[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 90 (Wednesday, July 13, 1994)]
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                                           Wednesday, July 13, 1994

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8833-S8928
Measures Introduced: Four bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2279-2282, and S. Res. 241 and 242.
  Page S8908
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  H.R. 4429, to authorize the transfer of naval vessels to certain 
foreign countries, with amendments.
Page S8908
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 S8833-44
  By 53 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. 189), 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 motion to proceed to 
consideration of the bill.
Page S8844
Foreign Operations Appropriations, 1995: Senate resumed consideration 
of H.R. 4426, making appropriations for foreign operations, export 
financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 1995, taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as follow:
  Pages S8847-99
Adopted:
  (1) Leahy Amendment No. 2238, to make technical corrections.
Page S8849
  (2) By 89 yeas to 8 nays (Vote No. 190), McConnell Amendment No. 2240 
(to committee amendment on page 2, lines 12-21), to establish the date 
of Russian troop withdrawal from the Baltics.
Pages S8873-77, S8886
  (3) Dole/Levin Amendment No. 2241, to provide funds to establish a 
Trans-Caucasus Enterprise Fund.
Pages S8877-79
  (4) Dole/Lieberman Amendment No. 2242, to allocate funds for 
humanitarian assistance for Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Pages S8877-79
  (5) Dole/Lieberman Amendment No. 2243, to allocate funds for 
emergency winterization and rehabilitation projects in Bosnia and 
Herzegovina.
Pages S8877-79
  (6) Dole/Lieberman Amendment No. 2244, to restrict funds available 
for assistance to countries not in compliance with United Nations 
sanctions against Serbia and Montenegro.
Pages S8877-79
  (7) Simon/Jeffords Amendment No. 2246, to express the sense of the 
Congress that the President should promulgate standards for identifying 
those populations living in poverty in the allocation of assistance 
that has as its objective the improvement of the lives of the poor.
Pages S8886-87
Withdrawn:
  Thurmond Amendment No. 2239 (to committee amendment on page 2, lines 
12-21), to express the sense of the Senate regarding creation of the 
World Trade Organization and implementation of the Uruguay Round 
Agreements.
Pages S8849-72
Pending:
  (1) Dole Amendment No. 2245, to establish a congressional commission 
for the purpose of assessing the humanitarian, political, and 
diplomatic conditions in Haiti and reporting to the Congress on the 
appropriate policy options available to the United States with respect 
to Haiti.
Pages S8879-86
  (2) McConnell (for Brown) Amendment No. 2247, to reduce available 
funds for the United Nations Development Program.
Pages S8887-88
  (3) McConnell (for Brown) Amendment No. 2248 (to committee amendment 
on page 2, lines 12-21), to make Poland, Hungary, and the Czech 
Republic eligible for allied defense cooperation with NATO countries.
Pages S8887-88
  (4) McConnell (for Brown) Amendment No. 2249, to freeze contributions 
to the International Development Association.
Pages S8887-88
  (5) McConnell (for Brown) Amendment No. 2250, to maintain funding for 
the Global Environment Facility at fiscal year 1994 level and to make 
the funds available pending certain reform measures.
Pages S8887-88
  (6) McConnell (for Brown) Amendment No. 2251, to establish an 
independent commission to study the salaries and benefits of the World 
Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
Pages S8887-88
  (7) McConnell (for Brown) Amendment No. 2252 (to committee amendment 
on page 2, lines 12-21), to make Poland, Hungary, and the Czech 
Republic eligible for allied defense cooperation with NATO countries.
Pages S8887-88
  (8) Helms Amendment No. 2253 (to committee amendment on page 2, lines 
12-21), to prohibit U.S. Government intervention with respect to 
abortion laws or policies in foreign countries.
Pages S8889-92, S8894-99
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for a vote on 
Amendment No. 2253, to occur at 11:30 a.m., on Thursday, July 14.
Page S8899
  (9) Helms Amendment No. 2254, to prohibit the availability of funds 
for the United Nations Development Program.
Pages S8892-94
  (10) Helms Amendment No. 2255, to prohibit the use of funds for 
foreign governments engaged in espionage against the United States.
Pages S8892-94
  (11) Helms Amendment No. 2256, to prohibit funds for Russia while 
that country is not in compliance with the Biological Weapons 
Convention.
Pages S8892-94
  (12) Helms Amendment No. 2257, to limit the provisions of assistance 
to Nicaragua until a full investigation is conducted relating to the 
existence of a terrorist/kidnapping ring.
Pages S8892-94
  (13) Helms Amendment No. 2258, to limit the authority to reduce U.S. 
Government debt to certain countries.
Pages S8892-94
  (14) Helms Amendment No. 2259, to provide conditions for renewing 
nondiscriminatory (most-favored-nation) treatment for the People's 
Republic of China.
Pages S8892-94
  (15) Helms Amendment No. 2260, to establish an Ambassadorial rank for 
the head of the United States delegation to the Conference on Security 
and Cooperation in Europe.
Pages S8892-94
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By unanimous-consent, Senate modified Amendment No. 2125, to prohibit 
the availability of military education and training funds and foreign 
military financing funds for alcoholic beverages and recreational 
trips, agreed to on Wednesday, June 29, 1994.
Page S8849
  Senate will resume consideration of the bill and amendments pending 
thereto on Thursday, July 14, 1994.
Messages From the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States: Transmitting a report relative to 
exports to the People's Republic of China; referred to the Committee on 
Foreign Relations. (PM-131).
  Page S8905
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Michael D. Hawkins, of Arizona, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Ninth Circuit.
  William T. Moore, Jr., of Georgia, to be United States District Judge 
for the Southern District of Georgia.
Page S8928
Messages From the President:
  Page S8905
Communications:
  Pages S8905-06
Petitions:
  Pages S8906-08
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S8908-10
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S8910
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S8912-17
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S8917
Authority for Committees:
  Page S8917
Additional Statements:
  Pages S8917-26
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--190)
  Pages S8844, S8886
Recess: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and recessed at 6:30 p.m., until 
8:45 a.m., on Thursday, July 14, 1994. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S8928.)