[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 61 (Tuesday, May 17, 1994)]
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                                              Tuesday, May 17, 1994

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House Committees ordered reported 11 sundry measures.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5773-S5854
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2118-2124, and S. Res. 214.

                                                  Pages S5828, S5844-45

Measures Passed:
  Nutrition Labeling Compliance: Committee on Labor and Human Resources 
was discharged from further consideration of S. 2087, to extend the 
time period for compliance with the Nutrition Labeling and Education 
Act of 1990 for certain food products packaged prior to August 18, 
1994, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the following 
amendment proposed thereto:

                                                         Pages S5852-53

  Ford (for Bumpers/Hatch) Amendment No. 1719, in the nature of a 
substitute.

                                                         Pages S5852-53

Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments: Senate continued consideration of 
S. 2019, to reauthorize and amend title XIV of the Public Health 
Service Act (commonly known as the ``Safe Drinking Water Act''), taking 
action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows:

                           Pages S5781, S5783-90, S5790-S5813, S5816-23

Adopted:
  (1) Stevens/Murkowski Amendment No. 1716, to provide for the best 
coordination of disbursements for Indian set aside grant funds for the 
Alaska Native villages.

                                                         Pages S5818-19

  (2) Stevens (for Murkowski) Amendment No. 1717, to clarify regional 
status for small water system technology centers.

                                                         Pages S5819-20

  (3) Boxer Amendment No. 1718, regarding the effects of contaminants 
upon subpopulations at greater risk for adverse health effects.

                                                         Pages S5820-23

Rejected:
  (1) DeConcini Amendment No. 1711, to provide for the transfer of 
funds for the construction of a treatment works to provide treatment of 
municipal sewage and industrial waste in the United States-Mexico 
border area. (By 75 yeas to 23 nays (Vote No. 114), Senate tabled the 
amendment.)

                                               Pages S5784-90, S5791-93

  (2) Gregg Amendment No. 1712, to prohibit the assessment or 
collection of penalties against a community if the noncompliance of the 
community with the Safe Drinking Water Act results from an unfunded 
Federal mandate. (By 56 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 115), Senate tabled 
the amendment.)

                                               Pages S5793-S5805, S5812

  (3) By 39 yeas to 60 nays (Vote No. 116), Faircloth Amendment No. 
1714, to strike the provisions relating to labor standards.

                                                         Pages S5805-13

  Senate will continue consideration of the bill and amendments to be 
proposed thereto, on Wednesday, May 18, 1994.
Vietnam Human Rights Day: Senate concurred in the amendments of the 
House to S.J. Res. 168, designating May 11, 1994, as ``Vietnam Human 
Rights Day,'' clearing the measure for the President.

                                                             Page S5853

Treaty Approved: The following treaty, having passed through it various 
stages, up to and including the presentation of the resolution of 
ratification, upon division, two-thirds of the Senators present and 
having voted in the affirmative, the resolution of ratification was 
agreed to:
  Two Protocols Amending the OAS Charter. (Treaty Doc. 103-22)

                                                             Page S5852

Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Jeffrey K. Harris, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Air Force.
  Manuel Trinidad Pacheco, of Arizona, to be Member of the National 
Security Education Board for a term of four years.
  Eamon M. Kelly, of Louisiana, to be a Member of the National Security 
Education Board for a term of four years.

                                                  Pages S5852, S5853-54

Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Stephen G. Breyer, of Massachusetts, to be an Associate Justice of 
the Supreme Court of the United States.
  Michael Nacht, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Director of the United 
States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
  Amy Sands, of California, to be an Assistant Director of the United 
States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
  Lawrence Scheinman, of New York, to be an Assistant Director of the 
United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
  Phyllis Nichamoff Segal, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the 
Federal Labor Relations Authority for a term of five years expiring 
July 1, 1999.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.
  5 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, Navy.

                                                         Pages S5853-54

Messages From the House:
                                                        Page S5824
Measures Read First Time:
                                                        Page S5853
Communications:
                                                    Pages S5824-25
Petitions:
                                                    Pages S5825-28
Executive Reports of Committees:
                                                        Page S5828
Statements on Introduced Bills:
                                                    Pages S5828-43
Additional Cosponsors:
                                                    Pages S5843-44
Amendments Submitted:
                                                    Pages S5845-47
Notices of Hearings:
                                                        Page S5847
Authority for Committees:
                                                    Pages S5847-48
Additional Statements:
                                                    Pages S5848-52
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total-116)

                                                  Pages S5793, S5812-13

Recess: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and recessed at 7:28 p.m., until 
9 a.m. on Wednesday, May 18, 1994 (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on Page S5853.)