[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 155 (Friday, November 5, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1265-D1267]
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                                           Friday, November 5, 1999

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S14051-S14230
Measures Introduced: Ten bills and four resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1867-1876, S. Res. 221-222, and S. Con. Res. 69-70. 
                                                            Page S14088
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 1374, to authorize the development and maintenance of a 
multiagency campus project in the town of Jackson, Wyoming, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 106-215)
  S. 1503, to amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
App.) to extend the authorization of appropriations for the Office of 
Government Ethics through fiscal year 2003. (S. Rept. No. 106-216)
  H.R. 1907, to amend title 35, United States Code, to provide enhanced 
protection for inventors and innovators, protect patent terms, reduce 
patent litigation, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. Res. 217, relating to the freedom of belief, expression, and 
association in the People's Republic of China.              
Page S14088
Measures Passed:
  Veterans' Millennium Health Care Act: Committee on Veteran Affairs 
was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 2116, to amend title 
38, United States Code, to enhance programs providing health care, 
education, memorial, and other benefits for veterans, to authorize 
major medical facility projects for the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to a committee amendment 
in the nature of a substitute, as amended, and the following amendment 
proposed thereto:                                           
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  Domenici (for Specter) Amendment No. 2541, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                 
Page S14202
  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 Specter, Thurmond, and 
Rockefeller.                                                
Page S14202
  National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act: 
Senate passed H.R. 1654, to authorize appropriations for the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration for fiscal years 2000, 2001, and 
2002, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                        Pages S14202-03
  Domenici (for Frist) Amendment No. 2542, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                             
Pages S14202-03
  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 McCain, Stevens, Frist, 
Hollings, and Breaux.                                       
Page S14203
  Testimony and Document Production Authority: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
221, to authorize testimony and document production in In the Matter of 
Pamela A. Carter v. HealthSource Saginaw.                   
  Page S14203
  Select Committee on Ethics Procedures: Senate agreed to S. Res. 222, 
to revise the procedures of the Select Committee on Ethics. 
                                                        Pages S14203-12
  Women's Business Centers Sustainability Act: Senate passed S. 791, to 
amend the Small Business Act with respect to the women's business 
center program, after agreeing to the committee amendment in the nature 
of a substitute, and the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                        Pages S14212-18
  Domenici (for Kerry/Bond) Amendment No. 2543, to make an amendment 
with respect to the funding formulas and the selection process. 
                                                        Pages S14213-14
  Independent Office of Advocacy Act: Senate passed S. 1346, to ensure 
the independence and nonpartisan operation of the Office of Advocacy of 
the Small Business Administration, after agreeing to committee 
amendments, and the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                        Pages S14218-22
  Domenici (for Bond) Amendment No. 2544, to make an amendment with 
respect to the submission of annual reports.                
Page S14220
  Mississippi Courts System: Senate passed S. 1418, to provide for the 
holding of court at Natchez, Mississippi in the same manner as court is 
held at Vicksburg, Mississippi.                             
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  Missouri-Nebraska Boundary Compact: Senate passed H.J. Res. 54, 
granting the consent of Congress to the Missouri-Nebraska Boundary 
Compact, clearing the measure for the President.            
  Page S14222
  Continued Reporting of Intercepted Wire, Oral, and Electronic 
Communications Act: Senate passed S. 1769, to continue the reporting 
requirements of section 2519 of title 18, United States Code, beyond 
December 21, 1999, after agreeing to committee amendments. 
                                                        Pages S14222-23
Bankruptcy Reform Act: Senate continued consideration of S. 625, to 
amend title 11, United States Code, agreeing to committee amendments by 
unanimous consent, taking action on the following amendments proposed 
thereto:                                                
  Pages S14052-76
Pending:
  Grassley Amendment No. 1730, to amend title 11, United States Code, 
to provide for health care and employee benefits.       
Pages S14057-63
  Kohl Amendment No. 2516, to limit the value of certain real or 
personal property a debtor may elect to exempt under State or local 
law.                                                    
Pages S14063-68
  Sessions Amendment No. 2518 (to Amendment No. 2516), to limit the 
value of certain real or personal property a debtor may elect to exempt 
under State or local law.                               
Pages S14063-68
  Feingold (for Durbin) Amendment No. 2521, to discourage predatory 
lending practices.                                      
Pages S14069-72
  Feingold Amendment No. 2522, to provide for the expenses of long term 
care.                                                   
Pages S14068-69
  Hatch/Torricelli Amendment No. 1729, to provide for domestic support 
obligations.                                            
Pages S14072-75
  Leahy/Murray/Feinstein Amendment No. 2528, to ensure additional 
expenses and income adjustments associated with protection of the 
debtor and the debtor's family from domestic violence are included in 
the debtor's monthly expenses.                              
Page S14075
  Leahy Amendment No. 2529, to save United States taxpayers $24,000,000 
by eliminating the blanket mandate relating to the filing of tax 
returns.                                                
Pages S14075-76
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill on Monday, November 8, 1999.      
Page S14227
Treaties Approved: The following treaties having passed through their 
various parliamentary stages, up to and including the presentation of 
the resolutions of ratification, upon division, two-thirds of the 
Senators present and having voted in the affirmative, the resolutions 
of ratification were agreed to:
  Tax Convention with Estonia (Treaty Doc. 105-55)          
Page S14224
  Tax Convention with Lithuania (Treaty Doc. 105-56)        
Page S14224
  Tax Convention with Latvia (Treaty Doc. 105-57)           
Page S14224
  Tax Convention with Venezuela (Treaty Doc. 106-3)     
Pages S14224-25
  Tax Convention with Slovenia (Treaty Doc. 106-9)      
Pages S14224-25
  Tax Convention with Italy (Treaty Doc. 106-11)        
Pages S14224-25
  Tax Convention with Denmark (Treaty Doc. 106-12)      
Pages S14224-25
  Protocol Amending the Tax Convention with Germany (Treaty Doc. 106-
13)                                                
Pages S14224, S14226
  Amending Convention with Ireland (Treaty Doc. 106-15) 
                                                   Pages S14224, S14226
  Convention (No. 182) for Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child 
Labor (Treaty Doc. 106-5)                          
Pages S14224, S14226
  Extradition Treaty with the Republic of Korea (Treaty Doc. 106-2) 
                                                Pages S14224, S14226-27
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Alphonso Maldon, Jr., of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Defense.
  John K. Veroneau, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Defense.
  Cornelius P. O'Leary, of Connecticut, to be a Member of the National 
Security Education Board for a term of four years.
  4 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  2 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Navy. 
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Messages From the House:                                    
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Measures Placed on Calendar:                                
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Communications:                                         
  Pages S14086-88
Executive Reports of Committees:                            
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Statements on Introduced Bills:                         
  Pages S14088-93
Additional Cosponsors:                                  
  Pages S14093-94
Amendments Submitted:                               
  Pages S14097-S14202
Authority for Committees:                                   
  Page S14202
Additional Statements:                                      
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Enrolled Measures Signed:                                   
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 3:48 p.m., 
until 12 noon, on Monday, November 8, 1999. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S14227.)

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