[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 9 (Monday, February 7, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
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                                           Monday, February 7, 2000

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S345-S455
Measures Introduced: Three bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2035-2037, and S. Res. 253.                       
  Page S381
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  Special Report entitled ``Developments in Aging: 1997 and 1998.'' 
                                                              Page S381
Measures Passed:
  Northern Mariana Islands Covenant Implementation Act: Senate passed 
S. 1052, to implement further the Act (Public Law 94-241) approving the 
Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in 
Political Union with the United States of America, after agreeing to 
the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and the 
following amendment proposed thereto:            
  Pages S355-67, S369-73
  Murkowski/Akaka Amendment No. 2807 (to committee substitute), to 
clarify that visas and admissions under the legislation are not to be 
counted against numerical limitations in the Immigration and 
Nationality Act.                                          
Pages S369-70
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  A message from the President of the United States, transmitting, 
pursuant to law, a report on the National Emergency with respect to 
Terrorists Who Threaten to Disrupt the Middle East Peace Process; to 
the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-83) 
                                                              Page S375
  Transmitting the budget for fiscal year 2001; which was referred 
jointly, pursuant to the order of January 30, 1975 to the Committees on 
Appropriations and the Budget. (PM-84)                    
Pages S375-78
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Carey Cavanaugh, of Florida, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign 
Service, Class of Counselor, for the rank of Ambassador during his 
tenure of service as Special Negotiator for Nagorno-Karabakh and New 
Independent States Regional Conflicts.
  Rust Macpherson Demig, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Tunisia.
  John W. Limbert, of Vermont, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and 
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Islamic Republic 
of Mauritania.
  Roger A. Meece, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Malawi.
  Ronald E. Neumann, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the State of 
Bahrain.
  43 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  26 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  8 Marine Corps nominations in the rank of general.
  9 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Navy, and Coast Guard. 
                                                          Pages S453-55
Messages From the President:                              
  Pages S375-78
Communications:                                           
  Pages S378-81
Statements on Introduced Bills:                           
  Pages S381-82
Additional Cosponsors:                                        
  Page S382
Amendments Submitted:                                     
  Pages S384-85
Notices of Hearings:                                          
  Page S385
Additional Statements:                                    
  Pages S385-93
Text of H.R. 833, as Previously Passed:                 
  Pages S393-S453
Adjournment: Senate convened at 12:01 p.m., and adjourned at 5:10 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, February 8, 2000. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S453.)