[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 16 (Wednesday, February 23, 1994)]
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                                       Wednesday, February 23, 1994

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1679-S1789
Measures Introduced: Four bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1860-1863, and S. Res. 182.

                                                             Page S1739

Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  H.R. 1134, to provide for the transfer of certain public lands 
located in Clear Creek County, Colorado, to the United States Forest 
Service, the State of Colorado, and certain local governments in the 
State of Colorado, and for other purposes, with amendments. (S. Rept. 
No. 103-228)
  Report to accompany S. 994, Fresh Cut Flowers and Fresh Cut Greens 
Promotion Act, as passed by the Senate on November 20, 1993. (S. Rept. 
No. 103-229)

                                                             Page S1739

Balanced Budget Amendment: Senate continued consideration of S.J. Res. 
41, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
require a balanced budget.

                                                      Pages S1695-S1734

  Senate will resume consideration of the resolution on Thursday, 
February 24.
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Derek Shearer, of California, to be Ambassador to Finland.
  Ricardo Martinez, of Louisiana, to be Administrator of the National 
Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
  Helen Thomas McCoy, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Army.
  1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.

                                                             Page S1789

Messages From the House:
                                                        Page S1737
Measures Referred:
                                                        Page S1737
Measures Placed on Calendar:
                                                        Page S1737
Communications:
                                                        Page S1737
Petitions:
                                                    Pages S1737-39
Executive Reports of Committees:
                                                        Page S1739
Statements on Introduced Bills:
                                                    Pages S1739-44
Additional Cosponsors:
                                                    Pages S1744-45
Authority for Committees:
                                                    Pages S1745-46
Additional Statements:
                                                    Pages S1746-53
Recess: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and recessed at 7:18 p.m., until 11 
a.m., on Thursday, February 24, 1994. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S1789.)