[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 158 (Wednesday, November 10, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1287-D1292]
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                                       Wednesday, November 10, 1999

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Continuing Appropriations.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S14437-S14592
Measures Introduced: Twenty-two bills and four resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1899-1920, S. Res. 231-232, and S. Con. Res. 
72-73.
  Pages S14532-33
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. Res. 216, designating the Month of November 1999 as ``National 
American Indian Heritage Month''.
Page S14532
Measures Passed:
  Continuing Appropriations: Senate passed H.J. Res. 78, making further 
continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2000, clearing the 
measure for the President.
  Pages S14480-81
  FAA Authorization Extension: Senate passed S. 1916, to extend certain 
expiring Federal Aviation Administration authorizations for a 6-month 
period.
  Page S14585
  Recognizing Members of the Armed Forces: Committee on the Judiciary 
was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 224, expressing 
the sense of the Senate to designate November 11, 1999, as a special 
day for recognizing the members of the Armed Forces and the civilian 
employees of the United States who participated in the recent conflict 
in Kosovo and the Balkans, and the resolution was then agreed to. 
                                                        Pages S14589-90
  Committee Appointments: Senate agreed to S. Res. 232, making changes 
to Senate committees for the 106th Congress.
  Page S14590
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 S14439-73, S14481-S14512
Adopted:
  By 50 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. 360), Grassley (for Hatch) Amendment 
No. 2771, to amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled 
Substances Import and Export Act relating to the manufacture, traffic, 
import, and export of amphetamine and methamphetamine. 
                                             Pages S14439-57, S14460-71
  By 76 yeas to 22 nays, 1 responding present (Vote No. 264), Kohl 
Modified 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 S14439, S14481-90
  Grassley/Torricelli Modified Amendment No. 2515, to make certain 
technical and conforming amendments.
Pages S14490-95
  Grassley (for Jeffords) Amendment No. 2648, to protect the citizens 
of State of Vermont from the impacts of the bankruptcy of electric 
utilities in the State.
Page S14510
Rejected:
  By 29 yeas to 69 nays, 1 responding present (Vote No. 363), 
Hutchison/Brownback Amendment No. 2778, to allow States to opt-out of 
any homestead exemption cap.
Pages S14481-90
  By 45 yeas to 51 nays, 1 responding present (Vote No. 365), Dodd 
Modified Amendment No. 2532, to provide for greater protection of 
children.
Pages S14439, S14499-S14502
Withdrawn:
  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.
Page S14439
Pending:
  Feingold Amendment No. 2522, to provide for the expenses of long term 
care.
Page S14439
  Hatch/Torricelli Amendment No. 1729, to provide for domestic support 
obligations.
Page S14439
  Leahy Amendment No. 2529, to save United States taxpayers $24,000,000 
by eliminating the blanket mandate relating to the filing of tax 
returns.
Page S14439

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  Wellstone Amendment No. 2537, to disallow claims of certain insured 
depository institutions.
Page S14439
  Wellstone Amendment No. 2538, with respect to the disallowance of 
certain claims and to prohibit certain coercive debt collection 
practices.
Page S14439
  Feinstein Amendment No. 1696, to limit the amount of credit extended 
under an open end consumer credit plan to persons under the age of 21. 
                                                            Page S14439
  Feinstein Amendment No. 2755, to discourage indiscriminate extensions 
of credit and resulting consumer insolvency.
Page S14439
  Schumer/Durbin Amendment No. 2759, with respect to national standards 
and homeowner home maintenance costs.
Page S14439
  Schumer/Durbin Amendment No. 2762, to modify the means test relating 
to safe harbor provisions.
Page S14439
  Schumer Amendment No. 2763, to ensure that debts incurred as a result 
of clinic violence are nondischargeable.
Page S14439
  Schumer Amendment No. 2764, to provide for greater accuracy in 
certain means testing.
Page S14439
  Schumer Amendment No. 2765, to include certain dislocated workers' 
expenses in the debtor's monthly expenses.
Page S14439
  Dodd Amendment No. 2531, to protect certain education savings. 
                                                            Page S14439
  Dodd Amendment No. 2753, to amend the Truth in Lending Act to provide 
for enhanced information regarding credit card balance payment terms 
and conditions, and to provide for enhanced reporting of credit card 
solicitations to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 
and to Congress.
Page S14439
  Hatch/Dodd/Gregg Amendment No. 2536, to protect certain education 
savings.
Page S14439
  Feingold Amendment No. 2748, to provide for an exception to a 
limitation on an automatic stay under section 362(b) of title 11, 
United States Code, relating to evictions and similar proceedings to 
provide for the payment of rent that becomes due after the petition of 
a debtor is filed.
Page S14439
  Schumer/Santorum Amendment No. 2761, to improve disclosure of the 
annual percentage rate for purchases applicable to credit card 
accounts.
Page S14439
  Durbin Amendment No. 2659, to modify certain provisions relating to 
pre-bankruptcy financial counseling.
Page S14439
  Durbin Amendment No. 2661, to establish parameters for presuming that 
the filing of a case under chapter 7 of title 11, United States Code, 
does not constitute an abuse of that chapter.
Page S14439
  Torricelli Amendment No. 2655, to provide for enhanced consumer 
credit protection.
Page S14457-58
  Sessions (for Reed) Amendment No. 2650, to control certain abuses of 
reaffirmations.
Page S14458-60
  Wellstone Amendment No. 2752, to impose a moratorium on large 
agribusiness mergers and to establish a commission to review large 
agriculture mergers, concentration, and market power. 
                                             Pages S14497-98, S14502-10
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of Wellstone Amendment No. 2752 (listed above), on 
Wednesday, November 17, 1999.
Page S14497
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaty:
  Treaty with Ukraine on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters 
(Treaty Doc. No. 106-16)
  The treaty was transmitted to the Senate today, considered as having 
been read for the first time, and referred, with accompanying papers, 
to the Committee on Foreign Relations and was ordered to be printed. 
                                                            Page S14590
Messages From the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting a report relative to the continuation of the emergency 
regarding weapons of mass destruction; referred to the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-73).
Pages S14526-30
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 96 yeas to 2 nays (Vote No. EX. 361), Carol Moseley-Braun, of 
Illinois, to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as 
Ambassador to Samoa.
  By 96 yeas to 2 nays (Vote No. EX. 361), Carol Moseley-Braun, of 
Illinois, to be Ambassador to New Zealand.
Pages S14473-75
  By 96 yeas to 3 nays (Vote No. EX. 362), Linda Joan Morgan, of 
Maryland, to be a Member of the Surface Transportation Board for a term 
expiring December 31, 2003. (Reappointment)
Pages S14475-77
  Kay Kelley Arnold, of Arkansas, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Inter-American Foundation for a term expiring October 
6, 2004.
  Kenneth M. Bresnahan, of Virginia, to be Chief Financial Officer, 
Department of Labor.
  Craig Gordon Dunkerley, of Massachusetts, a Career Member of the 
Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, for the Rank of 
Ambassador during his tenure of Service as Special Envoy for 
Conventional Forces in Europe.
  Paul L. Seave, of California, to be United States Attorney for the 
Eastern District of California for a term of four years.

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  John F. Walsh, of Connecticut, to be a Governor of the United States 
Postal Service for a term expiring December 8, 2006.
  Charles Richard Barnes, of Georgia, to be Federal Mediation and 
Conciliation Director.
  Cheryl Shavers, of California, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for 
Technology.
  Virginia A. Phillips, of California, to be United States District 
Judge for the Central District of California.
  Lawrence Harrington, of Tennessee, to be United States Executive 
Director of the Inter-American Development Bank for a term of three 
years.
  Richard M. McGahey, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Labor.
  Kelly H. Carnes, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant 
Secretary of Commerce for Technology Policy.
  Joseph E. Brennan, of Maine, to be a Federal Maritime Commissioner 
for the term expiring June 30, 2003.
  Robert J. Einhorn, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of State (Non-proliferation). (New Position)
  Faith S. Hochberg, of New Jersey, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of New Jersey.
  Edward B. Montgomery, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Labor.
  William Joseph Haynes, Jr., of Tennessee, to be United States 
District Judge for the Middle District of Tennessee.
  David H. Kaeuper, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Congo.
  John E. Lange, of Wisconsin, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Botswana.
  Delano Eugene Lewis, Sr., of New Mexico, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of South Africa.
  A. Lee Fritschler, of Pennsylvania, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Postsecondary Education, Department of Education.
  Paul W. Fiddick, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Agriculture.
  Michael Edward Ranneberger, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Mali.
  Lawrence H. Summers, of Maryland, to be United States Governor of the 
International Monetary Fund for a term of five years; United States 
Governor of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 
for a term of five years; United States Governor of the Inter-American 
Development Bank for a term of five years; United States Governor of 
the African Development Bank for a term of five years; United States 
Governor of the Asian Development Bank; United States Governor of the 
African Development Fund; United States Governor of the European Bank 
for Reconstruction and Development.
  James B. Cunningham, of Pennsylvania, to be Deputy Representative of 
the United States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and 
status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
  Harriet L. Elam, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Senegal.
  Gregory Lee Johnson, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom 
of Swaziland.
  Jimmy J. Kolker, of Missouri, to be Ambassador to Burkina Faso.
  Q. Todd Dickinson, of Pennsylvania, to be Commissioner of Patents and 
Trademarks.
  Michael Cohen, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary for Elementary 
and Secondary Education, Department of Education.
  Major General Phillip R. Anderson, United States Army, to be a Member 
and President of the Mississippi River Commission, under the provisions 
of Section 2 of an Act of Congress, approved June 1879 (21 Stat. 37) 
(33 U.S.C. 642).
  Florence-Marie Cooper, of California, to be United States District 
Judge for the Central District of California.
  Anne H. Chasser, of Ohio, to be an Assistant Commissioner of Patents 
and Trademarks.
  Thomas B. Leary, of the District of Columbia, to be a Federal Trade 
Commissioner for the term of seven years from September 26, 1998.
  Dorian Vanessa Weaver, of Arkansas, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States for a term 
expiring January 20, 2003.
  James G. Huse, Jr., of Maryland, to be Inspector General, Social 
Security Administration.
  Stephen D. Van Beek, of the District of Columbia, to be Associate 
Deputy Secretary of Transportation.
  Sam Epstein Angel, of Arkansas, to be a Member of the Mississippi 
River Commission for a term of nine years.
  Brigadier General Robert H. Griffin, United States Army, to be a 
Member of the Mississippi River Commission, under the provisions of 
Section 2 of an Act of Congress, approved June 1879 (21 Stat. 37) (33 
U.S.C. 642).
  Michael J. Frazier, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Transportation.
  Gregory Rohde, of North Dakota, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce 
for Communications and Information.
  Kathryn M. Turman, of Virginia, to be Director of the Office for 
Victims of Crime.
  Dan Herman Renberg, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States for a term 
expiring January 20, 2003.

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  Norman A. Wulf, of Virginia, to be a Special Representative of the 
President, with the rank of Ambassador.
  Ronald A. Guzman, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of Illinois.
  Ann Claire Williams, of Illinois, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Seventh Circuit.
  Melvin W. Kahle, of West Virginia, to be United States Attorney for 
the Northern District of West Virginia for a term of four years.
  John W. Marshall, of Virginia, to be Director of the United States 
Marshals Service.
  Ruben Castillo, of Illinois, to be a Member of the United States 
Sentencing Commission for a term expiring October 31, 2003.
  Sterling R. Johnson, Jr., of New York, to be a Member of the United 
States Sentencing Commission for a term expiring October 31, 2001.
  Diana E. Murphy, of Minnesota, to be a Member of the United States 
Sentencing Commission for a term expiring October 31, 2005. 
(Reappointment)
  Diana E. Murphy, of Minnesota, to be Chair of the United States 
Sentencing Commission.
  Diana E. Murphy, of Minnesota, to be a Member of the United States 
Sentencing Commission for the remainder of the term expiring October 
31, 1999.
  William Sessions, III, of Vermont, to be a Member of the United 
States Sentencing Commission for a term expiring October 31, 2003.
  Willene A. Johnson, of New York, to be United States Director of the 
African Development Bank for a term of five years.
  Joseph W. Prueher, of Tennessee, to be Ambassador to the People's 
Republic of China.
  Linda Lee Aaker, of Texas, to be a Member of the National Council on 
the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2004.
  Edward L. Ayers, of Virginia, to be a Member of the National Council 
on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2004.
  Pedro G. Castillo, of California, to be a Member of the National 
Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2004.
  Peggy Whitman Prenshaw, of Louisiana, to be a Member of the National 
Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2002.
  Theodore William Striggles, of New York, to be a Member of the 
National Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 
2004.
  William B. Bader, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State 
(Educational and Cultural Affairs).
  Joshua Gotbaum, of New York, to be Controller, Office of Federal 
Financial Management, Office of Management and Budget.
  Joe Kendall, of Texas, to be a Member of the United States Sentencing 
Commission for a term expiring October 31, 2001.
  Michael O'Neill, of Maryland, to be a Member of the United States 
Sentencing Commission for a term expiring October 31, 2003.
  John R. Steer, of Virginia, to be a Member of the United States 
Sentencing Commission for the remainder of the term expiring October 
31, 1999.
  John R. Steer, of Virginia, to be a Member of the United States 
Sentencing Commission for a term expiring October 31, 2005.
  Gregory A. Baer, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Treasury.
  Mary Carlin Yates, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Burundi.
  Ira Berlin, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
National Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 
2004.
  Evelyn Edson, of Virginia, to be a Member of the National Council on 
the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2004.
  Gerald V. Poje, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Chemical Safety 
and Hazard Investigation Board for a term of five years.
  Charles Taylor Manatt, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador 
to the Dominican Republic.
  Gary L. Ackerman, of New York, to be a Representative of the United 
States of America to Fifty-fourth Session of the General Assembly of 
the United Nations.
  Peter T. King, of New York, to be a Representative of the United 
States of America to the Fifty-fourth Session of the General Assembly 
of the United Nations.
  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.
  LeGree Sylvia Daniels, of Pennsylvania, to be a Governor of the 
United States Postal Service for a term expiring December 8, 2007.
  William A. Halter, of Arkansas, to be Deputy Commissioner of Social 
Security for the term expiring January 19, 2001.
  J. Stapleton Roy, of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
State (Intelligence and Research).
  Avis Thayer Bohlen, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of State (Arms Control).
  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.

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  Daniel J. French, of New York, to be United States Attorney for the 
Northern District of New York for the term of four years.
  Donna A. Bucella, of Florida, to be United States Attorney for the 
Middle District of Florida for the term of four years.
  James B. Cunningham, of Pennsylvania, to be a Representative of the 
United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the 
United Nations during his tenure of service as Deputy Representative of 
the United States of America to the United Nations.
  Donald Stuart Hays, of Virginia, to be an Alternate Representative of 
the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of 
the United Nations during his tenure of service as Representative of 
the United States of America to the United Nations for UN Management 
and Reform.
  James D. Bindenagel, of California, a Career Member of the Senior 
Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, for the rank of 
Ambassador during tenure of service as Special Envoy and Representative 
of the Secretary of State for Holocaust Issues.
  Martin S. Indyk, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to 
Israel.
  Edward S. Walker, Jr., of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
State (Near Eastern Affairs).
  Anthony Stephen Harrington, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the 
Federative Republic of Brazil.
  Irwin Belk, of North Carolina, to be an Alternate Representative of 
the United States of America to the Fifty-fourth Session of the General 
Assembly of the United Nations.
  Revius O. Ortique, Jr., of Louisiana, to be an Alternate 
Representative of the United States of America to the Fifty-fourth 
Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
  Antony M. Merck, of South Carolina, to be a Federal Maritime 
Commissioner for the term expiring June 30, 2001.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Army, Foreign Service, Marine Corps, Navy. 
                                             Pages S14585-89, S14591-92
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Frank S. Holleman, of South Carolina, to be Deputy Secretary of 
Education.
  Magdalena G. Jacobsen, of Oregon, to be a Member of the National 
Mediation Board for a term expiring July 1, 2002.
  Francis J. Duggan, of Virginia, to be a Member of the National 
Mediation Board for a term expiring July 1, 2000.
  Ernest W. DuBester, of New Jersey, to be a Member of the National 
Mediation Board for a term expiring July 1, 2001.
  Leslie Lenkowsky, of Indiana, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service for a 
term expiring February 8, 2004.
  Juanita Sims Doty, of Mississippi, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service for a 
term expiring June 10, 2004.
  Gary A. Barron, of Florida, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation for a term expiring 
December 17, 2002.
  Alan Phillip Larson, of Iowa, to be United States Alternate Governor 
of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development for a term 
of five years; United States Alternate Governor of the Inter-American 
Development Bank for a term of five years; United States Alternate 
Governor of the African Development Bank for a term of five years; 
United States Alternate Governor of the African Development Fund; 
United States Alternate Governor of the Asian Development Bank; and 
United States Alternate Governor of the European Bank for 
Reconstruction and Development.
  Deanna Tanner Okun, of Idaho, to be a Member of the United States 
International Trade Commission for a term expiring June 16, 2008.
  Robert M. Walker, of West Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs for Memorial Affairs. (New Position)
  Ernest J. Wilson III, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for a term 
expiring January 31, 2004.
  Monte R. Belger, of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator of the 
Federal Aviation Administration.
  Eric D. Eberhard, of Washington, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship & Excellence in National 
Environmental Policy Foundation for a term expiring October 6, 2002.
  Luis J. Lauredo, of Florida, to be Permanent Representative of the 
United States to the Organization of American States, with the rank of 
Ambassador.
  Carol Waller Pope, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
Federal Labor Relations Authority for a term expiring July 1, 2004.
  Joan R. Challinor, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science for a term 
expiring July 19, 2004.
  Donald Ray Vereen, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy 
Director of National Drug Control Policy.
Page S14591
Messages From the President:
  Pages S14526-30

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Messages From the House:
  Page S14530
Communications:
  Pages S14530-32
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S14532
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S14533-71
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S14571-73
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S14576-77
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S14577-78
Additional Statements:
  Pages S14578-85
Record Votes: Six record votes were taken today. (Total--365) 
                           Pages S14471, S14475, S14477, S14490, S14502
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 7:56 p.m., 
until 10 a.m., on Friday, November 12, 1999 for a pro forma session. 
(For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in 
today's Record on pages S14590-91.)