[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 53 (Wednesday, March 22, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D391]
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                           Wednesday, March 22, 1995 [[Page D390]] 

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4295-S4407
Measures Introduced: Thirteen bills were introduced, as follows: S. 
587-599.
  Page S4365
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S.J. Res. 29, expressing the sense of Congress with respect to North-
South dialogue on the Korean Peninsula and the United States-North 
Korea Agreed Framework.
  S. Con. Res. 3, relative to Taiwan and the United Nations.
  S. Con. Res. 9, expressing the sense of the Congress regarding a 
private visit by President Lee Teng-hui of the Republic of China on 
Taiwan to the United States.
Page S4364
Legislative Line-Item Veto: Senate continued consideration of S. 4, to 
grant the power to the President to reduce budget authority, taking 
action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S4301-58
Adopted:
  (1) Exon Amendment No. 373 (to Amendment No. 347), to include in the 
definition of ``targeted tax benefits'' provisions that worsen the 
deficit in periods beyond those covered by the budget resolution.
Pages S4323-24
  (2) Feingold Amendment No. 356 (to Amendment No. 347), to amend the 
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to limit 
consideration of non-emergency matters in emergency legislation.
Pages S4325-26
  (3) Exon Amendment No. 402 (to Amendment No. 347), to provide a 
process to ensure that savings from rescission bills be used for 
deficit reduction.
Page S4326
  (4) Glenn Amendment No. 405 (to Amendment No. 347), to provide for 
the evaluation and sunset of tax expenditures.
Pages S4338-39
Rejected:
  (1) Bradley Amendment No. 403 (to Amendment No. 347), to modify the 
definition of targeted tax benefit. (By 50 yeas to 48 nays (Vote No. 
109), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S4301-09, S4322-23
  (2) Feingold/Simon Amendment No. 362 (to Amendment No. 347), to 
express the sense of the Senate regarding deficit reduction and tax 
cuts. (By 54 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 110), Senate tabled the 
amendment.)
Pages S4322-23
  (3) Hollings Amendment No. 404 (to Amendment No. 347), to provide 
that entitlement and tax legislation shall not worsen the deficit. (By 
52 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. 111), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S4310-21, S4323
Pending:
  (1) Dole Amendment No. 347, to provide for the separate enrollment 
for presentation to the President of each item of any appropriation 
bill and each item in any authorization bill or resolution providing 
direct spending or targeted tax benefits.
Pages S4301-58
  (2) Abraham Modified Amendment No. 401 (to Amendment No. 347), to 
require the Congress to approve the bills prior to transmittal to the 
President.
Pages S4330-38
  (3) Levin/Murkowski/Exon Amendment No. 406 (to Amendment No. 347), to 
clarify the definition of items of appropriations.
Pages S4340-41
  (4) Hatch Amendment No. 407 (to Amendment No. 347), to exempt items 
of appropriation provided for the judicial branch from enrollment in 
separate bills for presentment to the President.
Pages S4341-42
  (5) Daschle Amendment No. 348 (to Amendment No. 347), in the nature 
of a substitute.
Pages S4351-57
  (6) Exon (for Byrd) Amendment No. 350 (to Amendment No. 347), to 
prohibit the use of savings achieved through lowering discretionary 
spending caps to offset revenue decreases subject to pay-as-you-go 
requirements.
Pages S4357-58
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the pending 
cloture votes on Dole Amendment No. 347, listed above, be vitiated, and 
a unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill and certain amendments pending and to be 
proposed thereto, on Thursday, March 23.
Page S4326
 [[Page D391]] Measures Indefinitely Postponed:
  Unfunded Mandate Reform Act: Senate indefinitely postponed S. 169, 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.
  Page S4407
Executive Reports of Committees: The Senate received the following 
executive report of a committee:
  Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain 
Conventional Weapons (Treaty Doc. 103-25), with certain conditions. 
(Exec. Rept. 104-1)
Page S4365
Messages From the House:
  Page S4363
Measures Read First Time:
  Page S4363
Communications:
  Pages S4363-64
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Pages S4364-65
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S4365-86
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S4386-87
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S4387-88
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S4388
Authority for Committees:
  Page S4388
Additional Statements:
  Pages S4388-S4407
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--111)
  Page S4323
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 9:16 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, March 23, 1995. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S4407.)