[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 64 (Thursday, April 6, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
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                             Thursday, April 6, 1995 [[Page D490]] 

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to Paperwork Reduction Act Conference Report.
      Senate agreed to Emergency Supplemental Appropriations/Defense 
      Conference Report.
      Senate passed FEMA Supplemental Appropriations/Rescissions.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5273-S5525
Measures Introduced: Twenty-seven bills and four resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 684-710, S. Res. 106-108, and S.J. Res. 32.
  Pages S5403-04
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 349, to reauthorize appropriations for the Navajo-Hopi Relocation 
Housing Program. (S. Rept. No. 104-29)
Page S5403
Measures Passed:
   FEMA Supplemental Appropriations/Rescissions: By a unanimous vote of 
99 yeas (Vote No. 132), Senate passed H.R. 1158, making emergency 
supplemental appropriations for additional disaster assistance and 
making rescissions for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, after 
taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S5273, S5298-S5304, S5306-80
Adopted:
  (1) Hatfield Amendment No. 420, in the nature of a substitute.
Pages S5273, S5378
  (2) By 96 yeas to 4 nays (Vote No. 128), Kennedy Amendment No. 448 
(to Amendment No. 420), to express the sense of the Senate regarding 
tax avoidance by certain former citizens of the United States.
Pages S5306-22, S5366
  (3) Bumpers Amendment No. 567 (to Amendment No. 420), to make $10 
million of nutrition services and administration funds for WIC to 
promote immunizations.
Page S5322
  (4) Gorton Amendment No. 569 (to Amendment No. 420), to delete a 
proposed $3 million rescission to the Fish and Wildlife Service in the 
Endangered Species Act.
Page S5324
  (5) Gorton Amendment No. 570 (to Amendment No. 420), to allow grazing 
permits, that expired in 1994 and in 1995 before the date of enactment 
and were not replaced due to National Environmental Policy Act 
requirements, to be reinstated or extended.
Pages S5324-25
  (6) Gorton Amendment No. 571 (to Amendment No. 420), to make a 
technical correction to clarify that funds proposed for rescission are 
from multiple prior year unobligated balances.
Page S5325
  (7) Gorton (for Murkowski) Amendment No. 572 (to Amendment No. 420), 
to rescind $150,000 of the appropriation for the Office of Aircraft 
Service of the Department of the Interior.
Page S5325
  (8) Gorton (for Stevens) Amendment No. 573 (to Amendment No. 420), 
regarding environmental impact statements relating to certain timber 
sales.
Page S5325
  (9) Hollings Amendment No. 574 (to Amendment No. 420), to restore 
funding for certain National Aeronautics and Space Administration and 
Department of Commerce technology programs. (By 43 yeas to 57 nays 
(Vote No. 129), Senate failed to table the amendment.)
Pages S5327-37
  (10) Gorton Amendment No. 576 (to Amendment No. 420), to restore 
funds proposed for rescission from the Weir Farm Historical Site, 
Connecticut, and from the Jefferson Expansion Memorial, Illinois, to be 
offset by rescission of funds from land acquisition for the Wayne 
National Forest, Ohio, and from the Highway Trust Fund, and to prohibit 
the purchase of lands in Washington County and Lawrence County, Ohio.
Page S5339
  Subsequently, the amendment was modified.
  (11) Dole/Daschle Amendment No. 577 (to Amendment No. 420), of a 
perfecting nature.
Pages S5345, S5374
  (12) Levin Amendment No. 578 (to Amendment No. 420), to restore funds 
to the National Sea [[Page D491]] Grant's program on research to 
control and prevent the spread of aquatic non-indigenous species.
Pages S5347-48
  Subsequently, the amendment was modified.
Page S5357
  (13) Hatfield (for Byrd) Amendment No. 580, to restore funding for 
training and employment services of the Department of Labor.
Pages S5361-62
  (14) Hatfield Amendment No. 581, to restore funding for the Tucson, 
Federal building, U.S. Courthouse.
Pages S5361-62
  (15) Hatfield Amendment No. 582, to rescind certain funds made 
available for the Highway Trust Fund.
Pages S5361-62
  (16) Hatfield (for Lautenberg) Amendment No. 583, to restore funding 
for the purchase of buses and the construction of bus-related 
facilities as authorized under section 3 of the Federal Transit Act.
Pages S5361-62
  (17) Hatfield (for Burns) Amendment No. 584, to provide a schedule of 
National Environmental Policy Act compliance for each National Forest 
System unit.
Pages S5361-62
  (18) Hatfield (for McCain) Amendment No. 585, to address issues of 
equity in rehiring former Federal employees.
Pages S5361-62
  (19) Hatfield (for Jeffords) Amendment No. 586, to restore funding 
for energy supply, research and development activities of the 
Department of Energy, and to further rescind certain funds made 
available for certain energy and water development programs of the Army 
Corps of Engineers.
Pages S5361-62
  (20) Hatfield (for Pell) Amendment No. 587, to provide continued 
funding for the National Center for Research in Vocational Education.
Pages S5361-62
  (21) Hatfield (for Kennedy) Amendment No. 588, to restore funding for 
certain higher education programs.
Pages S5361-62
  (22) Hatfield (for Akaka) Amendment No. 589, to restore certain 
funding for the demonstration partnership program which is administered 
by the Office of Community Services within the Administration for 
Children and Families.
Pages S5361-62
  (23) Hatfield (for Kempthorne) Amendment No. 590, to make an 
appropriation for the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental 
Relations and to increase the rescission amount for diplomatic and 
consular programs.
Pages S5361-62
  (24) Hatfield (for Inouye) Amendment No. 591, to strike the provision 
that prohibits the application of the Davis-Bacon Act to any contract 
associated with the construction of facilities for the National Museum 
of the American Indian.
Pages S5361-62
  (25) Hatfield (for Wellstone) Amendment No. 592, to restore funding 
for program management activities of the Health Care Financing 
Administration.
Pages S5361-62
Rejected:
  Bryan (for Bumpers/Bryan) Amendment No. 461 (to Amendment No. 420), 
to eliminate funding for the market promotion program. (By 61 yeas to 
37 nays (Vote No. 130), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S5340-45
  By 46 yeas to 53 nays (Vote No. 131), Harkin Amendment No. 579 (to 
Amendment No. 420), to restore funds for the Corporation for Public 
Broadcasting and the Senior Community Service Program, and rescind 
funds for the Board for International Broadcasting.
Pages S5348-61, S5358-61
Withdrawn:
  Daschle Amendment No. 445 (to Amendment No. 420), in the nature of a 
substitute.
Pages S5273, S5301, S5364-66
  Dole (for Ashcroft) Amendment No. 446 (to Amendment No. 445), in the 
nature of a substitute. (The amendment fell when Amendment No. 445, 
listed above, was withdrawn.)
Pages S5273, S5301
  D'Amato Amendment No. 427 (to Amendment No. 420), to require 
Congressional approval of aggregate annual assistance to any foreign 
entity using the Exchange Stabilization Fund established under section 
5302 of title 31, United States Code, in an amount that exceeds $5 
billion.
Pages S5273, S5346
  Murkowski/D'Amato Amendment No. 441 (to Amendment No. 427), of a 
perfecting nature. (The amendment fell when Amendment No. 427, listed 
above, was withdrawn.)
Pages S5273, S5338-39
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate took the following 
action:
  By 56 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 127), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
failed to close further debate on Hatfield Amendment No. 420, listed 
above.
Page S5303
  A second motion was entered to close further debate on Hatfield 
Amendment No. 420, listed above and, in accordance with the provisions 
of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on the cloture 
motion would occur on Saturday, April 8, 1994.
Page S5303
  Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair appointed the following conferees: 
Senators Hatfield, Stevens, Cochran, Specter, Domenici, Gramm, Bond, 
Gorton, McConnell, Mack, Burns, Shelby, Jeffords, Gregg, Bennett, Byrd, 
Inouye, Hollings, Johnston, Leahy, Bumpers, Lautenberg, Harkin, 
Mikulski, Reid, Kerrey, Kohl, and Murray.
Page S5380
  Adjournment Resolution: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 58, providing 
for an adjournment of the two Houses.
  Page S5516 [[Page D492]] 
  District of Columbia Control Board: Senate passed H.R. 1345, to 
eliminate budget deficits and management inefficiencies in the 
government of the District of Columbia through the establishment of the 
District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance 
Authority, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S5516-18
Adopted:
  Thompson (for Cohen/Roth/Jeffords) Amendment No. 593, to make 
technical corrections.
Page S5518
  Authorizing Senate Testimony and Representation: Senate agreed to S. 
Res. 106, to authorize testimony by former Senate employee and 
representation by Senate Legal Counsel.
  Pages S5518-19
  Visit of Prime Minister Bhutto: Committee on Foreign Relations was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 102, to express the 
sense of the Senate concerning Pakistan and the impending visit of 
Prime Minister Bhutto, and the resolution was then agreed to, after 
agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:
  Page S5519
  Thompson (for Pressler) Amendment No. 594, of a technical nature.
Page S5519
   Sexual Crimes Against Children Prevention Act: Senate passed H.R. 
1240, to combat crime by enhancing the penalties for certain sexual 
crimes against children, after agreeing to the following amendment 
proposed thereto:
  Pages S5519-20
  Thompson (for Grassley/Hatch) Amendment No. 595, in the nature of a 
substitute.
Pages S5519-20
  Congratulating the University of Connecticut Women's Basketball Team: 
Senate agreed to S. Res. 107, to commend the Huskies of the University 
of Connecticut for capping a perfect season by winning the 1995 NCAA 
Women's Basketball Championship.
  Page S5520
  National Atomic Veterans Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 108, 
designating July 16, 1995, as ``National Atomic Veterans Day''.
  Page S5520
Paperwork Reduction Act--Conference Report: Senate agreed to the 
conference report on 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.
  Pages S5273-77, S5398-S5401
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations/Defense--Conference Report: 
Senate agreed to the conference report on H.R. 889, making emergency 
supplemental appropriations and rescissions for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1995, clearing the measure for the President.
  Pages S5522-25
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 the following Senators to the Commission 
on Security and Cooperation in Europe: Senators Lautenberg, Reid, and 
Graham.
  Page S5380
  Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts 
Development: The Chair, on behalf of the President pro tempore, in 
accordance with Public Law 99-498, Section 1505(a)(1)(B)(ii), appointed 
Senator Inouye to the Board of Trustees of the Institute of American 
Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development.
  Page S5380
  U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council: The Chair, on behalf of the 
President pro tempore, pursuant to Public Law 96-388, as amended by 
Public Law 97-84, appointed Senator Grassley to the United States 
Holocaust Memorial Council.
  Page S5380
  U.S. Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: The Chair, on 
behalf of the Vice President, pursuant to the provisions of Public Law 
99-93, as amended by Public Law 99-151, appointed Senator Grassley as a 
member and Chairman of the U.S. Senate Caucus on International 
Narcotics Control.
  Page S5380
  Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts 
Development: The Chair, on behalf of the President pro tempore, in 
accordance with Public Law 99-498, Section 1505(a)(1)(B)(ii), appointed 
Senator Domenici to the Board of Trustees of the Institute of American 
Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development.
  Page S5380
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report of the National Endowment for the Arts for 
fiscal year 1993; referred to the Committee on Labor and Human 
Resources. (PM-41).
Pages S5401-02
  Transmitting the report relative to the National Environmental Policy 
Act; referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (PM-
42).
Pages S5402-03
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations: 
Yerker Andersson, of Maryland, to be a Member of the National Council 
on Disability for a term expiring September 17, 1996.
  Robert G. Breunig, of Arizona, to be a Member of the National Museum 
Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 1998. (Reappointment)
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  Kinshasha Holman Conwill, of New York, to be a Member of the National 
Museum Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 1997.
  John A. Gannon, of Ohio, to be a Member of the National Council on 
Disability for a term expiring September 17, 1995. (Reappointment)
  E. Gordon Gee, of Ohio, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of 
the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation for a term expiring December 
10, 1999.
  Peggy Goldwater-Clay, of California, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education 
Foundation for a term expiring June 5, 2000.
  Sanford D. Greenberg, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of 
the National Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term 
expiring May 10, 2000.
  Kenneth Byron Hipp, of Hawaii, to be a Member of the National 
Mediation Board for a term expiring July 1, 1997.
  Charles Hummel, of Delaware, to be a Member of the National Museum 
Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 1999.
  Ayse Manyas Kenmore, of Florida, to be a Member of the National 
Museum Services Board for the remainder of the term expiring December 
6, 1995.
  Jerome F. Kever, of Illinois, to be a member of the Railroad 
Retirement Board for a term expiring August 28, 1998. (Reappointment)
  Nancy Marsiglia, of Louisiana, to be a Member of the National Museum 
Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 1998.
  Marciene S. Mattleman, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the 
National Institute for Literacy Advisory Board for the remainder of the 
term expiring October 12, 1995.
  Audrey L. McCrimon, of Illinois, to be a Member of the National 
Council on Disability for a term expiring September 17, 1997.
  Eve L. Menger, of New York, to be a Member of the National Science 
Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 2000.
  Claudia Mitchell-Kernan, of California, to be a Member of the 
National Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term 
expiring May 10, 2000.
  Diana S. Natalicio, of Texas, to be a Member of the National Science 
Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 2000.
  Lilliam Rangel Pollo, of Florida, to be a Member of the National 
Council on Disability for a term expiring September 17, 1996.
  Lieutenant General William W. Quinn, United States Army, Retired, of 
Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Barry 
Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation for a term 
expiring October 13, 1999. (Reappointment)
  Debra Robinson, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the National 
Council on Disability for a term expiring September 17, 1997.
  Arthur Rosenblatt, of New York, to be a Member of the National Museum 
Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 1997.
  Lynda Hare Scribante, of Nebraska, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education 
Foundation for a term expiring October 13, 1999.
  Niranjan Shamalbhai Shah, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education 
Foundation for a term expiring August 11, 1998.
  Robert M. Solow, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the National 
Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 
2000.
  Joseph E. Stevens, Jr., of Missouri, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation for a term 
expiring December 10, 1997.
  Ruth Y. Tamura, of Hawaii, to be a Member of the National Museum 
Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 1996.
  Warren M. Washington, of Colorado, to be a Member of the National 
Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 
2000.
  John A. White, Jr., of Georgia, to be a Member of the National 
Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 
2000.
  Townsend Wolfe, of Arkansas, to be a Member of the National Museum 
Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 1995.
  Steven L. Zinter, of South Dakota, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation for a term 
expiring December 10, 1997.
  Joan Challinor, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science for a term 
expiring July 19, 1999.
  Phillip Frost, of Florida, to be a Member of the National Museum 
Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 1996.
  Thomas Hill Moore, of Florida, to be a Commissioner of the Consumer 
Products Safety Commission for the remainder of the term expiring 
October 26, 1996.
  Robert Pitofsky, of Maryland, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner for 
the term of seven years from September 26, 1994.
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  Shirley Ann Jackson, of New Jersey, to be a Member of the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission for a term of five years expiring June 30, 1999.
  Wilma A. Lewis, of the District of Columbia, to be Inspector General, 
Department of the Interior.
  Jacquelyn L. Williams-Bridgers, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, 
Department of State.
  John L. Bryant, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of 
the National Museum Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 
1997.
  Rae E. Unzicker, of North Dakota, to be a Member of the National 
Council on Disability for a term expiring September 17, 1997.
  Ela Yazzie-King, of Arizona, to be a Member of the National Council 
on Disability for a term expiring September 17, 1996.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.
Pages S5381-82
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Roberta L. Gross, of the District of Columbia, to be Inspector 
General, National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
  Karl N. Stauber, of Minnesota, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture 
for Research, Education, and Economics. (New Position)
  A. Wallace Tashima, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Ninth Circuit.
  7 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.
Page S5381
Messages From the President:
  Pages S5401-03
Messages From the House:
  Page S5403
Measures Referred:
  Page S5403
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S5403
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages 5404-52
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S5452-53
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S5454-S5510
Notices of Hearings:
  Page 5510
Authority for Committees:
  Page S5510
Additional Statements:
  Pages S5510-16
Record Votes: Six record votes were taken today. (Total--132)
  Pages S5303, S5322, S5337, S5345, S5360-61, S5380
Recess: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and recessed at 10:43 p.m., until 
10:30 a.m., on Friday, April 7, 1995.