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SUMMARY
Executive Business Meeting
Senate Judiciary Committee
Thursday, June 29, 2000
226 Dirksen Senate Office Building at 10:00 a.m.
Nominations| Legislation | Commemoratives | Statements
I.
Nominations:
- Daniel Marcus
- of Maryland, to be Associate Attorney General.
- STATUS HELD OVER
- David W. Ogden
- of Virginia, to be Assistant Attorney General.
- STATUS HELD OVER
II.
Executive Business:
- Resolution to authorize subpoena duces tucem to Secretary of State Madeleine Albright for documents related to Elian Gonzalez.
- Sponsored by Senator Hatch
- STATUS HELD OVER. VOTE TO APPROVE ON JUNE 27, 2000 WAS RESCINDED.
III.
Legislation:
- S. 2448, the Internet Integrity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2000
- Sponsored by Senators Hatch/Schumer
- STATUS HELD OVER
- S. 353, Class Action Fairness Act of 1999 // H.R. 1875, the Interstate Class Action Jurisdiction Act of 1999
- Sponsored by Senator Grassley/Kohl/
- Sponsored by Senator Goodlatte
- STATUS ORDERED REPORTED FAVORABLY BY A VOTE OF 11 YEAS, 7 NAYS, AS AMENDED BY AN AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
- S. 2787, Violence Against Women Act of 2000
- Sponsored by Senators Biden/Hatch
- STATUS ORDERED REPORTED FAVORABLY BY A VOTE OF 17 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 1 PASS
- S. 2413, the Bullet Proof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 2000
- Sponsored by Senators Campbell/Leahy
- STATUS ORDERED REPORTED FAVORABLY BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT
- H.R. 3646, Persian Gulf Evacuee Private Relief Bill
- Sponsored by Senator Abraham
- STATUS ORDERED REPORTED FAVORABLY, BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, AS AMENDED BY AN AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE WHICH WAS AMENDED BY A KENNEDY AMENDMENT
- S. ___ Waiver of the Loyalty Oath for Disabled Persons
- Sponsored by Senators Hatch/Dodd/Feinstein
- STATUS
- S. 869, for the relief of Mina Vahedi Notash
- Sponsored by Senator Feinstein
- STATUS ORDERED REPORTED
- S. Con. Res. 53, a concurrent resolution condemning all prejudice against individuals of Asian and Pacific Island ancestry in the United States.
- Sponsored by Senator Feinstein
- STATUS ORDERED REPORTED
- S. 2516, the Fugitive Apprehension Act of 2000
- Sponsored by Senator Thurmond
- STATUS ORDERED REPORTED
- S. 1898, the Interstate Transportation of Dangerous Criminals Act of 1999
- Sponsored by Senators Dorgan/Ashcroft
- STATUS ORDERED REPORTED
IV.
Statements:
- Senator Patrick Leahy, Ranking Minority Member
- Opening Statement
- Statement on Tobacco Amendment to S. 353
- Statement on Environmental Amendment to S. 353
- Statement on S. 2413, the Bullet Proof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 2000
- Statement on S. 2787, Violence Against Women Act of 2000
- Statement on the Elian Gonzalez Matter
- Senator Joseph Biden
- Violence Against Women Act of 2000