[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 127 (Wednesday, August 2, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D970-D971]
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                                         Wednesday, August 2, 1995 

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                              Daily Digest


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S11127-S11225
Measures Introduced: Thirteen bills were introduced, as follows: S. 
1102-1114.
  Page S11201
Department of Defense Authorizations, 1996: Senate began consideration 
of S. 1026, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1996 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, for defense activities of the Department of Energy, and 
to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed 
Forces, taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S11127-99
Adopted:
  (1) By 94 yeas to 5 nays (Vote No. 351), Kyl/Inhofe Amendment No. 
2077, to express the sense of the Senate that all Americans should be 
protected from accidental, intentional, or limited ballistic missile 
attack.
Pages S11132-53
  (2) By 98 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. 350), Nunn Modified Amendment No. 
2078 (to Amendment No. 2077), to express a further sense of the Senate 
that front-line troops of the United States Armed Forces should be 
protected from missile attacks.
Pages S11136-53
  (3) By 62 yeas to 38 nays (Vote No. 353), McConnell Amendment No. 
2080, to express the sense of the Senate that the Select Committee on 
Ethics should follow whatever procedures it deems necessary and 
appropriate to provide a full and complete record of the relevant 
evidence in the case of Senator Packwood.
Pages S11154-84
  (4) Feingold Amendment No. 2082, to express the sense of the Senate 
that in pursuit of a balanced federal budget, Congress should exercise 
fiscal restraint.
Pages S11185-86
  (5) Grassley Amendment No. 2083, to prohibit a waiver of the time-in-
grade requirement for a retirement in grade of an officer who is under 
investigation or is pending disposition of an adverse personnel action 
for misconduct.
Pages S11186-89
  (6) Thurmond Amendment No. 2084, to authorize an additional $228 
million for military construction projects.
Pages S11192-98
  (7) Nunn Amendment No. 2085, to exclude the Associate Director of 
Central Intelligence for Military Support from grade limitations 
applicable to members of the Armed Forces.
Pages S11198-99
  (8) Thurmond (for Thompson) Amendment No. 2086, to allow the transfer 
of property between the United States Navy and the Port of Memphis, 
Tennessee.
Page S11199
Rejected:
  By 48 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 352), Boxer Amendment No. 2079, to 
require hearings in the investigation stage of ethics cases.
Pages S11154-84
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill, and an amendment to be proposed thereto, on 
Thursday, August 3, 1995.
Page S11189
Messages From the House:
  Pages S11199-S11200
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S11200
Communications:
  Page S11200
Petitions:
  Pages S11200-01
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S11201
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S11201-16
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S11216-17
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S11217-19
Notices of Hearings:
  Pages S11219-20
Authority for Committees:
  Page S11220
Additional Statements:
  Pages S11220-24
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total-353)

                                                   Pages S11153, S11184

Recess: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and recessed at 8:26 p.m., until 9 
a.m., on Thursday, August 3, 1995. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S11225.)

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