[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 88 (Tuesday, July 11, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D717-D718]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                             Tuesday, July 11, 2000

[[Page D717]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      The House passed H.R. 4461, Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, 
      and Related Agencies Appropriations


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6403-S6483
Measures Introduced: Six bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2844-2849, and S.J. Res. 49.
  Pages S6473-74
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 2844, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the 
provision of assistance to increase the availability of credit to 
microenterprises lacking full access to credit, to establish a 
Microfinance Loan Facility. (S. Rept. No. 106-335)
  S. 2845, to authorize additional assistance to countries with large 
populations having HIV/AIDS, to authorize assistance for tuberculosis 
prevention, treatment, control, and elimination. (S. Rept. No. 106-336)
  S. 2712, to amend chapter 35 of title 31, United States Code, to 
authorize the consolidation of certain financial and performance 
management reports required of Federal agencies. (S. Rept. No. 106-337)
                                                             Page S6473
Death Tax Elimination Act: Senate resumed 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 S6408-48
  By 99 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. 173), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed to 
close further debate on the motion to proceed to consideration of the 
bill.
Page S6408
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill on 
Wednesday, July 12, 2000.
Page S6445
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 S6448-61
Adopted:
  Smith (of NH) Modified Amendment No. 3210, to prohibit granting 
security clearances to felons.
Pages S6448-49
  Warner (for Smith of NH) Amendment No. 3765, to require that the 
annual report on transfers of militarily sensitive technology to 
countries and entities of concern include a discussion of actions taken 
on recommendations of inspectors general contained in previous annual 
reports.
Page S6450
  Levin (for Bryan) Amendment No. 3761, to provide for the concurrent 
payment to surviving spouses of disability and indemnity compensation 
and annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan.
Pages S6450-51
  Levin (for Bingaman) Modified Amendment No. 3770, to improve the 
ability of the National Laboratories to achieve their missions through 
collaborations with other institutions.
Pages S6451-54
  Warner Modified Amendment No. 3739, to improve the modifications to 
the counterintelligence polygraph program of the Department of Energy. 
                                                             Page S6454
  Warner (for Domenici) Modified Amendment No. 3259, to coordinate and 
facilitate the development by the Department of Defense of directed 
energy technologies, systems, and weapons.
Pages S6454-55
  Warner (for Domenici) Modified Amendment No. 3760, to expand and 
enhance United States efforts in the Russian nuclear complex to 
expedite the containment of nuclear expertise that presents a 
proliferation threat.
Pages S6455-56

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Pending:
  Warner (for Byrd) Amendment No. 3767, to provide for annual reporting 
of the national security implications of the bilateral trade and 
economic relationship between the United States and the People's 
Republic of China.
Pages S6449-50
  Byrd Amendment No. 3794 (to Amendment No. 3767), to provide for 
annual reporting of the national security implications of the bilateral 
trade and economic relationship between the United States and the 
People's Republic of China.
Page S6450
  Bennett/Reid Amendment No. 3185, to provide for an adjustment of 
composite theoretical performance levels of high performance computers.
                                                             Page S6456
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  Warner (for Thompson) Amendment No. 3250 (previously adopted by the 
Senate on June 8, 2000), was modified.
Page S6450
  Warner (for Bennett) Amendment No. 3751 (previously adopted by the 
Senate on June 30, 2000), was modified.
Page S6450
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that any votes 
ordered with respect to amendments occur at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, 
July 12, 2000.
Page S6445
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill, pending amendments, and amendments to be 
proposed thereto, at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 12, 2000. Further, 
that the bill be advanced to third reading, the Senate proceed to the 
House companion bill H.R. 4205, that all after the enacting clause be 
stricken, the text of the Senate bill be inserted, the House bill be 
advanced to third reading and passage occur, all without any 
intervening action, and the Senate bill be then placed on the Calendar.
                                                             Page S6461
Interior Appropriations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing for certain amendments to be proposed to H.R. 4578, 
making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001. 
                                                         Pages S6444-45
Messages From the House:
  Page S6468
Measures Referred:
  Page S6468
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S6468
Communications:
  Page S6468
Petitions:
  Pages S6468-73
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S6474-77
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S6477-78
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S6479-82
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S6482
Authority for Committees:
  Page S6482
Additional Statements:
  Pages S6466-68
Privileges of the Floor:
  Pages S6482-83
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--173) 
                                                             Page S6408
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:31 a.m., and adjourned at 8:38 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, July 12, 2000. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S6483.)