[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 80 (Wednesday, June 22, 1994)]
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                                           Wednesday, June 22, 1994

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Treasury/Postal Service Appropriations, 1995.
      House Committees ordered reported 14 sundry measures.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7385-S7477
Measures Introduced: Two bills and three resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2228 and 2229, S.J. Res. 201 and 202, and S. Res. 231.
  Page S7461
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S.J. Res. 201, an original bill commemorating June 22, 1994, as the 
50th anniversary of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944.
Page S7461
Measures Passed:
  Treasury/Postal Service Appropriations, 1995: By 72 yeas to 27 nays 
(Vote No. 161), Senate passed H.R. 4539, making appropriations for the 
Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive 
Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, after agreeing to committee 
amendments, and taking action on further amendments proposed thereto, 
as follows:
  Pages S7396-S7421
Adopted:
  (1) By a unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. 157), Faircloth Modified 
Amendment No. 1825, to certify that White House employees administering 
the drug testing program do not have a history of drug abuse.
Page S7396
  (2) DeConcini Amendment No. 1830, to extend the civil service 
retirement provisions to inspectors and canine enforcement officers of 
the United States Customs Service.
Pages S7419-20
  (3) Domenici Amendment No. 1831, to provide for a review and report 
of procurement reform.
Pages S7396-97
  (4) Reid Amendment No. 1832, to strike language prohibiting the 
collection of land border processing fees by the United States Customs 
Service. (By 44 yeas to 55 nays (Vote No. 158), Senate failed to table 
the amendment.)
Pages S7397-S7401, S7420
  (5) Gorton Amendment No. 1833, to provide that funds may not be used 
in certain cases to enforce the prohibition on selling dyed diesel fuel 
for use in recreational boats.
Pages S7401-06, S7421
  (6) Levin Amendment No. 1834, to restore funding to the 
Administrative Conference of the United States.
Pages S7406-07
  (7) McCain/Cohen Amendment No. 1835, to establish procedural 
requirements for certain General Services Administration projects.
Pages S7409-14, S7415
Rejected:
  McCain Amendment No. 1836, to eliminate any full time equivalent 
employment minimum staffing requirements. (By 66 yeas to 33 nays (Vote 
No. 160), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S7415-18, S7421
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By unanimous-consent, Brown Amendment No. 1826, to limit the use of 
funds for travel expenses to those employees directly responsible for 
the discharge of the official government tasks and duties for which the 
travel is being undertaken, agreed to on Tuesday, June 21, was 
modified.
Page S7401
  By 79 yeas to 20 nays (Vote No. 159), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed to 
a motion to waive section 311(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 with respect to the consideration of Gorton Amendment No. 1833, to 
provide that funds may not be used in certain cases to enforce the 
prohibition of selling dyed diesel fuel for use in recreational boats. 
Subsequently, the amendment was agreed to.
Pages S7409, S7420-21
  Senate insisted on its amendments, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair appointed the following conferees: 
Senators DeConcini, Mikulski, Kerrey, Byrd, Bond, D'Amato, and 
Hatfield.
Page S7421
  Brien McMahon Federal Building: Senate passed H.R. 3724, to designate 
the United States courthouse located in Bridgeport, Connecticut, as the 
``Brien McMahon Federal Building'', clearing the measure for the 
President.
  Page S7470
  Northern Great Plains Rural Development Act: Committee on 
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry was discharged from further 
consideration of S. 2099, to establish the Northern Great Plains Rural 
Development Commission, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to 
the following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S7470-72
  Nunn (for Daschle) Amendment No. 1838, to make certain technical 
corrections.
Page S7470
  Freedom Summer Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 231, to recognize 
persons dedicated to improving voter participation.
  Pages S7472-73
  50th Anniversary of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act: Committee on 
the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S.J. Res. 
202, commemorating June 22, 1994, as the 50th anniversary of the 
Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, and the resolution was then 
passed.
  Pages S7473-77
  HUD Supplemental Appropriations: Senate passed H.R. 4568, making 
supplemental appropriations for the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994, clearing the 
measure for the President.
  Page S7477
Department of Defense Authorizations: Senate began consideration of S. 
2182, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1995 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, and to prescribe 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, taking 
action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S7422-53, S7457-58
Rejected:
  By 32 yeas to 66 nays (Vote No. 162), Grassley Amendment No. 1837, to 
deny authority to make cash payments to McDonnell Douglas in settlement 
to resolve contract problems for the C-17 cargo aircraft.
Pages S7427-53
  Senate will resume consideration of the bill and amendments to be 
proposed thereto, on Thursday, June 23.
Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act--Conferees: Pursuant 
to the order of Thursday, June 16, 1994, the Chair appointed conferees 
on the part of the Senate to resolve the differences between the 
Senate- and House-passed versions of H.R. 2739, to amend the Airport 
and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal years 1994, 1995, and 1996, as follows: Senators Hollings, Ford, 
Exon, Danforth, and Pressler.
  Page S7420
Resignation of Senator Boren: The Chair laid before the Senate the 
letter of resignation of Senator Boren to become effective at the close 
of business on Tuesday, November 15, 1994.
  Page S7477
Measures Indefinitely Postponed:
  50th Anniversary of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act: Senate 
indefinitely postponed consideration of S.J. Res. 201, commemorating 
June 22, 1994, as the 50th anniversary of the Servicemen's Readjustment 
Act of 1944.
  Page S7477
Messages From the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting a report on the national emergency and blocking Haitian 
government property; referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing and 
Urban Affairs. (PM-128).
Pages S7459-60
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  9 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  3 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  5 Marine Corps nominations in the rank of general.
  2 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
Page S7477
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  William C. Bryson, of Maryland, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Federal Circuit.
  Alan A. Diamonstein, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the National Corporation for Housing Partnerships for the 
term expiring October 27, 1995.
  Robert James Huggett, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency.
  Neil H. Offen, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
Board of Directors of the Inter-American Foundation for a term expiring 
October 6, 1998.
  Sandra Kaplan Stuart, of North Carolina, to be an Assistant Secretary 
of Defense.
Page S7477
Messages From the President:
  Pages S7459-60
Messages From the House:
  Page S7460
Communications:
  Pages S7460-61
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S7461-62
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S7462-63
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S7463-64
Authority for Committees:
  Page S7464
Additional Statements:
  Pages S7464-70
Record Votes: Six record votes were taken today. (Total--162)
  Pages S7396, S7420, S7421, S7453
Recess: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and recessed at 7:42 p.m., until 9 
a.m., on Thursday, June 23, 1994. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7477.)