[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 85 (Wednesday, June 29, 1994)]
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                                           Wednesday, June 29, 1994

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House Committees ordered reported 22 sundry measures.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7837-S7971
Measures Introduced: Three bills and three resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2247-2249, S.J. Res. 206, and S. Res. 235-236.

                                                             Page S7962

Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. Res. 234, expressing the sense of the Senate concerning the fifth 
year of imprisonment of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi by Burma's military 
dictatorship.
  S.J. Res. 204, recognizing the American Academy in Rome, an American 
overseas center for independent study and advanced research, on the 
occasion of the 100th anniversary of its founding.

                                                             Page S7959

Measures Passed:
  Tributes to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: Senate agreed to S. Res. 235, 
to print as a Senate document a collection of statements made in 
tribute to the late First Lady of the United States, Jacqueline Kennedy 
Onassis.

                                                     Pages S7964, S7971

  Banking Committee Consultant Allowance: Senate agreed to S. Res. 236, 
to increase the portion of funds available to the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs for hiring consultants.

                                                     Pages S7964, S7971

  Forest Ecosystem Research Laboratory Authorization: Committee on 
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry was discharged from further 
consideration of S. 2155, to authorize the appropriation of funds for 
the Federal share of the cost of the construction of a Forest Ecosystem 
Research Laboratory at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon, 
and the bill was then passed.

                                                             Page S7971

Foreign Operations Appropriations, 1995: Senate began consideration of 
H.R. 4426, making appropriations for foreign operations, export 
financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 1995, with committee amendments, taking action on amendments 
proposed thereto, as follows:

                                  Pages S7855-70, S7874-79, S7885-S7949

Adopted:
  (1) Lautenberg Amendment No. 2104 (to committee amendment on page 2, 
line 12), to urge the renegotiation of prisoner transfer treaties in 
order to relieve overcrowding in Federal and State prisons.

                                               Pages S7888-90, S7898-99

  (2) Leahy Amendment No. 2105, to delete Malawi from the list of 
countries for which Foreign Military Financing is prohibited.

                                                         Pages S7890-91

  (3) Leahy Amendment No. 2106, to make a technical correction.

                                                         Pages S7890-91

  (4) Leahy Amendment No. 2107, to make a technical correction.

                                                         Pages S7890-91

  (5) Leahy Amendment No. 2108, to include military training in the 
drawdown to assist Bosnia authorized by Sec. 546.

                                                         Pages S7890-91

  (6) Leahy (for Mikulski) Amendment No. 2109, to extend the authority 
for the donation of surplus agricultural commodities to Poland.

                                                             Page S7891

  (7) Leahy Amendment No. 2110, to authorize a drawdown on U.S. 
commodities and services to assist war crime tribunals and other bodies 
of the United Nations to deal with charges of violations of 
international law and to require a report regarding the U.S. 
participation in the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal.

                                                             Page S7892

  (8) Leahy Amendment No. 2113 (to committee amendment beginning on 
page 32, line 12), regarding to Foreign Military Financing Assistance 
for Greece and Turkey.

                                                             Page S7896

  (9) McConnell Amendment No. 2114, to provide funds to support and 
expand the Hospital Partnerships Program conducted throughout the New 
Independent States of the former Soviet Union.

                                                             Page S7897

  (10) Pressler Amendment No. 2115, to restrict the use of funds unless 
the United States firms are given opportunities equal to foreign firms 
for supplying goods and services for peacekeeping activities.

                                                      Pages S7899-S7900

  (11) Pressler Amendment No. 2116, to express the sense of the 
Congress regarding telecommunications procurement.

                                                             Page S7900

  (12) By 93 yeas to 4 nays (Vote No. 173), Mitchell Amendment No. 
2118, to express the sense of the Congress on the use of funds for 
United States military operations in Haiti.

                                        Pages S7932, S7934-35, S7936-37

  (13) Leahy (for Mack) Amendment No. 2119, to require a report to 
Congress on the policies of foreign aid recipients that most affect 
economic growth.

                                                         Pages S7943-47

  (14) Leahy (for Levin) Amendment No. 2120, to grant a waiver to 
Albania of the statutory requirement that any nation receiving non-
lethal excess defense articles pay for the handling and transportation 
of those items.

                                                         Pages S7943-47

  (15) Leahy (for Burns) Amendment No. 2121, to express the sense of 
the Senate regarding a volunteer United Tech Corps to provide technical 
assistance to the New Independent States of the former Soviet Union.

                                                         Pages S7943-47

  (16) Leahy Amendment No. 2122, relating to the disposition of 
demining equipment.

                                                         Pages S7943-47

  (17) Leahy (for McConnell) Amendment No. 2123, to provide funds for 
programs and activities which match U.S. private sector resources with 
Federal funds for the New Independent States of the former Soviet 
Union.

                                                         Pages S7943-47

  (18) Leahy (for McConnell) Amendment No. 2124, to require a report to 
Congress on the feasibility of developing an outreach program which 
would make grants to partnerships between American communities and 
organizations with cultural and ethnic ties to the New Independent 
States.

                                                         Pages S7943-47

  (19) Leahy (for Pryor) Amendment No. 2125, to prohibit the 
availability of military education and training funds and foreign 
military financing funds for alcoholic beverages and recreational 
trips.

                                                         Pages S7943-47

  (20) Leahy (for McConnell) Amendment No. 2126, calling for the 
restoration of the democratically elected government of Burma.

                                                         Pages S7943-47

Rejected:
  (1) By 34 yeas to 66 nays (Vote No. 171), Helms Amendment No. 2112, 
to eliminate funding for the International Development Association.

                                                         Pages S7893-96

  (2) By 34 yeas to 65 nays (Vote No. 172), Gregg Modified Amendment 
No. 2117 (to committee amendment on page 2, line 12), to require the 
President to consult with Congress prior to ordering military 
involvement in Haiti, and that such involvement is authorized in 
advance by the Congress.

                                                         Pages S7902-32

Withdrawn:
  McConnell (for Dole/Lieberman) Amendment No. 2103, (to committee 
amendment on page 2, line 12), to terminate the United States arms 
embargo applicable to the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

                                                  Pages S7877-79, S7885

  Cochran Amendment No. 2111, to strike provisions requiring military 
assistance to Turkey not be used for internal security purposes, and 
requiring military equipment to Greece not be used in violation of the 
U.N. sanctions against Serbia or the U.N. Charter.

                                                     Pages S7893, S7896

  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 59 yeas to 35 nays (Vote No. 174), Senate tabled a modified 
committee amendment beginning on page 34, line 19, relating to the sale 
of equipment on the United States Munitions List to Indonesia.

                                                         Pages S7938-43

Product Liability Fairness: Senate resumed consideration of S. 687, to 
regulate interstate commerce by providing for a uniform product 
liability law.

                                               Pages S7837-39, S7842-55

  During consideration of this measure today, Senate took the following 
action:
  By 57 yeas to 41 nays (Vote No. 170), 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.

                                                             Page S7855

  Subsequently, S. 687 was returned to the Senate calendar.
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Steven Mark Harte Wallman, of Virginia, to be a Member of the 
Securities and Exchange Commission for the term expiring June 5, 1997.

                                                     Pages S7954, S7971

Messages From the House:
                                                        Page S7954
Measures Referred:
                                                        Page S7954
Petitions:
                                                    Pages S7954-59
Communications:
                                                        Page S7959
Executive Reports of Committees:
                                                    Pages S7959-62
Statements on Introduced Bills:
                                                    Pages S7962-64
Additional Cosponsors:
                                                        Page S7964
Amendments Submitted:
                                                    Pages S7965-68
Authority for Committees:
                                                        Page S7968
Additional Statements:
                                                    Pages S7968-71
Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total--174)

                          Pages S7855, S7895-96, S7932, S7936-37, S7943

Recess: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and recessed at 11:21 p.m., until 9 
a.m., on Thursday, June 30, 1994. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7971.)