[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 112 (Friday, August 12, 1994)]
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                                            Friday, August 12, 1994

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Intelligence Authorizations.
      House passed full budget disclosure bill.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S11363-S11657
Measures Introduced: Six bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2382-2387, and S.J. Res. 216.
  Pages S11478-79
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 2069, to grant consent of Congress to the Northeast Interstate 
Dairy Compact, with an amendment. (S. Rept. No. 103-333)
  S. 2251, to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to manage 
the Strategic Petroleum Reserve more effectively, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 103-334)
  S. 2383, to authorize the sale of the Alaska Power Administration. 
(S. Rept. No. 103-335)
  S. 2384, to extend the deadlines applicable to certain hydroelectric 
projects under the Federal Power Act. (S. Rept. No. 103-336)
  H.R. 1779, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 401 South Washington Street in Chillicothe, 
Missouri, as the ``Jerry L. Litton United States Post Office 
Building,'' with an amendment.
  H.R. 3197, to redesignate the Post Office building located at 13th 
and Rockland Streets in Reading, Pennsylvania, as the ``Gus Yatron 
Federal Postal Facility.''
  H.R. 3285, to redesignate the postal facility located at 1401 West 
Fort Street, Detroit, Michigan, as the ``George W. Young Post Office,'' 
with an amendment.
  H.R. 4190, to designate the United States Post Office located at 41-
42 Norre Gade in Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands, as the ``Alvaro de Lugo 
United States Post Office,'' with an amendment.
  H.R. 4576, to designate the Federal building located at the northeast 
corner of the intersection of 14th Street and Independence Avenue, 
Southwest, in Washington, District of Columbia, as the ``Jamie L. 
Whitten Federal Building.''
  H.R. 4577, to designate the Federal building and United States 
courthouse located at 242 East Main Street in Bowling Green, Kentucky, 
as the ``William H. Natcher Federal Building and United States 
Courthouse.''
  H.R. 4790, to designate the United States courthouse under 
construction in St. Louis, Missouri, as the ``Thomas F. Eagleton United 
States Courthouse.''
  S. 2073, to designate the United States courthouse that is scheduled 
to be constructed in Concord, New Hampshire, as the ``Warren B. Rudman 
United States Courthouse.''
Page S11478
Measures Passed:
Intelligence Authorizations: By 97 yeas to 2 nays (Vote No. 285), 
Senate passed H.R. 4299, 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, after striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in 
lieu thereof the text of S. 2082, Senate companion measure, after 
agreeing to committee amendments, and taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S11363-77, S11378-82, S11384-90, S11393-S11401
Adopted:
  (1) DeConcini/Warner Amendment No. 2553, to improve the 
counterintelligence and security posture of the United States.
Pages S11368-77, S11378
  (2) Warner (for Cohen) Amendment No. 2554 (to Amendment No. 2553), to 
improve the information available to the Congress and the public on 
foreign industrial espionage.
Pages S11374-76
  (3) DeConcini Amendment No. 2555 (to Amendment No. 2553), to provide 
additional funds for counternarcotics operations.
Pages S11376-77
  By a unanimous vote of 99 yeas (Vote No. 284), Warner Amendment No. 
2556, to establish a commission on the roles and capabilities of the 
United States intelligence community.
Pages S11378-82, S11384-89, S11400-01
  By a unanimous vote of 99 yeas (Vote No. 283), DeConcini/Warner 
Amendment No. 2557, to require a review of the National Reconnaissance 
Office Headquarters Building project, the application of existing DOD 
procurement and contracting procedures to the construction of buildings 
or facilities, and specific congressional authorization and 
appropriations for the project before more funds are expended.
Pages S11389-90, S11393-S11400
  Senate insisted on its amendments, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair appointed the following conferees: 
Senators DeConcini, Metzenbaum, Glenn, Kerrey, Bryan, Graham, Kerry, 
Baucus, Johnston, Warner, D'Amato, Danforth, Gorton, Chafee, Stevens, 
Lugar, and Wallop, and from the Committee on Armed Services: Senators 
Nunn and Thurmond.
Page S11401
  Subsequently, S. 2082 and S. 2056 were indefinitely postponed.
Page S11401
  National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Senate passed S.J. Res. 185, 
to designate October 1994 as ``National Breast Cancer Awareness 
Month.''
  Page S11477
  Crime Prevention Month: Senate passed S.J. Res. 192, to designate 
October 1994 as ``Crime Prevention Month.''
  Page S11477
  Year of the Grandparent: Senate passed S.J. Res. 198, designating 
1995 the ``Year of the Grandparent.''
  Page S11477
Health Security Act: Senate continued consideration of S. 2351, to 
achieve universal health insurance coverage, taking action on 
amendments proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S11448-56, S11457-74
Pending:
  Mitchell Amendment No. 2560, in the nature of a substitute.
Pages S11448, S11457-65, S11467-74
  Dodd Amendment No. 2561 (to Amendment No. 2560), to promote early and 
effective health care services for pregnant women and children.
Pages S11449-56, S11458-65, S11467-74
  A unanimous-consent time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill on Saturday, August 13.
Pages S11465-67
Agriculture Appropriations, 1995: By unanimous-consent agreement, 
Senate Amendment No. 83 (Amendment No. 2320, to establish that no 
employee of the Department of Agriculture shall be peremptorily removed 
from his or her position without a public hearing because of remarks 
made during personal time in opposition to Departmental policies, 
agreed to on July 20, 1994), to H.R. 4554, making appropriations for 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, was 
modified, and that the Senate insisted on its amendments, requested a 
conference with the House thereon, and that the Senators currently 
serving as conferees be deemed reappointed.
  Page S11447
Child Nutrition Act: Senate began consideration of S. 1614, to amend 
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 and the National School Lunch Act to 
promote healthy eating habits for children and to extend certain 
authorities contained in such Acts through fiscal year 1998, with a 
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, taking action on 
amendments proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S11402-20, S11422-34, S11456-57
Adopted:
  Leahy Amendment No. 2558, to establish dietary guidelines for 
students who participate in school lunch programs, to establish all-day 
educational and recreational activities for children at feeding sites, 
to provide for the use of any food service management institute for 
dietary and nutrition activities, to establish juice inspection 
regulations, to streamline the administration of nutrition programs, 
and to provide for the distribution of commodities on certain Indian 
reservations.
Pages S11417-20, S11422
Rejected:
  By 36 yeas to 59 nays (Vote No. 286), McConnell Modified Amendment 
No. 2559, to prevent State or local WIC Program offices from offering 
voter registration.
Pages S11423-32, S11456-57
  Subsequently, the bill was returned to the Senate calendar.
National Family Caregivers Week: Senate concurred in the amendments of 
the House to S.J. Res. 153, to designate the week beginning on November 
21, 1993, and ending on November 27, 1993, and the week beginning on 
November 20, 1994, and ending on November 26, 1994, as ``National 
Family Caregivers Week,'' clearing the measure for the President.
  Page S11477
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Robert J. Cindrich, of Pennsylvania, to be United States District 
Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
  David A. Katz, of Ohio, to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of Ohio.
  Sean J. McLaughlin, of Pennsylvania, to be United States District 
Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
  Robert Edward Service, of California, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Paraguay.
  1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.
Page S11657










Messages From the House:
  Pages S11447, S11477
Measures Referred:
  Pages S11477, S11478
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S11478
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S11479-83
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S11483
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S11483-S11646
Authority for Committees:
  Page S11646
Additional Statements:
  Pages S11646-57
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--286)
  Pages S11400-01, S11456-57
Recess: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and recessed at 9:16 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Saturday, August 13, 1994. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S11657.)