[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 142 (Tuesday, October 4, 1994)]
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                                           Tuesday, October 4, 1994

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S13969-S14125
Measures Introduced: Five bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2496-2500, S. Res. 273, and S. Con. Res. 77.
  Page S14112
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  H.R. 4598, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to make technical 
corrections to maps relating to the Coastal Barrier Resources System, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 103-398)
  H.R. 4709, to make certain technical corrections, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute.
Page S14111
Measures Passed:
  Alternate Uses of Drugs: Committee on Labor and Human Resources was 
discharged from further consideration of S. 340, to amend the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to clarify the application of the Act with 
respect to alternate uses of new animal drugs and new drugs intended 
for human use, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the 
following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S14070-72
  Ford (for Heflin) Amendment No. 2612, in the nature of a substitute.
Pages S14070-71
  Grand Canyon Anniversary: Senate agreed to S. Res. 273, to express 
the sense of the Senate in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of 
Grand Canyon National Park.
  Page S14072
  National Children's Day: Senate passed H.J. Res. 389, to designate 
the second Sunday in October of 1994 as ``National Children's Day'', 
clearing the measure for the President.
  Page S14073
  Parents' Day: Senate passed H.J. Res. 398, to establish the fourth 
Sunday of July as ``Parents' Day'', clearing the measure for the 
President.
  Page S14073
  Irish-American Heritage Month: Senate passed H.J. Res. 401, 
designating the months of March 1995 and March 1996 as ``Irish-American 
Heritage Month'', clearing the measure for the President.
  Page S14073
  National Penny Charity Week: Senate passed H.J. Res. 415, designating 
the week beginning October 16, 1994, as ``National Penny Charity 
Week'', clearing the measure for the President.
  Page S14073
  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Proceedings: Senate passed S. 2341, 
to amend chapter 30 of title 35, United States Code, to afford third 
parties an opportunity for greater participation in reexamination 
proceedings before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, after 
agreeing to a committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  Pages S14073-75
  Private Relief: Senate passed S. 927, for the relief of Wade Bomar, 
after agreeing to a committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  Page S14075
  Private Relief: Senate passed S. 2457, for the relief of Benchmark 
Rail Group, Inc.
  Pages S14075-77
  Private Relief: Senate agreed to S. Res. 136, to refer S. 1325, 
entitled ``A bill for the relief of Horace Martin'', to the Chief Judge 
of the United States Claims Court for a report thereon, after agreeing 
to a committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  Page S14077
  Private Relief: Senate agreed to S. Res. 223, to refer S. 2188, 
entitled ``A bill for the relief of the Pottawatomi Nation in Canada 
for the proportionate share of tribal funds and annuities under 
treaties between the Pottawatomi Nation and the United States, and for 
other purposes'', to the Chief Judge of the United States Court of 
Federal Claims for a report on the bill.
  Page S14077
  Private Relief: Senate passed H.R. 810, for the relief of Elizabeth 
M. Hill, clearing the bill for the President.
  Page S14077
  Conflicts in Africa: Senate passed S. 2475, to authorize assistance 
to promote the peaceful resolution of conflicts in Africa.
  Pages S14077-79
  Meeting of the Facilitation Division of the International Civil 
Aviation Organization: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 77, expressing the 
sense of Congress regarding the United States position on the 
disinsection of aircraft at the 11th meeting of the Facilitation 
Division of the International Civil Aviation Organization.
  Page S14079
  North American Wetlands Conservation Act Authorization: Senate passed 
H.R. 4308, to authorize appropriations to assist in carrying out the 
North American Wetlands Conservation Act for the fiscal years 1995 
through 1998, clearing the bill for the President.
  Page S14079
  Subsequently, S. 1857, Senate companion bill, was indefinitely 
postponed.
Page S14079
  Federal Payment Formula Revision Act: Senate passed H.R. 2902, to 
amend the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental 
Reorganization Act to revise and make permanent the use of a formula 
based on adjusted District General Fund revenues as the basis for 
determining the amount of annual Federal payment to the District of 
Columbia, clearing the bill for the President.
  Pages S14079-80
  Sheep Promotion, Research and Information Act: Senate passed S. 2500, 
to enable producers and feeders of sheep and importers of sheep and 
sheep products to develop, finance, and carry out a nationally 
coordinated program for sheep and sheep product promotion, research, 
and information.
  Pages S14106-07
  Indian Affairs Technical Amendments: Senate passed H.R. 4709, to make 
certain technical corrections, after agreeing to a committee amendment 
in the nature of a substitute, and the following amendments proposed 
thereto:
  Pages S14107-10
  Ford (for Inouye) Amendment No. 2613, to make a technical correction.
Page S14110
  Ford (for Inouye) Amendment No. 2614, to clarify statutory 
construction.
Page S14110
Indian Tribe Water Rights: Senate concurred in the amendment of the 
House to S. 1146, to provide for the settlement of the water rights 
claims of the Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe in Yavapai County, Arizona, 
clearing the measure for the President.
  Pages S14058-70
Federal Crop Insurance Reform Act: Senate concurred in the amendment of 
the House to the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 4217, to reform the 
Federal Crop Insurance Program, clearing the measure for the President.
  Pages S14083-14104
Satellite Home Viewer Act: Senate concurred in the amendment of the 
House to S. 2406, to amend title 17, United States Code, relating to 
the definition of a local service area of a primary transmitter, 
clearing the measure for the President.
  Pages S14104-06
California Desert Protection Act--Conferees: By unanimous consent, 
Senate requested a conference with the House on the disagreeing votes 
of the two Houses relative to S. 21, to designate certain lands in the 
California Desert as wilderness, and to establish Death Valley, Joshua 
Tree, and Mojave National Parks, and the Chair appointed the following 
conferees: Senators Johnston, Bumpers, and Wallop.
  Pages S13985-86, S14041-43
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 S14037-38
  A second 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 Thursday, October 6, 1994.
Page S14038
Lobbying Disclosure Act--Conference Report: Senate resumed 
consideration of the conference report on S. 349, to provide for the 
disclosure of lobbying activities to influence the Federal Government.
  Page S14119
  A second 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 Thursday, October 6, 1994.
Page S14119
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations: By 
90 yeas to 7 nays (Vote No. 317), 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 S13975-85
  By 63 yeas to 35 nays (Vote No. 319), H. Lee Sarokin, of New Jersey, 
to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit.
Page S14037
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate took the 
following action:
  By 85 yeas to 12 nays (Vote No. 318), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed to 
close further debate on the nomination.
Pages S13969-75, S13985-S14011, S14015-37
  Ricki Rhodarmer Tigert, of Tennessee, to be Chairperson of the Board 
of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for a term of 
five years.
  Andrew C. Hove, Jr., of Nebraska, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for a term of 
six years.
  Andrew C. Hove, Jr., of Nebraska, to be Vice Chairperson of the Board 
of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
  Alan Sagner, of New Jersey, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for the remainder of the 
term expiring January 31, 1998.
  Marilyn Fae Peters, of South Dakota, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation.
  Clyde Arlie Wheeler, Jr., of Oklahoma, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation.
  Sheila C. Bair, of Kansas, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission for the remainder of the term expiring April 
13, 1995.
  Mary L. Schapiro, of the District of Columbia, to be a Commissioner 
of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for the term expiring April 
13, 1999.
  Mary L. Schapiro, of the District of Columbia, to be Chairman of the 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
  Doyle Cook, of Washington, to be a Member of the Farm Credit 
Administration Board, Farm Credit Administration, for the term expiring 
May 21, 1998.
  Alan A. Diamonstein, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the National Corporation for Housing Partnerships for the 
term expiring October 27, 1995.
  Harvey G. Ryland, of Florida, to be Deputy Director of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency.
  Stuart L. Brown, of Maryland, to be an Assistant General Counsel in 
the Department of the Treasury (Chief Counsel for the Internal Revenue 
Service).
  Robert B. Fulton, of Pennsylvania, to be an Associate Director of the 
United States Information Agency.
  Roger C. Viadero, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department of 
Agriculture.
  David George Newton, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Yemen.
  Robert Edward Service, of California, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Paraguay.
  Peter Jon de Vos, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Costa Rica.
  Cecil James Banks, of New Jersey, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the African Development Foundation for a term expiring 
November 13, 1995.
  Gabriel Guerra-Mondragon, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Chile.
  Jerome Gary Cooper, of Alabama, to be Ambassador to Jamaica.
  Geraldine A. Ferraro, of New York, for the Rank of Ambassador during 
her tenure of service as the Representative of the United States of 
America on the Human Rights Commission of the Economic and Social 
Council of the United Nations.
  Patricia Hill Williams, of New York, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Inter-American Foundation for a term expiring 
September 20, 2000.
  William Hybl, of Colorado, to be a Member of the United States 
Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy for a term expiring July 1, 
1997. (Reappointment)
  Vonya B. McCann, of Maryland, for the rank of Ambassador during her 
tenure of service as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for 
International Communications and Information Policy.
  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.
  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.
  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 Birenbaum, 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.
  Routine lists in the Foreign Service.
Page S14125
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Alan J. Dixon, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Defense Base 
Closure and Realignment Commission for a term expiring at the end of 
the first session of the 104th Congress.
  Alan J. Dixon, of Illinois, to be Chairman of the Defense Base 
Closure and Realignment Commission.
  Kenneth Byron Hipp, of Hawaii, to be a Member of the National 
Mediation Board for a term expiring July 1, 1997.
  Shirley Ann Jackson, of New Jersey, to be a Member of the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission for a term of five years expiring June 30, 1999.
  Philip Lader, of South Carolina, to be Administrator of the Small 
Business Administration.
  William M. Paparian, of California, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the State Justice Institute for a term expiring September 
17, 1995.
  Two Army nominations in the rank of general.
  A routine list in the Army.
Pages S14119-25
Messages From the House:
  Pages S14110-11
Measures Referred:
  Page S14111
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Pages S14077, S14111
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Pages S14111-12
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S14112-14
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S14114-15
Amendments Submitted:
  Page S14116
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S14116-17
Additional Statements:
  Pages S14117-19
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total-319)
  Pages S13985, S14037
Recess: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and recessed at 8:21 p.m., until 9 
a.m., Wednesday, October 5, 1994. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S14119.)