[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 139 (Thursday, September 29, 1994)]
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                                       Thursday, September 29, 1994

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to conference reports on Transportation 
      Appropriations and Defense Appropriations.
      House Committees ordered reported 14 sundry measures.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S13645-S13751
Meaures Introduced: Eight bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2473-2480, and S.J. Res. 225.
  Pages S13706-07
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 338, to amend the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act to clarify the 
Federal Standards governing the termination and nonrenewal of 
franchises and franchise relationships for the sale of motor fuel, with 
amendments. (S. Report. No. 103-387)
  H.R. 2194, for the relief of Merrill Lannen.
  S. Res. 265, to express the sense of the Senate concerning District 
Council elections in Hong Kong on September 18, 1994.
  S. Res. 270, to express the sense of the Senate concerning U.S. 
relations with Taiwan.
  S. 2352, to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize 
certain programs relating to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health 
Services Administration.
  S. 2475, to authorize assistance to promote the peaceful resolution 
of conflicts in Africa.
Page S13705
Transportation Appropriations--Conference Report: By 89 yeas to 11 nays 
(Vote No. 312), Senate agreed to the conference report on H.R. 4556, 
making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, clearing the 
measure for the President.
  Pages S13645, S13649-54, S13657
Defense Appropriations--Conference Report: Senate agreed to the 
conference report on H.R. 4650, making appropriations for the 
Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, 
clearing the measure for the President.
  Pages S13674-86
District of Columbia Appropriations--Conference Report: Senate resumed 
consideration of the amendments in disagreement 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 S13657, S13687-91, S13693-S13703
Pending:
  (1) 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.
Pages S13657, S13689-91
  (2) Cohen/Sasser Modified Amendment No. 2594 (to House amendment to 
Senate amendment number 6), to provide for enhanced penalties for 
health care fraud. (As modified, the amendment incorporates the 
provisions of Wofford Amendment No. 2595, listed below.)
Pages S13658-64, S13701-02
  (3) Domenici (for Dole) Amendment No. 2599 (to Amendment No. 2594), 
to provide for enhanced penalties for health care fraud.
Page S13664
  During consideration of this measure today, the following action also 
occurred:
  (1) Wofford Amendment No. 2595 (to Cohen Amendment No. 2594), to 
disqualify Members of Congress from participating in the Federal 
Employee Health Benefits Program under chapter 89 of title 5, United 
States Code, fell due to its incorporation into the modification of 
Cohen/Sasser Amendment No. 2594, listed above.
Pages S13658, S13703
  (2) By 58 yeas to 41 nays (Vote No. 313), three-fifths of those 
Senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, 
Senate rejected a motion to waive the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
with respect to consideration of Domenici Amendment No. 2596 (to House 
amendment to Senate amendment number 12), to improve the operations of 
the legislative branch of the Federal Government. Subsequently, a point 
of order that the amendment was in violation of section 306 of the 
Congressional Budget Act was sustained, and the amendment thus fell.
Page S13701
  (3) Boren Amendment No. 2597 (to Domenici Amendment No. 2596), to 
improve the operations of the legislative branch of the Federal 
Government, fell as a result of Vote No. 313, listed above.
Pages S13664, S13693-S13701
Campaign Finance Reform: Senate resumed consideration of S. 3, entitled 
``Congressional Spending Limit and Election Reform Act of 1993''.
  Page S13751
  Pending is a motion 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, with a cloture vote to occur thereon, on Friday, 
September 30.
Page S13751
Executive Reports of Committees: The Senate received the following 
executive reports of a committee:
  A report to accompany the Two Treaties with the United Kingdom 
Establishing Caribbean Maritime Boundaries (Treaty Doc. 103-23). (Exec. 
Rept. 103-35)
Page S13706
  A report to accompany the Convention on the Conservation and 
Management of Pollock Resources in the Central Bering Sea (Treaty Doc. 
103-27). (Exec. Rept. 103-36)
Page S13706
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Paul M. Igasaki, of California, to be a Member of the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission for the remainder of the term 
expiring July 1, 1997.
  Paul Steven Miller, of California, to be a Member of the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission for a term expiring July 1, 1998.
  Gilbert F. Casellas, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission for a term expiring July 1, 1999.
  Philip Edward Coyle III, of the District of Columbia, to be Director 
of Operational Test and Evaluation, Department of Defense.
  Jan Lodal, of Virginia, to be Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for 
Policy.
  Timothy M. Barnicle, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Labor.
Page S13751
Messages From the House:
  Page S13704
Communications:
  Page S13705
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Pages S13705-06
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S13707-33
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S13733-34
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S13734-43
Authority for Committees:
  Page S13743
Additional Statements:
  Pages S13743-51
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--313)
  Pages S13657, S13701
Recess: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and recessed at 7:33 p.m., until 9 
a.m., Friday, September 30, 1994. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S13751.)