[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 129 (Wednesday, September 29, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1053-D1054]
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                                      Wednesday, September 29, 1999

[[Page D1053]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S11585-S11662
Measures Introduced: Twelve bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1657-1668, S. Res. 190-191, and S. Con. Res. 
57.                                                         
  Page S11640
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  Report to accompany S. 1650, making appropriations for the 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000. (S. 
Rept. No. 106-166)
  H.R. 560, to designate the Federal building located at 300 Recinto 
Sur Street in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, as the ``Jose V. Toledo United 
States Post Office and Courthouse''.
  S. 1567, to designate the United States courthouse located at 223 
Broad Street in Albany, Georgia, as the ``C.B. King United States 
Courthouse''.
  S. 1595, to designate the United States courthouse at 401 West 
Washington Street in Phoenix, Arizona, as the ``Sandra Day O'Connor 
United States Courthouse''.
  S. 1652, to designate the Old Executive Office Building located at 
17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, in Washington, District of 
Columbia, as the Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building. 
                                                        Pages S11639-40
Measures Passed:
  Energy Policy and Conservation Act Amendments: Senate passed S. 1051, 
to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to manage the Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve more effectively, after agreeing to a committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.                    
  Page S11656
  Committee Expenditures: Senate agreed to S. Res. 189, a resolution 
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.                              
  Pages S11656-61
Labor/HHS/Education: By unanimous-consent, Senate agreed to the motion 
to proceed to the consideration of S. 1650, making appropriations for 
the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and 
began consideration of the bill, taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:                        
  Pages S11585-S11637
Adopted:
  By 53 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 297), Gorton Amendment No. 1805, to 
provide funds for a teacher assistance initiative pending authorization 
of that initiative.                                     
Pages S11604-23
  Smith (of N.H.) Amendment No. 1808, to express the sense of the 
Senate regarding language prohibiting funds from being used for the 
Brooklyn Museum of Art unless the Museum immediately cancels the 
exhibit `Sensation'.                                    
Pages S11625-26
Rejected:
  Murray Amendment No. 1804, to specify that $1.4 billion be made 
available for class size reduction programs consistent with the 
provisions of Section 307 of the Department of Education Appropriation 
Act of 1999 (as contained in Public Law 105-277, Omnibus Appropriations 
for Fiscal Year 1999). (By 54 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 298), Senate 
tabled the amendment.)                                 
Pages SS11602-23
Pending:
  Reid Amendment No. 1807, to require the Secretary of Labor to issue 
regulations to eliminate or minimize the significant risk of 
needlestick injury to health care workers.              
Pages S11623-25
  Boxer Amendment No. 1809, to increase funds for the 21st century 
community learning centers program.                     
Pages S11627-37
  Gregg Amendment No. 1810 (to Amendment No. 1809), to require that 
certain appropriated funds be used to carry out part B of the 
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.            
Pages S11627-37
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill and pending amendments, on Thursday, 
September 30, 1999, with a vote on or in relation to Gregg Amendment 
No. 1810 (to Amendment No. 1809), listed above, to occur at 10 a.m., 
and following that vote, if agreed to, Senator Boxer be recognized to 
offer a second degree amendment, with a vote on or in relation to that 
amendment to occur thereon.                                 
Page S11629

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Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Armando Falcon, Jr., of Texas, to be Director of the Office of 
Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, for a term of five years.
  Zell Miller, of Georgia, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of 
the Overseas Private Investment Corporation for a term expiring 
December 17, 2000.
  Edward W. Stimpson, of Idaho, for the rank of Ambassador during his 
tenure of service as Representative of the United States of America on 
the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization.
  Roger Walton Ferguson, Jr., of Massachusetts, to be Vice Chairman of 
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for a term of four 
years.
  Sim Farar, of California, to be a Representative of the United States 
of America to the Fifty-fourth Session of the General Assembly of the 
United Nations.
  16 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Army.                       
Pages S11656, S11662
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Skila Harris, of Kentucky, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring May 18, 2008.
  Glenn L. McCullough, Jr., of Mississippi, to be a Member of the Board 
of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for the remainder of the 
term expiring May 18, 2005.                                 
Page S11662
Nominations Withdrawn: Senate received notification of the withdrawal 
of the following nominations:
  Skila Harris, of Kentucky, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the Tennessee Valley Authority, which was sent to the Senate on 
September 23, 1999.
  Glenn L. McCullough, Jr., of Mississippi, to be a Member of the Board 
of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority, which was sent to the 
Senate on September 23, 1999.                               
Page S11662
Measures Referred:                                          
  Page S11638
Communications:                                         
  Pages S11638-39
Executive Reports of Committees:                            
  Page S11640
Statements on Introduced Bills:                         
  Pages S11640-48
Additional Cosponsors:                                  
  Pages S11648-49
Amendments Submitted:                                   
  Pages S11652-53
Notices of Hearings:                                        
  Page S11653
Authority for Committees:                               
  Pages S11653-54
Additional Statements:                                  
  Pages S11654-56
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--298) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 10:01 a.m., and adjourned at 7:16 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, September 30, 1999. (For Senate's 
program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's 
Record on page S11662.)