I think you are right. At least he came up for a vote, which Bolton did not.
Lee never received an up/down vote in the Senate.... Hatch kept him bottled up in Committee but it made little difference as Lee served in the position with the title of 'acting' Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. He was first nominated on July 21, 1997 and Clinton recess appointed him on Aug. 3, 2000 which in effect removed the 'acting' from his title for the remained of his tenure which ended in Jan. 2001 with the new Congress.