[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 26, 1994)]
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                                        Wednesday, January 26, 1994

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S83-S206
Measures Introduced: Six bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1799-1804, and S. Con. Res. 58.

                                                              Page S177

Foreign Relations Authorizations Act: Senate continued consideration of 
S. 1281, to authorize appropriations for the fiscal years 1994 and 1995 
for the Department of State, the United States Information Agency, and 
related agencies, and to provide for the consolidation of international 
broadcasting activities, taking action on amendments proposed thereto, 
as follows:

                                                         Pages S96-S174

Adopted:
  (1) By a unanimous vote of 99 yeas (Vote No. 2), Helms Amendment No. 
1248, to withhold funds for fiscal years 1994 and 1994 from the funds 
authorized for Contributions for International Organizations until the 
President certifies that no United Nations Agency or United Nations-
affiliated agency grants any recognition to an organization that 
condones pedophilia.

                                                               Page S96

  (2) By 93 yeas to 6 nays (Vote No. 4), Pressler Modified Amendment 
No. 1253, to withhold contributions to the United Nation's specialized 
agencies unless it establishes an independent Office of Inspector 
General.

                                 Pages S96-S100, S114-15, S118, S122-24

  (3) Pressler Amendment No. 1255, to control the export of items to 
terrorist countries.

                                                          Pages S115-16

  (4) Feingold Amendment No. 1256, to prohibit third-party incentive 
payments and requiring reporting on offset agreements.

                                                          Pages S116-18

  (5) Pressler Amendment No. 1257, to state the sense of the Senate on 
United States policy concerning nuclear weapons proliferation by the 
Government of North Korea.

                                                          Pages S119-21

  (6) Helms Amendment No. 1258, to prevent the United States from 
joining any international criminal court which permits citizens or 
nationals of terrorist groups or terrorist countries from sitting in 
judgment on American citizens.

                                                          Pages S124-27

  (7) Dodd/Coverdell Amendment No. 1259, to increase funding for the 
Peace Corps.

                                                              Page S127

  (8) Dodd Amendment No. 1260, to encourage the awarding of UN 
peacekeeping contracts to United States contractors.

                                                          Pages S127-28

Rejected:
  Helms Amendment No. 1254, to strike provisions relating to support 
for an international criminal court. (By 55 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 
3), Senate tabled the amendment.)

                                           Pages S100-15, S118, S121-23

Withdrawn:
  Pressler Amendment No. 1261, to strengthen controls on missile 
technology exports to certain Middle Eastern and Asian countries.

                                                          Pages S129-30

Pending:
  (1) McCain Amendment No. 1262, to express the sense of the Senate 
that in order to maintain and expand further United States and 
Vietnamese efforts to obtain the fullest possible accounting of 
American servicemen unaccounted for during the war in Vietnam, the 
President should lift the United States trade embargo against Vietnam 
immediately.

                                                          Pages S130-56

  (2) Kerry Amendment No. 1263 (to Amendment No. 1262), in the nature 
of a substitute.

                                                          Pages S130-56

  (3) Smith Amendment No. 1266, to express the sense of the Senate 
relating to the lifting of sanctions on the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam contingent upon a resolution of all cases or reports of 
unaccounted for United States personnel lost or captured during the war 
in Vietnam.

                                                          Pages S156-74

  A unanimous-consent time-agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the pending amendments, on Thursday, January 27, with 
votes to occur thereon.

                                                              Page S155

Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaty:
  Two Protocols Amending the OAS Charter (Treaty Doc. 103-22).
  The treaty was transmitted to the Senate today, considered as having 
been read for the first time, and referred, with accompanying papers, 
to the Committee on Foreign Relations and was ordered to be printed.

                                                          Pages S205-06

Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting a report relative to the Republic of Bulgaria; referred 
to the Committee on Finance. (PM-78).

                                                              Page S176

  Transmitting a report on the agreement between the United States and 
Greece on Social Security; referred to the Committee on Finance. (PM-
79).

                                                              Page S176

Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Thomas A. Constantine, of New York, to be Administrator of Drug 
Enforcement.
  William W. Ginsberg, of Connecticut, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce.
  Susan Bayh, of Indiana, to be a Commissioner on the part of the 
United States on the International Joint Commission, United States and 
Canada.
  Edward Jay Gleiman, of Maryland, to be a Commissioner of the Postal 
Rate Commission for the term expiring October 16, 1998.
  Deborah P. Christie, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Navy.
  Robert F. Hale, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air 
Force.
  Rodney A. Coleman, of Michigan, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Air Force.
  Lawrence J. Goffney, Jr., of Michigan, to be an Assistant 
Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks.
  Lewis Manilow, of Illinois, to be a Member of the United States 
Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy for a term expiring July 1, 
1996.
  Kent Barron Alexander, of Georgia, to be United States Attorney for 
the Northern District of Georgia for the term of four years.
  David D. Freudenthal, of Wyoming, to be United States Attorney for 
the District of Wyoming for the term of four years.
  Israel Brooks, Jr., of South Carolina, to be United States Marshal 
for the District of South Carolina for the term of four years.
  Herbert Lee Brown, of Nevada, to be United States Marshal for the 
District of Nevada for the term of four years.
  Jerry J. Enomoto, of California, to be United States Marshal for the 
Eastern District of California for the term of four years.
  John James Leyden, of Rhode Island, to be United States Marshal for 
the District of Rhode Island for the term of four years.
  Timothy Patrick Mullaney, Sr., of Delaware, to be United States 
Marshal for the District of Delaware for the term of four years.
  William J. Perry, of California, to be Secretary of Defense.
  47 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  16 Marine Corps nominations in the rank of general.
  35 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Foreign Service, Marine Corps, 
Public Health Service.

                                                          Pages S206-09

Messages From the President:
                                                         Page S176
Communications:
                                                         Page S176
Petitions:
                                                         Page S176
Statements on Introduced Bills:
                                                     Pages S177-85
Additional Cosponsors:
                                                     Pages S185-86
Amendments Submitted:
                                                     Pages S186-89
Authority for Committees:
                                                         Page S189
Additional Statements:
                                                   Pages S189-S205
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--4)

                                                     Pages S96, S123-24

Recess: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and recessed at 9:16 p.m., until 
9:15 a.m., on Thursday, January 27, 1994. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S206.)