[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 90 (Wednesday, June 23, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D712-D713]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                           Wednesday, June 23, 1999

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House committees ordered reported 10 sundry measures.
      House passed H.R. 2084, Transportation and Related Agencies 
      Appropriations.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7483-S7550
Measures Introduced: Six bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1267-1272, and S. Res. 126-127.              
  Pages S7526-27
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 918, to authorize the Small Business Administration to provide 
financial and business development assistance to military reservists' 
small business, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. 
Rept. No. 106-84)                                            
Page S7526
Measures Passed:
  Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag/Daily Session of the Senate: 
Committee on Rules and Administration was discharged from further 
consideration of S. Res. 113, to amend the Standing Rules of the Senate 
to require that the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United 
States be recited at the commencement of the daily session of the 
Senate, and the resolution was then agreed to, after agreeing to the 
following amendment proposed thereto:                    
  Pages S7541-42
  Smith (of N.H.)/McConnell Amendment No. 733, to provide for a 
designated Senator to lead the Senate from the dais in reciting the 
Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States.   
Pages S7541-42
  Treatment of Religious Minorities in Iran:  Committee on Foreign 
Relations was discharged from further consideration of S. Con. Res. 39, 
expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the treatment of 
religious minorities in the Islamic Republic of Iran, and particularly 
the recent arrests of members of that country's Jewish community, and 
the resolution was then agreed to, after agreeing to the following 
amendment proposed thereto:                                  
  Page S7542
  Schumer Amendment No. 734, to make certain clarifying amendments. 
                                                             Page S7542
  Appreciation of the Work of Mildred Winter: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
126, expressing the sense of the Senate that appreciation be shown for 
the extraordinary work of Mildred Winter as a Missouri teacher and 
leader in creating the Parents as Teachers program on the occasion that 
Mildred Winter steps down as Executive Director of such program. 
                                                         Pages S7542-43
  Return of Official Papers: Senate agreed to S. Res. 127, to direct 
the Secretary of the Senate to request the return of certain papers. 
                                                             Page S7543
  Fuels Regulatory Relief Act: Senate passed S. 880, to amend the Clean 
Air Act to remove flammable fuels from the list of substances with 
respect to which reporting and other activities are required under the 
risk management plan program, after agreeing to a committee amendment, 
and the following amendment proposed thereto:            
  Pages S7543-49
  Grassley (for Chafee) Amendment No. 735 (to the reported committee 
amendment), to provide for controlled public access to off-site 
consequence analysis information.                        
Pages S7544-45
Agricultural Appropriations, FY2000--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing for further 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, on Thursday, June 24, 1999.       
  Page S7549
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  A message from the President of the United States transmitting, the 
1997 Annual Report of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission; 
referred to

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the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (PM-39).      
Page S7523
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  William J. Ranier, of New Mexico, to be Chairman of the Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission.
  William J. Ranier, of New Mexico, to be a Commissioner of the 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission for the term expiring April 13, 
2004.
  Irasema Garza, of Maryland, to be Director of the Women's Bureau, 
Department of Labor.
  T. Michael Kerr, of the District of Columbia, to be Administrator of 
the Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor.
  Routine lists in the Army, Marine Corps, and Navy.     
Pages S7549-50
Messages From the President:                                 
  Page S7523
Messages From the House:                                     
  Page S7523
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S7523
Measures Placed on Calendar:                                 
  Page S7523
Communications:                                          
  Pages S7523-24
Petitions:                                               
  Pages S7524-26
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S7526
Statements on Introduced Bills:                          
  Pages S7527-34
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S7534-35
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S7535-37
Authority for Committees:                                
  Pages S7537-38
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S7538-41
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 6:28 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 24, 1999. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S7549.)