[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 84 (Tuesday, June 28, 1994)]
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                                             Tuesday, June 28, 1994

                              Daily Digest


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7723-S7836
Measures Introduced: Two bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2245-2246, S.J. Res. 205, and S. Res. 234.

                                                             Page S7784

Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  H.R. 4602, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, 
with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 103-294)

                                                             Page S7784

Measures Passed:
   Perishable Agricultural Commodities: Committee on Agriculture, 
Nutrition, and Forestry was discharged from further consideration of 
H.R. 4581, to provide for the imposition of temporary fees in 
connection with the handling of complaints of violations of the 
Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930, and the bill was then 
passed, clearing the measure for the President.

                                                             Page S7836

Product Liability Fairness: Senate resumed consideration of S. 687, to 
regulate interstate commerce by providing for a uniform product 
liability law, taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as 
follows:

                                               Pages S7723-44, S7746-76

Adopted:
  Lieberman/Rockefeller/Gorton Modified Amendment No. 1938, to ensure 
that negligent entrustment actions are governed by State law.

                                        Pages S7740-44, S7746-48, S7752

  Hollings Amendment No. 1940 (to Amendment No. 1938), to require the 
Secretary of Commerce to report annually on the impact of the 
legislation on insurers which issue product liability insurance.

                                                         Pages S7748-52

Rejected:
  Kohl/Cohen/Murray Amendment No. 1930, to instruct courts to balance 
the public interest in health and safety against any need for privacy 
before allowing for secrecy civil litigation, and bans court orders and 
agreements that would prohibit parties from sharing litigation 
information with Federal and State regulators. (By 51 yeas to 49 nays 
(Vote No. 168), Senate tabled the amendment.)

                                                         Pages S7723-31

Pending:
  Dorgan/Moseley-Braun Amendment No. 1895, to eliminate provisions 
limiting punitive damages concerning certain drugs and medical devices 
and certain aircraft and components.

                                                         Pages S7773-76

Withdrawn:
  Gorton/Lieberman/Feinstein Amendment No. 1941, to place a limitation 
on the awarding of punitive damages for certain drugs and medical 
devices.

                                               Pages S7753-69, S7772-73

  Rockefeller (for Feinstein) Amendment No. 1942 (to Amendment No. 
1941), to impose criminal liability on corporations for knowingly 
concealing serious dangers from their employees or covering up consumer 
product defects from regulatory authorities.

                                               Pages S7754-69, S7772-73

  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action: By 54 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 169), three-fifths of 
those Senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the 
affirmative, Senate failed to agree to close further debate on the 
bill.

                                                         Pages S7769-70

  Senate will continue consideration of the bill on Wednesday, June 29, 
with a second cloture vote to occur thereon at 10 a.m.

                                                             Page S7836

Messages From the House:
                                                        Page S7780
Measures Referred:
                                                    Pages S7780-81
Petitions:
                                                    Pages S7781-84
Statements on Introduced Bills:
                                                    Pages S7784-89
Additional Cosponsors:
                                                        Page S7789
Amendments Submitted:
                                                 Pages S7790-S7822
Notices of Hearings:
                                                        Page S7822
Authority for Committees:
                                                    Pages S7822-23
Additional Statements:
                                                    Pages S7823-28
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total-169)

                                                  Pages S7731, S7769-70

Recess: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and recessed at 7:16 p.m., until 9 
a.m., on Wednesday, June 29, 1994. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7836.)