[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 163 (Wednesday, November 17, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1309-D1310]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                       Wednesday, November 17, 1999

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                              Daily Digest

HIGHLIGHTS

      The Senate and House passed H.J. Res. 80, making further 
      continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2000.
      Conference Report on H.R. 3194, District of Columbia 
      Appropriations was filed in the House.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S14653-S14749
Measures Introduced: Eighteen bills and two resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1937-1954, and S. Con. Res. 74-75. 
                                                            Page S14696
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  Report to accompany S. 1877, to amend the Federal Report Elimination 
and Sunset Act of 1995. (S. Rept. No. 106-223)
Page S14695
Measures Passed:
  Continuing Appropriations: Senate passed H.J. Res. 80, making further 
continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2000, clearing the 
measure for the President.
  Pages S14667-69
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 S14654-67, S14669-76, S14678-87
Adopted:
  Leahy (for Feinstein) Modified Amendment No. 1695, to increase 
bankruptcy filing fees, increase funds for the United States Trustee 
System Fund.
Page S14664
  Grassley (for McConnell) Amendment No. 2520, to amend section 326 of 
title 11, United States Code, to provide for compensation of trustees 
in certain cases under chapter 7 of that title.
Page S14664
  Leahy (for Feingold) Modified Amendment No. 2746, to change the 
definition of family farmer.
Pages S14664-65
  Feingold Modified Amendment No. 2522, to provide for the expenses of 
long term care.
Pages S14664-65
  Torricelli Modified Amendment No. 2655, to provide for enhanced 
consumer credit protection.
Pages S14671-74
  Schumer Modified Amendment No. 2764, to provide for greater accuracy 
in certain means testing.
Pages S14671, S14674
  Durbin Modified 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. 
                                                   Pages S14671, S14674
  Durbin Modified Amendment No. 2659, to modify certain provisions 
relating to pre-bankruptcy financial counseling.
Page S14679
  By 82 yeas to 16 nays, 1 responding present (Vote No. 368), Feinstein 
Amendment No. 2756, to discourage indiscriminate extensions of credit 
and resulting consumer insolvency.
Pages S14669-71, S14680
  Kennedy Amendment No. 2652, to amend the definition of current 
monthly income to exclude social security benefits.
Pages S14678-80
Rejected:
  By 27 yeas to 71 nays (Vote No. 366), 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 S14654-63
  Moynihan Amendment No. 2663, to make certain improvements to the bill 
with respect to low-income debtors. (By 54 yeas to 43 nays, 1 
responding present (Vote No. 367), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                                        Pages S14663-64

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Pending:
  Hatch/Torricelli Amendment No. 1729, to provide for domestic support 
obligations.
Page S14654
  Wellstone Amendment No. 2537, to disallow claims of certain insured 
depository institutions.
Page S14654
  Wellstone Amendment No. 2538, with respect to the disallowance of 
certain claims and to prohibit certain coercive debt collection 
practices.
Page S14654
  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 S14654
  Feinstein Amendment No. 2755, to discourage indiscriminate extensions 
of credit and resulting consumer insolvency.
Page S14654
  Schumer/Durbin Amendment No. 2759, with respect to national standards 
and homeowner home maintenance costs.
Page S14654
  Schumer/Durbin Amendment No. 2762, to modify the means test relating 
to safe harbor provisions.
Pages S14674-76
  Schumer Amendment No. 2763, to ensure that debts incurred as a result 
of clinic violence are nondischargeable.
Page S14654
  Schumer Amendment No. 2765, to include certain dislocated workers' 
expenses in the debtor's monthly expenses.
Page S14654
  Dodd Amendment No. 2531, to protect certain education savings. 
                                                            Page S14654
  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 S14654
  Hatch/Dodd/Gregg Amendment No. 2536, to protect certain education 
savings.
Page S14654
  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.
Pages S14681-87
  Schumer/Santorum Amendment No. 2761, to improve disclosure of the 
annual percentage rate for purchases applicable to credit card 
accounts.
Page S14654
  Feingold Amendment No. 2779 (to Amendment No. 2748), to modify 
certain provisions providing 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.
Pages S14682-87
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Ronald M. Gould, of Washington, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Ninth Circuit.
  Barbara M. Lynn, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of Texas.
Pages S14747-49
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Rhonda C. Fields, of the District of Columbia, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Columbia.
  Kathryn Shaw, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Council of 
Economic Advisers.
Page S14749
Messages From the House:
  Page S14693
Communications:
  Pages S14693-95
Petitions:
  Page S14695
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S14695
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S14695-S14739
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S14739-40
Amendments Submitted:
  Page S14742
Authority for Committees:
  Page S14742
Additional Statements:
  Pages S14742-47
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--368) 
                                                Pages S14663-64, S14680
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 7:09 p.m., 
until 11:00 a.m., on Thursday, November 18, 1999. (For Senate's 
program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's 
Record on page S14749.)