[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 125 (Tuesday, October 10, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1055-D1056]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                          Tuesday, October 10, 2000

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S10123-S10161
Measures Introduced: Two bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3181-3182, and S. Res. 369-370.
  Page S10153
Measures Reported:
  S. 2725, to provide for a system of sanctuaries for chimpanzees that 
have been designated as being no longer needed in research conducted or 
supported by the Public Health Service, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 106-494)
  H.R. 3671, to amend the Acts popularly known as the Pittman-Robertson 
Wildlife Restoration Act and the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration 
Act to enhance the funds available for grants to States for fish and 
wildlife conservation projects and increase opportunities for 
recreational hunting, bow hunting, trapping, archery, and fishing, by 
eliminating opportunities for waste, fraud, abuse, maladministration, 
and unauthorized expenditures for administration and execution of those 
Acts. (S. Rept. No. 106-495)
Page S10153
Measures Passed:
  Death of Representative Bruce Vento: Senate agreed to S. Res. 369, 
relative to the death of Representative Bruce F. Vento, of Minnesota. 
                                                   Pages S10143, S10153
  Interparliamentary Institutions Authorization: Senate agreed to S. 
Res. 370, to increase the authorization for expenditures relating to 
Senate activities in connection with participating in 
interparliamentary institutions and the facilitation of foreign 
interchanges in the United States.
  Pages S10153, S10155
  H-1B Petitioner Fee: Senate passed H.R. 5362, to increase the amount 
of fees charged to employers who are petitioners for the employment of 
H-1B non-immigrant workers, clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                            Page S10155
  Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act: Senate passed S. 2413, to 
amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to clarify 
the procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the 
purchase of armor vests, after agreeing to the following amendment 
proposed thereto:
  Pages S10155-56
  Brownback (for Leahy/Campbell) Amendment No. 4304, to provide an 
interim definition for armor vests.
Pages S10154-55
  Water Pollution Program Enhancements Act: Senate passed S. 2417, to 
amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to increase funding for 
State nonpoint source pollution control programs, after agreeing to a 
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  Page S10156
  Native American Languages Act Amendments Act: Senate passed S. 2688, 
to amend the Native American Languages Act to provide for the support 
of Native American Language Survival Schools, after agreeing to a 
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  Pages S10156-58
  Yugoslavia Elections: Committee on Foreign Relations was discharged 
from further consideration of S. Res. 365, expressing the sense of the 
Senate regarding recent elections in the Federal Republic of 
Yugoslavia, and the resolution was then agreed to.
  Pages S10158-59
  Federal Trade Commission Reauthorization Act: Senate passed S. 1687, 
to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to authorize appropriations 
for the Federal Trade Commission, after agreeing to committee 
amendments.
  Pages S10159-60
  Rural Access to Emergency Devices Act: Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions was discharged from further 
consideration of S. 2528, to provide funds for the purchase of 
automatic external defibrillators and the training of individuals in 
advanced cardiac life support, and the bill was then passed. 
                                                        Pages S10160-61
Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: Senate 
modified Hagel (for Wyden/Craig) Amendment No. 4302, in the nature of a 
substitute to H.R. 2389, to restore stability and predictability to the 
annual payments made to States and counties containing National Forest 
System lands and public domain lands managed by the Bureau of Land 
Management for use by the counties for

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the benefit of public schools and roads (which passed the Senate on 
October 6, 2000).
  Page S10155
Messages From the House:
  Pages S10152-53
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Page S10153
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S10153-54
Amendments Submitted:
  Page S10154
Additional Statements:
  Page S10150
Recess: Senate convened at 2:02 p.m., and as a further mark of respect 
to the memory of the late Representative Bruce F. Vento, of Minnesota, 
in accordance with S. Res. 369, recessed at 5:58 p.m., until 9:30 a.m., 
on Wednesday, October 11, 2000. (For Senate's program, see the remarks 
of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S10123.)