[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 109 (Tuesday, August 9, 1994)]
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                                            Tuesday, August 9, 1994

                              Daily Digest


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S10957-S11068
Measures Introduced: Four bills were introduced, as follows: S. 2372-S. 
2375.
  Page S11045
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 2344, to authorize appropriations for the National Science 
Foundation. (S. Rept. No. 103-328)
Page S11045
Department of Defense Appropriations, 1995: Senate resumed 
consideration of H.R. 4650, making appropriations for the Department of 
Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, with committee 
amendments, taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S10966-76, S10984-98
Adopted:
  (1) Inouye (for Boxer) Amendment No. 2482 (to committee amendment on 
page 141, line 2), to require a study on the receipt of food stamps by 
members of the Armed Forces.
Page S10974
  (2) Breaux Amendment No. 2483, to provide that the Secretary of 
Defense shall provide a recommendation for additional funding from the 
Department of Defense to finance shipbuilding loan guarantees under 
Title XI of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936.
Pages S10986-87
  (3) Inouye (for Reid) Amendment No. 2484, to provide funding for the 
procurement of the Common Automatic Recovery System for the Pioneer 
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle System.
Page S10987
  (4) Inouye (for Pressler) Amendment No. 2485, to require quarterly 
reports on Department of Defense costs incurred in implementing 
Security Council resolutions and United States foreign policy 
resolutions.
Page S10987
  (5) Inouye (for Glenn) Amendment No. 2486, to provide funding for the 
procurement of command, control, communications, and computer equipment 
for a Joint Training, Analysis, and Simulation Center for the United 
States Atlantic Command.
Page S10987
  (6) Inouye (for Harkin) Amendment No. 2487, to make available certain 
funds for the Integrated Product and Process Development Program.
Pages S10987-88
Pending:
  (1) Dole Amendment No. 2479, to provide for the termination of the 
United States arms embargo of the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina 
no later than November 15, 1994.
Page S10966
  (2) Helms Amendment No. 2480, to limit military assistance and 
military sales financing to the Government of Colombia until the 
President certifies that it is fully cooperating in counternarcotics 
efforts.
Pages S10966, S10996
  (3) Bumpers Amendment No. 2481 (to committee amendment on page 37, 
line 7), to reduce the amount for the acquisition of Milstar 
satellites.
Pages S10966-76
  (4) Helms Amendment No. 2488 (to committee amendment on page 2), to 
express the sense of the Senate regarding the congressional timetable 
for considering health care reform.
Page S10988
  (5) Bumpers Amendment No. 2489, to reduce the amount for the 
procurement of the Trident II Missile Program.
Pages S10988-91
Withdrawn:
  Bradley Amendment No. 2490, to require that the allocations of budget 
authority and budget outlays made by the Committee on Appropriations of 
each House be agreed to by joint resolution and to permit amendments 
that reduce appropriations to also reduce the relevant allocation and 
the discretionary spending limits.
Pages S10991-94
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill on Wednesday, August 10, with votes on, or in 
relation to, certain of the pending amendments to occur thereon.
Page S11067
Foreign Operations Appropriations, 1995--Conference Report: Senate 
began consideration of the conference report on H.R. 4426, making 
appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995.
  Pages S10976-84
  Senate will resume consideration of the conference report on 
Wednesday, August 10, 1994, with a vote to occur thereon.
Health Security Act: Senate began consideration of S. 2351, to achieve 
universal health insurance coverage.
  Pages S11005-36
  Senate will continue consideration of the bill on Wednesday, August 
10.
Military Construction Appropriations Conference Report--Agreement: A 
unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for a vote to occur 
on the conference report on H.R. 4453, Military Construction 
Appropriations, 1995, on Wednesday, August 10.
  Page S11067
Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act--
Conference Report: Senate agreed to the conference report on H.R. 3474, 
to reduce administrative requirements for insured depository 
institutions to the extent consistent with safe and sound banking 
practices, and to facilitate the establishment of community development 
financial institutions, clearing the measure for the President.
  Pages S11039-43
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaty:
  Convention on the Conservation and Management of Pollock Resources in 
the Central Bering Sea (Treaty Doc. No. 103-27).
  The treaty was transmitted to the Senate on Tuesday, August 9, 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 S11039
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Paul D. Borman, of Michigan, to be United States District Judge for 
the Eastern District of Michigan.
  Denny Chin, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of New York.
  Harold Baer, Jr., of New York, to be United States District Judge for 
the Southern District of New York.
  Denise Cote, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of New York.
  John G. Koeltl, of New York, to be United States District Judge for 
the Southern District of New York.
  Rosemary S. Pooler, of New York, to be United States District Judge 
for the Northern District of New York.
  Lewis A. Kaplan, of New York, to be United States District Judge for 
the Southern District of New York.
  Blanche M. Manning, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge 
for the Northern District of Illinois.
  Jose A. Cabranes, of Connecticut, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Second Circuit.
  Mark W. Bennett, of Iowa, to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of Iowa.
Pages S11038-39, S11068
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Henry J. Cauthen, of South Carolina, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for a term 
expiring January 31, 2000.
  Frank Henry Cruz, of California, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for a term 
expiring January 31, 2000.
  Routine lists in the Air Force and Coast Guard.
Page S11068
Messages From the House:
  Page S11044
Measures Referred:
  Pages S11044-45
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S11045
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S11045
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S11045-62
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S11062
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S11062-64
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S11064
Authority for Committees:
  Page S11064
Additional Statements:
  Pages S11064-67
Recess: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and recessed at 9:52 p.m., until 
9:15 a.m., on Wednesday, August 10, 1994. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S11067.)