[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 141 (Monday, October 3, 1994)]
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                                            Monday, October 3, 1994

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S13899-S13967
Measures Introduced: Four bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2492-2495, and S. Con. Res. 76.
  Page S13928
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 2075, to amend the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence 
Prevention Act to reauthorize and improve programs under the Act, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 103-394)
  H.R. 512, to amend chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code, to 
provide that group life insurance benefits under such chapter may, upon 
application, be paid out to an insured individual who is terminally 
ill. (S. Rept. No. 103-395)
  H.R. 3499, to amend the Defense Department Overseas Teachers Pay and 
Personnel Practices Act. (S. Rept. No. 103-396)
  H.R. 4822, to make certain laws applicable to the legislative branch 
of the Federal Government, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 103-397)
Page S13928
Measures Passed:
   U.S. Missing Persons in Cyprus Investigation: Committee on Foreign 
Relations was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 2826, to 
provide for an investigation of the whereabouts of the United States 
citizens who have been missing from Cyprus since 1974, and the bill was 
then passed, after striking all after the enacting clause and inserting 
in lieu thereof the text of S. 1329, Senate companion measure, and 
agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S13957-58
  Dole (for D'Amato/Simon) Amendment No. 2609, in the nature of a 
substitute.
Page S13957
  Subsequently, S. 1329 was indefinitely postponed.
Page S13958
  Crow Boundary Settlement Act: Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources was discharged from further consideration of 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, and the 
bill was then passed.
  Page S13958
   U.S. Office of Special Counsel Authorization: Senate passed S. 622, 
to authorize appropriations for the United States Office of Special 
Counsel and the Merit Systems Protection Board, after agreeing to a 
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and the following 
amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S13958-61
  Ford (for Pryor/Levin) Amendment No. 2610, to clarify certain 
provisions relating to prohibited personnel practices, Merit Systems 
Protection Board proceedings.
Page S13960
  Ford (for Dorgan) Amendment No. 2611, to provide that the Special 
Counsel shall provide a status report of an allegation before 
terminating an investigation.
Pages S13960-61
   Indian Land Claims: Senate passed H.R. 4653, to settle Indian land 
claims within the State of Connecticut, after striking all after the 
enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the text of S. 2329, 
Senate companion measure, and after agreeing to the committee amendment 
in the nature of a substitute.
  Pages S13961-62
  Subsequently, S. 2329 was indefinitely postponed.
Page S13961
Elementary and Secondary Education Amendments--Conference Report: 
Senate resumed consideration of the conference report on H.R. 6, to 
extend for six years the authorizations of appropriations for the 
programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
  Pages S13899-S13902
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the conference report 
and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing 
Rules of the Senate, a vote on the cloture motion will occur on 
Wednesday, October 5, 1994.
Pages S13899, S13905
Lobbying Disclosure Act--Conference Report: Senate began consideration 
of the conference report on S. 349, to provide for the disclosure of 
lobbying activities to influence the Federal Government.
  Pages S13945-57
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the conference report 
and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing 
Rules of the Senate, a vote on the cloture motion will occur on 
Wednesday, October 5.
Page S13945
Nomination--Cloture Vote: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of Ricki Rhodarmer Tigert, of Tennessee, to be a Member of 
the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for 
a term of six years.
  Pages S13902-13
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate took the 
following action:
  By 63 yeas to 32 nays (Vote No. 316), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed to 
close further debate on the nomination.
Page S13912
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for a vote to 
occur on the nomination at 10 a.m., on Tuesday, October, 4, 1994, and 
that if the nomination is confirmed, the Senate proceed to the 
confirmation of Ricki Rhodarmer Tigert to be Chairperson of the Board 
of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Andrew 
C. Hove, Jr., of Nebraska, to be a Member and Vice Chairperson of the 
Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Pages S13912-13
  Subsequently, a motion entered on Friday, September 30, 1994, to 
close further debate on the nomination of Ms. Tigert to be Chairperson 
of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation was withdrawn.
Page S13912
OPIC Amendments--Additional Conferees: Senators Riegle, Sarbanes and 
D'Amato were added as conferees to H.R. 4950, to extend the authorities 
of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, solely for the 
consideration of matters contained in Titles III and IV.
  Page S13962
Committee Reporting Authority: By unanimous consent, the Committee on 
Finance was authorized until 12 noon, on November 22, 1994, to compile 
the committee reports on S. 2467, to approve and implement the trade 
agreements concluded in the Uraguay Round of multilateral trade 
negotiations, or its House companion, and have until 3 p.m., on 
November 22, 1994, to report either S. 2467 or the House companion.
  Page S13962
Executive Reports of Committees: The Senate received the following 
executive report of a committee:
  Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against 
Women (Exec. R, 96th Cong. 2nd Sess.). (Exec. Rept. 103-38)
Pages S13927-28
Motion To Request Attendance: During today's proceedings, by 76 yeas to 
19 nays (Vote No. 315), Senate agreed to a motion to request the 
attendance of absent Senators.
  Page S13912
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting a report relative to the termination of the blocking of 
Panamanian Government assets; referred to the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-150).
Pages S13926-27
  Transmitting the 1993 calendar year report of the Department of 
Transportation relative to highway safety; referred to the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (PM-151).
Page S13927
  Transmitting the Fifteenth Annual Report of the Federal Labor 
Relations Authority for fiscal year 1993; referred to the Committee on 
Governmental Affairs. (PM-152).
Page S13927
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Christine A. Varney, of the District of Columbia, to be a Federal 
Trade Commissioner for the unexpired term of seven years from September 
26, 1989.
  Frederic James Hansen, of Oregon, to be Deputy Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency.
  Routine lists in the Air Force and Army.
Pagess S13963-67
Messages From the President:
  Pages S13926-27
Messages From the House:
  Page S13927
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Pages S13927-28
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S13928-33
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S13933-34
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S13936-38
Additional Statements:
  Pages S13938-45
Text of S. 1225, S. 1422, S. 2372, S. 2395, S. 2466, S.J. Res. 227, and 
S. 2251 as Previously Passed:
  Pages S13916-26
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--316)
  Pages S13912
Quorum Calls: One quorum call was taken today. (Total--6)
  Page S13912
Recess: Senate convened at 5 p.m., and recessed at 7:58 p.m., until 9 
a.m., Tuesday, October 4, 1994. (For Senate's program, see the remarks 
of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S13912-13.)