[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 126 (Tuesday, August 1, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D959-D961]
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                                           Tuesday, August 1, 1995 

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.
      Senate passed Energy and Water Appropriations, 1996.
      House passed Bosnia and Herzegovina Self-Defense bill.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S11043-S11126
Measures Introduced: Three bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1099-
1101.
  Page S11107
Measures Passed:
  Energy and Water Appropriations, 1996: Senate passed H.R. 1905, 
making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1996, after agreeing to committee amendments, 
and taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S11068-99, S11101-05
Adopted:
  (1) Domenici (for Reid) Amendment No. 2053 (to committee amendment on 
page 23, line 7), relating to the expansion of a facility for the 
storage of uranium.
Page S11069
  (2) Jeffords Amendment No. 2054, to increase funds for energy 
research and development of solar and renewable energy technologies.
Pages S11071-72
  Subsequently, the amendment was modified.
Page S11073
  (3) By 62 yeas to 38 nays (Vote No. 347), Bumpers Amendment No. 2055, 
to provide for the termination of the Gas Turbine-Modular Helium 
Reactor program.
Pages S11073-78
  (4) Abraham Amendment No. 2056, to repeal authorizations for the 
Technical Committee on Verification of Fissile Material and Nuclear 
Warhead Control and the Technical Panel on Magnetic Fusion.
Pages S11079-80
  (5) By 83 yeas to 14 nays, 1 responding present (Vote No. 348), 
Dorgan Amendment No. 2057, to express the sense of the Senate that the 
Speaker of the House should move to appoint conferees on S. 4, Line 
Item Veto immediately, so that the House and Senate may resolve their 
differences.
Pages S11080-84
  (6) Johnston (for Bingaman) Amendment No. 2059, to reduce the energy 
costs of Federal facilities.
Pages S11093-94
  (7) Johnston (for Lautenberg/Bradley) Amendment No. 2060, to provide 
for the use of funds for the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor.
Pages S11093-95
  (8) Johnston (for Daschle) Amendment No. 2061, to provide funds for 
the completion of the feasibility study of alternatives for meeting the 
drinking water needs on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation and 
surrounding communities.
Pages S11093-95
  (9) Johnston (for Baucus) Amendment No. 2062, to provide $2 million 
for Crow Indian energy resource projects.
Pages S11093-95
  (10) Johnston (for Byrd) Amendment No. 2063, to provide for the 
revising of a cost ceiling relating to the flood control project for 
Petersburg, West Virginia.
Pages S11093-95
  (11) Johnston (for Feingold) Amendment No. 2064, to limit funding for 
the Tennessee Valley Authority Environmental Research Center.
Pages S11093-97
  (12) Johnston (for Boxer/Baucus) Amendment No. 2065, to require the 
Secretary of the Army to submit the plan to reduce the number of 
division offices within the Army Corps of Engineers to the Senate 
Committee on Environment and Public Works and the House of 
Representative Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Pages S11093-97
  (13) Domenici (for Hutchison) Amendment No. 2066, to provide for the 
donation of land to the Army Corps of Engineers, the development of a 
recreation center, and the designation of land for mitigation.
Pages S11097-98
  (14) Domenici (for Grams/Wellstone) Amendment No. 2067, to provide 
funds for the Marshall, Minnesota flood control project.
Pages S11097-98

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  (15) Domenici (for Warner) Amendment No. 2068, to provide funds for 
Virginia Beach erosion control and hurricane protection.
Pages S11097-98
  (16) Domenici (for Brown) Amendment No. 2069, to limit the use of 
funds for the Delaware River Basin Commission.
Pages S11097-98
  (17) Domenici (for Brown) Amendment No. 2070, to limit the use of 
funds for the Susquehanna River Basin Commission.
Pages S11097-98
  (18) Domenici (for Gregg/Kempthorne) No. 2071, to provide funds for 
electrical and utility systems upgrade, Idaho Chemical Processing 
Plant, Idaho National Engineering Laboratory.
Pages S11097-98
  (19) Domenici (for Pressler/Daschle) Amendment No. 2072, to require 
the Army Corps of Engineers to take such actions as are necessary to 
obtain and maintain a specified elevation in Lake Traverse, South 
Dakota and Minnesota.
Pages S11097-99
  (20) Domenici (for Dole/Kassebaum) Amendment No. 2073, to provide 
funds for the Arkansas City flood control project, Kansas.
Pages S11097-99
  (21) Domenici (for Hatfield) Amendment No. 2074, to provide funds to 
undertake the Coos Bay, Oregon project.
Pages S11097-99
  (22) Wellstone Amendment No. 2075, to establish interim water levels 
in Rainy Lake and Namakan Lake, Minnesota.
Pages S11097-S11110
Rejected:
  Grams Amendment No. 2058, to reduce the level of funding for the 
Appalachian Regional Commission by $40 million. (By 60 yeas to 38 nays 
(Vote No. 349), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S11088-92
  Senate insisted on its amendments, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair appointed the following conferees: 
Senators Domenici, Hatfield, Cochran, Gorton, McConnell, Bennett, 
Burns, Johnston, Byrd, Hollings, Reid, Kerrey, and Murray.
Page S11105
  Waiving Congressional Adjournment: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 89, 
waiving provisions of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 
requiring adjournment of Congress by July 31.
  Page S11125
Department of State Authorizations: Senate continued 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, taking action on 
amendments proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S11049-66, S11067-68
Adopted:
  Hutchison Amendment No. 2033 (to Amendment No. 2025), to express the 
sense of the Congress that the United Nations Fourth World Conference 
on Women, to be held in Beijing, China, should promote a representative 
American perspective on issues of equality, peace and development.
Page S11050
Pending:
  Dole Amendment No. 2025, to withhold certain funds for international 
conferences if funds were expended for U.S. participation in the United 
Nations Fourth World Conference on Women while Harry Wu was being 
detained in China.
Page S11049
  Helms Amendment No. 2031, to authorize reduced levels of 
appropriations for foreign assistance programs for fiscal years 1996 
and 1997.
Page S11049
  Kerry (for Boxer) Amendment No. 2032 (to Amendment No. 2025), to 
express the sense of the Senate regarding the arrest of Harry Wu by the 
Government of the People's Republic of China.
Page S11049
  Helms Amendment No. 2041, to express the sense of Congress regarding 
the consolidation and reinvention of the foreign affairs agencies of 
the United States.
Pages S11049-66
  Helms Amendment No. 2042 (to Amendment No. 2041), in the nature of a 
substitute.
Pages S11058-66
  During consideration of the bill today, the following also occurred:
  By 55 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 345), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
failed to close further debate on the bill.
Pages S11049-50
  By 55 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 346), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate again 
failed to close further debate on the bill.
Page S11067
  Subsequently, the bill was returned to the Senate calendar.
Page S11068
Measure Indefinitely Postponed:
  Supplemental Appropriations/Rescissions, 1995: Senate indefinitely 
postponed further consideration of S. 617, making additional 
supplemental appropriations and rescissions for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1995.
  Page S11125
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report on the national emergency with Iraq; referred 
to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-71).
Pages S11105-06
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Rear Admiral John Carter Albright, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, to be a Member of the Mississippi River Commission.

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  Bruce W. Greer, of Florida, to be United States District Judge for 
the Southern District of Florida.
Page S11126
Messages From the President:
  Pages S11105-06
Messages From the House:
  Pages S11106-07
Measures Referred:
  Page S11107
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S11107-09
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S11109-10
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S11110-22
Authority for Committees:
  Page S11122
Additional Statements:
  Pages S11123-25
Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total-349)
  Pages S11049-50, S11067, S11078, S11084, S11091-92
Recess: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and recessed at 8:43 p.m., until 
9 a.m., on Wednesday, August 2, 1995. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S11126.)