[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 150 (Thursday, December 7, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1201-D1202]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                         Thursday, December 7, 2000

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to the Bankruptcy Reform Act Conference Report.
      The House and Senate passed H.J. Res. 127, making further 
      continuing appropriations.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S11663-S11746
Measures Introduced: One bill and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3275, and S. Res. 385-386.
  Page S11739
Measures Passed:
  Home Ownership Expansion Act: Senate passed H.R. 5640, to expand home 
ownership in the United States, clearing the measure for the President.
                                                        Pages S11680-81
  Continuing Resolution: By 96 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. 298), Senate 
passed H.J. Res. 127, making further continuing appropriations for the 
fiscal year 2001, clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                        Pages S11730-31
  Shark Finning Prohibition Act: Senate passed H.R. 5461, to amend the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to eliminate 
the wasteful and unsportsmanlike practice of shark finning, clearing 
the measure for the President.
  Pages S11744-45
  Congratulating Rev. Clay Evans: Senate agreed to S. Res. 385, 
congratulating the Reverend Clay Evans of Chicago, Illinois, on the 
occasion of his retirement.
  Page S11745
  National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 386, 
expressing sense of the Senate regarding National Pearl Harbor 
Remembrance Day.
  Pages S11745-46
Bankruptcy Reform Act Conference Report: By 70 yeas to 28 nays, 1 
responding present (Vote No. 297), Senate agreed to the conference 
report on H.R. 2415, to enhance security of United States missions and 
personnel overseas, to authorize appropriations for the Department of 
State for fiscal year 2000. (On October 11, 2000, the H.R. 2415 
conference committee struck all of the House bill after the enacting 
clause and inserted the provisions of S. 3186, the Bankruptcy Reform 
Act of 2000), clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                    Pages S11683-S11730
National Forest Boundary Adjustment: Senate concurred in the amendments 
of the House to S. 439, to amend the National Forest and Public Lands 
of Nevada Enhancement Act of 1988 to adjust the boundary of the Toiyabe 
National Forest, Nevada, and to amend chapter 55 of title 5, United 
States Code, to authorize equal overtime pay provisions for all Federal 
employees engaged in wildland fire suppression operations, clearing the 
measure for the President.
  Page S11741
Hawaii Water Resources Reclamation Act: Senate concurred in the 
amendments of the House to S. 1694, to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to conduct a study on the reclamation and reuse of water and 
wastewater in the State of Hawaii, clearing the measure for the 
President.
  Pages S11741-44
Nominations Confirmed: Senate discharged Committee on Foreign Relations 
and confirmed the following nomination:
  Richard N. Gardner, of New York, to be an Alternate Representative of 
the United States of America to the Fifty-fifth Session of the General 
Assembly of the United Nations.
Pages S11739, S11746
Messages From the House:
  Page S11738
Communications:
  Pages S11738-39
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S11739-40
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S11740
Notices of Hearings:
  Pages S11740-41
Additional Statements:
  Pages S11736-38
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--298) 
                                                   Pages S11730, S11731

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Recess: Senate convened at 9:59 a.m. and recessed at 5:24 p.m., until 
10 a.m., on Friday, December 8, 2000. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S11746.)