[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 104 (Wednesday, July 21, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D840-D842]
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                                           Wednesday, July 21, 1999

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Intelligence Authorization Act.
      House passed H.R. 2415, American Embassy Security Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8901-S8973
Measures Introduced: Six bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1406-1411, S. Res. 158, and S. Con. Res. 47.     
  Page S8952
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 1088, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain 
administrative sites in national forests in the State of Arizona, to 
convey certain land to the City of Sedona, Arizona for a wastewater 
treatment facility, and for other purposes. (S. Rept. No. 106-115)
  H.R. 15, to designate a portion of the Otay Mountain region of 
California as wilderness. (S. Rept. No. 106-116)
  S. 581, to protect the Paoli and Brandywine Battlefields in 
Pennsylvania, to authorize a Valley Forge Museum of the American 
Revolution at Valley Forge National Historical Park, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 106-117)        
Page S8951
Measures Passed:
  Designation of the Memorial Door: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 158, 
designating the Document Door of the United States Capitol as the 
``Memorial Door''.                                           
  Page S8973
  Intelligence Authorization: Senate passed 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, after taking action on the following amendments 
proposed thereto:                              
  Pages S8906-31, S8933-39
Adopted:
  Bingaman Amendment No. 1260 (to Amendment No. 1258), to provide that 
such supervision and direction of any Director or contract employee of 
a national security laboratory or of a nuclear weapons production 
facility shall not interfere with communication to the Department of 
Energy, the President, or Congress, of technical findings or technical 
assessments derived from and in accord with, duly authorized 
activities, and that the Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear 
Stewardship shall have responsibility and authority for, and may use, 
an appropriate field structure for the programs and activities of the 
Agency for Nuclear Stewardship.                          
Pages S8906-08
  Bingaman Amendment No. 1262 (to Amendment No. 1258), to provide that 
the Secretary of Energy shall ensure that other programs of the 
Department, other federal agencies, and other appropriate entities 
continue to use the capabilities of the national security laboratories.
                                                         Pages S8919-20
  Domenici Amendment No. 1263 (to Amendment No. 1258), to provide that 
the Agency for Nuclear Stewardship shall comply with all applicable 
environmental, safety, and health statutes and substantive 
requirements.                                                
Page S8923
  Moynihan Amendment No. 1264, to authorize funds from the Intelligence 
Community Management Account of the Director of Central Intelligence to 
allow the Information Security Oversight Office to hire additional 
staff to assist in the management of intelligence classification and 
declassification programs.                               
Pages S8923-24
  Moynihan Amendment No. 1265, to express the sense of the Congress 
that the systematic declassification of records of permanent historic 
value is in the public interest and that the management of 
classification and declassification by Executive Branch agencies 
requires comprehensive reform and additional resources. 
                                                         Pages S8923-24
  Kerrey/Shelby Amendment No. 1266 (to Amendment No. 1258), to provide 
that the Secretary of Energy shall be responsible for developing and 
promulgating Departmental security, counterintelligence and 
intelligence policies, and may use his immediate

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staff to assist him in developing and promulgating such policies; to 
provide that the Under Secretary for Nuclear Stewardship is responsible 
for implementation of all security, counterintelligence and 
intelligence policies within the Agency for Nuclear Stewardship; and to 
provide that the Under Secretary for Nuclear Stewardship may establish 
agency-specific policies unless disapproved by the Secretary of Energy.
                                                         Pages S8924-25
  Kerrey (for Feinstein) Amendment No. 1267 (to Amendment No. 1258), 
relative to contractual obligations.                     
Pages S8924-25
  Levin Amendment No. 1268 (to Amendment No. 1258), to provide for the 
delegation to the Deputy Secretary of Energy of authority to supervise 
and direct the Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Stewardship. 
                                                         Pages S8925-26
  By 96 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. 216), Kyl Amendment No. 1258, to 
restructure Department of Energy nuclear security functions, including 
the establishment of the Agency for Nuclear Stewardship. 
                                                         Pages S8906-31
  Shelby/Kerrey Amendment No. 1270, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S8933
Rejected:
  By 44 yeas to 54 nays (Vote No. 215), Levin Amendment No. 1261 (to 
Amendment No. 1258), to provide that the Secretary of Energy shall be 
responsible for developing and promulgating all Departmental-wide 
security, counterintelligence and intelligence policies, and may use 
his immediate staff to assist him in developing and promulgating such 
policies.                                      
Pages S8911-18, S8920-21
Withdrawn:
  Bryan Amendment No. 1269, to terminate the exemption of certain 
contractors and other entities from civil penalties for violations of 
nuclear safety requirements under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. 
                                                         Pages S8929-30
  Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair appointed the following conferees on the 
part of the Senate: Senators Shelby, Chafee, Lugar, DeWine, Kyl, 
Inhofe, Hatch, Roberts, Allard, Kerrey, Bryan, Graham, Kerry, Baucus, 
Robb, Lautenberg, and Levin; and from the Committee on Armed Services: 
Senator Warner.                                              
Page S8939
Commerce/Justice/State Appropriations: Senate began consideration of S. 
1217, making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, 
and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2000, taking action on the following amendments 
proposed thereto:                                 
  Pages S8940-47, S8973
Adopted:
  Gregg Amendment No. 1271, to make certain improvements to the bill. 
                                                         Pages S8945-46
Pending:
  Gregg Amendment No. 1272, to extend the Violent Crime Reduction Trust 
Fund through fiscal year 2005.                           
Pages S8946-47
  A unanimous consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill on Thursday, July 22, 1999.        
Page S8973
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 of America, 
transmitting, the report of the notice of the continuation of the Iraqi 
emergency; referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs. (PM-50).                                            
Page S8950
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Jeffrey A. Bader, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Namibia.
  Jackie N. Williams, of Kansas, to be United States Attorney for the 
District of Kansas for the term of four years.
  Routine lists in the Navy.                                 
Page S8973
Messages From the President:                                 
  Page S8950
Messages From the House:                                     
  Page S8950
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S8950
Communications:                                          
  Pages S8950-51
Executive Reports of Committees                          
  Pages S8951-52
Statements on Introduced Bills:                          
  Pages S8952-57
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S8957-58
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S8961-69
Notices of Hearings:                                     
  Pages S8969-70
Authority for Committees:                                    
  Page S8970
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S8970-73
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--216) 
                                                  Pages S8921, S8930-31
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 6:49 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, July 22, 1999. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S8973.)

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