[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 94 (Tuesday, June 29, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D742-D743]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                             Tuesday, June 29, 1999

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7757-S7833
Measures Introduced: Seven bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1297-
1303.
  Page S7819
Measures Passed:
  National Character Counts Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 98, 
designating the week beginning October 17, 1999, and the week beginning 
October 15, 2000, as ``National Character Counts Week''. 
                                                      Pages S7799-S7803
Agriculture Appropriations, FY2000: By unanimous consent, the following 
pending amendments to S. 1233, making appropriations for Agriculture, 
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, were withdrawn:
  Feinstein Amendment No. 737, to prohibit arbitrary limitations or 
conditions for the provision of services and to ensure that medical 
decisions are not made without the best available evidence or 
information.
Page S7812
  Lott Amendment No. 1103 (to Amendment No. 737), to improve the access 
and choice of patients to quality, affordable health care.
Page S7812
Budget Process Reform: Senate began consideration of the motion to 
proceed to the consideration of S. 557, to provide guidance for the 
designation of emergencies as a part of the budget process. 
                                                         Pages S7832-33
  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 Thursday, July 1, 1999.
Page S7832
  Subsequently, the motion to proceed was withdrawn.
Page S7833
Patients' Bill of Rights Agreement: A unanimous-consent time agreement 
was reached providing for the consideration of the proposed Patients' 
Bill of Rights and amendments to be proposed thereto, at 1 p.m., on 
Monday, July 12, 1999, with a vote to occur on final passage on 
Thursday, July 15, 1999.
  Page S7811
Foreign Operations Appropriations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing for the consideration of S. 1234, 
making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and 
related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, on 
Wednesday, June 30, 1999.
  Page S7833
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaty:
  Tax Convention with Venezuela (Treaty Doc. 106-3).
  The treaty was transmitted to the Senate today, considered as having 
been read for the first time, and referred, with accompanying papers, 
to the Committee on Foreign Relations and was ordered to be printed. 
                                                             Page S7833
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report on the national emergencies with respect to 
the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) and Kosovo; 
referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-
43).
Page S7817
  Transmitting the annual report of the Corporation for Public 
Broadcasting for Fiscal Year 1998; referred to the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (PM-44).
Pages S7817-18
Messages From the President:
  Pages S7817-18
Communications:
  Page S7818
Petitions:
  Pages S7818-19
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S7819-27
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S7827-28
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S7828-29
Additional Statements:
  Pages S7829-32
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10:30 a.m., and adjourned at 6:30 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 30, 1999. (For Senate's program, see 
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remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7833.)