[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 126 (Wednesday, October 11, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1062-D1064]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                        Wednesday, October 11, 2000

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to the Conference Report on Trafficking Victims 
      Protection Act.
      House agreed to Conference Report on H.R. 4205, Floyd D. Spence 
      National Defense Authorization.
      House voted to override the President's veto of H.R. 4733, Energy 
      and Water Appropriations.
      House agreed to Conference Report on H.R. 4461, Agriculture, FDA, 
      and Related Agencies Appropriations.
      House passed H.R. 5417, to rename the Stewart B. McKinney 
      Homeless Assistance Act as the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 
      Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S10163-S10274
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and three resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 3183-3189, and S. Con. Res. 147-149.
  Page S10252
Measures Reported:
  S. 1495, to establish, wherever feasible, guidelines, 
recommendations, and regulations that promote the regulatory acceptance 
of new and revised toxicological tests that protect human and animal 
health and the environment while reducing, refining, or replacing 
animal tests and ensuring human safety and product effectiveness, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 106-496)
  S. 2580, to provide for the issuance of bonds to provide funding for 
the construction of schools of the Bureau of Indian Affairs of the 
Department of the Interior, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 106-497)
  S. 2920, to amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 106-498)
Page S10252
Measures Passed:
  National Museum of the American Indian Commemorative Coin: Senate 
passed H.R. 4259, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint 
coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian of 
the Smithsonian Institution, clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                            Page S10266
  Export Administration Modification and Clarification Act: Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs was discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 5239, to provide for increased penalties for 
violations of the Export Administration Act of 1979, and the bill was 
then passed, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed 
thereto:
  Page S10266
  Warner (for Gramm/Enzi) Amendment No. 4305, to provide for a simple 
one-year extension of the Export Administration Act of 1979. 
                                                            Page S10266
  Inaugural Ceremonies Archive: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 148, to 
provide for the disposition and archiving of the records, files, 
documents, and other materials of joint congressional committees on 
inaugural ceremonies.
  Pages S10261, S10266-67
  Poland Workers' Strikes Commemorative: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 
131, commemorating the 20th anniversary of the workers' strikes in 
Poland that led to the creation of the independent trade union 
Solidarnose, after agreeing to a committee amendment.
  Pages S10267-68
  Santo Domingo Pueblo Claims Settlement Act: Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources was discharged from further consideration of S. 2917, 
to settle the land claims of the Pueblo of Santo Domingo, and the bill 
was then passed.
  Pages S10268-70
  Enrollment Correction: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 149, to correct 
the enrollment of H.R. 3244.
  Pages S10261, S10271

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  Southeast Federal Center Public-Private Development Act: Senate 
passed H.R. 3069, to authorize the Administrator of General Services to 
provide for redevelopment of the Southeast Federal Center in the 
District of Columbia, after agreeing to committee amendments. 
                                                        Pages S10271-72
  Certification of Mexico: Committee on Foreign Relations was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 366, expressing the 
Sense of the Senate on the Certification of Mexico, and the resolution 
was then agreed to.
  Page S10272
  Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation 
Act: Senate passed H.R. 5164, to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
require reports concerning defects in motor vehicles or tires or other 
motor vehicle equipment in foreign countries, clearing the measure for 
the President.
  Pages S10229-32, S10272-74
Trafficking Victims Protection Act Conference Report: By a unanimous 
vote of 95 yeas (Vote No. 269), Senate agreed to the conference report 
on H.R. 3244, to combat trafficking of persons, especially into the sex 
trade, slavery, and slavery-like conditions in the United States and 
countries around the world through prevention, through prosecution and 
enforcement against traffickers, and through protection and assistance 
to victims of trafficking.
  Pages S10164-S10210, S10211-28
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 90 yeas to 5 nays (Vote No. 268), upon appeal, Senate upheld the 
ruling of the Chair in not sustaining a point of order against the 
conference report that the conference text, Section 2001, regarding 
Aimee's Law, is not in the jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign 
Relations.
Pages S10227-28
VA-HUD Appropriations Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement was 
reached providing for consideration of H.R. 4635, making appropriations 
for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, 
corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2001, and certain amendments to be proposed thereto, on Thursday, 
October 12, 2000, with votes to occur on the proposed amendments and 
final passage beginning at 12:30 p.m. Further consent was reached 
providing that following the vote on final passage, Senate insist on 
its amendment, request a conference with the House, and the Chair be 
authorized to appoint conferees on the part of the Senate. 
                                                            Page S10210
Legislative Branch Appropriations Conference Report--Agreement: A 
unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that following the 
vote on the adoption of the VA-HUD Appropriations bill, the motion to 
proceed to the motion to reconsider the vote by which the conference 
report on H.R. 4516, making appropriations for the Legislative Branch 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, was not agreed to be 
immediately agreed to and a vote occur on adoption of the conference 
report.
  Pages S10210, S10229
Veto Message--Energy and Water Development Appropriations: The veto 
message with respect to H.R. 4733, making appropriations for energy and 
water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, be 
considered as having been read, printed in the Record, and spread in 
full upon the Journal and the message then be referred to the Committee 
on Appropriations.
  Pages S10210-11, S10228-29
Appointment:
  NATO Parliamentary Assembly: The Chair, on behalf of the Vice 
President, in accordance with 22 U.S.C. 1928a-1928d, as amended, 
appointed the following Senators as members of the Senate Delegation to 
the NATO Parliamentary Assembly during the Second Session of the 106th 
Congress, to be held in Berlin, Germany, November 17-22, 2000: Senators 
Grassley, Hutchinson, Sarbanes, and Mikulski.
  Page S10266
Messages From the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to the Constitution, the report of the veto 
message on H.R. 4733, the Energy and Water Development Appropriations 
Act of 2001; which was ordered spread upon the pages of the Journal, 
printed in the Record, and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. 
(PM-132)
Page S10249
Messages From the President:
  Page S10249
Messages From the House:
  Pages S10249-51
Communications:
  Pages S10251-52
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S10252-60
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S10260-61
Amendments Submitted:
  Page S10261
Additional Statements:
  Pages S10244-45
Enrolled Bills Presented:
  Page S10251
Veto Message Received (H.R. 4733)
  Page S10249
Privileges of the Floor:
  Page S10261
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--269) 
                                                Pages S10227-28, S10228

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Recess: Senate convened at 9:32 a.m., and recessed at 6:50 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Thursday, October 12, 2000. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S10274.)