[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 80 (Thursday, June 22, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D643-D645]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                            Thursday, June 22, 2000

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      The House passed H.R. 4516, Legislative Branch Appropriations
      House Committee ordered reported the Full and Fair Political 
      Activity Disclosure Act of 2000.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5583-S5711
Measures Introduced: Fourteen bills and two resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 2766-2779, and S. Res. 326-327. 
                                                         Pages S5662-63
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  Special Report entitled ``Further Revised Allocation to Subcommittees 
of Budget Totals''. (S. Rept. No. 106-311)
  H.R. 4578, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 106-312)
  H.R. 3051, to direct the Secretary of the Interior, the Bureau of 
Reclamation, to conduct a feasibility study on the Jicarilla Apache 
Reservation in the State of New Mexico.                      
Page S5662
Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations--Agreement: Senate began 
consideration of H.R. 4577, making appropriations for the Departments 
of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, on Thursday, 
June 22, 2000.                              
  Pages S5588-S5609, S5628-48
Adopted:
  Specter/Harkin Amendment No. 3590, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                         Pages S5588-90
  By 57 yeas to 41 nays (Vote No. 143), Enzi Amendment No. 3593, to 
limit the use of funds for standards relating to ergonomic protection. 
                                                  Pages S5590, S5636-46
Rejected:
  By 44 yeas to 53 nays (Vote No. 144), Robb Modified Amendment No. 
3598, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide 
coverage of outpatient prescription drugs under the Medicare program. 
                                    Pages S5609, S5628-29, S5636, S5646
Withdrawn:
  Robb Motion to Commit, with instructions.                  
Page S5636
  Hutchinson Modified Amendment No. 3594 (to Amendment No. 3593), to 
limit the use of funds for standards relating to ergonomic protection. 
                                                     Pages S5590, S5636
Pending:
  McCain Amendment No. 3610, to enhance protection of children using 
the Internet.                                            
Pages S5647-48
  A motion was entered to close further debate on Robb Motion to 
Commit, with instructions and, in accordance with the provisions of 
Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on the cloture 
motion will occur at a time to be determined. Subsequently, the cloture 
motion fell when the Motion to Commit, with instructions (listed above) 
was withdrawn.                                               
Page S5632
  During consideration of this measure today, the following actions 
also occurred:
  Lott Amendment No. 3600 (to instructions of the motion to commit the 
bill to the Committee on Appropriations), to limit the use of funds for 
standards relating to ergonomic protection, fell when the motion to 
commit was withdrawn                                     
Pages S5628-29
  Lott Amendment No. 3601 (to Amendment No. 3600), to limit the use of 
funds for standards relating to ergonomic protection, fell when the 
motion to commit was withdrawn.                          
Pages S5628-29
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill and pending amendment, on Friday, June 23, 
2000.                                                    
Pages S5628-29
Foreign Operations Appropriations: Senate completed consideration of S. 
2522, making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, 
and related programs for the fiscal year ending September

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30, 2001, taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S5609-28
Adopted:
  Feingold Modified Amendment No. 3520, to increase amounts 
appropriated for international disaster assistance for Mozambique and 
Southern Africa.                                         
Pages S5609-10
  McConnell (for Chafee) Modified Amendment No. 3551, to express the 
sense of the Senate that the United States should authorize and fully 
fund a bilateral and multilateral program of debt relief for the 
world's poorest countries.                               
Pages S5610-12
  McConnell (for Smith-NH) Modified Amendment No. 3555, to express the 
Sense of the Senate that the Secretary of the Treasury should direct 
the executive directors to all international financial institutions to 
use the voice and vote of the United States to oppose loans, credits, 
or guarantees to the Russian Federation, except for basic human needs, 
if the Russian Federation delivers any additional SS-N-22 missiles or 
components to the People's Republic of China.            
Pages S5610-12
  Nickles Modified Amendment No. 3569, to make certain funds available 
to combat methamphetamine production and trafficking.    
Pages S5610-12
  Leahy (for Byrd) Modified Amendment No. 3531, to provide support for 
the Defense Classified Activities.                           
Page S5612
  Boxer Modified Amendment No. 3541, to provide additional funding for 
efforts to combat international HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis.   
Page S5613
Withdrawn:
  Helms Amendment No. 3498, to require the United States to withhold 
assistance to Russia by an amount equal to the amount which Russia 
provides Serbia.                                             
Page S5615
  During consideration of this measure today, the Senate also took the 
following action:
  McConnell Amendment No. 3553, to provide that funds made available as 
a U.S. contribution to the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Trust Fund 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations (agreed to on Wednesday, June 21, 2000), 
was modified.                                            
Pages S5610-12
  Senate sustained a point of order against Boxer Further Modified 
Amendment No. 3542, to affirm and support Department of Defense policy 
that United States Armed Forces personnel in Colombia should make every 
effort to minimize the possibility of confrontation with civilians in 
Colombia, and to prohibit the use of Department of Defense funds for 
certain activities with regard to Colombia, as being in violation of 
Rule XVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, and the amendment thus 
fell.                                                    
Pages S5613-15
  By 95 yeas to 4 nays (Vote No. 141), Senate agreed to the motion to 
advance the bill to third reading. Subsequently, the bill was placed 
back on the Senate calendar.                                 
Page S5628
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaty:
  Amendment to the Montreal Protocol (``Beijing Amendment'') (Treaty 
Doc. No. 106-32).
  The treaty was transmitted to the Senate today, considered as having 
been read for the first time, and referred, with accompanying papers, 
to the Committee on Foreign Relations and were ordered to be printed. 
                                                             Page S5710
Motion to Request Attendance: During today's proceedings, by 94 yeas to 
3 nays (Vote No. 142), Senate agreed to the motion to instruct the 
Sergeant at Arms to request the attendance of absent Senators. 
                                                         Pages S5635-36
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, the report on the national emergency 
with respect to the 1979 Iranian emergency and assets blocking; to the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-116) 
                                                         Pages S5659-60
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of the executive order 
blocking property of the Government of the Russian Federation relating 
to the disposition of highly enriched uranium extracted from nuclear 
weapons; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-
117)                                                         
Page S5660
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  2 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  9 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.                 
Page S5711
Messages From the President:                             
  Pages S5659-60
Messages From the House:                                 
  Pages S5660-61
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S5661
Measures Placed on Calendar:                                 
  Page S5661
Communications:                                          
  Pages S5661-62
Statements on Introduced Bills:                          
  Pages S5663-84
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5684-86
Amendments Submitted:                                 
  Pages S5687-S5709
Notices of Hearings:                                         
  Page S5709
Authority for Committees:                                
  Pages S5709-10
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S5658-59
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S5710

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Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--144) 
                                           Pages S5628, S5635-36, S5646
Quorum Calls: One quorum call was taken today. (Total--6)    
  Page S5635
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 9:49 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Friday, June 23, 2000. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S5711.)