[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 100 (Wednesday, July 27, 1994)]
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                                           Wednesday, July 27, 1994

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHT

      The House passed California desert protection bill.
      House Committees ordered reported 10 sundry measures.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9753-S9953
Measures Introduced: Five bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2326-2330, and S. Con. Res. 73.
  Pages S9933, S9944
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 617, to authorize research into the desalinization of water and 
water reuse and to authorize a program for States, cities, or any 
qualifying agency which desires to own and operate a desalinization of 
water reuse facility to develop such facilities, with amendments. (S. 
Rept. No. 103-320)
Page S9933
Improving America's Schools Act: Senate began consideration of S. 1513, 
entitled ``Improving America's Schools Act of 1993'', with a modified 
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, taking action on 
amendments proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S9763-S9912, S9915-25
Adopted:
  (1) Domenici/Dodd/Mikulski Amendment No. 2414, to establish a grant 
program for the design and implementation of character education 
programs.
Pages S9882-87
  (2) By 93 yeas to 7 nays (Vote No. 237), Kassebaum Amendment No. 
2415, to impose a fine on persons who violate a court order regarding 
interference with rights to prayer in public schools.
Pages S9887-S9912
Rejected:
  By 47 yeas to 53 nays (Vote No. 236), Helms Amendment No. 2416 (to 
Amendment No. 2415), to prohibit funds to any State or local 
educational agency which has a policy of denying constitutionally 
protected prayer in public schools by individuals on a voluntary basis.
Pages S9890-S9912
  By 45 yeas to 53 nays (Vote No. 238), Dole/Coats/Lieberman Modified 
Amendment No. 2417, to create a demonstration program to provide 
students who attend violence-prone schools with scholarships to enable 
such students to attend safe schools.
Pages S9915-24
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By a unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. 235), Senate agreed to a 
motion to proceed to the consideration of S. 1513, entitled ``Improving 
America's Schools Act of 1993''.
Pages S9754-57, S9763
  Senate will continue consideration of the bill and amendments to be 
proposed thereto, on Thursday, July 28.
Department of Defense Authorizations--Conferees: Pursuant to the order 
of July 1, 1994, Senate deemed to have disagreed to the amendment of 
the House to S. 2182, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1995 
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
and to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed 
Forces, agreed to the request of the House for a conference thereon, 
and the Chair appointed the following conferees: Senators Nunn, Exon, 
Levin, Kennedy, Bingaman, Glenn, Shelby, Byrd, Graham, Robb, Lieberman, 
Bryan, Thurmond, Warner, Cohen, McCain, Lott, Coats, Smith, Kempthorne, 
Faircloth, and Hutchison.
  Pages S9951-52
Motion to Request Attendance: During today's proceedings, Senate also 
took the following action:
  By 77 yeas to 20 nays (Vote No. 234), Senate agreed to a motion to 
instruct the Sergeant at Arms to request the attendance of absent 
Senators.
Page S9758
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Anthony S. Earl, of Wisconsin, to be a Member of the Advisory Board 
of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation.
  Gary Niles Kimble, of Montana, to be Commissioner of the 
Administration for Native Americans, Department of Health and Human 
Services.
  David George Newton, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Yemen.
  Routine lists in the Army, Coast Guard, Foreign Service.
Pages S9952-53
Messages From the House:
  Pages S9931-32
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S9932
Communications:
  Pages S9932-33
Petitions:
  Page S9933
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S9933-43
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S9943-44
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S9944-47
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S9947
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S9947-48
Additional Statements:
  Pages S9948-51
Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total--238)
  Pages S9758, S9763, S9912, S9924
Recess: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and recessed at 8:51 p.m., until 
8:30 a.m., on Thursday, July 28, 1994. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S9952.)
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