[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 24 (Tuesday, March 8, 1994)]
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                                             Tuesday, March 8, 1994

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2431-S2566
Measures Introduced: Twelve bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1898-1909, and S. Res. 185-187.

                                                             Page S2475

Measures Passed:
  Fossil Forest Protection Act: Senate passed S. 313, to amend the San 
Juan Basin Wilderness Protection Act of 1984 to designate additional 
lands as wilderness and to establish the Fossil Forest Research Natural 
Area, after agreeing to committee amendments.

                                                         Pages S2554-55

  United States Fishing Industry: Committee on Foreign Relations was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 183, expressing the 
sense of the Senate that the action taken by the Government of France 
against United States seafood products is a totally unwarranted action 
that is having severe repercussions on United States seafood producers 
and, in general, the United States fishing industry, and the resolution 
was then agreed to.

                                                         Pages S2559-60

  Authorizing Senate Testimony: Senate agreed to S. Res. 186, to 
authorize testimony by and representation of Senate employees.

                                                     Pages S2475, S2561

  National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Authorization: Senate passed S. 
476, to reauthorize and amend the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation 
Establishment Act, after agreeing to a committee amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.

                                                         Pages S2561-65

  Production of Documents: Senate agreed to S. Res. 187, to authorize 
the production of records by the Select Committee on Intelligence.

                                                             Page S2475

National Competitiveness Act: Senate continued consideration of S. 4, 
to promote the industrial competitiveness and economic growth of the 
United States by strengthening and expanding the civilian technology 
programs of the Department of Commerce, amending the Stevenson-Wydler 
Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to enhance the development and 
nationwide deployment of manufacturing technologies, and authorizing 
appropriations for the Technology Administration of the Department of 
Commerce, including the National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
with a modified committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, 
taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows:

                                                         Pages S2438-71

Pending:
  Kassebaum Amendment No. 1477, to establish a 15-year statute repose 
for those aircraft with fewer than 20 seats that are used in scheduled 
service.

                                               Pages S2438-71, S2510-11

  Senate will resume consideration of the bill and amendments to be 
proposed thereto, on Wednesday, March 9.
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the 1994 Trade Policy Agenda and 1993 Annual Report on 
the Trade Agreements Program; referred to the Committee on Finance. 
(PM-95).

                                                             Page S2473

  Transmitting the Report of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; 
referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. (PM-
96).

                                                             Page S2474

Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Ann Brown, of Florida, to be a Commissioner of the Consumer Product 
Safety Commission for a term of seven years from October 27, 1992.
  Ann Brown, of Florida, to be Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission.
  Robert Jay Uram, of California, to be Director of the Office of 
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement.

                                                     Pages S2473, S2566

Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Barbara C. Jurkas, of Michigan, to be United States Marshal for the 
Western District of Michigan for the term of four years.
  Ernestine Rowe, of Colorado, to be United States Marshal for the 
District of Colorado for the term of four years.
  Leonard Trupo, of West Virginia, to be United States Marshal for the 
Northern District of West Virginia for the term of four years.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.

                                                         Pages S2565-66

Messages From the President:
                                                    Pages S2473-74
Communications:
                                                    Pages S2474-75
Statements on Introduced Bills:
                                                 Pages S2475-S2509
Additional Cosponsors:
                                                    Pages S2509-10
Amendments Submitted:
                                                    Pages S2510-11
Notices of Hearings:
                                                        Page S2512
Authority for Committees:
                                                        Page S2512
Additional Statements:
                                                    Pages S2512-54
Text of S. 473 as Previously Passed:
                                                    Pages S2555-59
Recess: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and recessed at 7:32 p.m., until 10 
a.m., on Wednesday, March 9, 1994. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S2565.)