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“Highlights + Senate” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Commerce was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D1166-D1167 on Oct. 20, 1999.
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Wednesday, October 20, 1999
Daily Digest
HIGHLIGHTS
House and Senate agreed to the Conference report on H.R. 2670,
Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary Appropriations, 2000.
House committee ordered reported 8 sundry measures.
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S12861-S12947
Measures Introduced: Seven bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1752-
1758.
Page S12931
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
S. 1290, to amend title 36 of the United States Code to establish the American Indian Education Foundation. (S. Rept. No. 106-197)
S. 624, to authorize construction of the Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System in the State of Montana, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 106-198)
Page S12931
Measures Passed:
National Medal of Honor Memorial Act: Committee on Armed Services was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 1663, to designate as a national memorial the memorial being built at the Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, California to honor recipients of the Medal of Honor, and the bill was then passed, clearing the measure for the President.
Page S12947
Partial Birth Abortion: Senate began consideration of S. 1692, to amend title 18, United States Code, to ban partial birth abortions, taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto:
Pages S12861-99, S12903-20
Adopted:
Santorum Modified Amendment No. 2322, to express the Sense of Congress concerning Roe v. Wade and partial birth abortion bans. (By 36 yeas to 63 nays (Vote No. 334), Senate earlier failed to table the amendment.)
Pages S12896, S12899
Rejected:
Durbin Amendment No. 2319, in the nature of a substitute. (By 61 yeas to 38 nays (Vote No. 335, Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S12874-99, S12904
Pending:
Boxer Amendment No. 2320 (to the text of the language proposed to be stricken by Amendment No. 2319), to express the Sense of the Congress that, consistent with the rulings of the Supreme Court, a woman's life and health must always be protected in any reproductive health legislation passed by Congress.
Pages S12886-95
Harkin Amendment No. 2321 (to Amendment No. 2320), to express the sense of Congress in support of the Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade.
Pages S12886-90
Withdrawn:
Motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions with the instructions to report back forthwith.
Pages S12895-96, S12899
During consideration of this measure today, the Senate also took the following actions:
By 52 yeas to 48 nays (Vote No. 332), Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to the consideration of the bill.
Pages S12861-63
By 53 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 333), Senate agreed to the motion to table the motion to reconsider the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill.
Page S12863
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the bill on Thursday, October 21, 1999, with a vote on or in relation to Amendment No. 2321 (listed above), to occur at approximately 11:30 a.m.
Page S12947
Commerce/Justice/State Appropriations Conference Report: Senate agreed to the conference report on H.R. 2670, making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, clearing the measure for the President.
Pages S12899-S12904 District of Columbia Appropriations Conferee: Senate appointed Senator Domenici in lieu of Senator Kyl as a conferee to H.R. 3064, making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000.
Page S12947
Messages From the President: Senate received the following message from the President of the United States:
Transmitting the report on the national emergency concerning narcotics traffickers in Colombia declared in Executive Order 12978 of October 21, 1995; referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-67).
Page S12929
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
Linda J. Bilmes, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce.
Linda J. Bilmes, of California, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Commerce.
James B. Cunningham, of Pennsylvania, to be a Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations during his tenure of service as Deputy Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations.
Donald Stuart Hays, of Virginia, to be an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations during his tenure of service as Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations for UN Management and Reform.
James D. Whittemore, of Florida, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida.
Richard C. Tallman, of Washington, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit.
2 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
Page S12947
Messages From the President:
Page S12929
Messages From the House:
Page S12929
Measures Referred:
Page S12929
Measures Placed on Calendar:
Page S12929
Petitions:
Pages S12929-30
Communications:
Pages S12930-31
Executive Reports of Committees:
Page S12931
Statements on Introduced Bills:
Pages S12931-42
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S12942-43
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S12943-44
Notices of Hearings:
Page S12944
Authority for Committees:
Pages S12944-45
Additional Statements:
Pages S12945-47
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--335)
Pages S12863, S12899, S12904
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:32 a.m., and adjourned at 10:30 p.m., until 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, October 21, 1999. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S12947.)
