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                                               Friday, July 1, 1994

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.
      Senate agreed to Legislative Branch Appropriations, 1995, 
      Conference Report.
      Senate passed Defense Authorizations


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8123-S8439
Measures Introduced: Fifteen bills and four resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 2260-2274, S.J. Res. 207 and 208, and S. 
Res. 237 and 238.

                                                         Pages S8381-82

Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 1824, to improve the operations of the legislative branch of the 
Federal Government, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
(S. Rept. No. 103-297)
  H.R. 2457, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 
salmon captive broodstock program. (S. Rept. No. 103-298)
  H.R. 1036, to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 
1974 to provide that such Act does not preempt certain State laws. (S. 
Rept. No. 103-299)
  S. 1614, to amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 and the National 
Lunch Act to promote healthy eating habits for children and to extend 
certain authorities contained in such Acts through fiscal year 1998, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 103-300)
  S. 2095, to reform the Federal Crop Insurance Program, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 103-301)
  S. 2185, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer to the 
Administrator of General Services the Old U.S. Mint in San Francisco. 
(S. Rept. No. 103-302)

                                                             Page S8381

Measures Passed:
  Memorializing Richard Fass: Senate agreed to S. Res. 237, to 
memorialize D.E.A. agent Richard Fass.

                                                             Page S8222

  John Heinz Fellowship Program: Senate agreed to S. Res. 238, to 
modify certain provisions of S. Res. 356, relating to the John Heinz 
Fellowship Program.

                                                         Pages S8345-46

  Fishermen's Protection Act: Senate passed S. 2243, to amend the 
Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967 to permit reimbursement of fishermen 
for fees required by a foreign government to be paid in advance in 
order to navigate in the waters of that foreign country whenever the 
United States considers that fee to be inconsistent with international 
law, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:

                                                         Pages S8379-80

  Hutchison (for Stevens) Amendment No. 2236, in the nature of a 
substitute.

                                                         Pages S8379-80

  Department of Defense Authorizations: Senate passed 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, after 
taking action on further amendments proposed thereto, as follows:

                                  Pages S8123-57, S8159-92, S8195-S8322

  (1) Johnston Amendment No. 1840, to restore funding for the National 
Defense Sealift Fund and reduce funding for the LHD-7 Amphibious Ship.

                                                     Pages S8123, S8159

  (2) By 52 yeas to 48 nays (Vote No. 180), Nunn/Warner Modified 
Amendment No. 1852, to express the sense of the Congress that the 
United States should work with NATO member nations and members of the 
United Nations Security Council to endorse the efforts of the contact 
group to bring about a peaceful settlement of the conflict in Bosnia 
and Herzegovina.

                                                  Pages S8123-40, S8156

  (3) By 88 yeas to 12 nays (Vote No. 182) Warner Amendment No. 2143, 
to eliminate the disparity between effective dates for military and 
civilian retiree cost-of-living adjustments for fiscal year 1995.

                                           Pages S8123, S8148-54, S8157

  (4) DeConcini Amendment No. 2146, to improve the reporting and 
investigation of sexual misconduct cases involving Department of 
Defense personnel.

                                                         Pages S8159-72

  (5) By 93 yeas to 3 nays (Vote No. 184), Nunn Amendment No. 2147 (to 
Amendment No. 2146), in the nature of a substitute.

                                                         Pages S8167-72

  (6) Nickles Amendment No. 2148, to deny Department of Defense 
research funds to institutions of higher education that refuse to allow 
military recruiters to recruit on their campuses.

                                                  Pages S8172-73, S8278

  (7) Brown Amendment No. 2149, to establish additional United States 
policy concerning burdensharing in NATO and to require additional 
information to be included in the annual burdensharing report.

                                                             Page S8175

  (8) Brown/Simon Amendment No. 2150, to ensure that the President of 
Taiwan shall be admitted to the United States for discussions with 
Federal and State government officials.

                                                             Page S8176

  (9) Brown Amendment No. 2151, to require a study on the convergence 
of the Geosat and Earth Observing System Altimetry Programs.

                                                             Page S8176

  (10) McCain Amendment No. 2154, to limit the total amount that may be 
obligated or expended for procurement of the first and second Seawolf 
submarines.

                                                         Pages S8179-82

  (11) Dodd Amendment No. 2155 (to Amendment No. 2154), to increase the 
maximum funding for the procurement of the SSN-21 and SSN-22 Seawolf 
submarines.

                                                         Pages S8180-82

  (12) Bumpers Amendment No. 2156, to express the sense of the Senate 
concerning the training and modernization of the reserve components.

                                                         Pages S8182-83

  (13) Ford/Bond Amendment No. 2158, to provide for the transfer of 
M1A1 tanks from the Army to the Marine Corps and National Guard as the 
tanks become inactive.

                                                         Pages S8186-91

  (14) Warner Modified Amendment No. 2159, to require the President to 
submit to the Senate as a treaty any international agreement that 
modified or establishes new legal obligations for the United States 
under the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.

                                               Pages S8191-92, S8218-21

  (15) Brown Amendment No. 2161, to express the sense of the Senate 
that the President should use existing authorities to authorize certain 
provisions of assistance and cooperation to countries like Poland, 
Hungary, and the Czech Republic who are making progress in working with 
NATO.

                                                         Pages S8195-96

  (16) Domenici Amendment No. 2162, to require the establishment of the 
program previously authorized for payment of transitional compensation 
to dependents of members separated for dependent abuse and to improve 
the benefits provisions.

                                                         Pages S8200-02

  Subsequently, the amendment was modified.

                                                             Page S8319

  (17) Hutchison Amendment No. 2165, to authorize transfer and use of 
not more than $43,000,000 for purchase of up to seven roll-on/roll-off 
vessels for the Ready Reserve Force of the National Defense Reserve 
Fleet.

                                                             Page S8221

  (18) Nunn (for Lautenberg) Amendment No. 2167, to direct the Office 
of Personnel Management to conduct a study and, if feasible, establish 
an interagency placement program for Federal employees affected by 
reduction in force actions.

                                                         Pages S8225-26

  (19) Nunn/Thurmond Amendment No. 2168, to provide for the payment by 
the Department of Defense of certain stipulated civil penalties.

                                                             Page S8226

  (20) Nunn (for Reid) Amendment No. 2169, to authorize the conveyance 
of the Babbitt Housing Site, Hawthorne Army Ammunition Plant, Nevada.

                                                         Pages S8226-27

  (21) Nunn (for Glenn) Amendment No. 2170, to authorize procurement of 
equipment for the Joint Training, Analysis and Simulation Center for 
the United States Atlantic Command.

                                                             Page S8227

  (22) Thurmond (for Cohen) Amendment No. 2171, to provide for the 
oversight of safety and the enforcement of safety-related standards at 
defense nuclear facilities.

                                                         Pages S8227-33

  (23) Nunn Amendment No. 2172, to provide for use of foreign 
contributions for the George C. Marshall European Center for Security 
Studies, and to waive charges for participants in activities of such 
Center.

                                                         Pages S8233-34

  (24) Nunn (for Glenn) Amendment No. 2173, to authorize the 
appointment by the Secretary of Energy of certain scientific, 
engineering, and technical personnel.

                                                             Page S8234

  (25) Nunn (for Feinstein) Amendment No. 2174, to require a study on 
the feasibility and advisability of beaming high power laser energy to 
satellites.

                                                         Pages S8234-35

  (26) Thurmond (for Nickles) Amendment No. 2175, to improve the 
authority for Army industrial facilities to sell manufactured articles 
and services to persons outside the Department of Defense.

                                                             Page S8235

  (27) Nunn (for Boxer/Feinstein) Amendment No. 2176, to authorize the 
Secretary of Defense to designate up to three industrial facilities of 
the Armed Forces to sell unique articles and services to persons 
outside the Department of Defense.

                                                         Pages S8235-37

  (28) Nunn (for Pryor) Amendment No. 2177, to provide transition 
assistance to certain workers affected by reductions in United States 
exports of defense articles and services.

                                                             Page S8237

  (29) Nunn (for Pryor) Amendment No. 2178, to revise the notice 
requirements applicable to pending or actual terminations of defense 
programs.

                                                         Pages S8237-38

  (30) Nunn (for Moynihan/D'Amato) Amendment No. 2179, to authorize the 
transfer of the vessel Guadalcanal (LPH 7) to the Intrepid Museum 
Foundation upon decommissioning of such vessel.

                                                         Pages S8238-39

  (31) Nunn (for Glenn) Amendment No. 2180, to authorize funds for 
planning and design for military construction for the consolidation of 
the operations of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service.

                                                         Pages S8239-40

  (32) Thurmond (for Warner) Amendment No. 2181, to require the 
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) to use certain cost 
experience in prescribing standards, limitations, and requirements 
relating to cost of pediatric care under any managed care system 
established for the Department of Defense.

                                                             Page S8240

  (33) Thurmond (for Coats) Amendment No. 2182, to increase the 
authorization of appropriations for functions of the Army for support 
of military family housing.

                                                         Pages S8240-41

  (34) Thurmond (for Nickles/Lott) Amendment No. 2183, to authorize the 
Secretaries of the military departments to provide housing cost 
reimbursements or lodging in kind for Reserves performing annual 
training duty or inactive duty training.

                                                             Page S8241

  (35) Nunn (for Boxer) Amendment No. 2184, to require the Secretary of 
Defense to conduct a study of spousal abuse by Armed Forces personnel.

                                                         Pages S8241-43

  (36) Nunn Amendment No. 2185, to authorize certain service schools to 
award masters degrees and to establish a Board of Advisors for the 
Marine Corps University.

                                                         Pages S8243-44

  (37) Coats (for Roth/Pryor) Amendment No. 2186, to strike out section 
246 (relating to live-fire survivability testing of F-22 aircraft) and 
insert a substitute.

                                                         Pages S8244-45

  (38) Coats (for Dole) Amendment No. 2187, to express the sense of the 
Senate that the Senate Committee on Armed Services should conduct 
hearings related to the procedures used by the Department of Defense's 
investigative organizations when investigating the death of a member of 
the Armed Forces who, while serving on active duty, died from a cause 
determined to be self-inflicted.

                                                             Page S8245

  (39) Coats (for Cohen) Amendment No. 2188, to require a study and 
report on financial relief for certain Medicare-eligible military 
retirees who incur Medicare late enrollment penalties.

                                                         Pages S8245-46

  (40) Coats (for Jeffords) Amendment No. 2189, to require a study on 
the offset of veterans disability compensation by the amount of any 
separation benefits or incentives received by members of the Armed 
Forces upon separation from the Armed Forces.

                                                         Pages S8246-47

  (41) Nunn (for Bingaman/Domenici) Amendment No. 2190, to ensure that 
bomber aircraft of the Air Force are not prematurely retired.

                                                         Pages S8247-48

  (42) Coats (for Thurmond/Nunn) Amendment No. 2191, to extend the 
authority to issue surety bonds for certain environmental programs.

                                                             Page S8248

  (43) Coats (for McCain) Amendment No. 2192, to require certain 
documentation and assessments in order to assess the extent to which 
technology and industrial base programs attain the policy objectives 
for such programs.

                                                         Pages S8248-49

  (44) Coats (for Dole) Amendment No. 2193, to require a study on the 
establishment of a land management and training center at Fort Riley, 
Kansas.

                                                             Page S8249

  (45) Coats (for Hatfield) Amendment No. 2194, to designate a site for 
the relocation of the public education facility of the Armed Forces 
Institute of Pathology.

                                                         Pages S8249-50

  (46) Coats (for Dole) Amendment No. 2195, to make funds available for 
procurement of portable ventilators for the Defense Medical Facility 
Office, Fort Detrick, Maryland.

                                                         Pages S8250-51

  (47) Nunn (for Robb/McCain) Amendment No. 2196, to prevent cost-of-
living increases in the survivor annuity contributions of uniformed 
services retirees from becoming effective before related cost-of-living 
increases in retired pay become payable.

                                                             Page S8251

  (48) Nunn (for Bingaman) Amendment No. 2197, to provide for 
assignment of employees of federally funded research and development 
centers and Federal employees between Federal agencies and federally 
funded research and development centers.

                                                         Pages S8252-53

  (49) Nunn Amendment No. 2198, to provide for selection of senior 
judge advocates by selection boards.

                                                             Page S8253

  (50) Nunn (for Kerry) Amendment No. 2199, to exempt the provision of 
intelligence or other assistance to foreign officials from civil or 
criminal liability in connection with the destruction of an aircraft in 
a foreign country suspected to be engaged in drug trafficking.

                                                         Pages S8253-56

  (51) Coats (for Domenici) Amendment No. 2200, to provide transfer 
authority for improving counterproliferation activities of the United 
States.

                                                         Pages S8257-59

  (52) Nunn/Bingaman Amendment No. 2201, to provide for the use of 
certain funds available for counterproliferation activities.

                                                         Pages S8259-60

  (53) Nunn (for Kohl/Feingold/Pryor) Amendment No. 2202, to authorize 
the Secretary of Defense to provide assistance to promote public 
participation in defense environmental restoration activities.

                                                         Pages S8260-61

  (54) Nunn (for Byrd) Amendment No. 2203, to establish as a civil 
service position the position of athletic director at the United States 
Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy, and the United 
States Air Force Academy, and to provide for the establishment of 
nonappropriated fund accounts for the athletic programs of the 
academies.

                                                         Pages S8261-62

  (55) Nunn (for Ford) Amendment No. 2204, to revise the composition of 
the Commission on Roles and Missions of the Armed Forces.

                                                         Pages S8262-63

  (56) Nunn (for Sarbanes) Amendment No. 2205, to provide for 
additional limitations to the statutory structure for the Military-to-
Military Contacts Program.

                                                             Page S8263

  (57) Coats (for Dole) Amendment No. 2206, to express the sense of the 
Senate that the Administration has not adequately funded the Department 
of Defense's future year defense program and that the Secretary of 
Defense should undertake a comprehensive review of the ``Bottom-up-
Review'' and the future years defense program and, upon completion of 
that review, establish required funding levels and priorities.

                                                         Pages S8263-65

  (58) Nunn (for Leahy) Amendment No. 2207, to require the Secretary of 
Defense to submit to the congressional defense committees estimates of 
the total cost of procurement of 20 additional B-2 bomber aircraft.

                                                             Page S8265

  (59) Nunn (for Pryor) Amendment No. 2208, to provide for the review 
of cost growth in certain Department of Defense contracts and cost 
comparison studies for certain Department of Defense contracts.

                                                         Pages S8265-66

  (60) Nunn (for DeConcini) Amendment No. 2209, to increase the 
authorization of appropriations for the Army for ammunition in order to 
provide for an interim bunker defeating capability until the short-
range attack weapon is fielded, and to reduce the amount provided for 
C-135 aircraft modifications.

                                                         Pages S8266-67

  (61) Coats (for Lott) Amendment No. 2210, to express the sense of 
Congress on providing for a twelfth Naval Amphibious Ready Group, and 
to authorize the Secretary of Navy to take certain actions to 
facilitate the establishment of such Amphibious Ready Group.

                                                         Pages S7267-69

  (62) Coats (for Bond) Amendment No. 2211, to establish conditions on 
certain contracts between the Federal Government and lessees and 
transferees of certain Department of Energy property.

                                                             Page S8269

  (63) Nunn (for Johnston) Amendment No. 2213, to strike section 3154, 
relating to the transfer of the responsibility for the production of 
tritium from the Department of Energy to the Defense Nuclear Agency.

                                                         Pages S8286-90

  (64) Hutchison (for Roth) Amendment No. 2214, to express the sense of 
the Congress regarding the ability of the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization to operate beyond its geographic boundaries.

                                                         Pages S8291-92

  (65) Hutchison (for Coats) Amendment No. 2215, to strike out section 
334, relating to retirement credit for Federal employees for former 
service in a nonappropriated fund instrumentality of the United States, 
and substitute a requirement for a study to determine the level of 
interest among employees in obtaining such retirement credit.

                                                             Page S8292

  (66) Nunn (for Graham) Amendment No. 2216, to require a review of, 
and report on, Department of Defense programs relating to regional 
security and host nation development in the Western Hemisphere.

                                                         Pages S8292-93

  (67) Nunn (for Wellstone) Amendment No. 2217, to express the sense of 
the Congress regarding the violations of genocide in Rwanda, and the 
need to expedite assistance in protecting populations at risk in 
Rwanda.

                                                         Pages S8293-94

  (68) Nunn (for Lautenberg) Amendment No. 2218, to ensure effective 
Congressional oversight of overseas military base support carried out 
by NATO host countries for the United States as payments-in-kind for 
release of United States overseas military facilities to such 
countries.

                                                         Pages S8294-98

  (69) Nunn (for Dodd) Amendment No. 2219, to provide $15,000,000 for 
procurement of aircraft survivability equipment for the Army and to 
reduce the amount provided for C-135 aircraft modifications.

                                                             Page S8298

  (70) Nunn (for Feinstein) Amendment No. 2220, to authorize funding 
for the small business defense conversion program of the Small Business 
Administration.

                                                             Page S8298

  (71) Nunn (for Kennedy) Amendment No. 2221, to authorize funding to 
be made available for high resolution imaging of space objects using 
excimer lasers.

                                                         Pages S8298-99

  (72) Nunn (for Feingold) Amendment No. 2222, to require a GAO 
evaluation of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.

                                                      Pages S8299-S8301

  (73) Nunn (for Feinstein) Amendment No. 2223, to limit joint 
development of an advanced threat radar jammer with a foreign 
government, other than a major ally of the United States, or with an 
entity controlled by a foreign government, other than such an ally.

                                                         Pages S8302-03

  (74) Nunn (for Rockefeller) Amendment No. 2224, to provide for 
studies of the health consequences of military service and employment 
in the Southwest Asia theater of operations during the Persian Gulf 
War.

                                                         Pages S8303-06

  (75) Nunn (for Mitchell/Cohen) Amendment No. 2225, to authorize a 
land conveyance of certain real property at the Defense Fuel Supply 
Point, Casco Bay, Maine.

                                                         Pages S8306-07

  (76) Nunn (for Reid/Bryan) Amendment No. 2226, to provide for a study 
of the improvement of highway safety at the highway on the Hawthorne 
Army Ammunition Plant, Nevada.

                                                             Page S8307

  (77) Nunn (for Levin) Amendment No. 2227, to provide for a reduction 
in Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve fighter aircraft.

                                                             Page S8307

  (78) Nunn (for Pryor) Amendment No. 2228, to state the sense of the 
Senate on the activities of the Secretary of Defense in assisting 
communities in responding to the closure of a military installation 
under a base closure law.

                                                         Pages S8307-08

  (79) Hutchison (for Grassley) Amendment No. 2229, to ensure that the 
fiscal year 1996 future-years defense program is timely submitted to 
Congress and is consistent with the fiscal year 1996 budget submitted 
to Congress by the President.

                                                         Pages S8308-09

  (80) Nunn (for Bumpers) Amendment No. 2230, to provide for a 
limitation on the obligation of funds for the procurement of Mark-6 
guidance sets for Trident II missiles.

                                                         Pages S8309-11

  (81) Hutchison (for McCain) Amendment No. 2231, to establish criteria 
for Senate consideration of authorization of military construction 
projects not included in the annual budget request.

                                                         Pages S8311-14

  (82) Nunn/Thurmond Amendment No. 2232, to authorize the use of 
certain funds for the construction of military projects and family 
housing.

                                                         Pages S8314-18

  (83) Nunn Amendment No. 2233, to make certain technical amendments.

                                                         Pages S8318-19

  (84) Hutchison (for Dole) Amendment No. 2234, to express the sense of 
the Senate that the ``Bottom-Up Review'' should in no way be seen as 
limiting the size of the force military commanders planning a campaign 
on the Korean Peninsula may request.

                                                         Pages S8319-20

  (85) Nunn (for Robb) Amendment No. 2235, to ensure equal treatment of 
civilian and military retirees when cost-of-living adjustments are 
delayed by law for budgetary or other reasons.

                                                             Page S8320

Rejected:
  (1) By 45 yeas to 55 nays (Vote No. 179), Levin Amendment No. 2142, 
to strike out the funds for a B-2 Bomber Industrial Base Program and 
make available such funds for environmental restoration activities at 
military installations approved for closure.

                                           Pages S8123, S8140-48, S8156

  (2) By 50 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 181), Dole/Lieberman Amendment 
No. 1851, to terminate the United States arms embargo applicable to the 
Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

                                               Pages S8123-40, S8154-57

  (3) Pryor/Roth Amendment No 2163, to establish a prohibition on 
government-to-government transfers of the Airborne Self-Protection 
Jammer (ASPJ), and related software, to any foreign country. (By 68 
yeas to 14 nays (Vote No. 185), Senate tabled the amendment.)

                                                         Pages S8203-11

  (4) Bradley Amendment No. 2164, to prohibit registration under the 
Selective Service system and to terminate the activities of civilian 
local boards, civilian appeal boards, and similar local agencies of the 
Selective Service System. (By 50 yeas to 30 nays (Vote No. 186), Senate 
tabled the amendment.)

                                                         Pages S8213-18

  (5) By 67 yeas to 3 nays (Vote No. 187), Wallop Amendment No. 2212, 
to require a thorough evaluation of the risks and costs of a potential 
deployment of United States forces to the Golan Heights for 
peacekeeping operations before any such deployment.

                                                         Pages S8269-77

Withdrawn:
  (1) Bumpers Amendment No. 2157, to reduce the amount of guidance 
systems provided for the Trident II Missile Program.

                                                         Pages S8183-86

  (2) Brown Amendment No. 2152, to make Poland, Hungary, and the Czech 
Republic eligible for allied defense cooperation with NATO countries.

                                                  Pages S8176-79, S8195

  (3) McCain Amendment No. 2153 (to Amendment No. 2152), in the nature 
of a substitute. (The amendment fell when Amendment No. 2152, listed 
above, was withdrawn.)

                                                  Pages S8177-79, S8195

  (4) Nunn Amendment No. 2160 (to Amendment No. 2159), in the nature of 
a substitute.

                                                  Pages S8192, S8218-20

  (5) Bumpers Amendment No. 2166, to prohibit the acquisition of 
Milstar satellites numbers 5 and 6 and accelerate development of the 
Advanced EHF Satellite Communications System.

                                                         Pages S8222-25

  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Reform Act: Senate passed S. 2206, 
to revise and streamline the acquisition laws of the Federal 
Government, after striking all after the enacting clause and inserting 
in lieu thereof the text of S. 1587, a companion bill, as passed by the 
Senate on June 8, 1994.

                                                             Page S8321

  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Reform Act: Senate passed S. 2207, 
to revise, streamline, and reform the acquisition laws of the Federal 
Government, after striking all after the enacting clause and inserting 
in lieu thereof the text of S. 1587, a companion bill, as passed by the 
Senate on June 8, 1994.

                                                             Page S8321

  National Defense Authorizations: Senate passed S. 2208, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 1995 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, and to prescribe personnel strengths for such 
fiscal year for the Armed Forces, after striking all after the enacting 
clause and inserting in lieu thereof Section 1-3 and Division A of S. 
2182, National Defense Authorizations, as amended.

                                                             Page S8321

  Military Construction Authorizations: Senate passed S. 2209, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1995 for military 
construction, after striking all after the enacting clause and 
inserting in lieu thereof Sections 1-3 and Division B of S. 2182, 
National Defense Authorizations, as amended.

                                                             Page S8321

  Energy National Security: Senate passed S. 2210, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 1995 for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, after striking all after the enacting clause and 
inserting in lieu thereof Sections 1-3 and titles XXI and XXXII of S. 
2182, National Defense Authorizations, as amended.

                                                             Page S8321

  Omnibus National Defense Authorizations Act: Senate passed S. 2211, 
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; to prescribe 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces; and to 
revise and streamline the acquisition laws of the Federal Government, 
after striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu 
thereof the text of S. 2182, National Defense Authorizations, and the 
text of S. 1587, as passed by the Senate on June 8, 1994.

                                                             Page S8321

  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached with respect to further 
consideration of S. 2182 and S. 2206 through S. 2211 (all listed above 
as passed by the Senate), that if the Senate receives a message from 
the House of Representatives with regard to any of those bills, that 
the Senate be deemed to have disagreed to the amendment(s) to the 
Senate-passed bill, that the Senate request or agree to a conference 
with the House thereon, and that the Chair be authorized to appoint 
conferees on the part of the Senate.

                                                             Page S8321

  National Defense Authorizations: Senate passed H.R. 4301, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1995 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, and to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for fiscal year 1995, after striking all after the enacting 
clause and inserting in lieu thereof the text of S. 2182, as amended.

                                                             Page S8321

  Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair appointed the following conferees: 
Senators Nunn, Exon, Levin, Kennedy, Bingaman, Glenn, Shelby, Byrd, 
Graham, Robb, Lieberman, Bryan, Thurmond, Warner, Cohen, McCain, Lott, 
Coats, Smith, Kempthorne, Faircloth, and Hutchison.

                                                             Page S8321

Legislative Branch Appropriations, 1995--Conference Report: By 73 yeas 
to 27 nays (Vote No. 183), Senate agreed to the conference report on 
H.R. 4454, making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, clearing the measure for the 
President.

                                                         Pages S8157-59

Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act: Senate disagreed to the amendment 
of the House to S. 1587, to revise and streamline the acquisition laws 
of the Federal Government, requested a conference with the House 
thereon, and the Chair appointed the following conferees: Senators 
Glenn, Nunn, Bumpers, Sasser, Exon, Levin, Pryor, Bingaman, Shelby, 
Dorgan, Roth, Thurmond, Stevens, Warner, Cohen, Pressler, McCain, and 
Smith.

                                                         Pages S8346-78

Workplace Fairness Act: Senate began consideration of a motion to 
proceed to consideration of S. 55, to amend the National Labor 
Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act to prevent discrimination based 
on participation in labor disputes.

                                                             Page S8380

  A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to proceed 
to consideration of the bill and, by unanimous-consent agreement, the 
vote on the cloture motion will occur on Tuesday, July 12, 1994, at 
2:30 p.m.

                                                             Page S8380

Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States: Transmitting a report on the 
continuation of export control regulations; referred to the Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-130).

                                                         Pages S8380-81

Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  David M. Ransom, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the 
State of Bahrain.
  Joseph Edward Lake, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Albania.
  Judith O. Rubin, of New York, to be a Member of the National Council 
on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 1998.
  Maria Otero, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Board 
of Directors of the Inter-American Foundation for a term expiring 
September 20, 1994.
  Maria Otero, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Board 
of Directors of the Inter-American Foundation for a term expiring 
September 20, 2000.
  Cynthia A. Metzler, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Labor.
  Ronald K. Noble, of New York, to be Under Secretary of the Treasury 
for Enforcement.
  Lee Ann Elliott, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal Election 
Commission for a term expiring April 30, 1999.
  Danny Lee McDonald, of Oklahoma, to be a Member of the Federal 
Election Commission for a term expiring April 30, 1999.
  Colleen Jennings-Roggensack, of Arizona, to be a Member of the 
National Council on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 1996.
  Ronald E. Neumann, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Democratic 
and Popular Republic of Algeria.
  Fredric K. Schroeder, of New Mexico, to be Commissioner of the 
Rehabilitation Services Administration, Department of Education.
  Mary Ann Casey, of Colorado, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Tunisia.
  Raymond Edwin Mabus, Jr., of Mississippi, to be Ambassador to the 
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  Rachel Worby, of West Virginia, to be a Member of the National 
Council on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 1998.
  Michael Marek, of Illinois, to be United States Alternate Executive 
Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 
for a term of two years.
  George Charles Bruno, of New Hampshire, to be Ambassador to Belize.
  Ernest Gideon Green, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of 
the Board of Directors of the African Development Foundation for the 
remainder of the term expiring September 22, 1995.
  Anne C. Petersen, of Minnesota, to be Deputy Director of the National 
Science Foundation.
  Elizabeth Frawley Bagley, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Portugal.
  Brian J. Donnelly, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to Trinidad and 
Tobago.
  Clay Constantinou, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to Luxembourg.
  John Haughton D'Arms, of Michigan, to be a Member of the National 
Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2000.
  Darryl J. Gless, of North Carolina, to be a Member of the National 
Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 1998.
  Ramon A. Gutierrez, of California, to be a Member of the National 
Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2000.
  Charles Patrick Henry, of California, to be a Member of the National 
Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2000.
  Thomas Cleveland Holt, of Illinois, to be a Member of the National 
Council on the Humanities for the remainder of the term expiring 
January 26, 1998.
  Martha Congleton Howell, of New York, to be a Member of the National 
Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2000.
  Nicolas Kanellos, of Texas, to be a Member of the National Council on 
the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2000.
  Bev Lindsey, of Arkansas, to be a Member of the National Council on 
the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2000.
  Robert I. Rotberg, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the National 
Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2000.
  Harold K. Skramstad, of Michigan, to be a Member of the National 
Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2000.
  A routine list in the Foreign Service.

                                                  Pages S8344-45, S8440

Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Gilbert F. Casellas, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission for a term expiring July 1, 1999.
  Harold Jennings Creel, Jr., of Virginia, to be a Federal Maritime 
Commissioner for the term expiring June 30, 1999.
  Delmond J. H. Won, of Hawaii, to be a Federal Maritime Commissioner 
for the term expiring June 30, 1997.
  Susan Berla Perry, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
National Transportation Safety Board for the term expiring December 31, 
1998.
  Harvey G. Ryland, of Florida, to be Deputy Director of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency.
  Dennis H. Blome, of Iowa, to be United States Marshal for the 
Northern District of Iowa for the term of four years.
  Daniel C. Dotson, of Utah, to be United States Marshal for the 
District of Utah for the term of four years.
  Stuart L. Brown, of Maryland, to be an Assistant General Counsel in 
the Department of the Treasury (Chief Counsel for the Internal Revenue 
Service).
  2 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  A routine list in the Marine Corps.

                                                         Pages S8439-40

Nominations Withdrawn: Senate received notification of the withdrawal 
of the following nominations:
  Admiral Stanley R. Arthur, U.S. Navy, 000-00-0000, to be Admiral; and
  Vice Admiral Richard C. Macke, U.S. Navy, 000-00-0000, to be Vice 
Chief of Naval Operations.

                                                             Page S8440

Messages From the President:
                                                    Pages S8380-81
Communications:
                                                        Page S8380
Statements on Introduced Bills:
                                                 Pages S8382-S8403
Additional Cosponsors:
                                                    Pages S8403-04
Amendments Submitted:
                                                    Pages S8405-29
Notices of Hearings:
                                                    Pages S8429-30
Authority for Committees:
                                                        Page S8430
Additional Statements:
                                                    Pages S8430-39
Record Votes: Nine record votes were taken today. (Total--187)

                             Pages S8156-58, S8172, S8211, S8218, S8277

Recess: Senate convened at 8:20 a.m. and, in accordance with H. Con. 
Res. 263, adjourned at 12 midnight, until 1 p.m., on Monday, July 11, 
1994.