[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 104 (Tuesday, August 2, 1994)]
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                                            Tuesday, August 2, 1994

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Improving America's Schools Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S10233-S10396
Measures Introduced: Five bills were introduced, as follows: S. 2348-
2352.
  Pages S10357-58
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 2351, to achieve universal health insurance coverage. (S. Rept. 
No. 103-323)
  H.R. 4569, to extend and make amendments to the President John F. 
Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992, with amendments.
Page S10357
Measures Passed:
  Improving America's Schools Act: Committee on Labor and Human 
Resources was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 6, to 
extend for six years the authorizations of appropriations for the 
programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and, 
by 94 yeas to 6 nays (Vote No. 252), the bill was passed, after 
striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof 
the text of S. 1513, Senate companion measure, after agreeing to a 
modified committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and taking 
action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S10233-58, S10273-S10317
Adopted:
  (1) By 91 yeas to 9 nays (Vote No. 250), 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.
Page S10258
  (2) Kennedy Modified 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.
Pages S10233, S10257-58
  (3) By 63 yeas to 37 nays (Vote No. 247), Kassebaum Amendment No. 
2438, to temporarily prohibit the promulgation of new regulations to 
carry out the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology 
Education Amendments of 1990.
Pages S10248-57
  (4) By a unanimous vote of 100 yeas (Vote No. 249), Pressler 
Amendment No. 2439, to require that certain applicants for financial 
assistance for bilingual education employ personnel proficient in 
English.
Pages S10255-57
  (5) Kennedy Amendment No. 2443, of a technical nature, and to make 
further amendments.
Page S10281
Rejected:
  (1) By 44 yeas to 56 nays (Vote No. 248), Craig Amendment No. 2437, 
to modify certain provisions relating to fair wages.
Pages S10234-57
  (2) Gramm Amendment No. 2442, to provide mandatory minimum terms of 
imprisonment for criminals who use guns and for drug traffickers who 
use children in a drug conspiracy. (By 55 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 
251), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S10273-81
  Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair appointed the following conferees: 
Senators Kennedy, Pell, Metzenbaum, Dodd, Simon, Harkin, Mikulski, 
Bingaman, Wellstone, Wofford, Kassebaum, Jeffords, Coats, Gregg, 
Thurmond, Hatch, and Durenberger.
Page S10317
  Subsequently, S. 1513 was indefinitely postponed.
Page S10317
  Transfer of U.S. Mint, San Francisco: Senate passed S. 2185, to 
require the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer to the Administrator 
of General Services the Old U.S. Mint in San Francisco, after agreeing 
to the following amendment proposed thereto:
  Page S10267
  Cohen (for McCain) Amendment No. 2441, relating to repairs to other 
Federal buildings.
Page S10267
  Sante Fe National Forest: Senate passed S. 1897, to expand the 
boundary of the Santa Fe National Forest, after agreeing to a committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  Page S10271
  Rio Puerco Watershed Act: Senate passed S. 1919, to improve water 
quality within the Rio Puerco watershed and to help restore the 
ecological health of the Rio Grande through the cooperative 
identification and implementation of best management practices which 
are consistent with the ecological, geological, cultural, sociological, 
and economic conditions in the region, after agreeing to committee 
amendments.
  Pages S10271-72
  Salmon Captive Broodstock Program: Senate passed H.R. 2457, to direct 
the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a salmon captive broodstock 
program, clearing the measure for the President.
  Page S10272
  National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of H.J. Res. 374, designating 
August 2, 1994, as ``National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day,'' and the 
resolution was then passed, clearing the measure for the President.
  Page S10272
  Year of Gospel Music: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from 
further consideration of S.J. Res. 157, to designate 1994 as ``The Year 
of Gospel Music,'' and the resolution was then passed.
  Pages S10272-73
  National POW/MIA Recognition Day: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S.J. Res. 196, designating 
September 16, 1994, as ``National POW/MIA Recognition Day'' and 
authorizing display of the National League of Families POW/MIA flag, 
and the resolution was then passed.
  Page S10355
VA/HUD Appropriations, 1995: Senate began consideration of H.R. 4624, 
making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, 
boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1995, with committee amendments, taking action on 
amendments proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S10317-51
Pending:
  Bumpers Amendment No. 2444, to reduce funding for the implementation 
of the Space Station Program for the purpose of terminating the 
program.
Pages S10331-51
  A unanimous-consent time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the pending amendment on Wednesday, August 3, with a 
vote to occur thereon.
Page S10342
General Aviation Revitalization Act: Senate concurred in the amendment 
of the House to S. 1458, to amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to 
establish time limitations on certain civil actions against aircraft 
manufacturers, with the following amendment proposed thereto:
  Page S10266
  Ford (for Kassebaum) Amendment No. 2440, to revise the meaning of the 
term ``limitation period.''
Page S10266
Consumer Protection Telemarketing Act: Senate concurred in the 
amendment of the House to the Senate amendment to H.R. 868, to 
strengthen the authority of the Federal Trade Commission to protect 
consumers in connection with sales made with a telephone, clearing the 
measure for the President.
  Pages S10267-71
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaty:
  ILO Convention (No. 150) Concerning Labor Administration (Treaty Doc. 
No. 103-26).
  The treaty was transmitted to the Senate on Tuesday, July 26, 1994, 
considered as having been read for the first time, and referred, with 
accompanying papers, to the Committee on Foreign Relations and was 
ordered to be printed.
Page S10272
Messages From the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States: Transmitting a report on the 
national emergency with respect to Iraq; referred to the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-138).
  Pages S10355-57
Messages From the President:
  Pages S10355-57
Messages From the House:
  Page S10357
Measures Referred:
  Page S10357
Communications:
  Page S10357
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S10357
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S10358-64
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S10364-65
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S10365-84
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S10384
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S10384-85
Additional Statements:
  Pages S10385-96
Record Votes: Six record votes were taken today. (Total--252)
  Pages S10257, S10258, S10281, S10316
Recess: Senate convened at 9 a.m., recessed at 9:16 p.m., until 9 a.m., 
on Wednesday, August 3, 1994. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of 
the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S10396.)