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“Senate” mentioning the Federal Reserve System was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D1053-D1054 on Sept. 29, 1999.
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Wednesday, September 29, 1999
Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S11585-S11662
Measures Introduced: Twelve bills and three resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 1657-1668, S. Res. 190-191, and S. Con. Res. 57.
Page S11640
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
Report to accompany S. 1650, making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000. (S. Rept. No. 106-166)
H.R. 560, to designate the Federal building located at 300 Recinto Sur Street in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, as the ``Jose V. Toledo United States Post Office and Courthouse''.
S. 1567, to designate the United States courthouse located at 223 Broad Street in Albany, Georgia, as the ``C.B. King United States Courthouse''.
S. 1595, to designate the United States courthouse at 401 West Washington Street in Phoenix, Arizona, as the ``Sandra Day O'Connor United States Courthouse''.
S. 1652, to designate the Old Executive Office Building located at 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, in Washington, District of Columbia, as the Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building.
Pages S11639-40
Measures Passed:
Energy Policy and Conservation Act Amendments: Senate passed S. 1051, to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to manage the Strategic Petroleum Reserve more effectively, after agreeing to a committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Page S11656
Committee Expenditures: Senate agreed to S. Res. 189, a resolution authorizing expenditures by committees of the Senate for the periods October 1, 1999, through September 30, 2000, and October 1, 2000, through February 28, 2001.
Pages S11656-61
Labor/HHS/Education: By unanimous-consent, Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to the consideration of S. 1650, making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and began consideration of the bill, taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto:
Pages S11585-S11637
Adopted:
By 53 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 297), Gorton Amendment No. 1805, to provide funds for a teacher assistance initiative pending authorization of that initiative.
Pages S11604-23
Smith (of N.H.) Amendment No. 1808, to express the sense of the Senate regarding language prohibiting funds from being used for the Brooklyn Museum of Art unless the Museum immediately cancels the exhibit `Sensation'.
Pages S11625-26
Rejected:
Murray Amendment No. 1804, to specify that $1.4 billion be made available for class size reduction programs consistent with the provisions of Section 307 of the Department of Education Appropriation Act of 1999 (as contained in Public Law 105-277, Omnibus Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1999). (By 54 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 298), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages SS11602-23
Pending:
Reid Amendment No. 1807, to require the Secretary of Labor to issue regulations to eliminate or minimize the significant risk of needlestick injury to health care workers.
Pages S11623-25
Boxer Amendment No. 1809, to increase funds for the 21st century community learning centers program.
Pages S11627-37
Gregg Amendment No. 1810 (to Amendment No. 1809), to require that certain appropriated funds be used to carry out part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
Pages S11627-37
A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the bill and pending amendments, on Thursday, September 30, 1999, with a vote on or in relation to Gregg Amendment No. 1810 (to Amendment No. 1809), listed above, to occur at 10 a.m., and following that vote, if agreed to, Senator Boxer be recognized to offer a second degree amendment, with a vote on or in relation to that amendment to occur thereon.
Page S11629 Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
Armando Falcon, Jr., of Texas, to be Director of the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, Department of Housing and Urban Development, for a term of five years.
Zell Miller, of Georgia, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation for a term expiring December 17, 2000.
Edward W. Stimpson, of Idaho, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as Representative of the United States of America on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization.
Roger Walton Ferguson, Jr., of Massachusetts, to be Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for a term of four years.
Sim Farar, of California, to be a Representative of the United States of America to the Fifty-fourth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
16 Army nominations in the rank of general.
Routine lists in the Army.
Pages S11656, S11662
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
Skila Harris, of Kentucky, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring May 18, 2008.
Glenn L. McCullough, Jr., of Mississippi, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for the remainder of the term expiring May 18, 2005.
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Nominations Withdrawn: Senate received notification of the withdrawal of the following nominations:
Skila Harris, of Kentucky, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority, which was sent to the Senate on September 23, 1999.
Glenn L. McCullough, Jr., of Mississippi, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority, which was sent to the Senate on September 23, 1999.
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Measures Referred:
Page S11638
Communications:
Pages S11638-39
Executive Reports of Committees:
Page S11640
Statements on Introduced Bills:
Pages S11640-48
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S11648-49
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S11652-53
Notices of Hearings:
Page S11653
Authority for Committees:
Pages S11653-54
Additional Statements:
Pages S11654-56
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--298)
Pages S11622-23
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10:01 a.m., and adjourned at 7:16 p.m., until 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, September 30, 1999. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S11662.)
