[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 73 (Tuesday, June 13, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D580-D583]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                             Tuesday, June 13, 2000

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Defense Appropriations bill.
      The House passed H.J. Res. 101, to recognize the 225th birthday 
      of the United States Army and honor the valor, commitment, and 
      sacrifice of American soldiers throughout its history.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4973-S5058
Measures Introduced: Thirteen bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2713-2725, and S. Res. 322.                   
  Page S5027
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 1967, to make technical corrections to the status of certain land 
held in trust for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, to take 
certain land into trust for that Band. (S. Rept. No. 106-307)
  S. 2720, making appropriations for the Department of Transportation 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001. 
                                                             Page S5027
Measures Passed:
   Defense Appropriations: By 95 yeas to 3 nays (Vote No. 127), Senate 
passed H.R. 4576, making appropriations for the Department of Defense 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, after taking action on 
the following amendments proposed thereto:            
  Pages S4980-S5020
Adopted:
  Boxer Amendment No. 3363, to protect the privacy of an individual's 
medical records.                                         
Pages S4983-84
  Allard Amendment No. 3346, to provide for an additional payment from 
the surplus to reduce the public debt.                   
Pages S4984-87
  Ashcroft Modified Amendment No. 3304, to set aside $43,000,000 for 
research, development, test and evaluation for the extended range 
conventional air-launched cruise missile program of the Air Force. 
                                                         Pages S4987-88
  Stevens (for Collins/Stevens) Modified Amendment No. 3175, to provide 
for the continued design and analysis under the reentry systems 
applications program for the advanced technology vehicle. 
                                                         Pages S4990-92
  Inouye (for Bingaman) Modified Amendment No. 3284, to provide for the 
conversion of the configuration of certain AGM-65 Maverick missiles. 
                                                         Pages S4990-92
  Stevens (for Shelby) Amendment No. 3288, to make additional funds 
available for carrier modifications.                     
Pages S4990-92
  Stevens (for Shelby) Amendment No. 3289, to make additional funds 
available for the Printed Wiring Board Manufacturing Technology Center.
                                                         Pages S4990-92
  Stevens (for Kyl) Modified Amendment No. 3291, to provide, with an 
offset, $6,000,000 for research, development, test, and evaluation 
Defense-Wide for the Arrow Missile Defense System for enhanced 
interoperability of the system between the United States and Israel. 
                                                         Pages S4990-92
  Inouye (for Landrieu/Breaux) Modified Amendment No. 3293, to make 
certain funds available for the Information Technology Center. 
                                                         Pages S4990-92
  Stevens (for Helms) Amendment No. 3298, to provide funding for the 
Display Performance and Environmental Evaluation Laboratory Project of 
the Army Research Laboratory.                            
Pages S4990-92
  Stevens (for Helms) Amendment No. 3299, to provide funding for the 
Innovative Stand-Off Door Breaching Munition technology. 
                                                         Pages S4990-92
  Inouye (for Robb) Modified Amendment No. 3300, to make available 
$3,000,000 for high-performance, non-toxic, inturnescent fire 
protective coatings aboard Navy vessels.                 
Pages S4990-92
  Inouye (for Robb) Modified Amendment No. 3301, to make available 
$2,000,000 for advanced three-dimensional visualization software with 
the

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currently-deployed, personal computer-base Portable Flight Planning 
Software.                                                
Pages S4990-92
  Stevens (for Abraham) Amendment No. 3305, to make available 
$15,000,000 to continue research and development on Silicon carbide 
research.                                                
Pages S4990-92
  Inouye (for Leahy) Amendment No. 3312, to make available $5,000,000 
for Other Procurement for the Army for the development of the Abrams 
Full-Crew Interactive Skills Trainer.                    
Pages S4990-92
  Inouye (for Kennedy) Modified Amendment No. 3314, to make available 
$5,000,000 for the Environmental Security Technical Certification 
Program for technologies for the detection of unexploded ordinance from 
live-fire activities.                                    
Pages S4990-92
  Inouye (for Kennedy) Modified Amendment No. 3315, to make available 
$5,000,000 for the Strategic Environmental Research and Development 
Program for technologies for the detection and transport of pollutants 
resulting from live-fire activities.                     
Pages S4990-92
  Inouye (for Kennedy) Amendment No. 3316, to make available $5,000,000 
for Surface Ship and Submarine HM&E Advanced Technology for continuing 
development by the Navy of the AC synchronous high-temperature 
superconductor electric motor.                           
Pages S4990-92
  Stevens Amendment No. 3321, to provide $1,000,000 from Operation and 
Maintenance, Navy to continue a public service initiative. 
                                                         Pages S4990-92
  Stevens (for Roberts) Amendment No. 3323, to provide research and 
development funds for a chemical and biological defense program. 
                                                         Pages S4990-92
  Stevens (for Snowe) Amendment No. 3324, to set aside $3,000,000 for 
the Navy for operation and maintenance of a Navy benefits center. 
                                                         Pages S4990-92
  Stevens (for Snowe) Amendment No. 3325, to clarify that the authority 
to enter into contracts for LPD-17 class ships on an incrementally 
funded basis is to provide for two such ships.           
Pages S4990-92
  Inouye (for Landrieu) Amendment No. 3326, to make additional funds 
available for the Navy Information Technology Center.    
Pages S4990-92
  Stevens (for Gregg) Amendment No. 3329, to provide research and 
development funds for the Solid State Dye Laser project. 
                                                         Pages S4990-92
  Inouye (for Feinstein) Amendment No. 3331, to make available 
$1,000,000 for Middle East Regional Security Issues.     
Pages S4990-92
  Inouye (for Feinstein) Modified Amendment No. 3332, to make available 
certain funds for research, development, test, and evaluation for the 
Navy for continuation of the Compatible Processor Upgrade Program. 
                                                         Pages S4990-92
  Stevens (for Warner) Amendment No. 3334, to provide, with an offset, 
funds for five additional Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support 
Teams and for additional equipment for the Weapons of Mass Destruction 
Civil Support Team program.                              
Pages S4990-92
  Stevens (for Warner) Modified Amendment No. 3335, to make available 
$30,000,000 for information security initiatives, and to provide 
offsets.                                                 
Pages S4990-92
  Stevens (for Nickles) Modified Amendment No. 3336, to provide funds 
for a live-fire-side-by-side test of the air-to-air Starstreak and 
Stinger missiles.                                        
Pages S4990-92
  Stevens (for Nickles) Amendment No. 3337, to make available certain 
funds for the American Red Cross for Armed Forces Emergency Services. 
                                                         Pages S4990-92
  Stevens (for Allard) Amendment No. 3338, to set aside for the XSS-10 
micro-missile technology program $12,000,000 of the amount appropriated 
for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force. 
                                                         Pages S4990-92
  Stevens (for Coverdell) Modified Amendment No. 3339, to provide for a 
demonstration project for the development of a chemical agent warning 
network to benefit the chemical incident response force of the Marine 
Corps.                                                   
Pages S4990-92
  Inouye (for Bingaman) Amendment No. 3342, to make available certain 
funds for the Bosque Redondo Memorial.                   
Pages S4990-92
  Stevens (for Inhofe) Amendment No. 3343, to make available with an 
offset, $300,000 for research, development, test, and evaluation 
Defense-Wide for Generic Logistics Research and Development Technology 
demonstrations for air logistics technology.             
Pages S4990-92
  Stevens (for Inhofe) Amendment No. 3344, to make available, with an 
offset, $5,000,000 for research, development, test, and evaluation 
Defense-Wide for Explosives Demilitarization Technology for research 
into ammunition risk analysis capabilities.              
Pages S4990-92
  Stevens (for Roth) Amendment No. 3352, to make available $92,530,000 
for C-5 aircraft modernization.                          
Pages S4990-92
  Stevens (for Roberts) Modified Amendment No. 3357, to make available 
certain funds for Military Personnel Research.           
Pages S4990-92
  By 84 yeas to 14 nays (Vote No. 124), Boxer/Reid Amendment No. 3308, 
to prohibit the use of funds for the preventative application of 
dangerous pesticides in areas owned or managed by the Department of 
Defense that may by used by children.                
Pages S4980, S4993

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  Stevens (for Collins) Modified Amendment No. 3178, to set aside 
$7,000,000 for the procurement of the integrated bridge system for 
special warfare rigid inflatable boats under the Special Operations 
Forces Combatant Craft Systems program.                  
Pages S5007-09
  Stevens (for Domenici) Modified Amendment No. 3294, to make available 
$5,000,000 for research, development, test, and evaluation for the Air 
Force for Advanced Technology for the LaserSpark countermeasures 
program.                                                 
Pages S5007-09
  Stevens (for Domenici) Modified Amendment No. 3295, to make available 
$5,000,000 for research, development, test, and evaluation, Defense-
Wide for Logistics Research and Development Technology Demonstration 
for a Silicon-Based Nanostructures program.              
Pages S5007-09
  Stevens (for DeWine) Modified Amendment No. 3340, to provide for the 
operation of current Tethered Aerostat Radar System sites. 
                                                         Pages S5007-09
  Stevens (for Mack/Graham) Modified Amendment No. 3347, to provide 
$5,000,000 to support a tropical remote sensing radar.   
Pages S5007-09
  Stevens (for McCain/Stevens) Amendment No. 3361, to establish a 
special subsistence allowance for certain members of the uniformed 
services who are eligible to receive food stamp assistance. 
                                                         Pages S5007-09
  Inouye (for Byrd) Modified Amendment No. 3333, to make available up 
to $3,000,000 for Other Procurement for the Air Force for certain 
analyses of the restart of the production line for the U-2 aircraft. 
                                                         Pages S5007-09
  Inouye (for Torricelli) Modified Amendment No. 3282, to state the 
sense of the Senate regarding the payment by the Secretary of the Air 
Force of $92,974.86 to the New Jersey Forest Fire Service as 
reimbursement for costs incurred in fighting a fire resulting from a 
training exercise at Warren Grove Testing Range, New Jersey. 
                                                         Pages S5007-09
  Stevens (for Collins) Modified Amendment No. 3177, to set aside 
$6,000,000 to support smart maps and other intelligent spatial 
technologies.                                            
Pages S5007-09
  Stevens (for Thomas) Modified Amendment No. 3290, to prohibit the use 
of funds for the transfer of a veterans memorial object to a foreign 
country or entity controlled by a foreign government.    
Pages S5007-09
  Inouye (for Baucus) Modified Amendment No. 3372, to set aside for 
preparation and training for the digitization of FA-18 aircraft 
technical manuals, $5,200,000 of the amounts appropriated for the Navy 
for RDT&E for the Navy technical information presentation system. 
                                                         Pages S5007-09
  Inouye (for Wyden/Gordon Smith) Modified Amendment No. 3287, to 
provide for the conveyance of an Emergency One Cyclone II Custom pumper 
truck to the Umatilla Indian Tribe, the current lessee. 
                                                         Pages S5007-09
  Inouye (for Schumer/Moynihan) Modified Amendment No. 3313, to modify 
the funds available to offset the effects of low utilization of plant 
capacity at the Arsenals.                                
Pages S5007-09
  Stevens (for Inhofe) Amendment No. 3345, to set aside funds for 
maintaining the industrial mobilization capacity at the McAlester Army 
Ammunition Activity, Oklahoma.                           
Pages S5007-09
  Stevens (for McCain/Warner) Modified Amendment No. 3359, to repeal 
the prohibition on use of Department of Defense funds for the 
procurement of a nuclear-capable shipyard crane from a foreign source. 
                                                         Pages S5007-09
  Stevens (for Frist) Modified Amendment No. 3285, to set aside 
$18,900,000 to meet certain unfunded requirements for MH-60 aircraft of 
the United States Special Operations Command.            
Pages S5007-09
  Stevens (for Domenici) Modified Amendment No. 3297, to make available 
$50,000,000 for research, development, test and evaluation, Defense-
Wide for directed energy technologies, weapons, and systems. 
                                                         Pages S5007-09
  Stevens (for Lott/Cochran) Amendment No. 3376, to make additional 
funds available to the Title II, Defense-wide, Research, Development, 
Test, and Evaluation, for the Virtual Worlds Initiative. 
                                                         Pages S5007-09
  Stevens (for Lott) Amendment No. 3377, to make additional funds 
available to the Procurement of Ammunition, Marine Corps for 
procurement of ROCKETS, ALL TYPE, 83mm HEDP.             
Pages S5007-09
  Stevens (for Collins) Modified Amendment No. 3176, to add $6,000,000 
for research, development, test and evaluation, Defense-wide, for the 
initial production of units of the ALGL/STRIKER to facilitate early 
fielding of the ALGL/STRIKER to special operations forces. 
                                                         Pages S5009-10
Rejected:
  Boxer Amendment No. 3311, to strike certain provisions regarding 
Operational Support Aircraft Leasing Authority. (By 65 yeas to 32 nays 
(Vote No. 125), Senate tabled the amendment.)         
Pages S4999-S5007
  Wellstone Modified Amendment No. 3366, to reduce the total amount 
provided for procurement by $1,000,000,000 in order to provide 
$922,000,000 for grants under part A of title I of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965. (By 83 yeas

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to 15 nays (Vote No. 126), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                        Pages S4994-97, S4998-99, S5009
Withdrawn:
  Harkin Amendment No. 3355, to limit the use of funds for purchase and 
modification of Army High Mobility Trailers, and for modification of 
High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles to tow the trailers, until 
the trailers are fully tested.                           
Pages S4997-98
  During consideration of this measure today, the Senate also took the 
following action:
  Reid Amendment No. 3292, to amend the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 1998 with respect to export controls on high 
performance computers, was ruled as not in order because it violated 
certain provisions of Rule XVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, 
relating to legislating on an appropriations bill.           
Page S4982
  Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair was authorized to appoint the following 
conferees on the part of the Senate: Senators Stevens, Cochran, 
Specter, Domenici, Bond, McConnell, Shelby, Gregg, Hutchison, Inouye, 
Hollings, Byrd, Leahy, Lautenberg, Harkin, Dorgan, and Durbin. 
                                                             Page S5020
  Indian Substance Programs Consolidations: Senate passed S. 1507, to 
authorize the integration and consolidation of alcohol and substance 
abuse programs and services provided by Indian tribal governments, 
after agreeing to a committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                         Pages S5054-55
  U.S. Army 225th Birthday Recognition: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S.J. Res. 46, recognizing the 
225th birthday of the United States Army, and the resolution was then 
agreed to, after agreeing to the following amendments proposed thereto:
                                                         Pages S5055-56
  Enzi (for Thurmond) Amendment No. 3378, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S5056
  Enzi (for Thurmond) Amendment No. 3379, to amend the preamble. 
                                                             Page S5056
  Enzi (for Thurmond) Amendment No. 3380, to amend the title. 
                                                             Page S5056
  Responsible Father's Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 322, encouraging 
and promoting greater involvement of fathers in their children's lives 
and designating June 18, 2000, as ``Responsible Father's Day''. 
                                                             Page S5057
  Medals of Honor Awards: Senate passed S. 2722, to authorize the award 
of the Medal of Honor to Ed W. Freeman, James K. Okubo, and Andrew J. 
Smith.                                                   
  Pages S5057-58
Defense Authorization--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing for further 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, on Wednesday, June 
14, 2000.                                                    
  Page S5058
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``The Wekiva River 
Rock Spring Run and Seminole Creek''; to the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources. (PM-113)                                  
Page S5026
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Francisco J. Sanchez, of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Transportation.
  Richard A. Boucher, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
State (Public Affairs), vice James P. Rubin.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.                  
Page S5058
Messages From the President:                                 
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Messages From the House:                                     
  Page S5026
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S5026
Communications:                                          
  Pages S5026-27
Statements on Introduced Bills:                          
  Pages S5027-30
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5030-32
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S5033-53
Notices of Hearings:                                         
  Page S5053
Authority for Committees:                                
  Pages S5053-54
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S5022-26
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S5054
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--127) 
                                    Pages S4993, S5007, S5009, S5019-20
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:31 a.m., and adjourned at 7:27 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, June 14, 2000. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S5058.)