[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 11 (Wednesday, February 9, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D68-D69]
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                                        Wednesday, February 9, 2000

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S509-S562
Measures Introduced: Nine bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2042-2050, and S. Res. 255.                       
  Page S538
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 1794, to designate the Federal courthouse at 145 East Simpson 
Avenue in Jackson, Wyoming, as the ``Clifford P. Hansen Federal 
Courthouse''.                                                 
Page S538
Measures Passed:
  Honoring Bob Collins: Senate agreed to S. Res. 255, recognizing and 
honoring Bob Collins, and expressing the condolences of the Senate to 
his family on his death.                                      
  Page S554
Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act: Senate continued consideration of 
S. 1287, to provide for the storage of spent nuclear fuel pending 
completion of the nuclear waste repository, taking action on the 
following amendments proposed thereto:           
  Pages S514-20, S522-34
Adopted:
  Murkowski Amendment No. 2813 (to Amendment No. 2808), in the nature 
of a substitute.                                              
Page S522
  Murkowski (for Conrad) Amendment No. 2819 (to Amendment No. 2813), to 
include the State of North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and 
Michigan in the study required by this Act.                   
Page S522
Pending:
  Lott (for Murkowski) Amendment No. 2808, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                      
Pages S514-20, S522-34
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill and pending substitute amendment on Thursday, 
February 10, 2000, with a vote on final passage to occur at 11 a.m. 
                                                              Page S554
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the cloture 
vote scheduled to occur on S. 1287 be vitiated.               
Page S522
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaty:
  Rotterdam Convention concerning Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in 
International Trade (Treaty Doc. No. 106-21)
  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 S559
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the emigration 
laws and policies of Albania; to the Committee on Finance. (PM-85) 
                                                              Page S535
  Transmitting the report of three rescissions of budget authority; 
which was referred jointly, pursuant to the order of January 30, 1975; 
to the Committees on the Budget, Appropriations, Energy and Natural 
Resources, and Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-86)   
Page S535
Nominations Confirmed:  Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  18 Army nominations in the rank of general.          
Pages S554, S562
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  John Antoon II, to be United States District Judge for the Middle 
District of Florida.
  Robert J. Cindrich, of Pennsylvania, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Third Circuit.
  John R. Dinger, of Florida, to be Ambassador to Mongolia.
  Audrey G. Fleissig, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern 
District of Missouri.
  Phyllis J. Hamilton, to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of California.
  Douglas Alan Hartwick, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Lao 
People's Democratic Republic.
  Christopher Robert Hill, of Rhode Island, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Poland.
  Donna Jean Hrinak, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Venezuela.
  Kent R. Markus, of Ohio, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Sixth Circuit.

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  Danny Lee McDonald, of Oklahoma, to be a Member of the Federal 
Election Commission.
  Christopher A. McLean, of Nebraska, to be Administrator, Rural 
Utilities Service, Department of Agriculture.
  John Martin O'Keefe, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Kyrgyz 
Republic.
  Mary Ann Peters, of California, to be Ambassador to the People's 
Republic of Bangladesh.
  Marc Racicot, of Montana, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of 
the Corporation for National and Community Service.
  Bradley A. Smith, of Ohio, to be a Member of the Federal Election 
Commission.
  Alan D. Solomont, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service.
  2 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Navy, Army, and Marine Corps.      
Pages S559-62
Messages From the President:                                  
  Page S535
Messages From the House:                                  
  Pages S535-36
Communications:                                           
  Pages S536-37
Executive Reports of Committees:                              
  Page S538
Statements on Introduced Bills:                           
  Pages S538-51
Additional Cosponsors:                                        
  Page S551
Amendments Submitted:                                         
  Page S552
Authority for Committees:                                     
  Page S552
Additional Statements:                                    
  Pages S552-54
Privileges of the Floor:                                      
  Page S552
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10:30 a.m., and adjourned at 6:28 p.m., 
until 10 a.m., on Thursday, February 10, 2000. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S554.)