Volume 144, No. 88 covering the 2nd Session of the 105th Congress (1997 - 1998) was published by the Congressional Record.
The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.
“Senate” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D727-D728 on July 7, 1998.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Tuesday, July 7, 1998
Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7525-S7619
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and one resolution were introduced, as follows: S. 2265-2271, and S. Con. Res. 107.
Page S7574
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
S.J. Res. 44, A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to protect the rights of crime victims, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Page S7574
VA/HUD Appropriations: Senate resumed consideration of S. 2168, making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows:
Pages S7538-65
Pending:
Daschle Amendment No. 3063, to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to protect consumers in managed care plans and other health coverage.
Pages S7562-63
Rejected:
By 33 yeas to 66 nays (Vote No. 185), Bumpers Amendment No. 3062, to terminate the International Space Station program and provide additional funding for veterans and low-income housing.
Pages S7538-59, S7563-64
Product Liability: Senate began consideration of S. 648, to establish legal standards and procedures for product liability litigation, taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows:
Pages S7525-34, S7565
Pending:
Lott Amendment No. 3064, in the nature of a substitute.
Page S7565
During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the following action:
By 71 yeas to 24 nays (Vote No. 184), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed to close further debate on the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill.
Pages S7525-26
A motion was entered to close further debate on Amendment No. 3064, listed above, and in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on the cloture motion will occur on Thursday, July 9, 1998.
Page S7565
IRS Reform--Conference Report: Senate began consideration of the conference report on H.R. 2676, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restructure and reform the Internal Revenue Service.
Pages S7565-73
Senate will continue consideration of the conference report on Wednesday, July 8, 1998.
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
Sallyanne Harper, of Virginia, to be Chief Financial Officer, Environmental Protection Agency.
Pages S7610, S7619
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
Carolyn H. Becraft, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Navy.
Ruby Butler DeMesme, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force.
Patrick T. Henry, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army.
Bert T. Edwards, of Maryland, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of State.
Joseph H. Melrose, Jr., of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Sierra Leone.
John Shattuck, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the Czech Republic.
David G. Carpenter, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State.
David G. Carpenter, of Virginia, to be Director of the Office of Foreign Missions, and to have the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service.
Richard Henry Jones, of Nebraska, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Charles F. Kartman, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as Special Envoy for the Korean Peace Talks.
Kathryn Dee Robinson, of Tennessee, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Ghana.
Robert Patrick John Finn, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Tajikistan.
3 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
27 Army nominations in the rank of general.
7 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Navy, and Public Health Service.
Pages S7611-19
Messages From the House:
Page S7574
Measures Placed on Calendar:
Page S7574
Communications:
Page S7574
Statements on Introduced Bills:
Pages S7574-80
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S7580-81
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S7584-S7605
Authority for Committees:
Page S7605
Additional Statements:
Pages S7605-10
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--185)
Pages S7526, S7564
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 8:27 p.m., until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, July 8, 1998. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7611.)
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