[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 14 (Tuesday, January 24, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
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                            Tuesday, January 24, 1995 [[Page D75]] 

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate and House met in Joint Session and received the 
      President's State of the Union Message.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1393-S1475
Measures Introduced: Twelve bills and four resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 262-273, S.J. Res. 23, and S. Res. 69-71.
  Page S1442
Measures Passed:
  Condemning Terrorist Attacks in Israel: By a unanimous vote of 96 
yeas (Vote No. 42), Senate agreed to S. Res. 69, to condemn terrorist 
attacks in Israel.
  Page S1426
  Electing Senate Chaplain: Senate agreed to S. Res. 70, electing 
Doctor Lloyd John Ogilvie, of California, as Chaplain of the United 
States Senate.
  Page S1430
  Designating Committee Chairmen: Senate agreed to S. Res. 71, 
designating the Chairmen of certain Senate committees for the 104th 
Congress.
  Page S1430
  Amending United States Code: Senate passed S. 273, to amend 2 U.S.C. 
section 61h-6.
  Page S1430
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 S1396-S1412, S1417-27
Adopted:
  (1) Ford Amendment No. 206, to strike a provision relating to 
enforcement in the House of Representatives.
Pages S1402-03
  (2) Sarbanes/D'Amato Amendment No. 214, of a technical nature.
Pages S1411-12
  (3) 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 S1397, S1426-27
Rejected:
  (1) 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. (By 63 yeas to 34 nays (Vote No. 37), Senate tabled the 
amendment.)
Pages S1396, S1419-20
  (2) Dorgan Amendment No. 179, to express the sense of the Senate 
regarding calculation of the Consumer Price Index. (By 52 yeas to 44 
nays (Vote No. 38), Senate tabled the amendment.)

                                                  Pages S1397, S1420-21
  (3) Bingaman Amendment No. 191, to provide that certain legislation 
shall always be in order. (By 58 yeas to 39 nays (Vote No. 39), Senate 
tabled the amendment.)
Pages S1397, S1421
  (4) Bingaman Amendment No. 192, to establish the application to 
requirements relating to the treatment and disposal of radioactive 
waste. (By 57 yeas to 40 nays (Vote No. 40), Senate tabled the 
amendment.)
Pages S1397, S1421
  (5) Hollings Amendment No. 182, to express the sense of the Senate 
concerning Congressional enforcement of a balanced budget. (By 55 yeas 
to 41 nays (Vote No. 41), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S1396, S1421-26 [[Page D76]] 
Pending:
  Levin Amendment No. 172, to provide that title II, Regulatory 
Accountability and Reform, shall apply only after January 1, 1996.
Page S1397
  Levin Amendment No. 173, to provide for an estimate of the direct 
cost of a Federal intergovernmental mandate.
Page S1397
  Levin Amendment No. 174, to provide that if a committee makes certain 
determinations, a point of order will not lie.
Page S1397
  Levin Amendment No. 175, to provide for Senate hearings on title I, 
and to sunset title I in the year 2002.
Page S1397
  Levin Amendment No. 176, to clarify the scope of the declaration that 
a mandate is ineffective.
Page S1397
  Levin Amendment No. 177, to clarify the use of the term ``direct 
cost''.
Page S1397
  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 S1396
  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 S1396
  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 S1396-97
  Wellstone Modified Amendment No. 186 (to Amendment No. 185), of a 
perfecting nature.
Pages S1397, S1410
  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.
Page S1397
  Murray Amendment No. 188, to require time limitations for 
Congressional Budget Office estimates.
Page S1397
  Graham Amendment No. 189, to change the effective date.
Page S1398
  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.
Page S1397
  Bingaman Amendment No. 194, to establish an application to provisions 
relating to or administrated by independent regulatory agencies.
Page S1397
  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.
Page S1397
  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 begin increased to meet the balanced budget requirement.
Page S1397
  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.
Page S1397
  McCain Amendment No. 198, to modify the exemption for matter within 
the jurisdiction of the Committees on Appropriations.
Page S1397
  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 S1397
  Byrd Amendment No. 200, to provide a reporting and review procedure 
for agencies that receive insufficient funding to carry out a Federal 
mandate.
Page S1398
  Boxer Amendment No. 201, to provide for unreimbursed costs to States 
due to the imposition of enforceable duties on the States regarding 
illegal immigrants or the Federal Government's failure to fully enforce 
immigration laws.
Pages S1398-S1407, S1409-11
  Boxer Amendment No. 202, to provide for the protection of the health 
of children, pregnant women, and the frail elderly.

                                            Pages S1398-S1407, S1410-11
  Boxer Amendment No. 203, to provide for the deterrence of child 
pornography, child abuse, and child labor laws.
Pages S1398-S1407, S1410-11
  Wellstone Amendment No. 204, to define the term ``direct savings'' as 
it relates to Federal mandates.
Page S1400
  Wellstone Amendment No. 205, to provide that no point of order shall 
be raised where the appropriation of funds to the Congressional Budget 
Office, in the estimation of the Senate Committee on the Budget, is 
insufficient to allow the Director to reasonably carry out his 
responsibilities under this Act.
Page S1400
  Grassley Amendment No. 207, to express the sense of the Congress that 
Federal agencies should evaluate planned regulations, to provide for 
the consideration of the costs of regulations implementing 
[[Page D77]] unfunded Federal mandates, and to direct the Director to 
conduct a study of the 5-year estimates of the costs of existing 
unfunded Federal mandates.
Page S1407
  Grassley Amendment No. 208, to require an affirmative vote of three-
fifths of the Members to waive the requirement of a published statement 
on the direct costs of Federal mandates.
Pages S1407-08
  Kempthorne Amendment No. 209, to provide an exemption for legislation 
that reauthorizes appropriations and does not cause a net increase in 
direct costs of mandates to States, local, and tribal governments.
Page S1408
  Kempthorne Amendment No. 210, to make technical corrections.
Page S1408
  Kempthorne (for Dole) Amendment No. 211, to make technical 
corrections.
Pages S1408-09
  Glenn Amendment No. 212, to clarify the baseline for determining the 
direct costs of reauthorized or revised mandates, and to clarify that 
laws and regulations that establish an enforceable duty may be 
considered mandates.
Page S1409
  Byrd Modified Amendment No. 213, to provide a reporting and review 
procedure for agencies that receive insufficient funding to carry out a 
Federal mandate.
Pages S1410, S1417-18
  Gramm Amendment No. 215, to require that each conference report that 
includes any Federal mandate, be accompanied by a report by the 
Director of the Congressional Budget Office on the cost of the Federal 
mandate.
Page S1417
  Gramm Amendment No. 216, to require an affirmative vote of three-
fifths of the Members to waive the requirement of a published statement 
on the direct costs of Federal mandates.
Page S1417
  Byrd Amendment No. 217, to exclude the application of a Federal 
intergovernmental mandate point of order to employer-related 
legislation.
Page S1417
  Levin Amendment No. 218, in the nature of a substitute.
Page S1418
  Levin Amendment No. 219, to establish that estimates required on 
Federal intergovernmental mandates shall be for no more than ten years 
beyond the effective date of the mandate.
Page S1418
  Brown Amendment No. 220, to express the sense of the Senate that the 
appropriate committees should review the implementation of the Act.
Page S1418
  Brown/Hatch Amendment No. 221, to limit the restriction on judicial 
review.
Page S1418
  Roth Amendment No. 222, to establish the effective date of January 1, 
1996, of Title I, and make it apply to measures reported, amendments 
and motions offered, and conference reports.
Page S1419
Withdrawn:
  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 S1396, S1426

  Senate will continue consideration of the bill and amendments pending 
thereto, on Wednesday, January 25.
Appointments:
  Smithsonian Institution/Board of Regents: The Chair, on behalf of the 
Vice President, pursuant to the provisions of 20 U.S.C., sections 42 
and 43, reappointed Senator Moynihan to the Board of Regents of the 
Smithsonian Institution.
  Page S1474
Messages From the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States: Transmitting the report of an 
executive order prohibiting transactions with terrorists who threaten 
to disrupt the Middle East peace process; referred to the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-3).
  Pages S1435-36
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Maxine M. Chesney, of California, to be United States District Judge 
for the Northern District of California.
  Karen Nelson Moore, of Ohio, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Sixth Circuit.
  Marianne C. Spraggins, of New York, to be a Director of the 
Securities Investor Protection Corporation for a term expiring December 
31, 1997.
Page S1475
Messages From the President:
  Pages S1430-36
Petitions:
  Pages S1436-42
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S1442-56
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S1456-57
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S1458-72
Authority for Committees:
  Page S1472
Additional Statements:
  Pages S1472-74
Record Votes: Six record votes were taken today. (Total--42).
  Pages S1420-21, S1426
Recess: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and recessed at 10:41 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, January 25, 1995. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
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