[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 8 (Thursday, February 3, 1994)]
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                                         Thursday, February 3, 1994

                                 S E N A T E


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate confirmed William Perry to be Secretary of Defense.

Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S699-S770
Measures Introduced: Five bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1822-
1826.

                                                          Pages S769-70

Goals 2000: Educate America Act: Senate continued consideration of S. 
1150, to improve learning and teaching by providing a national 
framework for education reform, to promote the research, consensus 
building, and systemic changes needed to ensure equitable educational 
opportunities and high levels of educational achievement for all 
American students, to provide a framework for reauthorization of all 
Federal education programs, and to promote the development and adoption 
of a voluntary national system of skill standards and certifications, 
taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows:

                             Pages S699-S731, S736-41, S742-51, S756-58

  Adopted:
  By a unanimous vote of 97 yeas (Vote No. 21), Hatfield Amendment No. 
1377, to encourage and assist States, local educational agencies, and 
schools in their comprehensive educational reform efforts by allowing 
flexibility in the application of selected Federal statutory or 
regulatory requirements that present barriers to education 
restructuring and reform.

                                                 Pages S702-03, S707-11

  Dodd Amendment No. 1378, to help local school systems achieve Goal 
Six of the National Education Goals, which provide that by the year 
2000, every school in America will be free of drugs and violence and 
will offer a disciplined environment conducive to learning, by ensuring 
that all schools are safe and free of violence.

                                                 Pages S711-13, S719-20

  Moseley-Braun/Campbell Amendment No. 1379 (to Amendment No. 1378), to 
provide funds for the development of midnight basketball leagues for 
economically and socially disadvantaged youth.

                                                          Pages S713-18

  Cochran Amendment No. 1380 (to Amendment No. 1378), to provide funds 
to establish the State Leadership Activities to Promote Safe Schools 
Act.

                                                          Pages S718-19

  Jeffords (for Simpson/Dodd) Amendment No. 1381 (to Amendment No. 
1378), to require that, to the extent practicable, grants shall be 
awarded to eligible local educational agencies serving rural, as well 
as urban, areas.

                                                              Page S719

  By 75 yeas to 22 nays (Vote No. 22), Helms/Lott Modified Amendment 
No. 1382, to prohibit the use of funds to any State or local 
educational agency which has a policy of denying prayer in public 
schools by individuals on a voluntary basis.

                                     Pages S727-31, S741, S742-45, S756

  Specter/Dole Amendment No. 1384, to encourage local educational 
agencies and schools to enter into a contract with a private management 
organization for the reform of schools.

                                                          Pages S757-58

Pending:
  (1) Dorgan/Conrad Amendment No. 1369, to require each local 
educational agency, as a condition for receiving Federal assistance, to 
implement a gun-free program in its schools.

                                                              Page S699

  (2) Kennedy Amendment No. 1375 (to Amendment No. 1369), to express 
the sense of the Senate regarding guns in schools.

                                                       Pages S699, S711

  (3) Danforth/Kassebaum Amendment No. 1383, to express the sense of 
the Senate that local educational agencies should encourage a brief 
period of daily silence for students for the purpose of contemplating 
their aspirations.

                                                          Pages S736-41

  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill on Friday, February 4.
Executive Report of a Committee: Senate received the following 
executive report of a committee:
  Report to accompany the nomination of William J. Perry to be 
Secretary of Defense. (Ex. Rept. No. 103-26).

                                                              Page S769

Presidential Messages: Senate received the following messages from the 
President of the United States:
  Transmitting a Report on the Maurice and Manumuskin River and 
Menantico Creek in the State of New Jersey; referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Natural Resources. (PM-82)

                                                              Page S769

  Transmitting a report on the Great Egg Harbor River in the State of 
New Jersey; referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 
(PM-83)

                                                              Page S769

Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By a unanimous vote of 97 yeas (Vote No. 23) Senate confirmed the 
nomination of William J. Perry, of California, to be Secretary of 
Defense.

                                                          Pages S751-56

Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Michael R. Bromwich, of the District of Columbia, to be Inspector 
General, Department of Justice.
  Lois Jane Schiffer, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Attorney General.
  21 Air Force Nominations in the rank of General.
  3 Army Nominations in the rank of General.
  1 Marine Corps Nomination in the rank of General.
  9 Navy Nominations in the rank of Admiral.
  Routine Lists in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard.

                                                      (See next issue.)

Messages From the President:
                                                         Page S769
Communications:
                                                 (See next issue.)
Executive Reports of Committees:
                                                         Page S769
Statements on Introduced Bills:
                                                 (See next issue.)
Additional Cosponsors:
                                                 (See next issue.)
Amendments Submitted:
                                                 (See next issue.)
Authority for Committees:
                                                 (See next issue.)
Additional Statements:
                                                 (See next issue.)
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--23)

                                                       Pages S711, S756

Recess: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and recessed at 7:42 p.m., until 
8:30 a.m., on Friday, February 4, 1994. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in the next issue of the Record.)

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
ABUSE OF FMHA'S LOAN PROGRAMS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on 
Agricultural Credit held hearings to examine ways of preventing 
delinquent farm loans in the Farmers Home Administration (FmHA), 
receiving testimony from Michael V. Dunn, Administrator, Farmers Home 
Administration, Department of Agriculture.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE AID
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent 
Agencies concluded hearings to examine the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency's (FEMA) response to the recent Southern California earthquake, 
after receiving testimony from James Lee Witt, Director, Richard W. 
Krimm, Associate Director, and Gary Johnson, Acting Chief Financial 
Officer, all of the Federal Emergency Management Agency; and Henry G. 
Cisneros, Secretary, and Joseph Shuldiner, Assistant Secretary, both of 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of William J. Perry, of California, to be Secretary of 
Defense.
SERVICE ACADEMIES
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Force Requirements and 
Personnel concluded hearings to examine honor systems and sexual 
harassment at the various Service Academies, after receiving testimony 
from Vice Adm. David M. Bennett, USN, Inspector General, Department of 
the Navy; Mark E. Gebicke, Director, and William E. Beusse, Assistant 
Director, both of Military Operations and Capability Issues, General 
Accounting Office; Rear Adm. Thomas C. Lynch, USN, Superintendent, 
United States Naval Academy; Lt. Gen. Howard D. Graves, USA, 
Superintendent, United States Military Academy; Lt. Gen. Bradley C. 
Hosmer, USAF, Superintendent, United States Air Force Academy; and 
Ambassador Richard L. Armitage, Chairman, Board of Visitors to the 
Naval Academy.
EXPORT ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
International Finance and Monetary Policy held hearings on the 
reauthorization of the Export Administration Act, receiving testimony 
from Senator Gregg; Gerald Epstein and Thomas H. Karas, both of the 
International Security and Commerce Program, Office of Technology 
Assessment; Christopher A. Padilla, AT&T, on behalf of the National 
Association of Manufacturers, Boyd J. McKelvain, General Electric 
Company, on behalf of the National Foreign Trade Council, and Paul 
Freedenberg, Baker and Botts, all of Washington, D.C.; Timothy Dwyer, 
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Moutainview, California, on behalf of the 
Emergency Committee for American Trade; Henry D. Sokolski, National 
Institute for Public Policy, Fairfax, Virginia; and Derrel De Passe, 
Varian Associates, Inc., Palo Alto, California, on behalf of the 
American Electronics Association.
  Hearings continue on Wednesday, February 9.
TRADE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Foreign Commerce and Tourism concluded hearings to examine proposals to 
establish trade policy that will help combat environmental problems, 
focusing on discussions of GATT member nations and a possible 
environmental framework to accompany the Uruguay Round, after receiving 
testimony from Timothy E. Wirth, Counselor, and David A. Colson, Deputy 
Secretary for Oceans, both of the Department of State; and Stewart J. 
Hudson, National Wildlife Federation, David K. Schorr, World Wildlife 
Fund, Kenneth Berlin, Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam and Roberts, and Robert 
F. Housman, Center for International Environmental Law, on behalf of 
the Sierra Club, all of Washington, D.C.
GUAM EXCESS LANDS ACT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Mineral 
Resources Development and Production concluded hearings on H.R. 2144, 
to provide for the transfer of excess land to the Government of Guam, 
after receiving testimony from Representative Underwood; Guam Governor 
Joseph F. Ada, Agana; Guam Senator Pilar Lujan, Agana; Leslie M. 
Turner, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Territorial and 
International Affairs; and Philip E. Barringer, Director, Foreign 
Military Rights Affairs, Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense 
(Regional Security Affairs).
HEALTH CARE REFORM
Committee on Finance: Committee resumed hearings to examine health care 
reform issues, focusing on how the States will be affected by health 
care reform, receiving testimony from South Carolina Governor Carroll 
A. Campbell, Jr., Columbia, and Vermont Governor Howard Dean, 
Montpelier, both on behalf of the National Governors' Association; 
Florida Governor Lawton Chiles, Tallahassee; and Utah Governor Michael 
O. Leavitt, Salt Lake City.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of James H. Scheuer, of New York, to be U.S. Director of the 
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, after the nominee, 
who was introduced by Senator Moynihan, testified and answered 
questions in his own behalf.
MILITARY INTERVENTION IN BOSNIA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on European Affairs met in 
closed session to receive a briefing on military intervention in Bosnia 
by Croatia and Serbia from officials of the intelligence community.
  Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT REFORM
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee resumed hearings on 
proposals to improve government management and accountability, 
receiving testimony from Leon E. Panetta, Director, and Alice M. 
Rivlin, Deputy Director, both of the Office of Management and Budget.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
UNITED STATES-JAPAN AUTO PARTS NEGOTIATIONS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of 
Government Management held oversight hearings to review the ongoing 
auto parts negotiations being conducted under the United States-
Japan Framework for a New Economic Partnership agreement that was 
signed in Tokyo in July 1993, receiving testimony from Jeffrey E. 
Garten, Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade 
Administration; Robert E. Cole, Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical 
Corporation, on behalf of the Auto Parts Advisory Committee, and Andrew 
H. Card, Jr., American Automobile Manufacturers Association, both of 
Washington, D.C.; and Michael S. Flynn, University of Michigan, Ann 
Arbor.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of Rosemary Barkett, of Florida, to be U.S. Circuit Judge 
for the Eleventh Circuit, after the nominee, who was introduced by 
Senators Graham and Mack and Florida Governor Lawton Chiles, testified 
and answered questions in her own behalf.
HEALTH CARE REFORM
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Labor concluded 
hearings to examine the quality of health care that would be provided 
to consumers under a proposed managed health care system, after 
receiving testimony from William J. Rand, Rand Eye Institute, Pompano 
Beach, Florida; Sara S. Nichols, Congress Watch, and Gail Shearer, 
Consumers Union, both of Washington, D.C.; Geraldine Dallek, Center 
for Health Care Rights, Los Angeles, California, on behalf of the 
Coalition for Consumer Protection and Quality in Health Care Reform; 
David J. Lyons, Des Moines, Iowa, on behalf of the National 
Association of Insurance Commissioners; John Tooker, Portland, Maine, 
on behalf of the American College of Physicians; Penny Puhl, Chicago, 
Illinois; Karin Smith, Nashoteh, Wisconsin; and Steven Bosworth, Simi 
Valley, California.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING PRACTICES
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee held hearings on 
improving the effectiveness and efficiency of Government printing 
practices, focusing on provisions contained in title XIV of H.R. 3400, 
the Government Reform and Savings Act, title XIV of the National 
Performance Review Report, and the Organization of Congress Report of 
the Senate members of the Joint Committee on the Organization of 
Congress, receiving testimony from Alice M. Rivlin, Deputy Director, 
Office of Management and Budget; and Michael F. DiMario, Public 
Printer, Government Printing Office.
  Hearings will continue on Thursday, February 10.