[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 112 (Wednesday, September 20, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D937-D938]
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                                      Wednesday, September 20, 2000

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House Committees ordered reported 23 sundry measures.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8773-S8870
Measures Introduced: Twelve bills were introduced, as follows: S. 3074-
3085.
  Pages S8822-23
Measures Reported:
  H.R. 4986, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 
provisions relating to foreign sales corporations (FSCs) and to exclude 
extraterritorial income from gross income, with amendments. (S. Rept. 
No. 106-416)
Page S8822
Legislative/Treasury/Postal Service Appropriations Conference Report: 
By 28 yeas to 69 nays (Vote No. 253), Senate failed to agree to the 
conference report on H.R. 4516, making appropriations for the 
Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and 
making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States 
Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain 
Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001. 
                                                      Pages S8788-S8800
  Subsequently, a motion to reconsider the vote by which the conference 
report was defeated was entered.
Page S8800
H-1B Nonimmigrant Visa: Senate continued 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 S8800-06
  Senate will continue consideration of the motion to proceed on 
Thursday, September 21, 2000.
Intercountry Adoption Act: Senate concurred in the amendment of the 
House to the Senate amendment to H.R. 2909, to provide for 
implementation by the United States of the Hague Convention on 
Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry 
Adoption, clearing the measure for the President.
  Page S8866
Treaties Approved: The following treaties having passed through their 
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 resolutions 
of ratification were agreed to:
  Convention On Protection of Children and Co-operation In Respect of 
Intercountry Adoption, with six declarations (Treaty Doc. 105-51) 
                                                         Pages S8866-67
  Convention (No. 176) Concerning Safety and Health in Mines, with two 
understandings, two declaration, and two provisos (Treaty Doc. 106-8) 
                                                         Pages S8866-67
  Food Aid Convention 1999, with three declarations and one proviso 
(Treaty Doc. 106-8)
Pages S8866-67
  Inter-American Convention on Sea Turtles, with three understandings, 
five declarations, and two provisos (Treaty Doc. 105-48) 
                                                         Pages S8866-68
Messages From the House:
  Pages S8819-20
Measures Referred:
  Page S8820
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S8820
Measures Read First Time:
  Pages S8820, S8866
Communications:
  Pages S8820-22
Petitions:
  Page S8822
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S8822
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S8823-64
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S8864
Amendments Submitted:
  Page S8865
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S8865
Additional Statements:
  Pages S8817-18
Privileges of the Floor:
  Page S8866
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total-253)
  Page S8800
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:32 a.m., and adjourned at 6:24 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, September 21, 2000. (For Senate's 
program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's 
Record on page S8868.)

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