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                                          Thursday, August 25, 1994

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement 
      Conference Report.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S12487-S12672
Measures Introduced: Ten bills and three resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2421-2430, and S. Res. 253-255.
  Pages S12619-20
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 922, to provide that a State court may not modify an order of 
another State court requiring the payment of child support unless the 
recipient of child support payments resides in the State in which the 
modification is sought or consents to the seeking of the modification 
in that court, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. 
Rept. No. 103-361)
  S. 2375, to amend title 18, United States Code, to make clear a 
telecommunications carrier's duty to cooperate in the interception of 
communications for law enforcement purposes, without recommendation.
Page S12619
Measures Passed:
  Montana Lands Transfer: Senate passed S. 528, to provide for the 
transfer of certain United States Forest Service lands located in 
Lincoln County, Montana, to Lincoln County in the State of Montana, 
after agreeing to a committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  Page S12646
  Electronic Information Services: Senate passed S. 1782, to amend 
title 5, United States Code, to provide for public access to 
information in an electronic format, to amend the Freedom of 
Information Act, after agreeing to a committee amendment in the nature 
of a substitute.
  Pages S12646-47
  Alvaro de Lugo Post Office: Senate passed H.R. 4190, to designate the 
building located at 41-42 Norre Gade in Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands, 
for the period of time during which it houses operations of the United 
States Postal Service, as the Alvaro de Lugo Post Office, after 
agreeing to a committee amendment and the following amendment proposed 
thereto:
  Pages S12647-48
  Ford (for Heflin) Amendment No. 2574, relating to the treatment of 
employed annuitants under the Civil Service Retirement Law.
Page S12648
  Children Nutrition Programs: Senate passed 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, after 
agreeing to a committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  Pages S12648-60
  Federal Crop Insurance: Senate passed H.R. 4217, to reform the 
Federal Crop Insurance Program, after striking all after the enacting 
clause and inserting in lieu thereof the text of S. 2095, Senate 
companion measure, after agreeing to a committee amendment in the 
nature of a substitute, and agreeing to the following amendments 
proposed thereto:
  Pages S12660-70
  Ford (for Leahy) Amendment No. 2575, of a technical nature to a new 
insurance policy for combined area and individual yield coverage, 
regarding disaster assistance for crop losses in 1994, and regarding 
emergency designation for future agricultural disasters.
Page S12665
  McConnell (for Dole) Amendment No. 2576, to authorize the Federal 
Crop Insurance Corporation to use funds of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation to cover the operating and administrative costs of the 
Corporation associated with insurance policies for fall-planted 1995 
crops.
Page S12667
  Ford (for Leahy) Amendment No. 2577, to authorize the Secretary of 
Agriculture to reorganize the Department of Agriculture.
Page S12667
  Ford (for Boxer) Amendment No. 2578, to express the sense of the 
Senate that hearings on poultry labeling should occur in September and 
that persons representing an interest profiting from the proposed rule 
should not serve on an expert advisory committee which advises the 
Secretary.
Pages S12667-68
  McConnell (for Helms) Amendment No. 2579, to prohibit the removal of 
any Department of Agriculture employee who has made remarks on his 
personal time.
Page S12668
  McConnell (for Stevens) Amendment No. 2580, to prevent a reduction in 
the adjusted cost of the thrifty food plan during fiscal year 1995.
Page S12668
  Subsequently, S. 2095 was indefinitely postponed.
Page S12670
  Directing Senate Legal Counsel: Senate agreed to S. Res. 254, to 
direct the Senate Legal Counsel to represent the Office of Senate Fair 
Employment Practices, and to authorize the Office of the Sergeant at 
Arms of the United States Senate to intervene and to be represented by 
its counsel of choice, in Kenneth Riggin, et al. v. Office of Senate 
Fair Employment Practices, No. 94-6004 (Fed. Cir.)
  Pages S12670-71
  Abortion Providers/Activists: Senate agreed to S. Res. 255, to 
express the sense of the Senate condemning the tactic of soliciting 
support for the use of violence against abortion providers and 
activists.
  Page S12671
  Disaster Credit Assistance: Senate passed S. 2430, to facilitate 
recovery from the recent flooding in Georgia, Alabama, and Florida 
resulting from Tropical Storm Alberto by providing greater flexibility 
for depository institutions and their regulators.
  Pages S12671-72
  Adjournment Resolution: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 289, providing 
for an adjournment or recess of the two Houses, after agreeing to the 
following amendment proposed thereto:
  Page S12672
  Ford Amendment No. 2581, to change the reconvening date.
Page S12672
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act--Conference Report: By 61 
yeas to 38 nays (Vote No. 295), Senate agreed to the Conference Report 
on H.R. 3355, to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1986 to allow grants to increase police presence, to expand and 
improve cooperative efforts between law enforcement agencies and 
members of the community to address crime and disorder problems, and 
otherwise to enhance public safety, clearing the measure for the 
President.
  Pages S12487-S12562, S12566-S12603
  During consideration of this measure today, the following action also 
occurred:
  By 61 yeas to 39 nays (Vote No. 293), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed to 
a motion to waive the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to 
consideration of the Conference Report. Subsequently, a point of order 
that the Conference Report was in violation of section 306 of the 
Congressional Budget Act was not sustained, and thus fell.
Pages S12499-S12557
  By 61 yeas to 38 nays (Vote No. 294), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed to 
close further debate on the Conference Report, the motion to close 
further debate having previously been entered.
Pages S12557-62, S12566-S12600
Kaysville, Utah, Lands Restrictions: Senate concurred in the amendment 
of the House to S. 859, to reduce the restrictions on lands conveyed by 
deed under the Act of June 8, 1926, clearing the measure for the 
President.
  Pages S12645-46
Authority for Committees: All committees were authorized to file 
executive and legislative reports during the adjournment of the Senate 
on Wednesday, September 7, 1994, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
  Page S12670
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  William T. Coleman III, of Michigan, to be General Counsel of the 
Department of the Army.
  Brady Anderson, of Arkansas, to be Ambassador to the United Republic 
of Tanzania.
  Dorothy Myers Sampas, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Islamic 
Republic of Mauritania.
  Jeffrey Rush, Jr., of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Agency for 
International Development.
  Carl Burton Stokes, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Seychelles.
  E. Michael Southwick, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Uganda.
  Phyllis E. Oakley, of Louisiana, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
State.
  Richard L. Greene, of Maryland, to be Chief Financial Officer, 
Department of State.
  Robert James Huggett, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency.
  Neil H. Offen, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
Board of Directors of the Inter-American Foundation for a term expiring 
October 6, 1998.
  Curtis Warren Kamman, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of Bolivia.
  Eileen A. Malloy, of Connecticut, to be Ambassador to the Kyrgyz 
Republic.
  Ralph Earle II, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Director of 
the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
  Elizabeth Anne Moler, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission for the term expiring June 30, 1999.
  William A. Nitze, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
  Norma Udall, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of 
the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National 
Environmental Policy Foundation for a term of six years.
  Richard Holbrooke, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
State.
  James W. Swihart, Jr., of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Lithuania.
  Robert L. Gallucci, of Virginia, to be Ambassador at Large.
  1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.
  A routine list in the Foreign Service.
Pages S12618, S12674
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Timothy M. Barnicle, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Labor.
  James A. Beaty, Jr., of North Carolina, to be United States District 
Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina.
  David Briones, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the 
Western District of Texas.
  Peter Jon de Vos, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Costa Rica.
  John A. Gannon, of Ohio, to be a Member of the National Council on 
Disability for a term expiring September 17, 1995.
  Helen W. Gillmor, of Hawaii, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Hawaii.
  Okla Jones II, of Louisiana, to be United States District Judge for 
the Eastern District of Louisiana.
  Bruce A. Morrison, of Connecticut, to be a Director of the Federal 
Housing Finance Board for a term expiring February 27, 2000.
  Fred I. Parker, of Vermont, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Second Circuit.
  Joe Bradley Pigott, of Mississippi, to be United States Attorney for 
the Southern District of Mississippi for the term of four years.
  G. Thomas Porteous, Jr., of Louisiana, to be United States District 
Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
  John R. Tait, of Idaho, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Idaho.
  Vincent J. Sorrentino, of New York, to be a Member of the Advisory 
Board of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation.
  Reginald B. Madsen, of Oregon, to be United States Marshal for the 
District of Oregon for the term of four years.
  Eve L. Menger, of New York, to be a Member of the National Science 
Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 2000.
  Alfred H. Moses, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Romania.
  Robert M. Solow, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the National 
Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 
2000.
  Anne Jeanette Udall, of North Carolina, to be a Member of the Board 
of Trustees of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in 
National Environmental Policy Foundation for a term of four years.
  Richard Thomas White, of Michigan, to be a Member of the Foreign 
Claims Settlement Commission of the United States for the term expiring 
September 30, 1996.
  Clifford B. O'Hara, of Connecticut, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Panama Canal Commission.
  30 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  42 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  2 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Navy.
Pages S12672-74
Communications:
  Page S12619
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S12619
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S12620-31
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S12631-32
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S12633-42
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S12642
Authority for Committees:
  Page S12642
Additional Statements:
  Pages S12642-45
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--295)
  Pages S12556-57, S12600
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10:30 a.m. and, in accordance with H. 
Con. Res. 289, adjourned at 11:40 p.m., until 12 noon, on Monday, 
September 12, 1994.