[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 125 (Thursday, September 23, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1023-D1024]
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                                       Thursday, September 23, 1999

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Department of the Interior Appropriations.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S11277-S11378
Measures Introduced: Ten bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1623-1632, and S.J. Res. 34.                    
  Page S11362
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. Res. 99, designating November 20, 1999, as ``National Survivors 
for Prevention of Suicide Day''.                            
Page S11361
Measures Passed:
  Department of the Interior Appropriations: By 89 yeas to 10 nays 
(Vote No. 291), Senate passed H.R. 2466, making appropriations for the 
Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2000 (by unanimous consent, on September 22, 1999, 
certain provisions of H.R. 2466 were substituted with the text of S. 
1596, Senate companion measure), after taking action on the following 
amendment proposed thereto:                         
  Pages S11277-S11347
Adopted:
  By 51 yeas to 47 nays, 1 responding present (Vote No. 290), Hutchison 
Amendment No. 1603, to prohibit the use of funds for the purpose of 
issuing a notice of rulemaking with respect to the valuation of crude 
oil for royalty purposes until September 30, 2000. 
                                                    Pages S11277-S11327
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following actions:
  By 60 yeas to 39 nays (Vote No. 287), Senate agreed to the motion to 
proceed to the motion to reconsider the vote by which the Senate, on 
Monday, September 13, 1999, rejected the motion to close further debate 
on the Hutchison Amendment No. 1603 (listed above).     
Pages S11277-78
  By 60 yeas to 39 nays (Vote No. 288), Senate agreed to the motion to 
reconsider the vote by which the Senate, on Monday, September 13, 1999, 
rejected the motion to close further debate on the Hutchison Amendment 
No. 1603 (listed above).                                    
Page S11278
  By 60 yeas to 39 nays (Vote No. 289), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on the Hutchison Amendment No. 
1603 (listed above).                                    
Pages S11278-80
  Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair was authorized to appoint the following 
conferees on the part of the Senate: Senators Gorton, Stevens, Cochran, 
Domenici, Burns, Bennett, Gregg, Campbell, Byrd, Leahy, Hollings, Reid, 
Dorgan, Kohl, and Feinstein.                                
Page S11346
VA-HUD Appropriations: Senate continued consideration of H.R. 2684, 
making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, 
commissions, corporations and offices for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2000, taking action on the following amendment proposed 
thereto:                                                
  Pages S11347-54
Pending:
  Wellstone Amendment No. 1789, to express the sense of the Senate that 
lung cancer, colon cancer, and brain and central nervous system cancer 
should be presumed to be service-connected disabilities as radiogenic 
diseases.                                               
Pages S11348-50
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for the further 
consideration of the bill and amendments to be proposed thereto on 
Friday, September 24, 1999.                                 
Page S11377
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 transmitting, a 
report relative to the National Emergency with Respect to Iran; 
referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-
59).                                                        
Page S11359

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  A message from the President of the United States transmitting, a 
report entitled ``The National Money Laundering Strategy for 1999''; 
referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-
60).                                                        
Page S11359
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Ira Berlin, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
National Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 
2004.
  Evelyn Edson, of Virginia, to be a Member of the National Council on 
the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2004.
  Skila Harris, of Kentucky, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the Tennessee Valley Authority for the remainder of the term 
expiring May 18, 2005.
  Glenn L. McCullough, Jr., of Mississippi, to be a Member of the Board 
of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring May 
18, 2008.
  Routine lists in the Army and Marine Corps.           
Pages S11377-78
Messages From the President:                                
  Page S11359
Communications:                                         
  Pages S11359-61
Executive Reports of Committees:                        
  Pages S11361-62
Statements on Introduced Bills:                         
  Pages S11362-68
Additional Cosponsors:                                  
  Pages S11368-69
Amendments Submitted:                                   
  Pages S11369-70
Authority for Committees:                               
  Pages S11370-71
Additional Statements:                                  
  Pages S11371-77
Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total--291) 
                                   Pages S11278, S11280, S11327, S11329
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:31 a.m., and adjourned at 7:38 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Friday, September 24, 1999. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S11377.)