[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 136 (Monday, September 26, 1994)]
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                                         Monday, September 26, 1994

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S13321-S13373
Measures Introduced: Three bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2460-2462, and S. Res. 268.
  Page S13351
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 2036, to specify the terms of contracts entered into by the United 
States and Indian tribal organizations under the Indian Self-
Determination and Education Assistance Act, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 103-374)
  S. 2156, to provide for the elimination and modification of reports 
by Federal departments and agencies to the Congress, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 103-375)
  S. 1786, to increase the authorization of appropriations for the 
Belle Fourche Irrigation Project, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 103-376)
  S. 1988, to authorize the transfer of a certain loan contract to the 
Upper Yampa Water Conservancy Project, with an amendment. (S. Rept. No. 
103-377)
  S. 2066, to expand the Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply Project, with 
amendments. (S. Rept. No. 103-378)
  S. 2124, to provide development of power at the Mancos Project. (S. 
Rept. No. 103-379)
  S. 2213, to make applicable the provisions of the Act commonly known 
as the ``Warren Act'' to the Central Utah Project, Utah, with an 
amendment. (S. Rept. No. 103-380)
  S. 2253, to modify the Mountain Park Project in Oklahoma, with an 
amendment. (S. Rept. No. 103-381)
  S. 2266, to amend the Recreation Management Act of 1992, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 103-382)
  S. 2319, to amend the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act to 
authorize additional measures to carry out the control of salinity 
upstream of Imperial Dam in a cost-effective manner, with amendments. 
(S. Rept. No. 103-383)
  H.R. 3839, to designate the United States Post Office located at 220 
South 40th Avenue in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, as the ``Roy M. Wheat 
Post Office''.
  H.R. 4191, to designate the United States Post Office located at 9630 
Estate Thomas in Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands, as the ``Aubrey C. 
Ottley United States Post Office''.
  H.R. 4596, to designate the building located at 2200 North Highway 67 
in Florissant, Missouri, for the period of time during which it houses 
operations of the United States Postal Service, as the ``John L. 
Lawler, Jr. Post Office''.
Pages S13350-51
  VA/HUD Appropriations--Conference Report: Senate resumed 
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, 
commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1995.
  Pages S13321-34, S13340-46, S13370
  Senate concurred in the amendments of the House to Senate amendments 
numbered 5, 14, 19, 20, 30, 51, 56, 58, 60, 64, 71, 72, 98, 100, 111, 
and 117, with certain exceptions.
Pages S13323-24
Pending:
  (1) McCain Amendment No. 2587 (to House amendment to Senate amendment 
number 84), to prohibit the expenditure of appropriated amounts to 
carry out certain programs and projects.
Pages S13325-31
  (2) Smith Amendment No. 2588 (to House amendment to Senate amendment 
number 28), to require that the joint explanatory statement of the 
conference committee on an appropriations bill specify whether 
earmarked expenditures in the conference report or joint explanatory 
statement were contained in the House bill or committee report, the 
Senate bill or committee report, or added by the conferees.
Pages S13331-34
Withdrawn:
  Gorton Amendment No. 2589 (to House amendment to Senate amendment 
number 123), to provide enforcement of Fair Housing Act actions against 
printers and publishers.
Pages S13341-43
  Subsequently, Senate concurred in the amendment of the House to 
Senate amendment numbered 123.
Page S13344
  A unanimous-consent time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the conference report and amendments pending thereto, 
on Tuesday, September 27, 1994, with votes to occur thereon beginning 
at 2:15 p.m.
Page S13370
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaty:
  Treaty Between the United States of America and the Republic of 
Belarus Concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of 
Investment, with Annex, Protocol, and related exchange of letters, 
signed at Minsk on January 15, 1994. (Treaty Doc. No. 103-36).
  The treaty was transmitted to the Senate on Friday, September 23, 
1994, 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 S13371
Appointments:
  Social Security Advisory Board: The Chair, on behalf of the 
Republican Leader and in consultation with the Ranking Minority Member 
of the Finance Committee, pursuant to Public Law 103-296, appointed 
Carolyn L. Weaver of Virginia for a three-year term to the Social 
Security Advisory Board.
  Page S13371
Executive Reports of Committees: The Senate received the following 
executive reports of a committee:
  A report to accompany the Agreement to Promote Compliance with 
International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels 
on the High Seas (Treaty Doc. 103-24). (Exec. Rept. 103-32); and
  A report to accompany the ILO Convention No. 150 Concerning Labor 
Administration (Treaty Doc. 103-26). (Exec. Rept. 103-33)
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Received on Friday, September 23, 1994, during the recess of the 
Senate:
  Patrick J. Toole, Jr., of Pennsylvania, to be United States District 
Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
Page S13375
Received today:
  Madeleine Korbel Albright, of the District of Columbia, to be a 
Representative of the United States of America to the Forty-ninth 
Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
  Edward William Gnehm, Jr., of Georgia, to be a Representative of the 
United States of America to the Forty-ninth Session of the General 
Assembly of the United Nations.
  David Elias Bierenbaum, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Forty-
ninth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
  Karl Frederick Inderfurth, of North Carolina, to be an Alternate 
Representative of the United States of America to the Forty-ninth 
Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
  Victor Marrero, of New York, to be an Alternate Representative of the 
United States of America to the Forty-ninth Session of the General 
Assembly of the United Nations.
  Patrick J. Leahy, of Vermont, to be a Representative of the United 
States of America to the Forty-ninth Session of the General Assembly of 
the United Nations.
  Frank H. Murkowski, of Alaska, to be a Representative of the United 
States of America to the Forty-ninth Session of the General Assembly of 
United Nations.
  Lori Esposito Murray, of Connecticut, to be an Assistant Director of 
the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
  J. Timothy O'Neill, of Virginia, to be a Director of the Federal 
Housing Finance Board for the remainder of the term expiring February 
27, 1997.
  James E. Hall, of Tennessee, to be Chairman of the National 
Transportation Safety Board for a term of two years.
  Steven Scott Alm of Hawaii, to be United States Attorney for the 
District of Hawaii for the term of four years.
  Calton Windley Bland, of North Carolina, to be United States Marshal 
for the Eastern District of North Carolina for the term of four years.
  Michael D. Carrington, of Indiana, to be United States Marshal for 
the Northern District of Indiana for the term of four years.
  Robert Bradford English, of Missouri, to be United States Marshal for 
the Western District of Missouri for the term of four years.
  John R. Murphy, of Alaska, to be United States Marshal for the 
District of Alaska for the term of four years.
  John Edward Rouille, of Vermont, to be United States Marshal for the 
District of Vermont for the term of four years.
  Herbert M. Rutherford III, of the District of Columbia, to be United 
States Marshal for the District of Columbia for the term of four years.
  1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Coast Guard, Air Force, and Army.
Pages S13375-78
Messages From the House:
  Page S13350
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S13350
Communications:
  Page S13350
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S13351
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S13351-53
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S13353
Amendments Submitted:
  Page S13354
Additional Statements:
  Pages S13354-70
Recess: Senate convened at 3 p.m., and recessed at 6:40 p.m., until 10 
a.m., on Tuesday, September 27, 1994. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Assistant Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S13371.)