[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 100 (Thursday, July 27, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D837-D841]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                                 Thursday, July 27, 2000

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to Defense Appropriations Conference Report.
      The House passed H.R. 4865, Social Security Benefits Tax Relief Act.
      House committees ordered reported 10 sundry measurements.


                                 Senate

Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7723-S7958
Measures Introduced: Fifty-nine bills and four resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2942-3000, S. Res. 345-346, and S. Con. Res. 132-133. 
                                                              Pages S7839-41
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 2796, to provide for the conservation and development of water and 
related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct 
various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United 
States, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 106-
362)
  S. 2797, to authorize a comprehensive Everglades restoration plan, with 
amendments. (S. Rept. No. 106-363)
  Special Report entitled ``Day Trading: Case Studies and Conclusions.'' (S. 
Rept. No. 106-364)
  S. Res. 334, expressing appreciation to the people of Okinawa for hosting 
United States defense facilities, commending the Government of Japan for 
choosing Okinawa as the site for hosting the summit meeting of the G-8 
countries, with an amendment and with an amended preamble.
  S. 113, to increase the criminal penalties for assaulting or threatening 
Federal judges, their family members, and other public servants.
  S. 353, to provide for class action reform, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.
  S. 783, to limit access to body armor by violent felons and to facilitate 
the donation of Federal surplus body armor to State and local law 
enforcement agencies, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 1865, to provide grants to establish demonstration mental health 
courts, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 2000, for the relief of Guy Taylor.
  S. 2002, for the relief of Tony Lara, with an amendment.
  S. 2272, to improve the administrative efficiency and effectiveness of the 
Nation's abuse and neglect courts and for other purposes consistent with the 
Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997.
  S. 2279, to authorize the addition of land to Sequoia National Park, with 
an amendment.
  S. 2289, for the relief of Jose Guadalupe Tellez Pinales.
  S. 2943, to authorize additional assistance for international malaria 
control, and to provide for coordination and consultation in providing 
assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 with respect to malaria, 
HIV, and tuberculosis.
  S. Con. Res. 131, commemorating the 20th anniversary of the workers' 
strikes in Poland that lead to the creation of the independent trade union 
Solidarnose, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and with an 
amended preamble.                                             
Pages S7837-38
Measures Passed:
  Intercountry Adoption Act: Senate passed H.R. 2909, to provide for 
implementation by the United States of the Hague Convention on Protection of 
Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption, after 
agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:         
  Pages S7751-52
  Campbell (for Helms) Amendment No. 4023, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                              Pages S7751-52
  Coast Guard Authorization Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 820, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2000 and 2001 for the United 
States Coast Guard, and the bill was then passed, after striking all after 
the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the text of S. 1089, 
Senate companion measure, and after agreeing to a committee amendment in the 
nature of a substitute, and the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                              Pages S7752-57
  Campbell (for Snowe/Kerry) Amendment No. 4022, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                   
Pages S7755-56
  Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the House 
thereon, and the Chair was authorized to appoint the following conferees on

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the part of the Senate: Senators McCain, Stevens, Snowe, Hollings, and 
Kerry.                                                            
Page S7757
  Subsequently, S. 1089 was placed back on the Senate calendar.   
Page S7757
  Adjournment Resolution: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 132, providing for a 
conditional adjournment or recess of the Senate and a conditional 
adjournment of the House of Representatives.                  
  Pages S7773-74
  Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act: Senate passed S. 
2869, to protect religious liberty.                           
  Pages S7774-81
  Trafficking Victims Protection Act: Senate passed H.R. 3244, to combat 
trafficking of persons, especially into the sex trade, slavery, and slavery-
like conditions in the United States and countries around the world through 
prevention, through prosecution and enforcement against traffickers, and 
through protection and assistance to victims of trafficking, after agreeing 
to the following amendments proposed thereto:                     
  Page S7781
  Hatch (for Brownback/Wellstone) Amendment No. 4027, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                       
Page S7781
  Hatch Amendment No. 4028 (to Amendment No. 4027), to make technical 
changes in the section relating to strengthening the prosecution and 
punishment of traffickers.                                        
Page S7781
  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: from the Committee on the Judiciary: Senators Hatch, 
Thurmond, and Leahy; and from the Committee on Foreign Relations: Senators 
Helms, Brownback, Biden, and Wellstone.                           
Page S7781
  Bend Pine Nursery Land Conveyance Act: Senate passed S. 1936, to authorize 
the Secretary of Agriculture to sell or exchange all or part of certain 
administrative sites and other National Forest System land in the State of 
Oregon and use the proceeds derived from the sale or exchange for National 
Forest System purposes, after agreeing to a committee amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.                                       
  Pages S7794-95
  Wyoming Land Conveyance: Senate passed S. 1894, to provide for the 
conveyance of certain land to Park County, Wyoming, after agreeing to a 
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.                
  Page S7795
  Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area Study Act: Senate passed S. 
2421, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the 
suitability and feasibility of establishing an Upper Housatonic Valley 
National Heritage Area in Connecticut and Massachusetts.      
  Pages S7795-96
  National Wild and Scenic Rivers System: Senate passed H.R. 1749, to 
designate Wilson Creek in Avery and Caldwell Counties, North Carolina, as a 
component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, clearing the 
measure for the President.                                        
  Page S7796
  Washakie County and Big Horn County, Wyoming Land Conveyance: Senate 
passed S. 610, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain 
land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management in Washakie 
County and Big Horn County, Wyoming, to the Westside Irrigation District, 
Wyoming, after agreeing to a committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                       
  Page S7796
  Sequoia National Park Land Addition: Senate passed S. 2279, to authorize 
the addition of land to Sequoia National Park, after agreeing to a committee 
amendment.                                                    
  Pages S7796-97
  Wekiva Wild and Scenic River Designation Act: Senate passed S. 2352, to 
amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate the Wekiva River and its 
tributaries of Wekiwa Springs Run, Rock Springs Run, and Black Water Creek 
in the State of Florida as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers 
System, after agreeing to a committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                   
  Pages S7797-98
  Natchez Trace Parkway: Senate passed S. 2020, to adjust the boundary of 
the Natchez Trace Parkway, Mississippi.                           
  Page S7798
  Lackawanna Heritage Area: Senate passed H.R. 940, an act to designate the 
Lackawanna Heritage Valley American Heritage Area, after agreeing to a 
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                    Pages S7798, S7799-S7802
  Subsequently, passage of H.R. 940 was vitiated.                 
Page S7808
  Wheeling National Heritage Area: Senate passed S. 2247, to establish the 
Wheeling National Heritage Area in the State of West Virginia, after 
agreeing to committee amendments.                             
  Pages S7798-99
  Subsequently, passage of S. 2247 was vitiated.                  
Page S7808
  Stamp Out Breast Cancer Act: Senate passed S. 2386, to authorize the 
United States Postal Service to issue semipostals, after agreeing to the 
following amendment proposed thereto:                         
  Pages S7802-03
  Smith (of Oregon) (for Levin) Amendment No. 4029, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                       
Page S7803
  Enrollment Correction:  Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 133, to correct the 
enrollment of S. 1809.                                            
  Page S7803
  Paul D. Coverdell Fellowship Program: Senate passed S. 2998, to designate 
a fellowship program of the Peace Corps promoting the work of returning 
Peace Corps volunteers in undeserved American communities as the ``Paul D. 
Coverdell Fellowship Program''.                                   
  Page S7803
  Paiute Indian Tribe Water Rights: Senate passed H.R. 3291, to provide for 
the settlement of the water rights claims of the Shivwits Band of the

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Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah, clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                              Pages S7803-04
  Donald J. Mitchell Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic: 
Committee on Veterans Affairs was discharged from further consideration of 
H.R. 1982, to name the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic 
located at 125 Brookley Drive, Rome, New York, as the Donald J. Mitchell 
Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, and the bill was then 
passed, clearing the measure for the President.                   
  Page S7804
  Helsinki Final Act Anniversary: Senate agreed to S.J. Res. 48, calling 
upon the President to issue a proclamation recognizing the 25th anniversary 
of the Helsinki Final Act.                                    
  Pages S7804-05
  Condemning Prejudice Against Asian/Pacific Island Individuals:  Senate 
agreed to S. Con. Res. 53, condemning all prejudice against individuals of 
Asian and Pacific Island ancestry in the United States, after agreeing to a 
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.                
  Page S7805
  National Airborne Day: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from 
further consideration of S. Res. 301, designating August 16, 2000, as 
``National Airborne Day'', and the resolution was then agreed to. 
                                                              Pages S7805-06
  National Relatives as Parents Day: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 212, to designate August 1, 
2000, as ``National Relatives as Parents Day'', and the resolution was then 
agreed to.                                                        
  Page S7806
  Religious Tolerance: Senate agreed to S. Res. 133, supporting religious 
tolerance toward Muslims.                                         
  Page S7806
  Foreign Personal Exemption Allowance: Committee on Finance was discharged 
from further consideration of S. Res. 333, expressing the sense of the 
Senate that there should be parity among the countries that are parties to 
the North American Free Trade Agreement with respect to the personal 
exemption allowance for merchandise purchased abroad by returning residents, 
and the resolution was then agreed to.                        
  Pages S7806-07
  Recognizing Achievements of 1951 University of San Francisco Dons Football 
Team: Senate agreed to S. Res. 346, recognizing the achievements of the 1951 
University of San Francisco Dons football team and acknowledging the 
wrongful treatment endured by the team.                       
  Pages S7807-08
Swearing in of Senator Miller: Senator Zell Miller, of Georgia, was sworn in 
to fill the unexpired term, until the vacancy of that term, caused by the 
death of Senator Paul Coverdell, is filled by election as provided by law. 
                                                                  Page S7730
Intelligence Authorization: Senate began consideration of S. 2507, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2001 for intelligence and 
intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the 
Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement 
and Disability System.                                            
  Page S7831
  Earlier, Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to the consideration of 
the bill.                                                         
Page S7731
Energy/Water Development Appropriations: Senate began consideration of H.R. 
4733, making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2001.                               
  Pages S7731-32
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the following 
action:
  By a unanimous vote of 100 yeas (Vote No. 229), three-fifths of those 
Senators duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
agreed to the motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to 
consideration of the bill, listed above.                      
Pages S7731-32
  Earlier, Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to the consideration of 
the bill.                                                         
Page S7768
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill on Tuesday, September 5, 2000.      
Page SS7766-68
PNTR for China: Senate began consideration of H.R. 4444, to authorize 
extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) 
to the People's Republic of China, and to establish a framework for 
relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China. 
                                                              Pages S7768-73
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the following 
action:
  By 86 yeas to 12 nays (Vote No. 231), three-fifths of those Senators duly 
chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed to the 
motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to consideration of 
the bill.                                                     
Pages S7768-69
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill on Tuesday, September 5, 2000.      
Pages S7766-68
Defense Appropriations Conference Report: By 91 yeas to 9 nays (Vote No. 
230), Senate agreed to the conference report to H.R. 4576, making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2001, clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                       Pages S7732-44, S7766
Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act: A unanimous-consent-time agreement was 
reached providing for consideration of S. 1796, to modify the enforcement of 
certain anti-terrorism judgments, and a substitute amendment to be proposed 
thereto, with a vote on final passage to occur thereon.           
  Page S7729
Long-Term Care Security Act: Senate agreed to the amendments of the House to 
the Senate amendments to 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,

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provide for the correction of retirement coverage errors under chapters 83 
and 84 of such title, clearing the measure for the President.     
  Page S7802
Treaty Approved: The following treaty having passed through its various 
parliamentary stages, up to and including the presentation of the resolution 
of ratification, upon division, two-thirds of the Senators present and 
having voted in the affirmative, the resolution of ratification was agreed 
to:
  Inter-American Convention Against Corruption (Treaty Doc. 105-39) 
                                                                  Page S7809
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed from 
the following treaties:
  Extradition Treaty with Belize (Treaty Doc. No. 106-38); and
  Treaty with Mexico on Delimitation of Continental Shelf (Treaty Doc. No. 
106-39).
  The treaties were 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 S7809-10
Nominations--Committee Agreement: Committee on Governmental Affairs requests 
that its deadlines for making determinations on certain nominations be 
extended to September 7, 2000 at which time the nominations shall be 
discharged from the Committee.                                    
  Page S7808
Nominations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing 
that all nominations received by the Senate during the 106th Congress, 
remain in status quo, notwithstanding the July 27, 2000, adjournment of the 
Senate, and the provisions of Rule XXXI, paragraph 6, of the Standing Rules 
of the Senate.                                                    
  Page S7808
Authority to Make Appointments: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that notwithstanding the upcoming recess or adjournment of the 
Senate, the President of the Senate, the President of the Senate pro 
tempore, and the majority and minority leaders be authorized to make 
appointments to commissions, committees, boards, conferences, or 
interparliamentary conferences authorized by law, by concurrent action of 
the two Houses, or by order of the Senate.                        
  Page S7952
Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act--Agreement: A 
unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for consideration of 
S. 1608, to provide annual payments to the States and counties from National 
Forest System lands managed by the Forest Service, and the revested Oregon 
and California Railroad and reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands 
managed predominately by the Bureau of Land Management, for use by the 
counties in which the lands are situated for the benefit of the public 
schools, roads, emergency and other public purposes; to encourage and 
provide new mechanisms for cooperation between counties and the Forest 
Service and the Bureau of Land Management to make necessary investments in 
Federal lands, and reaffirm the positive connection between Federal Lands 
counties and Federal Lands, and certain amendments to be proposed thereto, 
with a vote on final passage of the bill, to occur on or before September 
15, 2000.                                                         
  Page S7953
Messages from the President: Senate received the following messages from the 
President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the progress towards achieving 
benchmarks in Bosnia; to the Committee on Armed Services. (PM-123) 
                                                                  Page S7833
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the National Institute of 
Building Sciences for fiscal year 1998; to the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-124)                              
Page S7834
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, the report on the National Emergency with 
Respect to Libya; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 
(PM-125)                                                          
Page S7834
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, the report on the National Emergency with 
Respect to Terrorists Who Threatened to Disrupt the Middle East Peace 
Process; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-126) 
                                                                  Page S7834
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  2 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  4 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  14 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, Navy. 
                                                       Pages S7808, S7957-58
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Jose Collado, of Florida, to be a Member of the Advisory Board for Cuba 
Broadcasting for a term expiring December 20, 2003. (Reappointment)
  Jose Collado, of Florida, to be a Member of the Advisory Board for Cuba 
Broadcasting for a term expiring December 20, 2000.
  James H. Atkins, of Arkansas, to be a Member of the Federal Retirement 
Thrift Investment Board for a term expiring September 25, 2004. 
(Reappointment)
  Christine M. Arguello, of Colorado, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Tenth Circuit.
  Paula M. Junghans, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney General.
  Robert N. Shamansky, of Ohio, to be a Member of the National Security 
Education Board for a term of four years. (Reappointment)
  Troy Hamilton Cribb, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Commerce.
  David Stewart Cercone, of Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge 
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  Harry Peter Litman, of Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge 
for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
  Routine lists in the Army, Marine Corps, Navy.              
Pages S7953-57
Messages From the President:                                  
  Pages S7833-34
Messages From the House:                                      
  Pages S7834-35
Measures Referred:                                                
  Page S7835
Measures Placed on Calendar:                                      
  Page S7835
Communications:                                               
  Pages S7836-37
Petitions:                                                        
  Page S7837
Executive Reports of Committees:                              
  Pages S7838-39
Statements on Introduced Bills:                            
  Pages S7841-S7921
Additional Cosponsors:                                        
  Pages S7921-23
Amendments Submitted:                                         
  Pages S7925-47
Notices of Hearings:                                              
  Page S7947
Authority for Committees:                                     
  Pages S7947-48
Additional Statements:                                        
  Pages S7824-33
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                         
  Page S7836
Privileges of the Floor:                                          
  Page S7948
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--231) 
                                                   Pages S7732, S7766, S7769
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and in accordance with the 
provisions of S. Con. Res. 132, adjourned at 9:53 p.m., until 12 noon, on 
Tuesday, September 5, 2000. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the 
Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7953.)