[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 83 (Thursday, May 18, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D628]
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                              Thursday, May 18, 1995 [[Page D627]] 

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House agreed to the budget resolution and the emergency 
      supplemental appropriations for additional disaster assistance 
      measure.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6837-S6947
Measures Introduced: Fourteen bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 817-830, and S.J. Res. 34.
  Page S6912
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 419, to grant the consent of Congress to the Texas Low-Level 
Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact.
  S. 677, to repeal a redundant venue provision.
Page S6912
Measures Passed:
   Office of Rare Disease Research: Senate passed S. 184, to establish 
an Office for Rare Disease Research in the National Institutes of 
Health.
  Page S6946
Congressional Budget:  Senate began consideration of S. Con. Res. 13, 
setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government 
for the fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002, 
taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S6853-S6906
Pending:
  Hutchison (for Domenici) Amendment No. 1111, in the nature of a 
substitute.
Page S6906
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the pending amendment, on Friday, May 19, 1995, with a 
vote to occur thereon at 10:45 a.m., to be followed by consideration of 
a Lautenberg/Rockefeller Amendment relative to restoring the Medicare 
funds, with a vote to occur thereon on Monday, May 22, 1995 at 3:15 
p.m.
Page S6887
  Senate will continue consideration of the resolution on Friday, May 
19, 1995.
Appointments:
   Board of Visitors/Naval Academy: The Chair, on behalf of the Vice 
President, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 6968(a), appointed the following 
Senators to the Board of Visitors of the U.S. Naval Academy: Hatfield, 
from the Committee on Appropriations, McCain, from the Committee on 
Armed Services, Mikulski, for the Committee on Appropriations, and 
Sarbanes, At-Large.
  Page S6947
  Board of Visitors/Military Academy: The Chair, on behalf of the Vice 
President, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 4355(a), appointed the following 
Senators to the Board of Visitors of the U.S. Military Academy: 
Cochran, from the Committee on Appropriations, Hutchison, from the 
Committee on Armed Services, and Reid, from the Committee on 
Appropriations.
  Page S6947
  Board of Visitors/Air Force Academy: The Chair, on behalf of the Vice 
President, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 9355(a), appointed the following 
Senators to the Board of Visitors of the U.S. Air Force Academy: Burns, 
from the Committee on Appropriations, Kempthorne, from the Committee on 
Armed Services, Hollings from the Committee on Appropriations, and 
Exon, At-Large.
  Page S6947
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report on the national emergency with respect to 
Iran; referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 
(PM-49).
Pages S6906-07
  Transmitting the report under the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act; referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs. (PM-50).
Pages S6907-08
Messages From the President:
  Pages S6906-08
Messages From the House:
  Pages S6908-09
Measures Referred:
  Page S6909
Communications:
  Page S6909
Petitions:
  Pages S6909-12 [[Page D628]] 
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S6912
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S6912-30
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S6930
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S6930-40
Notices of Hearings:
  Pages S6940-41
Authority for Committees:
  Page S6941
Additional Statements:
  Pages S6941-46
Recess: Senate convened at 9:15 a.m., and recessed at 10 p.m., until 
8:45 a.m., on Friday, May 19, 1995. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S6946.)