[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 133 (Wednesday, September 21, 1994)]
[Daily Digest]
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[Congressional Record: September 21, 1994]


                                      Wednesday, September 21, 1994

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S13039-S13111
Measures Introduced: Five bills and six resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2445-2449, S.J. Res. 220, and S. Res. 263-267.
  Page S13095
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  Special Report entitled ``Revised Allocation to Subcommittees of 
Budget Totals from the Concurrent Resolution for Fiscal Year 1995''. 
(S. Rept. No. 103-370)
  S. 1216, to resolve the 107th Meridian boundary dispute between the 
Crow Indian Tribe, the Northern Cheyenne Indian Tribe, and the United 
States and various other issues pertaining to the Crow Indian 
Reservation, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. 
No. 103-371)
Page S13095
Measures Passed:
  Commending the President and the Special Delegation to Haiti: By 94 
yeas to 5 nays (Vote No. 301), Senate agreed to S. Res. 259, commending 
the President and the special delegation to Haiti, and supporting the 
United States Armed Forces in Haiti.
  Pages S13048-68, S13070-81
  Enrollment Correction: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 285, directing 
the Secretary of the Senate to make technical corrections in the 
enrollment of S. 2182, DOD Authorizations, with the following amendment 
proposed thereto:
  Page S13087
  Conrad (for Nunn) Amendment No. 2586, to make further corrections.
Page S13087
  Guam Excess Lands Act: Senate passed H.R. 2144, to provide for the 
transfer of excess land to the Government of Guam, clearing the measure 
for the President.
  Pages S13087-88
  Indian Health Service: Senate passed S. 2067, to elevate the position 
of Director of Indian Health Service to Assistant Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, to provide for the organizational independence of 
the Indian Health Service within the Department of Health and Human 
Services, after agreeing to a committee amendment.
  Page S13088
  Minnesota Land Conveyance: Senate passed H.R. 3664, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to transfer certain national fish hatcheries, 
after agreeing to a committee amendment.
  Pages S13088-89
  California Land Conveyance: Senate passed H.R. 4647, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to convey to the City of Imperial Beach, 
California, approximately 1 acre of land in the Tijuana Slough National 
Wildlife Refuge, clearing the measure for the President.
  Page S13089
  Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program: Senate passed H.R. 
3679, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a program 
to be known as the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program, 
clearing the measure for the President.
  Pages S13089-90
  Crime Prevention Month: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged 
from further consideration of H.J. Res. 363, to designate October 1994 
as ``Crime Prevention Month'', and the resolution was then passed, 
clearing the measure for the President.
  Page S13092
  Committee Fund Availability: Committee on Rules and Administration 
was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 256, to authorize 
the use of funds available to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources for consultants, and the resolution was then agreed to.
  Pages S13092-93
District of Columbia Appropriations--Conference Report: By 71 yeas to 
27 nays (Vote No. 302), Senate agreed to the conference report on H.R. 
4649, making appropriations for the government of the District of 
Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against 
the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1995.
  Pages S13081-82, S13086
Pending:
  Gramm Amendment No. 2585 (to House amendment to Senate amendment 
number 3), to strengthen the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement 
Act of 1994 by reducing the number of social programs and increasing 
the penalties for criminal activity.
Page S13086
Jerry L. Litton U.S. Post Office: Senate concurred in the amendments of 
the House to the amendments of the Senate to 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'', and to authorize travel and 
transportation expenses for certain Federal career appointees, clearing 
the measure for the President.
  Page S13087
Piscataway National Park Expansion Act: Senate concurred in the 
amendments of the House to S. 1703, to expand the boundaries of the 
Piscataway National Park, clearing the measure for the President.
  Page S13088
Plant Variety Protection Act: Senate concurred in the amendment of the 
House to S. 1406, to amend the Plant Variety Protection Act to make 
such Act consistent with the International Convention for the 
Protection of New Varieties of Plants of March 19, 1991, to which the 
United States is a signatory, clearing the measure for the President.
  Pages S13090-92
Campaign Finance Reform--Cloture Motion Filed: A second 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 second cloture motion, if necessary, will occur on Friday, 
September 23.
  Page S13093
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaty:
  Treaty Between the United States of America and Jamaica Concerning 
the Reciprocal Encouragement and Protection of Investment, with Annex 
and Protocol (Treaty Doc. No. 103-35).
  The treaty was transmitted to the Senate today, considered as having 
been read for the first time, and referred, with accompanying papers, 
to the Committee on Foreign Relations and was ordered to be printed.
Page S13087
Messages from the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States: Transmitting the report on 
progress concerning emigration laws and policies of the Russian 
Federation; referred to the Committee on Finance. (PM-146).
  Page S13093
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Vonya B. McCann, of Maryland, for the rank of Ambassador during her 
tenure of service as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for 
International Communications and Information Policy.
Page S13111
Messages From the President:
  Page S13093
Messages From the House:
  Pages S13093-94
Measures Referred:
  Page S13094
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S13094
Communications:
  Pages S13094-95
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S13095-99
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S13099-S13100
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S13103-07
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S13107
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S13107-08
Additional Statements:
  Pages S13108-11
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total-302)
  Pages S13080, S13082
Recess: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and recessed at 6:31 p.m., until 10 
a.m., on Thursday, September 22, 1994. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S13111.)