[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 120 (Monday, October 2, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1008-D1011]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                            Monday, October 2, 2000

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                              Daily Digest

HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.
      Senate passed Intelligence Authorization.
      Senate agreed to the Conference Report on Energy and Water 
      Development Appropriations.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9559-S9642
Measures Introduced: Eight bills were introduced, as follows: S. 3141-
3148.                                                    
  Pages S9605-06
Measures Reported:
  Reported on Friday, September 29, during the adjournment:
  H.R. 4447, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 919 West 34th Street in Baltimore, Maryland, as the 
``Samuel H. Lacy, Sr. Post Office Building''.
  S. 1848, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study 
and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
participate in the design, planing, and construction of the Denver 
Water Reuse project, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
(S. Rept. No. 106-437)
  S. 2195, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study 
and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
participate in the design, planning, and construction of the Truckee 
watershed reclamation project for the reclamation and reuse of water, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 106-438)
  S. 2301, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study 
and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
participate in the design, planning, and construction of the Lakehaven 
water reclamation project for the reclamation and reuse of water, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 106-439)
  S. 2345, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special 
resource study concerning the preservation and public use of sites 
associated with Harriet Tubman located in Auburn, New York, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 106-440)
  S. 2749, to establish the California Trail Interpretive Center in 
Elko, Nevada, to facilitate the interpretation of the history of 
development and use of trails in the setting of the western portion of 
the United States. (S. Rept. No. 106-441)
  S. 2865, to designate certain land of the National Forest System 
located in the State of Virginia as wilderness. (S. Rept. No. 106-442)
  S. 2959, to amend the Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation Act of 
1992, with an amendment. (S. Rept. No. 106-443)
  H.R. 1680, to provide for the conveyance of Forest Service property 
in Kern County, California, in exchange for county lands suitable for 
inclusion in Sequoia National Forest, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 106-444)
  H.R. 2919, to promote preservation and public awareness of the 
history of the Underground Railroad by providing financial assistance, 
to the Freedom Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. (S. Rept. No. 106-445)
  H.R. 4063, to establish the Rosie the Riveter-World War II Home Front 
National Historical Park in the State of California, with amendments. 
(S. Rept. No. 106-446)
  H.R. 4285, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey 
certain administrative sites for National Forest System lands in the 
State of Texas, to convey certain National Forest System land to the 
New Waverly Gulf Coast Trades Center. (S. Rept. No. 106-447)
  H.R. 2302, to designate the building of the United States Postal 
Service located at 307 Main Street in Johnson City, New York, as the 
``James W. McCabe, Sr. Post Office Building''.

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  H.R. 3030, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 757 Warren Road in Ithaca, New York, as the 
``Matthew F. McHugh Post Office''.
  H.R. 3454, to designate the United States post office located at 451 
College Street in Macon, Georgia, as the ``Henry McNeal Turner Post 
Office''.
  H.R. 3909, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 4601 South Cottage Grove Avenue in Chicago, 
Illinois, as the ``Henry W. McGee Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 3985, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 14900 Southwest 30th Street in Miramar City, 
Florida, as the ``Vicki Coceano Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 4157, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 600 Lincoln Avenue in Pasadena, California, as the 
``Matthew `Mack' Robinson Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 4169, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 2000 Vassar Street in Reno, Nevada, as the ``Barbara 
F. Vucanovich Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 4448, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 3500 Dolfield Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland, as the 
``Judge Robert Bernard Watts, Sr. Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 4449, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 1908 North Ellamont Street in Baltimore, Maryland, 
as the ``Dr. Flossie McClain Dedmond Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 4484, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 500 North Washington Street in Rockville, Maryland, 
as the ``Everett Alvarez, Jr. Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 4517, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 24 Tsienneto Road in Derry, New Hampshire, as the 
``Alan B. Shepard, Jr. Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 4534, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 114 Ridge Street in Lenoir, North Carolina, as the 
``James T. Broyhill Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 4554, to redesignate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 1602 Frankford Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 
as the ``Joseph F. Smith Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 4615, to redesignate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 3030 Meredith Avenue in Omaha, Nebraska, as the 
``Reverend J.C. Wade Post Office''.
  H.R. 4658, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 301 Green Street in Fayetteville, North Carolina, as 
the ``J.L. Dawkins Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 4884, to redesignate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 200 West 2nd Street in Royal Oak, Michigan, as the 
``William S. Broomfield Post Office Building''.
  S. 2804, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 424 South Michigan Street in South Bend, Indiana, as 
the ``John Brademas Post Office''.
Reported today:
  Special Report entitled ``Further Revised Allocation to Subcommittees 
of Budget Totals''. (S. Rept. No. 106-465)
  S. 2829, to provide for an investigation and audit at the Department 
of Education, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. 
Rept. No. 106-448)
  S. 1840, to provide for the transfer of public lands to certain 
California Indian Tribes. (S. Rept. No. 106-449)
  S. 2400, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain 
water distribution facilities to the Northern Colorado Water 
Conservancy District, with an amendment. (S. Rept. No. 106-450)
  S. 2757, to provide for the transfer or other disposition of certain 
lands at Melrose Air Force Range, New Mexico, and Yakima Training 
Center, Washington, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 106-451)
  S. 2872, to improve the cause of action for misrepresentation of 
Indian arts and crafts. (S. Rept. No. 106-452)
  S. 2873, to provide for all right, title, and interest in and to 
certain property in Washington County, Utah, to be vested in the United 
States. (S. Rept. No. 106-453)
  S. 2877, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 
feasibility study on water optimization in the Burnt River basin, 
Malheur River basin, Owyhee River basin, and Powder River basin, 
Oregon, with an amendment. (S. Rept. No. 106-454)
  S. 2977, to assist in the establishment of an interpretive center and 
museum in the vicinity of the Diamond Valley Lake in southern 
California to ensure the protection and interpretation of the 
paleontology discoveries made at the lake and to develop a trail system 
for the lake for use by pedestrians and nonmotorized vehicles. (S. 
Rept. No. 106-455)
  S. 2885, to establish the Jamestown 400th Commemoration Commission, 
with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 106-456)
  H.R. 2496, to reauthorize the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and 
Design Program Act of 1994. (S. Rept. No. 106-457)
  H.R. 3069, to authorize the Administrator of General Services to 
provide for redevelopment of the Southeast Federal Center in the 
District of Columbia, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 106-458)

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  H.R. 3292, to provide for the establishment of the Cat Island 
National Wildlife Refuge in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, with 
amendments. (S. Rept. No. 106-459)
  H.R. 4275, to establish the Colorado Canyons National Conservation 
Area and the Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness. (S. Rept. No. 106-460)
  H.R. 4286, to provide for the establishment of the Cahaba River 
National Wildlife Refuge in Bibb County, Alabama. S. Rept. No. 106-461)
  H.R. 4318, to establish the Red River National Wildlife Refuge. (S. 
Rept. No. 106-462)
  H.R. 4579, to provide for the exchange of certain lands within the 
State of Utah. S. Rept. No. 106-463)
  H.R. 1460, to amend the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and 
Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to decrease the 
requisite blood quantum required for membership in the Ysleta del Sur 
Pueblo tribe. S. Rept. No. 106-464)
  H.R. 4002, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to revise and 
improve provisions relating to famine prevention and freedom from 
hunger, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 3076, to establish an undergraduate grant program of the 
Department of State to assist students of limited financial means from 
the United States to pursue studies abroad.
  S. 3144, to amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) 
to establish police powers for certain Inspector General agents engaged 
in official duties and provide an oversight mechanism for the exercise 
of those powers.                                         
Pages S9603-04
Measures Passed:
  Intelligence Authorization: Senate passed H.R. 4392, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2001 for intelligence and intelligence-
related activities of the United States Government, the Community 
Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and 
Disability System, after striking all after the enacting clause and 
inserting in lieu thereof the text of S. 2507 (Senate companion 
measure), and after agreeing to the committee amendments, and the 
following amendments purposed thereto:                   
  Pages S9577-95
  Lott (for Warner) Amendment No. 4280, to modify the provisions 
relating to Department of Defense Intelligence activities. 
                                                         Pages S9581-83
  Lott (for Specter) Amendment No. 4281, to modify procedures under the 
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 relating to orders for 
surveillance and searches for foreign intelligence purposes. 
                                                         Pages S9581-83
  Bryan (for Feinstein) Amendment No. 4282, to require disclosure under 
the Freedom of Information Act regarding certain persons and records of 
the Japanese Imperial Army in a manner that does not impair any 
investigation of prosecution conducted by the Department of Justice or 
certain intelligence matters.                            
Pages S9581-83
  Bryan (for Moynihan) Amendment No. 4283, to improve the 
identification, collection, and review for declassification of records 
and materials that are of archival value or extraordinary public 
interest to the people of the United States.             
Pages S9581-83
  Bryan (for Kerrey) Amendment No. 4284, to honor the outstanding 
contributions of Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan toward the 
redevelopment of Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.   
Pages S9581-83
  Lott (for Shelby/Bryan) Amendment No. 4285, to make certain 
modifications.                                           
Pages S9581-83
  Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair appointed the following conferees on the 
part of the Senate: Senators Shelby, Lugar, Kyl, Inhofe, Hatch, 
Roberts, Allard, Mack, Warner, Bryan, Graham, Kerry, Baucus, Robb, 
Lautenberg, and Levin.                                       
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  Subsequently, S. 2507 was placed back on the Senate calendar.
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.            
  Pages S9569-72
Energy and Water Development Appropriation--Conference Report: By 57 
yeas to 37 nays, (Vote No. 261), Senate agreed to the conference report 
on H.R. 4733, making appropriations for energy and water development 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001.           
  Pages S9572-77
Small Business Authorization: Senate concurred in the amendment of the 
House to the Senate amendment to H.R. 2392, to amend the Small Business 
Act to extend the authorization for the Small Business Innovation 
Research Program, with a further amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S9631-42
  Kyl (for Bond/Kerry) Amendment No. 4286, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S9639
Nominations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached 
providing for consideration of Michael J. Reagan, to be United States 
District Judge for the Southern District of Illinois, and

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Susan Ritchie Bolton, Mary H. Murguia, and James A. Teilborg, each to 
be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona, on 
Tuesday, October 3, 2000, with votes to occur thereon.       
  Page S9595
California Indian Tribes--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that when the Committee on Indian Affairs reports S. 
1840, to provide for the transfer of public lands to certain California 
Indian Tribes, it then be referred to the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources for a period not to exceed 7 calendar days. 
                                                             Page S9642
Executive Reports of Committees: Senate received the following 
executive reports of a committee:
  Received on Friday, September 29 during the adjournment:
  Report to accompany Treaty with Mexico on Delimitation of the 
Continental Shelf (Treaty Doc. 106-39) (Exec. Rept. No. 106-19) 
                                                             Page S9604
  Report to accompany Protocol Amending the 1950 Consular Convention 
with Ireland (Treaty Doc. 106-43) (Exec. Rept. No. 106-20)   
Page S9604
  Report to accompany Inter-American Convention on Serving Criminal 
Sentences Abroad (Treaty Doc. 104-35) (Exec. Rept. No. 106-21) 
                                                             Page S9604
  Report to accompany Treaty with Belize for the Return of Stolen 
Vehicles, Treaty with Costa Rica on Return of Vehicles and Aircraft, 
Treaty with Dominican Republic for the Return of Stolen or Embezzled 
Vehicles, Treaty with Guatemala for the Return of Stolen, Robbed, 
Embezzled or Appropriated Vehicles and Aircraft, and Treaty with Panama 
on Return of Vehicles and Aircraft (Treaty Docs. 105-54, 106-40, 106-7, 
105-58, and 106-44) (Exec. Rept. No. 106-22)             
Pages S9604-05
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Randolph J. Agley, of Michigan, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service for a 
term of one year. (New Position)
  Reginald Earl Jones, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission for a term expiring July 1, 2005. 
(Reappointment)
  Hsin-Ming Fung, of California, to be a Member of the National Council 
on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2006.
  Edward F. Reilly, Jr., of Kansas, to be a Commissioner of the United 
States Parole Commission for a term of six years.
  Mark A. Weinberger, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Social 
Security Advisory Board for a term expiring September 30, 2006.
  A routine list in the Air Force.                           
Page S9642
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S9604-05
Statements on Introduced Bills:                          
  Pages S9606-11
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S9611-13
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S9613-31
Notices of Hearings:                                         
  Page S9631
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S9601-03
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--261) 
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Recess: Senate convened at 12 noon, and recessed at 6:32 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, October 3, 2000. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S9642.)