[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 82 (Thursday, June 10, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D644-D646]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                            Thursday, June 10, 1999

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                              Daily Digest


Highlights

      House passed H.R. 1401, Defense Authorization Act.
      House passed H.R. 1905, Legislative Branch Appropriations.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6815-S6919
Measures Introduced: Eighteen bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1199-1216, and S. Res. 115-117. 
                                                         Pages S6856-57
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  Special Report entitled ``Further Revised Allocation to Subcommittees 
of Budget Totals, Fiscal Year 2000.'' (S. Rept. No. 106-73)
  S. 1205, making appropriations for military construction, family 
housing, and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000. (S. Rept. No. 106-74)
  S. 1206, making appropriations for the legislative branch excluding 
House items for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000. (S. Rept. 
No. 106-75)
  S. Res. 34, designating the week beginning April 30, 1999, as 
``National Youth Fitness Week'', with an amendment.
  S. Res. 81, designating the year of 1999 as ``The Year of Safe 
Drinking Water'' and commemorating the 25th anniversary of the 
enactment of the Safe Drinking Water Act.
  S. Res. 98, designating the week beginning October 17, 1999, and the 
week beginning October 15, 2000, as ``National Character Counts Week''.
  S. Res. 114, designating June 22, 1999, as ``National Pediatric AIDS 
Awareness Day''.
  S. 606, for the relief of Global Exploration and Development 
Corporation, Kerr-Mcgee Corporation, and Kerr-Mcgee Chemical, LLC 
(successor to Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation), with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute.
  S.J. Res. 21, to designate September 29, 1999, as ``Veterans of 
Foreign Wars of the United States Day''.
Page S6856
Measures Passed:
  National Youth Fitness Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 34, designating 
the week beginning April 30, 1999, as ``National Youth Fitness Week'', 
after agreeing to a committee amendment.
  Page S6914
  Year of Safe Drinking Water: Senate agreed to S. Res. 81, designating 
the year of 1999 as ``The Year of Safe Drinking Water'' and 
commemorating the 25th anniversary of the enactment of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act.
  Page S6914
  National Pediatric AIDS Awareness Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 114, 
designating June 22, 1999, as ``National Pediatric AIDS Awareness 
Day''.
  Pages S6914-15
  Use of Capitol Rotunda: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 127, permitting 
the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony to present a gold 
medal on behalf of Congress to Rosa Parks.
  Page S6915
Y2K Act: Senate continued 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, taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                               Pages S6815-35, S6837-53
Adopted:
  Bennett (for Murkowski) Modified Amendment No. 612 (to Amendment No. 
608), to require manufacturers receiving notice of a Y2K failure to 
give priority to notices that involve health and safety related 
failures.
Page S6817
  Gorton (for Inhofe) Amendment No. 622 (to Amendment No. 608), to 
provide regulatory amnesty for defendants, including States and local 
governments, that are unable to comply with a federally enforceable 
measurement or reporting requirement because of factors related to a 
Y2K system failure.
Pages S6850-51

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Rejected:
  By 41 yeas to 57 nays (Vote No. 161), Edwards Amendment No. 619 (to 
Amendment No. 608), to provide that a party to a Y2K action making a 
tort claim may only recover for economic losses to the extent allowed 
under applicable state or federal law in effect on January 1, 1999. 
                                                  Pages S6822-28, S6830
  By 36 yeas to 62 nays (Vote No. 162), Edwards Amendment No. 620 (to 
Amendment No. 608), to provide that certain companies, selling non-Y2K-
compliant products beginning in 1999, not be included under the 
protections as outlined in Amendment No. 608.
Pages S6828-30
Pending:
  McCain Amendment No. 608, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                               Pages S6817-35, S6837-55
  Sessions Amendment No. 623 (to Amendment No. 608), to permit evidence 
of communications with state and federal regulators to be admissible in 
class action lawsuits.
Pages S6851-52
  Gregg/Bond Amendment No. 624 (to Amendment No. 608), to provide for 
the suspension of penalties for certain year 2000 failures by small 
business concerns.
Pages S6852-53
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill and pending amendments, with a vote to occur 
on final passage of H.R. 775, House companion measure, on Tuesday, June 
15, 1999.
Page S6850
Budget Process Reform: Senate began consideration of S. 557, to provide 
guidance for the designation of emergencies as a part of the budget 
process, taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                             Page S6913
Pending:
  Lott (for Abraham) Amendment No. 254, to preserve and protect the 
surpluses of the social security trust funds by reaffirming the 
exclusion of receipts and disbursement from the budget, by setting a 
limit on the debt held by the public, and by amending the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 to provide a process to reduce the limit on the debt 
held by the public.
  Abraham Amendment No. 255 (to Amendment No. 254), in the nature of a 
substitute.
  Lott motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on Governmental 
Affairs, with instructions to report back forthwith.
  Lott Amendment No. 296 (to the instructions of the Lott motion to 
recommit), to provide for Social Security surplus preservation and debt 
reduction.
  Lott Amendment No. 297 (to Amendment No. 296), in the nature of a 
substitute.
  A motion was entered to close further debate on Amendment No. 297 
(listed above) 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 Tuesday, June 15, 1999.
Page S6913
Steel, Oil and Gas Loan Guarantee Program: Senate began consideration 
of the motion to proceed to the consideration of 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.
  Pages S6913-14
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to proceed 
to the consideration of the bill 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 Tuesday, June 15, 1999.
Pages S6913-14
  Subsequently, the motion to proceed was withdrawn.
Page S6914
State Department Authorization--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing for the consideration of S. 886, to 
authorize appropriations for the Department of State for fiscal years 
2000 and 2001; to provide for enhanced security at United States 
diplomatic facilities; to provide for certain arms control, 
nonproliferation, and other national security measures; to provide for 
the reform of the United Nations, with certain amendments to be 
proposed thereto, at a time to be determined by the Majority and 
Minority Leaders.
  Page S6821
Energy and Water Development Appropriations, 2000--Agreement: A 
unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for the consideration 
of S. 1186, making appropriations for energy and water development for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, on Monday, June 14, 1999. 
                                                             Page S6821
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Ann Brown, of Florida, to be a Commissioner of the Consumer Product 
Safety Commission for a term of seven years from October 27, 1999.
  Ann Brown, of Florida, to be Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission.
  James Catherwood Hormel, of California, to be Ambassador to 
Luxembourg, to which position he was appointed during the last recess 
of the Senate.
  David W. Ogden, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General. 
                                                         Pages S6915-19
Messages From the House:
  Page S6855
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S6855
Communications:
  Pages S6855-56
Petitions:
  Page S6856
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S6857-77
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S6877-78

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Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S6879-80
Notices of Hearings:
  Pages S6880-81
Authority for Committees:
  Page S6881
Additional Statements:
  Pages S6881-89
Text of S. 1122 as Previously Passed:
  Pages S6889-S6911
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--163) 
                                                     Pages S6830, S6850
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 6:41 p.m., 
until 12 noon on Monday, June 14, 1999. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S6915.)