Senator Feinstein's Votes - 106th 1st Session

Harkin-Wellstone, et al., motion: Suspend rules of Senate to permit public debate by Senators of motion to dismiss articles of impeachment against President Clinton. (43-57)

Harkin-Wellstone motion: Suspend rules of Senate to permit public debate by Senators on motion to subpoena witnesses during trial of President Clinton. (41-58)

Byrd motion: Dismiss impeachment proceedings against President Clinton. (44-56)

Daschle amendment (as substitute for resolution): Limits deposition time for all witnesses to be no later than close of business Wednesday, February 3, 1999, and permits all Senators to review all deposition material; makes it in order, on February 6, 1999, for House managers and/or White House counsel to make motion, or motions, to admit depositions or portions thereof into evidence, and limits such motions to transcribed material; provides four hours equally divided on Monday, February 8, 1999, for closing arguments, divided between White House Counsel and House Managers; and provides for the Senate to proceed immediately to final deliberations and then vote on the articles, without any intervening action. (44-54)

Daschle amendment (as substitute for resolution): Requires Senate to proceed immediately to closing arguments regarding articles of impeachment, with four hours equally divided for White House Counsel and House Managers; and then provides for the Senate to vote on each article without intervening action, motion or debate, except for deliberations. (43-55)

Adoption of resolution: Authorizes issuance of subpoenas for taking of testimony on oral depositions to Sidney Blumenthal, Monica Lewinsky, and Vernon Jordan, Jr.; permits depositions to be videotaped; and permits Senate to make public videotaped or transcribed deposition material. (54-44)

Division I of House Managers' motion: Permits transcripts and videotapes of oral depositions taken pursuant to S. Res. 30 to be admitted into evidence. (100-0)

Division II of House Managers' motion: Authorizes and issues subpoena for Monica Lewinsky to appear before Senate for period of time not to exceed eight hours; permits either party to examine witness; and entitles House Managers to reserve portion of their time to reexamine witness following any examination by White House Counsel. (30-70)

Murray motion (as substitute for Division III of House Managers' motion--Vote No. 12): Permits House Managers and White House Counsel to present before Senate, for no more than six hours, equally divided, all or portions of written transcriptions of depositions of Monica Lewinsky, Vernon Jordan, and Sidney Blumenthal. (27-73)

Division III of House Managers' motion: Permits House Managers and President to present before Senate, for not more than six hours equally divided, all or portions of videotapes of oral depositions of Monica Lewinsky, Vernon Jordan, and Sidney Blumenthal; and permits House Managers to reserve portion of their time to be used following presentation by White House Counsel. (62-38)

Daschle motion: Proceed to closing arguments, with two hours for White House Counsel, followed by two hours for House Managers; and then proceed to vote on each article of impeachment, without intervening action, motion or debate, except for deliberations by Senate, if so decided by Senate. (44-56)

White House Counsel motion: That House Managers provide written notice to White House Counsel indicating precise page and line designations of any video excerpts from depositions of Monica Lewinsky, Vernon Jordan, or Sidney Blumenthal that they plan to use during their three hour presentation on Saturday, February 6, 1999, or during their closing argument. (46-54)

Lott-Daschle motion: Suspend rules of Senate to conduct open deliberations of articles of impeachment against President Clinton. (59-41)

Lott motion: Go into closed session for final deliberations of articles of impeachment against President Clinton. (53-47)

First Article of Impeachment against President Clinton: States that President Clinton willfully corrupted and manipulated judicial process for his personal gain and exoneration, impeding administration of justice in that he willfully provided perjurious, false and misleading testimony to Federal Grand Jury on August 17, 1998. (45-55)

Second Article of Impeachment against President Clinton: States that President Clinton engaged personally, and through his subordinates and agents, in course of conduct designed to delay, impede, cover up, and conceal evidence and testimony related to Federal civil rights action brought against him in duly instituted judicial proceeding. (50-50)

Gramm motion: Postpones indefinitely Feinstein motion to suspend rules of Senate in order to consider censure resolution against President Clinton. (Two-thirds of Senate not having voted in the negative, motion to suspend was withdrawn and Gramm point of order was sustained. The Feinstein motion to proceed fell.) (43-56)

Crapo amendment: Repeals reduction in military retirement pay for regular officers of uniformed services who choose to work for Federal government. (87-11)

Hutchison, et al., amendment: Requires TRICARE health care coverage to be substantially similar to health care coverage available under FEHB health benefits plans; requires that as servicemen and women are transferred to other bases, their health care benefits follow them; requires doctors to be reimbursed at levels at least equivalent to Medicare; encourages Defense Secretary to use his power to authorize higher levels of reimbursement where necessary to attract local physician providers; and requires Defense Secretary to report to Congress within six months regarding cost of implementing requirements. (100-0)

Sarbanes-Warner, et al., amendment: Expresses sense of Congress that there should continue to be parity between adjustments in compensation for members of uniformed services and U.S. civilian employees. (94-6)

Cleland, et al., amendment: Allows members of National Guard and Reserve to participate in Thrift Savings Plans established by bill. (100-0)

Warner motion to table Rockefeller, et al., amendment: Authorizes creation of three-year demonstration pilot project to allow Veterans' Administration to bill Medicare for health care services provided to certain dual beneficiaries; requires Veterans' Administration to maintain its current level of services to Medicare eligible veterans; specifies that Veterans' Administration may collect payments for care provided to new users only; and does not create any new entitlement for benefits. (0-100)

Gramm Constitutional point of order that Graham amendment, which pays for bill by (1) extending Hazardous Substance Superfund Tax and Oil Spill Liability Tax, and (2) modifying Foreign Tax Credit carryback and carryover periods (generating estimated $18 billion in revenue over ten years), violates U.S. Constitution, because revenue bills must originate in House of Representatives. (80-20)

Jeffords motion to table Wellstone-Kennedy amendment (to Committee substitute amendment): Exempts Title I funds from Education Flexibility Program. (55-42)

Jeffords-Gregg-Collins amendment (to Bingaman-Reid, et al., amendment providing for national school dropout prevention program [to Committee substitute amendment]): Nullifies provisions of underlying Bingaman-Reid, et al., amendment providing $150 million for drop-out prevention; and directs money to fund part B of Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. (100-0)

Jeffords motion to table Jeffords amendment (to language proposed to be stricken by Committee substitute amendment): Requires Education Secretary to prescribe requirements on how States are to provide for public comments and notice. (54-43)

Gramm motion to table Allard, et al., amendment (to language proposed to be stricken by Committee substitute amendment): Prohibits implementation of "Know Your Customer" regulations by Federal banking agencies. (0-88)

Lott, et al., cloture motion on Committee substitute amendment to bill. (54-41)

Lott, et al., second cloture motion on Committee substitute amendment to bill. (55-39)

Baucus, et al., cloture motion on Kennedy-Daschle motion to recommit bill to Committee with instructions to report back forthwith with Murray-Kennedy amendment to authorize funds for additional teachers to reduce class size. (44-55)

Lott, et al., cloture motion on Lott (for Jeffords)-Gregg-Collins modified amendment (to Bingaman amendment to provide for national school dropout prevention program): Gives local educational agencies option of using dropout prevention program funding for Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. (55-44)

Kennedy motion to table Jeffords (for Lott)-Abraham modified amendment (to Committee substitute amendment): Amends FY 1999 Omnibus Appropriations Act, which allocated $1.2 billion for Class Size Reduction Act, to permit local educational agencies to use these funds for either class size reduction or Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). (38-61)

Jeffords (for Lott)-Abraham modified amendment (to Committee substitute amendment): Amends FY 1999 Omnibus Appropriations Act, which allocated $1.2 billion for Class Size Reduction Act, to permit local educational agencies to use these funds for either class size reduction or Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). (60-39)

Jeffords motion to table Murray-Kennedy, et al., amendment (to Committee substitute amendment): Authorizes funds for FY 2000-2005 to hire 100,000 new teachers; and expresses sense of Senate that budget resolution shall include annual increases for IDEA Part B funding so that program can be fully funded within next five years, and that increases shall not come at expense of other important education programs that also serve children with disabilities. (55-44)

Lott-Jeffords, et al., amendment (to Committee substitute amendment): Amends FY 1999 Omnibus Appropriations Act, which allocated $1.2 billion for Class Size Reduction Act, to permit local educational agencies to use funds for either class size reduction or IDEA (thereby reversing commitment to dedicate these funds to reducing class size); does not provide additional funding for class size reduction program; and authorizes additional $150.0 million for IDEA Part B. (61-38)

Jeffords motion to table Bingaman, et al., amendment (to Committee substitute amendment): Authorizes new program under Title V of Elementary and Secondary Education Act to provide funds to States to reduce dropout rates at middle and high schools with significant dropout problems; allocates funds by Title I formula; provides priority for funding to those schools with high dropout rates; authorizes $150.0 million in FY 2000; allocates any funds appropriated above $150.0 million to IDEA funding; and expresses sense of Senate that budget resolution shall include annual increases for IDEA Part B funding so that program can be fully funded within next five years, and that increases shall not come at expense of other important education programs that also serve children with disabilities. (55-44)

Jeffords motion to table Bingaman (for Boxer), et al., amendment (to Committee substitute amendment): Increases authorization for 21st Century Learning Center Program from $200 million to $600 million in each of FY 2000-2004 to help additional 1.1 million children participate in after-school and summer school programs; permits mentoring, academic assistance, drug, alcohol, and gang prevention programs to be funded through 21st Century Learning Center Program; and expresses sense of Senate that budget resolution shall include annual increases for IDEA Part B funding so that program can be fully funded within next five years, and that increases shall not come at expense of other important education programs that also serve children with disabilities. (55-44)

Jeffords (for Lott)-Ashcroft amendment (to Committee substitute amendment): Amends FY 1999 Omnibus Appropriations Act, which allocated $1.2 billion for Class Size Reduction Act to permit local educational agencies to use funds for either class size reduction or IDEA (thereby reversing commitment to dedicate these funds to reducing class size); does not provide additional funding for class size reduction program; amends IDEA statute to expand category of children with disabilities who can be automatically removed to alternative educational placements from those who "carry" guns to those who "carry or possess" weapons either on way to school or at school; requires States and school districts to submit public comments with their applications for Ed-Flex or Ed-Flex waivers; and authorizes $500 million for IDEA. (78-21)

Jeffords motion to table Feinstein-Dorgan-Bingaman amendment (to Committee substitute amendment): Authorizes grants to high need, low performing localities to provide prevention and intervention services and academic instruction to K-12 students who are failing or at risk of failing to meet State achievement standards in core curriculum; stipulates that localities may receive funds only if they adopt policy prohibiting social promotion, require that all K-12 students meet State achievement standards in core curriculum at key transition points before promotion to next grade level, use tests and other indicators to assess student performance in meeting State achievement standards, and have substantial numbers of students who are low performing students; authorizes $500 million in each of FY 2000-2004; and expresses sense of Senate that budget resolution shall include annual increases for IDEA Part B funding so that program can be fully funded within next five years, and that increases shall not come at expense of other important education programs that also serve children with disabilities. (59-40)

Jeffords motion to table Wellstone amendment (to Committee substitute amendment): Prohibits waiver of statutory or regulatory requirements relating to local and State plans, use of funds, and accountability, under Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998 and Title I, except to permit formation of secondary and post-secondary consortia. (57-42)

Cochran, et al., amendment: Specifies that funding for National Missile Defense system is subject to annual authorization and appropriations process. (99-0)

Landrieu, et al., amendment: States that it is policy of United States to seek continued negotiated reductions in Russian nuclear forces. (99-0)

Hutchison motion to table Specter, et al., amendment: Permits HHS Secretary to waive recoupment of Federal government Medicaid claims to tobacco-related State settlements if Secretary finds that at least 20 percent of such payments will be spent on programs to reduce use of tobacco products, and at least 30 percent will be used on Federal or State funded health programs, or to assist in economic development efforts designed to aid tobacco farmers and tobacco-producing communities transition to other industries. (71-29)

Stevens motion to table Hutchinson amendment: Prohibits U.S. support for China's admission into World Trade Organization (WTO) unless Congress enacts specific legislation to allow for U.S. support; requires President to notify Congress if he determines that U.S. should support China's admission into WTO; and requires passage of joint resolution of approval within 90 days of receipt of Presidential notification for U.S. approval to be permitted. (69-30)

Lott, et al., cloture motion on Lott perfecting amendment (to Hutchison amendment setting forth restrictions on deployment of U.S. Armed Forces in Kosovo): Prohibits use of funds to conduct military operations by U.S. Armed Forces in Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) unless previously authorized by Congress. (55-44)

Reid motion to table Murkowski amendment: Prohibits use of funds to close or restrict subsistence or commercial fishing or subsistence gathering in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska. (40-59)

Abraham, et al., amendment: Expresses sense of Congress that budget resolution assumes that Congress shall pass legislation: Reaffirms provisions of Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 that provide that Social Security receipts and disbursements shall be off-budget for purposes of budgets submitted by President and Congress, and for purposes of Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and also provides for point of order against any budget resolution, amendment, or conference report that violates this section; mandates that Social Security surpluses be used only for payment of Social Security benefits, Social Security reform, or reducing publicly-held Federal debt, and not spent on non-Social Security programs, or used to offset tax cuts; provides for Senate supermajority point of order against any bill, resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that would use Social Security surpluses for any purpose other than payment of Social Security benefits, Social Security reform or reduction of Federal debt; ensures that Social Security benefits are paid on time; and accommodates Social Security reform legislation. (99-0)

Lautenberg motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Lautenberg amendment: Provides for point of order against any bill, resolution, motion, amendment, or conference report that either reduces revenues without offsets, or increases spending above levels in resolution until Congress first enacts legislation that ensures long-term fiscal solvency of Social Security Trust Funds, extends solvency of Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund by at least 12 years, and certifies that legislation complies with these requirements; and provides three-fifths waiver of this point of order, and a three-fifths requirement to appeal ruling of Chair on point of order. (45-54)

Ashcroft, et al., amendment: Expresses sense of Senate that Federal government should not directly invest Social Security Trust Funds in private financial markets. (99-0)

Conrad motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Conrad amendment: Creates "Social Security and Medicare First Lockbox" that prohibits use of any portion of Social Security surplus, or any portion of surplus reserved for Medicare for new spending or tax cuts. (45-54)

Lautenberg motion to table Bond amendment (as substitute for resolution): Contains Republican interpretation of President's budget; assumes transfers into Social Security Trust Fund; and assumes large on-budget deficit. (97-2)

Johnson, et al., amendment: Increases Function 700 (Veterans) by $2.0 billion in budget authority and outlays in FY 2000; offsets by reducing Function 920 (Allowances) by same amount in same year; and expresses sense of Senate that provisions in resolution assume that (1) if Congressional Budget Office determines there is an on-budget surplus for 2000, $2.0 billion of that surplus will be restored to programs cut in this amendment, and (2) none of these offsets will come from defense or veterans programs, and, to extent possible, should come from administrative functions. (99-0)

Domenici (for Specter) motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Specter-Harkin, et al., amendment: Increases funds for biomedical research at National Institutes of Health by $1.4 billion; and offsets by creating reserve fund for legislation disallowing Federal income tax deduction for any payment to Federal government or State or local government pursuant to any tobacco litigation or settlement. (47-52)

Roth-Breaux, et al., amendment: Expresses sense of Senate that provisions in budget resolution assume that: (1) resolution does not adopt President's proposals to reduce Medicare spending by $19.4 billion over ten years, nor the proposal to spend $10.0 billion of Medicare program funds on unrelated programs; (2) Congress will not transfer to Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund new IOUs that must be redeemed later by raising taxes on American workers, cutting benefits, or borrowing more from public; (3) Congress should work in bipartisan fashion to extend solvency of Medicare program and to ensure that benefits under that program will be available to future beneficiaries; (4) Congress should move expeditiously to consider bipartisan recommendations of Chairmen of National Bipartisan Commission on Future of Medicare; and (5) Congress should continue to work with President as he develops and presents his plan to fix problems in Medicare program. (56-43)

Domenici motion to table Kennedy amendment: Reduces tax cuts in budget resolution by $320.0 billion over ten years; and expresses sense of Senate that savings derived from reduced tax breaks to wealthiest taxpayers should be reserved to strengthen and extend solvency of Medicare program. (53-46)

Domenici (for Santorum)-Leahy-Torricelli amendment: Expresses sense of Senate that functional totals contained in resolution assume reauthorization of Farmland Protection Program in first session of 106th Congress. (97-1)

Reed motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Reed, et al., amendment: Increases Function 450 (Community and Regional Development) budget authority and outlays by $88.7 billion in FY 2000-2009; and offsets by reducing tax cuts contained in budget resolution. (49-50)

Craig motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Craig-Kerrey, et al., amendment: Modifies existing pay-go requirements to prohibit consideration of any legislation that provides increase in direct spending unless increase is offset by decrease in direct spending; and permits waiver of this prohibition by affirmative three-fifths vote of Senate. (52-47)

Domenici motion to table Voinovich amendment: Eliminates tax cuts provided for in budget resolution and uses funds to pay down debt; and strikes section that establishes reserve fund to use possible increases in FY 2000-2009 budget surpluses for tax cuts. (67-32)

Domenici motion to table Kennedy, et al., amendment: Increases Function 500 (Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services) budget authority and outlays by $156 billion in FY 2000-2009 to meet certain education priorities; and reduces tax cuts contained in resolution by $156.0 billion in 2000-2009 to fully fund and pay for class-size reduction and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. (54-45)

Crapo motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Crapo-Grams amendment: Specifies that any additional on-budget surplus shall be reserved exclusively for tax relief or debt reduction; creates three-fifths vote point of order against legislation that uses additional on-budget surplus for any purpose other than tax relief or debt reduction; and allows for three-fifths vote to waive point of order. (42-57)

Domenici motion to table Dodd-Jeffords, et al., modified amendment: Increases Function 600 (Income Security) budget authority by $12.6 billion for FY 2000-2009, and outlays by $11.6 billion for 2000-2009; and offsets by reducing tax cuts contained in resolution. (40-57)

Domenici motion to table Dorgan-Daschle, et al., modified amendment: Provides $6.0 billion in each of FY 2000-2004 for new policy providing counter-cyclical income assistance for agricultural producers; and offsets by reducing proposed tax cuts in budget resolution by same amount. (53-45)

Wyden motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Domenici (Snowe)-Wyden-G. Smith amendment: Permits revenues from increased tobacco taxes to be used to offset cost of Medicare prescription drug benefit created by Medicare reform legislation. (54-44)

Kennedy motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Kennedy-Wellstone-Torricelli amendment: Expresses sense of Senate that minimum wage should be increased 50 cents by September 1, 1999, and an additional 50 cents by September 1, 2000 (to bring minimum wage to $6.15 an hour). (45-53)

Lautenberg (for Hollings)-Graham amendment: Reduces debt by $700.0 billion below level in budget resolution; continues CBO March Current Services Baseline; eliminates instruction to Finance Committee that requires Committee to report legislation to reduce taxes in FY 2000-2009 and to reduce statutory limit on debt in 2000; and strikes provisions that propose changes in process that generally allow projected surplus to fund tax cuts instead of reducing debt. (24-74)

Domenici motion to table Rockefeller-Kennedy amendment: Provides for on-budget, deficit neutral reserve fund to pay for prescription drug benefits for all Medicare recipients, in case Medicare reform legislation is considered by Congress. (54-45)

Kerry motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Kerry, et al., amendment: Provides that tax provisions that are included in FY 2000 revenue reconciliation bill that are not effective until future year must be reestimated by Congressional Budget Office (CBO) the year before provisions go into effect; and provides that if CBO determines that tax provisions that have not gone into effect, in total, would create an on-budget deficit in year one, year one through five, or year one through ten, they would be delayed until next year. (45-54)

Lautenberg motion to instruct conferees on FY 2000 budget resolution: Include in conference report provisions that would reserve all Social Security surpluses for Social Security, and not for other programs (including other retirement programs) or tax cuts. (98-0)

Domenici motion to instruct conferees on FY 2000 budget resolution: Include in conference report (1) Roth-Breaux, et al., amendment (Vote No. 65) which expressed sense of Senate regarding Medicare reform; and (2) Committee-reported language that provides funds for prescription drugs only if Finance Committee reports legislation significantly extending Medicare Trust Fund without use of surplus. (57-42)

Domenici motion to table Kennedy motion to instruct conferees on FY 2000 budget resolution: Include in conference report provisions that would (1) allow targeted tax relief for low- and middle-income working families; and (2) reserve sufficient portion of projected non-Social Security surpluses to extend significantly solvency of Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and to modernize and strengthen program before (a) using budget surpluses to pay for tax breaks that would benefit primarily wealthiest Americans, or (b) enacting new spending above levels in Senate-passed version of budget resolution, unless offset in accordance with Congressional Budget Act of 1974. (54-45)

Dodd motion to instruct conferees on FY 2000 budget resolution: Include in conference report Dodd, et al., modified amendment (Vote No. 74), which increases Function 600 (Income Security) budget authority and outlays by $7.5 billion in FY 2000-2005; and offsets by reducing tax cuts contained in budget resolution. (66-33)

Adoption of conference report. (54-44)

Adoption of conference report. (98-1)

Lott, et al., cloture motion on Lott (for Abraham), et al., amendment: Establishes 60-vote point of order against legislation that would raise public debt limits above the levels established in amendment, except when declaration of war is in effect or during recession; exempts any public debt limit increase caused solely by legislation designated as "Social Security reform"; establishes schedule of publicly held debt limits that would allow all on-budget surpluses to be spent; and establishes public debt limits based on, and assuming accuracy of, Congressional Budget Office's current and ten year budget estimates. (54-45)

Lott, et al., cloture motion on motion to proceed to bill. (94-0)

Lott motion: Sergeant at Arms to request attendance. (98-1)

Lott motion to table Kennedy motion to commit bill to HELP Committee with instructions to report back forthwith with Kennedy amendment: Increases minimum wage to $5.65 an hour beginning on September 1, 1999, and $6.15 an hour beginning on September 1, 2000. (55-44)

Lott, et al., cloture motion on McCain, et al., substitute amendment. (52-47)

Lott, et al., cloture motion on Abraham amendment (as substitute for Lott [for Abraham], et al., amendment--Vote No. 90): establishes 60-vote point of order against legislation that would raise public debt limits above levels established in amendment, except when declaration of war is in effect or during a recession; exempts any public debt limit increase caused solely by legislation designated as "Social Security reform"; establishes a schedule of publicly held debt limits that would allow all on-budget surpluses to be spent; and establishes public debt limits based on, and assuming the accuracy of, Congressional Budget Office's current and ten year budget estimates. (49-44)

Lott-Daschle motion to table resolution: Authorizes President to use all necessary force in concert with allies of U.S., to accomplish U.S. and NATO objectives in Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro). (78-22)

Gramm motion to table Sarbanes (for Daschle), et al., amendment (as substitute for bill): Allows banks, securities firms, and insurance companies to affiliate; requires banks to have and maintain "satisfactory" Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) rating to take advantage of new affiliations; strikes provision that provides "safe harbor" for banks that have "satisfactory" CRA rating; strikes provision that exempts all small rural banks from CRA; allows all banks to have operating subsidiaries, subject to important safeguards; requires securities activities to be performed by SEC regulated broker-dealers; allows existing unitary thrift holding companies to be transferred only to financial firms; allows bank affiliates to make "merchant banking" investments in commercial firms only for such reasonable time as allows for resale, without exercising day-to-day control; strikes provision that allows bank holding companies to engage in activities that are "complimentary" to financial activities; and strikes provision that extends for three years requirement that thrifts pay higher assessment rate than banks on certain bonds issued to pay for savings and loan crisis. (54-43)

Gramm motion to table Bryan-Dodd-Kerry amendment: Requires bank subsidiaries or bank holding companies to have satisfactory Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) rating as condition for establishing new affiliations and new financial powers; strikes provisions that provide "safe harbor" immunity from public comment on CRA performance during pending bank application for those banks that received "satisfactory" or better CRA rating at their most recent examination; strikes provisions that exempt small banks (assets under $100 million) from CRA provisions; and stipulates that bank holding companies or subsidiaries must not divest or cease any financial activity solely because of failure to comply with CRA provisions. (52-45)

Gramm amendment: Strikes provisions that extend, for three years, requirement that thrifts pay higher assessment rate than banks on certain bonds issued to pay for savings and loan crisis; prohibits attempts to obtain customer information from financial institution by fraudulent means; provides for civil damages to be paid by any violator, other than financial institution; and provides for criminal penalties for anyone who commits violation of this section while violating another U.S. law, or is engaged in pattern of illegal activity involving more than $100,000 in 12 month period. (95-2)