[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 11 (Tuesday, February 8, 1994)]
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                                          Tuesday, February 8, 1994

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed School-to-Work Opportunities Act and Goals 2000: 
      Educate America Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1093-S1168
Measures Introduced: Three bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1835-
1837.

                                                         Pages S1162-63

Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  H.R. 3759, making emergency supplemental appropriations for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1994, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute.
  S. 1608, to rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded 
in special messages transmitted to the Congress by the President on 
November 1, 1993, in accordance with title X of the Congressional 
Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, as amended, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 1832, to rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded 
in a special message transmitted to the Congress by the President on 
February 7, 1994, in accordance with title X of the Congressional 
Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, as amended, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.

                                                             Page S1162

Measures Passed:
  School-to-Work Opportunities Act: By 62 yeas to 31 nays (Vote No. 
32), Senate passed H.R. 2884, to establish a national framework for the 
development of School-to-Work Opportunities systems in all States, 
after striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu 
thereof, the text of S. 1361, Senate companion measure, after agreeing 
to a modified committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and 
taking action on amendments to be proposed thereto, as follows:

                                               Pages S1094-95, S1101-16

Adopted:
  (1) Kassebaum (for Dole) Modified Amendment No. 1433, to express the 
sense of the Senate regarding a limitation on the amount of funds 
appropriated to carry out School-to-Work Opportunities programs.

                                                             Page S1102

  (2) Murkowski Amendment No. 1434, to include Alaska Natives in a 
program for Native culture and arts development.

                                                         Pages S1094-95

Rejected:
  Gorton Amendment No. 1429, to encourage the placement of youths in 
private sector jobs under the Summer Youth Employment and Training 
Program. (By 50 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 31), Senate tabled the 
amendment.)

                                                         Pages S1101-02

Withdrawn:
  Kassebaum (for Coverdell) Amendment No. 1432, to prohibit the use of 
funds for School-to-Work Opportunities programs until the deficit 
increase resulting from fiscal year 1994 emergency spending is 
eliminated.

                                                             Page S1102

  By unanimous-consent agreement, Kassebaum Modified Amendment No. 
1424, to allow States to combine certain Federal funds to develop and 
establish statewide School-to-Work Opportunities, agreed to on Monday, 
February 7, 1994, was further modified.

                                                         Pages S1102-03

  Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair appointed the following conferees: 
Senators Kennedy, Pell, Metzenbaum, Dodd, Simon, Harkin, Mikulski, 
Bingaman, Wellstone, Wofford, Kassebaum, Jeffords, Coats, Gregg, 
Thurmond, Hatch, and Durenberger.

                                                             Page S1116

  Subsequently, S. 1361 was indefinitely postponed.

                                                             Page S1116

  Goals 2000: Educate America Act: By 71 yeas to 25 nays (Vote No. 34), 
Senate passed H.R. 1804, 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, after striking all after the enacting clause and 
inserting in lieu thereof the text of S. 1150, Senate companion 
measure, after taking action on further amendments proposed thereto, as 
follows:

                        Pages S1093-94, S1095-S1101, S1116-24, S1146-60

Adopted:
  (1) By a unanimous vote of 93 yeas (Vote No. 26), Grassley Modified 
Amendment No. 1388, to prohibit the use of certain funds for activities 
related to a student's personal values, attitudes, beliefs, or sexual 
behavior without certain consent, notification, access to information, 
and an opportunity for a hearing, to provide for enforcement of such 
prohibition, and to require the Secretary of Education to designate or 
establish an office and review board within the Department of 
Education.

                                                             Page S1100

  (2) By 91 yeas to 2 nays (Vote No. 29), Kennedy/Jeffords Amendment 
No. 1393, to ensure that all federally funded programs which provide 
for the distribution of contraceptive devices to unemancipated minors 
develop procedures to encourage family participation in such programs.

                                                             Page S1101

  (3) By a unanimous vote of 93 yeas (Vote No. 30), Jeffords/Gregg Dodd 
Amendment No. 1420, to express the sense of the Senate that the Federal 
Government should provide States and communities with adequate 
resources under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act as soon 
as reasonably possible, through the reallocation of funds within the 
current budget constraints.

                                                             Page S1101

  (4) Levin Amendment No. 1394, to provide that no funds shall be 
denied to any State or local agency because it has adopted a 
constitutional policy relative to prayer in public schools.

                                                         Pages S1117-18

Rejected:
  (1) By 41 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 25), Coats Amendment No. 1386, to 
provide a low-income school choice demonstration program.

                                                      Pages S1099-S1100

  (2) By 32 yeas to 61 nays (Vote No. 27), Mack Amendment No. 1389, to 
achieve significant school reform and innovation through empowering 
parents, students, teachers, and local school boards.

                                                             Page S1100

  (3) By 34 yeas to 59 nays (Vote No. 28), Helms Amendment No. 1390, to 
prohibit the use of funds to support the distribution or provision of 
condoms or other contraception devices or drugs to an unemancipated 
minor without the prior written consent of such minor's parent or 
guardian.

                                                         Pages S1100-01

  By unanimous-consent agreement, Kennedy (for Burns) Amendment No. 
1404, to provide that nothing in this Act shall be construed to 
authorize an officer or employee of the Federal Government to mandate, 
direct, or control the use by a public, private, religious, or home 
school of any curricular framework, instructional material, 
examination, assessment or system of assessment, agreed to on Friday, 
February 4, 1994, was modified.

                                                             Page S1116

  Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair appointed the following conferees: 
Senators Kennedy, Pell, Metzenbaum, Dodd, Simon, Harkin, Mikulski, 
Bingaman, Wellstone, Wofford, Kassebaum, Jeffords, Coats, Gregg, 
Thurmond, Hatch, and Durenberger.
  Subsequently, S. 1150 was indefinitely postponed.

                                                             Page S1160

Emergency Supplemental Appropriations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing for the consideration of H.R. 3759, 
making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1994, on Wednesday, February 9, at 10 a.m.

                                                             Page S1160

Appointment:
  Defense Environment Response Task Force: The Chair, pursuant to 
Public Law 102-380, on behalf of the Majority Leader, and with the 
concurrence of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, appointed 
Paul O. Beimer, of California, as a member of the Defense Environmental 
Response Task Force.

                                                             Page S1168

Messages From the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting a report of proposed rescissions of budget authority; 
which was referred jointly, pursuant to the order of April 11, 1986, to 
the Committee on the Budget, to the Committee on Appropriations, to the 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, to the Committee on 
Armed Services, to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to 
the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, to the Committee 
on Commerce, Science and Transportation, to the Committee on Foreign 
Relations, to the Committee on Finance, to the Committee on Labor and 
Human Resources, and to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. 
(PM-85).

                                                             Page S1161

Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 79 yeas to 16 nays (Vote No. 33), M. Larry Lawrence, of 
California, to be Ambassador to Switzerland.

                                                         Pages S1141-43

  K. Terry Dornbush, of Georgia, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of the 
Netherlands.
  Thomas L. Siebert, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to Sweden.
  Sidney Williams, of California, to be Ambassador to the Commonwealth 
of The Bahamas.
  J. Davitt McAteer, of West Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of 
Labor for Mine Safety and Health.
  James A. Joseph, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service.
  Shirley Sachi Sagawa, of Virginia, to be a Managing Director of the 
Corporation for National and Community Service.
  Stuart E. Weisberg, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Occupational 
Safety and Health Review Commission.
  James A Scheibel, of Minnesota, to be a Director of the ACTION 
Agency.
  Routine list of nominations in the Foreign Service.

                                    Pages S1128-29, S1143, S1161, S1168

Messages From the President:
                                                        Page S1161
Communications:
                                                    Pages S1161-62
Statements on Introduced Bills:
                                                    Pages S1163-64
Additional Cosponsors:
                                                    Pages S1164-65
Amendments Submitted:
                                                        Page S1165
Notices of Hearings:
                                                        Page S1165
Authority for Committees:
                                                    Pages S1165-66
Additional Statements:
                                                    Pages S1166-68
Record Votes: Ten record votes were taken today. (Total--34)

                              Pages S1100-02, S1107-08, S1142-43, S1160

Recess: Senate convened at 9:15 a.m., and recessed at 5:50 p.m., until 
10 a.m., on Wednesday, February 9, 1994. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S1168).