[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 54 (Friday, May 6, 1994)]
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                                                Friday, May 6, 1994

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5323-S5382
Measures Introduced: Three bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2085-2087, and S.J. Res. 186.
                                                    Pages S5368-69
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 S5324-26, S5328-44

Pending:
  D'Amato Amendment No. 1685, to express the sense of the Senate that 
the conferees on H.R. 3355, Violent Crime and Control Act, should 
reject the Racial Justice Act provisions.
                                                    Pages S5328-44
Withdrawn:
  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 S5324

  A unanimous-consent time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill and the pending amendment, on Wednesday, May 
11, 1994.

                                                             Page S5344

National Environmental Technology Act: Senate began consideration of S. 
978, to establish programs to promote environmental technology, 
agreeing to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and 
taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows:
                                                    Pages S5347-62
Adopted:
  (1) Baucus Amendment No. 1686, in the nature of a substitute.

                                                         Pages S5352-62

  (2) Baucus (for Kerrey) Amendment No. 1688, to add a proposed new 
safeguard.

                                                         Pages S5359-60

  A unanimous-consent time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill and an amendment to be proposed thereto, on 
Monday, May 9, at 3:30 p.m., and further consideration of bill and the 
proposed amendment on Wednesday, May 11, with final disposition to 
occur thereon.

                                                             Page S5362

Bosnia Arms Embargo: Senate began consideration of S. 2042, to remove 
the United States arms embargo of the Government of Bosnia and 
Herzegovina.

                                                         Pages S5380-81

  Senate will resume consideration of the bill on Tuesday, May 10, 
1994.
Arson Prevention Act: Senate concurred in the amendment of the House to 
the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 1727, to establish a program of 
grants to States for arson research, clearing the measure for the 
President.

                                                         Pages S5378-80

Measure Indefinitely Postponed:
  Arms Control and Nonproliferation Act: Senate indefinitely postponed 
further consideration of S. 1182, to amend the Arms Control and 
Disarmament Act to strengthen the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency 
and to improve congressional oversight of the activities of the 
Agencies.

                                                             Page S5380

Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Edmund T. DeJarnette, Jr., of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Angola.
  Melvyn Levitsky, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Federative 
Republic of Brazil.
  Henry Howard, Jr., of Virginia, to be an Associate Director of the 
United States Information Agency.
  Philip G. Hampton, II, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
Assistant Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks.
  Saul A. Green, of Michigan, to be United States Attorney for the 
Eastern District of Michigan for the term of four years.
  Lawrence J. Goffney, Jr., of Michigan, to be an Assistant 
Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks.
  Fortunato P. Benavides, of Texas, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Fifth Circuit.
  Carl E. Stewart, of Louisiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Fifth Circuit.
  Deborah A. Batts, of New York, to be United States District Judge for 
the Southern District of New York.
  James G. Carr, of Ohio, to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of Ohio.
  Ruben Castillo, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of Illinois.
  Audrey B. Collins, of California, to be United States District Judge 
for the Central District of California.
  Mary M. Lisi, of Rhode Island, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Rhode Island.
  Willie Grace Campbell, of California, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the African Development Foundation for a term expiring 
September 22, 1999.
  Mark L. Schneider, of California, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Inter-American Foundation for a term expiring 
September 20, 1998.
  Joseph Clyde Fowler, Jr., of Tennessee, to be United States Marshal 
for the Eastern District of Tennessee for the term of four years.
  Michael Kane Kirk, of Florida, to be Deputy Commissioner of Patents 
and Trademarks.
  James W. Lockley, of Florida, to be United States Marshal for the 
Northern District of Florida for the term of four years.
  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 four years.
  Ryan Clark Crocker, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the State of 
Kuwait.
  Arvonne S. Fraser, of Minnesota, for the rank of Ambassador during 
her tenure of service as the Representative of the United States of 
America on the Commission on the Status of Women of the Economic and 
Social Council of the United Nations.
  Edward S. Walker, Jr., of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Arab 
Republic of Egypt.
  Ralph R. Johnson, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign 
Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, for the Rank of Ambassador during 
his tenure of service as Coordinator of the Support for East European 
Democracy (SEED) Program.
  Charles H. Twining, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to Cambodia.
  Marion M. Dawson, of Connecticut, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the African Development Foundation for a term expiring 
September 22, 1999.
  Edward William Gnehm, Jr., of Georgia, to be the Deputy 
Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, 
with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and 
Plenipotentiary.
  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.
  Clarence Cooper, of Georgia, to be United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of Georgia.
  Solomon Oliver, Jr., of Ohio, to be United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of Ohio.
  Raymond L. Finch, of the Virgin Islands, to be a Judge for the 
District Court of the Virgin Islands for a term of ten years.
  Peter R. Chaveas, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Malawi.
  Myles Robert Rene Frechette, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Colombia.
  Donna Jean Hrinak, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Dominican 
Republic.
  Johnny Young, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Togo.
  Irvin Hicks, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to Ethiopia.
  Gregory Moneta Sleet, of Delaware, to be United States Attorney for 
the District of Delaware for the term of four years.
  Faith S. Hochberg, of New Jersey, to be United States Attorney for 
the District of New Jersey for the term of four years.
  Robert Krueger, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Burundi.
  Simon Ferro, of Florida, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of 
the Overseas Private Investment Corporation for a term expiring 
December 17, 1994.
  Simon Ferro, of Florida, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of 
the Overseas Private Investment Corporation for a term expiring 
December 17, 1997.
  John William Marshall, of Virginia, to be United States Marshal for 
the Eastern District of Virginia for the term of four years.
  Routine lists in the Foreign Service.

                                                  Pages S5367-68, S5382

Statements on Introduced Bills:
                                                    Pages S5369-71
Additional Cosponsors:
                                                        Page S5371
Amendments Submitted:
                                                    Pages S5371-75
Notices of Hearings:
                                                        Page S5375
Authority for Committees:
                                                        Page S5376
Additional Statements:
                                                    Pages S5376-78
Recess: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and recessed at 3:39 p.m., until 3 
p.m. on Monday, May 9, 1994 (For Senate's program, see the remarks of 
the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S5381-82.)