[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 16 (Thursday, January 26, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
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                           Thursday, January 26, 1995 [[Page D92]] 


HIGHLIGHTS

      House passed balanced budget constitutional amendment resolution.
                              Daily Digest


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1557-S1638
Measures Introduced: Thirteen bills and two resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 278-290, S.J. Res. 25, and S. Res. 74.
  Pages S1617-18
Measures Passed:
   Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Liberation of Auschwitz: 
Senate agreed to S. Res. 74, commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of 
the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp in Poland.
  Pages S1601-04, S1631
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 S1557-58, S1564-71, S1573-S1601, S1604-14, S1636-38

Adopted:
  (1) Levin Modified Amendment No. 172, to provide that title II, 
Regulatory Accountability and Reform, shall apply only after January 1, 
1996.
Pages S1557, S1571
  (2) Wellstone/Boxer Modified Amendment No. 204, to define the term 
``direct savings'' as it relates to Federal mandates.
Pages S1558, S1582-83
  (3) By a unanimous vote of 100 yeas (Vote No. 49), 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 S1558, S1568-71, S1576-82, S1583
  (4) 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 S1557, S1583-99
  (5) By 83 yeas to 16 nays (Vote No. 51), 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. (By 44 yeas to 56 nays (Vote No. 
50), Senate earlier failed to table the amendment.)
Pages S1557, S1583-91
  (6) 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.
Pages S1558, S1605-06
  (7) Glenn Amendment No. 225 (to Amendment No. 209), to clarify how 
the provisions of the bill will treat reauthorizations of existing laws 
that contain mandates.
Pages S1605-06
  (8) By a unanimous vote of 99 yeas (Vote No. 53), Kassebaum Amendment 
No. 226 (to Amendment No. 203), to ensure that the President fully 
enforces laws against child pornography, child abuse, and child labor.
Pages S1606-09, S1611
  (9) Boxer Amendment No. 203, to provide for the deterrence of child 
pornography, child abuse, and child labor laws.
Pages S1557, S1606-12
  (10) By 93 yeas to 6 nays (Vote No. 56), Graham Modified 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.
Pages S1557, S1609-10, S1611, S1612-13 [[Page D93]] 
  (11) Gramm Modified 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.
Pages S1558, S1614
Rejected:
  (1) 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. (By 58 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 47), 
Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S1557, S1564-67
  (2) Boxer Amendment No. 223 (to Amendment No. 201), (The amendment 
fell when Amendment No. 201, listed above, was tabled.)
Pages S1558, S1564-67
  (3) 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. (By 63 yeas to 36 nays (Vote 
No. 48), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S1557, S1567-68
  (4) Harkin Amendment No. 224 (to 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. (By 62 yeas to 38 nays (Vote No. 52), Senate tabled the 
amendment.)
Pages S1591-98
  (5) Boxer Amendment No. 227 (to Amendment No. 203), to ensure that 
nothing in this Act threatens child pornography, child abuse, and child 
labor laws. (By 53 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. 54), Senate tabled the 
amendment.)
Pages S1607-09, S1612
  (6) Bingaman Modified Amendment No. 194, to establish an application 
to provisions relating to or administrated by independent regulatory 
agencies. (By 62 yeas to 37 nays (Vote No. 55), Senate tabled the 
amendment.)
Pages S1557, S1573-74, S1601, S1612
Pending:
  Levin Amendment No. 174, to provide that if a committee makes certain 
determinations, a point of order will not lie.
Page S1557
  Levin Amendment No. 175, to provide for Senate hearings on title I, 
and to sunset title I in the year 2002.
Page S1557
  Levin Amendment No. 176, to clarify the scope of the declaration that 
a mandate is ineffective.
Page S1557
  Graham Amendment No. 189, to change the effective date.
Page S1557
  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 S1557
  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 S1557
  Byrd Amendment No. 200, to provide a reporting and review procedure 
for agencies that receive insufficient funding to carry out a Federal 
mandate.
Page S1557
  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.
Page S1558
  Kempthorne Amendment No. 210, to make technical corrections.
Page S1558
  Kempthorne (for Dole) Amendment No. 211, to make technical 
corrections.
Page S1558
  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 S1558
  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 S1558
  Byrd Modified Amendment No. 217, to exclude the application of a 
Federal intergovernmental mandate point of order to employer-related 
legislation.
Page S1558
  Levin Amendment No. 218, in the nature of a substitute.
Page S1558
  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 S1558
  Brown Amendment No. 220, to express the sense of the Senate that the 
appropriate committees should review the implementation of the Act.
Page S1558
  Brown/Hatch Amendment No. 221, to limit the restriction on judicial 
review.
Page S1558
  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 S1558
Withdrawn:
  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 
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reasonably carry out his responsibilities under this Act.
Pages S1558, S1599
  Murray Amendment No. 188, to require time limitations for 
Congressional Budget Office estimates.
Pages S1557, S1599-S1601
  A unanimous-consent time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill and certain of the amendments pending 
thereto.
Pages S1575, S1637-38
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for the cloture 
vote scheduled to occur on Friday, January 27, to occur at 3 p.m.
Page S1638
  Senate will continue consideration of the bill and amendments pending 
thereto, on Friday, January 27.
Appointments:
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: The Chair, on 
behalf of the Vice President, pursuant to Public Law 94-304, as amended 
by Public Law 99-7, appointed Senator D'Amato to serve as Co-Chairman 
of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe.
  Page S1614
Communications:
  Page S1617
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S1618-30
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S1630-31
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S1631-32
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S1632
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S1632-33
Additional Statements:
  Page S1633-36
Record Votes: Ten record votes were taken today. (Total--56).
  Pages S1567, S1568, S1583, S1591, S1598, S1611, S1612-13
Recess: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and recessed at 11:47 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Friday, January 27, 1995. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S1638.)