[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 72 (Friday, June 10, 1994)]
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                                              Friday, June 10, 1994

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6767-S6793
Measures Introduced: One bill was introduced, as follows: S. 2178.
  Page S6781
Measures Passed:
   Recodification of Transportation Code: Senate passed H.R. 1758, to 
revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain general 
and permanent laws, related to transportation, as subtitles II, III, 
and V-X of title 49, United States Code, ``Transportation'', and to 
make other technical improvements in the Code, clearing the measure for 
the President.
  Page S6779
   Potawatomi Indians: Senate passed S. 1066, to restore Federal 
services to the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, after agreeing to 
the following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S6779-80
  Ford (for Inouye) Amendment No. 1777, of a technical nature.
Page S6779
   Taiwan Participation: Senate agreed to S. Res. 148, expressing the 
sense of the Senate that the United Nations should be encouraged to 
permit representatives of Taiwan to participate fully in its 
activities.
  Page S6780
   Portugal/United States Relationship: Committee on Foreign Relations 
was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 220, recognizing 
Portugal's special relationship with the United States, and the 
contribution of Portuguese-Americans to American life, and the 
resolution was then agreed to.
  Pages S6780-81
Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act: Senate continued 
consideration of S. 1491, to amend the Airport and Airway Improvement 
Act of 1982 to authorize appropriations, with a modified committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  Pages S6767, S6771, S6774-76
Pending:
  (1) D'Amato Amendment No. 1775, to establish a special subcommittee 
within the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs to conduct 
an investigation into allegations concerning the Whitewater Development 
Corporation, Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan Association, and Capital 
Management Services, Inc, and other related matters.
Page S6767
  (2) Mitchell Amendment No. 1776 (to Amendment No. 1775), in the 
nature of a substitute.
Page S6767
  Senate will resume consideration of the bill and the amendments 
pending thereto, on Tuesday, June 14.
Motion to Request Attendance: During today's proceedings, the following 
also occurred:
  By 78 yeas to 13 nays (Vote No. 134), Senate agreed to a motion to 
request the attendance of absent Senators.
Page S6767
  By 70 yeas to 13 nays (Vote No. 135), Senate agreed to a motion to 
request the attendance of absent Senators.
Page S6777
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations: 
Everett M. Ehrlich, of Pennsylvania, to be Under Secretary of Commerce 
for Economic Affairs.
  Pages S6790, S6793
Communications:
  Page S6781
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S6781-84
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S6784-85
Amendments Submitted:
  Page S6785
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S6785
Authority for Committees:
  Page S6785
Additional Statements:
  Pages S6785-88
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--135)
  Pages S6767, S6777
Quorum Calls: One quorum call was taken today. (Total--2)
  Page S6776
Recess: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and recessed at 1:29 p.m., until 10 
a.m., on Tuesday, June 14, 1994. (For Senate's program, see the remarks 
of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S6793.)