[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 8 (Friday, January 13, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D43]
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                             Friday, January 13, 1995 [[Page D43]] 

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S919-S955
Measures Introduced: Five bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 226-230, S.J. Res. 17, and S. Res. 53.
  Pages S944-45
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. Res. 53, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Agriculture, 
Nutrition and Forestry. (S. Rept. No. 104-3)
Page S944
Unfunded Mandates: Senate continued consideration of S. 1, to curb the 
practice of imposing unfunded Federal mandates on States and local 
governments; to strengthen the partnership between the Federal 
Government and State, local, and tribal governments; to end the 
imposition, in the absence of full consideration by Congress, of 
Federal mandates on State, local, and tribal governments without 
adequate funding, in a manner that may displace other essential 
governmental priorities; and to ensure that the Federal Government pays 
the costs incurred by those governments in complying with certain 
requirements under Federal statutes and regulations, with certain 
excepted committee amendments, taking action on amendments proposed 
thereto, as follows:
  Pages S919-22, S928-41
Adopted:
  (1) By a unanimous vote of 88 yeas (Vote No. 18), Dorgan Modified 
Amendment No. 18, to provide for certain studies and reports to be 
performed by the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations.
Pages S940-41
  (2) By a unanimous vote of 88 yeas (Vote No. 19), Kempthorne 
Amendment No. 19, to include, in reports on Federal mandates, a 
description of the actions taken by the committee to avoid any adverse 
impact on the private sector or the competitive balance between the 
public sector and the private sector.
Pages S940-41
Pending:
  Committee amendment number 9, beginning on page 15, line 6, to modify 
language relating to reports on Federal mandates.
Page S928
  Senate will resume consideration of the bill on Tuesday, January 17.
Communications:
  Page S944
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S945-53
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S953
Amendments Submitted:
  Page S954
Additional Statements:
  Page S954
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total-19)
  Page S941
Recess: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and recessed at 4:46 p.m., until 
9:15 a.m., on Tuesday, January 17, 1995. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the majority leader in today's Record on page S954.)