[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 98 (Tuesday, July 13, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D790-D791]
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                                             Tuesday, July 13, 1999

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8309-S8422
Measures Introduced: Ten bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1352-
1361.
  Page S8373
Patients' Bill of Rights Act: Senate continued consideration of S. 
1344, to amend the Public Health Service 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, 
taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                               Pages S8313-28, S8335-67
Adopted:
  By 52 yeas to 48 nays (Vote No. 199), Nickles (for Frist) Amendment 
No. 1238 (to Amendment No. 1236), to make health care plans accountable 
for their decisions, enhancing the quality of patients care in America.
                                                         Pages S8344-59
  By 52 yeas to 48 nays (Vote No. 200), Nickles Amendment No. 1236, to 
protect Americans from steep health care cost increases, or loss of 
health care insurance coverage.
Pages S8318-25, S8359-60
  By 53 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 202), Nickles (for Santorum) 
Amendment No. 1234 (to Amendment No. 1233), to do no harm to Americans' 
health care coverage, and expand health care coverage in America. 
                                                  Pages S8313, S8360-61
  Daschle (for Kennedy) Amendment No. 1233 (to Amendment No. 1232), to 
ensure that the protections provided for in the Patients' Bill of 
Rights apply to all patients with private health insurance. 
                                                         Pages S8361-67
Rejected:
  By 48 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 198), Kennedy (for Robb) Amendment 
No. 1237 (to Amendment No. 1236), to provide coverage for certain items 
and services related to the treatment of breast cancer and to provide 
access to appropriate obstetrical and gynecological care, and to 
accelerate the deductibility of health insurance for the self-employed.
                                               Pages S8325-28, S8335-44
  By 47 yeas to 53 nays (Vote No. 201), Graham Amendment No. 1235 (to 
Amendment No. 1233), to provide for coverage of emergency medical care.
                                                  Pages S8313-18, S8360
Pending:
  Daschle Amendment No. 1232, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                               Pages S8313-28, S8335-67
  Dodd Amendment No. 1239 (to Amendment No. 1232), to provide coverage 
for individuals participating in approved clinical trials and for 
approved drugs and medical devices.
Pages S8361-67
  Senate will continue consideration of the bill on Wednesday, July 14, 
1999.
Treasury Department/Postal Service Appropriations--Amendment Adopted: 
The following amendment to 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, previously passed on July 1, 
1999, was adopted during today's proceedings:
  Page S8422
  Jeffords (for Campbell) Amendment No. 1240, to reduce certain 
expenses within the Federal Buildings Fund of the General Services 
Administration, and to provide for an increase within salaries and 
expenses for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
Page S8422
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaty:
  Extradition Treaty with Paraguay (Treaty Doc. 106-4).
  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 S8422
Messages From the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report on the national emergency concerning weapons 
of mass destruction; referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs. (PM-47).
Page S8371
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  T. John Ward, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the 
Eastern District of Texas.

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  David L. Goldwyn, of the District of Columbia to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Energy (International Affairs).
  James B. Lewis, of New Mexico, to be Director of the Office of 
Minority Economic Impact, Department of Energy.
  Lewis Andrew Sachs, of Connecticut, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
the Treasury.
  Stuart E. Eizenstat, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of the 
Treasury.
Pages S8421-22
Messages From the President:
  Page S8371
Messages From the House:
  Page S8371
Measures Referred:
  Page S8371
Communications:
  Pages S8371-72
Petitions:
  Pages S8372-73
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S8373-86
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S8386-88
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S8388-95
Notices of Hearings:
  Pages S8395-96
Authority for Committees:
  Page S8396
Additional Statements:
  Pages S8396-S8405
Text of S. 1282, as Previously Passed:
  Pages S8405-21
Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total--202) 
                                                  Pages S8344, S8359-61
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 8:41 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, July 14, 1999. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S8422.)