[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 102 (Wednesday, June 21, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D767]
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                           Wednesday, June 21, 1995 [[Page D 766]] 

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House agreed to military construction appropriations bill.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8721-S8838
Measures Introduced: Four bills and three resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 951-954, and S. Res. 138-140.
  Page S8821
Measures Passed:
  Production of Documents: Senate agreed to S. Res. 139, to authorize 
the production of records by the Select Committee on Intelligence.
  Page S8837
  Production of Documents: Senate agreed to S. Res. 140, to authorize 
the production of records by the Select Committee on Intelligence.
  Pages S8837-38
National Highway System Designation Act: Senate resumed consideration 
of S. 440, to amend title 23, United States Code, to provide for the 
designation of the National Highway System, with a modified committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute, taking action on amendments 
proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S8745-93
Adopted:
  (1) Snowe Amendment No. 1442, to eliminate the penalties for 
noncompliance by States with a program requiring the use of motorcycle 
helmets. (By 36 yeas to 64 nays (Vote No. 274), Senate earlier failed 
to table the amendment.)
Pages S8746-62
  (2) Roth Amendment No. 1444, to permit States to use Federal highway 
funds for capital improvements to, and operating support for, intercity 
passenger rail service. (By 36 yeas to 64 nays (Vote No. 276), Senate 
earlier failed to table the amendment.)
Pages S8763-74, S8787-88
  (3) By 64 yeas to 36 nays (Vote No. 277), Byrd Amendment No. 1446, to 
require the withholding of Federal highway funds if a State fails to 
provide that any minor in the State who operates a motor vehicle and 
has a blood alcohol concentration above a specified level shall be 
considered to be driving while intoxicated or driving under the 
influence of alcohol.
Pages S8774-77, S8779, S8788
  (4) Baucus/McConnell Amendment No. 1447, to strike the section 
repealing restrictions on toll facilities.
Pages S8779-82
  (5) Warner (for Thomas/Simpson) Amendment No. 1448, to require the 
Secretary of Transportation to cooperate with the State of Wyoming in 
monitoring the changes in growth along, and traffic patterns of, 
certain route segments in Wyoming, for the purpose of future 
consideration of the addition of the route segments to the National 
Highway System.
Page S8785
  (6) Warner (for Pressler/Daschle) Amendment No. 1449, to provide 
States until the year 2000 to convert their internal working documents 
to the metric measurements.
Pages S8785-86
  (7) Warner (for Specter) Amendment No. 1450, to clarify eligibility 
of a Luzerne County, Pennsylvania rail freight acquisition and 
improvement project for certain federal transportation funds.
Page S8786
  (8) Baucus (for Levin) Amendment No. 1451, to provide States with 
innovative financing options for projects with dedicated revenue 
sources.
Page S8786
  (9) Warner (for Abraham/Levin) Amendment No. 1452, to provide 
technical assistance to modify the northern terminus of high priority 
corridor 5 in Michigan.
Pages S8786-87
  (10) Baucus (for Breaux) Amendment No. 1453, of a technical nature to 
provide for the transfer of funds between certain demonstration 
projects in Louisiana.
Page S8787
  (11) Baucus (for Bumpers) Amendment No. 1454, to provide uniform 
Federal match requirement for the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport 
intermodal connector and U.S. Highway 71 in Arkansas.
Page S8787
  (12) Warner (for Stevens) Amendment No. 1455, to include the Dalton 
Highway in Alaska in the designation of the National Highway System.
Page S8792
  (13) Chafee (for Boxer) Amendment No. 1456, to provide that the 
Secretary of Transportation may enter future obligations in excess of 
50 percent of [[Page D 767]] said uncommitted cash balance for the 
purpose of contingent commitments for projects authorized under section 
3032 of Public Law 102-240.
Page S8792
  (14) Chafee (for Frist) Amendment No. 1457, to maintain eligibility 
under the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program for 
areas that received funding during fiscal year 1994 and are 
nonattainment areas that have been redesignated as maintenance areas.
Page S8792
  (15) Baucus (for Cohen/Kerry) Amendment No. 1458, to make an 
amendment relating to the operating costs of the Boston-to-Portland 
rail corridor.
Pages S8792-93
  (16) Baucus (for Inouye/Akaka) Amendment No. 1459, relating to 
surface transportation projects in the State of Hawaii.
Page S8793
  (17) Baucus (for Johnston/Breaux) Amendment No. 1460, to provide for 
a feasibility study to identify routes that will expedite future 
emergency evacuations of coastal areas of Louisiana.
Page S8793
  (18) Warner (for Grams/Wellstone) Amendment No. 1461, to modify the 
authorization for a demonstration project in Minnesota.
Page S8793
Rejected:
  (1) Chafee/Hutchison Amendment No. 1443 (to Amendment No. 1442), to 
limit the repeal to apply only to States that assume the Federal cost 
of providing medical care to treat an injury attributable to a person's 
failure to wear a helmet while riding a motorcycle. (By 60 yeas to 39 
nays (Vote No. 275), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S8754-62
  (2) By 48 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 278), Dorgan Amendment No. 1445, 
to require the transfer of certain Federal highway funds to a State 
highway safety program if a State fails to prohibit open containers of 
alcoholic beverages and consumption of alcoholic beverages in the 
passenger area of motor vehicles.
Pages S8777-78, S8782-85, S8788-89
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 51 yeas to 41 nays (Vote No. 279), Senate agreed to a motion to 
table the motion to reconsider Vote No. 278, listed above, by which 
Dorgan Amendment No. 1445 was rejected.
Pages S8788-89
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill and certain amendments to be proposed 
thereto.
Page S8838
  Senate will resume consideration of the bill and amendments to be 
proposed thereto, on Thursday, June 22.
Nomination: By 57 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 273), three-fifths of those 
Senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, 
Senate failed to close further debate on the nomination of Henry W. 
Foster, Jr., of Tennessee, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps 
of the Public Health Service, subject to qualifications therefore as 
provided by law and regulations, and to be Surgeon General of the 
Public Health Service.
  Pages S8721-45
  A second vote on a motion to close further debate on the nomination 
will occur at 2 p.m., on Thursday, June 22, 1995.
Page S8838
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  John P. White, of Massachusetts, to be Deputy Secretary of Defense.
Pages S8838, S8840
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Mark D. Gearan, of Massachusetts, to be Director of the Peace Corps.
  William H. Itoh, of New Mexico, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of 
Thailand.
  John T. Conway, of New York, to be a Member of the Defense Nuclear 
Facilities Safety Board for a term expiring October 18, 1999.
  1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Navy, and Army.
Pages S8838-40
Messages From the House:
  Page S8820
Measures Referred:
  Page S8820
Communications:
  Page S8820
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Pages S8820-21
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S8821-24
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S8824-25
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S8826-28
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S8828-29
Additional Statements:
  Pages S8829-37
Record Votes: Seven record votes were taken today. (Total-279)
  Pages S8745, S8753-54, S8761-62, S8787-89
Recess: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and recessed at 10:06 p.m., until 
8:30 a.m., on Thursday, June 22, 1995. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S8838.)