[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 106 (Monday, July 26, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D863-D864]
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                                              Monday, July 26, 1999

[[Page D863]]

                              Daily Digest


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9171-S9314
Measures Introduced: Nine bills and three resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1429-1437, S. Res. 162-163, and S. Con. Res. 48. 
                                                         Pages S9223-24
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 1429, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 104 of the 
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2000. (S. Rept. No. 
106-120)
  Report to accompany S. 692, to prohibit Internet gambling. (S. Rept. 
No. 106-121)                                                 
Page S9223
Measures Passed:
  Enforcement of Senate Rule 16: By 53 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 222), 
Senate agreed to S. Res. 160, to restore enforcement of Rule 16, after 
taking action on the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                        Pages S9171-74, S9176-90, S9192-96, S9199-S9209
Rejected:
  By 47 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 221), Daschle Amendment No. 1343, to 
provide that the presiding officer of the Senate shall apply all 
precedents of the Senate under Rule XXVIII in effect at the conclusion 
of the 103rd Congress.                                   
Pages S9207-09
  Senate Legal Counsel: Senate agreed to S. Res. 162, to authorize 
testimony of employee of the Senate in State of New Mexico v. Felix 
Lucero Chavez.                                               
  Page S9304
  Federal Research Investment: Senate passed S. 296, to provide for 
continuation of the Federal research investment in a fiscally 
sustainable way, after agreeing to committee amendments, and the 
following amendment proposed thereto:                    
  Pages S9304-09
  Gorton (for Frist) Amendment No. 1349, to provide certain technical 
changes.                                                     
Page S9307
  Veterans Benefits Improvement Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs was 
discharged from further consideration of H.R. 2280, to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to provide a cost-of-living adjustment in rates of 
compensation paid for service-connected disabilities, to enhance the 
compensation, memorial affairs, and housing programs of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs, to improve retirement authorities applicable to 
judges of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, and 
the bill was then passed, after striking all after the enacting clause 
and inserting in lieu thereof the text of S. 1393, Senate companion 
measure.                                                     
  Page S9311
  Subsequently, S. 1393 was placed back on the Senate calendar. 
                                                             Page S9311
  Educational Assistance Improvement: Senate passed S. 1402, to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to enhance programs providing education 
benefits for veterans.                                       
  Page S9311
Juvenile Justice: Senate began consideration of H.R. 1501, to amend the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide grants to 
ensure increased accountability for juvenile offenders; to amend the 
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to provide 
quality prevention programs and accountability programs relating to 
juvenile delinquency, taking action on the following amendments 
proposed thereto:                                        
  Pages S9209-11
Pending:
  Lott Amendment No. 1344, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                         Pages S9209-11
  Lott Amendment No. 1345 (to Amendment No. 1344), to provide that the 
bill will become effective one day after enactment.      
Pages S9209-11
  Lott Amendment No. 1346 (to Amendment No. 1345), to provide that the 
bill will become effective two days after enactment.     
Pages S9209-11
  Lott Amendment No. 1347 (to the language proposed to be stricken), to 
provide that the bill will become effective three days after enactment.
                                                         Pages S9210-11
  Lott Amendment No. 1348 (to Amendment No. 1347), to provide that the 
bill will become effective four days after enactment.    
Pages S9210-11
  A motion was entered to close further debate on Amendment No. 1344 
(listed above) and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of 
the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on the cloture motion will 
occur at 9:45 a.m., on Wednesday, July 28, 1999.             
Page S9209
  A motion was entered to close further debate on 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 at a time to be 
determined.                                                  
Page S9209

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  Subsequently, the vote on the motion to close further debate on the 
motion to proceed to the bill was vitiated.                  
Page S9209
Commerce/Justice/State Appropriations Amendments: By unanimous-consent, 
the following amendments to 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 (passed by the 
Senate on Thursday, July 22, 1999) were agreed to:       
  Pages S9309-11
  Gorton (for Gregg) Amendment No. 1350, to make certain technical 
corrections.                                             
Pages S9309-11
  Gorton (for Leahy) Amendment No. 1351, to restore funding for United 
States Sentencing Commission.                            
Pages S9309-11
  Gorton (for Nickles) Amendment No. 1352, to modify the circumstances 
under which attorney's fees in Federal capital cases can be disclosed. 
                                                         Pages S9309-11
  Gorton (for Durbin) Amendment No. 1353, to ensure that current 
Federal family violence prevention programs are sensitive to the needs 
of all Americans including seniors and the disabled.     
Pages S9309-11
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting a report on progress toward achieving benchmarks in 
Bosnia; referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (PM-51). 
                                                             Page S9216
  Transmitting reports entitled ``Motor Vehicle Safety'' and ``Highway 
Safety'' for calendar years 1996; referred to the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (PM-52).              
Page S9216
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Routine list in the Navy.                              
Pages S9313-14
Messages From the President:                                 
  Page S9216
Communications:                                          
  Pages S9216-18
Petitions:                                               
  Pages S9218-23
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S9223
Statements on Introduced Bills:                          
  Pages S9224-34
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S9234-36
Amendments Submitted:                                 
  Pages S9236-S9301
Notices of Hearings:                                         
  Page S9301
Authority for Committees:                                    
  Page S9301
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S9301-03
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--222) 
                                                             Page S9209
Adjournment: Senate convened at 11 a.m., and adjourned at 7:10 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, July 27, 1999. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S9313.)