[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 12 (Wednesday, February 9, 1994)]
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                                        Wednesday, February 9, 1994

                              Daily Digest


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1169-S1312
Measures Introduced: Five bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1838-1842, S.J. Res. 162, and S. Res. 180.

                                                             Page S1284

Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. Res. 94, expressing the Sense of the Senate with respect to the 
tragic humanitarian crisis in Sudan.

                                                             Page S1282

Measures Passed:
  Directing Senate Legal Counsel: Senate agreed to S. Res. 180, to 
direct the Senate Legal Counsel to represent the Office of Senate Fair 
Employment practices in Betty Johnson v. Office of Senate Fair 
Employment Practices, No. 94-6002 (Fed. Cir.)

                                                         Pages S1310-11

Emergency Supplemental Appropriations: Senate began consideration of 
H.R. 3759, making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1994, with a committee amendment in the 
nature of a substitute, taking action on amendments proposed thereto, 
as follows:

                                     Pages S1169-96, S1201-53, S1254-69

Adopted:
  (1) Reid Modified Amendment No. 1436, to clarify the requirements for 
long-term Federal assistance to individuals who are not legal residents 
of the United States.

                                               Pages S1180-90, S1207-11

  (2) Reid Modified Amendment No. 1438 (to Amendment No. 1436), in the 
nature of a substitute.

                                                  Pages S1190, S1207-11

  (3) By a unanimous vote of 95 yeas (Vote No. 36), D'Amato Amendment 
No. 1442, to extend the Resolution Trust Corporation civil statute 
limitations.

                                                  Pages S1231, S1251-53

  (4) Murkowski Modified Amendment No. 1443 (to Amendment No. 1442), of 
a perfecting nature.

                                                  Pages S1234, S1251-52

  (5) Byrd (for Hatfield) Amendment No. 1446, to assure that funds made 
available for Community Development Block Grants to areas damaged by 
the Midwest floods of 1993, for flood mitigation activities, will be 
utilized for permanent measures that reduce the potential for further 
flood losses.

                                                         Pages S1254-57

  (6) Byrd (for Bond/Harkin) Amendment No. 1447, relating to 
eligibility of assistance from the Soil Conservation Service for 
repairs of levees damaged during the flooding in the Midwest in 1993.

                                                  Pages S1254, S1256-57

  (7) Byrd (for Harkin) Amendment No. 1448, to provide for the funding 
of crop loss disaster assistance for 1993 losses of nursery stock and 
inventory for commercial sale.

                                                  Pages S1254, S1256-57

  (8) Byrd (for Conrad) Amendment No. 1449, to repeal the land return 
provisions of the Three Affiliated Tribes and Standing Rock Sioux Tribe 
Equitable Compensation Act (Title 35, Public Law 102-575).

                                                  Pages S1254, S1256-57

  (9) Byrd (for Sarbanes/Mikulski) Amendment No. 1450, to express the 
sense of the Congress that the Department of Defense should proceed 
with construction of a new facility for the Walter Reed Army Institute 
of Research at Forest Glen, Maryland.

                                                     Pages S1254, S1257

  (10) Byrd (for Mikulski) Amendment No. 1451, to provide funds to the 
Council on Environmental Quality.

                                                     Pages S1254, S1257

Rejected:
  (1) Kerrey/Robb Amendment No. 1439, to express the sense of the 
Senate the disaster relief assistance provided by this bill should be 
funded through the enactment of a temporary Federal tax on gasoline.

                                               Pages S1190-96, S1201-02

  (2) Kerrey Amendment No. 1440, to provide a more effective, 
efficient, and responsive Government. (By 65 yeas to 31 (Vote No. 34), 
Senate tabled the amendment.)

                                     Pages S1202-07, S1211-31, S1238-51

  (3) Hatfield Amendment No. 1441 (to Amendment No. 1440), in the 
nature of a substitute. (The amendment fell when Amendment No. 1440, 
listed above, was tabled.)

                                                  Pages S1227-31, S1251

Pending:
  (1) Brown Amendment No. 1444, to delete funds for the costs of 
electronic communications records management activities of the 
Executive Office of the President.

                                                         Pages S1235-36

  (2) Murkowski Amendment No. 1445, to express the sense of the Senate 
that Federal spending priorities need to be reevaluated in light of the 
recent earthquake in California and other frequently occurring natural 
disasters and that the Presidential Election Campaign Fund checkoff 
should be replaced with a checkoff for Federal disaster relief 
assistance.

                                                         Pages S1236-38

  (3) Kerry Amendment No. 1452, to reduce the deficit for fiscal years 
1994 through 1998.

                                                         Pages S1260-62

  (4) Feingold Amendment No. 1453, to strike provisions relating to 
appropriations for international peacekeeping.

                                                         Pages S1260-62

  (5) Durenberger Amendment No. 1454, to establish a national disaster 
relief trust fund in the Treasury.

                                                         Pages S1262-65

  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill, and the amendments pending thereto.

                                                  Pages S1251-52, S1257

Foreign Relations Authorizations--Conferees: The Chair, pursuant to the 
order of Wednesday, February 2, 1994, appointed conferees on the part 
of the Senate to reconcile the differences between the Senate- and 
House-passed versions of H.R. 2333, to authorize appropriations for the 
Department of State, the United States Information Agency, and related 
agencies, and to authorize appropriations for foreign assistance 
programs, as follows: Senators Kerry, Pell, Biden, Sarbanes, Dodd, 
Simon, Moynihan, Helms, Lugar, Kassebaum, Pressler, Murkowski, and 
Brown.

                                                             Page S1311

Appointment:
  Reading of Washington's Farewell Address: The Chair, on behalf of the 
Vice President, pursuant to the order of the Senate of January 24, 
1901, appointed Senator Moseley-Braun to read Washington's Farewell 
Address on Tuesday, February 22, 1994.

                                                             Page S1311

Messages From the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States: Transmitting a report from the 
National Science Board entitled ``Science and Engineering Indicators, 
1993''; referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science and 
Transportation. (PM-86).

                                                             Page S1280

Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  18 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  5 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Department of Defense nomination in the rank of admiral.
  4 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy.

                                                         Pages S1309-10

Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Guido Calabresi, of Connecticut, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Second Circuit.
  Robert Harlan Henry, of Oklahoma, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Tenth Circuit.
  Frank M. Hull, of Georgia, to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of Georgia.
  W. Louis Sands, of Georgia, to be United States District Judge for 
the Middle District of Georgia.
  Sheldon Whitehouse, of Rhode Island, to be United States Attorney for 
the District of Rhode Island for the term of 4 years.
  Charles I. Cohen, of Maryland, to be a Member of the National Labor 
Relations Board for the term of 5 years expiring August 27, 1996.
  Raymond Gerard Gagnon, of New Hampshire, to be United States Marshal 
for the District of New Hampshire for the term of 4 years.
  3 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.

                                                             Page S1311

Messages From the President:
                                                        Page S1280
Messages From the House:
                                                    Pages S1280-81
Petitions:
                                                        Page S1281
Communications:
                                                        Page S1281
Executive Reports of Committees:
                                                        Page S1282
Statements on Introduced Bills:
                                                    Pages S1284-90
Additional Cosponsors:
                                                    Pages S1290-91
Amendments Submitted:
                                                 Pages S1291-S1304
Notices of Hearings:
                                                        Page S1304
Authority for Committees:
                                                    Pages S1304-05
Additional Statements:
                                                        Page S1305
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--36)

                                                     Pages S1251, S1253

Recess: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and recessed at 9:07 p.m., until 9 
a.m., on Thursday, February 10, 1994. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S1311.)