[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 58 (Thursday, May 11, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D455-D456]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                             Thursday, May 11, 2000

[[Page D455]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to the Conference Report on African Trade/Caribbean 
      Basin Initiative.
      The House passed H.R. 701, Conservation and Reinvestment Act


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3857-S3929
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and four resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2542-2548, S. Res. 305-307, and S. Con. Res. 112. 
                                                             Page S3916
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  Report to accompany S. 2521, making appropriations for military 
construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure for the 
Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, 
and for other purposes (S. Rept. No. 106-290).
  Report to accompany S. 2522, making appropriations for foreign 
operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes (S. Rept. No. 106-
291).                                                        
Page S3915
Measures Passed:
  Technical Corrections: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 112, to make 
technical corrections in the enrollment of the bill H.R. 434. 
                                                             Page S3928
African Trade/Caribbean Basin Initiative--Conference Report: By 77 yeas 
to 19 nays (Vote No. 98), Senate agreed to the conference report on 
H.R. 434, to authorize a new trade and investment policy for sub-Sahara 
Africa, expand trade benefits to the countries in the Caribbean Basin, 
renew the generalized system of preferences, and reauthorize the trade 
adjustment assistance programs, clearing the measure for the President.
                                                         Pages S3858-80
  During consideration of this measure, the Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 76 yeas to 18 nays (Vote No. 97), 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 conference report on H.R. 434 
(listed above).                                          
Pages S3860-61
Military Construction Appropriations: Senate began consideration of S. 
2521, making appropriations for military construction, family housing, 
and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2001.         
  Pages S3880-82, S3887-93
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill on Tuesday, May 16, 2000.      
Pages S3862-63
  Senate will continue debate only on the bill on Monday, May 15, 2000.
Committee Authority: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that, notwithstanding the recess of the Senate, the Committee 
on Armed Services be permitted to file the Department of Defense 
Authorization bill and report at 10 a.m., on Friday, May 12, 2000. 
                                                             Page S3927
Appointment:
  Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group: The Chair, on behalf of the 
Vice President, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 276d-276g, as amended, appointed 
the following Senators as members of the Senate Delegation to the 
Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group during the Second Session of the 
106th Congress, to be held in Mississippi and Louisiana, May 19-22, 
2000: Senators Grassley, DeWine, Grams, Collins, Voinovich, Leahy, 
Breaux, and Akaka.                                       
  Pages S3927-28
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Barry Edward Carter, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development.
  John W. Darrah, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of Illinois.
  Joan Humphrey Lefkow, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge 
for the Northern District of Illinois.

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  Ricardo Morado, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of Texas.
  Michael J. Reagan, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge 
for the Southern District of Illinois, vice an additional position 
created December 10, 1999.
  George Z. Singal, of Maine, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Maine.
  Mark S. Wrighton, of Missouri, to be a Member of the National Science 
Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 2006.
  2 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  5 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Marine Corps nomination in the rank of general.
  2 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and Foreign Service. 
                                                         Pages S3928-29
Messages From the House:                                     
  Page S3915
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S3915
Measures Placed on Calendar:                                 
  Page S3915
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S3915
Communications:                                          
  Pages S3915-16
Statements on Introduced Bills:                          
  Pages S3916-22
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S3922-24
Notices of Hearings:                                         
  Page S3927
Authority for Committees:                                    
  Page S3927
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S3911-15
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S3927
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--98) 
                                                     Pages S3861, S3874
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:32 a.m., and adjourned at 6:31 p.m., 
until 1 p.m., on Monday, May 15, 2000. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S3928.)