[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 80 (Tuesday, June 8, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D623-D627]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                              Tuesday, June 8, 1999

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Department of Defense Appropriations, 2000 bill.
      House Committee ordered reported the Transportation 
      appropriations for fiscal year 2000.
      House passed H.R. 1906, Agriculture appropriations.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6645-S6728
Measures Introduced: One bill was introduced, as follows: S. 1188. 
                                                             Page S6710
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 323, to redesignate the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National 
Monument as a national park and establish the Gunnison Gorge National 
Conservation Area, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. 
Rept. No. 106-69)
  S. 1009, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2000 for 
intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States 
Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central 
Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System.
Page S6710
  Department of Defense Appropriations, 2000: By 93 yeas to 4 nays 
(Vote No. 158), Senate passed S. 1122, making appropriations for the 
Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, 
after taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S6645-92
Adopted:
  By a unanimous vote of 93 yeas (Vote No. 155), 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.
Pages S6645-47
  Stevens Amendment No. 542, to provide funds for Army research, 
development, test and evaluation programs.
Page S6647
  Stevens Amendment No. 543, to reduce funds under the heading 
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Navy, and to increase 
funds under the heading Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, 
Defense-Wide to reflect the transfer of the Joint Warfighting 
Experimentation Program.
Page S6647
  Stevens Amendment No. 544, to provide funding for the American Red 
Cross Armed Forces Emergency Services program.
Page S6647
  Stevens Amendment No. 545, to provide funding for U-2 cockpit 
modifications.
Page S6647
  Stevens (for Inhofe) Amendment No. 552, to direct the Department of 
the Army to conduct a live fire, side-by-side operational test of the 
air-to-air Starstreak and air-to-air Stinger missiles from the AH-64D 
Longbow helicopter.
Pages S6651-52
  Stevens (for Mack) Amendment No. 553, to authorize use of $6,000,000 
of Air Force Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation funds (in PE 
604604F) for the 3-D advanced track acquisition and imaging system. 
                                                         Pages S6651-52
  Stevens (for Mack) Amendment No. 554, to authorize use of $3,000,000 
of Navy Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation funds for 
electronic propulsion systems.
Pages S6651-52
  Stevens (for Mack) Amendment No. 555, to authorize use of $5,000,000 
of Defense Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities funds for a 
ground processing station to support a tropical remote sensing radar. 
                                                         Pages S6651-52
  Stevens (for Burns) Amendment No. 556, to provide additional funding 
for Army research and development to reduce pollution associated with 
industrial manufacturing waste systems.
Pages S6651-52
  Stevens (for McConnell) Amendment No. 557, to correct the allocation 
of Navy operation and maintenance funds between two naval gun depot 
overhaul programs.
Pages S6651-52
  Stevens Amendment No. 558, to provide additional funding for 
prototyping and testing of a water

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distributor for the Army Pallet-Loading System Engineer Mission Module 
System.
Pages S6651-52
  Stevens (for Bennett) Amendment No. 559, to designate funds for Air 
Force alternative missile engine source development.
Pages S6651-52
  Stevens (for Hollings) Amendment No. 560, to set aside $3,000,000 of 
Army Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation funds for the National 
Defense Center for Environmental Excellence Pollution Prevention 
Initiative.
Pages S6651-52
  Stevens (for Reid) Amendment No. 561, to provide funds for a hot gas 
decontamination facility.
Pages S6651-52
  Stevens (for Lieberman) Amendment No. 562, to provide funds for the 
establishment of a Department of Defense Center for Medical 
Informatics.
Pages S6651-52
  Stevens (for Reid) Amendment No. 563, to increase funds for the 
Marine Corps K-Band Test Obscuration Pairing System.
Pages S6651-52
  Stevens (for Kerrey) Amendment No. 564, to make available certain 
funds to continue and expand on-going work in recombinant vaccine 
research against biological warfare agents.
Pages S6651-52
  Stevens (for Lautenberg) Amendment No. 565, to require conveyance of 
certain Army firefighting equipment at Military Ocean Terminal, New 
Jersey.
Pages S6651-53
  Stevens (for Biden) Amendment No. 566, 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). 
                                                         Pages S6651-53
  Stevens (for Domenici) Amendment No. 567, to set aside $5,000,000 of 
Army Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation funds (in PE 605604A) 
for Information Warfare Vulnerability Analysis.
Pages S6651-53
  Stevens (for Domenici) Amendment No. 568, to set aside $7,500,000 of 
Air Force Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation funds (in PE 
603605F) for the GEO High Resolution Space Object Imaging Program. 
                                                         Pages S6651-53
  Stevens (for Wyden/Smith of Oregon) Amendment No. 569, to set aside 
$4,000,000 for Army research, development, test, and evaluation of 
elastin-based artificial tissues and dye targeted laser fusion 
techniques for healing internal injuries.
Pages S6651-53
  Stevens Amendment No. 570, to provide funds for supersonic aircraft 
noise mitigation research and development efforts.
Pages S6651-53
  Stevens (for Leahy) Amendment No. 571, to provide for the Secretary 
of Defense to submit a report to the congressional defense committees 
describing the extraordinary circumstances, the purpose and duration of 
the training program, the United States forces and the foreign security 
forces involved in the training program, and the information relating 
to human rights violations that necessitates the waiver. 
                                                         Pages S6651-53
  Stevens (for Shelby) Amendment No. 572, to provide from within the 
funds for the Defense Acquisition University, up to $5,000,000 may be 
spent on a pilot program using state-of-the-art training technology 
that would train the acquisition workforce in a simulated government 
procurement environment.
Pages S6651-53
  Stevens (for Inouye) Amendment No. 573, to provide that during the 
current fiscal year, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of 
Defense, the Center of Excellence for Disaster Management and 
Humanitarian Assistance may also pay, or authorize payment for, the 
expenses of providing or facilitating education and training for 
appropriate military and civilian personnel of foreign countries in 
disaster management and humanitarian assistance.
Pages S6651-53
  Stevens (for Santorum) Amendment No. 592, to set aside $4,000,000 for 
the Manufacturing Technology Assistance Pilot Program.
Pages S6658-59
  Stevens (for Helms) Amendment No. 593, to set aside $5,000,000 of 
Army Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation funds for visual 
display performance and visual display environmental research and 
development.
Pages S6658-59
  Stevens (for Byrd) Amendment No. 594, to increase by $10,000,000 the 
amount provided for the Army for other procurement for an immediate 
assessment of biometrics sensors and templates repository requirements, 
and for combining and consolidating biometrics security technology and 
other information assurance technologies to accomplish a more focused 
and effective information assurance effort.
Pages S6658-59
  Stevens (for Byrd) Amendment No. 595, to set aside $10,000,000 of 
Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide funds for carrying out first-
year actions of the 5-year research plan for addressing low-level 
exposures to chemical warfare agents.
Pages S6658-59
  Stevens (for Ashcroft/Bond) Amendment No. 596, to express the sense 
of Congress commending the men and women of Whiteman Air Force Base, 
Missouri, for their ongoing contributions to Operation Allied Force 
over Yugoslavia.
Pages S6658-59
  Stevens (for Smith of New Hampshire) Amendment No. 597, to provide 
funding for the Air Force U-2 aircraft defensive system modernization. 
                                                         Pages S6658-59
  Stevens (for Harkin) Amendment No. 598, to set aside $25,185,000, the 
amount provided for research

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and development relating to Persian Gulf illnesses, of which $4,000,000 
is to be available for continuation of research into Gulf War syndrome 
that includes multidisciplinary studies of fibromyalgia, chronic 
fatigue syndrome and $2,000,000 is to be available for expansion of the 
research program in the Upper Great Plains region.
Pages S6658-59
  Stevens (for Graham) Amendment No. 599, to set aside $17,500,000 for 
procurement of the F-15A/B data link for the Air National Guard. 
                                                         Pages S6658-59
  Stevens (for Collins) Amendment No. 600, to increase funds for the 
Navy MK-43 Machine Gun Conversion.
Pages S6658-59
  Stevens (for Inouye) Amendment No. 601, to provide for the 
development of Ford Island, Hawaii.
Pages S6658-59
  Inouye Amendment No. 581, to authorize the Department of Defense to 
enter into agreements with the Veterans Administration and Federally-
funded health agencies providing services to Native Hawaiians for the 
purpose of establishing a partnership similar to the Alaska Federal 
Health Care Partnership, in order to maximize Federal resources in the 
provision of health care services by Federally-funded health agencies, 
applying telemedicine technologies.
Pages S6655-56, S6666-67
  Stevens (for Lott/Cochran) Modified Amendment No. 589, to provide 
$3,800,000 (in PE 0602315N) for continued research and development on 
polymer cased ammunition.
Pages S6657, S6669
  Stevens (for Kohl) Amendment No. 588, to authorize the use of 
$220,000 for a study at Badger Army Ammunition Plant, Wisconsin, 
relating to environmental restoration and remediation at weapons and 
ammunition production facilities.
Pages S6657, S6669
  Stevens (for Voinovich) Amendment No. 591, to provide for a study of 
the long term solutions to the removal of ordnance from the Toussaint 
River, Ohio.
Pages S6657-58, S6669
  Stevens (for Brownback) Amendment No. 602 (to Amendment No. 578), to 
provide for the suspension of certain sanctions against India and 
Pakistan.
Pages S6678-79
  Stevens (for Roberts) Amendment No. 578, to extend for a period of 3 
years the Agriculture Export Relief Act of 1998 and the India-Pakistan 
Relief Act of 1998.
Pages S6655, S6678-79
  Inouye (for Biden) Amendment No. 547, to set aside $63,041,000 of Air 
Force research, development, test, and evaluation funds for C-5 
aircraft modernization.
Pages S6648, S6679
  Stevens (for Biden) Amendment No. 603 (to Amendment No. 547), of a 
clarifying nature.
Page S6679
  Stevens (for Nickles) Amendment No. 551, to prohibit the use of 
certain funds for reconstruction activities in the Republic of Serbia 
(excluding the province of Kosovo) as long as Slobodan Milosevic 
remains the President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and 
Montenegro).
Pages S6651, S6679
  Stevens (for Gorton) Modified Amendment No. 575, to authorize 
$4,000,000 of Army research, development, test, and evaluation funds 
(in PE 60481A) to be used for the Advanced Integrated Helmet System 
Program.
Pages S6654, S6679-80
  Stevens (for Domenici) Amendment No. 577, to provide for a report by 
the Office of Management and Budget and the Federal Communications 
Commission to the appropriate congressional committees regarding the 
competitive bidding process.
Pages S6654-55
  Stevens (for Domenici) Amendment No. 604, to provide for a report by 
the Office of Management and Budget and the Federal Communications 
Commission to the appropriate congressional committees regarding the 
competitive bidding process.
Page S6680
  Subsequently, adoption of Amendment No. 604 (listed above) was 
vitiated.
Page S6692
  Inouye (for Bingaman) Modified Amendment No. 580, to express the 
sense of Congress regarding the accidental civilian casualties of live 
ammunition testing at Vieques, Puerto Rico, and actions to prevent a 
recurrence of such a tragic accident.
Pages S6655, S6679-80
  Stevens (for Shelby) Modified Amendment No. 586, to provide funds for 
continued research and development in Army Space Control Technology. 
                                                  Pages S6657, S6679-80
  Stevens (for Graham) Modified Amendment No. 590, to set aside an 
additional $7,300,000 for space launch facilities, for a second team of 
personnel for range reconfiguration to accommodate launch schedules. 
                                                  Pages S6657, S6679-80
  Stevens (for Lott) Amendment No. 576, to provide for a report 
regarding the operational planning and other preparations of the 
Department of Defense, including but not limited to the U.S. Pacific 
Command, to implement the relevant sections of the Taiwan Relations Act 
since its enactment in 1979.
Pages S6654, S6680
  McCain Amendment No. 585, to authorize the Secretary of Defense to 
waive certain domestic source or content requirements in the 
procurement of items.
Pages S6656-57, S6680
  Stevens (for Hutchison) Amendment No. 574, to authorize a project at 
Brooks Air Force Base, Texas, to evaluate methods of improving 
efficiency in the operation of military installations. 
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  Inouye (for Kennedy) Amendment No. 582, to authorize the use of up to 
$35,000,000 for the retrofitting and improvement of the current 
inventory of Patriot missiles to meet current and projected threats 
from cruise missiles.
                                                     Pages S6656, S6680
  Gregg Modified Amendment No. 548, to prohibit the use of refugee 
relief funds for long-term, regional development or reconstruction in 
Southeastern Europe.
                                           Pages S6648-49, S6654, S6680
  Stevens (for Bond) Amendment No. 587, to provide funds for the 
purchase of four (4) F-15 E aircraft.
                                                     Pages S6657, S6681
  Stevens (for Coverdell) Amendment No. 605, to express the sense of 
the Senate regarding the investigation into the June 25, 1996 bombing 
of Khobar Towers.
                                                             Page S6681
  Stevens (for Domenici) Amendment No. 606, to withdraw and reserve 
certain lands within the State of New Mexico for military uses. 
                                                             Page S6681
  Stevens/Domenici Amendment No. 607, to provide for the renewal of 
military land withdrawals.
                                                             Page S6681
                                                              Rejected:
  By 16 yeas to 81 nays (Vote No. 156), McCain Amendment No. 584, to 
reduce amounts appropriated for unrequested, low-priority, unnecessary, 
and wasteful spending by $3,100,000,000. 
                                        Pages S6656, S6660-66, S6669-70
  Boxer/Harkin Amendment No. 541, to provide a substitute to section 
8106, requiring that not later than March 1, 2000, the Secretary of 
Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the inventory and status 
of operational support aircraft, Commander-in-Chief support aircraft, 
and command support aircraft of the Department of Defense. (By 66 yeas 
to 31 nays (Vote No. 157), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                                  Pages S6647, S6670-78
                                                             Withdrawn:
  Byrd Amendment No. 549, to set aside $10,000,000 of Operation and 
Maintenance, Defense-Wide funds for carrying out first-year actions of 
the 5-year research plan for addressing low-level exposures to chemical 
warfare agents.
                                                  Pages S6649-50, S6666
  Byrd Amendment No. 550, to increase by $10,000,000 the amount 
provided for the Army for other procurement for an immediate assessment 
of biometrics sensors and templates repository requirements, and for 
combining and consolidating biometrics security technology and other 
information assurance technologies to accomplish a more focused and 
effective information assurance effort.
Pages S6649-50, S6666
  Inouye (for Durbin) Amendment No. 579, relating to the conveyance of 
the remaining Army Reserve property at former Fort Sheridan, Illinois. 
                                                  Pages S6655, S6680-81
  Inouye (for Levin) Amendment No. 583, to reduce funding for the 
National Missile Defense program by $200,000,000 and to increase 
funding for Army modernization programs by $200,000,000. 
                                                     Pages S6656, S6681
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that when the 
Senate receives the House companion bill, the Senate strike all after 
the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the text of S. 1122, as 
passed, and the House bill, as amended, be read for a third time and 
passed, that the Senate insist on its amendment, request a conference 
with the House thereon, and the Chair be authorized to appoint 
conferees on the part of the Senate. Further, that upon passage of the 
House companion bill, passage of S. 1122 be vitiated and the Senate 
bill be indefinitely postponed.
Pages S6647-48
Y2K Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing 
for the cloture vote on the motion to proceed to 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, scheduled for Wednesday, June 9, 1999 be vitiated, and the 
Senate resume consideration of the bill.
  Page S6692
Satellite Copyright, Competition, and Consumer Protection Act: Senate 
insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the House, and 
the Chair appointed the following conferees: from the Committee on the 
Judiciary: Senators Hatch, Thurmond, DeWine, Leahy, and Kohl; and from 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Senators 
McCain, Stevens, and Hollings.
  Page S6728
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Franz S. Leichter, of New York, to be a Director of the Federal 
Housing Finance Board for a term expiring February 27, 2006.
  Douglas L. Miller, of South Dakota, to be a Director of the Federal 
Housing Finance Board for a term expiring February 27, 2002. 
                                                             Page S6728
Messages From the House:
  Page S6695
Measures Referred:
  Page S6695
Communications:
  Pages S6695-S6702
Petitions:
  Pages S6702-10

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Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S6710-11
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S6711-13
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S6713-25
Notices of Hearings:
  Pages S6725-26
Authority for Committees:
  Page S6726
Additional Statements:
  Pages S6726-28
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--158) 
                                 Pages S6646-47, S6669-70, S6678, S6692
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 6:52 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, June 9, 1999. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S6728.)