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                                            Thursday, June 23, 1994

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7479-S7592
Measures Introduced: Nine bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2230-2238, S.J. Res. 203, and S. Res. 232.
  Pages S7560-61
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  H.R. 4554, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 
103-290)
  H.R. 4506, making appropriations for energy and water development for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, with amendments. (S. Rept. 
No. 103-291)
  H.R. 572, for the relief of Melissa Johnson.
  H.R. 1346, to redesignate the Federal building located on St. Croix, 
Virgin Islands, as the ``Almeric L. Christian Federal Building''.
  H.R. 2532, to designate the Federal building and United States 
courthouse in Lubbock, Texas, as the ``George H. Mahon Federal Building 
and United States Courthouse''.
  H.R. 3567, to amend the John F. Kennedy Center Act to transfer 
operating responsibilities to the Board of Trustees of the John F. 
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute.
  H.R. 3770, to designate the United States courthouse located at 940 
Front Street in San Diego, California, and the Federal building 
attached to the courthouse as the ``Edward J. Schwartz Courthouse and 
Federal Building''.
  H.R. 3840, to designate the Federal building and United States 
courthouse located at 100 East Houston Street in Marshall, Texas, as 
the ``Sam B. Hall, Jr. Federal Building and United States Courthouse''.
  S.J. Res. 153, to designate the week beginning on November 21, 1993 
and ending on November 27, 1993, and the week beginning on November 20, 
1994 and ending on November 26, 1994, as ``National Family Caregivers 
Week''.
  S.J. Res. 172, designating May 30, 1994, through June 6, 1994, as a 
``Time for the National Observance of the Fiftieth Anniversary of World 
War II''.
  S.J. Res. 178, to proclaim the week of October 16 through October 22, 
1994 as ``National Character Counts Week''.
  S.J. Res. 187, designating July 16 through July 24, 1994, as 
``National Apollo Anniversary Observance''.
Page S7560
Measures Passed:
  Congratulating the Houston Rockets: Senate agreed to S. Res. 232, to 
congratulate the Houston Rockets for winning the 1994 National 
Basketball Association Championship.
  Page S7592
Department of Defense Authorizations: Senate continued 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 S7485-S7542, S7544-54

Adopted:
  (1) McCain Amendment No. 1842, to terminate certain Department of 
Defense reporting requirements.
Pages S7528-37
  (2) Smith Amendment No. 1843, to mandate the declassification of 
Vietnam-era POW/MIA records to include the Korean conflict and Cold War 
POW/MIA records.
Pages S7537-41
  (3) Smith Amendment No. 1844, to require the Secretary of Defense to 
certify the declassification of Vietnam-era POW/MIA records.
Pages S7537-41
  (4) Smith Amendment No. 1845, to provide a report to Congress by the 
Department of Defense with recommendations as to the appropriateness of 
revising the Missing Persons Act of 1942.
Pages S7537-41
  (5) Smith Amendment No. 1846, to express the sense of the Congress 
that the Secretary of Defense should establish contacts with Defense 
officials from the People's Republic of China to discuss the fate of 
American POW/MIAs from the Korean conflict.

                                                         Pages S7537-41

  (6) Smith Amendment No. 1847, to require the Secretary of Defense to 
provide to Congress a listing of Vietnam-era POW/MIA cases where 
Vietnamese and Laotian officials possibly have additional information 
that could lead to the possible accounting of POW/MIAs.
Pages S7537-41
  (7) Smith Amendment No. 1848, to require the Secretary of Defense to 
provide reports to Congress on the status of efforts to obtain POW/MIA 
information or remains from North Korea.
Pages S7537-41
Rejected:
  (1) Specter Amendment No. 1839, to provide for judicial review of 
compliance with disclosure of information requirements established in 
the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act. (By 71 yeas to 27 nays 
(Vote No. 163), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S7485-99
  (2) Feingold Amendment No. 1841, to delay funding for the 
construction of a CVN-76 nuclear powered aircraft carrier until fiscal 
year 2000. (By 72 yeas to 24 nays (Vote No. 164), Senate tabled the 
amendment.
Pages S7513-26
  (3) By 35 yeas to 61 nays (Vote No. 165), Kempthorne Amendment No. 
1849, to prohibit the use of funds for paying assessments for United 
Nations peacekeeping and peace enforcement operations.
Pages S7544-53
Pending:
  Johnston Amendment No. 1840, to restore funding for the National 
Defense Sealift Fund and reduce funding for the LHD-7 Amphibious Ship.

                                        Pages S7500-13, S7526-28, S7553

  Senate will continue consideration of the bill and amendments to be 
proposed thereto, on Friday, June 24.
Messages From the House:
  Page S7557
Petitions:
  Pages S7557-60
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S7560
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S7561-85
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S7585
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S7586-88
Notice of Hearings:
  Page S7588
Authority for Committees:
  Page S7588
Additional Statements:
  Pages S7588-91
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--165)
  Pages S7499, S7526, S7553
Recess: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and recessed at 7:43 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Friday, June 24, 1994. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7592.)