[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 107 (Tuesday, July 27, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D869-D870]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                             Tuesday, July 27, 1999

[[Page D869]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9315-S9448
Measures Introduced: Nine bills and four resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1438-1446, and S. Res. 164-167.
  Page S9378
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 1076, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide a cost-of-
living adjustment in rates of compensation paid to veterans with 
service-connected disabilities, to enhance programs providing health 
care, education, and other benefits for veterans, to authorize major 
medical facility projects, to reform eligibility for burial in 
Arlington National Cemetery, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 106-122)
Page S9378
Measures Passed:
  In Memory of Senior Judge Frank M. Johnson, Jr.: Senate agreed to S. 
Res. 165, in memory of Senior Judge Frank M. Johnson, Jr. of the United 
States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
  Page S9346
  Small Business Financial Assistance: Senate passed S. 918, to 
authorize the Small Business Administration to provide financial and 
business development assistance to military reservists' small business, 
after agreeing to a committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                         Pages S9441-44
  Route 66 Corridor Preservation: Senate passed H.R. 66, to preserve 
the cultural resources of the Route 66 corridor and to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance, cleared for the 
President.
  Page S9444
  Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act: Senate passed S. 305, to reform 
unfair and anticompetitive practices in the professional boxing 
industry, after agreeing to the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S9444-47
  Sessions (for McCain) Amendment No. 1368, to incorporate a number of 
changes suggested by the Attorney General.
Pages S9446-47
  Sessions (for Reid) Amendment No. 1369, to establish contract 
requirements for broadcasting.
Page S9447
  Sessions (for Moynihan) Amendment No. 1370, to standardize the 
physical examinations that each boxer must take before each 
professional boxing match and to require a brain CAT scan every 2 years 
as a requirement for licensing a boxer.
Page S9447
Department of the Interior Appropriations: Senate began consideration 
of H.R. 2466, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, 
taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S9348-70
Adopted:
  Gorton Amendment No. 1357, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S9348
Rejected:
  Murray Amendment No. 1360, to strike certain provisions relating to 
millsite limitations. (By 55 yeas to 41 nays (Vote No. 223), Senate 
tabled the amendment.)
Pages S9354-69
  Subsequently, the Reid Amendment No. 1361 (to Amendment No. 1360), to 
provide for a prohibition on millsite limitations, fell when Amendment 
No. 1360 (listed above) was tabled.
Pages S9355-70
Pending:
  Gorton Amendment No. 1359, of a technical nature.
Page S9354
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for the 
consideration of the bill and amendments to be proposed thereto.
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Anne H. Chasser, of Ohio, to be an Assistant Commissioner of Patents 
and Trademarks.
  Brian Theadore Stewart, of Utah, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Utah.
  Petrese B. Tucker, of Pennsylvania, to be United States District 
Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
  Thomas B. Leary, of the District of Columbia, to be a Federal Trade 
Commissioner for the term of seven years from September 26, 1998. 
                                                             Page S9448
Messages From the House:
  Page S9376

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Measures Referred:
  Page S9376
Communications:
  Pages S9376-78
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S9378-94
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S9394-95
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S9398-S9416
Authority for Committees:
  Page S9416
Additional Statements:
  Pages S9416-19
Text of S. 1217 as Previously Passed:
  Pages S9419-41
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--223) 
                                                             Page S9369
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 8:33 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, July 28, 1999. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S9447.)