[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 18, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
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                          Wednesday, January 18, 1995 [[Page D51]] 

                              Daily Digest


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1017-S1128
Measures Introduced: Ten bills and four resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 233-242, S.J. Res. 20, and S. Res. 62-64.
  Page S1070
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  Special Report entitled ``Committee Activities of the Select 
Committee on Intelligence for the period January 4, 1993, through 
December 1, 1994.'' (S. Rept. No. 104-4).
  S. Res. 62, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Labor and 
Human Resources.
  S. Res. 64, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Veterans' 
Affairs.
Page S1069
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 S1024-69
Adopted:
  (1) By 99 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. 23), Dole Modified Amendment No. 
139 (to Amendment No. 31), in the nature of a substitute.
Pages S1028-40
  (2) By 93 yeas to 5 nays (Vote No. 24), Bradley Amendment No. 141 (to 
Amendment No. 31), to express the sense of the Senate that States 
should not shift costs to local governments.
Pages S1047-49, S1058-59, S1060
  (3) By a unanimous vote of 99 yeas (Vote No. 25), Boxer Amendment No. 
142 (to Amendment No. 31), to express the sense of the Senate that the 
Attorney General should act immediately to protect reproductive health 
care clinics.
Pages S1049-58, S1060-61
Pending:
  Committee amendment number 11, beginning on page 25, line 11, 
pertaining to committee jurisdiction.
Pages S1024-25
  Gorton Amendment No. 31 (to committee amendment number 11), to 
prohibit the approval or certification of certain national history 
standards proposed by the National Center for History in Schools.
Pages S1025-69
  Levin/Kempthorne/Glenn Amendment No. 143, to provide for the 
infeasibility of the Congressional Budget Office making a cost estimate 
for Federal intergovernmental mandates.
Pages S1059-60
  Bumpers Amendment No. 144 (to Amendment No. 31), to authorize 
collection of certain State and local taxes with respect to the sale, 
delivery, and use of tangible personal property.
Pages S1061-69
  During consideration of this measure today, by unanimous-consent, 
committee amendment number 11, beginning on page 25, line 11, 
pertaining to committee jurisdiction, was modified.
Page S1063
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill and Levin Amendment No. 143, listed above, on 
Thursday, January 19, with a vote to occur thereon at 11:30 a.m., 
following which Senate will vote on a motion to close further debate on 
the bill.
  A second motion was entered to close further debate on the bill and, 
in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a vote on the cloture motion could occur on Friday, January 
20.
Pages S1064-65
  Senate will resume consideration of the bill on Thursday, January 19.
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  S. David Fineman, of Pennsylvania, to be a Governor of the United 
States Postal Service for the term expiring December 8, 2003.
Page S1128
Communications:
  Pages S1069-70
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S1070-96
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S1096-97
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S1097-S1124
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S1126 [[Page D52]] 
Authority for Committees:
  Page S1126
Additional Statements:
  Pages S1126-28
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--25)
  Pages S1040, S1060-61
Recess: Senate convened at 11:30 a.m., and recessed at 9:17 p.m., until 
9 a.m., on Thursday, January 19, 1995. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S1128.)