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Daily Digest - Monday, September 21, 1998

Monday, September 21, 1998

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Measures Introduced: Four bills and two resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 2502-2505 and S.J. Res. 56 and 57.

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Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:

H.R. 2675, to require that the Office of Personnel Management submit proposed legislation under which group universal life insurance and group variable universal life insurance would be available under chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 105-337)

Report to accompany H.R. 2493, Forage Improvement Act of 1997, previously reported. (S. Rept. No. 105-338)

S. 730, to make retroactive the entitlement of certain Medal of Honor recipients to the special pension provided for persons entered and recorded on the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard Medal of Honor Roll, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 105-339)

S. 1021, to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that consideration may not be denied to preference eligibles applying for certain positions in the competitive service, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 105-340)

S. 2273, to increase, effective as of December 1, 1998, the rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities, and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain service-connected disabled veterans, with an amendment. (S. Rept. No. 105-341)

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Measures Passed: National Wildlife Refuge System: Senate passed S. 2317, to improve the National Wildlife Refuge System, after agreeing to committee amendments.

Pages S10670-71

Consumer Bankruptcy Reform Act: Senate resumed consideration of S. 1301, to amend title 11, United States Code, to provide for consumer bankruptcy protection, with a committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows:

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Lott (for Grassley/Hatch) Amendment No. 3559, in the nature of a substitute.

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Feingold/Specter Amendment No. 3602 (to Amendment No. 3559), to ensure payment of trustees' costs under chapter 7 of title 11, United States Code, of abuse motions, without encouraging conflicts of interest between attorneys and clients.

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Feingold/Specter Amendment No. 3565 (to Amendment No. 3559), to provide for a waiver of filing fees in certain bankruptcy cases.

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A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the bill on Tuesday, September 22, 1998.

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Messages From the House:

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Statements on Introduced Bills:

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Additional Cosponsors:

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Amendments Submitted:

Pages S10668-69

Additional Statements:

Pages S10669-70

Adjournment: Senate convened at 12 noon, and adjourn at 3:42 p.m., until 9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, September 22, 1998. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S10671.)

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The House was not in session. It will next meet on Tuesday, September 22.

No Committee meetings were held.

Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, to hold hearings to examine mind/body medical interactions and their potential clinical applications, 11 a.m., SD-192. Committee on Armed Services, to hold hearings on the nominations of Richard Danzig, of the District of Columbia, to be Secretary of the Navy, Bernard Daniel Rostker, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of the Army, Stephen W. Preston, of the District of Columbia, to be General Counsel of the Department of the Navy, Herbert Lee Buchanan III, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and Jeh Charles Johnson, of New York, to be General Counsel of the Department of the Air Force, 10 a.m., SR-222. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, to hold hearings on the nominations of Sylvia De Leon, of Texas, Linwood Holton, of Virginia, and Amy M. Rosen, of New Jersey, each to be a Member of the Reform Board (AMTRAK), 10 a.m., SR-253. Committee on Environment and Public Works, to hold hearings on S. 2470, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to make technical corrections to a map relating to the Coastal Barrier Resources System, 9 a.m., SD-406. Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, and Competition, to hold hearings to examine issues with regard to the BP/Amoco merger, 2 p.m., SD-226. Committee on Veterans Affairs, to hold hearings to examine the quality of care in the VA health care system, 10 a.m., SR-418.

For a listing of Senate committee meetings scheduled ahead, see pages E1769-70 in today's Record.

No Committee meetings are scheduled.

Program for Tuesday: Senate will resume consideration of S. 1301, Consumer Bankruptcy Reform, following which Senate will consider a motion to close further debate on the committee substitute amendment to S. 1645, Child Custody Protection Act, with a cloture vote to occur thereon at 4:30 p.m.

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(Senate will recess from 12:30 p.m. until 2:15 p.m. for respective party conferences.)

Program for Tuesday: No legislative business

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