[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 79 (Monday, June 7, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D615-D616]
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                                               Monday, June 7, 1999

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6455-S6644
Measures Introduced: Two bills and three resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: Introduced on June 2, 1999: S. 1186; Introduced today: S. 
1187, S.J. Res. 27-28, and S. Con. Res. 37.                  
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Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  Reported on Wednesday, June 2, during the adjournment:
  S. 1186, making appropriations for energy and water development for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000. (S. Rept. No. 106-58)
  S. 415, to protect the permanent trust funds of the State of Arizona 
from erosion due to inflation and modify the basis on which 
distributions are made from those funds. (S. Rept. No. 106-59)
  S. 416, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the city of 
Sisters, Oregon, a certain parcel of land for use in connection with a 
sewage treatment facility, without recommendation, with amendments. (S. 
Rept. No. 106-60)
  S. 744, to provide for the continuation of higher education through 
the conveyance of certain public lands in the State of Alaska to the 
University of Alaska, with an amendment. (S. Rept. No. 106-61) 
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Reported today:
  S. 109, to improve protection and management of the Chattahoochee 
River National Recreation Area in the State of Georgia, with 
amendments. (S. Rept. No. 106-62)
  S. 441, to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the 
route of the War of 1812 British invasion of Maryland and Washington, 
District of Columbia, and the route of the American defense, for study 
for potential addition to the national trails system, with amendments. 
(S. Rept. No. 106-63)
  S. 548, to establish the Fallen Timbers Battlefield and Fort Miamis 
National Historical Site in the State of Ohio, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 106-64)
  S. 700, to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Ala 
Kahakai Trail as a National Historic Trail, with amendments. (S. Rept. 
No. 106-65)
  S. 776, to authorize the National Park Service to conduct a 
feasibility study for the preservation of the Loess Hills in western 
Iowa, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 106-66)
  H.R. 154, to provide for the collection of fees for the making of 
motion pictures, television productions, and sound tracks in National 
Park System and National Wildlife Refuge System units, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 106-67)
  H.R. 449, to authorize the Gateway Visitor Center at Independence 
National Historical Park. (S. Rept. No. 106-68)          
Pages S6465-66
Department of Defense Appropriations, 2000: Senate began consideration 
of S. 1122, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, taking action on the following 
amendment proposed thereto:                              
  Pages S6458-61
Pending:
  Stevens (for Grassley) Amendment No. 540, to reduce to $500,000 the 
threshold amount for the applicability of the requirement for advance 
matching of Department of Defense disbursements to particular 
obligations.                                                 
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  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill, the pending amendment, and amendments to be 
proposed thereto, on Tuesday, June 8, 1999, with a vote to occur on the 
pending amendment at 9:45 a.m.                               
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Y2K Act--Cloture Motion Filed: A motion was entered to close further 
debate on the 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 and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII 
of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on the cloture motion will 
occur on Wednesday, June 9, 1999.                        
  Pages S6461-62
  Subsequently, the motion to proceed was withdrawn.         
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Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Armando Falcon, Jr., of Texas, to be Director of the Office of 
Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, for a term of five years.
  Robert Z. Lawrence, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Council 
of Economic Advisers.
  Lawrence H. Summers, of Maryland, to be Secretary of the Treasury.
  David H. Kaeuper, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Congo.
  Michael D. Metelits, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Cape Verde.
  Christopher C. Gallagher, of New Hampshire, to be a Member of the 
Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community 
Service for a term expiring October 6, 2003.
  Routine lists in the Army, Marine Corps, Navy.         
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Communications:                                              
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Statements on Introduced Bills:                              
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Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S6466-68
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S6468-69
Notices of Hearings:                                         
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Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S6469-71
Text of S. 704 and S. 1059-1062, as previously passed: 
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Recess: Senate convened at 12 noon, and recessed at 4:52 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, June 8, 1999. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S6642.)