[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 164 (Thursday, November 18, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1315-D1316]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                        Thursday, November 18, 1999

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate and House passed Continuing Appropriations H.J. Res. 82 
      and H.J. Res. 83
      House passed H.J. Res. 82, H.J. Res. 83, and H.J. Res. 84, Making 
      Further Continuing Appropriations
      House agreed to the Conference Report on H.R. 3194, District of 
      Columbia Appropriations Act
      House agreed to the Conference Report on H.R. 1180, Ticket to 
      Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act
      House agreed to H. Con. Res. 235, providing for the adjournment 
      of the House and Senate


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S14751-S14838
Measures Introduced: Sixteen bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1955-1970, S. Res. 233, and S. Con. Res. 76. 
                                                        Pages S14805-06
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 1561, to amend the Controlled Substances Act to add gamma 
hydroxybutyric acid and ketamine to the schedules of control 
substances, to provide for a national awareness campaign, with 
amendments.
Page S14805
Measures Passed:
  Continuing Appropriations: Senate passed H.J. Res. 83, making further 
continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2000.
  Pages S14796-97
  Adjournment Resolution: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 235, providing 
for a conditional sine die adjournment of the first session of the One 
Hundred Sixth Congress.
  Page S14799
  Continuing Appropriations: Senate passed H.J. Res. 82, making further 
continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2000, after agreeing to 
the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                         Pages S14796-97, S14799-S14803
  By 56 yeas to 33 nays (Vote No. 370), Byrd/McConnell Amendment No. 
2780, to provide for the disposal of excess spoil and coal mine waste. 
                                         Pages S14796-97, S14799-S14803
  By 88 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. 371), Lott (for Helms/Edwards) 
Amendment No. 2781, to provide for agricultural disaster relief and 
emergency assistance in North Carolina. 
                                         Pages S14796-97, S14799-S14803
District of Columbia Appropriations Conference Report: By 80 yeas to 8 
nays (Vote No. 369), Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to the 
consideration of the conference report to H.R. 3194, making 
appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other 
activities chargeable in whole or in part against revenues of said 
District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000. 
                                                        Pages S14796-99
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the conference report 
and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing 
Rules of the Senate, a vote on the cloture motion will occur on 
Saturday, November 20, 1999, at 1:01 a.m.
Page S14799
Loan Guarantee Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that no later than March 30, 2000, if no Senate committee has 
reported a bill limited to providing loan guarantees to establish local 
television service to rural areas by satellite and other means, that 
the leadership or their designees be recognized to introduce a bill 
limited to sections 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2006 of the conference report 
accompanying H.R. 1554 providing such loan guarantees, and that the 
Senate immediately begin consideration of the bill with relevant

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first degree amendments in order and second degree amendments that are 
relevant to the first degree amendment they propose to amend. Further, 
that if legislation is reported that is limited to such loan guarantees 
it be considered on, or before March 30, and be open to relevant 
amendments as provided above, and further that upon the disposition of 
all amendments, the bill be read a third time and passed, with no 
intervening action.
  Pages S14795-96
Messages From the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration for fiscal year 1998; referred to the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (PM-77).
Page S14803
Messages From the President:
  Page S14803
Messages From the House:
  Pages S14803-04
Communications:
  Pages S14804-05
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S14806-22
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S14822-23
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S14825-26
Additional Statements:
  Pages S14826-31
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--371) 
                                             Pages S14798-99, S14802-03
Adjournment: Senate convened at 11 a.m., and adjourned at 10:44 p.m., 
until 10:00 a.m., on Friday, November 19, 1999. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S14837.)