[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 144 (Thursday, October 21, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1176-D1177]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                         Thursday, October 21, 1999

[[Page D1176]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Partial Birth Abortion Ban.
      The Senate and House agreed to the Conference Report on H.R. 
      2466, Department of the Interior and Related Agencies 
      Appropriations.
      The House passed H.R. 2, The Students Results Act.
      The House passed H.R. 2300, Academic Achievement for All Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S12949-S13035
Measures Introduced: Ten bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1759-1768, and S.J. Res. 36.
  Pages S13011-12
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  H.R. 2112, to amend title 28, United States Code, to allow a judge to 
whom a case is transferred to retain jurisdiction over certain 
multidistrict litigation cases for trial, and to provide for Federal 
jurisdiction of certain multiparty, multiforum civil actions, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  H.J. Res. 62, to grant the consent of Congress to the boundary change 
between Georgia and South Carolina.
  S. 1235, to amend part G of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 to allow railroad police officers to attend 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy for law 
enforcement training.
  S. 1485, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to confer 
United States citizenship automatically and retroactively on certain 
foreign-born children adopted by citizens of the United States.
  S. 1713, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend for 
an additional 2 years the period for admission of an alien as a 
nonimmigrant under section 101(a)(15)(S) of such Act, and to authorize 
appropriations for the refugee assistance program under chapter 2 of 
title IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
  S. 1753, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that 
an adopted alien who is less than 18 years of age may be considered a 
child under such Act if adopted with or after a sibling who is a child 
under such Act.
Page S13011
Measures Passed:
  Work Incentives Improvement Act: Senate passed H.R. 1180, to amend 
the Social Security Act to expand the availability of health care 
coverage for working individuals with disabilities, to establish a 
Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program in the Social Security 
Administration to provide such individuals with meaningful 
opportunities to work, after striking all after the enacting clause and 
inserting in lieu thereof the text of S. 331, Senator companion 
measure, as passed by the Senate on June 16, 1999. 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 Roth, Lott, and Moynihan.
  Page S12961
  Partial Birth Abortion: By 63 yeas to 34 nays (Vote No. 340), Senate 
passed S. 1692, to amend title 18, United States Code, to ban partial-
birth abortions, as modified, after taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S12949-70, S12972-99
Adopted:
  By 51 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 337), Harkin Amendment No. 2321 (to 
Amendment No. 2320), to express the sense of Congress in support of the 
Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade. (By 48 yeas to 51 nays (Vote 
No. 336), Senate earlier failed to table the amendment.) 
                                                Pages S12949-61, S12972
  Boxer Amendment No. 2320 (to the text of the language proposed to be 
stricken by Amendment No. 2319), to express the Sense of the Congress 
that, consistent with the rulings of the Supreme Court, a woman's life 
and health must always be protected in

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any reproductive health legislation passed by Congress. 
                                                        Pages S12949-72
  Modification to S. 1692, to clarify the definition of partial birth 
abortion.
Page S12980
Rejected:
  By 46 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 338), Smith (of N.H.) Modified 
Amendment No. 2324, to provide for certain disclosures and limitations 
with respect to the transference of human fetal tissue. 
                                                        Pages S12985-89
  By 46 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 339), Landrieu Modified Amendment No. 
2323, to express the sense of the Congress that the Federal Government 
should fully support the economic, educational and medical requirements 
of families with special needs children.
Pages S12975-89
  Torture Victims Relief Authorization: Senate passed H.R. 2367, to 
reauthorize a comprehensive program of support for victims of torture, 
clearing the measure for the President.
  Page S13035
Interior Appropriations Conference Report: Senate agreed to the 
conference report on H.R. 2466, making appropriations for the 
Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2000, clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                        Pages S13000-02
African Growth and Opportunity Act: Senate began consideration of the 
motion to proceed to the consideration of H.R. 434, to authorize a new 
trade and investment policy for sub-Sahara Africa.
  Pages S13002-06
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill on 
Friday, October 22, 1999.
Page S13035
Appointment:
  Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Research Center: The Chair, 
on behalf of the Majority Leader, pursuant to Public Law 101-549, 
appointed Susan F. Moore, of Georgia, to the Board of Directors of the 
Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Research Center, vice Patricia 
A. Buffler.
  Page S13035
Messages From the House:
  Page S13010
Enrolled Bills Signed:
  Page S13010
Communications:
  Pages S13010-11
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S13011
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S13012-24
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S13024-25
Amendments Submitted:
  Page S13025
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S13025
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S13025-26
Additional Statements:
  Pages S13033-35
Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total--340) 
                                   Pages S12961, S12972, S12989, S12997
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:31 a.m., and adjourned at 7:57 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Friday, October 22, 1999. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S13035.)