[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 65 (Friday, April 7, 1995)]
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                               Friday, April 7, 1995 [[Page D501]] 

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5527-S5559
Measures Introduced: Eight bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 711-718, and S. Res. 109.
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Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 115, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire and to 
convey certain lands or interests in lands to improve the management, 
protection, and administration of Colonial National Historical Park, 
with an amendment. (S. Rept. No. 104-30)
  S. 127, to improve the administration of the Women's Rights National 
Historical Park in the State of New York, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 104-31)
  S. 134, to provide for the acquisition of certain lands formerly 
occupied by the Franklin D. Roosevelt family, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 104-32)
  S. 188, to establish the Great Falls Historic District in the State 
of New Jersey. (S. Rept. No. 104-33)
  S. 197, to establish the Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 104-34)
  S. 223, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide funds 
to the Palisades Interstate Park Commission for acquisition of land in 
the Sterling Forest area of the New York/New Jersey Highlands Region. 
(S. Rept. No. 104-35)
  S. 357, to amend the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 to 
establish the Friends of Kaloko-Honokohau, an advisory commission for 
the Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park. (S. Rept. No. 104-36)
  S. 363, to improve water quality within the Rio Puerco watershed, New 
Mexico, and to help restore the ecological health of the Rio Grande 
through the cooperative identification and implementation of best 
management practices that are consistent with the ecological, 
geological, cultural, sociological, and economic conditions in the 
region. (S. Rept. No. 104-37)
  S. 378, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to exchange 
certain lands of the Columbia Basin Federal reclamation project, 
Washington. (S. Rept. No. 104-38)
  S. 392, to amend the Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation Act of 
1992 with regard to appointment of members of the Dayton Aviation 
Heritage Commission. (S. Rept. No. 104-39)
  S. 551, to revise the boundaries of the Hagerman Fossil Beds National 
Monument and the Craters of the Moon National Monument. (S. Rept. No. 
104-40)
  S. 587, to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Old 
Spanish Trail and the Northern Branch of the Old Spanish Trail for 
potential inclusion into the National Trails System. (S. Rept. No. 104-
41)
  S. 601, to revise the boundaries of the Blackstone River Valley 
National Heritage Corridor in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. (S. Rept. 
No. 104-42)
  S. 610, to provide for an interpretive center at the Civil War 
Battlefield of Corinth, Mississippi. (S. Rept. No. 104-43)
  H.R. 400, to provide for the exchange of lands within Gates of the 
Arctic National Park and Preserve, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 104-44)
  H.R. 440, to provide for the conveyance of lands to certain 
individuals in Butte County, California. (S. Rept. No. 104-45)
  H.R. 536, to extend indefinitely the authority of the Secretary of 
the Interior to collect a commercial operation fee in the Delaware 
Water Gap National Recreation Area. (S. Rept. No. 104-46)
  H.J. Res. 50, to designate the visitors center at the Channel Islands 
National Park, California, as the ``Robert J. Lagomarsino Visitors 
Center''. (S. Rept. No. 104-47)
  Special Report prepared by the Permanent Subcommittee on 
Investigations entitled ``Criminal Aliens in the United States''. (S. 
Rept. No. 104-48)
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Measures Passed:
  Commending Senator Robert C. Byrd: Senate agreed to S. Res. 109, 
extending the appreciation [[Page D502]] and gratitude of the United 
States Senate to Senator Robert C. Byrd, on the completion by the 
Senator of the 4 volume treatise entitled ``The History of the United 
States Senate.''
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  Law Enforcement Officer Integrity: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S.J. Res. 32, expressing the 
concern of the Congress regarding certain recent remarks that unfairly 
and inaccurately maligned the integrity of the Nation's law enforcement 
officers, and the resolution was then passed.
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Committee Authority: On Thursday, April 6, a consent agreement was 
reached providing that committees have authority to file legislative 
and executive reports during the adjournment of the Senate on Tuesday, 
April 18, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  Dennis M. Duffy, of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs (Policy and Planning).
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Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  1 Army nomination in the rank of Chief of Staff of the Army.
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Messages From the House:
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Measures Referred:
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Measures Read First Time:
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Executive Reports of Committees:
  Pages S5546-47
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S5547-52
Additional Cosponsors:
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Authority for Committees:
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Additional Statements:
  Pages S5553-58
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10:30 a.m. and, in accordance with the 
provisions of H. Con. Res. 58, adjourned at 12:48 p.m., until 12 noon, 
on Monday, April 24, 1995.