[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 20 (Tuesday, February 29, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D132-D133]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                         Tuesday, February 29, 2000

[[Page D132]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S899-S981
Measures Introduced: Thirteen bills and six resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 2113-2125, S. Con. Res. 85-86, S.J. Res. 40-
42, and S. Res. 264.                                      
  Pages S929-30
Measures Passed:
  National Sustainable Fuels and Chemicals Act: Senate passed S. 935, 
to authorize research to promote the conversion of biomass into 
biobased industrial products, after agreeing to a committee amendment 
in the nature of a substitute, and the following amendment proposed 
thereto:                                                  
  Pages S972-75
  Crapo (for Murkowski) Amendment No. 2862, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                               
Pages S974-75
  Congratulating Year 2000 Special Committee: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
264, congratulating and thanking Chairman Robert F. Bennett and Vice 
Chairman Christopher J. Dodd for their tremendous leadership, poise, 
and dedication in leading the Special Committee on the Year 2000 
Technology Problem and commending the members of the Committee for 
their fine work.                                          
  Pages S979-80
Affordable Education Act: Senate continued consideration of S. 1134, to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow tax-free expenditures 
from education individual retirement accounts for elementary and 
secondary school expenses, to increase the maximum annual amount of 
contributions to such accounts, taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:                            
  Pages S899-S924
Adopted:
  By a unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. 16), Collins Amendment No. 
2854, to eliminate the 2-percent floor on miscellaneous itemized 
deductions for qualified professional development expenses of 
elementary and secondary school teachers and to allow a credit against 
income tax to elementary and secondary school teachers who provide 
classroom materials.                                
Pages S899, S919-22
Pending:
  Robb Amendment No. 2861, to eliminate the use of education individual 
retirement accounts for elementary and secondary school expenses and to 
expand the incentives for the construction and renovation of public 
schools.                                                  
Pages S922-24
  During consideration of this measure today, the Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 44 yeas to 54 nays (Vote No. 15), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected a motion to waive certain provisions of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 with respect to the consideration of Reid (for Dodd) 
Amendment No. 2857, to increase funding for part B of the Individuals 
with Disabilities Education Act. Subsequently, a point of order that 
the amendment was in violation of section 302(f) of the Congressional 
Budget Act was sustained, and the amendment thus fell. 
                                                        Pages S899-S919
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the Robb Amendment No. 2861 (listed above), on 
Wednesday, March 1, 2000, with a vote to occur on or in relation to the 
amendment.                                                    
Page S975
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Sylvia V. Baca, of New Mexico, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Interior.
  61 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  2 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy. 
                                                 Pages S971-72, S980-81
Messages From the House:                                  
  Pages S926-27
Measures Referred:                                            
  Page S927
Communications:                                           
  Pages S927-29
Petitions:                                                    
  Page S929
Statements on Introduced Bills:                           
  Pages S930-51
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages S951-53
Amendments Submitted:                                     
  Pages S955-64
Notices of Hearings:                                          
  Page S964
Authority for Committees:                                 
  Pages S964-65
Additional Statements:                                    
  Pages S965-71
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--6) 
                                                       Pages S919, S922

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Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 6:39 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, March 1, 2000. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on 
pages S975-76.)