[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 69 (Wednesday, June 7, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D547-D548]
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                                            Wednesday, June 7, 2000

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      The House passed H.R. 4576, DOD Appropriations for FY 2001.
      House Committees ordered reported 13 sundry measures, including 
      the VA, HUD and Independent Agencies appropriations for fiscal 
      year 2001.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4607-S4719
Measures Introduced: Eight bills and three resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2685-2692, S. Res. 317-318, and S. Con. Res. 120. 
                                                             Page S4669
Measures Passed:
  National Opera: Senate passed H.R. 4542, to designate the Washington 
Opera in Washington, D.C., as the National Opera, clearing the measure 
for the President.
  Pages S4717-18
  Honoring U.S.S. Thresher Casualties: Senate agreed to S. Res. 318, 
honoring the 129 sailors and civilians lost aboard the U.S.S. Thresher 
(SSN 593) on April 10, 1963; extending the gratitude of the Nation for 
their last, full measure of devotion; and acknowledging the 
contributions of the Naval Submarine Service and the Portsmouth Naval 
Shipyard to the defense of this Nation.
  Page S4718
  Organ Procurement Organization Certification Act: Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions was discharged from further 
consideration of S. 2625, to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
revise the performance standards and certification process for organ 
procurement organizations, and the bill was then passed. 
                                                         Pages S4718-19
National Defense Authorization: Senate continued consideration of 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, taking 
action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                               Pages S4607-35, S4637-61
Adopted:
  By 96 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. 117), Warner further Modified Amendment 
No. 3173, to extend eligibility for medical care under CHAMPUS and 
TRICARE to persons over age 64.
Pages S4607, S4627, S4631
  By 51 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 119), Warner Amendment No. 3184 (to 
Amendment No. 3183), to provide for correction of scope of waiver 
authority for limitation on retirement or dismantlement of strategic 
nuclear delivery systems, and authority to waive limitation. 
                                                  Pages S4607-20, S4633
  Kerrey Amendment No. 3183, to repeal a limitation on retirement or 
dismantlement of strategic nuclear delivery systems in excess of 
military requirements.
Pages S4607-20, S4633
  Reid Amendment No. 3198, to permit retired members of the Armed 
Forces who have a service-connected disability to receive military 
retired pay concurrently with veterans' disability compensation. 
                                                         Pages S4634-35
  Wellstone Amendment No. 3211, to express the sense of Congress 
condemning the use of children as soldiers in current foreign armed 
conflicts and expressing the belief that the United States should 
support and, where possible, lead efforts to end this abuse of human 
rights.
Pages S4650-51
Rejected:
  By 35 yeas to 63 nays (Vote No. 120), McCain/Levin Amendment No. 
3197, to authorize additional rounds of base closures and realignments 
under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 in 2003 and 
2005.
Pages S4638-49
Pending:
  Smith (of NH) Amendment No. 3210, to prohibit granting security 
clearances to felons.
Pages S4651-60

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  McCain Amendment No. 3214 (to Amendment No. 3210), to require the 
disclosure of expenditures and contributions by certain political 
organizations.
Pages S4656-60
  During consideration of this measure today, the Senate also took the 
following action:
  A point of order was made that Johnson Amendment No. 3191, to restore 
health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services, was 
in violation of Section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act and, by 
52 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. 118), three-fifths of those Senators duly 
chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate rejected a 
motion to waive the aforementioned section with respect to 
consideration of the amendment. Subsequently, the point of order was 
sustained and the amendment thus fell.
Pages S4620-33
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill and a certain amendment to be proposed 
thereto, on Thursday, June 8, 2000.
Page S4719
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the McCain Amendment No. 3214 (to Amendment No. 3210), 
listed above, on Thursday, June 8, 2000, with a vote to occur thereon. 
                                                             Page S4660
Appointment:
  First Flight Centennial Federal Advisory Board: The Chair, on behalf 
of the Majority Leader, in consultation with the Democratic Leader, 
pursuant to Public Law 105-389, announced the appointment of Robert R. 
Ferguson III of North Carolina to serve as a member of the First Flight 
Centennial Federal Advisory Board.
  Page S4717
Messages From the House:
  Pages S4667-68
Measures Referred:
  Page S4668
Communications:
  Page S4668
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Pages S4668-69
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S4669-90
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S4690-92
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S4694-S4716
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S4717
Authority for Committees:
  Page S4717
Additional Statements:
  Pages S4665-67
Privileges of the Floor:
  Page S4717
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--120) 
                                                  Pages S4631-33, S4649
Recess: Senate convened at 9:31 a.m., and recessed at 8:05 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Thursday, June 8, 2000. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4719.)