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“Senate” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D617 on June 16, 1997.
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Monday, June 16, 1997
Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5651-S5715
Measures Introduced: Eleven bills were introduced, as follows: S. 904-
914.
Page S5694
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
Reported on Friday, June 13, during the adjournment:
S. 903, to consolidate the foreign affairs agencies of the United States, to authorize appropriations for the Department of State for fiscal years 1998 and 1999, and to provide for reform of the United Nations, and for other purposes. (S. Rept. No. 105-28)
Page S5694
Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act: Senate began consideration of S. 903, to consolidate the foreign affairs agencies of the United States, to authorize appropriations for the Department of State for the fiscal years 1998 and 1999, and to provide for reform of the United Nations, taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows:
Pages S5655-62, S5666-88
Adopted:
Sarbanes Amendment No. 380, to delete provisions limiting the remedial authority of the Foreign Service Grievance Board.
Pages S5670-71
Sarbanes Amendment No. 381, to clarify which management officials are prohibited from participating in collective bargaining.
Pages S5671-72
Gorton/Durbin Amendment No. 384, to express the sense of the Senate regarding the designation of Romania, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Bulgaria as eligible for NATO enlargement assistance.
Pages S5686-87
Helms (for Durbin) Amendment No. 385, to express the sense of the Senate regarding American citizens imprisoned in Peru for attempting to transport illicit drugs.
Pages S5687-88
Pending:
Lugar Amendment No. 382, relating to the payment of United Nations arrearages without conditions.
Pages S5672-82, S5685-86
DeWine/Graham Amendment No. 383, to deny entry to the United States to Haitians who have been credibly alleged to have ordered, carried out, or sought to conceal extrajudicial killings.
Pages S5682-85, S5686
Withdrawn:
Durbin Amendment No. 377, to express the sense of the Senate regarding American citizens imprisoned in Peru for attempting to transport illicit drugs.
Pages S5666-67, S5687
Durbin/Gorton Amendment No. 378, to designate Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Romania as eligible for NATO enlargement assistance.
Pages S5667-69, S5686
Gorton/Durbin/D'Amato Amendment No. 379, to express the sense of Congress that Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania should be integrated into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Pages S5669-70, S5686
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the bill and amendments pending thereto, on Tuesday, June 17, 1997.
Page S5715
Messages From the House:
Page S5691
Measures Referred:
Pages S5691-92
Communications:
Pages S5692
Petitions:
Pages S5692-94
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S5702-03
Amendments Submitted:
Page S5703-09
Notices of Hearings:
Page S5709
Authority for Committees:
Page S5709
Adjournment: Senate convened at 11 a.m., and adjourned at 7:05 p.m., until 10 a.m., on Tuesday, June 17, 1997. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5715.)
