[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 133 (Tuesday, October 5, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
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                                           Tuesday, October 5, 1999
                                           Tuesday, October 5, 1999

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Air Transportation Improvement Act/FAA 
      Authorization.
      The House agreed to the conference report on H.R. 2606: Foreign 
      Operations, Export Financing, and Related Agencies 
      Appropriations.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S11891-S12049
Measures Introduced: Eight bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1686-1693, and S. Res. 196.
  Pages S11951-52
Measures Passed:
  FAA Authorization/Air Transportation Improvement Act: Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation was discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 1000, to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
reauthorize programs of the Federal Aviation Administration, and the 
bill was then passed, after striking all after the enacting clause and 
inserting in lieu thereof the text of S. 82, Senate companion measure, 
as amended, and after agreeing to the following amendments proposed 
thereto:
  Pages S11891-S11916, S11921-33, S11936-49
Adopted:
  Collins Amendment No. 1907, to establish a commission to study the 
impact of deregulation of the airline industry on small town America. 
                                                        Pages S11893-95
  Gorton (for Rockefeller/Gorton) Amendment No. 1893, to improve the 
efficiency of the air traffic control system.
Page S11891
  McCain (for Abraham/Levin) Amendment No. 1948, to prohibit 
discrimination in the use of private airports.
Page S11895
  McCain (for Warner/Robb) Amendment No. 1949, to remove a limitation 
on certain funding.
Page S11895
  McCain (for Helms) Amendment No. 2070 (to Amendment No. 1892), to 
modify certain provisions relating to special rules for Ronald Reagan 
Washington National Airport.
Page S11898
  McCain (for Boxer) Modified Amendment No. 1920, to provide for 
technical assistance to the Inherently Low-Emission Airport Vehicle 
Pilot Program in the Air Transportation Improvement Act of 1999. 
                                                            Page S11898
  McCain (for Inhofe) Amendment No. 2071, to direct the Administrator 
to develop a national policy concerning the Terminal Automated Radar 
Display and Information System.
Page S11898
  McCain (for Gorton) Amendment No. 1950 (in lieu of the language 
proposed to be stricken by Amendment No. 1906), relating to 
discriminatory practices by computer reservations systems outside the 
United States.
Page S11903
  McCain (for Voinovich) Amendment No. 1906, to strike certain 
provisions relating to discriminatory practices by computer 
reservations system outside the United States.
Page S11903
  McCain (for Robb) Amendment No. 1900, to protect the communities 
surrounding Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport from nighttime 
noise by barring new flights between the hours of 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. 
                                                        Pages S11903-04
  McCain (for Robb) Amendment No. 1901, to require collection and 
publication of certain information regarding noise abatement. 
                                                        Pages S11903-04
  McCain (for Snowe) Amendment No. 1904, to provide a requirement to 
enhance the competitiveness of air operations under slot exemptions for 
regional jet air service and new entrant air carriers at certain high 
density traffic airports.
Page S11904
  Dodd Modified Amendment No. 2241, to require the submission of 
information to the Federal Aviation Administration regarding the year 
2000 technology problem.
Pages S11921-28
  McCain (for Burns/Ashcroft) Amendment No. 2256, to establish a 
commission to study the airline industry and to recommend policies to 
ensure consumer information and choice.
Pages S11928-29

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  McCain (for Roth) Amendment No. 1925, expressing the sense of the 
Senate concerning air traffic over northern Delaware.
Pages S11929-30
  McCain (for Abraham) Amendment No. 2251, to restore the eligibility 
of reliever airports for Airport Improvement Program Letters of Intent.
                                                            Page S11930
  McCain Amendment No. 1909, to authorize the Federal Aviation 
Administration's civil aviation research and development programs for 
fiscal years 2000 and 2001.
Page S11930
  McCain (for Feinstein) Amendment No. 1911, to direct the Secretary of 
Transportation, acting through the Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration, to issue regulations relating to the outdoor 
air and ventilation requirements for ventilation for passenger cabins. 
                                                        Pages S11930-31
  McCain (for Abraham) Amendment No. 1897, to provide for a General 
Aviation Metropolitan Access and Reliever Airport Grant Fund. 
                                                        Pages S11930-31
  McCain (for Torricelli) Amendment No. 1914, to require the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a study 
on airport noise.
Pages S11930-31
  McCain (for Conrad) Amendment No. 2238, to express the sense of the 
Senate that essential air service (EAS) to smaller communities remains 
vital, and that the difficulties encountered by many of the communities 
in retaining EAS warrant increased federal attention, and that the FAA 
should give full consideration to ending the local match required by 
Dickinson, North Dakota.
Pages S11930-31
  Fitzgerald/Durbin Amendment No. 2264 (to Amendment No. 1892), to 
replace the slot provisions relating to Chicago O'Hare International 
Airport.
Page S11933
  McCain (for Hatch) Amendment No. 1927, to amend title 18, United 
States Code, with respect to the prevention of frauds involving 
aircraft or space vehicle parts in interstate or foreign commerce. 
                                                        Pages S11936-39
  McCain (for Dorgan) Amendment No. 2240, to preserve essential air 
service at dominated hub airports.
Pages S11939-40
  McCain (for Baucus) Modified Amendment No. 1898, to require the 
Secretary to modify the Airline Service Quality Performance Reports to 
make the reports more useful to consumers.
Pages S11891, S11936
  McCain (for Coverdell) Amendment No. 2265, to make available funds 
for Georgia's regional airport enhancement program.
Page S11940
  Gorton Modified Amendment No. 1892, to make certain technical 
corrections to the new entrant and limited incumbent new or increased 
service language.
Pages S11891, S11898-S11903
  McCain Amendment No. 2266, to make technical changes and certain 
other modifications.
Page S11944
Rejected:
  By 37 yeas to 61 nays (Vote No. 310), Robb Amendment No. 2259 (to 
Amendment No. 1892), to strike certain provisions dealing with special 
rules affecting Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. 
                                             Pages S11904-08, S11941-44
  By 30 yeas to 68 nays (Vote No. 311), Lautenberg Amendment No. 1922, 
to state requirements applicable to air carriers that bump passengers 
involuntarily.
Pages S11944-46
  Subsequently, S. 82 was returned to the Senate calendar. 
                                                            Page S11949
Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing for 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, on Wednesday, October 6, 1999.
  Page S12049
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 69 yeas to 29 nays (Vote No. EX. 309), Raymond C. Fisher, of 
California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit. 
                                                   Pages S11920, S12049
  By 93 yeas to 5 nays (Vote No. EX. 308), Brian Theadore Stewart, of 
Utah, to be United States District Judge for the District of Utah. 
                                                Pages S11919-20, S12049
Nomination Rejected: Senate rejected the following nomination:
  By 45 yeas to 54 nays (Vote No. EX. 307), Ronnie L. White, of 
Missouri, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District 
of Missouri.
Pages S11918-19, S12049
Messages From the House:
  Pages S11950-51
Measures Referred:
  Page S11951
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S11951
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S11952-56
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S11956-58
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S11958-S12045
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S12045
Authority for Committees:
  Page S12045
Additional Statements:
  Pages S12046-49
Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total--311) 
                                        Pages S11919-20, S11944, S11946
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 6:32 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, October 6, 1999. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S12049.)

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