[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 105 (Monday, September 11, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D885-D886]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                              Monday, September 11, 2000

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                              Daily Digest

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                                 Senate

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Chamber Action
[D11SE0-3]D885 Routine Pr
Routine Proceedings, pages S8297-S8351
Measures Introduced: Three bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3023-3025, and S. Res. 351-352.
  Page S8342
Measures Reported:
[D11SE0-4]D885 S. 2439, t
  S. 2439, to authorize the appropriation of funds for the construction of 
the Southeastern Alaska Intertie system. (S. Rept. No. 106-405)
[D11SE0-5]D885 S. 2283, t
  S. 2283, to amend the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century to 
make certain amendments with respect to Indian tribes, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 106-406)
Page S8342
Measures Passed:
  Death of Representative Bateman: Senate agreed to S. Res. 352, relative to 
the death of Representative Herbert H. Bateman, of Virginia. 
                                                              Pages S8350-51
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:
  Page S8297-S8337
Pending:
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  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 S8297
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  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 S8297
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  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.
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  Wellstone Amendment No. 4121, to strengthen the rights of workers to 
associate, organize and strike.
Page S8297
[D11SE0-10]D885 Smith (of
  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.
Page S8297
[D11SE0-11]D885 Byrd Amend
  Byrd Amendment No. 4117, to require disclosure by the People's Republic of 
China of certain information relating to future compliance with World Trade 
Organization subsidy obligations.
Pages S8298-S8300
[D11SE0-12]D885 Byrd Amend
  Byrd Amendment No. 4131, to improve the certainty of the implementation of 
import relief in cases of affirmative determinations by the International 
Trade Commission with respect to market disruption to domestic producers of 
like or directly competitive products.
Page S8300
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  Thompson Amendment No. 4132, to provide for the application of certain 
measures to covered countries in response to the contribution to the design, 
production, development, or acquisition of nuclear, chemical, or biological 
weapons or ballistic or cruise missiles.
Page S8300-37
[D11SE0-14]D885 A unanimou
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill on Tuesday, September 12, 2000, with a vote on the 
pending Byrd Amendment No. 4117 (listed above) to occur at 10:00 a.m.
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S8342-43
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S8343-44
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S8345-50

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Notices of Hearings:
  Page S8350
Additional Statements:
  Pages S8340-42
Privileges of the Floor:
  Page S8350
Adjournment: Senate convened at 12 noon, and as a further mark of respect to 
the memory of the late Representative Herbert H. Bateman, of Virginia, in 
accordance with S. Res. 352, adjourned at 7:52 p.m., until 9:30 a.m., on 
Tuesday, September 12, 2000. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the 
Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S8351.)
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