[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 111 (Monday, August 2, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D907-D908]
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                                             Monday, August 2, 1999

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Deceptive Mail Prevention and Enforcement Act.
      See Resume of Congressional Activity.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9959-S10062
Measures Introduced: Four bills and four resolutions were introduced as 
follows: S. 1471-1474, S.J. Res. 30, S. Res. 170-171, and S. Con. Res. 
49.
  Pages S9995-96
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 944, to amend Public Law 105-188 to provide for the mineral 
leasing of certain Indian lands in Oklahoma. (S. Rept. No. 106-132) 
                                                             Page S9995
Measures Passed:
  District of Columbia Appropriations: Pursuant to the order of July 1, 
1999, Senate passed H.R. 2587, making appropriations for the government 
of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or 
in part against revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2000, after striking all after the enacting clause and 
inserting in lieu thereof the text of S. 1283, Senate companion 
measure, as passed by the Senate on July 1, 1999. Senate insisted on 
its amendment, requested a conference with the House thereon, and the 
Chair, as authorized, appointed the following conferees on the part of 
the Senate: Senators Hutchison, Kyl, Stevens, Durbin, and Inouye. 
                                                             Page S9963
  Subsequently, passage of S. 1283 was vitiated and then indefinitely 
postponed.
  Deceptive Mail Prevention and Enforcement Act: By a unanimous vote of 
93 yeas (Vote No. 248), Senate passed S. 335, to amend chapter 30 of 
title 39, United States Code, to provide for the nonmailability of 
certain deceptive matter relating to sweepstakes, skill contests, 
facsimile checks, administrative procedures, orders, and civil 
penalties relating to such matter, after agreeing to the committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute, and agreeing to the following 
amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S9965-97, S9982-88
  Collins/Levin Amendment No. 1497, to provide for certain requirements 
of promoters of skill contests or sweepstakes mailings, and to make 
certain clarifying modifications to the bill.
Pages S9973-75
  Commending Gen. Wesley K. Clark: Committee on Armed Services was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 169, commending 
General Wesley K. Clark, United States Army, and the resolution was 
then agreed to.
  Page S10062
Agriculture Appropriations: Senate resumed consideration of S. 1233, 
making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2000, taking action on the following amendments 
proposed thereto:
  Pages S9978-82, S9988-95
Pending:
  Lott (for Daschle) Amendment No. 1499, to provide emergency and 
income loss assistance to agricultural producers.
Pages S9978-82
  Lott (for Cochran) Amendment No. 1500 (to Amendment No. 1499), of a 
perfecting nature.
Pages S9978-82
  Lott motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on Appropriations, 
with instructions to report back forthwith, with the following 
amendment: Lott Amendment No. 1501 (to the instructions of the motion 
to recommit), to restrict the use of certain funds appropriated to the 
Agricultural Marketing Service.
Page S9979
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the pending motion to 
recommit 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 Wednesday, August 4, 1999.
Page S9979
  Subsequently, the motion to recommit was withdrawn.
Page S9979
  Senate will continue consideration of the bill on Tuesday, August 3, 
1999.

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Budget Reconciliation/Tax Relief Conferees: The Chair was authorized to 
appoint the following conferees on the part of the Senate to H.R. 2488, 
to provide for reconciliation pursuant to sections 105 and 211 of the 
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2000: Senators 
Roth, Lott, and Moynihan.
  Page S9965
Fuels Regulatory Relief Act: Senate concurred in the amendments of the 
House to S. 880, to amend the Clean Air Act to remove flammable fuels 
from the list of substances with respect to which reporting and other 
activities are required under the risk management plan program, 
clearing the measure for the President.
  Pages S10059-62
Messages from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting a supplemental report of a revised deferral of budget 
authority dated August 2, 1999; which was referred jointly, pursuant to 
the order of January 30, 1975, as modified by the order of April 11, 
1986; to the Committees on Appropriations, the Budget, and Foreign 
Relations. (PM-54).
Page S9995
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Alejandro N. Mayorkas, of California, to be United States Attorney 
for the Central District of California.
  James Roger Angel, of Arizona, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education 
Foundation for a term expiring February 4, 2002.
  Jack E. Hightower, of Texas, to be a Member of the National 
Commission on Libraries and Information Science for a term expiring 
July 19, 1999.
  Jerry D. Florence, of California, to be a Member of the National 
Museum Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 2002, vice John 
L. Bryant, Jr., term expired.
Page S10062
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Stephen D. Van Beek, of the District of Columbia, to be Associate 
Deputy Secretary of Transportation.
  Neal S. Wolin, of Illinois, to be General Counsel for the Department 
of the Treasury.
  Sam Epstein Angel, of Arkansas, to be a Member of the Mississippi 
River Commission for a term of nine years.
  Brigadier General Robert H. Griffin, United States Army, to be a 
Member of the Mississippi River Commission, under the provisions of 
Section 2 of an Act of Congress, approved June 1879 (21 Stat. 37) (33 
USC 642).
Page S10062
Messages From the President:
  Page S9995
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S9996-97
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S9997-99
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S10001-06
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S10006
Additional Statements:
  Pages S10006-07
Text of H.R. 2488 as Previously Passed:
  Pages S10007-59
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--248) 
                                                             Page S9985
Adjournment: Senate convened at 12:01 p.m., and adjourned at 7:16 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, August 3, 1999. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S10062.)