[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 113 (Thursday, July 13, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D849-D850]
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                                            Thursday, July 13, 1995

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9827-S9943
Measures Introduced: Six bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1028-1033, and S. Res. 150.
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 1033, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to 
establish uniform national discharge standards for the control of water 
pollution from vessels of the Armed Forces. (S. Rept. No. 104-113)
Page S9905
Measures Passed:
  Authorizing Senate Testimony: Senate agreed to S. Res. 150, to 
authorize testimony by Senate employees and representation by Senate 
Legal Counsel.
  Page S9942
  Enrollment Correction: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 82, directing 
the Secretary of the Senate to make technical corrections in the 
enrollment of S. 523.
  Page S9943
Comprehensive Regulatory Reform Act: Senate continued consideration of 
S. 343, to reform the regulatory process, taking action on amendments 
proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S9834-S9902
Adopted:
  (1) Roth/Biden Modified Amendment No. 1507 (to Amendment No. 1487), 
to strengthen the agency prioritization and comparative risk analysis 
section of the bill by requiring agencies to review existing 
regulations, to be sensitive to the cumulative regulatory burden, and 
to select the most cost-effective, market-driven method practical.
Pages S9836-39
  (2) Johnston Amendment No. 1516 (to Amendment No. 1487), to extend 
time for cost-benefit and risk assessment for waivers in emergency 
situations from 180 days to 1 year.
Pages S9839-40
  (3) Johnston (for Baucus) Amendment No. 1517 (to Amendment No. 1487), 
to delete the provisions extending cost-benefit and risk-assessment 
requirements to environmental management activities.
Pages S9840-41, S9844-58, S9874-78
  (4) By a unanimous vote of 99 yeas (Vote No. 304), Hatch Amendment 
No. 1531 (to Amendment No. 1487), to express the sense of the Senate 
that nothing in the bill is intended to delay the timely promulgation 
of any regulations that would meet a human health or safety threat.
Pages S9871-73
  (5) By a unanimous vote of 99 yeas (Vote No. 305), Boxer Amendment 
No. 1532 (to Amendment No. 1487), to protect public health by ensuring 
the continued implementation of mammography quality rules.
Pages S9873-74
  (6) Feingold Amendment No. 1536 (to Amendment No. 1487), to amend the 
provisions of titles 5 and 28, United States Code, relating to equal 
access to justice, award of reasonable costs and fees, hourly rates for 
attorney fees, and administrative settlement offers.
Pages S9891-93, S9897
  (7) Pryor/Feingold Amendment No. 1537 (to Amendment No. 1487), to 
prevent conflicts of interest of persons entering into contracts 
relating to cost-benefit analyses and risk assessments.
Pages S9894-96
  (8) Feingold/Pryor Amendment No. 1538 (to Amendment No. 1487), to 
provide that an agency may include any person with substantial and 
relevant expertise to participate on a peer review panel.
Pages S9896-97
  (9) Glenn/Levin Amendment No. 1540 (to Amendment No. 1487), to ensure 
public accountability in the regulatory process by establishing 
``sunshine'' procedures for regulatory review.
Pages S9900-02
Rejected:
  Lautenberg Amendment No. 1535 (to Amendment No. 1487), to strike the 
provisions relating to the toxic release inventory review. (By 50 yeas 
to 48 nays (Vote No. 306), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S9886-91, S9893-94, S9897-99
Withdrawn:
  (1) Boxer Amendment No. 1524 (to Amendment No. 1487), to protect 
public health by ensuring the continued implementation of mammography 
quality rules.
Pages S9841-44 S9858, S9871
  (2) Dole Amendment No. 1525 (to Amendment No. 1524), to express the 
sense of the Senate that nothing in the bill is intended to delay the 
timely promulgation of any regulations that would meet a human health 
or safety threat.
Pages S9858-71

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Pending:
  (1) Dole Amendment No. 1487, in the nature of a substitute.
Page S9834
  (2) Domenici Amendment No. 1533 (to Amendment No. 1487), to 
facilitate small business involvement in the regulatory development 
process.
Pages S9878-79, S9882-86
  (3) Hutchison Amendment No. 1539 (to Amendment No. 1487), to protect 
against the unfair imposition of civil or criminal penalties for the 
alleged violation of rules.
Pages S9899-S9900
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for the vote on 
the motion to invoke cloture on Amendment No. 1487, listed above, 
scheduled to occur on Friday, July 14, occur on Monday, July 17, 1995, 
at a time to be determined.
Page S9840
  Senate will resume consideration of the bill on Friday, July 14, 
1995.
Measure Indefinitely Postponed:
  Concurrent Budget Resolution: Senate indefinitely postponed 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.
  Page S9943
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the recommendations of the Defense Base Closure and 
Realignment Commission; referred to the Committee on Armed Services. 
(PM-65).
Page S9904
Messages From the President:
  Page S9904
Messages From the House:
  Page S9904
Measures Referred:
  Page S9904
Communications:
  Pages S9904-05
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S9905-15
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S9915-16
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S9917-32
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S9932-33
Additional Statements:
  Pages S9933-42
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--306)
  Pages S9873, S9874, S9899
Recess: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and recessed at 9:53 p.m., until 9 
a.m., on Friday, July 14, 1995. (For Senate's program, see the remarks 
of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S9943).