[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 29 (Wednesday, March 16, 1994)]
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                                          Wednesday, March 16, 1994

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed National Competitiveness Act.
      House Committees ordered reported 15 sundry measures.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2991-S3094
Measures Introduced: Eight bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1934-1941, S. Res. 190, and S. Con. Res. 62.

                                                         Pages S3067-68

Measures Passed:
  National Competitiveness Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 820, 
to amend the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to 
enhance manufacturing technology development and transfer, and to 
authorize appropriations for the Technology Administration of the 
Department of Commerce, including the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology and, by 59 yeas to 40 nays (Vote No. 60), the bill was 
then passed, after striking all after the enacting clause and inserting 
in lieu thereof the text of S. 4, Senate companion measure, after 
agreeing to a modified committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute, as amended, and after taking action on the following 
amendment proposed thereto:

                                                         Pages S3000-06

Rejected:
  By 44 yeas to 55 nays (Vote No. 59), Danforth Amendment No. 1522, to 
strike section 306, technology financing pilot program.

                                                             Page S3006

  Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair appointed the following conferees on the 
part of the Senate: Senators Hollings, Rockefeller, and Danforth.

                                                             Page S3006

  Subsequently, S. 4 was returned to the Senate Calendar.

                                                             Page S3006

  General Aviation Revitalization Act: By 91 yeas to 8 nays (Vote No. 
61), Senate passed S. 1458, to amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 
to establish time limitations on certain civil actions against aircraft 
manufacturers, as modified.

                                               Pages S2991-97, S3006-09

Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act: Senate 
began consideration of S. 1275, to facilitate the establishment of 
community development financial institutions, with a committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute, taking action on amendments 
proposed thereto, as follows:

                    Pages S3020-39, S3041-42, S3044-51, S3055-63, S3094

Adopted:
  (1) Riegle/D'Amato Amendment No. 1523, to make certain technical 
corrections and other amendments relating to community development and 
consumer protection, small business capital formation, and paperwork 
reduction and regulatory improvements.

                                                     Pages S3042, S3059

  Subsequently, the amendment was modified by unanimous consent.

                                                             Page S3059

  (2) Riegle/D'Amato Amendment No. 1524, relating to consumer 
protections for certain mortgage loans.

                                                         Pages S3044-46

  (3) Riegle/D'Amato Amendment No. 1526, to ensure that the Office of 
the Comptroller of the Currency has the same independent authority as 
the Office of Thrift Supervision.

                                                         Pages S3046-47

  (4) Dodd Amendment No. 1527, to authorize the minting of coins to 
commemorate the 1995 Special Olympics World Games.

                                                         Pages S3047-49

  (5) Packwood Amendment No. 1529, to authorize a study of the effects 
on small business concerns in the forest products industry of 
designating the Northern spotted owl as a threatened species.

                                                  Pages S3058-59, S3061

  (6) Riegle (for Bryan/Bond) Amendment No. 1530, to improve reporting 
requirements on monetary instruments and transactions.

                                                         Pages S3059-60

  (7) Riegle/Metzenbaum Amendment No. 1531, to ensure that negative 
information regarding checks in a consumer credit report includes the 
date, original payees, and amounts of checks.

                                                             Page S3063

  (8) Riegle (for Baucus/Wallop) Amendment No. 1532, to change the 
bills selection criteria to require the fund to take into consideration 
communities that have experienced a sudden loss in employment since the 
1990 census.

                                                             Page S3063

Withdrawn:
  Packwood Amendment No. 1528, to authorize a study of the effects on 
small business concerns in the forest products industry of designating 
the Northern spotted owl as a threatened species.

                                                         Pages S3055-58

Pending:
  Riegle/D'Amato Amendment No. 1525, to provide for fair trade in 
financial services.

                                                         Pages S3045-46

  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill and an amendment to be proposed thereto, on 
Thursday, March 17.

                                                             Page S3094

Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  William T. Coleman, III, of Michigan, to be General Counsel of the 
Department of the Army.
  Sara E. Lister, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of the Army.
  Rudy deLeon, of California, to be Under Secretary of the Air Force.
  A routine list in the Foreign Service.

                                                             Page S3094

Messages From the House:
                                                        Page S3066
Measures Referred:
                                                        Page S3066
Measures Placed on Calendar:
                                                        Page S3066
Communications:
                                                    Pages S3066-67
Petitions:
                                                        Page S3067
Statements on Introduced Bills:
                                                    Pages S3068-81
Additional Cosponsors:
                                                        Page S3081
Amendments Submitted:
                                                    Pages S3082-93
Notices of Hearings:
                                                        Page S3093
Authority for Committees:
                                                        Page S3093
Additional Statements:
                                                    Pages S3093-94
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--61)

                                                     Pages S3006, S3009

Recess: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and recessed at 6:34 p.m., until 9 
a.m., on Thursday, March 17, 1994. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S3094.)