[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 49 (Thursday, March 16, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D363]
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                            Thursday, March 16, 1995 [[Page D362]] 

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Emergency Supplemental Appropriations/Defense.
      House passed the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations bill and 
      agreed to the conference report on Unfunded Mandates Reform.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4001-S4120
Measures Introduced: Eleven bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 568-578, and S. Res. 88-90.
  Page S4094
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 219, to ensure economy and efficiency of Federal Government 
operations by establishing a moratorium on regulatory rulemaking 
actions, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 
104-15)
  S. 464, to make the reporting deadlines for studies conducted in 
Federal court demonstration districts consistent with the deadlines for 
pilot districts.
  S. 532, to clarify the rules governing venue.
  S. 533, to clarify the rules governing removal of cases to Federal 
court.
Page S4094
Measures Passed:
  House Adjournment: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 41, to provide for 
an adjournment of the House of Representatives from Thursday, March 16, 
1995, to Tuesday, March 21, 1995.
  Page S4093
  Emergency Supplemental Appropriations/Defense: By 97 yeas to 3 nays 
(Vote No. 108), Senate passed H.R. 889, making supplemental 
appropriations and rescissions for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1995, after agreeing to excepted committee amendments, and taking 
action on the following amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S4009-74
Adopted:
  (1) Bumpers Amendment No. 330, to restrict the obligation or 
expenditure of funds on the NASA/Russian Cooperative MIR program.
Pages S4009-16
  (2) Bond Amendment No. 332 (to Amendment No. 330), to provide a 
limitation on the use of funds for entry with Russia into an agreement 
on exchange of equipment, technology, and materials.
Pages S4014-16
  (3) Boxer Amendment No. 334, to express the sense of the Senate that 
a member of the Armed Forces sentenced by a court martial to 
confinement and a punitive discharge or dismissal should not receive 
pay and allowances.
Pages S4022-23
  (4) McCain Modified Amendment No. 335, to rescind funds for military 
construction projects at installations recommended for closure or 
realignment by the Secretary of Defense in the 1995 round of the base 
closure process.
Pages S4023-28
  (5) Hutchison Amendment No. 336, to rescind fiscal year 1995 funding 
for listing of species as threatened or endangered and for designation 
of critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. (Earlier, 
by 38 yeas to 60 nays (Vote No. 106), Senate failed to table the 
amendment.)
Pages S4028-34, S4070
  (6) Leahy/Jeffords Amendment No. 337, to authorize the Secretary of 
Transportation to issue a certificate of documentation for the vessel 
L. R. Beattie.
Pages S4035-36
  (7) Roth Amendment No. 338, to state the sense of the Senate that 
indefinite and unconditional extension of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation 
Treaty is essential for furthering the security interests of the United 
States and all the countries of the world.
Pages S4036-44
  (8) Baucus Amendment No. 339, to state the sense of the Senate on 
South Korean trade barriers to United States beef and pork.
Pages S4044-46
  (9) Brown Amendment No. 340, to require monthly reports on United 
States support for Mexico during its debt crisis.
Pages S4046-48, S4050
  (10) Inouye (for McConnell) Amendment No. 342, to provide assistance 
for debt relief for Jordan.
Pages S4056-58 [[Page D363]] 
  (11) Inouye (for McConnell) Amendment No. 343, to provide funds to 
the Corps of Engineers to prevent slope instability at Hickman Bluff, 
Kentucky.
Page S4058
  (12) Inouye (for Pressler) Amendment No. 344, to restore local rail 
freight assistance funds.
Page S4058
  (13) Inouye (for Brown) Amendment No. 345, to express the sense of 
the Senate concerning the National Test Facility.
Pages S4058-59
  (14) Inouye (for Feinstein) Amendment No. 346, to provide that the 
rescission from the Environmental Restoration, Defense, account shall 
not affect expenditures for environmental restoration at installations 
proposed for closure or realignment in the 1995 round of the base 
closure process.
Page S4059
Rejected:
  (1) Bumpers Amendment No. 333, to rescind funds made available for 
the construction of wind tunnels. (By 64 yeas to 35 nays (Vote No. 
105), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S4016-22
Withdrawn:
  D'Amato Amendment No. 341, (to Amendment No. 340), to provide for a 
report on illegal drug trafficking in Mexico.
Pages S4048-49
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 42 yeas to 57 nays (Vote No. 107), upon appeal, Senate failed to 
sustain the ruling of the Chair that Hutchison Amendment No. 336, 
listed above, is in violation of Rule XVI of the Standing Rules of the 
Senate.
Pages S4034-35
  Senate insisted on its amendments, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair appointed the following conferees: 
Senators Hatfield, Stevens, Cochran, Gramm, Domenici, McConnell, 
Gorton, Specter, Bond, Burns, Byrd, Inouye, Hollings, Johnston, Leahy, 
Harkin, Lautenberg, Mikulski, and Reid.
Page S4074
  Congratulating Mike Mansfield: Senate agreed to S. Res. 88, honoring 
the 92d birthday of Mike Mansfield.
  Pages S4046, S4112, S4119-20
  Authorizing Senate Employee Testimony: Senate agreed to S. Res. 90, 
to authorize testimony by Senate employee.
  Page S4112
Legislative Line-Item Veto--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement 
was reached providing for the consideration of S. 4, to grant the power 
to the President to reduce budget authority, on Monday, March 20, 1995.
  Page S4074
Messages From the House:
  Page S4093
Communications:
  Pages S4093-94
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S4094
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S4094-S4111
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S4111-12
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S4113-15
Authority for Committees:
  Page S4115
Additional Statements:
  Page S4116
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--108)
  Pages S4021-22, S4034, S4035, S4070
Recess: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and recessed at 8:08 p.m., until 10 
a.m., on Friday, March 17, 1995. (For Senate's program, see the remarks 
of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4120.)