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“Senate” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Justice was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D176-D177 on March 5, 1998.
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Thursday, March 5, 1998
Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1371-S1480
Measures Introduced: Ten bills and two resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 1711-1720, S. Con. Res. 80, and S. Res. 192.
Pages S1435-36
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
S. Res. 171, designating March 25, 1998, as ``Greek Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy''.
S. 1379, to amend section 552 of title 5, United States Code, and the National Security Act of 1947 to require disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act regarding certain persons, disclose Nazi war criminal records without impairing any investigation or prosecution conducted by the Department of Justice or certain intelligence matters, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Page S1435
Measures Passed: U.S./Mongolia Friendship: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 60, expressing the sense of the Congress in support of efforts to foster friendship and cooperation between the United States and Mongolia.
Page S1480
ISTEA Authorization: Senate resumed consideration of S. 1173, to authorize funds for construction of highways, for highway safety programs, and for mass transit programs, with a modified committee amendment in the nature of a substitute (Amendment No. 1676), taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows:.
Pages S1371-81, S1386-S1434
Adopted:
Chafee Amendment No. 1684 (to Amendment No. 1676), to provide for the distribution of additional funds for the Federal-aid highway program.
Pages S1387-90
By 52 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 21), Dorgan Amendment No. 1697 (to Amendment No. 1676), to encourage States to enact laws that ban the sale of alcohol through drive-up or drive through sales window.
Pages S1375-81, S1386-87
Domenici/Bingaman Modified Amendment No. 1387 (to Amendment No. 1676), to encourage the Secretary of Transportation to use the national laboratories in carrying out the research and technology program.
Pages S1377-78
Domenici/Bingaman Modified Amendment No. 1393 (to Amendment No. 1676), to require the Secretary to maximize the involvement of Federal laboratories in carrying out the intelligent transportation system program.
Page S1378
Domenici/Bingaman Amendment No. 1698 (to Amendment No. 1676), to provide a definition of the term Federal laboratory.
Page S1378
Bingaman/Domenici Amendment No. 1699 (to Amendment No. 1676), to clarify that Federal laboratories are eligible to receive grants or to enter into contracts, cooperative agreements, or other transactions.
Page S1386
Bingaman/Domenici Amendment No. 1700 (to Amendment No. 1676), to clarify that information on transportation-related research and development activities at Federal laboratories shall be included in the general exchange of information being promoted by the Secretary of Transportation.
Page S1386
Bingaman/Domenici Amendment No. 1701 (to Amendment No. 1676), to clarify that innovative research performed by Federal laboratories shall be identified and applied to the intermodal and multimodal transportation research, development, and deployments needs of the Department of Transportation enterprise of the United States.
Page S1386
Chafee/Wyden/Graham Amendment No. 1702 (to Amendment No. 1676), to further clarify the integrated decision making process for surface transportation projects.
Pages S1390-92
Hutchinson Amendment No. 1703 (to Amendment No. 1676), to provide for the continuation of partnership agreements to promote the integration of surface transportation management systems.
Pages S1392-93
Abraham/Levin Amendment No. 1704 (to Amendment No. 1676), to make access to the Ambassador Bridge, Detroit, Michigan, eligible for funding.
Page S1393
Chafee (for Inhofe) Amendment No. 1705 (to Amendment No. 1676), to improve the provisions relating to contracting for engineering and design services.
Page S1394
Chafee (for Abraham/Levin) Amendment No. 1706 (to Amendment No. 1676), to allow funding under the surface transportation program for programs to reduce motor vehicle emissions caused by extreme cold start conditions.
Page S1394
Rejected:
By 43 yeas to 56 nays, one responding present (Vote No. 22), Bingaman/Byrd Modified Amendment No. 1696 (to Amendment No. 1676), to encourage States to enact laws that ban the sale of alcohol through a drive-up or drive-through sales window.
Pages S1372-75, S1387
Pending:
McConnell Amendment No. 1708 (to Amendment No. 1676), to require that Federal surface transportation funds be used to encourage development and outreach to emerging business enterprises, including those owned by minorities and women, and to prohibit discrimination and preferential treatment based on race, color, national origin, or sex, with respect to use of those funds, in compliance with the equal protection provisions of the fifth and 14th amendments to the Constitution.
Pages S1395-S1434
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the bill and the pending amendment on Friday, March 6, 1998.
Page S1480
Messages From the House:
Page S1435
Measures Referred:
Page S1435
Executive Reports of Committees:
Page S1435
Statements on Introduced Bills:
Pages S1436-61
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S1462-63
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S1463-76
Authority for Committees:
Pages S1476-77
Additional Statements:
Pages S1477-79
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total-22)
Pages S1386-87
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and adjourned at 6:55 p.m., until 9:30 a.m., on Friday, March 6, 1998. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S1480.)
