[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 104 (Friday, September 8, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D878-D880]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                          Friday, September 8, 2000

[[Page D878]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8245-S8296
Measures Introduced: One bill and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3022 and S. Res. 350.
  Pages S8290-91
Measures Reported:
  Report to accompany H.R. 4690, making appropriations for the 
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001. (S. Rept. No. 
106-404)
Page S8290
PNTR (Permanent Normal Trade Relations) for China: Senate continued 
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, taking action on the 
following amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S8252-66
Pending:
  Wellstone Amendment No. 4118, to require that the President certify 
to Congress that the People's Republic of China has taken certain 
actions with respect to ensuring human rights protection.
Page S8252
  Wellstone Amendment No. 4119, to require that the President certify 
to Congress that the People's Republic of China is in compliance with 
certain Memoranda of Understanding regarding prohibition on import and 
export of prison labor products.
Page S8252
  Wellstone Amendment No. 4120, to require that the President certify 
to Congress that the People's Republic of China has responded to 
inquiries regarding certain people who have been detained or imprisoned 
and has made substantial progress in releasing from prison people 
incarcerated for organizing independent trade unions.
Page S8252
  Wellstone Amendment No. 4121, to strengthen the rights of workers to 
associate, organize and strike.
Page S8252
  Smith (of N.H.) Amendment No. 4129, to require that the 
Congressional-Executive Commission monitor the cooperation of the 
People's Republic of China with respect to POW/MIA issues, improvement 
in the areas of forced abortions, slave labor, and organ harvesting. 
                                                         Pages S8252-66
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill and certain amendments to be proposed 
thereto, on Monday, September 11, 2000.
Page S8294
Energy and Water Development Appropriations Agreement: A unanimous-
consent agreement was reached providing for the adoption of the 
following additional amendments to H.R. 4733, making appropriations for 
energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2001 (which passed the Senate on Thursday, September 7, 2000): 
                                                             Page S8256
  Roth (for Bingaman) Amendment No. 4053, to provide for a Laboratory 
Funding Plan to carry out certain programs, projects, and activities of 
the National Nuclear Security Administration.
Page S8256
  Roth (for Stevens/Murkowski) Amendment No. 4054, to make available 
funds to replace and upgrade the dam in Kake, Alaska which collapsed 
July, 2000 to provide drinking water and hydroelectricity.
Page S8256
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Delmond J.H. Won, of Hawaii, to be a Federal Maritime Commissioner 
for the term expiring June 30, 2002. (Reappointment)
  Larry L. Levitan, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Internal Revenue 
Service Oversight Board for a term of five years. (New Position)
  Steve H. Nickles, of North Carolina, to be a Member of the Internal 
Revenue Service Oversight Board for a term of four years. (New 
Position)
  Robert M. Tobias, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Internal Revenue 
Service Oversight Board for a term of five years. (New Position)
  Karen Hastie Williams, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of 
the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board for a term of three years. 
(New Position)
  George L. Farr, of Connecticut, to be a Member of the Internal 
Revenue Service Oversight Board for a term of four years. (New 
Position)

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  Frank Henry Cruz, of California, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for a term 
expiring January 31, 2006. (Reappointment)
  Charles L. Kolbe, of Iowa, to be a Member of the Internal Revenue 
Service Oversight Board for a term of three years. (New Position)
  Robert M. Walker, of West Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs for Memorial Affairs. (New Position)
  Ernest J. Wilson III, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for a term 
expiring January 31, 2004.
  Francis J. Duggan, of Virginia, to be a Member of the National 
Mediation Board for a term expiring July 1, 2003. (Reappointment)
  Nancy Killefer, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board for a term of five years. (New 
Position)
  Ross L. Wilson, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Azerbaijan.
  Karl William Hofmann, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Togolese 
Republic.
  Janet A. Sanderson, of Arizona, to be Ambassador to the Democratic 
and Popular Republic of Algeria.
  Donald Y. Yamamoto, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Djibouti.
  John W. Limbert, of Vermont, to be Ambassador to the Islamic Republic 
of Mauritania.
  Roger A. Meece, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Malawi.
  Mary Ann Peters, of California, to be Ambassador to the People's 
Republic of Bangladesh.
  John Edward Herbst, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Uzbekistan.
  E. Ashley Wills, of Georgia, to be Ambassador to the Democratic 
Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, and to serve concurrently and without 
additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Maldives.
  Nina V. Fedoroff, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the National 
Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 
2006.
  Diana S. Natalicio, of Texas, to be a Member of the National Science 
Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 2006. 
(Reappointment)
  Carlos Pascual, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to 
Ukraine.
  John A. White, Jr., of Arkansas, to be a Member of the National 
Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 
2006. (Reappointment)
  Debbie D. Branson, of Texas, to be a Member of the Federal Aviation 
Management Advisory Council for a term of three years. (New Position)
  Robert B. Rogers, of Missouri, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service for a 
term expiring October 6, 2001.
  Carol W. Kinsley, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service for a 
term of one year. (New Position)
  Jane Lubchenco, of Oregon, to be a Member of the National Science 
Board, National Science Foundation for a term expiring May 10, 2006. 
(Reappointment)
  Warren M. Washington, of Colorado, to be a Member of the National 
Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 
2006. (Reappointment)
  Michael G. Kozak, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Belarus.
  Sharon P. Wilkinson, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Mozambique.
  James Edgar Baker, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States 
Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces for the term of fifteen years to 
expire on the date prescribed by law.
  Katherine Milner Anderson, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board 
of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for a term 
expiring January 31, 2006. (Reappointment)
  Owen James Sheaks, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State 
(Verification and Compliance). (New Position)
  Pamela E. Bridgewater, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Benin.
  Thomas L. Garthwaite, of Pennsylvania, to be Under Secretary for 
Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs for a term of four years.
  Roger W. Kallock, of Ohio, to be Deputy Under Secretary of Defense 
for Logistics and Material Readiness. (New Position)
  Norman C. Bay, of New Mexico, to be United States Attorney for the 
District of New Mexico for the term of four years.
  Richard A. Boucher, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
State (Public Affairs), vice James P. Rubin.
  Kenneth Y. Tomlinson, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for a term 
expiring January 31, 2006.
  Joseph R. Biden, Jr., of Delaware, to be a Representative of the 
United States of America to the Fifty-fifth Session of the General 
Assembly of the United Nations.

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  Rod Grams, of Minnesota, to be a Representative of the United States 
of America to the Fifty-fifth Session of the General Assembly of the 
United Nations.
Pages S8293-94, S8295-96
Messages From the House:
  Page S8288
Measures Referred:
  Page S8288
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S8288
Communications:
  Pages S8289-90
Petitions:
  Page S8290
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Page S8291
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S8291-92
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S8293
Additional Statements:
  Pages S8287-88
Privileges of the Floor:
  Page S8293
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10:00 a.m., and adjourned at 3:43 p.m., 
until 12 noon, on Monday, September 11, 2000. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S8295.)