[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 87 (Monday, July 10, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D708-D709]
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                                              Monday, July 10, 2000

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6301-S6401
Measures Introduced: Four bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2840-2843, and S. Res. 334.                  
  Pages S6347-48
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  Reported on Wednesday, July 5, during the adjournment:
  H.R. 3916, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. 
No. 106-328)
  S. 2839, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 
marriage tax relief by adjusting the standard deduction, 15-percent and 
28-percent rate brackets, and earned income credit. (S. Rept. No. 106-
329)
Reported today:
  S. 1438, to establish the National Law Enforcement Museum on Federal 
land in the District of Columbia, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 106-330)
  S. 1670, to revise the boundary of Fort Matanzas National Monument. 
(S. Rept. No. 106-331)
  S. 2020, to adjust the boundary of the Natchez Trace Parkway, 
Mississippi. (S. Rept. No. 106-332)
  S. 2511, to establish the Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National 
Heritage Area in the State of Alaska, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 
106-333)
  H.R. 2879, to provide for the placement at the Lincoln Memorial of a 
plaque commemorating the speech of Martin Luther King, Jr., known as 
the ``I Have A Dream'' speech, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 106-334)                           
Page S6347
Measures Passed:
  Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation: Senate passed S. 311, to 
authorize the Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation to establish 
a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs, after agreeing 
to committee amendments, and the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                      Pages S6397-S6400
  Warner (for Thomas) Amendment No. 3777, to clarify that the sites for 
memorials previously approved are not affected by the amendments to the 
Commemorative Works Act made in title II of the bill, and to make 
clarifying changes.                                      
Pages S6398-99
Interior Appropriations: Senate began consideration of H.R. 4578, 
making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, taking action 
on the following amendment proposed thereto:      
  Pages S6302-24, S6328
Pending:
  Wellstone Amendment No. 3772, to increase funding for emergency 
expenses resulting from wind storms.                         
Page S6323
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By 54 yeas to 30 nays (Vote No. 172), Madelyn R. Creedon, of Indiana, 
to be Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, National Nuclear 
Security Administration.                   
Pages S6329, S6334-38, S6401
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Leslie Beth Kramerich, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Labor.
  1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.
  A routine list in the Army.                            
Pages S6400-01
Messages From the House:                                 
  Pages S6346-47
Communications:                                              
  Page S6347
Statements on Introduced Bills:                              
  Page S6348
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S6348-50
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S6350-52
Notices of Hearings:                                         
  Page S6352
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S6345-46

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Text of S. 2071 and H.R. 4577,
    as Previously Passed:                                
  Pages S6352-97
Enrolled Bills Signed:                                   
  Pages S6346-47
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S6352
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--172) 
                                                         Pages S6337-38
Adjournment: Senate convened at 1:01 p.m., and adjourned at 6:48 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, July 11, 2000. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S6400.)