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SUMMARY

Executive Business Meeting
Senate Judiciary Committee
Thursday, October 28, 1999
at 10:00 a.m. in Dirksen Room 226



Nominations| Legislation | Statements



I.Nominations:


United States Marshal


John W. Marshall
to be Director of the United States Marshals Service
STATUS - APPROVED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, WITHOUT OBJECTION



II.Legislation:


S. 1798
Patent Reform and American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 (Hatch/Leahy)
STATUS - – HELD OVER

H.R. 1907
American Inventors Protection Act of 1999
STATUS - – HELD OVER

S. 1515
Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 1999
STATUS - TECHNICAL AMENDMENT ACCEPTED; BILL HELD OVER BY SENATOR KYL

S. 1750
Child Abuse Prevention and Enforcement Act. [DeWine/Leahy] [Companion bill to H.R. 764]
STATUS - ORDERED REPORTED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, WITHOUT OBJECTION, AS AMENDED WITH A HATCH “JENNIFER’S AMENDMENT” AND AN ABRAHAM AMENDMENT

H.R. 764
Child Abuse Prevention and Enforcement Act
STATUS - ORDERED REPORTED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, WITHOUT OBJECTION, AS AMENDED, WITH THE APPROVED LANGUAGE OF S.1750 INSERTED IN LIEU THEREOF THE LANGUAGE OF H.R. 764.

S. 1769
The Continued Reporting of Intercepted Wire, Oral and Electronic Communications Act
STATUS - ORDERED REPORTED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, WITHOUT OBJECTION, AS AMENDED

S. 1764
Antitrust Technical Corrections [DeWine/Kohl]
STATUS - ORDERED REPORTED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, WITHOUT OBJECTION

S. 1455
College Scholarship Fraud Prevention Act
STATUS - ORDERED REPORTED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, WITHOUT OBJECTION, AS AMENDED
Note: Exact language of the Abraham and Feingold amendment to be worked out with Leahy staff.

S.J.Res. 204
Designating the week beginning November 21, 1999 and the week of November 19, 2000, as “National Family Week.” [Hatch]
STATUS - ORDERED REPORTED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, WITHOUT OBJECTION


III.Statements:




Senator Patrick Leahy, Ranking Minority Member
Statement on Nominations
S.1750, "Child Abuse Prevention and Enforcement Act of 1999"
Statement on the Abraham Amendment to S.1750, “Child Abuse Prevention and Enforcement Act of 1999”
S.1769, “The Continued Reporting of Intercepted Wire, Oral, And Electronic Communications Act Multi-district Jurisdiction Act of 1999"

Senator Russell Feingold
S.1455, the College Scholarship Fraud and Prevention Act