[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 95 (Wednesday, July 20, 1994)]
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                                           Wednesday, July 20, 1994

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Agriculture Appropriations, 1995.
      House Committee ordered reported nine sundry measures.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9263-S9333
Measures Introduced: Two bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2299 and 2300, and S.J. Res. 211.
  Page S9322
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  H.R. 4606, making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health 
and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies, for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1995, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 103-318)
Page S9322
Measures Passed:
  Agriculture Appropriations, 1995: By 92 yeas to 8 nays (Vote No. 
216), Senate passed 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, after agreeing 
to remaining excepted committee amendments, and taking action on 
amendments proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S9272-S9306
Adopted:
  (1) Heflin Modified Amendment No. 2303, to make funds available for 
emergency community water assistance grants, low-income housing repair 
grants, and the Agriculture Credit Insurance Fund Program account for 
relief for the flooding in the Southeast.
Page S9300
  (2) Hatch/Ford Amendment No. 2319, to permit the use of savings from 
expenses related to cellular telephone use by the Food and Drug 
Administration for medical device approval activities of the Center for 
Devices and Radiological Health.
Page S9289
  (3) By 59 yeas to 41 nays (Vote No. 214), Helms Amendment No. 2320 
(to committee amendment on page 71, lines 21-25), to establish that no 
employee of the Department of Agriculture shall be peremptorily removed 
from his or her position without a public hearing because of remarks 
made during personal time in opposition to Departmental policies.
Page S9303
  (4) Bumpers Amendment No. 2321, to provide disaster assistance for 
1994 crops.
Page S9301
  (5) Cochran Amendment No. 2322, to provide 1994 crop loss disaster 
assistance.
Page S9302
  (6) Cochran (for Coverdell) Amendment No. 2323, to extend the 
deadline for repayment of deficiency payments for producers who have 
been substantially affected by a natural disaster during the 1994 crop 
year.
Page S9302
  (7) By a unanimous vote of 100 yeas (Vote No. 215), Bumpers Amendment 
No. 2324 (to committee amendment on page 71, lines 21-25), to establish 
that no employee of the Department of Agriculture shall be peremptorily 
removed without a hearing from his or her position because of remarks 
made during personal time regarding Departmental policies, or proposed 
policies.
Page S9303
  (8) Cochran (for Brown) Amendment No. 2325, to prohibit the use of 
funds to make payments to, or permit loan forfeitures by, a person to 
support the price of honey for the 1994 and 1995 crop years.
Page S9304
Rejected:
  (1) Committee amendment on page 16, lines 4 through 7, relating to 
the production and marketing of tobacco.
Page S9273
  (2) Brown Amendment No. 2318 (to committee amendment beginning on 
page 32, line 20), to ensure that there will be no net cost to 
taxpayers if protectionist trade practices are adopted by the United 
States with respect to tobacco. (By 63 yeas to 37 nays (Vote No. 213), 
Senate tabled the amendment.)
Page S9281
Withdrawn:
  Murkowski Amendment No. 2326, to condition the use of Farmers Home 
Administration funds on an increase in the maximum amount of certain 
rural development loans.
Page S9305
  Senate insisted on its amendments, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair appointed the following conferees: 
Senators Bumpers, Harkin, Kerrey, Johnston, Kohl, Feinstein, Byrd, 
Cochran, Specter, Bond, Gramm, Gorton, and Hatfield.
Page S9306
  SBA Development Company Program Authorization: Senate passed H.R. 
4322, to amend the Small Business Act to increase the authorization for 
the development company program, clearing the measure for the 
President.
  Page S9332
  Honoring Federal Firefighters: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 242, honoring the 14 
Federal firefighters who died while fighting a wildfire near Glenwood 
Springs, Colorado, and the resolution was then agreed to.
  Page S9332
  Honoring NASA Astronauts: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 261, to honor 
the United States astronauts who flew in space as part of the program 
of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to reach and 
explore the Moon.
  Page S9332
District of Columbia Appropriations, 1995: Senate completed 
consideration of 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, after agreeing to committee amendments, and taking 
action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S9311-19
Adopted:
  Kohl (for Gramm) Amendment No. 2327, to reduce District of Columbia 
employment by the same percentage as the reduction in Federal 
Government employment mandated by the Federal Workforce Restructuring 
Act of 1994.
Page S9318
  Kohl (for Murkowski) Amendment No. 2328, to require the District of 
Columbia to provide that the lights at parks and playgrounds equipped 
with lights be lit at a level sufficient to deter crime from the time 
beginning one hour before sunset until one hour after sunrise.
Page S9318
  Kohl (for Warner) Amendment No. 2329, to provide loans for the 
modernization of the Washington Aqueduct.
Page S9318
  Burns (for McConnell) Amendment No. 2330, to require a report to 
Congress on how Rainy Days funds are expended.
Page S9319
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for a vote on 
final passage of the bill to occur at 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, July 21, 
1994.
Page S9319
Fiftieth Anniversary of World War II: Senate concurred in the 
amendments of the House to S.J. Res. 172, designating May 30, 1994, 
through June 6, 1994, as a ``Time for the National Observance of the 
Fiftieth Anniversary of World War II,'' clearing the measure for the 
President.
  Page S9332
Transportation Appropriations, 1995--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing for the consideration of H.R. 4556, 
making appropriations for the Department of Transportation, and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, on Thursday, 
July 21, 1994.
  Page S9332
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Walter Becker Slocombe, of the District of Columbia, to be Under 
Secretary of Defense for Policy.
  Jan Lodal, of Virginia, to be Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for 
Policy.
  1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.
  4 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  A routine lists in the Air Force and Army.
Page S9333
Messages From the House:
  Page S9320
Measures Referred:
  Page S9320
Communications:
  Page S9320
Petitions:
  Pages S9320-22
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S9322
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S9322-26
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S9326-27
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S9327-29
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S9329
Authority for Committees:
  Page S9329
Additional Statements:
  Pages S9329-32
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--216)
  Pages S9281, S9303, S9306
Recess: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and recessed at 6:09 p.m., until 
8:45 a.m., on Thursday, July 21, 1994. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S9332-
33.)