[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 127 (Tuesday, September 13, 1994)]
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                                             Tuesday, September 13, 1994

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to Department of Defense Authorizations Conference 
      Report.
[D13SE4-1]{D1059}Senate


                                 Senate

[D13SE4-2]{D1059}Chamber Ac
Chamber Action
[D13SE4-3]{D1059}Routine Pr
Routine Proceedings, pages S12751-S12832
Measures Introduced: Five bills were introduced, as follows: S. 2431-2435.
  Page S12809
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
[D13SE4-4]{D1059}S. 1629, t
  S. 1629, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for expanding 
and intensifying activities of the National Institute of Arthritis and 
Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases with respect to lupus, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 103-364)
Pages S12808-09
Defense Authorizations Conference Report: By 80 yeas to 18 nays (Vote No. 
297), Senate agreed to the conference report on S. 2182, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 1995 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense programs 
of the Department of Energy, and to prescribe personnel strengths for such 
fiscal year for the Armed Forces, clearing the measure for the President.
  Pages S12751-60, S12762-65, S12773-74, S12775-81, S12784-85
Interstate Banking and Branching Act Conference Report: By 94 yeas to 4 nays 
(Vote No. 298), Senate agreed to the conference report on H.R. 3841, to 
amend the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, the Revised Statutes of the 
Untied States, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to provide for 
interstate banking and branching, clearing the measure for the President.
  Pages S12765-73, S12781-92
[D13SE4-5]{D1059}During con
  During consideration of this measure today, by 97 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. 
296), Senate agreed to a motion to proceed to consideration of the 
conference report.
Page S12768
Nomination Agreement: A unanimous-consent time agreement was reached 
providing for the consideration of the nomination of Admiral Henry H. Mauz, 
Jr., U.S. Navy, to be placed on the retired list, on Wednesday, September 
14.
  Page S12794
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
[D13SE4-6]{D1059}Thomas E.
  Thomas E. McNamara, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of State.
[D13SE4-7]{D1059}Jerome Gar
  Jerome Gary Cooper, of Alabama, to be Ambassador to Jamaica.
[D13SE4-8]{D1059}Geraldine
  Geraldine A. Ferraro, of New York, for the Rank of Ambassador during her 
tenure of service as the Representative of the United States of America on 
the Human Rights Commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United 
Nations.
[D13SE4-9]{D1059}Martha F.
  Martha F. Riche, of Maryland, to be Director of the Census.
[D13SE4-10]{D1059}Ruth Y. Ta
  Ruth Y. Tamura, of Hawaii, to be a Member of the National Museum Services 
Board for a term expiring December 6, 1996.
[D13SE4-11]{D1059}Patricia H
  Patricia Hill Williams, of New York, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Inter-American Foundation for a term expiring September 20, 
2000.
[D13SE4-12]{D1059}4 Air Forc
  4 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
[D13SE4-13]{D1059}3 Army nom
  3 Army nominations in the rank of general.
Page S12832
Messages From the House:
                                                             Pages S12807-08
Measures Referred:
                                                                 Page S12808
Measures Placed on Calendar:
                                                                 Page S12808
Communications:
                                                                 Page S12808
Statements on Introduced Bills:
                                                             Pages S12809-19
Additional Cosponsors:
                                                             Pages S12819-20
Authority for Committees:
                                                                 Page S12820
Additional Statements:
                                                             Pages S12820-31
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--298)
  Pages S12768, S12785, S12790
Recess: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and recessed at 7:16 p.m., until 9 a.m., 
on Wednesday, September 14, 1994. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of 
the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S12831).
[D13SE4-14]{D1060}Committee