[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 84 (Tuesday, June 15, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D661-D662]
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                                             Tuesday, June 15, 1999

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Y2K Act.
      The House passed H.R. 1000, Aviation Investment and Reform Act, 
      for the 21st Century.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6975-S7037
Measures Introduced: Three bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1221-1223, and S. Res. 123.
  Page S7026
Measures Passed:
  Y2K Act: By 62 yeas to 37 nays (Vote No. 165), Senate passed H.R. 
775, to establish certain procedures for civil actions brought for 
damages relating to the failure of any device or system to process or 
otherwise deal with the transition from the year 1999 to the year 2000, 
after striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu 
thereof the text of S. 96, Senate companion measure, and after taking 
action on the following amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S6975-99
Adopted:
  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 S6975, S6995
  By 71 yeas to 28 nays (Vote No. 164), Gregg/Bond Modified Amendment 
No. 624 (to Amendment No. 608), to provide for the suspension of 
penalties for certain year 2000 failures by small business concerns. 
                                                  Pages S6975, S6995-97
  McCain Amendment No. 608, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                         Pages S6975-98
  Subsequently, S. 96 was returned to the Senate calendar.
Page S6998
  Senate Representation: Senate agreed to S. Res. 123, to authorize 
representation of Members of the Senate in the case of Candis Ray v. 
John Edwards, et al.
  Page S7036
Budget Process Reform: Senate resumed 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 S6999
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.
Page S6999
  Abraham Amendment No. 255 (to Amendment No. 254), in the nature of a 
substitute.
Page S6999
  Lott motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on Governmental 
Affairs, with instructions and report back forthwith.
Page S6999
  Lott Amendment No. 296 (to the instructions of the Lott motion to 
recommit), to provide for Social Security surplus preservation and debt 
reduction.
Page S6999
  Lott Amendment No. 297 (to Amendment No. 296), in the nature of a 
substitute.
Page S6999
  During consideration of this bill today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 53 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. 166), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
failed to agree to close further debate on Amendment No. 297 (listed 
above).
Page S6999
Emergency Steel, Oil and Gas Loan Guarantee Program: Senate began 
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 S7004-10
  During consideration of this motion today, Senate also took the 
following action:

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  By 71 yeas to 28 nays (Vote No. 167), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed to 
close further debate on the motion to proceed to the consideration of 
H.R. 1664 (listed above).
Pages S6999-S7004
  Subsequently, the motion to proceed was agreed to.
Page S7004
Energy and Water Development Appropriations, FY2000: Senate continued 
consideration of S. 1186, making appropriations for energy and water 
development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, taking 
action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                  Pages S7010-11, S7017
Pending:
  Domenici Amendment No. 628, of a technical nature.
Pages S7010-11
Military Construction Appropriations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-
time agreement was reached providing for the consideration of 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, with a vote to occur thereon, on 
Wednesday, June 16, 1999. Further, that when the Senate receives the 
House companion measure, the Senate strike all after the enacting 
clause and insert in lieu thereof the text of S. 1205, 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. Upon passage of the House bill, passage of S. 1205 be 
vitiated and the bill then be indefinitely postponed.
  Page S7017
Work Incentives Improvement Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing for the consideration of S. 331, to 
amend the Social Security Act to expand the availability of health care 
coverage for working individuals with disabilities, to establish a 
Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program in the Social Security 
Administration to provide such individuals with meaningful 
opportunities to work, with a vote to occur thereon, on Wednesday, June 
16, 1999.
  Page S7017
Social Security and Medicare Safe Deposit Box Act--Agreement: A 
unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for 
consideration of the motion to close further debate on H.R. 1259, to 
amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to protect Social Security 
surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms. 
                                                             Page S7017
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States.
  Transmitting the annual report of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
for fiscal year 1997; referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 
Nutrition, and Forestry. (PM-37).
Page S7025
  Transmitting a report relative to the Exchange Stabilization Fund; 
which was referred jointly, pursuant to 31 United States Code 5302, to 
the Committee on Appropriations, to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs, and to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (PM-38). 
                                                         Pages S7025-26
Nomination Withdrawn: Senate received notification of the withdrawal of 
the following nomination:
  Richard A. Grafmeyer, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Social 
Security Advisory Board for the remainder of the term expiring 
September 30, 2000, vice Harlan Mathews, resigned, which was sent to 
the Senate on January 6, 1999.
Page S7037
Messages From the President:
  Pages S7025-26
Messages From the House:
  Page S7026
Measures Referred:
  Page S7026
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S7026-28
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S7028-30
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S7030-33
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S7033
Authority for Committees:
  Page S7033
Additional Statements:
  Pages S7033-36
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--167) 
                                                  Pages S6996-99, S7004
Adjournment: Senate convened at 11 a.m., and adjourned at 7:17 p.m., 
until 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 16, 1999. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on 
pages S7036-37.)