[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 65 (Monday, May 23, 1994)]
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                                               Monday, May 23, 1994

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6151-S6209
Measures Introduced: Three bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2142-2144, and S. Res. 215.

                                                             Page S6196

Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 1066, to restore Federal services to the Pokagon Band of 
Potawatomi Indians. (S. Rept. No. 103-266)
  S. 1626, to amend title 38, United States Code, to revise the 
Veterans' Home Loan Program, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 103-267)
  S. 1974, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct 
pilot programs in order to evaluate the feasibility of the 
participation of the Department of Veterans Affairs health care system 
in the health care systems of States that have enacted health care 
reform, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 
103-268)

                                                             Page S6196

Measures Passed:
  Social Security Administrative Reform Act: Senate passed H.R. 4277, 
to establish the Social Security Administration as an independent 
agency and to make other improvements in the Old-Age, Survivors, and 
Disability Insurance Program, after striking all after the enacting 
clause and inserting in lieu thereof the text of S. 1560, as passed by 
the Senate on March 2, 1994.
  Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair appointed the following conferees: 
Senators Moynihan, Baucus, Breaux, Packwood, and Dole.

                                                         Pages S6186-92

  Authorizing Testimony: Senate agreed to S. Res. 215, to authorize 
testimony and representation of former employees of the Senate in Sonja 
I. Anderson v. Kaiser Engineers Hanford Co.

                                                             Page S6193

King Holiday and Service Act: Senate began consideration of H.R. 1933, 
to authorize appropriations for the Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal 
Holiday Commission, and establish a National Service Day to promote 
community service, taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as 
follows:

                                                  Pages S6160-79, S6186

Adopted:
  (1) Helms Amendment No. 1739 (to Amendment No. 1738), in the nature 
of a substitute.

                                                  Pages S6164-75, S6178

  (2) Helms Amendment No. 1740 (as modified), to restrict the detailing 
of Federal civil servants to the Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal 
Holiday Commission to one year.

                                                         Pages S6175-79

  (3) Helms Amendment No. 1741, to prohibit the use of funds by the 
Commission to pay for first class air travel or hotel accommodations.

                                                             Page S6177

  (4) Helms (for Brown) Amendment No. 1742, to require the Commission 
to follow generally accepted accounting standards.

                                                             Page S6178

  (5) Helms (for Brown) Amendment No. 1743, to require the Commission 
to report to Congress and the President about activities and programs 
the Commission undertakes.

                                                             Page S6178

Pending:
  Helms Amendment No. 1738, to ensure that only private funds are used 
by the Commission.

                                           Pages S6163-75, S6178, S6186

  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill and the amendment pending thereto, at 2:30 
p.m., on Tuesday, May 24, 1994, with votes to occur thereon.

                                                             Page S6186

Product Liability Fairness Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing for the consideration of S. 687, to 
regulate interstate commerce by providing for uniform product liability 
law.

                                                             Page S6186

Nominations Considered: Senate resumed consideration of the nominations 
of Derek Shearer, of California, to be Ambassador to Finland, and 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).

                                                             Page S6193

  Second motions were entered to close further debate on the 
aforementioned nominees and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule 
XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, votes on the cloture motions 
will occur on Wednesday, May 25, 1994.

                                                             Page S6193

Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting notice of the prohibition of certain transactions with 
respect to Haiti; referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing and 
Urban Affairs. (PM-117).

                                                         Pages S6193-94

  Transmitting a report relative to the activities taken pursuant to 
the national emergency with respect to the proliferation of chemical 
and biological weapons; referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing 
and Urban Affairs. (PM-118).

                                                         Pages S6194-95

  Transmitting the text of an amendment to the Agreement Between the 
Government of the United States of America and the Government of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for Cooperation on 
the Uses of Atomic Energy for Mutual Defense Purposes; to the Committee 
on Foreign Relations. (PM-119).

                                                             Page S6195

Messages From the President:
                                                    Pages S6193-95
Messages From the House:
                                                        Page S6195
Measures Referred:
                                                        Page S6195
Measures Read First Time:
                                                        Page S6195
Communications:
                                                    Pages S6195-96
Statements on Introduced Bills:
                                                    Pages S6196-99
Additional Cosponsors:
                                                 Pages S6199-S6200
Amendments Submitted:
                                                        Page S6201
Notices of Hearings:
                                                        Page S6201
Additional Statements:
                                                    Pages S6201-09
Recess: Senate convened at 11:30 a.m., and recessed at 6:39 p.m., until 
9 a.m., on Tuesday, May 24, 1994 (For Senate's program, see the remarks 
of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S6209).