[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 120 (Wednesday, September 15, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D988-D989]
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                                      Wednesday, September 15, 1999

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S10875-S10961
Measures Introduced: Ten bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1583-
1592.
  Page S10929
Measures Passed:
  Indian Health Service Position: Senate passed S. 299, to elevate the 
position of Director of the Indian Health Service within the Department 
of Health and Human Services to Assistant Secretary for Indian Health, 
after agreeing to a committee amendment.
  Pages S10955-56
  Native American Business Development, Trade Promotion, and Tourism 
Act: Senate passed S. 401, to provide for business development and 
trade promotion for Native Americans, after agreeing to a committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  Pages S10956-58
  Indian Tribal Economic Development and Contract Encouragement Act: 
Senate passed S. 613, to encourage Indian economic development, and to 
provide for the disclosure of Indian tribal sovereign immunity in 
contracts involving Indian tribes, after agreeing to a committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  Page S10958
  Indian Tribal Regulatory Reform and Business Development Act: Senate 
passed S. 614, to provide for regulatory reform in order to encourage 
investment, business, and economic development with respect to 
activities conducted on Indian lands, after agreeing to a committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  Pages S10958-59
  Alaska Native and American Indian Direct Reimbursement Act: Senate 
passed S. 406, to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to make 
permanent the demonstration program that allows for direct billing of 
medicare, medicaid, and other third party payors, and to expand the 
eligibility under such program to other tribes and tribal 
organizations, after agreeing to a committee amendment in the nature of 
a substitute.
  Pages S10959-60
Transportation Appropriations: Senate began consideration of H.R. 2084, 
making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, taking action 
on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                         Pages S10875-79, S10892-S10923
Adopted:
  Wyden Modified Amendment No. 1625, to make available funds for the 
investigation of unfair or deceptive practices and unfair methods of 
competition by air carriers, foreign air carriers, and ticket agents 
involving the failure to disclose information on the over booking of 
flights.
Pages S10875-79
  Wyden Amendment No. 1626, to make available funds for the 
investigation of unfair or deceptive practices and unfair methods of 
competition by air carriers and foreign air carrier involving denying 
airline consumers access to information on the lowest fare available. 
                                                        Pages S10875-79
  Shelby (for Daschle) Amendment No. 1661, to make available funds for 
apportionment to the sponsors of primary airports taking account of 
temporary air service interruptions to those airports.
Page S10907
  Shelby (for Inhofe) Modified Amendment No. 1663, to express the sense 
of the Congress that the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration should develop a national policy and related procedures 
concerning the interface of the Terminal Automated Radar Display and 
Information System and en route surveillance systems for Visual Flight 
Rule (VFR) air traffic control towers.
Page S10907
  By a unanimous vote of 94 yeas (Vote No. 276), Helms Amendment No. 
1658, expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States Census 
Bureau should include marital status on the short form census 
questionnaire to be distributed to the majority of American households 
for the 2000 decennial census.
Pages S10906-07, S10921-22
Rejected:
  By 40 yeas to 55 nays (Vote No. 275), Gorton Amendment No. 1677, to 
express the sense of the Senate concerning corporate average fuel 
economy (CAFE) standards for sport utility vehicles and other light 
trucks.
Pages S10892-99, S10907-21
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:

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  By 63 yeas to 34 nays (Vote No. 274), provision beginning on page 21, 
line 1 through page 22, line 11, relating to the distribution of 
revenue aligned budget authority (RABA), of the committee-reported 
bill, was voted to be germane. Subsequently, the point of order, that 
the RABA provision is legislation on an appropriations bill which 
violates Rule XVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, thus fell. 
                                                            Page S10906
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill, on Thursday, September 16, 1999. 
                                                            Page S10960
Treasury/Postal Service Appropriations Conference Report--Agreement: A 
unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for the 
consideration of the conference report on H.R. 2490, making 
appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal 
Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent 
Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, on Thursday, 
September 16, 1999, with a vote on adoption to occur thereon. 
                                                            Page S10955
Messages From the House:
  Pages S10927-28
Communications:
  Pages S10928-29
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S10929-47
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S10947-48
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S10948-51
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S10951
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S10951-52
Additional Statements:
  Pages S10952-55
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--276) 
                                                Pages S10906, S10921-22
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10:01 a.m., and adjourned at 8:24 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, September 16, 1999. (For Senate's 
program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's 
Record on pages S10960-61.)