[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 42 (Tuesday, March 7, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
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                              Tuesday, March 7, 1995 [[Page D298]] 

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Paperwork Reduction Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3547-S3640
Measures Introduced: Eleven bills were introduced, as follows: S. 506-
516.
  Pages S3603-04
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 4, to grant the power to the President to reduce budget authority, 
without recommendation. (S. Rept. No. 104-13)
  S. 14, to amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act 
of 1974 to provide for the expedited consideration of certain proposed 
cancellations of budget items, without recommendation, with an 
amendment. (S. Rept. No. 104-14)
Page S3603
Measures Passed:
  Paperwork Reduction Act: By a unanimous vote of 99 yeas (Vote No. 
100), Senate passed S. 244, to further the goals of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act to have Federal agencies become more responsible and 
publicly accountable for reducing the burden of Federal paperwork on 
the public, agreeing to committee amendments, with certain exceptions, 
and taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S3547-70
Adopted:
  Levin/Cohen Amendment No. 319, to provide for the elimination and 
modification of reports by Federal departments and agencies to the 
Congress.
Pages S3547-49
Rejected:
  Wellstone Amendment No. 320, to express the sense of the Congress 
that Congress should not enact or adopt any legislation that will 
increase the number of children who are hungry or homeless. (By 51 yeas 
to 47 nays (Vote No. 99), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S3549-55
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations/Defense: Senate began 
consideration of H.R. 889, making emergency supplemental appropriations 
and rescissions to preserve and enhance the military readiness of the 
Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, 
with committee amendments, taking action on amendments proposed 
thereto, as follows:
  Pages S3576-S3600
Adopted:
  (1) Bingaman Amendment No. 321 (to committee amendment beginning on 
page 1, line 3), to express the sense of the Senate affirming the 
importance of cost-shared partnerships between the Department of 
Defense and the private sector to develop dual-use technologies.
Pages S3584-87
  (2) Hatfield (for McConnell/Leahy) Amendment No. 323, to provide for 
rescissions of funds made available to the International Development 
Association, the Development Assistance Fund, the Eastern Europe and 
the Baltic States, and for the New Independent States of the former 
Soviet Union.
Pages S3594-95
  (3) Hatfield (for Gramm/Hollings) Amendment No. 324, to provide for 
rescissions of funds made available to the Immigration and 
Naturalization Service and the Immigration Emergency Fund of the 
Department of Justice, the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology and the Industrial Technology Services of the Department of 
Commerce, the Operations, Research and Facilities of the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Information Infrastructure 
Grants of the National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration, Economic Development Assistance Programs of the 
Economic Development Administration, Salaries and Expenses of the Small 
Business Administration and Related Agencies, payment to the Legal 
Services Corporation, and the administration of foreign affairs and the 
acquisition and maintenance of buildings abroad of the Department of 
State and Related Agencies.
Pages S3595-97
Rejected:
  By 22 yeas to 77 nays (Vote No. 101), McCain Amendment No. 322 (to 
committee amendment beginning on page 1, line 3), to reduce the 
rescission [[Page D299]] provided for Environmental Restoration, 
Defense, and to offset the reduction by an increase in the rescission 
for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide.
Pages S3587-93
Withdrawn:
  Helms/Faircloth Amendment No. 325 (to committee amendment beginning 
on page 1, line 3), to provide that the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
shall not apply with respect to Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Pages S3597-99
Pending:
  Helms (Modified) Amendment No. 326 (to committee amendment beginning 
on page 1, line 3), to strengthen international sanctions against the 
Castro government in Cuba, to develop a plan to support a transition 
government leading to a democratically elected government in Cuba.
Pages S3599-S3600
  Senate will continue consideration of the bill on Wednesday, March 8.
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Herschelle Challenor, of Georgia, to be a Member of the National 
Security Education Board for a term of four years.
  Sheila Cheston, of the District of Columbia, to be General Counsel of 
the Department of the Air Force.
Page S3640
Messages From the House:
  Page S3603
Measures Referred:
  Page S3603
Communications:
  Page S3603
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S3604-22
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S3622-23
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S3623-35
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S3635
Authority for Committees:
  Page S3636
Additional Statements:
  Pages S3636-39
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--101)
  Pages S3555, S3593
Recess: Senate convened at 10:30 a.m., and recessed at 6:34 p.m., until 
10:30 a.m., on Wednesday, March 8, 1995. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S3640.)