[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 111 (Thursday, August 11, 1994)]
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                                          Thursday, August 11, 1994

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Defense Appropriations, 1995, and agreed to Energy 
      and Water Appropriations, 1995, Conference Report.
      House Committees ordered reported 10 sundry measures.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S11191-S11361
Measures Introduced: Three bills were introduced, as follows: S. 2379-
2381.
  Page S11341
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 1165, to provide for judicial review of Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission decisions on petitions for enforce actions, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 103-331)
  S. 2060, to amend the Small Business Act, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 103-332)
  S. 2222, to grant the consent of Congress to the Texas Low-Level 
Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact.
  S. 2369, to grant the consent of the Congress to amendments to the 
Central Midwest Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact.
  S.J. Res. 185, to designate October 1994 as ``National Breast Cancer 
Awareness Month''.
  S.J. Res. 192, to designate October 1994 as ``Crime Prevention 
Month''.
  S.J. Res. 198, designating 1995 as the ``Year of the Grandparent''.
Page S11341
Measures Passed:
  Department of Defense Appropriations, 1995: By 86 yeas to 14 nays 
(Vote No. 282), Senate passed H.R. 4650, making appropriations for the 
Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, 
after agreeing to committee amendments, and taking action on amendments 
proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S11247-S11307, S11311
Adopted:
  (1) By 58 yeas to 42 nays (Vote No. 280), 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.
Pages S11284-86
  (2) Brown Amendment No. 2495, to express the sense of the Senate 
concerning the redevelopment plan for Lowry Air Force Base, Colorado.
Page S11282
  (3) Stevens (for Domenici) Amendment No. 2506, to prohibit the use of 
funds for retiring, or preparing to retire, any B-52H, B-1B, or F-111 
bomber aircraft.
Page S11258
  (4) Stevens (for Chafee) Modified Amendment No. 2509, to provide 
funds for the environmental hazard response and remediation activities 
of the Derecktor Shipyard, Newport, Rhode Island.
Page S11255
  (5) Stevens (for Grassley) Amendment No. 2510, to require the 
strengthening of Department of Defense procedures for matching 
disbursements to particular obligations.
Pages S11247-49
  (6) Stevens (for Murkowski/Dole) Modified Amendment No. 2511, to 
prohibit the availability of any funds for North Korea unless certain 
conditions are met.
Pages S11252-55
  (7) Stevens (for Hatch) Modified Amendment No. 2512, to provide for 
the payment of Aviation Continuation Pay to the survivors of persons 
who have signed reenlistment contracts but whose service connected 
death predates the effective date of such reenlistment contract by less 
than 14 days.
Pages S11255-56
  (8) Stevens (for Cohen) Amendment No. 2516, to require Senate advice 
and consent to changes in obligations under the Treaty on Conventional 
Armed Forces in Europe.
Page S11250
  (9) Stevens (for Thurmond/DeConcini) Modified Amendment No. 2520, to 
make unobligated funds available for military service members 
occupational conversion and training.
Pages S11277-78, S11287-88
  (10) Stevens (for Roth) Modified Amendment No. 2521, to state the 
sense of the Senate concerning Japan fulfilling its commitments under 
the Host Nation Support Agreement it signed with the United States on 
January 14, 1991.
Pages S11290-91
  (11) Stevens Modified Amendment No. 2522, to cap the amount to either 
replace or renovate the Pentagon Reservation.
Pages S11291-92
  (12) By 56 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 279), Inouye (for Nunn/Mitchell) 
Amendment No. 2524, to express the sense of the Senate concerning the 
international efforts to end the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 
and to establish a process to end the arms embargo on the Government of 
Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Pages S11263-74, S11278-79, S11285-86
  (13) Inouye (for Harkin) Amendment No. 2525, to state the sense of 
the Congress on negotiation of limitations on nuclear weapons testing.
Pages S11250-52
  (14) Inouye (for Lieberman) Amendment No. 2526, to provide funds for 
International Cooperative projects to be funded under the Counterterror 
Technical Support program element.
Page S11252
  (15) Inouye (for Shelby) Amendment No. 2527, to set aside operation 
and maintenance funds of the Air Force for the Core Automated 
Maintenance System/Reliability and Maintainability Information System 
(CAMS/REMIS).
Page S11252
  (16) Inouye (for Bingaman/Pryor) Modified Amendment No. 2530, to 
include the military services more actively in defense technology 
reinvestment programs.
Pages S11256-57
  (17) Inouye (for Wellstone) Modified Amendment No. 2532, to express 
the sense of the Senate that the Department of Defense shall provide a 
schedule of production of documents relating to biological warfare 
tests involving the use of zinc cadmium sulfide.
Pages S11257-58
  (18) Inouye (for Bingaman) Amendment No. 2533, to provide additional 
funds for the Air Force F-111 Squadrons program element.
Page S11252
  (19) Inouye (for Feinstein) Amendment No. 2534, to limit the use of 
funds for a joint program for the development of an advanced threat 
radar jammer with a foreign government, other than a major ally of the 
United States, or with an entity controlled by a foreign government, 
other than such an ally.
Pages S11261-62
  (20) Stevens (for Helms) Amendment No. 2539, to establish limitations 
on military assistance for the Sandinista Popular Army of Nicaragua.
Pages S11262-63
  (21) Stevens (for Dole) Amendment No. 2541, to provide protection 
against sexually violent predators.
Pages S11282-83
  (22) Inouye (for Johnston) Amendment No. 2543, to authorize that 
Secretaries of the military departments to contract for commercial or 
proprietary credit card services for use by nonappropriated fund 
instrumentalities of the United States that are under the jurisdiction 
of such Secretaries.
Page S11252
  (23) Inouye (for Bumpers) Modified Amendment No. 2544, to limit funds 
to ensure the operation of Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, in accordance with 
the report of the 1991 Base Realignment and Closure Commission.
Page S11258
  (24) Inouye (for DeConcini) Modified Amendment No. 2546, to limit the 
obligation of funds for the HUNTER Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) 
system.
Pages S11279-81
  (25) Stevens (for Dole) Modified Amendment No. 2549, to obligate 
funds for the Joint Primary Aircraft Training System (JPATS) program.
Pages S11283-84
Withdrawn:
  (1) Stevens (for Domenici) Amendment No. 2507, to maintain the 
viability of the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program in 
Russia and Ukraine by expanding the sources available for transfer to 
the program.
Pages S11292-93
  (2) Stevens (for Helms) Amendment No. 2508, to require Congressional 
notification prior to the expenditure of certain Department of Defense 
funds in support for foreign military participation in any multilateral 
military activity.
Page S11263
  (3) Stevens (for Dole) Amendment No. 2514, to require the 
Administration to budget for the cost of humanitarian, peacekeeping, 
peacemaking operations, and operations other than war in which Armed 
Forces of the United States are or will be participating.
Page S11293
  (4) Stevens (for Dole/McCain) Modified Amendment No. 2515, to require 
the Secretary of Defense to undertake a comprehensive review of the 
Bottom Up Review and the Future Years Defense Program and, upon 
completion of that review, report to the President and the Congress on 
the proper funding levels and priorities.
Pages S11301-06
  (5) Stevens (for Dole) Amendment No. 2518, to provide for the 
termination of arms embargo of the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina 
no later than November 15, 1994.
Pages S11263-74, S11278-79, S11306-07
  (6) Stevens (for Cohen) Amendment No. 2519, to require Senate advice 
and consent to changes in obligations under the Treaty on Conventional 
Armed Forces in Europe.
Page S11249
  (7) Stevens (for McConnell) Amendment No. 2523, to require a report 
defining specific military, economic, and political standards required 
to gain admission to NATO.
Page S11249
  (8) Inouye (for Simon) Amendment No. 2529, to authorize assistance to 
promote the peaceful resolution of conflicts in Africa.
Pages S11249-50
  (9) Inouye (for Levin) Amendment No. 2531, to increase the funding 
for the Defense Contract Management Command.
Page S11279
  (10) Inouye (for Dodd) Amendment No. 2537, to extend the terms of 
United States patent numbers 4,428,744 and 4,683,889 (relating to a 
photopheresis method).
Page S11279
  (11) Stevens (for Helms) Amendment No. 2540, to prohibit U.S. 
military participation in any multilateral military force which 
includes Nicaraguan military or security forces.
Page S11263
  (12) Cohen Amendment No. 2548, to require Senate advice and consent 
to changes in obligations under the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces 
in Europe.
Page S11250
  Senate insisted on its amendments, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair appointed the following conferees: 
Senators Inouye, Hollings, Johnston, Byrd, Leahy, Sasser, DeConcini, 
Bumpers, Lautenberg, Harkin, Stevens, D'Amato, Cochran, Specter, 
Domenici, Nickles, Gramm, Bond, and Hatfield.
Page S11311
  U.S. Mint in San Francisco Transfer: Senate passed H.R. 4812, to 
direct the Administrator of General Services to acquire by transfer the 
Old U.S. Mint in San Francisco, California, after agreeing to the 
following amendment proposed thereto.
  Page S11320
  Gorton (for McCain) Amendment No. 2551, to specify that the General 
Services Administration is not to initiate repairs on the Old Mint 
prior to effecting repairs on other Federal buildings in greater need.
Page S11320
  Indian Dams Safety Act: Committee on Indian Affairs was discharged 
from further consideration of H.R. 1426, to provide for the maintenance 
of dams located on Indian lands by the Bureau of Indian Affairs or 
through contracts with Indian tribes, and the bill was then passed, 
clearing the measure for the President.
  Page S11320
  Hazardous Materials Transportation Authorization: Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation was discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 2178, to amend the Hazardous Materials 
Transportation Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1994, 
1995, 1996, and 1997, and the bill was then passed, after striking all 
after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the text of S. 
1640, Senate companion measure, after agreeing to committee amendments, 
and the following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S11320-25
  Ford (for Exon) Amendment No. 2552, in the nature of a substitute.
Page S11322
  Subsequently, S. 1640 was indefinitely postponed.
Page S11325
  Honoring Jewish War Veterans 100th Anniversary: Committee on 
Governmental Affairs was discharged from further consideration of S. 
Con. Res. 60, expressing the sense of the Congress that a postage stamp 
should be issued to honor the 100th anniversary of the Jewish War 
Veterans of the United States of America, and the resolution was then 
agreed to.
  Pages S11325-26
Health Security Act: Senate continued consideration of S. 2351, to 
achieve universal health insurance coverage.
  Pages S11191-S11247
  Senate will continue consideration of the bill on Friday, August 12.
Energy and Water Development Appropriations, 1995--Conference Report: 
Senate agreed to the conference report on H.R. 4506, making 
appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1995, clearing the measure for the President.
  Pages S11312-16
  Senate concurred in the amendments of the House to Senate amendments 
numbered 2, 4, 8, 28, 48, and 49.
Page S11316
FTC Authorizations--Conference Report: Senate agreed to the conference 
report on H.R. 2243, to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to 
extend the authorization of appropriations for such Act, clearing the 
measure for the President.
  Pages S11316-17
Intelligence Authorizations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent time 
agreement was reached providing for the consideration of S. 2082, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1995 for the intelligence 
activities of the United States Government and for the Central 
Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and certain 
amendments to be proposed thereto, on Friday, August 12, 1994.
  Pages S11311-12
Appointments:
  Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance: The Chair, on 
behalf of the President pro tempore, pursuant to Public Law 99-498, 
appointed William C. Hiss, of Maine, to the Advisory Committee on 
Student Financial Assistance for a three-year term effective October 1, 
1994.
  Page S11311
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination: By 94 
yeas to 6 nays (Vote No. 281), Janet L. Yellen, of California, to be a 
Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for a 
term of fourteen years from February 1, 1994.
  Pages S11307-11
Messages From the House:
  Page S11340
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S11326
Communications:
  Page S11340
Petitions:
  Page S11340
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S11341
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S11341-54
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S11354-55
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S11355-60
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S11360-61
Additional Statements:
  Page S11361
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total-282)
  Pages S11286, S11311
Recess: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and recessed at 9:48 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Friday, August 12, 1994. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S11326.)