9-129]D606 Warner (fo
  Warner (for McCain) Amendment No. 468, to strike the portions of the 
military lands withdrawals relating to lands located in Arizona. 
                                                       Pages S6207-08, S6250
[D27MY9-130]D606 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Helms) Amendment No. 469, to make certain improvements to the 
bill.
Pages S6208, S6250
[D27MY9-131]D606 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Bond/Kerry) Amendment No. 470, to ensure continued 
participation by small businesses in providing services of a commercial 
nature.
Pages S6208, S6250
[D27MY9-132]D606 Warner (fo
  Warner (for McCain) Amendment No. 471, to set aside $600,000 for providing 
procurement technical assistance for Indian reservations out of the funds 
authorized to be appropriated for the Procurement Technical Assistance 
program.
Pages S6208, S6250
[D27MY9-133]D606 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Hatch) Amendment No. 472, to require a report on the Air Force 
distributed mission training.
Pages S6208, S6250
[D27MY9-134]D606 Levin (for
  Levin (for Edwards) Amendment No. 473, to express the sense of the Senate 
that members of the Armed Forces who receive special pay should receive the 
same tax treatment as members serving in combat zones.
Pages S6208, S6250
[D27MY9-135]D606 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Gramm) Amendment No. 474, to commemorate the victory of 
freedom in the Cold War.
Pages S6209, S6250
[D27MY9-136]D606 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Smith, of N.H.) Amendment No. 475, to require a report on 
military-to-military contacts between the United States and the People's 
Republic of China and the United States.
Pages S6209, S6250
[D27MY9-137]D606 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Thomas) Amendment No. 476, to improve implementation of the 
Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act.
Pages S6209, S6250
[D27MY9-138]D606 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Smith, of OR) Amendment No. 478, relating to chemical 
demilitarization activities.
Pages S6210, S6250
[D27MY9-139]D606 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Thurmond) Amendment No. 479, expressing the Sense of the 
Senate regarding settlement of claims with respect to the deaths of members 
of the United States Air Force resulting from the accident off the coast of 
Namibia on September 13, 1997.
Pages S6210, S6250
[D27MY9-140]D606 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Domenici) Amendment No. 480, to authorize $3,850,000 for the 
construction of a Water Front Crane System for the Navy at the Portsmouth 
Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Pages S6210, S6250
  National Defense Authorizations: Senate passed S. 1060, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2000 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, and to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year for the Armed Forces, after striking all after the enacting clause and 
inserting in lieu thereof Division A of S. 1059, National Defense 
Authorizations, as amended.
  Page S6274
  Military Construction Authorizations: Senate passed S. 1061, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2000 for military construction, after 
striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof 
Division B of S. 1059, National Defense Authorizations, as amended. 
                                                                  Page S6274
  Energy National Security: Senate passed S. 1062, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2000 for defense activities of the Department 
of Energy, after striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in 
lieu thereof Division C of S. 1059, National Defense Authorizations, as 
amended.
  Page S6274
[D27MY9-141]D606 A unanimou
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached with respect to further 
consideration of S. 1059, S. 1060, S. 1061, and S. 1062 (all listed above as 
passed by the Senate), that if the Senate receives a message from the House 
of Representatives with regard to any of these bills, that the Senate be 
deemed to have disagreed to the amendment or amendments to the Senate-passed 
bill, that the Senate agree to or request a conference with the House 
thereon, and that the Chair be authorized to appoint conferees on the part 
of the Senate.
Page S6274
  Tiananmen Square Massacre Anniversary: Committee on Foreign Relations was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 103, concerning the tenth 
anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre of June 4, 1989, in the 
People's Republic of China, and the resolution was then agreed to, after 
agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S6445-47
[D27MY9-142]D606 Hutchinson
  Hutchinson Amendment No. 537, to improve the resolution.
Pages S6445-47

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  Technical Correction: Committee on Foreign Relations was discharged from 
further consideration of H.R. 1379, to amend the Omnibus Consolidated and 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999, to make a technical 
correction relating to an emergency supplemental appropriation for 
international narcotics control and law enforcement assistance, and the bill 
was then passed, clearing the measure for the President.
  Page S6447
  National Race for the Cure Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 110, designating 
June 5, 1999, as ``National Race for the Cure Day''.
  Pages S6447-48
  National Child's Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 111, designating June 6, 
1999, as ``National Child's Day''.
  Pages S6448-49
  Safe Night USA: Senate agreed to S. Res. 112, to designate June 5, 1999, 
as ``Safe Night USA''.
  Pages S6449-50
  Federal Prisoner Health Care Copayment Act: Senate passed S. 704, to amend 
title 18, United States Code, to combat the overutilization of prison health 
care services and control rising prisoner health care costs, after agreeing 
to a committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and the following 
amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S6450-51
[D27MY9-143]D607 Hutchinson
  Hutchinson (for Leahy) Amendment No. 538, to clarify certain provisions. 
                                                              Pages S6450-51
Department of Defense Appropriations--Agreement:  A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing for consideration of S. 1122, making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2000, on Monday, June 7, 1999.
  Page S6452
Authority for Committees: All committees were authorized to file legislative 
reports during the adjournment of the Senate on Wednesday, June 2, 1999, 
from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m.
  Page S6451
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages from the 
President of the United States:
[D27MY9-144]D607 Transmitti
  Transmitting the report of the notice of the continuation of the emergency 
with respect to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro); 
referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-35). 
                                                              Pages S6281-82
[D27MY9-145]D607 Transmitti
  Transmitting a report relative to the Internal Revenue Service Oversight 
Board; referred to the Committee on Finance. (PM-36).
Page S6282
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
[D27MY9-146]D607 Charles R.
  Charles R. Wilson, of Florida, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Eleventh Circuit.
[D27MY9-147]D607 Patricia A
  Patricia A. Coan, of Colorado, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Colorado.
[D27MY9-148]D607 Dolly M. G
  Dolly M. Gee, of California, to be United States District Judge for the 
Central District of California.
[D27MY9-149]D607 William Jo
  William Joseph Haynes, Jr., of Tennessee, to be United States District 
Judge for the Middle District of Tennessee.
[D27MY9-150]D607 Victor Mar
  Victor Marrero, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of New York.
[D27MY9-151]D607 Fredric D.
  Fredric D. Woocher, of California, to be United States District Judge for 
the Central District of California.
[D27MY9-152]D607 Larry L. L
  Larry L. Levitan, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Internal Revenue 
Service Oversight Board for a term of five years.
[D27MY9-153]D607 Steve H. N
  Steve H. Nickles, of North Carolina, to be a Member of the Internal 
Revenue Service Oversight Board for a term of four years.
[D27MY9-154]D607 Robert M.
  Robert M. Tobias, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Internal Revenue 
Service Oversight Board for a term of five years.
[D27MY9-155]D607 James W. W
  James W. Wetzler, of New York, to be a Member of the Internal Revenue 
Service Oversight Board for a term of three years.
[D27MY9-156]D607 Karen Hast
  Karen Hastie Williams, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board for a term of three years.
[D27MY9-157]D607 J. Brady A
  J. Brady Anderson, of South Carolina, to be Administrator of the Agency 
for International Development.
[D27MY9-158]D607 Donald Kei
  Donald Keith Bandler, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Cyprus.
[D27MY9-159]D607 Johnnie Ca
  Johnnie Carson, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Kenya.
[D27MY9-160]D607 Thomas J.
  Thomas J. Miller, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
[D27MY9-161]D607 Bismarck M
  Bismarck Myrick, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Liberia.
[D27MY9-162]D607 M. Osman S
  M. Osman Siddique, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Fiji, 
and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador 
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the 
Republic of Nauru, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the 
United States of America to the Kingdom of Tonga, and Ambassador 
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Tuvalu.
                                                                  Page S6453

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Messages From the President:
  Pages S6281-82
Messages From the House:
  Pages S6282-83
Measures Referred:
  Page S6283
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S6283
Communications:
  Pages S6283-84
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S6286-S6379
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S6379-81
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S6384-S6433
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S6433
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S6433-34
Additional Statements:
  Pages S6434-44
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--154) 
                                                       Pages S6189-90, S6274
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and, in accordance with S. Con. 
Res. 35, adjourned at 8:36 p.m., until 12 noon, on Monday, June 7, 1999. 
(For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in 
today's Record on page S6452.)
[D27MY9-163]D608 Committee