[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 57 (Wednesday, May 11, 1994)]
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                                            Wednesday, May 11, 1994

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Congressional Gifts Reform Act.
      Senate agreed to Human Services Reauthorizations Conference 
      Report.
      House Committees ordered reported 15 sundry measures.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5483-S5593
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2102-2108, S.J. Res. 187, and S. Res. 213.

                                                         Pages S5557-58

Measures Passed:
  Congressional Gifts Reform Act: By 95 yeas to 4 nays (Vote No. 107), 
Senate passed 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, after agreeing 
to a committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and taking 
action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows:

                                                         Pages S5509-36

Adopted:
  By 58 yeas to 41 nays (Vote No. 106), 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 S5509-26

  National Environmental Technology Act: By 85 yeas to 14 nays (Vote 
No. 108), Senate passed S. 978, to establish programs to promote 
environmental technology, as amended.

                                                         Pages S5536-43

  D-Day National Remembrance Day: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of H.J. Res. 303, designating 
June 6, 1994, as ``D-Day National Remembrance Day,'' and the resolution 
was then passed, clearing the measure for the President.

                                                         Pages S5592-93

Human Services Reauthorization Act--Conference Report: By 98 yeas to 1 
nays (Vote No. 109), Senate agreed to the conference report on S. 2000, 
to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1995 through 1998 to carry 
out the Head Start Act and the Community Services Block Grant Act.

                                                         Pages S5543-48

Congressional Budget--Conference Report: Senate began 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.

                                        Pages S5490-97, S5500-09, S5543

  A unanimous-consent time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the conference report on Thursday, May 12, 1994, with 
a vote to occur thereon.

                                                             Page S5543

Lobbying Disclosure Act: Senate disagreed to the amendment of the House 
to S. 349, to provide for the disclosure of lobbying activities to 
influence the Federal Government, agreed to the request of the House 
for a conference thereon, and the Chair appointed the following 
conferees: Senators Glenn, Levin, Akaka, Cohen, and Stevens.

                                                         Pages S5586-92

Appointments:
  Canada-United States Interparliamentary Group: The Chair, on behalf 
of the Vice President, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 276d-276g, as amended, 
appointed the following as members of the Senate Delegation to the 
Canada-United States Interparliamentary Group during the Second Session 
of the 103d Congress, to be held in Santa Fe, New Mexico, May 19-23, 
1994: Senators Grassley, Specter, and Coverdell.

                                                             Page S5556

  National Education Goals Panel: The Chair, on behalf of the 
Republican Leader, pursuant to Public Law 103-227, appointed Senator 
Cochran as a member of the National Education Goals Panel.

                                                             Page S5556

  Canada-United States Interparliamentary Group: The Chair, on behalf 
of the Vice President, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 276d-276g, as amended, 
appointed Senator Dodd as a member of the Senate Delegation to the 
Canada-United States Interparliamentary Group during the Second Session 
of the 103d Congress, to be held in Santa Fe, New Mexico, May 19-23, 
1994.

                                                             Page S5556

Messages From the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States: Transmitting the annual report of 
the Federal Council on the Aging for calendar year 1993; referred to 
the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. (PM-112).

                                                             Page S5556

Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations: John 
P. Loiello, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Director of 
the United States Information Agency.

                                                     Pages S5556, S5593

Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  John A. Koskinen, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Director 
for Management, Office of Management and Budget.
  Ronald E. Neumann, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Democratic 
and Popular Republic of Algeria.
  Frank G. Wisner, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to 
India.

                                                             Page S5593

Messages From the President:
                                                        Page S5556
Messages From the House:
                                                        Page S5556
Measures Referred:
                                                        Page S5556
Petitions:
                                                    Pages S5556-57
Executive Reports of Committees:
                                                        Page S5557
Statements on Introduced Bills:
                                                    Pages S5558-78
Additional Cosponsors:
                                                    Pages S5578-79
Amendments Submitted:
                                                    Pages S5580-82
Notices of Hearings:
                                                        Page S5582
Authority for Committees:
                                                        Page S5582
Additional Statements:
                                                    Pages S5582-86
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--109)

                                       Pages S5526, S5532, S5539, S5548

Recess: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and recessed at 6:46 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 12, 1994. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5593.)