[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 98 (Tuesday, July 25, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D814-D815]
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                                                  Tuesday, July 25, 2000

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      The House passed 36 measures under suspension of the rules and by 
      unanimous consent.


                                 Senate

Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7493-S7585
Measures Introduced: Eleven bills and one resolution, were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2911-2921, and S. Res. 342.                           
  Page S7542
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 2107, to amend the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange 
Act of 1934 to reduce securities fees in excess of those required to fund 
the operations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, to adjust 
compensation provisions for employees of the Commission, with amendments. 
(S. Rept. No. 106-360)                                            
Page S7542
Measures Passed:
  Long-Term Care Security Act: Committee on Governmental Affairs was 
discharged from further consideration of H.R. 4040, to amend title 5, United 
States Code, to provide for the establishment of a program under which long-
term care insurance is made available to Federal employees, members of the 
uniformed services, and civilian and military retirees, provide for the 
correction of retirement coverage errors under chapters 83 and 84 of such 
title, and the bill was then passed, after striking all after the enacting 
clause, and inserting in lieu thereof, the text of S. 2420, Senate companion 
measure, after agreeing to a committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                   
  Pages S7575-82
  Subsequently, S. 2420 was placed back on the Senate calendar.   
Page S7582
Energy/Water Development Appropriations: Senate began consideration of the 
motion to proceed to the consideration of H.R. 4733, making appropriations 
for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2001.                                                             
  Page S5722
  A 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 Thursday, July 27, 2000.                             
Pages S7522-23
  Subsequently, the motion to proceed was withdrawn.              
Page S7523
Certified Development Company Program Improvements Act: Senate disagreed to 
the amendment of the House to the Senate amendment to H.R. 2614, to amend 
the Small Business Investment Act to make improvements to the certified 
development company program, requested a conference with the House thereon, 
and the Chair was authorized to appoint the following conferees on the part 
of the Senate: Senators Bond, Burns, and Kerry.               
  Pages S7574-75
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed from 
the following treaty:
  Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (Treaty Doc. No. 
106-37).
  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. 
                                                              Pages S7573-74
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Jonathan Talisman, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Treasury.
  Margrethe Lundsager, of Virginia, to be United States Alternate Executive 
Director of the International Monetary fund for a term of two years.
  3 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Navy.                 
Pages S7583-85
Messages From the House:                                          
  Page S7540
Measures Referred:                                            
  Pages S7540-41
Measures Placed on Calendar:                                      
  Page S7541
Measures Read First Time:                                     
  Pages S7521-22
Petitions:                                                    
  Pages S7541-42
Statements on Introduced Bills:                               
  Pages S7542-54
Additional Cosponsors:                                        
  Pages S7554-55
Authority for Committees:                                         
  Page S7556
Additional Statements:                                        
  Pages S7538-40
Text of H.R. 4461 as Previously Passed:                       
  Pages S7556-73

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Privileges of the Floor:                                          
  Page S7556
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 6:36 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, July 26, 2000. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7583.)