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“Highlights + Senate” mentioning the Federal Reserve System was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D1309-D1310 on Nov. 17, 1999.
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Wednesday, November 17, 1999
Daily Digest
HIGHLIGHTS
The Senate and House passed H.J. Res. 80, making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2000.
Conference Report on H.R. 3194, District of Columbia
Appropriations was filed in the House.
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S14653-S14749
Measures Introduced: Eighteen bills and two resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 1937-1954, and S. Con. Res. 74-75.
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Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
Report to accompany S. 1877, to amend the Federal Report Elimination and Sunset Act of 1995. (S. Rept. No. 106-223)
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Measures Passed:
Continuing Appropriations: Senate passed H.J. Res. 80, making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2000, clearing the measure for the President.
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Bankruptcy Reform Act: Senate continued consideration of S. 625, to amend title 11, United States Code, agreeing to committee amendments by unanimous consent, taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto:
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Adopted:
Leahy (for Feinstein) Modified Amendment No. 1695, to increase bankruptcy filing fees, increase funds for the United States Trustee System Fund.
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Grassley (for McConnell) Amendment No. 2520, to amend section 326 of title 11, United States Code, to provide for compensation of trustees in certain cases under chapter 7 of that title.
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Leahy (for Feingold) Modified Amendment No. 2746, to change the definition of family farmer.
Pages S14664-65
Feingold Modified Amendment No. 2522, to provide for the expenses of long term care.
Pages S14664-65
Torricelli Modified Amendment No. 2655, to provide for enhanced consumer credit protection.
Pages S14671-74
Schumer Modified Amendment No. 2764, to provide for greater accuracy in certain means testing.
Pages S14671, S14674
Durbin Modified Amendment No. 2661, to establish parameters for presuming that the filing of a case under chapter 7 of title 11, United States Code, does not constitute an abuse of that chapter.
Pages S14671, S14674
Durbin Modified Amendment No. 2659, to modify certain provisions relating to pre-bankruptcy financial counseling.
Page S14679
By 82 yeas to 16 nays, 1 responding present (Vote No. 368), Feinstein Amendment No. 2756, to discourage indiscriminate extensions of credit and resulting consumer insolvency.
Pages S14669-71, S14680
Kennedy Amendment No. 2652, to amend the definition of current monthly income to exclude social security benefits.
Pages S14678-80
Rejected:
By 27 yeas to 71 nays (Vote No. 366), Wellstone Amendment No. 2752, to impose a moratorium on large agribusiness mergers and to establish a commission to review large agriculture mergers, concentration, and market power.
Pages S14654-63
Moynihan Amendment No. 2663, to make certain improvements to the bill with respect to low-income debtors. (By 54 yeas to 43 nays, 1 responding present (Vote No. 367), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S14663-64 Pending:
Hatch/Torricelli Amendment No. 1729, to provide for domestic support obligations.
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Wellstone Amendment No. 2537, to disallow claims of certain insured depository institutions.
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Wellstone Amendment No. 2538, with respect to the disallowance of certain claims and to prohibit certain coercive debt collection practices.
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Feinstein Amendment No. 1696, to limit the amount of credit extended under an open end consumer credit plan to persons under the age of 21.
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Feinstein Amendment No. 2755, to discourage indiscriminate extensions of credit and resulting consumer insolvency.
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Schumer/Durbin Amendment No. 2759, with respect to national standards and homeowner home maintenance costs.
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Schumer/Durbin Amendment No. 2762, to modify the means test relating to safe harbor provisions.
Pages S14674-76
Schumer Amendment No. 2763, to ensure that debts incurred as a result of clinic violence are nondischargeable.
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Schumer Amendment No. 2765, to include certain dislocated workers' expenses in the debtor's monthly expenses.
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Dodd Amendment No. 2531, to protect certain education savings.
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Dodd Amendment No. 2753, to amend the Truth in Lending Act to provide for enhanced information regarding credit card balance payment terms and conditions, and to provide for enhanced reporting of credit card solicitations to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and to Congress.
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Hatch/Dodd/Gregg Amendment No. 2536, to protect certain education savings.
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Feingold Amendment No. 2748, to provide for an exception to a limitation on an automatic stay under section 362(b) of title 11, United States Code, relating to evictions and similar proceedings to provide for the payment of rent that becomes due after the petition of a debtor is filed.
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Schumer/Santorum Amendment No. 2761, to improve disclosure of the annual percentage rate for purchases applicable to credit card accounts.
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Feingold Amendment No. 2779 (to Amendment No. 2748), to modify certain provisions providing for an exception to a limitation on an automatic stay under section 362(b) of title 11, United States Code, relating to evictions and similar proceedings to provide for the payment of rent that becomes due after the petition of a debtor is filed.
Pages S14682-87
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
Ronald M. Gould, of Washington, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit.
Barbara M. Lynn, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas.
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Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
Rhonda C. Fields, of the District of Columbia, to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia.
Kathryn Shaw, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Council of Economic Advisers.
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Messages From the House:
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Communications:
Pages S14693-95
Petitions:
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Executive Reports of Committees:
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Statements on Introduced Bills:
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Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S14739-40
Amendments Submitted:
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Authority for Committees:
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Additional Statements:
Pages S14742-47
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--368)
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 7:09 p.m., until 11:00 a.m., on Thursday, November 18, 1999. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S14749.)
