[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 67 (Thursday, May 25, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D529-D531]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                             Thursday, May 25, 2000

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to the Conference Report on Agricultural Risk 
      Protection Act.
      The House agreed to the Conference Report on H.R. 2559, 
      Agricultural Risk Protection Act.
      The House passed H.R. 3916, Repeal of Spanish-American War 
      Telephone Excise Tax.
      The House agreed to H. Con. Res. 331, Commending Israel for Its 
      Withdrawal From Southern Lebanon.
      House Committees ordered reported 7 sundry measures, including 
      the Defense and Interior appropriations for fiscal year 2001, and 
      the Death Tax Elimination Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4399-S4506
Measures Introduced: Thirty-nine bills and four resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 2630-2668, S. Res. 314-316, and S. Con. Res. 
118.                                                     
  Pages S4459-60
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 2277, to terminate the application of title IV of the Trade Act of 
1974 with respect to the People's Republic of China. (S. Rept. No. 106-
305)
  S. 1854, to reform the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act 
of 1976, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.    
Page S4459
Measures Passed:
  Adjournment Resolution: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 336, providing 
for a conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives and a 
conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate.             
  Page S4496
  2000 District of Columbia Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run: 
Committee on Rules and Administration was discharged from further 
consideration of H. Con. Res. 280, authorizing the 2000 District of 
Columbia Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run to be run through 
the Capitol Grounds, and the resolution was then agreed to. 
                                                             Page S4499
  National Moment of Remembrance: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of H. Con. Res. 302, calling on 
the people of the United States to observe a National Moment of 
Remembrance to honor the men and women of the United States who died in 
the pursuit of freedom and peace, and the resolution was then agreed 
to.                                                   
  Pages S4499-S4500
  Sierra Leone Civil War Crimes: Senate agreed to S. Res. 315, 
expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the crimes and abuses 
committed against the people of Sierra Leone by the Revolutionary 
United Front.                                            
  Pages S4500-01
  Honoring Vietnam Veterans: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 
was discharged from further consideration H.R. 3293, to amend the law 
that authorized the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to authorize the 
placement within the site of the memorial of a plaque to honor those 
Vietnam veterans who died after their service in the Vietnam war, but 
as a direct result of that service, and the bill was then passed, 
clearing the measure for the President.                      
  Page S4501
  Immigration and Naturalization Service Data Management Improvement 
Act: Senate passed H.R. 4489, to amend section 110 of the Illegal 
Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, clearing 
the measure for the President.                           
  Pages S4501-04

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  Honoring Judge Daniel H. Thomas: Senate agreed to S. Res. 316, 
honoring Senior Judge Daniel H. Thomas of the United States District 
Court for the Southern District of Alabama.              
  Pages S4504-05
Legislative Branch Appropriations: Senate completed consideration of S. 
2603, making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2001, after agreeing to the following 
amendment proposed thereto:                              
  Pages S4405-07
  By a unanimous vote of 100 yeas (Vote No. 113), Mikulski Amendment 
No. 3166, to express the sense of the Senate commending the United 
States Capitol Police.                                   
Pages S4405-06
  During consideration of this measure today, the Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 98 yeas to 2 nays (Vote No. 114), Senate agreed to the motion to 
advance the bill to third reading.                       
Pages S4406-07
  Subsequently, S. 2603 was returned to the Senate calendar. 
                                                             Page S4407
Agricultural Risk Protection Act--Conference Report: By 91 yeas to 4 
nays (Vote No. 115), Senate agreed to the conference report on H.R. 
2559, to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to strengthen the safety 
net for agricultural producers by providing greater access to more 
affordable risk management tools and improved protection from 
production and income loss, and to improve the efficiency and integrity 
of the Federal crop insurance program, clearing the measure for the 
President.                                               
  Pages S4416-43
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a notice concerning the Continuation 
of Emergency with Respect to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia 
and Montenegro), the Bosnian Serbs, and Kosovo; to the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-110)                
Page S4458
  Transmitting pursuant to law a 6-month periodic report to Congress on 
the National Emergencies with Respect to the Federal Republic of 
Yugoslavia (Serbia & Montenegro); referred to the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-111)                     
Pages S4458-59
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.              
Pages S4505-06
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Robert S. LaRussa, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for 
International Trade.
  Robin Chandler Duke, of New York, to be Ambassador to Norway.
  Marc E. Leland, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the United States Institute of Peace for a term expiring January 19, 
2003.
  Harriet M. Zimmerman, of Florida, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the United States Institute of Peace for a term expiring 
January 19, 2003. (Reappointment)
  Donald J. Sutherland, of New York, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education 
Foundation for a term expiring August 11, 2002. (Reappointment)
  Stephen M. Orlofsky, of New Jersey, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Third Circuit.
  Norman C. Bay, of New Mexico, to be United States Attorney for the 
District of New Mexico for the term of four years.
  33 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.            
Pages S4505-06
Messages From the President:                             
  Pages S4458-59
Messages From the House:                                     
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Measures Referred:                                           
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Measures Placed on Calendar:                                 
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Measures Read First Time:                                    
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Communications:                                              
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Statements on Introduced Bills:                          
  Pages S4461-87
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S4487-89
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S4491-92
Notices of Hearings:                                         
  Page S4492
Authority for Committees:                                
  Pages S4492-93
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S4455-58
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S4493
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--115) 
                                                  Pages S4406-07, S4441
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:31 a.m., and pursuant to the 
provisions of H. Con. Res. 336, adjourned at 5:20 p.m., until 10 a.m., 
on Tuesday, June 6, 2000. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the 
Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4505.)

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