[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 130 (Tuesday, October 17, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1087-D1088]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                          Tuesday, October 17, 2000

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S10605-S10644
Measures Introduced: Four bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3208-3211, and S. Res. 377.                     
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Measures Reported:
  S. 1155, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide 
for uniform food safety warning notification requirements, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 106-504) 
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Measures Passed:
   Veterans' Oral History Project Act: Senate passed H.R. 5212, to 
direct the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress to 
establish a program to collect video and audio recordings of personal 
histories and testimonials of American war veterans, clearing the 
measure for the President.                                  
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  Senate Photograph Authorization: Senate agreed to S. Res. 377, 
authorizing the taking of photographs in the United States Senate. 
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  Enrollment Correction: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 428, providing 
for corrections in the enrollment of the bill (H.R. 5164) amending 
title 49, United States Code, to require reports concerning defects in 
motor vehicles or tires or other motor vehicle equipment in foreign 
countries.                                                  
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  Bear Protection Act: Senate passed S. 1109, to conserve global bear 
populations by prohibiting the importation, exportation, and interstate 
trade of bear viscera and items, products, or substances containing, or 
labeled or advertised as containing, bear viscera.      
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  National Marine Sanctuaries Amendments Act: Senate passed S. 1482, to 
amend the National Marine Sanctuaries Act, after agreeing to committee 
amendments, and the following amendment proposed thereto: 
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  Cochran (for Snowe/Kerry) Amendment No. 4322, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                 
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  Carbon Cycle and Agricultural Best Practices Research Act: Senate 
passed S. 1066, to amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, 
and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, to encourage the use of and research 
into agricultural best practices to improve the environment, after 
agreeing to a committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
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  Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands Amendment: Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources was discharged from further consideration 
of H.R. 2296, to amend the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands to 
provide that the number of members on the legislature of the Virgin 
Islands and the number of such members constituting a quorum shall be 
determined by the laws of the Virgin Islands, and the bill was then 
passed, clearing the measure for the President.             
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Agriculture Appropriations Conference Report: Senate resumed 
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.
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the vote on 
the conference report now occur at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 18, 
2000.                                                       
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Appointment:
  Commission on the National Military Museum: The Chair, on behalf of 
the Majority Leader, and in consultation with the Chairman of the 
Senate Committee on Armed Services, pursuant to Public Law 106-65, 
announced the appointment of the following individuals to serve as 
members of the Commission on the National Military Museum: John G. 
Campbell, of Virginia, and Henriette V. Warfield, of Virginia. 
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Messages From the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of the U.S. Railroad 
Retirement Board for fiscal year 1999; to the Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions. (PM-133)                    
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Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Received on Tuesday, October 17, during the adjournment:
  Tom C. Korologos, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Broadcasting 
Board of Governors for a term expiring August 13, 2001. (Reappointment)
  Robert M. Ledbetter, Jr. of Mississippi, to be a Member of the 
Broadcasting Board of Governors for a term expiring August 13, 2003.
  Dennis P. Walsh, of Maryland, to be a Member of the National Labor 
Relations Board for the term of five years expiring December 16, 2004.
  Edward Correia, of Maryland, to be a Member of the National Council 
on Disability for a term expiring September 17, 2002.
  Mark J. Mazur, of Maryland, to be Administrator of the Energy 
Information Administration, Department of Energy.
  James Lynwood Younger, Jr., of Virginia, to be United States Marshal 
for the Eastern District of Virginia for the term of four years.
  A routine list in the Army.                               
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Nominations Withdrawn: Senate received notification of the withdrawal 
of the following nomination:
  Sarah McCracken Fox, of New York, to be a Member of the National 
Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring December 16, 
2004, to which position she was appointed during the recess of the 
Senate from November 19, 1999, to January 24, 2000, which was sent to 
the Senate on March 2, 2000.                                
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Messages From the President:                                
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Messages From the House:                                    
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Statements on Introduced Bills:                         
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Additional Cosponsors:                                  
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Amendments Submitted:                                   
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Additional Statements:                                  
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Recess: Senate convened at 9:31 a.m., and recessed at 1:49 p.m., until 
10 a.m., on Wednesday, October 18, 2000. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S10644.)