[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 66 (Monday, April 24, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D507]
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                              Monday, April 24, 1995 [[Page D506]] 

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5561-S5618
Measures Introduced: Three bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 719-721, and S. Res. 110.
  Page S5603
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  Reported on Tuesday, April 18, during the recess:
  S. 719, to provide for the conservation, management, and 
administration of certain parks, forests, and other areas. (S. Rept. 
No. 104-49)
  H.R. 694, entitled the ``Minor Boundary Adjustments and Miscellaneous 
Park Amendments Act of 1995,'' with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 104-50)
  S. 268, to authorize the collection of fees for expenses for triploid 
grass carp certification inspections. (S. Rept. No. 104-51)
  S. 534, to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide authority 
for States to limit the interstate transportation of municipal solid 
waste, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 
104-52)
  S. 441, to reauthorize appropriations for certain programs under the 
Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act. (S. Rept. 
No. 104-53)
  S. 84, to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a 
certificate of documentation and coastwise trade endorsement for the 
vessel Bagger. (S. Rept. No. 104-54)
  S. 172, to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a 
certificate of documentation for the vessel L. R. Beattie. (S. Rept. 
No. 104-55)
  S. 212, to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a 
certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement for 
employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel Shamrock V. (S. Rept. 
No. 104-56)
  S. 213, to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a 
certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement for 
employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel Endeavour. (S. Rept. 
No. 104-57)
  S. 278, to authorize a certificate of documentation for the vessel 
Serenity. (S. Rept. No. 104-58)
  S. 279, to authorize a certificate of documentation for the vessel 
Why Knot. (S. Rept. No. 104-59)
  S. 475, to authorize a certificate of documentation for the vessel 
Lady Hawk. (S. Rept. No. 104-60)
  S. 480, to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a 
certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement for 
employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel Gleam. (S. Rept. No. 
104-61)
  S. 482, to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a 
certificate of documentation and coastwise trade endorsement for the 
vessel Emerald Ayes. (S. Rept. No. 104-62)
  S. 492, to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a 
certificate of documentation for the vessel Intrepid. (S. Rept. No. 
104-63)
  S. 493, to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a 
certificate of documentation for the vessel Consortium. (S. Rept. No. 
104-64)
  S. 527, to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a 
certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement for 
employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel Empress. (S. Rept. No. 
104-65)
  S. 528, to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a 
certificate of documentation and coastwise trade endorsement for three 
vessels. (S. Rept. No. 104-66)
  S. 535, to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue 
certificates of documentation with appropriate endorsement for 
employment in coastwise trade for each of 2 vessels named Gallant Lady, 
subject to certain conditions, and for other purposes. (S. Rept. No. 
104-67)
  S. 561, to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a 
certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement for 
employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel Isabelle. (S. Rept. 
No. 104-68)
  S. 565, to regulate interstate commerce by providing for a uniform 
product liability law, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
(S. Rept. No. 104-69)
Page S5603 [[Page D507]] 
Measures Passed:
  Truth in Lending Class Action Relief Act: Senate passed H.R. 1380, to 
provide a moratorium on certain class action lawsuits relating to the 
Truth in Lending Act, clearing the measure for the President.
  Pages S5562, S5614-15
Product Liability Fairness Act: Senate began consideration of H.R. 956, 
to establish legal standards and procedures for product liability 
litigation, taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S5571-S5602
Pending:
  Gorton Amendment No. 596, in the nature of a substitute.
Page S5574
  Senate will continue consideration of the bill on Tuesday, April 25, 
1995.
Condemning Oklahoma City Bombing--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing for a vote to occur on S. Res. 110, 
expressing the sense of the Senate condemning the bombing in Oklahoma 
City, Oklahoma, on Tuesday, April 25, 1995, at 12 Noon.
  Page S5606
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaties:
  Extradition Treaty with Jordan (Treaty Doc. No. 104-3); and
  Protocol Amending the 1980 Tax Convention with Canada (Treaty Doc. 
No. 104-4).
  The treaties were transmitted to the Senate today, considered as 
having been read for the first time, and referred, with accompanying 
papers, to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be 
printed.
Page S5615
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  A. Peter Burleigh, of California, to be Ambassador to the Democratic 
Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, and to serve concurrently and without 
additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 
of the United States of America to the Republic of Maldives.
  David C. Litt, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the United Arab 
Emirates.
  Larry C. Napper, of Texas, to be Ambassador to Latvia.
  R. Grant Smith, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Tajikistan.
  Donald K. Steinberg, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Angola.
  Lawrence Palmer Taylor, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Estonia.
  Patrick Nickolas Theros, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Ambassador to the State of Qatar.
  Peter Tomsen, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Armenia.
  Jenonne R. Walker, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to 
the Czech Republic.
  James Alan Williams, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior 
Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, for the rank of 
Ambassador during his tenure of service as the Special Coordinator for 
Cyprus.
  Stephen G. Kellison, of Texas, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and 
the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund for a term of four years.
  Marilyn Moon, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of 
the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal 
Disability Insurance Trust Fund for a term of four years.
  Ira S. Shapiro, of Maryland, for the rank of Ambassador during his 
tenure of service as Senior Counsel and Negotiator in the Office of the 
United States Trade Representative.
  26 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Navy, and Marine Corps.
Pages S5616-18
Messages From the House:
  Page S5602
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Pages S5603, S5614
Measures Read First Time:
  Page S5603
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S5603-05
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S5605-06
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S5606-11
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S5612
Additional Statements:
  Pages S5612-14
Recess: Senate convened at 12 noon, and recessed at 6:40 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, April 25, 1995. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S5615-
16.)