[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 134 (Wednesday, October 6, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1096-D1097]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                         Wednesday, October 6, 1999

[[Page D1096]]


                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to the conference report on Foreign Operations 
      Appropriations.
      House committee ordered reported 7 sundry measures.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S12051-S12146
Measures Introduced: Eleven bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1694-1704 and S. Res. 197.
  Page S12101
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 1398, to clarify certain boundaries on maps relating to the 
Coastal Barrier Resources System, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 106-171)
  S. 769, to provide a final settlement on certain debt owed by the 
city of Dickinson, North Dakota, for the construction of the bascule 
gates on the Dickinson Dam, with an amendment. (S. Rept. No. 106-172)
  S. 986, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey the 
Griffith Project to the Southern Nevada Water Authority, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 106-173)
  S. 1030, to provide that the conveyance by the Bureau of Land 
Management of the surface estate to certain land in the State of 
Wyoming in exchange for certain private land will not result in the 
removal of the land from operation of the mining laws, with an 
amendment. (S. Rept. No. 106-174)
  S. 1211, to amend the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act to 
authorize additional measures to carry out the control of salinity 
upstream of Imperial Dam in a cost-effective manner, with an amendment. 
(S. Rept. No. 106-175)
  S. 1288, to provide incentives for collaborative forest restoration 
projects on National Forest System and other public lands in New 
Mexico, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 
106-176)
  S. 1377, to amend the Central Utah Project Completion Act regarding 
the use of funds for water development for the Bonneville Unit, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 106-177) 
                                                        Pages S12100-01
Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations: Senate resumed 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, taking action on the following amendments 
proposed thereto:
  Pages S12052-62, S12069-93
Adopted:
  By 54 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. 313), Nickles Amendment No. 1889 (to 
Amendment No. 1851), to protect Social Security surpluses. 
                                                Pages S12052-62, S12069
  Coverdell Amendment No. 1837, to provide for a decrease and an 
increase in certain education funding.
Pages S12083-84
Rejected:
  Lautenberg Amendment No. 2267 (to Amendment No. 1851), to reject 
indiscriminate across-the-board cuts and protect social security 
surpluses by closing special interest tax loopholes and using other 
appropriate offsets. (By 54 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. 314), Senate 
tabled the amendment.)
Pages S12071-79
  Kennedy Amendment No. 1819, to increase funding for title II of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965. (By 56 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 315), 
Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S12084-87, S12089
  Kennedy Amendment No. 2268, to protect funds available for education, 
including funds for Title I, Individuals With Disabilities Education 
Act and Pell Grants, from across-the-board reductions. (By 50 yeas to 
49 nays (Vote No. 316), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                                Pages S12079-83, S12089
Withdrawn:
  Nickles Amendment No. 1851, to protect Social Security surpluses. 
                                                Pages S12052-62, S12079

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  Reed Amendment No. 1866, to permit the expenditure of funds to 
complete certain reports concerning accidents that result in the death 
of minor employees engaged in farming operations.
                                                        Pages S12088-89
                                                               Pending:
  Abraham (for Coverdell) Amendment No. 1828, to prohibit the use of 
funds for any program for the distribution of sterile needles or 
syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug. 
                                                        Pages S12090-93
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill and the pending amendment.
                                                            Page S12146
Foreign Operations Appropriations--Conference Report: By 51 yeas to 49 
nays (Vote No. 312), Senate agreed to the conference report on H.R. 
2606, making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, 
and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000. 
                                                        Pages S12063-69
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Cornelius P. O'Leary, of Connecticut, to be a Member of the National 
Security Education Board for a term of four years.
  Donald Stuart Hays, of Virginia, to be Representative of the United 
States of America to the United Nations for U.N. Management and Reform, 
with the rank of Ambassador.
  Daniel J. French, of New York, to be United States Attorney for the 
Northern District of New York for the term of four years.
                                                            Page S12146
Messages From the House:
  Pages S12098-99
Measures Referred:
  Page S12099
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S12099
Communications:
  Page S12099
Petitions:
  Pages S12099-S12100
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S12101-11
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S12111-12
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S12112-13
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S12113
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S12113-14
Additional Statements:
  Pages S12114-15
Text of H.R. 1000, as Previously Passed:
  Pages S12115-46
Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total--316) 
                                         Page S12069, S12078-79, S12089
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 6:33 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, October 7, 1999. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S12146.)