[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 1 (Wednesday, January 4, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      First session of the One Hundred Fourth Congress convened.
      House passed congressional accountability measure.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1-S427
Measures Introduced: One hundred forty-nine bills and thirty-eight 
resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 1-149, S.J. Res. 1-12, S. 
Res. 1-25, and S. Con. Res. 1.
  Pages S47-52
Reports of a Committee: Pursuant to the order of the Senate of December 
1, 1994, the following reports were filed:
  Report on the Inquiry into the U.S. Park Police Investigation of the 
Death of White House Deputy Counsel Vincent W. Foster, Jr. (S. Rept. 
No. 103-433, Vol. I)
  Report on the Communications Between Officials of the White House and 
the U.S. Department of the Treasury on the Resolution Trust 
Corporation. (S. Rept. No. 103-433, Vol. II)
Page S47
Administration of Oath of Office: The Senators-elect were administered 
the oath of office by the Vice President.
  Pages S4-5
Measures Passed:
  Notification to the President: Senate agreed to S. Res. 1, providing 
that a committee consisting of two Senators be appointed by the Vice 
President to join such committee as may be appointed by the House of 
Representatives to inform the President of the United States that a 
quorum of each House is assembled. Subsequently, Senators Dole and 
Daschle were appointed by the Vice President.
  Page S6
  Notification to the House of Representatives: Senate agreed to S. 
Res. 2, informing the House of Representatives that a quorum of the 
Senate is assembled and that the Senate is ready to proceed to 
business.
  Page S6
  Hour of Daily Meeting: Senate agreed to S. Res. 3, fixing the hour of 
daily meeting of the Senate at 12 o'clock meridian, unless otherwise 
provided.
  Page S6
  Electing President pro tempore: Senate agreed to S. Res. 4, electing 
the Honorable Strom Thurmond, of South Carolina, as President pro 
tempore of the Senate.
  Page S6
  Notifying President of the Election of President pro tempore: Senate 
agreed to S. Res. 5, notifying the President of the United States of 
the election of Senator Thurmond as President pro tempore of the 
Senate.
  Page S6
  Election of Secretary of the Senate: Senate agreed to S. Res. 6, 
electing Sheila Burke as Secretary of the Senate.
  Page S6
  Election of Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate: Senate 
agreed to S. Res. 7, electing Howard O. Green, Jr., as the Sergeant at 
Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate.
  Page S6
  Election of Secretary for the Majority: Senate agreed to S. Res. 8, 
electing Elizabeth B. Greene as the Secretary for the Majority.
  Page S6
  Notification to the President: Semate agreed to S. Res. 9, notifying 
the President of the United States of the election of a Secretary of 
the Senate.

                                                             Pages S6-7

  Election of Secretary for the Minority: Senate agreed to S. Res. 10, 
electing C. Abbott Saffold as the Secretary for the Minority.
  Page S7
  [[Page D2]] Notification to the House: Senate agreed to S. Res. 11, 
notifying the House of Representatives of the election of Senator 
Thurmond as President pro tempore of the Senate.
  Page S7
  Notification to the House: Senate agreed to S. Res. 12, notifying the 
House of Representatives of the election of a Secretary of the Senate.
  Page S7
  Amending Senate Rules: Senate agreed to S. Res. 13, amending Rule XXV 
of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
  Pages S7-8
  Majority Committee Appointments: Senate agreed to S. Res. 15, making 
majority party appointments to certain Senate committees for the 104th 
Congress.
  Page S8
  Minority Committee Appointments: Senate agreed to S. Res. 16, making 
minority party appointments to Senate committees under paragraph 2 of 
Rule XXV for the One Hundred and Fourth Congress.
  Pages S8, S44
  Subsequently, the resolution was modified.
Page S44
  Amending Senate Rules: Senate agreed to S. Res. 17, to amend 
paragraph 4 of Rule XXV of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
  Pages S8-9, S44
  Subsequently, the resolution was modified.
Page S44
  Reappointment of Senate Legal Counsel: Senate agreed to S. Res. 18, 
relating to the reappointment of Michael Davidson as Senate Legal 
Counsel.
  Page S10
  Majority Committee Appointments: Senate agreed to S. Res. 20, making 
majority party appointments to certain Senate committees for the 104th 
Congress.
  Page S10
  Displaced Staff Member: Senate agreed to S. Res. 25, relating to 
section 6 of S. Res. 458 of the 98th Congress.
  Page S44
Amending Senate Rules: Senate began consideration of S. Res. 14, 
amending paragraph 2 of the Rule XXV of the Standing Rules of the 
Senate.
  Pages S30-44
Pending:
  Harking Amendment No. 1, amend the Standing Rules of the Senate to 
permit cloture to be invoked by a decreasing majority vote of Senators 
down to a majority of all Senators duly chosen and sworn.
Pages S30-44
  A unanimous-consent time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the pending amendment on Thursday, January 5, with a 
vote on a motion to table the amendment to occur thereon.
Page S44
  Senate will continue consideration of the resolution on Thursday, 
January 5.
Measure Indefinitely Postponed:
  Committee Funding: Senate indefinitely postponed further 
consideration of S. Res. 19, to express the sense of the Senate that 
the Committee on Rules and Administration when it reports the committee 
funding resolution for 1995-96 it should reduce funding for committees 
by 15% from the level provided for 1993-94.
  Pages S10, S45
Unanimous-Consent Agreements:
  Select Committee on Ethics: Senate agreed that, for the duration of 
the 104th Congress, the Select Committee on Ethics be authorized to 
meet during the session of the Senate.
  Page S9
  Time for Rollcall Votes: Senate agreed that, for the duration of the 
104th Congress, there be a limitation of 15 minutes each upon any 
rollcall vote, with the warning signal to be sounded at the midway 
point, beginning at the last 7\1/2\ minutes, and when rollcoll votes 
are of 10 minutes' duration, the warning signal be sounded at the 
beginning of the last 7\1/2\ minutes.
  Page S9
  Authority to Receive Reports: Senate agreed that, during the 104th 
Congress, it be in order for the Secretary of the Senate to receive 
reports at the desk when presented by a Senator at any time during the 
day of the session of the Senate.
  Page S9
  Recognition of Leadership: Senate agreed that the majority and 
minority leaders may daily have up to 10 minutes on each calendar day 
following the prayer and disposition of the reading, or the approval 
of, the Journal.
  Page S9
  House Parliamentarian Floor Privileges: Senate agreed that the 
Parliamentarian of the House of Representatives and his three 
assistants be given the privilege of the floor during the 104th 
Congress.
  Page S9
  Printing of Conference Reports: Senate agreed that, notwithstanding 
the provisions of Rule XXVIII, conference reports and statements 
accompanying them not be printed as Senate reports when such conference 
reports and statements have been printed as a House report unless 
specific request is made in the Senate in each instance to have such a 
report printed.
  Page S9
  Authority for Appropriations Committee: Senate agreed that the 
Committee on Appropriations be authorized during the 104th Congress to 
file reports during adjournments or recesses of the Senate on 
appropriation bills, including joint resolutions, together with any 
accompanying notices of motions to [[Page D3]] suspend Rule XVI, 
pursuant to Rule V, for the purpose of offering certain amendments to 
such bills or joint resolutions, which proposed amendment shall be 
printed.
  Pages S9-10
  Authority for Corrections in Engrossment: Senate agreed that, for the 
duration of the 104th Congress, the Secretary of the Senate be 
authorized to make technical and clerical corrections in the 
engrossment of all Senate-passed bills and resolutions, Senate 
amendments to House bills and resolutions, Senate amendments to House 
amendments to Senate bills and resolutions, and Senate amendments to 
House amendments to Senate amendments to House bills or resolutions.
  Pages S9-10
  Authority to Receive Messages and Sign Enrolled Measures: Senate 
agreed that, for the duration of the 104th Congress, when the Senate is 
in recess or adjournment, the Secretary of the Senate be authorized to 
receive messages from the President of the United States and--with the 
exception of House bills, joint resolutions, and concurrent 
resolutions-messages from the House of Representatives, that they be 
appropriately referred, and that the President of the Senate, the 
President pro tempore, and the Acting President pro tempore be 
authorized to sign duly enrolled bills and joint resolutions.
  Pages S9-10
  Privileges of the Floor: Senate agreed that, for the duration of the 
104th Congress, Senators be allowed to leave at the desk with the 
Journal Clerk the names of two staff members who will be granted the 
privilege of the floor during the consideration of the specific matter 
noted, an that the Sergeant-at-Arms be instructed to rotate such staff 
members as space allows.
  Pages S9-10
  Referral of Treaties and Nominations: Senate agreed that for the 
duration of the 104th Congress, it be in order to refer treaties and 
nominations on the day when they are received from the President, even 
when the Senate has no executive session that day.
  Pages S9-10
Appointments:
  Commission on the Roles and Capabilities of the U.S. Intelligence 
Community: The Chair announced the following appointment made by the 
Republican Leader, Senator Dole, During the sine die adjournment: 
Pursuant to provisions of Public Law 103-359, the appointment of 
Senator Warner and David H. Dewhurst, of Texas, as members of the 
Commission on the Roles and Capabilities of the United States 
Intelligence Community.
  Page S45
  National Bankruptcy Review Commission: The Chair announced the 
following appointment made by the President pro tempore, Senator Byrd, 
during the sine die adjournment: Pursuant to provisions of Public Law 
103-394, and upon the recommendation of the Republican Leader, the 
appointment of James I. Shepard, of California, as a member of the 
National Bankruptcy Review Commission.
  Page S45
  Commission on Protecting and Reducing Government Secrecy: The Chair 
announced the following appointment made by the Democratic Leader, 
Senator Mitchell, during the sine die adjournment: Pursuant to 
provisions of Public Law 103-236, the appointment of Senator Moynihan 
and Samuel P. Huntington, of New York, as members of the Commission on 
Protecting and Reducing Government Secrecy.
  Page S45
  John C. Stennis Center for Public Training and Development: The Chair 
announced the following appointment made by the Democratic Leader, 
Senator Mitchell, during the sine die adjournment: Pursuant to 
provisions of Public Law 100-458, Sec. 114(b)(1)(2), the reappointment 
of William Winter to a six-year term on the Board of Trustees of the 
John C. Stennis Center for Public Training and Development, effective 
Oct. 11, 1994.
  Page S45
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Robert E. Rubin, of New York, to be Secretary of the Treasury.
  Robert E. Rubin, of New York, to be United States Governor of the 
International Monetary Fund for a term of five years; United States 
Governor of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 
for a term of five years; United States Governor of the Inter-American 
Development Bank for a term of five years; United States Governor of 
the African Development Bank for a term of five years; United States 
Governor of the Asian Development Bank; United States Governor of the 
African Development Fund; United States Governor of the European Bank 
for Reconstruction and Development.
  Ronna Lee Beck, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge 
of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of 
fifteen years.
  Linda Kay Davis, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate 
Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of 
fifteen years.
  Eric T. Washington, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate 
Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of 
fifteen years.
Page S52
Messages From the House:
  Page S45
Communications:
  Page S45
Petitions:
  Pages S45-47
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S53-S417
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S422-23 [[Page D4]] 
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S423
Additional Statements:
  Pages S425-26
Quorum Calls: One quorum call was taken today. (Total--1)
  Pages S426-27
Adjournment: Senate convened at 12 noon, and recessed at 9:10 p.m., 
until 10 a.m., on Thursday, January 5, 1995. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S45.)