[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 56 (Tuesday, May 10, 1994)]
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                                              Tuesday, May 10, 1994

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5405-S5481
Measures Introduced: Twelve bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2090-2101, and S. Res. 212.

                                                             Page S5449

Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 2093, to amend and reauthorize the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act. (S. Rept. No. 103-257)

                                                             Page S5449

Measures Passed:
  Honoring Paul ``Bear'' Bryant: Senate agreed to S. Res. 212, 
expressing the sense of the Senate that a commemorative postage stamp 
should be issued to honor coach Paul ``Bear'' Bryant.

                                                  Pages S5405-06, S5467

  Forest Lands Management: Senate passed S. 2100, to provide for rural 
development, multiple-use management, expenditures under the Knutson-
Vandeburg Act of 1930, and ecosystem-based management of certain forest 
lands.

                                                         Pages S5446-47

Bosnia Arms Embargo: Senate resumed consideration of S. 2042, to remove 
the United States arms embargo of the Government of Bosnia and 
Herzegovina, with the following amendments proposed thereto:

                           Pages S5414-36, S5441-42, S5444-45, S5476-79

Pending:
  (1) Dole Amendment No. 1695, to provide for the termination of the 
United States arms embargo of the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

                                                             Page S5479

  (2) Mitchell Amendment No. 1696, to approve and authorize the use of 
United States airpower to implement the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization (NATO) exclusion zones around the U.N. designated safe 
areas in Bosnia and Herzegovina, to protect UNPROFOR forces, and to 
seek the removal of the arms embargo of the government of Bosnia and 
Herzegovina.

                                                         Pages S5476-79

Withdrawn:
  Dole Amendment No. 1692, in the nature of a substitute.

                              Pages S5414-36, S5441-42, S5444-45, S5476

  Dole Amendment No. 1693 (to Amendment No. 1692), to provide for the 
termination of the United States arms embargo of the Government of 
Bosnia and Herzegovina.

                              Pages S5414-36, S5441-42, S5444-45, S5476

  Dole Modified Amendment No. 1694 (to Amendment No. 1693), in the 
nature of a substitute.

                              Pages S5414-36, S5441-42, S5444-45, S5476

  A unanimous-consent time-agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the pending amendments on Thursday, May 12, 1994, with 
votes to occur thereon.

                                                             Page S5476

Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act/Conference Report--Agreement: 
A unanimous-consent time-agreement was reached providing for the 
consideration of the conference report on S. 636, to amend the Public 
Health Service Act to permit individuals to have freedom of access to 
certain medical clinics and facilities, on Thursday, May 12, 1994, with 
a vote to occur thereon.

                                                         Pages S5436-37

Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting a report on the Nation's achievements in aeronautics and 
space during fiscal year 1993; referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation. (PM-110).

                                                         Pages S5447-48

  Transmitting the annual report of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development for calendar year 1992; referred to the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-111).

                                                             Page S5448

Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Colleen Jennings-Roggensack, of Arizona, to be a Member of the 
National Council on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 1996.
  Clyde Arlie Wheeler, Jr., of Oklahoma, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.
  3 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.

                                                             Page S5481

Messages From the President:
                                                    Pages S5447-48
Messages From the House:
                                                        Page S5448
Petitions:
                                                    Pages S5448-49
Statements on Introduced Bills:
                                                    Pages S5449-66
Additional Cosponsors:
                                                    Pages S5466-67
Amendments Submitted:
                                                    Pages S5467-69
Notices of Hearings:
                                                        Page S5469
Authority for Committees:
                                                        Page S5469
Additional Statements:
                                                    Pages S5470-76
Recess: Senate convened at 9:45 a.m., and recessed at 8:17 p.m., until 
9 a.m. on Wednesday, May 11, 1994. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5481.)