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                                            Thursday, July 21, 1994

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed District of Columbia Appropriations, 1995, and 
      Transportation Appropriations, 1995.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9335-S9475
Measures Introduced: Ten bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2301-2310, and S.J. Res. 212.
  Page S9446
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 2309, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for reform 
of the health care benefits furnished by the Department of Veterans 
Affairs and the administration of health care benefits by the 
Department, and for other purposes.
Pages S9445-46
Measures Passed:
   District of Columbia Appropriations, 1995: By 68 yeas to 32 nays 
(Vote No. 217), Senate passed 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, as amended.
  Pages S9345-46
  Senate insisted on its amendments, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair appointed the following conferees: 
Senators Kohl, Murray, Feinstein, Byrd, Burns, Mack, and Hatfield.
Page S9346
   Transportation Appropriations, 1995: By 91 yeas to 9 nays (Vote No. 
221), Senate passed H.R. 4556, making appropriations for the Department 
of Transportation, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1995, after agreeing to committee amendments, and taking 
action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S9346-78
Adopted:
  (1) Grassley Amendment No. 2332, to provide for the use of funds for 
the employment by the Inspector General of independent counsel at the 
Department of Transportation.
Pages S9360-61
  (2) Committee amendment on page 30, line 9. (By 23 yeas to 77 nays 
(Vote No. 218), Senate failed to table the amendment.)
Pages S9357-60, S9361-66, S9370
  (3) Lautenberg (for Dorgan) Amendment No. 2334, to provide funds for 
a follow-up study to the Vision Waiver Study Program initiated by the 
Secretary of Transportation in fiscal year 1992 under the Vision Waiver 
Study Program.
Pages S9369-70
  (4) Lautenberg Amendment No. 2335, to provide funds for a rail 
relocation project in Lafayette, Indiana.
Page S9374
  (5) Lautenberg Amendment No. 2336, to make eligible for funding the 
Eastport Port Authority facility at Estes Head in Eastport, Maine.
Page S9374
  (6) Lautenberg Amendment No. 2337, to make technical corrections.
Page S9374
  (7) Lautenberg Amendment No. 2338, to make Emergency Preparedness 
funds available for obligation to the Secretary of Transportation and 
the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
Page S9374
  (8) Murkowski Amendment No. 2339, relating to restrictions on 
aircraft overflights and landings on certain lands in Alaska.
Pages S9374-75
  (9) D'Amato (for Murkowski) Amendment No. 2340, to prohibit the use 
of funds to implement recommendations of the Flight Service 
Modernization Program to close or reduce services in flight service 
stations in Alaska.
Page S9375
Rejected:
  McCain Amendment No. 2333, to express the sense of the Senate that 
Highway Trust Funds should be allocated to the State under a fair and 
equitable allocation formula. (By 63 yeas to 37 nays (Vote No. 219), 
Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S9363-66, S9370
Withdrawn:
  Leahy Amendment No. 2331, to require air carriers and foreign air 
carriers to notify the Secretary of Transportation of the aircraft 
disinsection practices of foreign countries.
Pages S9357-58
  During consideration of this bill today, the Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 72 yeas to 28 nays (Vote No. 220), Senate tabled a motion to 
recommit the bill, with instructions, with a Smith amendment to reduce 
the total appropriations provided therein to a sum not greater than its 
Fiscal Year 1994 level.
Pages S9366-69, S9370
  Senate insisted on its amendments, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair appointed the following conferees: 
Senators Lautenberg, Byrd, Harkin, Sasser, Mikulski, D'Amato, Domenici, 
Hatfield, and Specter.
Page S9378
Commerce, Justice, State, Judiciary Appropriations, 1995: Senate began 
consideration of 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 committee amendments, 
taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S9379-S9444
Adopted:
  (1) Hollings Amendment No. 2341, to make certain technical 
corrections.
Page S9400
  (2) By a unanimous vote of 100 yeas (Vote No. 222), Shelby Amendment 
No. 2343, to express the sense of the Senate that the Attorney General 
of the United States should address the deficiencies in the enforcement 
of criminal provisions relating to the willful avoidance of child 
support payments.
Pages S9425-31, S9439
  (3) Coverdell/Nunn Amendment No. 2344, to provide additional funding 
for small business disaster loans in areas affected by the flooding in 
Georgia, Alabama, and Florida.
Pages S9431-33
  (4) Nunn/Coverdell Amendment No. 2345, to provide additional funds 
for economic development assistance programs for grants to assist 
States and local communities in recovering from the flooding and damage 
caused by Tropical Storm Alberto and other disasters.
Page S9433
  (5) Hollings (for Biden) Amendment No. 2346, to provide funds for 
staff personnel and administration expenses for the Broadcasting Board 
of Governors.
Pages S9435-36
  (6) Hollings (for McCain) Amendment No. 2347, to express the sense of 
the Senate regarding illegal crossings along the Southwest border.
Pages S9436-37
  (7) Hollings (for Coverdell) Amendment No. 2348, to express the sense 
of the Senate that certain appropriations made available to the 
National Institutes of Justice be allocated to research on the crime of 
stalking.
Page S9437
  (8) Hollings (for Coverdell) Amendment No. 2349, to express the sense 
of the Senate that certain funds appropriated for discretionary grants 
should be granted to the National Victim Center for research on the 
crime of stalking.
Page S9437
  (9) Hollings (for Feingold) Amendment No. 2350, relating to the use 
of funds for the relocation of RFE/RL, Inc., from Munich to Prague.
Page S9443
  (10) Hollings (for Leahy) Amendment No. 2351, to require a report to 
Congress on the Au Pair Program.
Page S9443
  (11) Hollings (for Biden) Amendment No. 2352, to provide a base 
amount for crime victim assistance grants for fiscal year 1995.
Page S9444
Rejected:
  Gramm Amendment No. 2342 (to committee amendment on page 85, lines 5-
23), to prohibit the use of funds by the Legal Services Corporation to 
file or maintain in any Federal or State court any action that would 
have the effect of nullifying any provision of Federal or State law 
which seeks to reform welfare. (By 56 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 223), 
Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S9402-24, S9439
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill and amendments to be proposed thereto on 
Friday, July 22, 1994.
Page S9442
Appointments:
   White House Conference on Aging: The Chair, on behalf of the 
Majority Leader of the Senate and the Speaker of the House, after 
consultation with the Senate Republican Leader and the House Minority 
Leader, pursuant to P.L. 102-375, as amended by P.L. 103-171, appointed 
the following individuals as members of the Policy Committee to the 
White House Conference on Aging: Madeleine Freeman, of Maine; Bea Gwin 
Bacon, of Kansas; Thomas H.D. Mahoney, of Massachusetts; and Maralee I. 
Lindley, of Illinois.
  Page S9475
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting a report on the emigration laws and policies of the 
Republic of Bulgaria; referred to the Committee on Finance. (PM-135).
Page S9445
  Transmitting a report on the National Security Strategy of the United 
States; referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (PM-136).
Page S9445
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Joseph F. Vivona, of New Jersey, to be Chief Financial Officer, 
Department of Energy.
  Patricia Fry Godley, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy 
(Fossil Energy).
  John R. Schmidt, of Illinois, to be Associate Attorney General.
Pages S9445, S9475
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Jose M. Amador, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Agriculture.
  Roger C. Viadero, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department of 
Agriculture.
  William A. Nitze, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
  Bill Anoatubby, of Oklahoma, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees 
of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National 
Environmental Policy Foundation for a term of six years.
  Terrence L. Bracy, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National 
Environmental Policy Foundation for a term of four years.
  Matt James, of California, to be Member of the Board of Trustees of 
the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National 
Environmental Policy Foundation for a term of six years.
  Norma Udall, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of 
the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National 
Environmental Policy Foundation for a term of six years.
Page S9475
Messages From the President:
  Page S9445
Messages From the House:
  Page S9445
Measures Referred:
  Page S9445
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S9445
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S9446-70
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S9470-71
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S9471-73
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S9473
Authority for Committees:
  Page S9473
Additional Statements:
  Pages S9473-75
Record Votes: Seven record votes were taken today. (Total--223)
  Pages S9346, S9370-71, S9377, S9439
Recess: Senate convened at 8:45 a.m., and recessed at 10:11 p.m., until 
9 a.m., on Friday, July 22, 1994. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S9475.)