[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 88 (Monday, June 21, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D696-D697]
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                                              Monday, June 21, 1999

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                              Daily Digest


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7287-S7377
Measures Introduced: Twelve bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1245-1256, and S. Con. Res. 42.           
  Pages S7324-25
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 305, to reform unfair and anticompetitive practices in the 
professional boxing industry, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 106-83)
  S. 604, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to complete a land 
exchange with Georgia Power Company.
  S. 1254, to establish a comprehensive strategy for the elimination of 
market-distorting practices affecting the global steel industry. 
                                                             Page S7324
Agricultural Appropriations, FY 2000: Senate began consideration of S. 
1233, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2000, taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:                          
  Pages S7295-S7310
Pending:
  Dorgan (for Daschle) Amendment No. 702, to amend the Public Health 
Services Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect consumers in managed care 
plans and other health coverage.                             
Page S7310
  Lott Amendment No. 703 (to Amendment No. 702), to improve the access 
and choice of patients to quality, affordable health care.   
Page S7310
State Department Authorization: Senate resumed 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, and to provide 
for the reform of the United Nations, taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:            
  Pages S7310-11, S7313-20, S7371
Adopted:
  By a unanimous vote of 88 yeas (Vote No. 177), Sarbanes Modified 
Amendment No. 689, to revise the deadlines with respect to the 
retention of records of disciplinary actions and the filing of 
grievances within the Foreign Service.            
Pages S7310, S7313-15
Pending:
  Feingold Amendment No. 692, to limit the percentage of 
noncompetitively awarded grants made to the core grantees of the 
National Endowment for Democracy.                        
Pages S7315-19
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill and certain amendments to be proposed 
thereto, on Tuesday, June 22, 1999.                          
Page S7371
Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee/Emergency Oil and Gas Guaranteed Loan 
Program Act--Conferees: Senate insisted on its amendments to H.R. 1664, 
providing emergency authority for guarantees of loans to qualified 
steel and iron ore companies and to qualified oil and gas companies (as 
passed by the Senate on Friday, June 18, 1999), requested a conference 
with the House thereon, and the Chair was authorized to appoint the 
following conferees: Senators Stevens, Cochran, Specter, Domenici, 
Bond, Gorton, McConnell, Burns, Shelby, Gregg, Bennett, Campbell, 
Craig, Hutchison, Kyl, Byrd, Inouye, Hollings, Leahy, Lautenberg, 
Harkin, Mikulski, Reid, Kohl, Murray, Dorgan, Feinstein, and Durbin. 
                                                             Page S7371
Steel Import Limitation--Agreement: A unanimous-consent time-agreement 
was reached providing for consideration of the motion to close further 
debate on the motion to proceed to H.R. 975, to provide for a reduction 
in the volume of steel imports, and to establish a steel import 
notification and monitoring program, to occur at 11:35 a.m., on 
Tuesday, June 22, 1999, with the scheduled cloture vote to occur at 
12:15 p.m.                                               
  Pages S7371-72
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Martin George Brennan, of California, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Uganda.
  Robert S. Gelbard, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Indonesia.

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  A. Lee Fritschler, of Pennsylvania, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Postsecondary Education, Department of Education.
  Jerry D. Florence, of California, to be a Member of the National 
Museum Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 2002, vice John 
L. Bryant, Jr., term expired.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Army.                             
Pages S7376-77
Communications:                                          
  Pages S7323-24
Petitions:                                                   
  Page S7324
Statements on Introduced Bills:                          
  Pages S7325-36
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S7336-38
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S7338-66
Notices of Hearings:                                         
  Page S7366
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S7366-71
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--177) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 12 noon, and adjourned at 7:29 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 22, 1999. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S7372.)