[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 92 (Friday, July 15, 1994)]
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                                              Friday, July 15, 1994

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Foreign Operations Appropriations and Military 
      Construction Appropriations.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9053-S9136
Measures Introduced: Three bills were introduced, as follows: S. 2288-
2290.
  Page S9121
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  Special Report on Indian Education Amendments. (S. Rept. No. 103-314)
  S. 1413, to amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, as amended, 
to extend the authorization of appropriations for the Office of 
Government Ethics for eight years, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 103-
315)
Page S9121
Measures Passed:
  Foreign Operations Appropriations, 1995: By 84 yeas to 9 nays (Vote 
No. 203), Senate passed H.R. 4426, making appropriations for foreign 
operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1995, after agreeing to excepted committee 
amendments, and taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as 
follow:
  Pages S9053-54, S9056-90
Adopted:
  (1) Helms Modified Amendment No. 2256 (to committee amendment on page 
2, lines 12-21), to prohibit funds for Russia while that country is not 
in compliance with the Biological Weapons Convention.
Pages S9078-79
  (2) McConnell (for Helms/Murkowski) Modified Amendment No. 2272, (to 
committee amendment on page 2, lines 12-21), to ensure that Government 
agencies provide information in civil actions brought against States 
sponsoring acts of international terrorism.
Page S9071
  (3) By a unanimous vote of 95 yeas (Vote No. 200), McConnell (for 
Dole/Murkowski) 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.
Pages S9067-70, S9071-72
  (4) By a unanimous vote of 94 yeas (Vote No. 202), McConnell (for 
Helms) Amendment No. 2281 (to committee amendment on page 2, lines 12-
21), to limit assistance to the Government of Colombia unless the 
President certifies that it is fully cooperating in counternarcotics 
efforts.
Pages S9080-85, S9087
  (5) By 56 yeas to 38 nays (Vote No. 201), McConnell (for Domenici) 
Modified Amendment No. 2284, to allow the President to use Russian aid 
funds for the Nunn-Lugar cooperative threat reduction program.
Pages S9074-78
  (6) Leahy (for Graham/DeConcini) Modified Amendment No. 2290, to 
eliminate the prohibition on the use of Foreign Military Financing 
funds for Columbia and Bolivia.
Pages S9066-67, S9072-73
  (7) McConnell (for Brown) Amendment No. 2299, to establish an 
independent commission to study the salaries and benefits of the World 
Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
Page S9086
Adopted on Thursday, July 14, 1994:
  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
Rejected:
  By 38 yeas to 57 nays (Vote No. 199), McConnell (for Nickles) 
Amendment No. 2275 (to committee amendment on page 2, lines 12-21), 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.
Pages S9054, S9056-66
Withdrawn:
  (1) McConnell (for Brown) Amendment No. 2247, to reduce available 
funds for the United Nations Development Program.
Page S9087
  (2) McConnell (for Brown) Amendment No. 2249, to freeze contributions 
to the International Development Association.
Page S9087
  (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 S9087
  (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 S9087
  (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.
  (6) Helms Amendment No. 2255, to prohibit the use of funds for 
foreign governments engaged in espionage against the United States.
Page S9087
  (7) Helms Amendment No. 2259, to provide conditions for renewing 
nondiscriminatory (most-favored-nation) treatment for the People's 
Republic of China.
Page S9087
  (8) 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 S9087
  (9) Leahy (for Graham/DeConcini) Amendment No. 2291, to eliminate the 
prohibition on the use of Foreign Military Financing funds for Peru.
Page S9078
  Senate insisted on its amendments, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair appointed the following conferees: 
Senators Leahy, Inouye, DeConcini, Lautenberg, Harkin, Mikulski, 
Feinstein, Byrd, McConnell, D'Amato, Specter, Nickles, Mack, Gramm, and 
Hatfield.
Pages S9089-90
  Military Construction Appropriations, 1995: By 84 yeas to 2 nays 
(Vote No. 205), Senate passed H.R. 4453, making appropriations for 
military construction for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1995, after agreeing to committee amendments and 
taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S9090-S9105
Adopted:
  McCain Amendment No. 2300, to express the sense of the Senate 
regarding the establishment of criteria for Senate consideration of 
military construction projects not included in the annual budget 
request.
Pages S9097-S9100
Rejected:
  By 16 yeas to 72 nays (Vote No. 204), Glenn Amendment No. 2301 (to 
committee amendment on page 19, beginning on line 22), to provide 
alternative authority for the land conveyance of the Naval Reserve 
Center, Seattle, Washington.
Pages S9101-03
  Senate insisted on its amendments, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair appointed the following conferees: 
Senators Sasser, Inouye, Reid, Kohl, Byrd, Gorton, Stevens, McConnell, 
and Hatfield.
Page S9105
  Termination of Education Commission: Committee on Labor and Human 
Resources was discharged from further consideration of S. 1880, to 
provide that the National Education Commission on Time and Learning 
shall terminate on September 30, 1994, and the bill was then passed.
  Page S9128
  Private Relief: Senate passed H.R. 572, for the relief of Melissa 
Johnson, clearing the measure for the President.
  Page S9128
  American Academy in Rome: Senate passed 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.
  Pages S9128-29
  Imprisonment of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi: Senate agreed to 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.
  Pages S9129-30
  Naval Vessel Transfer: Senate passed H.R. 4429, to authorize the 
transfer of naval vessels to certain foreign countries, after agreeing 
to committee amendments.
  Pages S9130-33
  Almeric L. Christian Federal Building: Senate passed H.R. 1346, to 
designate the Federal building located on St. Croix, Virgin Islands, as 
the ``Almeric L. Christian Federal Building,'' clearing the measure for 
the President.
  Page S9133
  George H. Mahon Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse: Senate passed 
H.R. 2532, to designate the Federal building and United States 
courthouse in Lubbock, Texas, as the ``George H. Mahon Federal Building 
and United States Courthouse,'' clearing the measure for the President.
  Page S9133
  Edward J. Schwartz Courthouse and Federal Building: Senate passed 
H.R. 3770, to designate the United States courthouse located at 940 
Front Street in San Diego, California, and the Federal building 
attached to the courthouse as the ``Edward J. Schwartz Courthouse and 
Federal Building,'' clearing the measure for the President.
  Pages S9133-34
  Sam B. Hall, Jr., Federal Building and United States Courthouse: 
Senate passed H.R. 3840, to designate the Federal building and United 
States courthouse located at 100 East Houston Street in Marshall, 
Texas, as the ``Sam B. Hall, Jr., Federal Building and United States 
Courthouse,'' clearing the measure for the President.
  Page S9134
Agriculture Appropriations, 1995--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing for the consideration of H.R. 4554, 
making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1995, on Monday, July 18, 1994, at 2 p.m.
  Page S9134
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Judith Bartnoff, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate 
Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of 
fifteen years.
  Zoe Bush, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of 
the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of fifteen 
years.
  Rhonda Reid Winston, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate 
Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for a term of 
fifteen years.
  John A. Koskinen, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Director 
for Management, Office of Management and Budget.
  Phyllis Nichamoff Segal, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the 
Federal Labor Relations Authority for a term of five years expiring 
July 1, 1999.
  60 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  7 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  8 Marine Corps nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of captain.
  14 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy.
Pages S9118-21, S9134-35
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Stanwood R. Duval, Jr., of Louisiana, to be United States District 
Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
  Catherine D. Perry, of Missouri, to be United States District Judge 
for the Eastern District of Missouri.
  Juan Abran DeHerrera, of Wyoming, to be United States Marshal for the 
District of Wyoming for the term of four years.
  1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.
Page S9134
Messages From the House:
  Page S9121
Measures Referred:
  Page S9121
Communications:
  Page S9121
Petitions:
  Page S9121
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S9121
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S9121-23
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S9123
Amendments Submitted:
  Page S9124
Notices of Hearings:
  Pages S9124-25
Authority for Committees:
  Page S9125
Additional Statements:
  Pages S9125-28
Record Votes: Seven record votes were taken today. (Total-205)
  Pages S9066, S9072, S9078, S9087, S9089, S9103, S9104
Recess: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and recessed at 5:01 p.m., until 
1:30 p.m., on Monday, July 18, 1994. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S9134.)