[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 110 (Monday, July 10, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D821-D822]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                             Monday, July 10, 1995 

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9597-S9646
Measures Introduced: Six bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1015-1020, and S.J. Res. 37.

                                                             Page S9638

Comprehensive Regulatory Reform Act: Senate resumed consideration of S. 
343, to reform the regulatory process, taking action on amendments 
proposed thereto, as follows:

                                               Pages S9606-24, S9628-37

Adopted:
  (1) By a unanimous vote of 96 yeas (Vote No. 297), Abraham Amendment 
No. 1490 (to Amendment No. 1487), to ensure that rules impacting small 
businesses are periodically reviewed by the agencies that promulgated 
them.

                                                  Pages S9609-20, S9634

  (2) By 60 yeas to 36 nays (Vote No. 298), Nunn/Coverdell Modified 
Amendment No. 1491 (to Amendment No. 1487), to require agencies to 
conduct a cost-benefit analysis during the promulgation of any rule 
that has a significant economic impact on small businesses.

                                               Pages S9620-24, S9628-34

Pending:
  Dole Amendment No. 1487, in the nature of a substitute.

                                                             Page S9606

  Senate will resume consideration of the bill on Tuesday, July 11, 
1995.
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaties:
  The Investment Treaty with Latvia (Treaty Doc. No. 104-12); and
  The Investment Treaty with Georgia (Treaty Doc. No. 104-13).
  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.

                                                         Pages S9637-38

Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the Annual Report of the Corporation for Public 
Broadcasting for fiscal year 1994; referred to the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (PM-62).

                                                             Page S9638
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Cheryl F. Halpern, of New Jersey, to be a Member of the Broadcasting 
Board of Governors for a term of one year.
  Marc B. Nathanson, of California, to be a Member of the Broadcasting 
Board of Governors for a term of three years.
  Carl Spielvogel, of New York, to be a Member of the Broadcasting 
Board of Governors for a term of one year.
  Stanley A. Riveles, of Virginia, for the rank of Ambassador during 
his tenure of service as U.S. Commissioner to the Standing Consultative 
Commission.
  John R. Tunheim, of Minnesota, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Minnesota.

                                                         Pages S9645-46

Messages From the President:
                                                        Page S9638
Statements on Introduced Bills:
                                                    Pages S9638-41
Additional Cosponsors:
                                                        Page S9641
Amendments Submitted:
                                                    Pages S9641-42
Notices of Hearings:
                                                        Page S9642
Additional Statements:
                                                    Pages S9642-43
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--298)

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Recess: Senate convened at 12 noon, and recessed at 6:51 p.m., until 9 
a.m., on Tuesday, July 11, 1995. (For Senate's program, see the remarks 
of the Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S9643-44.)