[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 114 (Friday, July 14, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D857-D858]
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                                             Friday, July 14, 1995 

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9945-S10078
Measures Introduced: Five bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1034-1038, and S. Con. Res. 21.
  Pages S9997-98
Comprehensive Regulatory Reform Act: Senate continued consideration of 
S. 343, to reform the regulatory process, taking action on amendments 
proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S9946-71, S9974-79, S9981-86, S9988-96
Adopted:
  (1) Simon/Wellstone Amendment No. 1547 (to Amendment No. 1487), to 
exempt rules and agency actions designed to protect children from 
poisoning.
Page S9971
  (2) Hatch (for Thomas) Amendment No. 1548 (to Amendment No. 1487), to 
extend the terms of permits for grazing on National Forest System lands 
to allow time for compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act 
of 1969 in connection with permit renewals.
Page S9974
  (3) Hatch (for Snowe) Amendment No. 1549 (to Amendment No. 1487), to 
amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to modify the bottled 
drinking water standards provisions to require the establishment of 
regulations relating to contaminants in bottled drinking water.
Pages S9974-76
  (4) By a unanimous vote of 80 yeas (Vote No. 308), Hutchison Modified 
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 S9951-60, S9982-84
  (5) Roth Amendment No. 1575 (to Amendment No. 1487), to require 
interagency coordination in the implementation of the risk assessment 
provisions of the bill.
Pages S9988-89
Rejected:
  Kennedy Amendment No. 1543 (to Amendment No. 1487), to provide that 
certain cost-benefit analysis and risk assessment requirements shall 
not apply to occupational safety and health and mine safety and health 
regulations. (By 58 yeas to 39 nays (Vote No. 307), Senate tabled the 
amendment.)
Pages S9961-70
Pending:
  (1) Dole Amendment No. 1487, in the nature of a substitute.
Pages S9951-71, S9974-79, S9981-86, S9988-95
  (2) Domenici Amendment No. 1533 (to Amendment No. 1487), to 
facilitate small business involvement in the regulatory development 
process.
Page S9946
  (3) Levin (for Glenn) Amendment No. 1581 (to Amendment No. 1487), in 
the nature of a substitute.
Pages S9989-95
  Senate will resume consideration of the bill on Monday, July 17, 
1995.
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report of the U.S. Arctic Research Plan; referred to 
the Committee on Governmental Affairs. (PM-66).
Page S9997
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Darcy E. Bradbury, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Treasury.
  Michael P. Dombeck, of Wisconsin, to be Director of the Bureau of 
Land Management.
  Jeanne R. Ferst, of Georgia, to be a Member of the National Museum 
Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 1999.
  Jill L. Long, of Indiana, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for 
Rural Economic and Community Development.
  Joseph H. Neely, of Mississippi, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for a term of 
six years.
  Joe Scroggins, Jr., of Florida, to be a Federal Maritime Commissioner 
for the term expiring June 30, 2000.
  Charles H. Twining, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Cameroon.
Page S10078
Messages From the President:
  Page S9997
Petitions:
  Page S9997
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S9998-S10010
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S10010-11

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Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S10011-66
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S10066
Authority for Committees:
  Page S10066
Additional Statements:
  Pages S10066-78
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total-308)
  Pages S9970, S9984
Recess: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and recessed at 5:44 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Monday, July 17, 1995. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S10078).