[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 115 (Monday, September 25, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D961-D962]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                         Monday, September 25, 2000

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed the Water Resources Development Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9123-S9213
Measures Introduced: Seven bills were introduced, as follows: S. 3100-
3106.
  Page S9195
Measures Reported:
  S. 1331, to give Lincoln County, Nevada, the right to purchase at 
fair market value certain public land in the county, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 106-417)
  S. 2950, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish the 
Sand Creek Massacre Historic Site in the State of Colorado, with 
amendments. (S. Rept. No. 106-418)
  H.R. 3084, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to contribute 
funds for the establishment of an interpretative center on the life and 
contributions of President Abraham Lincoln, with an amendment. (S. 
Rept. No. 106-419)
Page S9195
Measures Passed:
  Water Resources Development Act: By 85 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. 255), 
Senate passed S. 2796, to provide for the conservation and development 
of water and related resources, and to authorize the Secretary of the 
Army to construct various projects for improvements to rivers and 
harbors of the United States, after agreeing to the following amendment 
proposed thereto:
  Pages S9142-81
  Smith (of N.H.) (for Abraham) Amendment No. 4188, to express the 
sense of the Congress with respect to U.S.-Canadian cooperation on 
development of conservation standards embodying the principles of water 
conservation and resource improvement for making decisions concerning 
the withdrawal and use of water from the Great Lakes Basin. 
                                                             Page S9151
  National Veterans Awareness Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 304, 
expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the development of 
educational programs on veterans' contributions to the country and the 
designation of the week of November 5, 2000, as ``National Veterans 
Awareness Week'' for the presentation of such educational programs. 
                                                             Page S9208
  Veterans Claims Assistance Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs was 
discharged from further consideration of H.R. 4864, to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to reaffirm and clarify the duty of the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs to assist claimants for benefits under laws 
administered by the Secretary, and the bill was then passed, after 
agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S9211-13
  Brownback (for Specter/Rockefeller) Amendment No. 4189, in the nature 
of a substitute.
Pages S9211-12
National Energy Security Act: Senate resumed consideration of the 
motion to proceed to consideration of S. 2557, to protect the energy 
security of the United States and decrease America's dependency on 
foreign oil sources to 50 percent by the Year 2010 by enhancing the use 
of renewable energy resources, conserving energy resources, improving 
energy efficiencies, and increasing domestic energy supplies, 
mitigating the effect of increases in energy prices on the American 
consumer, including the poor and the elderly.
  Page S9137
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, the periodic report on the national 
emergency with respect to Iran; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs. (PM-130)
Pages S9192-94
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, the report on the national emergency 
with respect to National Union for the Total Independence of Angola 
(UNITA); to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-
131)
Pages S9194-95
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:

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  Donald L. Fixico, of Kansas, to be a Member of the National Council 
on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2004.
  Paulette H. Holahan, of Louisiana, to be a Member of the National 
Commission on Libraries and Information Science for a term expiring 
July 19, 2004.
  Marilyn Gell Mason, of Florida, to be a Member of the National 
Commission on Libraries and Information Science for a term expiring 
July 19, 2003.
  John J. Wilson, of Maryland, to be Administrator of the Office of 
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
Page S9213
Messages From the President:
  Pages S9192-95
Messages From the House:
  Page S9195
Communications:
  Page S9195
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S9196-S9201
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S9201-02
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S9202-06
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S9206
Additional Statements:
  Pages S9189-92
Text of S. 2511, as Previously Passed:
  Pages S9206-08
Enrolled Bills Signed:
  Page S9195
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--255) 
                                                             Page S9152
Recess: Senate convened at 12 noon, and recessed at 6:53 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, September 26, 2000. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S9208.)