Volume 145, No. 162 covering the 1st Session of the 106th Congress (1999 - 2000) 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 D1303-D1304 on Nov. 16, 1999.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Tuesday, November 16, 1999
Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S14595-S14652
Measures Introduced: Sixteen bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1921-1936.
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Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
S. 1928, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a medicare subvention demonstration project for veterans. (S. Rept. No. 106-222).
S. Res. 200, designating the week of February 14-20 as ``National Biotechnology Week'', with amendments.
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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 Modified Amendment No. 2529, to save United States taxpayers
$24,000,000 by eliminating the blanket mandate relating to the filing of tax returns.
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Grassley (for Thurmond) Modified Amendment No. 2478, to provide for exclusive jurisdiction in Federal court for matters involving bankruptcy professional persons.
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Pending:
Feingold Amendment No. 2522, to provide for the expenses of long term care.
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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.
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Schumer Amendment No. 2763, to ensure that debts incurred as a result of clinic violence are nondischargeable.
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Schumer Amendment No. 2764, to provide for greater accuracy in certain means testing.
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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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Durbin Amendment No. 2659, to modify certain provisions relating to pre-bankruptcy financial counseling.
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Durbin 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.
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Torricelli Amendment No. 2655, to provide for enhanced consumer credit protection.
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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.
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Moynihan Amendment No. 2663, to make certain improvements to the bill with respect to low-income debtors.
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A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the Moynihan Amendment No. 2663 (listed above), with a vote to occur thereon.
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A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the bill on Wednesday, November 17, 1999.
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Appointment:
Parents Advisory Council on Youth Drug Abuse: The Chair, on behalf of the Majority Leader, pursuant to Public Law 105-277, announced the appointment of Deborah C. Ball, of Georgia, to serve as a member of the Parents Advisory Council on Youth Drug Abuse for a three-year term.
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Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages from the President of the United States:
Transmitting a periodic report relative to the national emergency with respect to Iran which was declared in Executive Order No. 12170; referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-
74).
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Transmitting the annual report of the Federal Labor Relations Board for fiscal year 1998; referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. (PM-75).
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Transmitting the annual report of the Railroad Retirement Board for fiscal year 1998; referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (PM-76).
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Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
W. Michael McCabe, of Pennsylvania, to be Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Jerome F. Kever, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Railroad Retirement Board for a term expiring August 28, 2003.
Virgil M. Speakman, Jr., of Ohio, to be a Member of the Railroad Retirement Board for a term expiring August 28, 2004.
Janie L. Jeffers, of Maryland, to be a Commissioner of the United States Parole Commission for a term of six years.
Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy.
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Messages From the President:
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Messages From the House:
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Communications:
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Petitions:
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Executive Reports of Committees:
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Statements on Introduced Bills:
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Additional Cosponsors:
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Authority for Committees:
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Additional Statements:
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and adjourned at 6:15 p.m., until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, November 17, 1999. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S14651.)
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