[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 78 (Thursday, May 11, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D584]
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                              Thursday, May 11, 1995 [[Page D583]] 

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House Committee ordered reported the Concurrent Resolution on the 
      Budget for fiscal year 1996.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6471-S6573
Measures Introduced: Nine bills were introduced, as follows: S. 790-
798.
  Page S6513
Measures Passed:
  Native American Programs Authorizations: Senate passed S. 510, to 
extend the authorization for certain programs under the Native American 
Programs Act of 1974, after agreeing to a committee amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.
  Page S6562
Solid Waste Disposal Act: Senate continued consideration of S. 534, to 
amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide authority for States to 
limit the interstate transportation of municipal solid waste, with a 
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, taking action on 
amendments proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S6471, S6477-87, S6489-94, S6499-S6505, S6563-66
Adopted:
  (1) Chafee (for Dodd/Lieberman) Amendment No. 758, of a technical 
nature.
Page S6477
  (2) Bingaman Amendment No. 761, to require a study of solid waste 
management issues associated with increased border use resulting from 
the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Pages S6478-79
  (3) Chafee (for Faircloth) Amendment No. 773, of a technical nature.
Page S6482
  (4) Lautenberg Amendment No. 775, to revise the provision providing 
additional flow control authority.
Pages S6482-83
  (5) Smith/Chafee/Baucus Amendment No. 789, of a technical nature.
Page S6489
  (6) Jeffords/Leahy Modified Amendment No. 867, to provide flow 
control authority to certain solid waste districts. (By 46 yeas to 51 
nays (Vote No. 164), Senate earlier failed to table the amendment.)
Pages S6492-93, S6502-05
  (7) Chafee (for Murkowski) Amendment No. 861, to allow exemption from 
certain requirements of units in small, remote Alaska villages.
Page S6563
  (8) Chafee (for Moynihan) Amendment No. 868, to make a technical 
correction.
Pages S6563-64
  (9) Chafee (for Campbell) Amendment No. 869, to authorize the 
Administrator to exempt a landfill operator from ground water 
monitoring requirements in circumstances in which there is no chance of 
ground water contamination.
Page S6564
  (10) Chafee (for Dodd/Lieberman) Amendment No. 870, to define a 
public service authority.
Page S6564
  (11) Chafee (for Roth/Biden) Amendment No. 871, to make clear that 
flow control authority is provided to public service authorities and 
modify the condition for exercise of flow control authority.
Page S6564
  (12) Chafee (for Biden) Amendment No. 872, to modify the condition 
for exercise of flow control authority.
Page S6564
  (13) Chafee (for Smith/Thompson/Cohen) Amendment No. 873, to protect 
communities that enacted flow control ordinances after substantial 
construction of facilities but before May 15, 1994.
Pages S6564-65
  (14) Chafee (for Smith/Wellstone) Amendment No. 874, to modify the 
conditions on exercise of flow control authority.
Page S6565
  (15) Chafee (for Snowe) Amendment No. 875, to clarify the intent of 
the provision relating to the duration of flow control authority.
Page S6565
  (16) Chafee (for Pryor) Amendment No. 876, to provide for the case of 
a formation of a solid waste management district for the purchase and 
operation of an existing facility.
Page S6565
  (17) Chafee (for Cohen/Snowe) Amendment No. 877, to make clear that 
entering into a put or pay agreement satisfies the requirement of a 
legally binding provision and a designation of a facility.
Page S6565 [[Page D584]] 
Rejected:
  (1) Kyl Amendment No. 769, to authorize flow control for a limited 
period of time to ensure that States and political subdivisions are 
able to service debts incurred for the construction of solid waste 
management facilities prior to the Carbone decision. (By 79 yeas to 21 
nays (Vote No. 162), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S6479-85, S6489-92, S6494
  (2) Specter Modified Amendment No. 754, to express the sense of the 
Senate on taking all possible steps to combat domestic terrorism in the 
United States. (By 74 yeas to 23 nays (Vote No. 163), Senate tabled the 
amendment.)
Pages S6471, S6499-S6500
  (3) Hatch Amendment No. 755 (to Amendment No. 754), to express the 
sense of the Senate concerning the scheduling of hearings on Waco and 
Ruby Ridge in the near future. (The amendment fell when Amendment No. 
754, listed above, was tabled.)
Pages S6471, S6500
  Senate will continue consideration of the bill on Friday, May 12, 
1995, with a cloture vote to occur thereon.
Measure Indefinitely Postponed:
  Visit of Lee Teng-hui: Senate indefinitely postponed further 
consideration of 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 S6562
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaty:
  Convention on Nuclear Safety (Treaty Doc. No. 104-6).
  The treaty was 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.
Pages S6562-63
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Karl N. Stauber, of Minnesota, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation.
  12 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps.
Pages S6566-73
Messages From the House:
  Page S6509
Measures Referred:
  Page S6509
Communications:
  Page S6509
Petitions:
  Pages S6509-13
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S6513-37
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S6537-38
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S6538-53
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S6553-54
Additional Statements:
  Pages S6554-62
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--164)
  Pages S6494, S6500, S6505
Recess: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and recessed at 9:13 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Friday, May 12, 1995. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S6563.)