[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 38 (Thursday, March 30, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D289-D290]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                           Thursday, March 30, 2000

[[Page D289]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Satellite Loan Guarantees bill.
      The House passed H.R. 3908, 2000 Emergency Supplemental 
      Appropriations.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1925-S2027
Measures Introduced: Eleven bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2328-2338, and S. Res. 279-280.           
  Pages S1986-87
Measures Passed:
  Launching Our Communities' Access to Local Television Act (Satellite 
Loan Guarantees): By 97 yeas to 0 nays, 1 responding present (Vote No. 
50), Senate passed S. 2097, to authorize loan guarantees in order to 
facilitate access to local television broadcast signals in unserved and 
underserved areas, after agreeing to the committee amendment in the 
nature of a substitute, and taking action on the following amendments 
proposed thereto:                    
  Pages S1926-41, S1946-58, S1961-68
Adopted:
  Baucus/Leahy Modified Amendment No. 2900, to make certain minor and 
technical changes.                                
Pages S1951, S1963-74
  Gramm (for Hatch) Modified Amendment No. 2902, to strike certain 
provisions relating to the retransmission of local television broadcast 
stations.                                            
Pages S1957, S1964
  By a unanimous vote of 99 yeas (Vote No. 49), Johnson Amendment No. 
2903, to address certain lending practices.              
Pages S1965-66
Withdrawn:
  Gramm Amendment No. 2897, to address certain lending practices. 
                                                  Pages S1934-40, S1954
  Subsequently, Johnson Amendment No. 2898 (to Amendment No. 2897), to 
improve the loan guarantee program, fell when Gramm Amendment No. 2897 
(listed above) was withdrawn.                     
Pages S1935-40, S1954
  Bunning Amendment No. 2896, to require that the entity, if any, that 
receives the entire amount of the available loan guarantee shall 
provide in each underserved area or unserved area in each State all the 
local television broadcast signals broadcast in such State. 
                                        Pages S1940-41, S1954-55, S1962
  During consideration of this measure today, the Senate also took the 
following action:
  Senate sustained a point of order that Breaux Amendment No. 2901, 
providing for the approval and administration of loan guarantees 
relating to space launch vehicles, was not relevant (pursuant to the 
order of November 18, 1999).                             
Pages S1955-56
  Estuary Habitat Restoration Partnership Act: Senate passed S. 835, to 
encourage the restoration of estuary habitat through more efficient 
project financing and enhanced coordination of Federal and non-Federal 
restoration programs, after withdrawing the committee amendment, and 
agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:    
  Pages S2008-18
  Smith Amendment No. 2904, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                         Pages S2011-15
Gas Tax Repeal Act--Cloture Vote: By 86 yeas to 11 nays (Vote No. 51 ), 
three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn, having voted in 
the affirmative, Senate agreed to the motion to close further debate on 
the motion to proceed to the consideration of S. 2285, instituting a 
Federal fuels tax holiday.                               
  Pages S1968-70
Authority for Committees: The Committee on the Budget was authorized to 
file the congressional budget resolution during the adjournment of the 
Senate on Friday, March 31, 2000, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.    
  Page S2020
Congressional Budget Resolution--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing for the consideration of the 
Congressional Budget Resolution on Tuesday, April 4, 2000, providing 
the report is available Saturday morning, April 1, 2000.     
  Page S2020

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Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  50 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  27 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy. 
                                               Pages S2019-20, S2026-27
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  J. Randolph Babbitt, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal 
Aviation Management Advisory Council for a term of three years.
  Robert W. Baker, of Texas, to be a Member of the Federal Aviation 
Management Advisory Council for a term of three years.
  Edward M. Bolen, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Federal Aviation 
Management Advisory Council for a term of three years.
  Debbie D. Branson, of Texas, to be a Member of the Federal Aviation 
Management Advisory Council for a term of three years.
  Geoffrey T. Crowley, of Wisconsin, to be a Member of the Federal 
Aviation Management Advisory Council for a term of two years.
  Robert A. Davis, of Washington, to be a Member of the Federal 
Aviation Management Advisory Council for a term of two years.
  Kendall W. Wilson, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
Federal Aviation Management Advisory Council for a term of one year.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Navy.            
Pages S2021-26
Messages From the House:                                     
  Page S1980
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S1980
Measures Placed on Calendar:                                 
  Page S1980
Communications:                                          
  Pages S1985-86
Petitions:                                                   
  Page S1986
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S1980-85
Statements on Introduced Bills:                          
  Pages S1987-96
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S1996-98
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S2000-07
Notices of Hearings:                                     
  Pages S2007-08
Authority for Committees:                                    
  Page S2008
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S1976-79
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S2008
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--51) 
                                           Pages S1965-66, S1967, S1970
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 7:39 p.m., 
until 12 noon, on Monday, April 3, 2000. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S2020.)