[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 137 (Tuesday, September 27, 1994)]
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                                        Tuesday, September 27, 1994

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to VA/HUD Appropriations Conference Report.
      Senate agreed to Agriculture Appropriations Conference Report.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S13379-S13537
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and four resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2463-2469, S.J. Res. 222-224, and S. Res. 269.
  Pages S13448-49
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 2094, to make permanent the authority of the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to approve basic educational assistance for flight training, 
with an amendment. (S. Rept. No. 103-384)
  S. 2325, to amend certain laws under the jurisdiction of the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to reauthorize programs relating to 
substance abuse and homeless assistance for veterans, to authorize a 
demonstration program to provide assistance to homeless veterans, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 103-385)
  H.R. 457, to provide for the conveyance of lands to certain 
individuals in Butte County, California.
  H.R. 1716, to amend the Act of January 26, 1915, establishing Rocky 
Mountain National Park, to provide for the protection of certain lands 
in Rocky Mountain National Park and along North St. Vrain Creek.
  H.R. 2620, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire 
certain lands in California through an exchange pursuant to the Federal 
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976.
  H.R. 3050, to expand the boundaries of the Red Rock Canyon National 
Conservation Area.
  H.R. 3252, to provide for the conservation, management, or study of 
certain rivers, parks, trails, and historic sites, with amendments.
  H.R. 3498, to establish the Great Falls Historic District, with 
amendments.
  H.R. 3708, to reform the operation, maintenance, and development of 
the Steamtown National Historic Site, with amendments.
  H.R. 4543, to designate the United States courthouse to be 
constructed at 907 Richland Street in Columbia, South Carolina, as the 
``Matthew J. Perry, Jr. United States Courthouse''.
  S. 112, to establish the Hudson River Artists National Historical 
Park in the State of New York, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
  S. 471, to establish a new area study process for proposed additions 
to the National Park System, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
  S. 1222, to revise the boundaries of the Blackstone River Valley 
National Heritage Corridor in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, with 
amendments.
  S. 1324, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to exchange 
certain lands of the Columbia Basin Federal reclamation project, 
Washington, with amendments.
  S. 1683, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide funds 
to the Palisades Interstate Park Commission for acquisition of land in 
the Sterling Forest area of the New York/New Jersey Highlands Region, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 1726, to provide for a competition to select the architectural 
plans for a museum to be built on the East Saint Louis portion of the 
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute.
  S. 1998, to provide for the acquisition of certain lands formerly 
occupied by the Franklin D. Roosevelt family, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.
  S. 2001, to improve the administration of the Women's Rights National 
Historical Park in the State of New York, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.
  S. 2064, to expand the boundary of the Weir Farm National Historic 
Site in the State of Connecticut, with amendments.
  S. 2078, to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Old 
Spanish Trail and the Northern Branch of the Old Spanish Trail for 
potential inclusion into the National Trails System.
  S. 2121, to promote entrepreneurial management of the National Park 
Service, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 2234, to amend the Mississippi River Corridor Study Commission Act 
of 1989 to extend the term of the commission established under that 
Act.
  S. 2249, to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, with 
amendments.
  S. 2303, to provide for the exchange of lands within Gates of the 
Arctic National Park and Preserve, with amendments.
  S. 2395, to designate the United States Federal Building and 
Courthouse in Detroit, Michigan, as the ``Theodore Levin Federal 
Building and Courthouse'', with amendments.
  S.J. Res. 217, to approve the location of a World War II Memorial.
Pages S13447-48
Measures Passed:
  American Indian Religious Freedom Act Amendments: Committee on Indian 
Affairs was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 4230, to 
amend the American Indian Religious Freedom Act to provide for the 
traditional use of peyote by Indians for religious purposes, and the 
bill was then passed, clearing the measure for the President.
  Page S13433
  Roy M. Wheat Post Office: Senate passed H.R. 3839, to designate the 
United States Post Office building located at 220 South 40th Avenue in 
Hattiesburg, Mississippi, as the ``Roy M. Wheat Post Office'', clearing 
the measure for the President.
  Pages S13433-34
  Aubrey C. Ottley Post Office: Senate passed H.R. 4191, to designate 
the United States Post Office building located at 9630 Estate Thomas in 
Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands, as the ``Aubrey C. Ottley Post Office'', 
clearing the measure for the President.
  Pages S13433-34
  Candace White Post Office: Committee on Governmental Affairs was 
discharged from further consideration of H.R. 4177, to designate the 
United States Post Office building located at 1601 Highway 35 in 
Middletown, New Jersey, as the ``Candace White Post Office'', and the 
bill was then passed, clearing the measure for the President.
  Pages S13433-34
  Jacob K. Javits Senate Fellowship Program: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
269, to amend Senate Resolution 75, 103d Congress, relating to the 
Jacob K. Javits Senate Fellowship Program.
  Page S13435
  U.S. Passport Ban in Lebanon: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 74, 
concerning the ban on the use of United States passports in Lebanon.
  Page S13435
  Condemning Female Genital Mutilation: Committee on Foreign Relations 
was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 263, to express 
the sense of the Senate condemning the cruel and tortuous practice of 
female genital mutilation, and the resolution was then agreed to.
  Pages S13435-36
  State Court Child Support Orders: Senate passed S. 922, to provide 
that a State court may not modify an order of another State court 
requiring the payment of child support unless the recipient of child 
support payments resides in the State in which the modification is 
sought or consents to the seeking of the modification in that court, 
after agreeing to a committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  Pages S13436-37
  FmHA Loans: Senate passed S. 2468, to permit the Secretary of 
Agriculture to make available certain amounts for FmHA farm ownership, 
operating, or emergency loans.
  Page S13443
VA/HUD Appropriations--Conference Report: By 90 yeas to 9 nays (Vote 
No. 306), Senate agreed to 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, clearing the measure for the President.
  Pages S13386-S13400
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate took the following 
action:
Rejected:
  (1) By 28 yeas to 72 nays (Vote No. 307), 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.
Page S13399
  Subsequently, Senate concurred in the amendment of the House to 
Senate amendment number 84.
Page S13399
  (2) By 45 yeas to 55 nays (Vote No. 308), 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.
Page S13400
  Subsequently, Senate concurred in the amendment of the House to 
Senate amendment number 28.
Page S13400
Campaign Finance Reform--Cloture Vote: By 57 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 
309), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn not having 
voted in the affirmative, Senate failed to agree 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, entitled 
``Congressional Spending Limit and Election Reform Act of 1993''.
  Page S13400
Labor/HHS Appropriations--Conference Report: By 83 yeas to 16 nays 
(Vote No. 310), Senate agreed to the conference report on H.R. 4606, 
making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1995.
  Pages S13405-12, S13414-28
  Senate concurred in the amendments of the House to Senate amendments 
numbered 18, 26, 33, 35, 38, 51, 53, 54, 56, 63, 69, 70, 71, 73, 74, 
81, 83, 86, 87, 88, 90, 93, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 102, 103, 104, 
107, 130, 135, 138, 139, 144, 153, 154, 155, 156 and 157, with an 
exception.
Pages S13409-12
Withdrawn:
  Cohen Amendment No. 2593 (to House amendment to Senate amendment 
numbered 148), to provide for enhanced penalties for health care fraud.
Pages S13417-24
Pending:
  House amendment to Senate amendment numbered 148.
Page S13409
Agriculture Appropriations--Conference Report: Senate agreed to the 
conference report on H.R. 4554, making appropriations for Agriculture, 
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, clearing the 
measure for the President.
  Pages S13428-33
  Senate concurred in the amendments of the House to Senate amendments 
numbered 11, 15, 25, 26, 32, 33, 34, 37, 41, 42, 57, 70, 75, 76, 84, 
89, 91, 94, 98, 100, and 102.
Pages S13428-30
SBA Reauthorizations: Senate disagreed to the amendments of the House 
to S. 2060, to amend the Small Business Act and the Small Business 
Investment Act of 1958, agreed to the request for a conference thereon, 
and the chair appointed the following conferees: Senators Bumpers, 
Nunn, and Pressler.
  Pages S13437-42
Vegetable Ink Printing Act: Senate concurred in the amendment of the 
House to S. 716, to require that all Federal lithographic printing be 
performed using ink made from vegetable oil and materials derived from 
other renewable resources, clearing the measure for the President.
  Pages S13442-43
Executive Reports of Committees: The Senate received the following 
executive report of a committee:
  A report to accompany the nomination of Lieutenant General Buster C. 
Glosson, United States Air Force, to retire in grade. (Exec. Rept. 103-
34)
Pages S13386, S13448
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaties:
  Treaty Between the United States of America and Ukraine Concerning 
the Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment, with Annex, 
and related exchange of letters, done at Washington on March 4, 1994. 
(Treaty Doc. No. 103-37).
  Treaty Between the Government of the United States of America and the 
Government of the Republic of Estonia Concerning the Encouragement and 
Reciprocal Protection of Investment, with Annex, done at Washington on 
April 19, 1994. (Treaty Doc. No. 103-38).
  The treaties were transmitted to the Senate on Monday, September 26, 
1994, considered as having been read for the first time, and referred, 
with accompanying papers, to the Committee on Foreign Relations and 
ordered to be printed.
Pages S13434-35
Messages From the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States: Transmitting the report of related 
documents to implement agreements resulting from the General Agreement 
On Tariffs and Trade Uruguay Round; referred to the Committee on 
Finance. (PM-147).
  Page S13445
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Thomas R. Carper, of Delaware, to be a Member of the Amtrak Board of 
Directors for a term of four years.
  Celeste Pinto McLain, of California, to be a Member of the Amtrak 
Board of Directors for the remainder of the term expiring March 20, 
1995.
  Celeste Pinto McLain, of California, to be a Member of the Amtrak 
Board of Directors for a term of four years.
Pages S13398-99, S13537
Messages From the President:
  Page S13445
Messages From the House:
  Page S13445
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S13445
Petitions:
  Pages S13445-47
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S13448
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S13449-S13524
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S13524-25
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S13525-33
Authority for Committees:
  Page S13533
Additional Statements:
  Pages S13533-37
Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total--310)
  Pages S13399-S13400, S13412
Recess: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and recessed at 8:21 p.m., until 10 
a.m., Wednesday, September 28, 1994. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S13537.)