[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 11 (Thursday, January 19, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1129-S1250
Measures Introduced: Nine bills and four resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 243-251, S.J. Res. 21-22, and S. Con. Res. 2-3.
  Page S1207
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, taking action on 
amendments proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S1140-89, S1194-S1205
Adopted:
  (1) By a unanimous vote of 99 yeas (Vote No. 26), 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 S1140-44
  (2) Nickles Amendment No. 169 (to Amendment No. 31), to require 
agencies to report on a proposed regulation's cost to the private 
sector if it is in excess of $100 million annually.
Pages S1181-87
  (3) By a unanimous vote of 96 yeas (Vote No. 30), Levin Modified 
Amendment No. 170, to include gender in the statutory rights 
prohibiting discrimination to which the Act shall not apply.
Pages S1187-89, S1197
Rejected:
  (1) 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. (By 73 yeas to 25 nays 
(Vote No. 28), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S1140, S1150-58
  (2) Lieberman Amendment No. 151 (to Amendment No. 31), to exclude 
laws and regulations applying equally to governmental entities and the 
private sector. (By 53 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 29), Senate tabled the 
amendment.)
Pages S1160-80
  (3) Wellstone/Dodd Amendment No. 171 (to Amendment No. 31), to 
prohibit the consideration of legislation reported by a Congressional 
committee which does not contain an analysis of the probable impact of 
the legislation on children. (By 55 yeas to 42 nays (Vote No. 31), 
Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S1194-S1200
  (4) 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. (By 
54 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 32), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S1140-89,  S1194-S1201
  (5) Committee amendment number 11, beginning on page 25, line 11, 
pertaining to committee jurisdiction. (By 55 yeas to 42 nays (Vote No. 
33), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S1140, S1194-S1201
  (6) Committee amendment number 12, beginning on page 27, line 9, to 
establish determinations of applicability to pending legislation and of 
Federal mandate levels. (By 55 yeas to 42 nays (Vote No. 34), Senate 
tabled the amendment.)
Page S1201
  (7) Committee amendment number 13, on page 33, line 11, to provide 
for consideration of legislation. (By 55 yeas to 42 nays (Vote No. 35), 
Senate tabled the amendment.)
Page S1202
  (8) Committee amendment number 14, beginning on page 34, line 10, to 
make provisions applicable of the Administrative Procedure Act. (By 55 
yeas to 42 nays (Vote No. 36), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Page S1202
  During consideration of this bill today, the Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 54 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 27), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
failed to agree to close further debate on the bill.
Page S1146
  A third 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 Saturday, 
January 21.
Page S1201
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  Subsequently, the vote on the cloture motion scheduled to occur on 
Friday, January 20, and the vote on the cloture motion, listed above, 
were vitiated.
Pages S1203-05
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill and certain amendments to be proposed 
thereto.
Pages S1203-05
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States: Transmitting the Agreement between 
the Government of the United States of America and the Government of 
the Republic of Estonia Extending the Agreement of June 1, 1992, 
Concerning Fisheries Off the Coast of the United States; which was 
referred jointly, pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 1823(b), to the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and to the Committee on Foreign 
Relations. (PM-1).
  Page S1207
Messages From the President:
  Page S1207
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S1207-36
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S1237
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S1238-41
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S1241
Authority for Committees:
  Page S1241
Additional Statements:
  Pages S1241-50
Record Votes: Eleven record votes were taken today. (Total--36)
  Pages S1144, S1146, S1157-58, S1180, S1197, S1200-02
Recess: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and recessed at 11:55 p.m., until 10 
a.m., on Friday, January 20, 1995. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S1203-05.)