[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 59 (Monday, May 15, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D466-D467]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                                    Monday, May 15, 2000

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate

Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3931-S3156
Measures Introduced: Three bills were introduced, as follows: S. 2554-2556. 
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Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows: Reported on Friday, May 12, 
during the adjournment:
  S. 2549, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2001 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces. (S. Rept. No. 106-292)
  S. 2553, making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September, 30, 2001. (S. Rept. No. 106-293)
  S. 2550, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2001 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe personnel strengths 
for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces.
  S. 2551, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2001 for military 
construction.
  S. 2552, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2001 for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy.
Reported today:
  S. 2311, to revise and extend the Ryan White CARE Act programs under title 
XXVI of the Public Health Service Act, to improve access to health care and 
the quality of health care under such programs, and to provide for the 
development of increased capacity to provide health care and related support 
services to individuals and families with HIV disease, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 106-294)
Page S3946
Measures Passed:
  Commemorating Law Enforcement Officers: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 247, commemorating and 
acknowledging the dedication and sacrifice made by the men and women who 
have lost their lives while serving as law enforcement officers, and the 
resolution was then agreed to.
  Pages S3949-50
  Law Enforcement Financial Assistance Extension: Senate passed S. 1638, to 
amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend the 
retroactive eligibility dates for financial assistance for higher education 
for spouses and dependent children of Federal, State, and local law 
enforcement officers who are killed in the line of duty, after agreeing to 
the following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S3950-51
  Burns (for Leahy) Amendment No. 3147, to further extend the retroactive 
eligibility dates to January 1, 1978.
Pages S3950-51
Military Construction Appropriations: Senate resumed 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 S3940-41
  Senate will continue consideration of the bill on Tuesday, May 16, 2000.
Appointments:
  Federal Judicial Center Foundation: The Chair, on behalf of the President 
pro tempore, pursuant to Public Law 100-702, appointed John B. White, Jr. of 
South Carolina, to the board of the Federal Judicial Center Foundation, vice 
Richard M. Rosenbaum of New York.
  Page S3951
  Office of Compliance: The Chair, on behalf of the Majority and Minority 
Leaders of the Senate and the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of 
Representatives, pursuant to Public Law 104-1, announced the joint 
appointment of Susan S. Robfogel, of New York, as Chair of the Board of 
Directors of the Office of Compliance.
  Page S3951
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages from the 
President of the United States:
  Transmitting a draft of proposed legislation entitled the ``Consumer 
Product Safety Commission Enhanced Enforcement Act of 2000''; to the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (PM-104) 
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Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Pamela E. Bridgewater, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Benin.
  Glenn A. Fine, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, Department of 
Justice.

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  Thomas L. Garthwaite, of Pennsylvania, to be Under Secretary for Health of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Page S3956
Messages From the President:
  Pages S3944-45
Communications:
  Page S3945
Petitions:
  Pages S3945-46
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S3946-48
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S3948-49
Amendments Submitted:
  Page S3949
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S3949
Additional Statements:
  Pages S3942-44
Adjournment: Senate convened at 1:01 p.m., and adjourned at 5:16 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, May 16, 2000. (For Senate's program, see the remarks 
of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S3951.)