[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 86 (Friday, June 30, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D701-D704]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                                   Friday, June 30, 2000

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations.
      Senate agreed to the Conference Report on Military Construction 
      Appropriations.


                                 Senate

Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6185-S6299
Measures Introduced: Five bills and six resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2834-2838, S. Res. 332-333, and S. Con. Res. 126-129. 
                                                                  Page S6257
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 1755, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to regulate interstate 
commerce in the use of mobile telephones, with an amendment in the nature of 
a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 106-326)
  S. 2102, to provide to the Timbisha Shoshone Tribe a permanent land base 
within its aboriginal homeland, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 106-327)
  H.R. 3646, for the relief of certain Persian Gulf evacuees, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. Con. Res. 113, expressing the sense of the Congress in recognition of 
the 10th anniversary of the free and fair elections in Burma and the urgent 
need to improve the democratic and human rights of the people of Burma, with 
an amendment.
  S. Con. Res. 124, expressing the sense of the Congress with regard to 
Iraq's failure to release prisoners of war from Kuwait and nine other 
nations in violation of international agreements.
  S. Con. Res. 126, expressing the sense of Congress that the President 
should support free and fair elections and respect for democracy in Haiti, 
with a preamble.                                                  
Page S6256
Measures Passed:
  Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations: By 52 yeas to 43 nays (Vote 171), 
Senate passed 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, after taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:                               
  Pages S6186-S6218
Adopted:
  Helms Amendment No. 3697, to prohibit the expenditure of certain 
appropriated funds for the distribution or provision of, or the provision of 
a prescription for, postcoital emergency contraception. (By 41 yeas to 54 
nays (Vote No. 169), Senate earlier failed to table the amendment.) 
                                                              Pages S6186-87
  Specter (for Collins/Reed) Amendment No. 3700, to provide grants to 
develop and expand substance abuse services programs for homeless 
individuals.                                               
Pages S6188-S6203
  Harkin (for Kerrey) Amendment No. 3701, to provide funds for the Web-Based 
Education Commission.                                      
Pages S6188-S6203
  Specter (for Collins) Amendment No. 3702, to provide funds for the 
purchase of automated external defibrillators and the training of 
individuals in basic cardiac life support.                 
Pages S6188-S6203
  Specter (for Jeffords) Amendment No. 3703, to make available certain funds 
for activities regarding medication management, screening, and education to 
prevent incorrect medication and adverse drug reactions in older Americans. 
                                                           Pages S6188-S6203
  Specter Amendment No. 3704, to provide that none of the funds appropriated 
by this Act may be used to withhold substance abuse funding pursuant to 
section 1926 from a territory that receives less than $1,000,000. 
                                                           Pages S6188-S6203
  Harkin (for Graham) Amendment No. 3705, to provide for the conduct of a 
study and report on unreimbursed health care provided to foreign nationals. 
                                                           Pages S6188-S6203
  Harkin (for Bingaman) Amendment No. 3706, to ensure that those students at 
risk of dropping out of school receive appropriate attention and to ensure 
that all students are given the support necessary to graduate from high 
school.                                                    
Pages S6188-S6203
  Harkin (for Reid) Amendment No. 3707, to revise the purpose of the 
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development relating to 
gynecologic health.                                        
Pages S6188-S6203
  Harkin (for Durbin) Amendment No. 3708, to increase funding for children's 
asthma programs administered by the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.                                                
Pages S6188-S6203

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  Harkin (for Durbin) Amendment No. 3709, to increase funding for the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide for the adequate 
funding of State and local immunization infrastructure and operations 
activities.                                                
Pages S6188-S6203
  Specter (for Smith (of N.H.)) Amendment No. 3710, to require that 
contracts for the case of research, NIH chimpanzees be awarded to 
contractors that comply with the Animal Welfare Act.       
Pages S6188-S6203
  Harkin (for Dodd) Amendment No. 3711, to provide an additional $800,000 
for technology and media services and to provide an offset. 
                                                           Pages S6188-S6203
  Specter Amendment No. 3712, to provide funds for Impact Aid basic support 
payments and to provide an offset.                         
Pages S6188-S6203
  Specter (for Stevens) Amendment No. 3713, to provide grants to states for 
high schools to improve academic performance and provide technical skills 
training and grants to elementary and secondary schools to provide physical 
education and improve physical fitness.                    
Pages S6188-S6203
  Specter (for Stevens) Amendment No. 3714, to provide grants to states and 
local government for early childhood learning for young children. 
                                                           Pages S6188-S6203
  Harkin (for Leahy) Amendment No. 3715, to increase funding for the Office 
of Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services. 
                                                           Pages S6188-S6203
  Harkin Amendment No. 3716, to increase the amount of funds made available 
for activities that improve the quality of infant and toddler child care. 
                                                           Pages S6188-S6203
  Specter (for DeWine) Amendment No. 3717, to increase funding to provide 
assistance for poison prevention and to stabilize the funding of regional 
poison control centers.                                    
Pages S6188-S6203
  Harkin (for Schumer) Amendment No. 3718, to increase funds for the 
National Program of Cancer Registries.                     
Pages S6188-S6203
  Harkin (for Dodd) Amendment No. 3719, to protect the rights of residents 
of certain health care facilities.                         
Pages S6188-S6203
  Specter (for Enzi) Amendment No. 3720, to provide funding for certain 
activities of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration with respect 
to all employers.                                          
Pages S6188-S6203
  Harkin (for Torricelli) Amendment No. 3721, to express the sense of the 
Senate that the Health Care Financing Administration should consider current 
systems that provide better, more cost-effective emergency transport before 
promulgating any final rule regarding the delivery of emergency medical 
services.                                                  
Pages S6188-S6203
  Harkin (for Wellstone) Amendment No. 3722, to provide additional funds for 
the Perkin's loan cancellation program, with an offset.    
Pages S6188-S6203
  Harkin (for Lieberman) Amendment No. 3723, to provide for a study 
evaluating the extent to which funds made available under part A of title I 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 are targeted to 
schools and local educational agencies with the greatest concentrations of 
school-age children from low-income families.              
Pages S6188-S6203
  Harkin (for Bingaman) Amendment No. 3724, to provide assistance to Tribal 
Colleges or Universities for construction and renovation projects under 
section 316 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, with an offset. 
                                                           Pages S6188-S6203
  Harkin (for Baucus) Amendment No. 3725, to express the sense of the Senate 
regarding the impacts of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. 
                                                           Pages S6188-S6203
  Harkin (for Torricelli) Amendment No. 3726, to state the sense of the 
Senate regarding funds for programs for early detection and treatment 
regarding childhood lead poisoning at sites providing Early Head Start 
programs.                                                  
Pages S6188-S6203
  Harkin (for Torricelli) Amendment No. 3727, to allocate appropriated funds 
for programs for early detection and treatment regarding childhood lead 
poisoning at sites providing Early Head Start programs.    
Pages S6188-S6203
  Specter (for Smith (of N.H.)) Amendment No. 3728, to provide for a study 
into sexual abuse in schools.                              
Pages S6188-S6203
  Harkin (for Baucus) Amendment No. 3729, to provide increased funding for 
school construction under the Impact Aid program, with an offset. 
                                                           Pages S6188-S6203
  Harkin (for Landrieu) Amendment No. 3730, to increase funding for adoption 
incentives.                                                
Pages S6188-S6203
  Harkin (for Byrd) Amendment No. 3731, to make available $50,000,000 to 
enable the Secretary of Education to award grants to develop, implement and 
strengthen programs to teach American history (not social studies) as a 
separate subject within school curricula.                  
Pages S6188-S6203
Rejected:
  Wellstone Amendment No. 3698, to provide for a limitation on the use of 
funds for certain agreements involving the conveyance of licensing of a 
drug. (By 56 yeas to 39 nays (Vote No. 168), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
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  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the following 
actions:
  By 40 yeas to 55 nays (Vote No. 170), three-fifths of those Senators duly 
chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate rejected a 
motion to waive section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with 
respect to consideration of Harkin Amendment No. 3699, to fully fund the 
programs of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Subsequently, a 
point of order that the amendment was in violation of provisions of the 
Congressional

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Budget Act of 1974 was sustained, and the amendment thus fell. 
                                                              Pages S6187-88
  Senate sustained a point of order against section 515 of the bill, as 
amended, as being in violation of section 311 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, since it would cause fiscal year 2000 budget authority and 
outlay to exceed the spending aggregates of the budget resolution, and 
section 515 was thus stricken from the bill.                      
Page S6204
  Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the House 
thereon, and the Chair was authorized to appoint the following conferees: 
Senators Specter, Cochran, Gorton, Gregg, Craig, Hutchison, Stevens, Kyl, 
Domenici, Harkin, Hollings, Inouye, Reid, Kohl, Murray, Feinstein and Byrd.
  U.S. History Education: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 129, expressing the 
sense of Congress regarding the importance and value of education in United 
States history.                                        
  Pages S6260-61, S6293
  Electric Reliability 2000 Act: Senate passed S. 2071, to benefit 
electricity consumers by promoting the reliability of the bulk-power system, 
after agreeing to a committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                              Pages S6293-95
Measure Indefinitely Postponed:
  Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations: Senate indefinitely postponed 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.                                               
  Page S6293
National Defense Authorization: Senate resumed 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 S6287-91
Adopted:
  Warner (for Inhofe) Amendment No. 3740, to set aside funds for the 
industrial mobilization capacity at Army ammunition facilities and arsenals 
that are government owned, government operated.               
Pages S6287-91
  Levin (for Dorgan) Amendment No. 3741, to express the Sense of the Senate 
on the modernization of Air National Guard F-16A Units.       
Pages S6287-91
  Warner Amendment No. 3742 (to Amendment No. 3420 (agreed to by the Senate 
on June 14, 2000)), to substitute a requirement for a report on the 
Department of Defense process for decision making in cases of false claims. 
                                                              Pages S6287-91
  Levin (for Reid) Amendment No. 3624, to provide funds for the Secretary of 
the Navy to carry out appropriate activities for the greenbelt at Fallon 
Naval Air Station, Nevada.                                    
Pages S6287-91
  Warner Amendment No. 3743, to modify the authority relating to the 
information security scholarship program.                     
Pages S6287-91
  Warner (for Roberts) Amendment No. 3744, to provide for adjustments in the 
threshold requirement for the submission of a report on exports of computers 
to Tier III countries.                                        
Pages S6287-91
  Levin Amendment No. 3745, to add $18,900,000 for Defense-wide procurement 
for the procurement of probes for aerial refueling of, and for the 
procurement and integration of internal, auxiliary, 200-gallon fuel tanks 
for, MH-60 aircraft for the United States Special Operations Command; and to 
offset that increase by reducing by $18,900,000 the amount for the Army for 
other procurement for the family of medium tactical vehicles. 
                                                              Pages S6287-91
  Warner Amendment No. 3746, to increase the authorization of appropriation 
for the Army for RDT&E by $40,000,000 in order to fund the development and 
execution of the plan for comparing costs and operational effectiveness of 
medium armored combat vehicles; and to offset that amount by reducing the 
authorization of appropriation for the Air Force for RDT&E for the extended 
range cruise missile by $40,000,000.                          
Pages S6287-91
  Warner Amendment No. 3747, to provide a two-year extension in the 
authority to engage in commercial activities as security for intelligence 
collection activities.                                        
Pages S6287-91
  Warner (for Domenici) Amendment No. 3748, to state the sense of Congress 
regarding land transfers at Melrose Range, New Mexico, and Yakima Training 
Center, Washington.                                           
Pages S6287-91
  Levin (for Bingaman) Amendment No. 3749, to provide for the construction 
of an operations office complex for the National Nuclear Security 
Administration.                                               
Pages S6287-91
  Warner (for Crapo) Amendment No. 3750, to make available $400,000 for a 
conceptual design for a Subsurface Geosciences Laboratory at Idaho National 
Engineering Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho.                   
Pages S6287-91
  Warner (for Bennett) Amendment No. 3751, to assist the economic 
development of the Ute Indian Tribe by authorizing the transfer to the Tribe 
of Oil Shale Reserve Numbered 2, to protect the Colorado River by providing 
for the removal of the tailings from the Atlas uranium milling site near 
Moab, Utah.                                                   
Pages S6287-91
  Warner Amendment No. 3752, to add funds for the procurement of the anti-
personnel obstacle breaching system and to provide an offset. 
                                                              Pages S6287-91
  Levin (for Dodd) Amendment No. 3753, to authorize the Director of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide assistance to fire 
departments and fire prevention organizations for the purpose of protecting 
the public and firefighting personnel against fire and fire-related hazards.
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  Warner Amendment No. 3754, to increase the amount available for close-in 
weapon system overhauls by $10,000,000.                       
                                                              Pages S6287-91
  Warner (for Gorton) Amendment No. 3755, to make available, with an offset, 
$150,000,000 for additional cleanup activities at the Hanford Nuclear 
Reservation, Richland, Washington.                            
                                                              Pages S6287-91
  Warner (for Kyl) Amendment No. 3756, to increase funds for the national 
ignition facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 
Livermore, California.                                        
                                                              Pages S6287-91
  Levin (for Feinstein) Amendment No. 3757, relating to breast cancer stamp 
extension.                                                    
                                                              Pages S6287-91
                                                                    Pending:
  Smith (of NH) Amendment No. 3210, to prohibit granting security clearances 
to felons.
  During consideration of this measure, Senate also took the following 
action:
  Senate vitiated adoption of the following amendments: Levin (for Bingaman) 
Amendment No. 3231, which was agreed to by the Senate on June 8, 2000; and 
Levin (for Cleland) Amendment No. 3418, which was agreed to by the Senate on 
June 14, 2000.                                                    
                                                                  Page S6297
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for the filing of 
certain amendments.                                               
                                                                  Page S6225
Estate Tax Repeal: Senate began consideration of the motion to proceed to 
the consideration of H.R. 8, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
phase out the estate and gift taxes over a 10-year period.    
  Pages S6295-97
  A cloture motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to 
proceed to the consideration of the bill and, in accordance with the 
provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on the 
cloture motion will occur on Tuesday, July 11, 2000.              
                                                                  Page S6296
  Subsequently, the motion to proceed was withdrawn.              
                                                                  Page S6297
Military Construction Appropriations Conference Report: Senate agreed to the 
conference report on H.R. 4425, 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, 
clearing the measure for the President.                        
  Page S6225-42
Interior Appropriations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing for further consideration of H.R. 4578, making 
appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, on Monday, July 10, 2000. 
                                                                  Page S6297
Authority for Committees: All committees were authorized to file legislative 
reports during the adjournment of the Senate on Thursday, July 5, 2000, from 
11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.                                           
  Page S6293
Executive Reports of Committees: Senate received the following executive 
report of a committee:
  Report to accompany Inter-American Convention Against Corruption (Treaty 
Doc. 105-39) (Exec. Rept. No. 106-15)                             
                                                                  Page S6256
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Paul C. Huck, of Florida, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of Florida.
  John W. Darrah, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of Illinois.
  Joan Humphrey Lefkow, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of Illinois.
  George Z. Singal, of Maine, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Maine.                                       
                                                         Pages SS6292, S6299
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Roger L. Gregory, of North Carolina, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Fourth Circuit.
  Everett L. Mosely, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Agency for 
International Development.
  Marjory E. Searing, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce and 
Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.                       
                                                                  Page S6299
Messages From the House:                                          
  Page S6255
Measures Placed on Calendar:                           
  Pages S6185-86, S6255
Communications:                                                   
  Page S6256
Executive Reports of Committees:                                  
  Page S6256
Statements on Introduced Bills:                               
  Pages S6257-59
Additional Cosponsors:                                        
  Pages S6259-60
Amendments Submitted:                                         
  Pages S6266-84
Authority for Committees:                                         
  Page S6284
Additional Statements:                                        
  Pages S6254-55
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                         
  Page S6256
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--171) 
                                                       Pages S6186-88, S6218
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:31 a.m., and adjourned, pursuant to the 
provisions of S. Con. Res. 125, at 2:44 p.m., until, 1 p.m., on Monday, July 
10, 2000. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in 
today's Record on page S6297.)