[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 149 (Thursday, December 1, 1994)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]


[Congressional Record: December 1, 1994]
From the Congressional Record Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

 
                                         Thursday, December 1, 1994

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate Adjourned Sine Die.
      See Resume of Congressional Activity.
      Senate passed GATT Implementing Legislation.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S15271-S15471
Measures Introduced: Three bills and seven resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2567-2569, and S. Res. 288-294.
  Page S15428
Measures Passed:
  GATT: By 76 yeas to 24 nays (Vote No. 329), Senate passed H.R. 5110, 
to approve and implement the trade agreements concluded in the Uruguay 
Round of multilateral trade negotiations, clearing the measure for the 
President.
  Pages S15271-S15379
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 68 yeas to 32 nays (Vote No. 328), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed to 
a motion to waive titles 3 and 4 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974, and to waive section 23 of H. Con. Res. 218, Concurrent 
Resolution on the Budget for fiscal year 1995, as permitted by 
subsection (c) of that provision with respect to consideration of the 
bill.
Page S15378
  Authority to Administer Oath of Office: Senate agreed to S. Res. 289, 
to authorize the President of the Senate to administer the oath of 
office to the Honorable Fred Thompson.
  Page S15466-67
  Committee to Notify the President: Senate agreed to S. Res. 290, to 
appoint a committee to notify the President concerning the proposed 
adjournment of the session.
  Page S15467
  Subsequently, the Chair appointed the Majority and Minority Leaders.
  Thanks to the Vice President: Senate agreed to S. Res. 291, tendering 
the thanks of the Senate to the Vice President for the courteous, 
dignified, and impartial manner in which he has presided over the 
deliberations of the Senate.
  Page S15467
  Thanks to the President pro tempore: Senate agreed to S. Res. 292, 
tendering the thanks of the Senate to the President pro tempore for the 
courteous, dignified, and impartial manner in which he has presided 
over the deliberations of the Senate.
  Page S15467
  Commending the Majority Leader: Senate agreed to S. Res. 293, to 
commend the exemplary leadership of the Majority Leader.
  Page S15467
  Commending the Republican Leader: Senate agreed to S. Res. 294, to 
commend the exemplary leadership of the Republican Leader.
  Page S15467
Committee Authority: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 
was granted authority to file a report on the Whitewater hearings on 
Tuesday, January 3, 1995, between 12 noon and 3 p.m.
  Page S15466
Appointments:
  North Atlantic Assembly Fall Meeting: The Chair, on behalf of the 
Vice President, in accordance with 22 U.S.C. 1928a-1928d, as amended, 
announced the following appointments, which were made during the 
previous Senate recess, to the Senate Delegation to the North Atlantic 
Assembly Fall Meeting during the Second Session of the 103d Congress, 
which was held in Washington, D.C., November 14-18, 1994: Senators 
Dodd, Daschle, and Hutchison.
  Page S15467
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Yerker Andersson, of Maryland, to be a Member of the National Council 
on Disability for a term expiring September 17, 1996.
  Howard W. Cannon, of Nevada, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees 
of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education 
Foundation for a term expiring March 3, 1998.
  E. Gordon Gee, of Ohio, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of 
the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation for a term expiring December 
19, 1999.
  Sanford D. Greenberg, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of 
the National Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term 
expiring May 10, 2000.
  Jerome F. Kever, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Railroad 
Retirement Board for a term expiring August 28, 1998.
  Claudia I. Mitchell-Kernan, of California, to be a Member of the 
National Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term 
expiring May 10, 2000.
  Diana S. Natalicio, of Texas, to be a Member of the National Science 
Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 2000.
  Lilliam Rangel Pollo, of Florida, to be a Member of the National 
Council on Disability for a term expiring September 17, 1996.
  Lieutenant General William W. Quinn, United States Army, Retired, of 
Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Barry 
Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation for a term 
expiring October 13, 1999.
  Debra Robinson, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the National 
Council on Disability for a term expiring September 17, 1997.
  Lynda Hare Scribante, of Nebraska, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education 
Foundation for a term expiring October 13, 1999.
  Virgil M. Speakman, of Ohio, to be a Member of the Railroad 
Retirement Board for a term expiring August 28, 1999.
  Joseph E. Stevens, Jr., of Missouri, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation for a term 
expiring December 10, 1997.
  Warren M. Washington, of Colorado, to be a Member of the National 
Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 
2000.
  John A. White, Jr., of Georgia, to be a Member of the National 
Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 
2000.
  Steven L. Zinter, of South Dakota, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation for a term 
expiring December 10, 1997.
  Robert G. Breunig, of Arizona, to be a Member of the National Museum 
Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 1998. (Reappointment)
  Kinshasha Holman Conwill, of New York, to be Member of the National 
Museum Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 1997.
  John A. Gannon, of Ohio, to be a Member of the National Council on 
Disability for a term expiring September 17, 1995.
  Peggy Goldwater-Clay, of California, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education 
Foundation for a term expiring June 5, 2000.
  Kenneth Byron Hipp, of Hawaii, to be a Member of the National 
Mediation Board for a term expiring July 1, 1997.
  Charles Hummel, of Delaware, to be a Member of the National Museum 
Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 1999.
  Ayse Manyas Kenmore, of Florida, to be a Member of the National 
Museum Services Board for the remainder of the term expiring December 
6, 1995.
  Nancy Marsiglia, of Louisiana, to be a Member of the National Museum 
Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 1998.
  Marciene S. Mattleman, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the 
National Institute for Literacy Advisory Board for the remainder of the 
term expiring October 12, 1995.
  Audrey L. McCrimon, of Illinois, to be a Member of the National 
Council on Disability for a term expiring September 17, 1997.
  Eve L. Menger, of New York, to be a Member of the National Science 
Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 2000.
  Arthur Rosenblatt, of New York, to be a Member of the National Museum 
Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 1997.
  Niranjan Shamalbhai Shah, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education 
Foundation for a term expiring August 11, 1998.
  Robert M. Solow, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the National 
Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 
2000.
  Ruth Y. Tamura, of Hawaii, to be a Member of the National Museum 
Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 1996.
  Lynne C. Waihee, of Hawaii, to be a Member of the National Institute 
for Literacy Advisory Board for a term of three years.
  Townsend Wolfe, of Arkansas, to be a Member of the National Museum 
Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 1995.
  Terrence B. Adamson, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of 
the Board of Directors of the State Justice Institute for a term 
expiring September 17, 1997.
  Rose Ochi, of California, to be Associate Director for National Drug 
Control Policy.
  Robert Clarke Brown, of New York, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority for a term 
of six years.
  Robert Talcott Francis II, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the 
National Transportation Safety Board for a term expiring December 31, 
1999.
  Jay C. Ehle, of Ohio, to be a Member of the Advisory Board of the 
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation.
  Charles T. Manatt, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
Board of Directors of the Communications Satellite Corporation until 
the date of the annual meeting of the Corporation in 1997.
  Robert Pitofsky, of Maryland, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner for 
the term of seven years from September 26, 1994.
  Thomas Hill Moore, of Florida, to be a Commissioner of the Consumer 
Product Safety Commission for the remainder of the term expiring 
October 26, 1996.
  Herschelle Challenor, of Georgia, to be a Member of the National 
Security Education Board for a term of four years.
  Sheila Cheston, of the District of Columbia, to be General Counsel of 
the Department of the Air Force.
  Eleanor Hill, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department of 
Defense.
  Vincent Reed Ryan, Jr., of Texas, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Panama Canal Commission.
  Stanley K. Sheinbaum, of California, to be a Member of the National 
Security Education Board for a term of four years.
  Dennis M. Duffy, of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs (Policy and Planning).
  Lee C. Howley, of Ohio, to be a Representative of the United States 
of America to the Forty-ninth Session of the General Assembly of the 
United Nations.
  Isabelle Leeds, 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.
  Herman E. Gallegos, of California, to be an Alternate Representative 
of the United States of America to the Forty-ninth Session of the 
General Assembly of the United Nations.
  Norwood J. Jackson, Jr., of Virginia, to be Inspector General, 
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
  Martin Neil Baily, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Council of 
Economic Advisers.
  Steve M. Hays, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the National Institute of Building Sciences for a term expiring 
September 7, 1997.
  Charles L. Marinaccio, of the District of Columbia, to be a Director 
of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation for a term expiring 
December 31, 1996.
  Bruce A. Morrison, of Connecticut, to be a Director of the Federal 
Housing Finance Board for a term expiring February 27, 2000.
  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.
  Kathleen A. McGinty, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Council 
on Environmental Quality.
  Isadore Rosenthal, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Chemical 
Safety and Hazard Investigation Board for a term of five years.
  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.
  Robert M. Sussman, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a term of five years expiring June 
30, 1998.
  Dale Minami, of California, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the Civil Liberties Public Education Fund for a term of three years.
  G. Edward DeSeve, of Pennsylvania, to be Controller, Office of 
Federal Financial Management, Office of Management and Budget.
  Robert F. Drinan, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Civil Liberties Public Education Fund for a term of 
three years.
  Susan Hayase, of California, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the Civil Liberties Public Education Fund for a term of three years. 
(New Position)
  Cherry T. Kinoshita, of Washington, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Civil Liberties Public Education Fund for a term of 
two years.
  Elsa H. Kudo, of Hawaii, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of 
the Civil Liberties Public Education Fund for a term of two years.
  Yeiichi Kuwayama, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
Board of Directors of the Civil Liberties Public Education Fund for a 
term of three years.
  Don T. Nakanishi, of California, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Civil Liberties Public Education Fund for a term of 
two years.
  Catherine Baker Stetson, 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.
  John A. Koskinen, of the District of Columbia, 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.
  John M. Deutch, of Massachusetts, 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.
  Thomas P. Glynn, of Massachusetts, 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.
  Gil Coronado, of Texas, 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.
  Joseph E. Stiglitz, of California, 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.
  Bob J. Nash, of Arkansas, 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.
  Cassandra M. Pulley, of the District of Columbia, 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.
Pages S15470-71
Measures Referred:
  Page S15423
Communications:
  Pages S15423-26
Petitions:
  Pages S15426-28
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S15428-36
Authority for Committees:
  Page S15437
Additional Statements:
  Pages S15437-66
Text of S. 2036, S. 2375, S. 2550, S. 2478, S. 2297, S. 2551, S. 2352, 
S. 1203, S. 2559, S. 2560, S. 2272, H.R. 1348, H.R. 5123, H.R. 4545, 
H.R. 2461, H.R. 3499, H.R. 4386, S.J. Res. 186, S.J. Res. 218, S.J. 
Res. 225, S.J. Res. 219, S.J. Res. 222, S.J. Res. 205, and S. Con. Res. 
21 as Previously Passed: (See Congressional Record of Wednesday, 
November 30, 1994, Pages S15172-S15224)
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--329)
  Pages S15378, S15379
Adjournment Sine Die: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and, in accordance 
with H. Con. Res. 315, adjourned sine die at 9:14 p.m.