[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 88 (Monday, July 11, 1994)]
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                                              Monday, July 11, 1994

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8441-S8493
Measures Introduced: Two resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 
Res. 239 and 240.

                                                         Pages S8485-86

Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  Reported on Thursday, July 7, during the recess:
  S. 1170, to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to provide for leasing of 
certain lands for oil and gas purposes, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 
103-303)
  S. 1897, to expand the boundary of the Santa Fe National Forest, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 103-304)
  H.R. 1348, to establish the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley 
National Heritage Corridor in the State of Connecticut, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 103-305)
  S. 1919, to improve water quality within the Rio Puerco watershed and 
to help restore the ecological health of the Rio Grande through the 
cooperative identification and implementation of best management 
practices which are consistent with the ecological, geological, 
cultural, sociological, and economic conditions in the region, with 
amendments. (S. Rept. No. 103-306)
  Reported today:
  S. Res. 239, expressing the sense of the Senate regarding conditions 
for continued United States participation under the Convention on 
Biological Diversity.

                                                             Page S8484

Workplace Fairness Act: Senate resumed 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.

                                     Pages S8447-58, S8469-84, S8486-90

  A second motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to 
proceed to consideration of the bill and, by a prior unanimous-consent 
agreement, a vote on the cloture motion could occur on Wednesday, July 
13, 1994.

                                                             Page S8484

  Senate will continue consideration of the motion to proceed to 
consideration of the bill on Tuesday, July 12, 1994, with a vote on a 
cloture motion to occur thereon at 2:30 p.m.

                                                             Page S8493

Executive Reports of Committees: The Senate received the following 
executive report of a committee:
  A report to accompany the Convention on Biological Diversity (Treaty 
Doc. 103-20). (Exec. Rept. 103-30)

                                                         Pages S8484-85

Executive Reports of Committees:
                                                    Pages S8484-85
Additional Cosponsors:
                                                        Page S8485
Notices of Hearings:
                                                        Page S8486
Recess: Senate convened at 1 p.m., and recessed at 6:54 p.m., until 10 
a.m., on Tuesday, July 12, 1994. (For Senate's program, see the remarks 
of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S8493.)