[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 93 (Tuesday, July 18, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D766-D767]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                                  Tuesday, July 18, 2000

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Interior and Foreign Operations Appropriations bills.
       Senate passed Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Reconciliation bill.


                                 Senate

Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7083-S7172
Measures Introduced: Five bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2883-2887, and S. Res. 338.                           
  Page S7160
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  Special Report entitled ``Government Performance Results Act of 1993.'' 
(S. Rept. No. 106-347)
  S. 2705, to provide for the training of individuals, during a Presidential 
transition, who the President intends to appoint to certain key positions, 
to provide for a study and report on improving the financial disclosure 
process for certain Presidential nominees. (S. Rept. No.106-348)
  H.R. 4733, making appropriations for energy and water development for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                   
Pages S7159-60
Measures Passed:
  Death of Senator Coverdell: Senate agreed to S. Res. 338, relative to the 
death of the Honorable Paul Coverdell, a Senator from the State of Georgia. 
                                                                  Page S7168
  Interior Appropriations: By 97 yeas to 2 nays (Vote No. 211), Senate 
passed H.R. 4578, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, after 
agreeing to a committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and after 
taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                    Pages S7083, S7085-S7103
Adopted:
  Reed Modified Amendment No. 3798, to increase funding for weatherization 
assistance grants, with an offset.                     
Pages S7083, S7085-86
  Gorton (for Grassley) Amendment No. 3910, to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to enter into a land exchange with Dubuque Barge & Fleeting 
Services, Inc., of Dubuque, Iowa.                                 
Page S7086
  Gorton Amendment No. 3911, to provide additional funds for construction, 
improvements, repair or replacement of physical facilities, including the 
modifications authorized by section 104 of the Everglades National Park 
Protection and Expansion Act of 1989.                             
Page S7086
  Lieberman Modified Amendment No. 3811, to provide funding for maintenance 
of a Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve, with an offset. 
                                                          Pages S7083, S7088
  Reid (for Bingaman) Modified Amendment No. 3887, to express the sense of 
the Senate regarding the protection of Indian program monies from judgment 
fund claims.                                           
Pages S7083, S7088-89
  By a unanimous vote of 99 yeas (Vote No. 209), Gorton (for Bond) Amendment 
No. 3886 (to Amendment No. 3885), to prohibit use of funds for application 
of unapproved pesticides in certain areas that may be used by children. 
                                                       Pages S7083, S7089-90
  Reid (for Boxer) Amendment No. 3885, to provide that none of the funds 
appropriated under this Act may be used for the preventive application of a 
pesticide containing a known or probable carcinogen, a category I or II 
acute nerve toxin or a pesticide of the organophosphate, carbamate, or 
organochlorine class as identified by the Environmental Protection Agency in 
National Parks in any area where children may be present. 
                                                          Pages S7083, S7093
Rejected:
  By 45 yeas to 54 nays (Vote No. 207), Bryan/Fitzgerald Amendment No. 3883, 
to reduce the Forest Service timber sale budget by $30,000,000 and increase 
the wildland fire management budget by $15,000,000.    
Pages S7083, S7086-87
  By 49 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 208), Nickles Amendment No. 3884, to 
defend the Constitutional system of checks and balances between the 
Legislative and Executive branches.                    
Pages S7083, S7087-88
  By 41 yeas to 58 nays (Vote No. 210), Boxer Amendment No. 3912 (to 
Amendment No. 3885, as amended), to provide that none of the funds 
appropriated under this Act may be used for the preventive application of a 
pesticide containing a known or probable carcinogen, a category I or II 
acute nerve toxin or a pesticide of the organophosphate, carbamate, or 
organochlorine class as identified by the Environmental Protection Agency in 
National Parks in

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any area where children and pregnant women may be present.    
Pages S7090-93
  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 Gorton, Stevens, Cochran, Domenici, Burns, 
Bennett, Gregg, Campbell, Byrd, Leahy, Hollings, Reid, Dorgan, Kohl, and 
Feinstein.                                                        
Page S7102
  Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Reconciliation Act: By 61 yeas to 38 nays 
(Vote No. 215), Senate passed H.R. 4810, to provide for reconciliation 
pursuant to section 103(a)(1) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for 
fiscal year 2001, as amended, after taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:                                  
  Pages S7103-09
Adopted:
  By a unanimous vote of 99 yeas (Vote No. 212), Burns Amendment No. 3874, 
to repeal the modification of the installment method.             
Page S7103
  By 54 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 214), Nickles (for Lott) Amendment No. 
3881, to provide a substitute.                            
Pages S7103, S7104
Rejected:
  By 20 yeas to 79 nays (Vote No. 213), Reid (for Hollings) Amendment No. 
3875, to pay down the debt by striking the tax cuts.          
Pages S7103-04
  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 Roth, Lott, and Moynihan.        
Page S7109
  Foreign Operations Appropriations: Senate passed H.R. 4811, making 
appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, after striking all 
after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the text of S. 2522, 
Senate companion measure, as amended.                         
  Pages S7121-42
  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: McConnell, Specter, Gregg, Shelby, Bennett, 
Campbell, Bond, Stevens, Leahy, Inouye, Lautenberg, Harkin, Mikulski, 
Murray, and Byrd.                                                 
Page S7142
  Subsequently, S. 2522 was indefinitely postponed.               
Page S7142
Agriculture Appropriations: Senate began consideration of H.R. 4461, making 
appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2001, striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in 
lieu thereof the text of S. 2536, Senate companion measure (with a modified 
Division B).                                                  
  Pages S7143-45
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill on Wednesday, July 19, 2000.            
Page S7169
Messages From the President: Senate received the following message from the 
President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, the report on the national emergency with 
respect to the Taliban in Afghanistan; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs. (PM-120)                                       
Page S7152
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Seymour Martin Lipset, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the United States Institute of Peace for a term expiring 
January 19, 2003. (Reappointment)
  1 Marine Corps nomination in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Coast Guard, Marine Corps.             
Pages S7169-72
Messages From the President:                                      
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Messages From the House:                                          
  Page S7152
Measures Referred:                                                
  Page S7152
Petitions:                                                    
  Pages S7152-59
Statements on Introduced Bills:                               
  Pages S7160-64
Additional Cosponsors:                                        
  Pages S7164-66
Amendments Submitted:                                             
  Page S7167
Notices of Hearings:                                              
  Page S7167
Authority for Committees:                                     
  Pages S7167-68
Additional Statements:                                        
  Pages S7151-52
Privileges of the Floor:                                          
  Page S7168
Record Votes: Nine record votes were taken today. (Total--215) 
                               Pages S7087-88, S7090, S7093, S7102-04, S7109
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:15 a.m., and as a further mark of respect 
to the memory of the late Senator Coverdell, in accordance with S. Res. 338, 
adjourned at 7:14 p.m., until 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 19, 2000. (For 
Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's 
Record on page S7169.)