[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 103 (Monday, August 1, 1994)]
[Daily Digest]
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[Congressional Record: August 1, 1994]


                                             Monday, August 1, 1994
 
                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See resume of Congressional Activity.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S10153-S10232
Measures Introduced: Five bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2343-2347, and S.J. Res. 214.
  Page S10219
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 2345, to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide authority 
for States to limit the interstate transportation of municipal solid 
waste. (S. Rept. No. 103-322)
  S. 2343, to state the sense of the Senate on the TRICARE program of 
the Department of Defense and to facilitate the full implementation of 
the program by authorizing the reimbursement of the program for the 
cost of care provided under the program to certain medicare-eligible 
individuals.
Page S10219
Improving America's Schools Act: Senate resumed 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 S10153-S10213
Adopted:
  (1) Hatch/Bennett Modified Amendment No. 2429, to remove the 
arbitrary floor ceiling of the title I formula, and create an 
equalization factor allowing States to control the distribution of 
resources among local school districts.
Pages S10153-57
  (2) By 66 yeas to 33 nays (Vote No. 245), Danforth Modified Amendment 
No. 2430, to create demonstration programs in certain school districts 
to allow experimentation with same gender classes for low-income, 
educationally disadvantaged students.
Pages S10163-76, S10197-S10208
  (3) Smith Amendment No. 2433, to prohibit the use of instructional 
materials, instruction, counseling, or other services on school 
grounds, from being used for the promotion of homosexuality as a 
positive lifestyle alternative.
Pages S10185-97, S10208
  (4) By 63 yeas to 36 nays (Vote No. 244), Helms Amendment No. 2434 
(to Amendment No. 2433), in the nature of a substitute.
Pages S10185-97
  (5) By a unanimous vote of 99 yeas (Vote No. 246), Kennedy/Jeffords 
Amendment No. 2435 (to Amendment No. 2433), to prohibit the use of 
funds made available from being used to promote or encourage sexual 
activity.
Pages S10197, S10208
Rejected:
  By 32 yeas to 67 nays (Vote No. 243), Gregg Amendment No. 2432, to 
eliminate new programs.
Pages S10180-83
Withdrawn:
  Gregg Amendment No. 2431, to express the sense of the Senate 
concerning authorization for deployment of U.S. Armed Forces.
Page S10180
Pending:
Kennedy Amendment No. 2436 (to Amendment No. 2433), to prohibit the use 
    of funds to make condoms available in a public school unless the 
    program under which such condoms are distributed meets certain 
    local control criteria.
Page S10208
Senate will resume consideration of the bill and amendments to be 
    proposed thereto, on Tuesday, August 2.
Messages From the House:
  Page S10219
Measures Referred:
  Page S10219
Measures Read First Time:
  Page S10232
Communications:
  Page S10219
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S10219-28
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S10228
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S10228-30
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S10230
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S10230-31
Additional Statements:
  Page S10231
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--246)
  Pages S10183, S10196-97, S10207-08
Recess: Senate convened at 9 a.m, recessed at 7:09 p.m., until 9 a.m., 
on Tuesday, August 2, 1994. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of 
the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S10232.)