[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 106 (Tuesday, September 12, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D890-D891]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                        Tuesday, September 12, 2000

[[Page D890]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8353-S8438
Measures Introduced: Fourteen bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 3026-3039, and S. Res. 353-355. 
                                                         Pages S8412-13
Measures Reported:
  S. 1066, to amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to encourage the use of and research into 
agricultural best practices to improve the environment, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 106-407)
  S. 1762, to amend the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act 
to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide cost share 
assistance for the rehabilitation of structural measures constructed as 
part of water resources projects previously funded by the Secretary 
under such Act or related laws. (S. Rept. No. 106-408)
Measures Passed:
  Committee Membership Appointments: Senate agreed to S. Res. 354, 
providing for certain appointments to the Agriculture, Nutrition and 
Forestry Committee, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs, the Committee on Finance, the Committee on Small Business, and 
the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.                      
  Pages S8425-26
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 S8353-57, S8360-70, S8375-S8406
Rejected:
  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.           
Page S8354
  By 29 yeas to 68 nays (Vote No. 238), 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.                                
Pages S8353-54, S8360-66
  By 32 yeas to 63 nays (Vote No. 239), Helms/Wellstone Amendment No. 
4125, to require the President certify to Congress that the People's 
Republic of China has taken certain actions with respect to ensuring 
human rights protection.                       
Pages S8369-70, S8375-82
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 S8353
  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 S8354
  Wellstone Amendment No. 4121, to strengthen the rights of workers to 
associate, organize and strike.                              
Page S8354
  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 S8354
  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. 
                                                  Pages S8354, S8382-84
  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. 
                        Pages S8354-57, S8366-69, S8384-96, S8399-S8406

[[Page D891]]


  Hollings Amendment No. 4134, to direct the Securities and Exchange 
Commission to require corporations to disclose foreign investment-
related information in 10-K reports.                     
                                                         Pages S8396-98
  Hollings Amendment No. 4135, to authorize and request the President 
to report to the Congress annually beginning in January, 2001, on the 
balance of trade with China for cereals (wheat, corn, and rice) and 
soybeans, and to direct the President to eliminate any deficit. 
                                                         Pages S8396-98
  Hollings Amendment No. 4136, to authorize and request the President 
to report to the Congress annually, beginning in January, 2001, on the 
balance of trade with China for advanced technology products, and 
direct the President to eliminate any deficit.           
                                                         Pages S8396-98
  Hollings Amendment No. 4137, to condition eligibility for risk 
insurance provided by the Export-Import Bank or the Overseas Private 
Investment Corporation on certain certifications.        
                                                         Pages S8396-98
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for 
consideration of certain amendments on Wednesday, September 13, 2000, 
with votes on Byrd Amendment No. 4131 and division 6 of Smith (N.H.) 
No. 4129 to occur at 11 a.m.                                 
                                                             Page S8406
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaties:
  Protocol Amending Investment Treaty with Panama (Treaty Doc. No. 106-
46); and
  Investment Treaty with Azerbaijan (Treaty Doc. No. 106-47).
  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 was ordered to be 
printed.                                                     
                                                             Page S8426
Appointments:
  Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Union: The Chair, on behalf of the 
Vice President, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 276h-276k, as amended, appointed 
Senator Hutchison as Chair of the Senate Delegation to the Mexico-U.S. 
Interparliamentary Union during the 106th Congress.          
  Page S8426
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Joel Gerber, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Tax 
Court for a term of fifteen years after he takes office. 
(Reappointment)
  Stephen J. Swift, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Tax 
Court for a term of fifteen years after he takes office. 
(Reappointment)
  Steven E. Achelpohl, of Nebraska, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Nebraska vice William G. Cambridge, retired.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Navy. 
                                                         Pages S8426-38
Messages From the House:                                     
  Page S8411
Communications:                                          
  Pages S8411-12
Statements on Introduced Bills:                          
  Pages S8413-21
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S8421-22
Amendments Submitted:                                        
  Page S8424
Notices of Hearings:                                         
  Page S8425
Authority for Committees:                                    
  Page S8425
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S8410-11
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S8425
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--239) 
                                                     Pages S8366, S8381
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:31 a.m., and adjourned at 8:28 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, September 13, 2000. (For Senate's 
program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's 
Record on page S8426.)