[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 109 (Friday, September 15, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D917-D918]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                         Friday, September 15, 2000

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8611-S8639
Measures Introduced: Six bills were introduced, as follows: S. 3056-
3061.
  Page S8635
Measures Passed:
  National Mammography Day: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged 
from further consideration of S. Res. 353, designating October 20, 
2000, as ``National Mammography Day'', and the resolution was then 
agreed to.
  Pages S8637-38
  National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Week: Committee on the Judiciary 
was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 347, designating 
the week of September 17, 2000, through September 23, 2000, as National 
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Week, and the resolution was then agreed to. 
                                                         Pages S8637-38
  National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: Committee 
on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 
342, designating the week beginning September 17, 2000, as ``National 
Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week'', and the resolution 
was then agreed to.
  Pages S8637-38
  Children's Internet Safety Month: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 294, designating the 
month of October 2000 as ``Children's Internet Safety Month'', and the 
resolution was then agreed to.
  Pages S8637-38
  Commending Middlebury College: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 355, commending and 
congratulating Middlebury College, and the resolution was then agreed 
to.
  Pages S8637-38
  National Alcohol and Drug Recovery Month: Committee on Health, 
Education Labor, and Pensions was discharged from further consideration 
of H. Con. Res. 371, supporting the goals and ideas of National Alcohol 
and Drug Recovery Month, and the resolution was then agreed to. 
                                                             Page S8639
  Republic of Latvia 10th Independence Anniversary: Senate agreed to H. 
Con. Res. 319, congratulating the Republic of Latvia on the 10th 
anniversary of the reestablishment of its independence from the rule of 
the former Soviet Union.
  Page S8639
  U.S. Capitol Construction/Slave Labor Recognition: Committee on Rules 
and Administration was discharged from further consideration of S. Con. 
Res. 130, establishing a special task force to recommend an appropriate 
recognition for the slave laborers who worked on the construction of 
the United States Capitol, and the resolution was then agreed to. 
                                                             Page S8639
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, as amended.
  Pages S8611-19
  By prior unanimous-consent, Senate will continue consideration of the 
bill on Monday, September 18, 2000.
H-1B Non-Immigrant Visa: Senate began consideration of the motion to 
proceed to the consideration of S. 2045, to amend the Immigration and 
Nationality Act with respect to H-1B nonimmigrant aliens. 
                                                         Pages S8619-20
  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 Tuesday, September 19, 2000.
Page S8619
  Subsequently, the motion to proceed was withdrawn.
Page S8620
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S8635-36
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S8637
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S8637
Authority for Committees:
  Page S8637
Additional Statements:
  Pages S8634-35
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10:01 a.m., and adjourned at 1:24 p.m., 
until 12 noon on Monday, September 18, 2000. (For Senate's program, see 
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remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S8639.)