[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 54 (Thursday, May 4, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D423-D424]
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                                              Thursday, May 4, 2000

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3453-S3568
Measures Introduced: Thirteen bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 2503-2515, S. Res. 303, and S. Con. Res. 
108-109.
  Pages S3513-14
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 2507, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2001 for 
intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States 
Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central 
Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System. (S. Rept. No. 
106-279)
Page S3513
Measures Passed:
  Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse: Senate passed S. 2370, to 
designate the Federal building located at 500 Pearl Street in New York 
City, New York, as the ``Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States 
Courthouse''.
  Pages S3555-57
  E. Ross Adair Federal Building/U.S. Courthouse: Senate passed H.R. 
2412, to designate the Federal building and United States courthouse 
located at 1300 South Harrison Street in Fort Wayne, Indiana, as the 
``E. Ross Adair Federal Building and United States Courthouse'', 
clearing the measure for the President.
  Page S3557
  National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: Committee on the 
Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 248, to 
designate the week of May 7, 2000, as ``National Correctional Officers 
and Employees Week'', and the resolution was then agreed to. 
                                                             Page S3557
  Honoring Members of the Armed Forces/Federal Civilian Employees: 
Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of 
S. Con. Res. 103, honoring the members of the Armed Forces and Federal 
civilian employees who served the Nation during the Vietnam era and the 
families of those individuals who lost their lives or remain 
unaccounted for or were injured during that era in Southeast Asia or 
elsewhere in the world in defense of United States national security 
interests, and the resolution was then agreed to.
  Page S3557
  National Charter Schools Week: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 108, 
designating the week beginning on April 30, 2000 and ending on May 6, 
2000, as ``National Charter Schools Week''.
  Pages S3557-58
  Persecution of Iran's Jewish Community: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 
109, expressing the sense of Congress regarding the ongoing persecution 
of 13 members of Iran's Jewish community.
  Pages S3558-59
  Manufactured Housing Improvement Act: Senate passed S. 1452, to 
modernize the requirements under the National Manufactured Housing 
Construction and Safety Standards of 1974 and to establish a balanced 
consensus process for the development, revision, and interpretation of 
Federal construction and safety standards for manufactured homes, after 
agreeing to a committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and 
the following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S3559-67
  Gorton (for Gramm/Sarbanes) Amendment No. 3124, to make certain 
revisions to the bill.
Page S3563
Elementary and Secondary Reauthorization: Senate continued 
consideration of S. 2, to extend programs and activities under the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, taking action on the 
following amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S3453-96
Adopted:
  By 54 yeas to 42 nays (Vote No. 92), Abraham Amendment No. 3117, to 
reform certain State requirements relating to the use of funds to 
improve student academic achievement and student performance and to 
coordinate professional development activities.
Pages S3453-81, S3495
Rejected:
  By 43 yeas to 54 nays (Vote No. 91), Kennedy/Murray Amendment No. 
3118 (to Amendment No. 3117), to provide for merit school programs for 
rewarding all teachers in schools that improve student achievement for 
all students.
Pages S3460-81, S3495
  By 44 yeas to 53 nays (Vote No. 93), Murray Amendment No. 3122, to 
provide for class size reduction programs.
Pages S3481-95

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  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill and certain amendments to be proposed 
thereto, on Monday, May 8, 2000.
Page S3496
Messages From the House:
  Pages S3509-10
Measures Referred:
  Page S3510
Communications:
  Pages S3510-13
Petitions:
  Page S3513
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S3514-43
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S3543-45
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S3547-52
Notices of Hearings:
  Pages S3552-53
Authority for Committees:
  Page S3553
Additional Statements:
  Pages S3507-09
Enrolled Bills Presented:
  Page S3510
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--93) 
                                                             Page S3495
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:45 a.m., and adjourned at 6:43 p.m., 
until 1 p.m., on Monday, May 8, 2000. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S3567.)