[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 13 (Monday, January 23, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
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                             Monday, January 23, 1995 [[Page D69]] 

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1293-S1385
Measures Introduced: Four bills were introduced, as follows: S. 258-
261.
  Page S1369
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S.J. Res. 1, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States to require a balanced budget.
Pages S1368-69
Measures Passed:
   Joint Session of Congress: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 16, 
providing for a joint session of Congress to receive a message from the 
President on the State of the Union.
  Page S1384
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 S1302-65
Adopted:
  Dorgan/Kassebaum/Reid Modified Amendment No. 180, to include Federal 
requirements for the utilization of metric systems of measurement in 
the report on unfunded Federal mandates.
Pages S1306-16
Pending:
  Hatfield Amendment No. 181, to increase the overall economy and 
efficiency of Government operations and enable more efficient use of 
Federal funding, by enabling local governments and private, nonprofit 
organizations to use amounts available under certain Federal assistance 
programs in accordance with approved local flexibility plans.
Pages S1303-06
  Dorgan/Harkin Amendment No. 178, to require the Board of Governors of 
the Federal Reserve System to submit a report to the Congress and to 
the President each time the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
System or the Federal Open Market Committee takes any action changing 
the discount rate, the Federal funds rate, or market interest rates.
Pages S1316-19, S1353
  Hollings Amendment No. 182, to express the sense of the Senate 
concerning Congressional enforcement of a balanced budget.
Pages S1319-33, S1353
  Graham Amendment No. 183, to require a mechanism to allocate funding 
in a manner that reflects the direct costs to individual State, local, 
and tribal governments.
Page S1333
  Graham Amendment No. 184, to provide a budget point of order if a 
bill, resolution, or amendment reduces or eliminates funding for duties 
that are the constitutional responsibility of the Federal Government.
Page S1333
  Wellstone Amendment No. 185, to express the sense of the Congress 
that the Congress shall continue its progress at reducing the annual 
Federal deficit.
Pages S1333-34
  Wellstone Amendment No. 186 (to Amendment No. 185), of a perfecting 
nature.
Pages S1333-34
  Murray Amendment No. 187, to exclude from the application of the Act 
agreements with State, local, and tribal governments and the private 
sector with respect to environmental restoration and waste management 
activities of the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy.
Pages S1334-35
  Murray Amendment No. 188, to require time limitations for 
Congressional Budget Office estimates.
Pages S1334-35
  Graham Amendment No. 189, to change the effective date.
Pages S1335-36
  Levin Amendment No. 172, to provide that title II, Regulatory 
Accountability and Reform, shall apply only after January 1, 1996.
Page S1336
  Levin Amendment No. 173, to provide for an estimate of the direct 
cost of a Federal intergovernmental mandate.
Page S1336
  Levin Amendment No. 174, to provide that if a committee makes certain 
determinations, a point of order will not lie.
Page S1336

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  Levin Amendment No. 175, to provide for Senate hearings on title I, 
and to sunset title I in the year 2002.
Page S1336
  Levin Amendment No. 176, to clarify the scope of the declaration that 
a mandate is ineffective.
Page S1336
  Levin Amendment No. 177, to clarify the use of the term ``direct 
cost''.
Page S1336
  Dorgan Amendment No. 179, to express the sense of the Senate 
regarding calculation of the Consumer Price Index.
Pages S1345-50, S1353
  Harkin Amendment No. 190, to express the sense of the Senate 
regarding the exclusion of Social Security from calculations required 
under a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution.
Pages S1336-37, S1350-51, S1353
  Bingaman Amendment No. 191, to provide that certain legislation shall 
always be in order.
Pages S1337-40, S1353
  Bingaman Amendment No. 192, to establish the application to 
requirements relating to the treatment and disposal of radioactive 
waste.
Pages S1340-43, S1353
  Kohl Amendment No. 193, to provide that any State, local, or tribal 
government that already complies with a new Federal intergovernmental 
mandate shall be eligible to receive funds for the costs of the 
mandate.
Pages S1343-45
  Bingaman Amendment No. 194, to establish an application to provisions 
relating to or administrated by independent regulatory agencies.
Page S1345
  Glenn Amendment No. 195, to end the practice of unfunded Federal 
mandates on States and local governments and to ensure the Federal 
Government pays the costs incurred by those governments in complying 
with certain requirements under Federal statutes and regulations.
Pages S1351-53
  Kempthorne Amendment No. 196 (to Amendment No. 190), to express the 
sense of the Senate that any legislation required to implement a 
balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution shall specifically 
prevent Social Security benefits from being reduced or Social Security 
taxes from being increased to meet the balanced budget requirement.
Page S1353
  Glenn Amendment No. 197, to have the point of order lie at only two 
stages: (1) against the bill or joint resolution, as amended, just 
before final passage, and (2) against the bill or joint resolution as 
recommended by conference, if different from the bill or joint 
resolution as passed by the Senate.
Pages S1353-54
  McCain Amendment No. 198, to modify the exemption for matter within 
the jurisdiction of the Committees on Appropriations.
Page S1354
  Lautenberg Amendment No. 199, to exclude from the application of the 
Act provisions limiting known human (Group A) carcinogens defined by 
the Environmental Protection Agency.
Page S1356
  Unanimous-consent agreements were reached providing for further 
consideration of certain of the pending amendments, with votes to occur 
on, or in relation, thereto.
Page S1354
  Senate will continue consideration of the bill and amendments pending 
thereto, on Tuesday, January 24.
Committee Authority To File Report: Committee on the Judiciary was 
granted authority to have until 8 p.m., Tuesday, January 24, 1995, to 
file a report accompanying S.J. Res. 1, Constitution Balanced Budget 
Amendment.
  Page S1384
Joint Session--Escort Committee: The President of the Senate was 
authorized to appoint a committee on the part of the Senate to join 
with a like committee on the part of the House of Representatives to 
escort the President of the United States to the House Chamber for a 
Joint Session to be held at 9 p.m., on Tuesday, January 24, 1995.
  Page S1384
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaty:
  Treaty with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 
on Mutual Legal Assistance on Criminal Matters (Treaty Doc. No. 104-2).
  The treaty was transmitted to the Senate today, considered as having 
been read for the first time, and referred, with accompanying papers, 
to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Page S1384
Messages From the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States: Transmitting the report of disaster 
assistance to the Government of Japan in response to the devastating 
earthquake of January 17, 1995; referred to the Committee on Armed 
Services. (PM-2).
  Page S1367
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Janet Bond Arterton, of Connecticut, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of Connecticut.
  Willis B. Hunt, Jr., of Georgia, to be United States District Judge 
for the Northern District of Georgia.
  Susan Y. Illston, of California, to be United States District Judge 
for the Northern District of California.
  Charles B. Kornmann, of South Dakota, to be United States District 
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  John L. Bryant, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of 
the National Museum Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 
1997.
  1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.
  35 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Navy.
Pages S1385-92
Messages From the President:
  Page S1367
Messages From the House:
  Page S1367
Communications:
  Pages S1367-68
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S1369-73
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S1373-74
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S1374-84
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S1384
Recess: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and recessed at 8:24 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, January 24, 1995. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S1384-85.)