[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 53 (Thursday, May 5, 1994)]
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                                              Thursday, May 5, 1994

                              Daily Digest


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5207-S5320
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2078-2084, and S.J. Res. 184-185.

                                                             Page S5293

Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 2082, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1995 for the 
intelligence activities of the United States Government and for the 
Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System. (S. Rept. 
No. 103-256)
  H.R. 1933, to authorize appropriations for the Martin Luther King Jr. 
Federal Holiday Commission, extend such Commission, establish a 
National Service Day to promote community service.
  S. 116, for the relief of Fanie Phily Mateo Angeles.
  S. 1485, to extend certain satellite carrier compulsory licenses, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.

                                                             Page S5292

Measures Passed:
  Fair Housing Rights Amendments: Senate passed S. 668, to amend title 
IX of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 to increase the penalties for 
violating the fair housing provisions of the Act, after agreeing to the 
following amendment proposed thereto:

                                                         Pages S5319-20

  Cohen (for Specter) Amendment No. 1684, to clarify protections for 
lawful residents.

                                                             Page S5319

Congressional Gifts Reform Act: Senate continued consideration of S. 
1935, to prohibit lobbyists and their clients from providing to 
legislative branch officials certain gifts, meals, entertainment, 
reimbursements, or loans and to place limits on and require disclosure 
by lobbyists of certain expenditures, with a committee amendment in the 
nature of a substitute, taking action on amendments proposed thereto, 
as follows:

                                     Pages S5215-45, S5256-68, S5270-89

Adopted:
  (1) Boren/McCain Amendment No. 1675, to tighten the restrictions on 
former executive and legislative branch officials and employees.

                                                         Pages S5241-44

  (2) Brown Modified Amendment No. 1676, to extend the limits on legal 
defense funds to the executive and judicial branches.

                                                         Pages S5244-45

  (3) By 90 yeas to 3 nays (Vote No. 102), Bumpers Modified Amendment 
No. 1678, to prohibit the provision of gifts and other benefits from 
non-lobbyists to members of Congress and their staff.

                                 Pages S5257-68, S5270-73, S5277, S5280

  (4) By 66 yeas to 29 nays (Vote No. 104), Murkowski Amendment No. 
1679, to prohibit the acceptance of any gift, directly or indirectly, 
from a political action committee.

                                                         Pages S5274-81

  (5) Levin Amendment No. 1683, to make certain technical and 
clarifying corrections and to prohibit lobbyists from making gifts in 
violation of the rules of the Senate and House of Representatives.

                                                         Pages S5287-89

Rejected:
  (1) By 39 yeas to 59 nays (Vote No. 101), McConnell Amendment No. 
1674, in the nature of a substitute.

                                                         Pages S5215-41

  (2) Helms Amendment No. 1677, to require Senators to reimburse the 
U.S. Treasury fifty cents for each use of a ``Senators-only'' elevator.

                                                             Page S5256

  (3) By 34 yeas to 59 nays (Vote No. 103), Burns Amendment No. 1680 
(to Amendment No. 1679), to reduce the pay of Members of Congress by 15 
percent.

                                                         Pages S5276-81

  (4) By 37 yeas to 55 nays (Vote No. 105), Murkowski Amendment No. 
1681, to permit reimbursement to Members of Congress for travel, food, 
and lodging, in connection with a charitable event, as long as the 
reimbursement was not made by a registered lobbyist or a foreign agent.

                                                         Pages S5281-84

Pending:
  Exon Amendment No. 1682, to express the sense of the Senate that any 
Member who voted to reduce the pay of Members of the Senate should 
return to the U.S. Treasury any pay that would not have been received 
had the amendment been enacted into law.

                                                             Page S5285

  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill, the pending amendment, and certain further 
amendments to be proposed, on Friday, May 6.

                                                             Page S5289

National Environmental Technology Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing for the consideration of S. 978, to 
establish programs to promote environmental technology, and certain 
amendments to be proposed thereto, on Friday, May 6, 1994.

                                                             Page S5289

Bosnia Arms Embargo--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing for the consideration of S. 2042, to remove the 
United States arms embargo of the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 
on Friday, May 6, and Tuesday, May 10, 1994.

                                                             Page S5289

Safe Drinking Water Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing for the consideration of S. 2019, to reauthorize and 
amend title XIV of the Public Health Service Act (commonly known as the 
``Safe Drinking Water Act''), on Monday, May 9, 1994.

                                                             Page S5289

Congressional Budget/Conference Report--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing for the consideration of the Conference 
Report on H. Con. Res. 218, setting forth the congressional budget for 
the United States government for fiscal years 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 
and 1999, on Wednesday, May 11, 1994.

                                                             Page S5289

Executive Reports of Committees: The Senate received the following 
executive reports of committees:
  Report to accompany the nomination of Sam W. Brown, Jr., of 
California, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as 
Head of Delegation to the Conference on Security and Cooperation in 
Europe (CSCE). (Ex. Rept. No. 103-27)

                                                             Page S5292

  Treaty Doc. No. 103-22, The ``Protocol of Washington,'' adopted on 
December 14, 1992, by the Sixteenth Special Session of the General 
Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) and signed by the 
United States on January 23, 1993, and the ``Protocol of Managua,'' 
adopted by the Nineteenth Special Session of the OAS General Assembly 
on June 10, 1993, and signed that day by the United States. (Ex. Rept. 
No. 103-28)

                                                             Page S5292

Messages from the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report of the National Endowment For Democracy for 
fiscal year 1993; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (PM-
107).

                                                         Pages S5290-91

  Transmitting the report on Federal Advisory Committees for fiscal 
year 1993; referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. (PM-108).

                                                             Page S5291

Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Roger Hilsman, of New York, to be a Member of the National Security 
Education Board for a term of four years.
  Robert N. Shamansky, of Ohio, to be a Member of the National Security 
Education Board for a term of four years.

                                                     Pages S5290, S5322

Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  H. Lee Sarokin, of New Jersey, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Third Circuit.
  William F. Downes, of Wyoming, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Wyoming.
  Lewis A. Kaplan, of New York, to be United States District Judge for 
the Southern District of New York.
  Blanche M. Manning, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge 
for the Northern District of Illinois.
  Nelba R. Chavez, of Arizona, to be Administrator of the Substance 
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Department of Health 
and Human Services.
  Eamon M. Kelly, of Louisiana, to be a Member of the National Security 
Education Board for a term of four years.
  1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.
  3 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps.

                                                         Pages S5320-22

Messages From the President:
                                                    Pages S5290-91
Messages From the House:
                                                        Page S5291
Measures Referred:
                                                        Page S5291
Communications:
                                                        Page S5291
Petitions:
                                                        Page S5292
Executive Reports of Committees:
                                                    Pages S5292-93
Statements on Introduced Bills:
                                                 Pages S5293-S5309
Additional Cosponsors:
                                                    Pages S5309-10
Amendments Submitted:
                                                    Pages S5310-13
Notices of Hearings:
                                                    Pages S5313-14
Authority for Committees:
                                                        Page S5314
Additional Statements:
                                                    Pages S5314-19
Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total--105)

                                           Pages S5241, S5280-81, S5284

Recess: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and recessed at 12:45 a.m., on 
Friday, May 6, 1994, to reconvene at 10 a.m., the same day. (For 
Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in 
today's Record on page S5320.)