[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 127 (Thursday, October 12, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1069-D1072]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                         Thursday, October 12, 2000

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

       Senate passed Continuing Resolution.
      Senate passed VA-HUD Appropriations bill.
       Senate agreed to Conference Report on Legislative Branch 
      Appropriations.
      Senate agreed to Conference Report on Intelligence Authorization.
       Senate agreed to Conference Report on Department of Defense 
      Authorization.
      The House passed H.J. Res. 111, Making Further Continuing 
      Appropriations.
      House agreed to the conference report on H.R. 2415, American 
      Embassy Security and Bankruptcy Reform.
      Agreed to the Senate amendment with an amendment to H.R. 4386, 
      Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act of 2000.
      House agreed to Conference Report on H.R. 4392, Intelligence 
      Authorization FY 2001.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S10275-10516
Measures Introduced: Sixteen bills and seven resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 3190-3205, S. Res. 371-376, and S. Con. Res. 
150.                                                     
  Page S10411-12
Measures Reported:
  Special Report entitled ``Further Revised Allocation To Subcommittees 
Of Budget Totals for Fiscal Year 2001''. (S. Rept. No. 106-499)
  Report to accompany S. 2900, 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. (S. Rept. No. 106-500)
  S. 3031, to make certain technical corrections in laws relating to 
Native Americans, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. 
Rept. No. 106-501)
  S. 3030, to amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for 
executive agencies to conduct annual recovery audits and recovery 
activities. (S. Rept. No. 106-502)
  Report to accompany H.R. 4868, to amend the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States to modify temporarily certain rates of 
duty, to make other technical amendments to the trade laws. (S. Rept. 
No. 106-503)                                                
Page S10411
Measures Passed:
  VA-HUD Appropriations: By 87 yeas to 8 nays (Vote No. 272), Senate 
passed 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, after agreeing to a committee amendment 
in the nature of a substitute, and after taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:                        
  Pages S10275-S10333
Adopted:
  Bond/Mikulski Amendment No. 4306, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                            Page S10290
  Stevens Amendment No. 4310, to provide that in lieu of a statement of 
the managers that would otherwise accompany a conference report for a 
bill making appropriations for federal agencies and activities provided 
for in this Act, reports that are filed in

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identical form by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
prior to adjournment of the 106th Congress shall be considered by the 
Office of Management and Budget, and the agencies responsible for the 
obligation and expenditure of funds provided in this Act, as having the 
same standing, force and legislative history as would a statement of 
the managers accompanying a conference report.              
Page S10308
Rejected:
  Mikulski (for Daschle) Amendment No. 4307, 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.              
Page S10294
  Boxer/Baucus Amendment No. 4308, to strike the riders that delay the 
Environmental Protection Agency's new standard on arsenic in drinking 
water and that prohibit the designation of nonattainment areas under 
the Clean Air Act. (By 63 yeas to 32 nays (Vote No. 270), Senate tabled 
the amendment.)                                    
Pages S10296, S10309
  Boxer Amendment No. 4309, expressing the sense of the Congress 
regarding the cleanup of river and ocean waters contaminated with DDT, 
PCBs, dioxins, metals and other toxic chemicals. (By 56 yeas to 39 nays 
(Vote No. 271), Senate tabled the amendment.)   
Pages S10302, S10309-10
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  Earlier, Mikulski (for Daschle) Amendment No. 4307 (listed above), 
was adopted. Subsequently, Senate agreed to a motion to reconsider the 
vote by which the amendment was adopted, and upon reconsideration, the 
amendment was rejected.                                     
Page S10294
  Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair was authorized to appoint the following 
conferees on the part of the Senate: Senators Bond, Burns, Shelby, 
Craig, Hutchison, Kyl, Domenici, Stevens, Mikulski, Leahy, Lautenberg, 
Harkin, Reid, Byrd, and Inouye.                         
Pages S10332-33
  Continuing Resolution: By 90 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. 276), Senate 
passed H.J. Res. 111, making further continuing appropriations for the 
fiscal year 2001, clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                   Pages S10334, S10394
  Defense Production Act Amendments: Senate passed H.R. 1715, to extend 
the expiration date of the Defense Production Act of 1950, clearing the 
measure for the President.                              
  Pages S10488-89
  Steens Mountain Wilderness Act: Senate passed H.R. 4828, to designate 
wilderness areas and a cooperative management and protection area in 
the vicinity of Steens Mountain in Harney County, Oregon, clearing the 
measure for the President.                                  
  Page S10489
  World War I Liberty Memorial: Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources was discharged from further consideration of S. Con. Res. 
114, recognizing the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri, as a 
national World War I symbol honoring those who defended liberty and our 
country through service in World War I, and the resolution was then 
agreed to.                                              
  Pages S10489-90
  Relocating and Renovating Hamilton Grange: Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 
368, to recognize the importance of relocating and renovating the 
Hamilton Grange, New York, and the resolution was then agreed to. 
                                                        Pages S10489-90
  District of Columbia Receivership Accountability: Senate passed H.R. 
3995, to establish procedures governing the responsibilities of court-
appointed receivers who administer departments, offices, and agencies 
of the District of Columbia government, clearing the measure for the 
President.                                                  
  Page S10490
  National Museum of American Art Renaming: Senate passed S. 3201, to 
rename the National Museum of American Art.                 
  Page S10490
   Jasper Fire Fighters Commendation: Senate agreed to S. Res. 376, 
expressing the sense of the Senate that the men and women who fought 
the Jasper Fire in the Black Hills of South Dakota should be commended 
for their heroic efforts.                               
  Pages S10490-91
  U.S. Grain Standards Reauthorization Act: Senate passed H.R. 4788, to 
amend the United States Grain Standards Act to extend the authority of 
the Secretary of Agriculture to collect fees to cover the cost of 
services performed under the Act, to extend the authorization of 
appropriations for the Act, and to improve the administration of the 
Act., after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                            Page S10491
  Murkowski (for Lugar) Amendment No. 4311, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                             
Pages S10457-83
  Good Citizenship Act: Senate passed H.R. 2883, to amend the 
Immigration and Nationality Act to confer United States citizenship 
automatically and retroactively on certain foreign-born children 
adopted by citizens of the United States, clearing the measure for the 
President.                                                  
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  Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Programs Improvement Act: Senate 
passed H.R. 3671, to amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration

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Act and the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act to enhance the 
funds available for grants to States for fish and wildlife conservation 
projects, to reauthorize and amend the National Fish and Wildlife 
Foundation Establishment Act, to commemorate the centennial of the 
establishment of the first national wildlife refuge in the United 
States on March 14, 1903, after agreeing to a committee amendment in 
the nature of a substitute, and the following amendment proposed 
thereto:                                                
  Pages S10491-98
  Murkowski (for Smith of NH) Amendment No. 4312, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                             
Pages S10491-98
  Work Made for Hire and Copyright Corrections Act: Senate passed H.R. 
5107, to make certain corrections in copyright law, clearing the 
measure for the President.                              
  Pages S10498-99
  Treaties Returned to President: Senate agreed to S. Res. 267, 
executive resolution directing the return of certain treaties to the 
President, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                            Page S10499
  Murkowski (for Helms) Amendment No. 4313, to remove from the list of 
treaties required to be returned to the President a mutual legal 
assistance treaty between the United States and Nigeria.    
Page S10499
  Veterans Benefits Act: Committee on Veterans Affairs was discharged 
from further consideration of H.R. 4850, to increase, effective as of 
December 1, 2000, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-
connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity 
compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, and the 
bill was then passed, after agreeing to the following amendments 
proposed thereto:                                       
  Pages S10515-16
  Murkowski (for Specter/Rockefeller) Amendment No. 4315, in the nature 
of a substitute.                                        
Pages S10515-16
  Murkowski (for Specter/Rockefeller) Amendment No. 4316, to amend the 
title.                                                      
Page S10516
Legislative Branch Appropriations Conference Report: By 58 yeas to 37 
nays (Vote No. 273), upon reconsideration, Senate agreed 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, 
clearing the measure for the President.                     
  Page S10333
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to the motion to reconsider 
the vote by which the conference report was not agreed to on September 
20, 2000.                                                   
Page S10333
Intelligence Authorization Conference Report: Senate agreed to the 
conference report on 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. 
                                                        Pages S10333-34
Department of Defense Authorization Conference Report: By 90 yeas to 3 
nays (Vote No. 275), Senate agreed to the conference report on H.R. 
4205, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2001 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, clearing 
the measure for the President.                   
  Pages S10299-S10334-94
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 84 yeas to 9 nays (Vote No. 274), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed to 
the motion to waive the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect 
to consideration of the conference report. Subsequently, a point of 
order that a certain provision, relating to an authorization that 
expands the health care entitlement of military retirees over the age 
of 65, of the conference report was in violation of section 302(f) of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 was not sustained.     
Page S10374
Veterans Education Benefits: Senate concurred in the amendments of the 
House to the title of S. 1402, to amend title 38, United States Code, 
to increase the rates of educational assistance under the Montgomery GI 
Bill, to improve procedures for the adjustment of rates of pay for 
nurses employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs, to make other 
improvements in veterans educational assistance, health care, and 
benefits programs, with the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                        Pages S10500-13
  Murkowski (for Specter) Amendment No. 4314 (to House amendments), in 
the nature of a substitute.                             
Pages S10503-04
Agriculture Appropriations Conference Report Agreement: A unanimous-
consent agreement was reached providing for consideration of the 
conference report on H.R. 4461, making appropriations for Agriculture, 
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, on Friday,

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October 13, 2000. Further consent was reached providing for further 
consideration of the conference report on Tuesday and Wednesday, 
October 17-18, 2000, with a vote on adoption of the conference report 
to occur on Wednesday, at 11:30 a.m.
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaty:
  International Convention for Suppression of Financing Terrorism 
(Treaty Doc. No. 106-49).
  The treaty was transmitted to the Senate today, considered as having 
been read for the first time, and referred, with accompanying papers, 
to the Committee on Foreign Relations and was ordered to be printed.
Nominations Confirmed: Senate Confirmed the following nominations:
  Robert N. Shamansky, of Ohio, to be a Member of the National Security 
Education Board for a term of four years. (Reappointment)
  Robert B. Pirie, Jr., of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of the Navy.
                                                            Page S10516
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Mora L. McLean, of New York, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the United States Institute of Peace for a term expiring January 19, 
2001.
  Mora L. McLean, of New York, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the United States Institute of Peace for a term expiring January 19, 
2005. (Reappointment)
  Routine lists in the Army.                                
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Messages From the House:                                    
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Communications:                                         
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Petitions:                                                  
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Statements on Introduced Bills:                             
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Additional Cosponsors:                                  
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Amendments Submitted:                                       
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Enrolled Bills Presented:                                   
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Privileges of the Floor:                                    
  Page S10483
Record Votes: Seven record votes were taken today. (Total--276) 
                   Pages S10309, S10310, S10317, S10333, S10374, S10394
Recess: Senate convened at 9:36 a.m., and recessed at 9:31 p.m., until 
10 a.m., on Friday, October 13, 2000. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S10516.)