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                                            Thursday, July 14, 1994

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House passed expedited rescissions bill.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8929-S9051
Measures Introduced: Five bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2283-2287, and S. Res. 243.
  Page S9034
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  Special Report on Further Revised Allocation to Subcommittees of 
Budget Totals. (S. Rept. No. 103-308)
  H.R. 4603, making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, 
Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies programs for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and making supplemental 
appropriations for these departments and agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1994, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 103-309)
  H.R. 4556, making appropriations for the Department of Transportation 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, 
with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 103-310)
  H.R. 4624, making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans 
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent 
agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1995, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 103-311)
  H.R. 4453, making appropriations for military construction for the 
Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, 
with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 103-312)
  H.R. 4649, making appropriations for the government of the District 
of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against 
the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1995, and for other purposes, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 103-313)
Page S9032
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 follows:
  Pages S8940-S9029
Adopted:
  (1) By 76 yeas to 22 nays (Vote No. 196), 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.
Page S9022
  (2) 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.
Page S9003
  (3) Helms Amendment No. 2258, to limit the authority to reduce U.S. 
Government debt to certain countries.
Page S9003
  (4) McConnell (for Pressler) Amendment No. 2261, to express the sense 
of the Congress relating to United States contributions to United 
Nations peacekeeping operations.
Page S8950
  (5) McConnell (for Hatfield) Amendment No. 2262, to ensure that the 
amount of funds available for the Office of Population of the Agency 
for International Development in fiscal year 1995 will be at least the 
same amount received for fiscal year 1994.
Page S8951
  (6) By a unanimous vote of 100 yeas (Vote No. 193), McConnell 
Amendment No. 2263, to provide funds to the International Criminal 
Investigative Training Assistance Program to undertake a police 
development and training program of Russian police agencies.
Page S8963
  (7) By a unanimous vote of 100 yeas (Vote No. 192), D'Amato Amendment 
No. 2264, to provide the Federal Bureau of Investigation with 
$15,000,000 to be earmarked for international law enforcement 
cooperation with the New Independent States and Eastern Europe.
Page S8962
  (8) McCain Amendment No. 2265, to make funds available on a grant 
basis to U.S. non-Government organizations to support democracy 
programs in the People's Republic of China.
Page S8981
  (9) McConnell Amendment No. 2269, to establish a procedure of 
notification requirements for certain assistance programs.
Page S9004
  (10) McConnell Amendment No. 2270, to establish that not less than 50 
percent of assistance to the New Independent States of the former 
Soviet Union shall be made available for country specific activities 
within bilateral, regional, or multilateral programs, except as 
provided through the regular notification procedures of the Committee 
on Appropriations.
Page S9027
  (11) McConnell (for Murkowski) Amendment No. 2274, to broaden 
investment authority and to strengthen criteria for membership on the 
Japan-United States Friendship Commission.
Page S9005
  (12) McConnell (for Pressler) Amendment No. 2276, to reaffirm the 
applicability of section 401 of Public Law 103-236, relating to the 
establishment of an independent office of Inspector General within the 
United Nations.
Page S9005
  (13) McConnell (for Helms/Roth) Amendment No. 2277, to express the 
sense of the Congress concerning Japan and Germany becoming permanent 
members of the United Nations Security Council.
Page S9006
  (14) McConnell (for McCain) Amendment No. 2278, to express the sense 
of the Senate regarding non-combat military training assistance to 
Cambodia.
Page S9007
  (15) McConnell (for McCain) Amendment No. 2279, to express the sense 
of the Senate that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization should invite 
Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia to accede to the North 
Atlantic Treaty under Article 10 of the treaty at such time as each is 
in a position to further the principles of the Treaty and contribute to 
the security of the North Atlantic area.
Page S9028
  (16) McConnell (for Helms) Modified Amendment No. 2282, to place a 
restriction on United States Government offices and official meetings 
in Jerusalem.
Pages S9023-25
  (17) McConnell (for Cohen) Amendment No. 2283, to encourage Germany 
to assume full and active participation in international peacekeeping 
activities.
Page S9009
  (18) Leahy (for Wellstone) Amendment No. 2286, to allocate funds for 
support of human rights and other nongovernmental organizations in 
Indonesia.
Page S9010
  (19) Leahy (for Lautenberg) Amendment No. 2287, to express the sense 
of the Senate regarding the extradition to the United States of 
Mohammad Ismail Abequa.
Page S9015
  (20) Leahy Amendment No. 2288, to limit exports of defense articles 
to the Government of Indonesia until certain conditions are met.
Page S9016
  (21) Leahy (for Dorgan) Amendment No. 2292, to express the sense of 
the Senate regarding the provision of humanitarian aid to Haiti.
Page S9020
  (22) Brown Amendment No. 2293, concerning World Bank loans to 
countries acting to enforce the Arab boycott of Israel.
Page S9002
  (23) By 60 yeas to 38 nays (Vote No. 197), Leahy (for Bumpers) 
Amendment No. 2294, to delete funding for parliamentary training and 
democracy in the People's Republic of China.
Pages S9022-23
  (24) Helms Amendment No. 2295, to clarify language regarding the 
United Nations War Crimes Tribunals.
Page S8986
  (25) Leahy (for Levin) Amendment No. 2296, to restrict the use of 
assistance to the New Independent States of the former Soviet Union to 
support activities or projects that significantly harm biological 
diversity or environmental quality.
Pages S9021-22
  Subsequently, the amendment was modified.
Page S9028
  (26) McConnell (for Dole) Amendment No. 2297, to provide funds for 
the Cooperative Association of States for Scholarships Program and for 
the East Central European Scholarship Program.
Page S9028
  (27) McConnell (for Specter/Shelby) Amendment No. 2298, to enhance 
congressional review of efforts to facilitate peace in the Middle East.
Page S9022
Rejected:
  (1) By 42 yeas to 58 nays (Vote No. 191), 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.
Page S8958
  (2) 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. (By 57 yeas to 42 nays (Vote No. 194), Senate tabled the 
amendment.)
Page S8980
  (3) McConnell/Brown Modified Amendment No. 2266, to require a report 
on NATO eligibility criteria. (By 53 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 195), 
Senate tabled the amendment.)
Page S8992
  (4) By 39 yeas to 59 nays (Vote No. 198), Helms Amendment No. 2254, 
to prohibit the availability of funds for the United Nations 
Development Program.
Pages S9025-26
Withdrawn:
  (1) 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.
Page S8950
  (2) McConnell Amendment No. 2267, to provide that economic support 
funds available only for Israel shall be available on a grant basis as 
a cash transfer and disbursed by October 1, 1994.
Page S9027
  (3) McConnell Amendment No. 2268, to provide for the coordination of 
aid programs to the New Independent States of the former Soviet Union.
Page S9027
  (4) McConnell Amendment No. 2271, to establish that not less than 
$15,000,000 of the funds appropriated for assistance to the New 
Independent States of the former Soviet Union shall be available for 
legal reform programs.
Page S9027
  (5) McConnell (for McCain) Amendment No. 2280, to restrict the use of 
available funds for projects or activities of the International 
Executive Service Corps.
Page S9027
  (6) McConnell (for Domenici) Amendment No. 2285, to prohibit the 
obligation of International Monetary Fund appropriations if the 
International Monetary Fund creates new claims on the dollar by issuing 
additional Special Drawing Rights (SDRs).
Page S9027
  (7) Leahy (for Bumpers) Amendment No. 2289, to delete funding for 
parliamentary training and democracy in the People's Republic of China.
Page S8986
Pending:
  (1) McConnell (for Brown) Amendment No. 2247, to reduce available 
funds for the United Nations Development Program.
Page S8940
  (2) McConnell (for Brown) Amendment No. 2249, to freeze contributions 
to the International Development Association.
Page S8940
  (3) 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.
Page S8940
  (4) 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.
Page S8940
  (5) 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.
Page S8940
  (6) Helms Amendment No. 2255, to prohibit the use of funds for 
foreign governments engaged in espionage against the United States.
Page S8940
  (7) Helms Amendment No. 2256, to prohibit funds for Russia while that 
country is not in compliance with the Biological Weapons Convention.
Page S9027
  (8) Helms Amendment No. 2259, to provide conditions for renewing 
nondiscriminatory (most-favored-nation) treatment for the People's 
Republic of China.
Page S8940
  (9) 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.
Page S8941
  (10) McConnell (for Helms) Amendment No. 2272, to ensure that 
Government agencies provide information in civil actions brought 
against States sponsoring acts of international terrorism.
Page S9027
  (11) McConnell (for Dole) Amendment No. 2273, to restrict the use of 
available funds to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea until the 
President certifies and reports to Congress that the Democratic 
People's Republic of Korea does not possess nuclear weapons, has halted 
its nuclear weapons program, and has not exported weapons-grade 
plutonium.
Page S9027
  (12) McConnell (for Nickles) Amendment No. 2275, to increase funds 
for international narcotics control and to decrease the amounts 
appropriated for contribution to the Global Environmental Facility and 
for contribution to the International Development Association.
Page S9027
  (13) McConnell (for Helms) Amendment No. 2281, to limit assistance to 
the Government of Colombia unless the President certifies that it is 
fully cooperating in counternarcotics efforts.
Page S9027
  (14) McConnell (for Domenici) Amendment No. 2284, to allow the 
President to use Russian aid funds for the Nunn-Lugar cooperative 
threat reduction program.
Page S9027
  (15) Leahy (for Graham) Amendment No. 2290, to eliminate the 
prohibition on the use of Foreign Military Financing funds for Columbia 
and Bolivia.
Page S9027
  (16) Leahy (for Graham) Amendment No. 2291, to eliminate the 
prohibition on the use of Foreign Military Financing funds for Peru.
  (17) Helms Amendment No. 2295, to redefine ``other bodies'' as 
commissions in regard to the use of excess commodities in relationship 
to war crimes tribunals.
Page S8986
  A unanimous-consent time agreement was reached providing for 
consideration of certain pending amendments, with a vote on final 
passage of the bill to occur no later than 2 p.m., on Friday, July 15, 
1994.
Page S9028
  Senate will resume consideration of the bill and amendments pending 
thereto on Friday, July 15, 1994.
Military Construction Appropriations, 1995--Agreement: A unanimous-
consent agreement was reached providing for consideration of H.R. 4453, 
making appropriations for military construction for the Department of 
Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and a time 
agreement on certain amendments to be proposed thereto on Friday, July 
15, 1994.
  Page S9028
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Nelba R. Chavez, of Arizona, to be Administrator of the Substance 
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Department of Health 
and Human Services.
  Michael Nacht, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Director of the United 
States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
  Amy Sands, of California, to be an Assistant Director of the United 
States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
  Lawrence Scheinman, of New York, to be an Assistant Director of the 
United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
  James Sweeney, of New Mexico, to be a Special Representative of the 
President for Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and Disarmament Matters, 
United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, with the rank of 
Ambassador.
  Thomas W. Graham, Jr., of Maryland, to be Special Representative of 
the President for Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and Disarmament 
Matters, United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, with the 
rank of Ambassador.
Page S9029
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Ralph Earle II, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Director of 
the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
  Elizabeth Anne Moler, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission for the term expiring June 30, 1999.
  William Henry Von Edwards III, of Alabama, to be United States 
Marshal for the Northern District of Alabama for the term of four 
years.
Page S9051
Messages From the House:
  Page S9030
Measures Referred:
  Page S9030
Communications:
  Pages S9030-31
Petitions:
  Pages S9031-32
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S9032
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S9034-42
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S9042
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S9043-47
Authority for Committees:
  Page S9047
Additional Statements:
  Pages S9048-51
Record Votes: Eight record votes were taken today. (Total-198)
  Pages S8958, S8962, S8963, S8980, S8992, S9022, S9022-23, S9026
Recess: Senate convened at 8:45 a.m., and recessed at 11:53 p.m., until 
9 a.m., on Friday, July 15, 1994. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S9051.)