[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 124 (Friday, July 28, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D944-D945]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                             Friday, July 28, 1995 

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Gift Reform Resolution.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S10845-S10909
Measures Introduced: Eight bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1086-1093, S. Res. 158, and S. Con. Res. 22.
  Pages S10875-76
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 852, to provide for uniform management of livestock grazing on 
Federal land, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. 
Rept. No. 104-123)
  S. 1087, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1996. (S. Rept. No. 104-124)
  H.R. 1977, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, 
with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 104-125)
Page S10875
Measures Passed:
  Congressional Gift Reform: By a unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. 
342), Senate agreed to S. Res. 158, to provide for congressional gift 
reform, after completing action on S. 1061, to provide for 
congressional gift reform, after taking action on further amendments 
proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S10845-59
Adopted:
  (1) McCain Modified Amendment No. 1872, in the nature of a 
substitute.
Pages S10845-58
  (2) By 54 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. 340), 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 S10846-48
  (3) By 75 yeas to 23 nays (Vote No. 341), Byrd Amendment No. 1878 (to 
Amendment No. 1872), to express the sense of the Senate that the 
Judicial Conference of the United States should review and evaluate the 
Judiciary's gift rules.
Pages S10851-55
  (4) Stevens Amendment No. 1879 (to Amendment No. 1872), to allow the 
Committee on Rules and Administration to accept gifts on behalf of the 
Senate.
Page S10855
  (5) Wellstone Amendment No. 1880 (to Amendment No. 1872), to clarify 
the aggregate limit.
Pages S10855-57
Rejected:
  By 39 yeas to 60 nays (Vote No. 339), Murkowski Amendment No. 1874 
(to Amendment No. 1872), to permit reimbursement for travel and lodging 
at charitable political events.
Pages S10845-46
  Subsequently, S. 1061 was indefinitely postponed.
Page S10858
Department of State Authorizations: Senate began 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.
  Page S10859
  During consideration of this bill today, the following also occurred:
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the bill and, in 
accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a vote on the cloture motion will occur on Tuesday, August 
1, 1995.
Page S10859
  Subsequently, the cloture vote on the motion to proceed to 
consideration of the bill, scheduled for Monday, July 31, 1995, was 
vitiated.
Page S10859
  Senate will resume consideration of the bill on Monday, July 31, 
1995.
Military Construction Appropriations, 1996--Conferees: The Chair 
appointed conferees on H.R. 1817, making appropriations for military 
construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure for the 
Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, as 
follows: Senators Burns, Stevens, Shelby, Gregg, Reid, Inouye, and 
Byrd.
  Page S10907 

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Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report on the continuation of the national emergency 
with Iraq; referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs. (PM-69)
Page S10874
  Transmitting the report under the Generalized System of Preferences 
program; referred to the Committee on Finance. (PM-70)
Page S10874
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  2 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  61 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Marine Corps nomination in the rank of general.
  6 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Navy.
Pages S10907-08, S10909-10
Messages From the President:
  Page S10874
Petitions:
  Pages S10874-75
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S10875
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S10876-97
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S10897
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S10899-S10900
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S10900
Authority for Committees:
  Page S10900
Additional Statements:
  Pages S10900-06
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total-342)
  Pages S10846, S10848, S10855, S10858
Recess: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and recessed at 2:39 p.m., until 
12:30 p.m., on Monday, July 31, 1995. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S10908.)