[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 112 (Wednesday, July 12, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D840-D841]
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                                          Wednesday, July 12, 1995 

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House passed the Energy and Water appropriations bill.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9727-S9826
Measures Introduced: Five bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1023-1027, and S. Res. 149.

                                                         Pages S9801-02

Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 1023, to authorize an increased Federal share of the costs of 
certain transportation projects in the District of Columbia for fiscal 
years 1995 and 1996. (S. Rept. No. 104-111)
  S. 1026, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1996 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed 
Forces. (S. Rept. No. 104-112)

                                                             Page S9801

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

                                        Pages S9733-69, S9775-92, S9794

Adopted:
  By 69 yeas to 31 nays (Vote No. 301), Johnston Amendment No. 1504 (to 
Amendment No. 1487), to provide that risk assessments conducted to 
support proposed rules may be used to support final rules that are not 
substantially different with respect to the risk being addressed.

                                                         Pages S9781-82

Rejected:
  (1) By 49 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 302), Daschle Amendment No. 1505 
(to Amendment No. 1487), to protect public health by ensuring timely 
completion of the United States Department of Agriculture's rulemaking 
on ``Pathogen Reduction: Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point 
(HACCP) Systems''.

                                                             Page S9782

  (2) Kohl Amendment No. 1506 (to Amendment No. 1487), to protect the 
public from the dangers of Cryptosporidium and other drinking water 
hazards by ensuring timely completion of rulemaking to protect the 
safety of drinking water from microbial and other risks. (By 50 yeas to 
48 nays (Vote No. 303), Senate tabled the amendment.)

                                                         Pages S9783-91

Withdrawn:
  (1) Hatch Amendment No. 1498 (to Amendment No. 1487), to strengthen 
the agency prioritization and comparative risk analysis section of the 
bill.

                                                  Pages S9734-35, S9741
  (2) Hatch Amendment No. 1499 (to Amendment No. 1498), in the nature 
of a substitute.
Pages S9735-36, S9741
  (3) Hatch (for Roth) Amendment No. 1500, to establish risk-based 
priorities for regulation.
Pages S9736-37, S9741
  (4) Hatch (for Roth) Amendment No. 1501 (to Amendment No. 1501), in 
the nature of a substitute.
Pages S9737-38, S9741
  (5) Daschle Amendment No. 1502 (to Amendment No. 1487), to protect 
public health by ensuring timely completion of the United States 
Department of Agriculture's rulemaking on ``Pathogen Reduction: Hazard 
Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Systems.''
Pages S9741-48, S9777
  (6) Johnston Amendment No. 1503 (to Amendment No. 1502), to establish 
that rules proposed prior to April 1, 1995, are not subject to certain 
provisions of the bill.
Pages S9748-77
Pending:
  (1) Dole Amendment No. 1487, in the nature of a substitute.
Page S9733
  (2) Roth/Biden Amendment No. 1507 (to Amendment No. 1487), to 
strengthen the agency prioritization and comparative risk analysis 
section of the bill.
Page S9791
  A motion was entered to close further debate on Amendment No. 1487, 
in the nature of a substitute and, in accordance with the provisions of 
Rule XXII 

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of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on the cloture motion will 
occur on Friday, July 14.
Page S9794
  Senate will resume consideration of the bill on Thursday, July 13, 
1995.
Messages From the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting a report on the national emergency with respect to 
Libya; referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs. (PM-64).
Pages S9800-01
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  James Franklin Collins, of Illinois, to be Ambassador at Large and 
Special Advisor to the Secretary of State for the New Independent 
States.
  Stanley Tuemler Escudero, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Uzbekistan.
  Joseph A. Presel, of Rhode Island, a Career Member of the Senior 
Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, for the rank of 
Ambassador during his tenure of service as Special Negotiator for 
Nagorno-Karabakh.
  Stephen D. Potts, of Maryland, to be Director of the Office of 
Government Ethics for a term of five years. (Reappointment)
  1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Army and Navy.
Pages S9823-26
Messages From the President:
  Page S9800
Messages From the House:
  Page S9800
Measures Referred:
  Page S9801
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S9802-11
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S9810
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S9811-17
Authority for Committees:
  Page S9817
Additional Statements:
  Page S9817
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--303)
  Pages S9781-82, S9782, S9791
Recess: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and recessed at 10:07 p.m., until 9 
a.m., on Thursday, July 13, 1995. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S9794).