[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 131 (Monday, September 19, 1994)]
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                                         Monday, September 19, 1994

                              Daily Digest


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S12951-S12972
Measures Introduced: Four bills and three resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2438-2441, and S. Res. 256-258.
  Pages S12962-63
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 1555, to clarify the treatment of the Centennial Bridge, Rock 
Island, Illinois, under title 23, United States Code. (S. Rept. No. 
103-369)
  H.R. 3626, to supersede the Modification of Final Judgment entered 
August 24, 1982, in the antitrust action styled United States v. 
Western Electric, Civil Action No. 82-0192, United States District 
Court for the District of Columbia; to amend the Communications Act of 
1934 to regulate the manufacturing of Bell operating companies, without 
recommendation.
Page S12962
Nomination Considered: Senate resumed consideration of the nomination 
of Admiral Henry H. Mauz, Jr., U.S. Navy, to be placed on the retired 
list.
  Page S12960
Pending:
  Murray motion to recommit the nomination to the Committee on Armed 
Forces with instructions, with the following amendments proposed 
thereto:
Page S12960
Withdrawn:
  McCain/Dole Amendment No. 2582 (to the motion to recommit), to 
express the sense of the Senate that the lives of United States Armed 
Forces personnel should not be risked in combat for the purpose of 
restoring Jean-Bertrand Aristide to the office of President of Haiti.
Page S12960
  Mitchell/Nunn Amendment No. 2583 (to Amendment No. 2582), to express 
the sense of the Senate with respect to Haiti.
Page S12960
  A unanimous-consent time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination on Tuesday, September 20.
Page S12960
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaties:
  Additional Protocol that Modifies the Convention Between the 
Government of the United States of America and the Government of the 
United Mexican States for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the 
Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income (Treaty 
Doc. No. 103-31);
  Convention Between the Government of the United States of America and 
the Government of the French Republic for the Avoidance of Double 
Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on 
Income and Capital (Treaty Doc. No. 103-32);
  Convention Between the Government of the United States of America and 
the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the Avoidance of 
Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to 
Taxes on Income and Capital, together with the Protocol and the two 
related exchanges of notes (Treaty Doc. No. 103-33); and
  Convention Between the Government of the United States of America and 
the Government of the Portuguese Republic for the Avoidance of Double 
Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on 
Income, together with a related Protocol (Treaty Doc. No. 103-34).
  The treaties were transmitted to the Senate on Thursday, September 
15, 1994, considered as having been read for the first time, and 
referred, with accompanying papers, to the Committee on Foreign 
Relations and were ordered to be printed.
Pages S12961-62
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
Received on Thursday, September 15, during the recess:
  Maurice B. Foley, of California, to be a Judge of the United States 
Tax Court for a term expiring fifteen years after he takes office.
  Juan F. Vasquez, of Texas, to be a Judge of the United States Tax 
Court for a term expiring fifteen years after he takes office.
Page S12972
Received on Friday, September 16, during the recess:
  Alice M. Rivlin, of the District of Columbia, to be Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget.
Page S12972
Received today:
  Sandra L. Lynch, of Massachusetts, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the First Circuit.
  Charles R. Wilson, of Florida, to be United States Attorney for the 
Middle District of Florida for the term of four years.
  Robert G. Breunig, of Arizona, to be a Member of the National Museum 
Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 1998. (Reappointment)
  Kinshasha Holman Conwill, of New York, to be Member of the National 
Museum Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 1997.
  Ayse Manyas Kenmore, of Florida, to be a Member of the National 
Museum Services Board for the remainder of the term expiring December 
6, 1995.
  Nancy Marsiglia, of Louisiana, to be a Member of the National Museum 
Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 1998.
  Arthur Rosenblatt, of New York, to be a Member of the National Museum 
Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 1997.
  Townsend Wolfe, of Arkansas, to be a Member of the National Museum 
Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 1995.
  H. Terry Rasco, of Arkansas, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the National Institute for Building Sciences for a term expiring 
September 7, 1997.
  Christine M. Warnke, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of 
the Board of Directors of the National Institute of Building Sciences 
for a term expiring September 7, 1995.
  Audrey L. McCrimon, of Illinois, to be Member of the National Council 
on Disability for a term expiring September 17, 1997.
  Susan Hayase, of California, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the Civil Liberties Public Education Fund for a term of three years. 
(New Position)
  James Clifford Hudson, of Oklahoma, to be a Director of the 
Securities Investor Protection Corporation for a term expiring December 
31, 1994.
  James Clifford Hudson, of Oklahoma, to be a Director of the 
Securities Investor Protection Corporation for a term expiring December 
31, 1997. (Reappointment)
Pages S12972-77
Messages From the House:
  Page S12962
Communications:
  Page S12962
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S12962
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S12963-67
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S12967-68
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S12969
Additional Statements:
  Pages S12969-71
Recess: Senate convened at 2 p.m., and recessed at 6:33 p.m., until 
10:30 a.m., on Tuesday, September 20, 1994. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S12971.)