[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 95 (Wednesday, June 30, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D752-D756]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                           Wednesday, June 30, 1999

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill.
      House Committees ordered reported 15 sundry measures.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7835-S7972
Measures Introduced: Eight bills and four resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1304-1311 and S. Res. 128-131.            
  Pages S7931-32
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 376, to amend the Communications Satellite Act of 1962 to promote 
competition and privatization in satellite communications, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 106-100)
  H.R. 1175, to locate and secure the return of Zachary Baumel, an 
American citizen, and other Israeli soldiers missing in action, with an 
amendment.
  H. Con. Res. 35, congratulating the State of Qatar and its citizens 
for their commitment to democratic ideals and women's suffrage on the 
occasion of Qatar's historic elections of a central municipal council 
on March 8, 1999.
  S. Res. 109, relating to the activities of the National Islamic Front 
government in Sudan, with amendments.
  S. Res. 119, expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to 
United Nations General Assembly Resolution ES-10/6.
  S. Res. 129, authorizing expenditures for years October 1, 1999 to 
September 30, 2000 and October 1, 2000 to February 28, 2001, by the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  S. Con. Res. 36, condemning Palestinian efforts to revive the 
original Palestine partition plan of November 29, 1947, and condemning 
the United Nations Commission on Human Rights for its April 27, 1999, 
resolution endorsing Palestinian self-determination on the basis of the 
original Palestine partition plan.                           
Page S7928
Measures Passed:
  Foreign Operations Appropriations: By 97 yeas to 2 nays (Vote No. 
192), Senate passed S. 1234, making appropriations for foreign 
operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2000, after taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:      
  Pages S7835-52, S7854-56, S7862-S7911
Adopted:
  Wellstone Modified Amendment No. 1123, to combat the crime of 
international trafficking and to protect the rights of victims. 
                                                  Pages S7843-44, S7854
  Subsequently, the amendment was further modified.      
Pages S7855-56
  McConnell/Leahy Amendment No. 1127, to provide that certain funds 
from the Economic Support Fund be made available for political, 
economic, humanitarian, and associated support activities for Iraqi 
opposition groups designated under the Iraqi Liberation Act (Public Law 
105-338).                                            
Pages S7847, S7852
  McConnell (for McCain) Amendment No. 1128, to strike certain 
provisions, with regard to the appropriation of funds for the Inter-
American Foundation, providing that funds be made available only after 
the General Accounting Office has completed its current Inter-American 
Foundation civil and criminal investigations and reported to the 
Committees on Appropriations.                     
Pages S7847-48, S7852
  Leahy/McConnell Amendment No. 1129, to provide that funds made 
available to grantees may be invested pending expenditure for project 
purposes when authorized by the President of the African Development 
Foundation; to provide that interest earned shall be used only for the 
purposes for which the grant was made; to provide that this authority 
applies to interest earned both prior to and following enactment of 
this provision; to provide that notwithstanding section 505(a)(2) of 
the African Development Foundation Act, in exceptional circumstances 
the board of directors of the Foundation may waive

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the $250,000 limitation contained in that section with respect to a 
project, and to provide that the Foundation shall provide a report to 
the Committees on Appropriations before each time such waiver authority 
is exercised.                                     
Pages S7847-48, S7852
  McConnell (for Coverdell/Stevens) Amendment No. 1130, to provide up 
to $5,500,000 to establish an International Health Care Center at 
Morehouse School of Medicine.                     
Pages S7847-48, S7852
  McConnell/Leahy Amendment No. 1131, to provide that certain funds for 
assistance for Ukraine be withheld from obligation and expenditure 
until the Government of Ukraine has undertaken significant economic 
reforms additional to those achieved in fiscal year 1999, including 
taking effective measures to end corruption by government officials. 
                                                  Pages S7847-48, S7852
  Leahy/McConnell Amendment No. 1132, to provide that of the funds made 
available for Ukraine, $3,500,000 shall be made available for the 
destruction of stockpiles of anti-personnel landmines in Ukraine. 
                                                  Pages S7847-48, S7852
  Leahy Amendment No. 1133, to provide that the proportion of funds 
appropriated under Development Assistance that are made available for 
biodiversity activities should be at least the same as the proportion 
of funds that were made available for such activities from funds 
appropriated by the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 1995 (P.L. 103-306) to carry out sections 
103 through 106 and chapter 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961.                                          
Pages S7847-49, S7852
  Leahy Amendment No. 1134, to modify certain provisions relating to 
debt restructuring within the Department of the Treasury. 
                                              Pages S7847, S7849, S7852
  McConnell (for Roth) Amendment No. 1135, to express the sense of 
Congress regarding which office in the Department of State is 
appropriate for managing United States interest in Ukraine. 
                                              Pages S7847, S7849, S7852
  McConnell (for Helms) Amendment No. 1136, to reduce the amount 
appropriated for contribution to the International Development 
Association.                               
Pages S7847, S7849-50, S7852
  McConnell (for Helms) Amendment No. 1137, to provide for 
congressional notification with respect to acquisition of United States 
Agency for International Development facilities. 
                                              Pages S7847, S7850, S7852
  McConnell (for Helms/DeWine) Amendment No. 1138, to express the sense 
of Congress regarding assistance to Haiti.    
Pages S7847, S7850, S7852
  McConnell/Leahy Amendment No. 1139, to provide that certain funds 
that are allocated for assistance for the Central Government of Russia, 
50 percent shall be withheld from obligation until the President 
determines and certifies in writing to the Committees on Appropriations 
that The Government of Russia has terminated implementation of 
arrangements to provide Iran with technical expertise, training, 
technology, or equipment necessary to develop a nuclear reactor, 
related nuclear research facilities or programs, or ballistic missile 
capability.                                       
Pages S7847, S7850-52
  McConnell Amendment No. 1140, to provide that of the funds made 
available for Armenia, $15,000,000 shall be available for earthquake 
rehabilitation and reconstruction.                
Pages S7847, S7851-52
  McConnell (for Helms) Amendment No. 1141, to earmark certain Foreign 
Military Financing funds for the Philippines.     
Pages S7847, S7851-52
  McConnell (for Abraham) Amendment No. 1142, to provide that from the 
Development Assistance and Economic Support Funds, not less than 
$15,000,000 shall be made available for Lebanon to be used, among other 
programs, for scholarships and direct support of the American 
educational institutions in Lebanon.              
Pages S7847, S7851-52
  McConnell (for Thomas) Amendment No. 1143, to include notification to 
the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and the House Committee on 
International Relations regarding free and fair elections in Cambodia. 
                                                  Pages S7847, S7851-52
  Leahy (for Dorgan) Amendment No. 1144, to earmark funds for the 
independent states of the former Soviet Union for the REAP 
International School Linkage Program.             
Pages S7847, S7851-52
  McConnell (for Campbell) Amendment No. 1145, to restrict United 
States assistance for reconstruction efforts in the Balkans to United 
States-produced articles and services.            
Pages S7847, S7851-52
  McConnell (for Voinovich) Amendment No. 1180, relating to the 
designation of Serbia as a Terrorist State.                  
Page S7866
  Leahy (for Biden) Amendment No. 1181, to allocate funds for the Iraq 
Foundation.                                                  
Page S7866
  By a unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. 188), Leahy Amendment No. 
1179, to urge the President, Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, 
and the Secretary of the Treasury to immediately intensify their 
efforts to prevail upon the Indonesian Government and military to 
disarm and disband anti-independence militias in East Timor; grant full 
access to East Timor by international human rights monitors, 
humanitarian organizations, and the press; allow Timorese who have been 
living in exile to return to East Timor to campaign for and participate 
in the ballot; and release all political prisoners.      
Pages S7865-67
  McConnell (for Smith of Or.) Amendment No. 1125, to express the sense 
of the Senate on the Citizens Democracy Corps with regard to promoting

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economic development and open, democratic countries in the former 
Soviet Union and Central Eastern Europe.          
Pages S7877-78, S7884
  Leahy (for Lautenberg) Amendment No. 1146, to provide substitute 
language relating to restrictions on assistance to countries providing 
sanctuary to indicted war criminals.              
Pages S7877-79, S7884
  McConnell (for Helms) Amendment No. 1150, to provide assistance to 
promote democracy in Serbia.                      
Pages S7877-79, S7884
  McConnell (for Burns) Amendment No. 1151, to allocate funds to 
continue mycoherbicide counter drug research and development. 
                                                  Pages S7877-80, S7884
  Leahy (for Dodd) Amendment No. 1158, to require the Secretary of 
Defense and the Secretary of State to provide to the Congress by 
January 31, 2000 a report on all military training provided to foreign 
military personnel (excluding sales) administered by the Department of 
Defense and the Department of State during fiscal years 1999 and 2000, 
including those proposed for fiscal year 2000. 
                                           Pages S7877-78, S7881, S7884
  Leahy (for Boxer) Amendment No. 1162, to increase the commitment to 
control and eliminate the growing international problem of 
tuberculosis.                              
Pages S7877-78, S7881, S7884
  Leahy (for Cleland) Amendment No. 1163, to support an international 
conference to achieve a durable political settlement in the Balkans. 
                                        Pages S7877-78, S7881-82, S7884
  Leahy (for Kerry) Amendment No. 1167, to promote an international 
arms transfers regime.                     
Pages S7877-78, S7882, S7884
  Leahy (for Kerry) Amendment No. 1168, to restrict United States aid 
to Cambodia.                                   
Pages S7877-78, S7882-84
  Leahy (for Biden) Amendment No. 1173, to express the sense of the 
Senate that the programs contained in the Expanded Threat Reduction 
Initiative are vital to the national security of the United States and 
that funding for those programs should be restored in conference to the 
levels requested in the President's budget.    
Pages S7877-78, S7883-84
  Leahy (for Levin) Amendment No. 1174, to express the sense of the 
Senate regarding United States commitments under the United States-
North Korean agreed framework.                 
Pages S7877-78, S7883-84
  McConnell (for Domenici) Amendment No. 1175, to make available 
certain funds to Habitat for Humanity International for the purchase of 
14 acres of land on behalf of Tibetan refugees living in northern 
India, and the construction of a multi-unit development. 
                                                  Pages S7877-78, S7884
  Leahy (for Schumer) Amendment No. 1177, to express the sense of the 
Senate that the proposed programs under the Expanded Threat Reduction 
Initiative (ETRI) are critical and essential to preserving United 
States national security.                         
Pages S7877-78, S7884
  McConnell (for Cochran/Lott) Amendment No. 1176, to make available 
certain funds for the Defense Institute of International Studies to 
enhance its mission, functioning and performance by providing for its 
fixed costs of operation.                         
Pages S7877-78, S7884
  Leahy (for Landrieu) Modified Amendment No. 1159, to provide that 
$2,000,000 of the assistance for Russia and the New Independent States 
of the former Soviet Union be used to provide grants for 
nongovernmental organizations to teach new graduates the skills needed 
for the job market.                               
Pages S7884, S7886-87
  Subsequently, the amendment was further modified.          
Page S7901
  Brownback Modified Amendment No. 1170, to make available 
international disaster assistance, humanitarian assistance, and 
development assistance in opposition-controlled areas of Sudan. 
                                               Pages S7863-64, S7884-86
  McConnell (for DeWine) Modified Amendment No. 1171, to express the 
sense of the Senate regarding Colombia.              
Pages S7884, S7887
  Leahy (for Reid) Modified Amendment No. 1172, to express the sense of 
the Senate that the President and the Secretary of State should raise 
the need for accountability of Saddam Hussein and several key members 
of his regime at the International Criminal Court Preparatory 
Commission.                                          
Pages S7884, S7887
  Bingaman Amendment No. 1165, to express the sense of the Senate 
regarding assistance provided to Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. 
                                                  Pages S7864-65, S7895
  McConnell (for Lott) Amendment No. 1183, to require annual reports on 
arms sales to Taiwan.                                    
Pages S7895-96
  Brownback Amendment No. 1118, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 to target assistance to support the economic and political 
independence of the countries of the South Caucasus and Central Asia. 
          Pages S7838-43, S7845-46, S7854-55, S7862-63, S7867-77, S7903
  By 53 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 191), McConnell/Abraham/Sarbanes 
Amendment No. 1119 (to Amendment No. 1118), to strike certain 
provisions relating to the restriction on assistance for the Government 
of Azerbaijan.                
Pages S7838-43, S7845-46, S7862-63, S7903
  McConnell (for Byrd) Amendment No. 1184, to express the sense of the 
Senate regarding assistance under the Camp David Accords. 
                                                         Pages S7901-02
  McConnell (for Nickles) Amendment No. 1185, regarding United States 
assistance to the Palestinian authority.                 
Pages S7901-02

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  Leahy Amendment No. 1186, to provide that the Secretary of the 
Treasury may, to fulfill commitments of the United States, (1) effect 
the United States participation in the fifth general capital increase 
of the African Development Bank, the first general capital increase of 
the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, and the first general 
capital increase of the Inter-American Investment Corporation; and (2) 
contribute on behalf of the United States to the eighth replenishment 
of the resources of the African Development Fund, the twelfth 
replenishment of the International Development Association. 
                                                         Pages S7902-03
  Leahy Amendment No. 1187, to establish a working capital fund for the 
United States Agency for International Development which shall be 
available without fiscal year limitation for the expenses of certain 
personal and non-personal services, equipment and supplies. 
                                                         Pages S7902-03
  Leahy Amendment No. 1188, to provide for the cost of direct loans and 
loan guarantees, up to $7,500,000 to be derived by transfer from funds 
appropriated by this Act to carry out Part I of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, as amended, and funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading, ``Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic State'', to 
remain available until expended, as authorized by section 635 of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.                          
Pages S7902-03
Rejected:
  Dodd Amendment No. 1157, to terminate prohibitions and restrictions 
on travel to Cuba. (By 55 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 189), Senate tabled 
the amendment.)                             
Pages S7887-95, S7896-S7900
  Subsequently, Leahy Amendment No. 1182 (to Amendment No. 1157), to 
terminate prohibitions and restrictions on travel to Cuba fell when 
Amendment No. 1157 (listed above) was tabled. 
                                            Pages S7887-95, S7899-S7900
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing 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. 
1234, 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. Further, that upon passage 
of the House bill, passage of S. 1234 be vitiated and then be 
indefinitely postponed.                                      
Page S7902
Department of the Treasury/Postal Service Appropriations: Senate began 
consideration of S. 1282, making appropriations for the Treasury 
Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of 
the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2000, taking action on the following amendments: 
                                                         Pages S7912-14
Pending:
  Dorgan (for Moynihan) Amendment No. 1189, to ensure the expeditious 
construction of a new United States Mission to the United Nations. 
                                                         Pages S7913-14
  Dorgan (for Moynihan) Amendment No. 1190, to ensure that the General 
Services Administration has adequate funds available for programmatic 
needs.                                                   
Pages S7913-14
  Dorgan (for Moynihan) Amendment No. 1191, to ensure that health and 
safety concerns at the Federal Courthouse at 40 Centre Street in New 
York, New York are alleviated.                           
Pages S7913-14
  Campbell/Dorgan Amendment No. 1192, to provide for an increase in 
certain Federal buildings funds.                             
Page S7914
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill and pending amendments, on Thursday, July 1, 
1999.                                                        
Page S7914
Appointment:
  Special Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem: The Chair, on 
behalf of the President pro tempore, and upon the recommendation of the 
Republican Leader, pursuant to the provisions of S. Res. 208 of the 
105th Congress, appointed Senator Lugar to the Special Committee on the 
Year 2000 Technology Problem, vice Senator Collins.          
  Page S7969
Budget Process Reform--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing for consideration of motion to close further debate 
on 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, on Thursday, July 1, 1999, with a vote on the motion to close 
further debate on the motion to proceed to the bill to occur at 10:30 
a.m.
  Also, that if cloture is invoked, the Senate proceed to the bill, and 
following the offering of a cloture motion on the pending amendment 
(Social Security Lockbox), the bill be laid aside until 9:30 a.m., on 
Friday, July 16, 1999, with a vote on the motion to close further 
debate on the pending amendment to occur at 10:30 am.        
Page S7969
Y2K Act Conference Report--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time 
agreement was reached providing for the consideration of the conference 
report to 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

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2000, with a vote on adoption of the conference report.      
  Page S7969
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, title 
V of the Trade Act of 1974), a Proclamation to Modify Duty-Free 
Treatment under the Generalized System of Preferences relative to 
Gabon, Mongolia and Mauritania; to the Committee on Finance (PM-45). 
                                                             Page S7926
Nominations Confirmed: By 94 yeas to 4 nays (Vote No. 190), Senate 
confirmed the following Nominations:
  Keith P. Ellison, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for 
the Southern District of Texas.
  Gary Allen Feess, of California, to be United States District Judge 
for the Central District of California.
  Stefan R. Underhill, of Connecticut, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of Connecticut.
  W. Allen Pepper, Jr., of Mississippi, to be United States District 
Judge for the Northern District of Mississippi.
  Karen E. Schreier, of South Dakota, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of South Dakota.
  Also, Senate confirmed the following nominations by voice vote:
  39 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  36 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Marine Corps nomination in the rank of general.
  17 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, 
Navy.                                
Pages S7900-01, S7966-67, S7971-72
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Charles A. Blanchard, of Arizona, to be General Counsel of the 
Department of the Army.
  Carol DiBattiste, of Florida, to be Under Secretary of the Air Force.
  Barbro A. Owens-Kirkpatrick, of California, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Niger.
  3 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  Routine List in the Army and Marine Corps.             
Pages S7969-71
Messages From the President:                                 
  Page S7926
Messages From the House:                                     
  Page S7926
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S7926
Measures Placed on Calendar:                                 
  Page S7926
Communications:                                          
  Pages S7926-28
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S7928-31
Statements on Introduced Bills:                          
  Pages S7932-42
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S7942-43
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S7944-61
Authority for Committees:                                
  Pages S7961-62
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S7962-66
Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total--192) 
                                 Pages S7867, S7899-S7900, S7903, S7911
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 9:02 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 1, 1999. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S7969.)