[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 127 (Monday, September 27, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1040-D1041]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                         Monday, September 27, 1999

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      The House agreed to the Conference Report on H.R. 2605, Energy 
      and Water Development Appropriations


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S11455-S11519
Measures Introduced: Three bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1642-1644, and S. Res. 189.                     
  Page S11494
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 1051, to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to manage 
the Strategic Petroleum Reserve more effectively, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 106-163)
  S. Res. 189, authorizing expenditures by committees of the Senate for 
the periods October 1, 1999, through September 30, 2000, and October 1, 
2000, through February 28, 2001. (S. Rept. No. 106-164)
  S. 1568, imposing an immediate suspension of assistance to the 
Government of Indonesia until the results of the August 30, 1999, vote 
in East Timor have implemented, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                 
Page S11494
Measures Passed:
  Education Funding: By 51 yeas to 42 nays (Vote No. 293), Senate 
agreed to S. Res. 186, expressing the sense of the Senate regarding 
reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. 
                                                        Pages S11476-90
  Education Funding: By 41 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 294), Senate 
rejected S. Res. 187, to express the sense of the Senate regarding 
education funding.                                      
  Pages S11476-91
Messages From the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  A message from the President of the United States transmitting a 
report on the national emergency with respect to the National Union for 
the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA)''; referred to the Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-61).        
Pages S11492-93
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Gerald V. Poje, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Chemical Safety 
and Hazard Investigation Board for a term of five years.
  5 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Marine Corps nomination in the rank of general.
  A routine list in the Navy.                           
Pages S11518-19
Messages From the President:                            
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Messages From the House:                                    
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Measures Referred:                                          
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Communications:                                         
  Pages S11493-94
Executive Reports of Committees:                            
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Statements on Introduced Bills:                         
  Pages S11494-96
Additional Cosponsors:                                  
  Pages S11496-97
Notices of Hearings:                                        
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Authority for Committees:                                   
  Page S11501
Additional Statements:                                  
  Pages S11501-04
Text of H.R. 2684, as Previously Passed:                
  Pages S11504-18
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total-294) 
                                                        Pages S11490-91
Adjournment: Senate convened at 12 noon, and adjourned at 6:48 p.m., 
until 10:00 a.m., on Tuesday, September 28, 1999. (For Senate's 
program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's 
Record on page S11518.)

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