[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 123 (Thursday, July 27, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D934-D935]
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                                           Thursday, July 27, 1995 

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Ryan White CARE Reauthorizations.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S10747-S10843
Measures Introduced: Eight bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1078-1085, and S. Res. 157.
  Pages S10821-22
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  H.R. 1905, making appropriations for energy and water development for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, with amendments. (S. Rept. 
No. 104-120)
  H.R. 2020, making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the 
United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, 
and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 1996, and for other purposes, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 104-
121)
  Special Report entitled ``Revised Allocation to Subcommittees of 
Budget Totals from the Concurrent Resolution for fiscal year 1996''. 
(S. Rept. No. 104-122)
Page S10820
Measures Passed:
  Commending Senator Robert C. Byrd: Senate agreed to S.Res. 157, 
commending Senate Robert Byrd for casting 14,000 votes.
  Pages S10754-57
  Ryan White CARE Act Authorizations: By 97 yeas to 3 nays (Vote No. 
338), Senate passed S. 641, to reauthorize the Ryan White CARE Act of 
1990, after taking action on further amendments proposed thereto, as 
follows:
  Pages S10747-54, S10757-67
Adopted:
  (1) By 54 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 333), Helms Amendment No. 1854, 
to prohibit the use of amounts made available under this Act for the 
promotion or encouragement of homosexuality or intravenous drug use.
Pages S10754, S10757
  (2) By a unanimous vote of 99 yeas (Vote No. 335), Helms Amendment 
No. 1856, to ensure that Federal employees will not be required to 
attend or participate in AIDS or HIV training programs.
Page S10754
  (3) By 76 yeas to 23 nays (Vote No. 337), Kassebaum Amendment No. 
1858, to prohibit the use of funds to fund AIDS programs designed to 
promote or encourage intravenous drug use or sexual activity.
Pages S10758-59
  (4) Kassebaum Amendment No. 1860, to limit amounts expended for AIDS 
or HIV activities from exceeding amounts expended for cancer.
Pages S10753-54, S10758-59
Rejected:
  (1) By 32 yeas to 67 nays (Vote No. 334), Helms Amendment No. 1855, 
to limit amounts appropriated for each of fiscal years 1996 through 
2000 under title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act to the level of 
such appropriations in fiscal year 1995.
Page S10754
  (2) By 15 yeas to 84 nays (Vote No. 336), Helms Amendment No. 1857, 
to limit amounts appropriated for AIDS or HIV activities from exceeding 
amounts appropriated for cancer.
Pages S10757-58
Congressional Gift Reform: Senate resumed consideration of S. 1061, to 
provide for congressional gift reform, taking action on amendments 
proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S10792-94, S10796-S10818
Adopted:
  (1) Brown Amendment No. 1873 (to Amendment No. 1872), to amend the 
Standing Rules of the Senate to require Senators and employees of the 
Senate to make a more detailed disclosure the value of certain assets 
under title I of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978.
Page S10800
  (2) Stevens Amendment No. 1876 (to Amendment No. 1872), to permit 
gifts to a family member of a Member, officer, or employee under 
certain circumstances.
Pages S10812-13
  (3) Ford Amendment No. 1877 (to Amendment No. 1872), to make a 
technical correction.
Pages S10817-18 

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Pending:
  (1) McCain Modified Amendment No. 1872, in the nature of a 
substitute.
Pages S10796-S10817
  (2) Murkowski Amendment No. 1874 (to Amendment No. 1872), to permit 
reimbursement for travel and lodging at charitable political events.
Pages S10805-11
  (3) Lott Amendment No. 1875 (to Amendment No. 1872), to change the 
maximum total value of gifts that can be accepted from a single source 
in one year from $50 to $100.
Pages S10811-17
  A unanimous-consent time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill, the pending amendments, and certain further 
amendments to be proposed thereto, on Friday, July 28, 1995, with votes 
to occur thereon.
Page S10816
Department of State Authorizations--Cloture Vote Postponed: By 
unanimous consent, the vote on the motion to close further debate on 
the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 908, to authorize 
appropriations for the Department of State for fiscal years 1996 
through 1999 and to abolish the United States Information Agency, the 
United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, and the Agency for 
International Development, scheduled to occur on Friday, July 28, was 
postponed until Monday, July 31, 1995.
  Page S10810
Foreign Assistance Authorizations--Cloture Vote Vitiated: By unanimous 
consent, the vote schedule on the motion to close further debate on the 
motion to proceed to consideration of S. 961, to amend the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export Control Act to authorize 
reduced levels of appropriations for foreign assistance programs for 
fiscal years 1996 and 1997, scheduled to occur on Friday, July 28, 
1995, was vitiated.
  Page S10810
Messages From the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report relative to organizations that threaten to 
disrupt the Middle East peace process; referred to the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-68).
Pages S10818-19
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Charles B. Curtis, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of Energy.
  Don Lee Gevirtz, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Fiji, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as 
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
America to the Republic of Nauru, Ambassador Extraordinary and 
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of 
Tonga, and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
States of America to Tuvalu.
  Joan M. Plaisted, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
the Marshall Islands, and to serve concurrently and without additional 
compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the 
United States of America to the Republic of Kiribati.
  James Allan Hurd, Jr., of the Virgin Islands, to be United States 
Attorney for the District of the Virgin Islands for the term of four 
years.
  Elisabeth Griffith, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the James Madison Memorial Foundation for the remainder of 
the term expiring September 27, 1996.
  Marc R. Pacheco, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation for a term 
expiring October 3, 2000.
  Louise L. Stevenson, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation for a term 
expiring November 17, 1999.
  1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.
Page S10843
Messages From the President:
  Pages S10818-19
Messages From the House:
  Page S10819
Measures Referred:
  Page S10819
Petitions:
  Pages S10819-20
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Pages S10820-21
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S10822-32
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S10832
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S10833-40
Notices of Hearings:
  Pages S10840-41
Authority for Committees:
  Page S10841
Additional Statements:
  Pages S10841-43
Record Votes: Six record votes were taken today. (Total-338)
  Pages S10754, S10758-60
Recess: Senate convened at 9:15 a.m., and recessed at 9:55 p.m., until 
9 a.m., on Friday, July 28, 1995. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S10843.)