[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 132 (Tuesday, September 20, 1994)]
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                                        Tuesday, September 20, 1994

                              Daily Digest


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S12979-S13037
Measures Introduced: Three bills and four resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2442-2444, and S. Res. 259-262.
  Page S13031
Measures Passed:
  Congratulating Miss America: Senate agreed to S. Res. 260, 
congratulating Heather Whitestone on being crowned Miss America 1995.
  Page S13036
  Commending Ambassador Mou-shih Ding: Senate agreed to S. Res. 261, 
saluting Ambassador Mou-shih Ding, representative of the Taipei 
Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Washington, D.C., for 
his creative leadership of the TECRO (CCNAA) in Washington.
  Page S13036
Commending the President and the Special Delegation to Haiti: Senate 
began consideration of S. Res. 259, commending the President of the 
United States and others for their efforts to peacefully restore 
democracy in Haiti and supporting the United States Armed Forces now 
engaged in the mission in Haiti.
  Page S13006
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the resolution on Wednesday, September 21, 1994, with 
a vote to occur thereon.
Page S13037
Campaign Finance Reform--Cloture Motion Filed: A motion was entered to 
close further debate on the motion to disagree to the amendments of the 
House to S. 3, entitled the ``Congressional Spending Limit and Election 
Reform Act of 1993'' and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule 
XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on the cloture motion 
will occur on Thursday, September 22.
  Pages S13006-16
California Desert Protection Act--Cloture Motion Filed: A motion was 
entered to close further debate on the motion to disagree to the 
amendments of the House to S. 21, to designate certain lands in the 
California Desert as wilderness, and to establish Death Valley, Joshua 
Tree, and Mojave National Parks and, in accordance with the provisions 
of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on the cloture 
motion will occur on Thursday, September 22.
  Pages S13017-29
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting an agreement between the United States and the People's 
Republic of China relative to fisheries; which was referred jointly 
pursuant to title 16, United States Code, section 1823 to the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and to the Committee on 
Foreign Relations. (PM-144).
Page S13029
  Transmitting a report relative to the national emergency with respect 
to Angola; referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs. (PM-145).
Pages S13029-30
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 92 yeas to 6 nays (Vote No. 300 EX), Adm. Henry H. Mauz, Jr., U.S. 
Navy, to be placed on the retired list in the grade indicated under the 
provisions of title 10, United States Code, section 1370.
Pages S12979-84, S12988
  During consideration of this nomination today, the following action 
also occurred:
  By unanimous-consent agreement, the Murray motion to recommit the 
nomination to the Committee on Armed Services with instructions was 
withdrawn.
Page S12983
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Kathleen M. O'Malley, of Ohio, to be United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of Ohio.
  Rhea Lydia Graham, of New Mexico, to be Director of the United States 
Bureau of Mines.
Page S13037
Messages From the President:
  Pages S13029-30
Messages From the House:
  Page S13030
Measures Referred:
  Page S13035
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S13030
Communications:
  Pages S13030-31
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S13031-34
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S13034-35
Authority for Committees:
  Page S13035
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--300)
  Page S12988
Recess: Senate convened at 10:30 a.m., and recessed at 8:50 p.m., until 
10 a.m., on Wednesday, September 21, 1994. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S13037.)