[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 134 (Thursday, September 22, 1994)]
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                                       Thursday, September 22, 1994

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House passed Labor/Health and Human Services appropriations 
      measure.


                                 Senate

[D22SE4-B2]{D1110}Chamber Ac
Chamber Action
[D22SE4-B3]{D1110}Routine Pr
Routine Proceedings, pages S13167-S13320
Measures Introduced: Ten bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2450-2456, and S.J. Res. 221.
  Page S13283
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
[D22SE4-B4]{D1110}S. 2373, t
  S. 2373, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1995 for the United 
States Coast Guard, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 103-372)
[D22SE4-B5]{D1110}H.R. 3433,
  H.R. 3433, to provide for the management of portions of the Presidio under 
the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.
[D22SE4-B6]{D1110}S. 1225, t
  S. 1225, to authorize and encourage the President to conclude an agreement 
with Mexico to establish a United States-Mexico Border Health Commission.
[D22SE4-B7]{D1110}S. 2403, t
  S. 2403, to grant the consent of the Congress to the Kansas and Missouri 
Metropolitan Culture District Compact.
[D22SE4-B8]{D1110}S. 2438, t
  S. 2438, to extend the authorities of the Overseas Private Investment 
Corporation through fiscal year 1995.
[D22SE4-B9]{D1110}S.J. Res.
  S.J. Res. 205, granting the consent of Congress to the compact to provide 
for joint natural resource management and enforcement of laws and 
regulations pertaining to natural resources and boating at the Jennings 
Randolph Lake Project lying in Garrett County, Maryland and Mineral County, 
West Virginia, entered into between the States of West Virginia and 
Maryland.
[D22SE4-B10]{D1110}S. Con. Re
  S. Con. Res. 74, concerning the ban on the use of U.S. passports in 
Lebanon.
[D22SE4-B11]{D1110}S. 2433, t
  S. 2433, to amend title VIII of the Public Health Service Act to 
consolidate and reauthorize nursing education programs under such title, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 103-373)
Page S13281 
Measures Passed:
  National Highway System Designation Act: Senate passed S. 1887, to amend 
title 23, United States Code, to provide for the designation of the National 
Highway System.
  Pages S13314-15
  Enrollment Correction: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 291, to correct the 
enrollment of S. 1587, Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act.
  Page S13315
  Enola Gay Exhibit: Committee on Rules and Administration was discharged 
from further consideration of S. Res. 257, to express the sense of the 
Senate regarding the appropriated portrayal of men and women of the Armed 
Forces in the upcoming National Air and Space Museum's exhibit on the Enola 
Gay, and the resolution was then agreed to.
  Pages S13315-16
  Centennial Bridge--Illinois: Senate passed S. 1555, to clarify the 
treatment of the Centennial Bridge, Rock Island, Illinois, under title 23, 
United States Code.
  Page S13316
  Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Grand Canyon: Senate passed S.J. 
Res. 221, to express the sense of the Congress in commemoration of the 75th 
anniversary of Grand Canyon National Park.
  Page S13316
Campaign Finance Reform: Senate began consideration of a motion to disagree 
to the amendments of the House to S. 3, entitled the ``Congressional 
Spending Limit and Election Reform Act of 1993''.
  Pages S13167-S13276
[D22SE4-B12]{D1110}During con
  During consideration of this measure on Thursday, September 22, the Senate 
took the following action:
[D22SE4-B13]{D1110}By 96 yeas
  By 96 yeas to 2 nays (Vote No. 303), three-fifths of those Senators duly 
chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed to close 
further debate on the pending motion.
Page S13128
[D22SE4-B14]{D1110}During con
  During consideration of this measure on Friday, September 23, the Senate 
took the following action:
[D22SE4-B15]{D1110}By a unani
  By a unanimous vote of 93 yeas (Vote No. 304), Senate agreed to a motion 
to disagree to the amendments of the House to S. 3.
Page S13256
[D22SE4-B16]{D1111}A motion w
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to request a 
conference with the House on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses 
relative to S. 3 and, by unanimous-consent, a vote on the cloture motion 
will occur on Tuesday, September 27.
Page S13257
California Desert Protection Act--Cloture Vote: On Friday, September 23, by 
73 yeas to 20 nays (Vote No. 305), three-fifths of those Senators duly 
chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 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.
  Page S13257
[D22SE4-B17]{D1111}By unanimo
  By unanimous consent, the motion to disagree to the amendments of the 
House to S. 21 was agreed to.
Page S13257
VA/HUD Appropriations--Conference Report: Senate began consideration of the 
conference report on H.R. 4624, making appropriations for the Departments of 
Veterans Affairs, and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry 
independent agencies, boards, commission, corporations, and offices for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1995.
  Pages S13316-17
[D22SE4-B18]{D1111}Senate wil
  Senate will resume consideration of the conference report on Monday, 
September 26.
Treaty Approved: The following treaty having passed through its various 
parliamentary stages, up to and including the presentation of the 
resolutions of ratification, upon division, two-thirds of the Senators 
present and having voted in the affirmative, the resolution of ratification 
was agreed to:
[D22SE4-B19]{D1111}Protocol t
  Protocol to the Tax Convention with the State of Israel (Treaty Doc. 103-
16), with an understanding and a declaration.
Page S13276
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Kay Collett Goss, of Arkansas, to be an Associate Director of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency.
  Laurie O. Robinson, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Attorney General.
  Jeremy Travis, of New York, to be Director of the National Institute 
of Justice.
  Nancy E. Gist, of Massachusetts, to be Director of the Bureau of 
Justice Assistance.
  Kenneth Malerman Jarin, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the 
National Council of the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 1998.
  Judith A. Miller, of Ohio, to be General Counsel of the Department of 
Defense.
  1 Air Force nomination in the rank of Chief of Air Force Reserve.
  47 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  91 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  31 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy.
Pages S13318-20
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Barbara Blum, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
Board of Trustees of the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native 
Culture and Arts Development for the remainder of the term expiring May 
19, 1996.
  LaDonna Harris, of New Mexico, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture 
and Arts Development for a term expiring May 19, 2000.
  Loren Kieve, of New Mexico, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees 
of the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts 
Development for the remainder of the term expiring May 19, 1996.
  Catherine Baker Stetson, of New Mexico, to be a Member of the Board 
of Trustees of the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native 
Culture and Arts Development for a term expiring May 19, 2000.
  Walter R. Roberts, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy for a term 
expiring April 6, 1997.
  Sven E. Holmes, of Oklahoma, to be United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of Oklahoma.
  Vicki Miles-LaGrange, of Oklahoma, to be United States District Judge 
for the Western District of Oklahoma.
  John D. Snodgrass, of Alabama, to be United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of Alabama.
  Mary Ellen R. Fise, 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, 1996.
  George J. Opfer, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency.
  Bernard Daniel Rostker, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
the Navy.
  Routine lists in the Foreign Service.
Messages From the House:
  Pages S13257, S13279-80
Measures Referred:
  Page S13280
Measures Read First Time:
  Page S13166
Communications:
  Page S13280
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Pages S13281-83
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S13283-S13308
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S13308-10
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S13310
Authority for Committees:
  Page S13310
Additional Statements:
  Pages S13311-14
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--305)
  Pages S13128, S13256, S13257
Recess: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and recessed at 4:41 p.m., on 
Friday, September 23, 1994, to reconvene at 3 p.m., on Monday, 
September 26, 1994. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the 
Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S13316-17.)