[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 103 (Tuesday, July 20, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D830-D831]
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                                             Tuesday, July 20, 1999

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                              Daily Digest


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8817-S8900
Measures Introduced: Twelve bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1394-1405, and S. Con. Res. 45-46.
  Pages S8874-75
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 348, to authorize and facilitate a program to enhance training, 
research and development, energy conservation and efficiency, and 
consumer education in the oilheat industry for the benefit of oilheat 
consumers and the public, and for other purposes, with amendments. (S. 
Rept. No. 106-109)
  S. 746, to provide for analysis of major rules, to promote the 
public's right to know the costs and benefits of major rules, and to 
increase the accountability of quality of Government, with amendments. 
(S. Rept. No. 106-110)
  S. 937, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2000 and 2001 
for certain maritime programs of the Department of Transportation, with 
an amendment. (S. Rept. No. 106-111)
  S. 695, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a 
national cemetery for veterans in the Atlanta, Georgia, metropolitan 
area, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 
106-113)
  S. 1402, to amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance programs 
providing education benefits for veterans. (S. Rept. No. 106-114)
  H.R. 1833, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2000 and 2001 
for the United States Customs Service for drug interdiction and other 
operations, for the Office of the United States Trade Representative, 
for the United States International Trade Commission, with an 
amendment.
Page S8874
Measures Passed:
  30th Anniversary of the Lunar Landing: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 
46, expressing the sense of Congress that the July 20, 1999, 30th 
anniversary of the first lunar landing should be a day of celebration 
and reflection on the Apollo-11 mission to the Moon and the 
accomplishments of the Apollo program throughout the 1960's and 1970's.
                                                         Pages S8895-99
Intelligence Authorization: Senate began 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, taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S8818-25, S8854-62, S8864-68
Adopted:
  Coverdell Amendment No. 1259, to block assets of narcotics 
traffickers who pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the 
national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States. 
                                                         Pages S8865-68
Pending:
  Kyl Amendment No. 1258, to restructure Department of Energy nuclear 
security functions, including the establishment of the Agency for 
Nuclear Stewardship.
Pages S8858-62, S8864-65
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By a unanimous vote of 99 yeas (Vote No. 212), three-fifths of those 
Senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
agreed to close further debate on the motion to proceed to the 
consideration of the bill.
Pages S8818-25
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for certain 
amendments to be proposed thereto and final passage of the bill. 
                                                             Page S8854
Trade Status With China: By 12 yeas to 87 nays (Vote No. 213), Senate 
rejected the motion to discharge the Finance Committee of S.J. Res. 27, 
disapproving the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade 
relations treatment) to the products of the People's Republic of China.
                                                         Pages S8842-51
Trade Status With Vietnam: By 5 yeas to 94 nays (Vote No. 214), Senate 
rejected the motion to discharge the Finance Committee of S.J. Res. 28, 
disapproving the extension of the waiver authority contained in section 
402(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to Vietnam. 
                                                  Pages S8825-35, S8851
Campaign Finance Reform--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing for

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the consideration of campaign finance reform legislation at a time to 
be determined, but not later than Tuesday, October 12, 1999. 
                                                  Pages S8851-52, S8854
Messages From the House:
  Page S8871
Communications:
  Page S8871-72
Petitions:
  Pages S8872-74
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S8875-87
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S8887-88
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S8888-92
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S8892
Authority for Committees:
  Page S8892
Additional Statements:
  Pages S8893-95
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--214) 
                                                     Pages S8825, S8851
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 7:25 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, July 21, 1999. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on 
pages S8899-S8900.)