[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 101 (Friday, July 16, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D816]
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                                              Friday, July 16, 1999

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8699-S8773
Measures Introduced: Seven bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1383-
1389.
  Page S8740
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 1386, to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to extend the authorization 
for trade adjustment assistance.
  S. 1387, to extend certain trade preferences to sub-Saharan African 
countries.
  S. 1388, to extend the Generalized System of Preferences.
  S. 1389, to provide additional trade benefits to certain beneficiary 
countries in the Caribbean.
Page S8740
Social Security Lockbox--Cloture Vote: By 52 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 
211), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn not having 
voted in the affirmative, Senate failed to agree to close further 
debate on Lott Amendment No. 297, in the nature of a substitute (Social 
Security Lockbox), to S. 557, to provide guidance for the designation 
of emergencies as a part of the budget process.
  Pages S8699-S8766
Intelligence Authorization: Senate began consideration of the motion to 
proceed to the consideration of H.R. 1555, to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2000 for intelligence and intelligence-related 
activities of the United States Government, the Community Management 
Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability 
System.
  Page S8767
  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 Tuesday, July 20, 1999.
Page S8767
  Subsequently, the motion to proceed was withdrawn.
Page S8767
  Senate will continue consideration of the motion to proceed to the 
bill on Monday, July 19, 1999.
Messages From the House:
  Pages S8739-40
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S8740
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Page S8740
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S8740-41
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S8741
Authority for Committees:
  Page S8741
Text of S. 1344 as Previously Passed:
  Pages S8741-68
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--211) 
                                                             Page S8766
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 2:14 p.m., 
until 12 noon, on Monday, July 19, 1999. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S8768.)