[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 128 (Thursday, August 3, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D980-D982]
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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHT

      House passed Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bill.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S11227-S11351
Measures Introduced: Six bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1115-
1120.
  Pages S11323-24
Measures Passed:
  Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: Senate passed H.R. 402, to amend 
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, after agreeing to a committee 
amendment, and the following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S11342-47
  Warner (for Stevens) Amendment No. 2110, to amend section 7(i) of the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to exclude net operating losses 
from the definition of ``revenues''.
Pages S11345-47
Department of Defense Authorizations, 1996: Senate continued 
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 S11227-S11321
Adopted:
  (1) McCain Amendment No. 2091, to limit the total amount that may be 
obligated or expended for procurement of the SSN-21, SSN-22, and SSN-23 
Seawolf class submarines.
Pages S11297-98
  (2) Dodd Amendment No. 2092 (to Amendment No. 2091), to propose an 
alternative limitation on the amount that may be obligated for 
procurement of the Seawolf class submarines.
Pages S11297-98
  (3) By 69 yeas to 26 nays (Vote No. 358), Cohen Amendment No. 2089, 
to express the sense of Congress on the missile defense of the United 
States.
Pages S11282-83, S11304-07
  (4) Warner (for Chafee) Amendment No. 2095, to improve the section 
establishing uniform national discharge standards for the control of 
water pollution from vessels of the Armed Forces.
Pages S11307-08
  (5) Nunn (for Pryor/Feinstein) Amendment No. 2096, to make funds 
available for the Troops to Teachers program and the Troops to Cops 
program.
Pages S11308-10
  (6) Warner (for Dole) Amendment No. 2097, to ensure the preservation 
of the ammunition industrial base of the United States.
Page S11310
  (7) Warner (for Thurmond) Amendment No. 2098, to modify the authority 
to transfer funds regarding foreign currency fluctuations so that the 
authority does not apply to appropriations for fiscal years before 
fiscal year 1996.
Pages S11310-11
  (8) Nunn (for Akaka) Amendment No. 2099, to provide a substitute for 
section 543, relating to military intelligence personnel prevented by 
secrecy from being considered for decorations and award.
Pages S11311-13
  (9) Nunn (for Akaka) Amendment No. 2100, to require the Secretary of 
the Army to review the records relating to the award of the 
Distinguished-Service Cross to Asian-Americans and Native American 
Pacific Islanders for service in the Army during World War II to 
determine whether the award should be upgraded to the Medal of Honor.
Page S11313
  (10) Warner (for Coats) Amendment No. 2101, to revise section 723, 
relating to the applicability of CHAMPUS payment rules to health care 
provided by CHAMPUS providers to members of the uniformed services 
enrolled in a health care plan of a Uniformed Services Treatment 
Facility.
Page S11314
  (11) Warner (for Coats) Amendment No. 2102, to change an enrollment 
date from January 1, 1995 to October 1, 1995 relating to TRICARE 
Uniform Health Benefits by Uniformed Services Treatment Facilities.
Page S11314
  (12) Warner (for Nickles/Inhofe) Amendment No. 2103, to provide for a 
General Accounting Office analysis of a Department of Defense Depot 
Maintenance Policy Report.
Pages S11314-15

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  (13) Warner (for McCain) Amendment No. 2104, to make various 
amendments to the provisions relating to the Naval Petroleum Reserves.
Pages S11315-18
  (14) Nunn (for Feinstein) Amendment No. 2105, to extend the fiscal 
year 1993 project authorization for the JP-8 fuel facility at the Los 
Alamitos Reserve Center, California.
Page S11318
  (15) Warner (for Thurmond) Amendment No. 2106, to make the authority 
under section 648 (Annuities for Certain Military Surviving Spouses) 
subject to the availability of appropriations.
Pages S11318-19
  (16) Warner (for Kyl) Amendment No. 2107, to require a review and 
report on United States policy on the security of the national 
information infrastructure.
Pages S11319-20
  (17) Warner (for McCain) Amendment No. 2108, to provide for Iran and 
Iraq arms non-proliferation measures.
Page S11320
  (18) Warner (for Thurmond) Amendment No. 2109, to provide funding for 
the activities of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission 
for the remainder of 1995.
Pages S11320-21
Rejected:
  (1) Dorgan Amendment No. 2087, to reduce the amount authorized to be 
appropriated under Title II for national missile defense. (By 51 yeas 
to 48 nays (Vote No. 354), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S11227-39
  (2) Levin Amendment No. 2088, to strike language that: (1) makes it 
U.S. policy to deploy a multiple-site national missile defense, (2) 
expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should not try 
to change the ABM treaty until after a Congressional review, and (3) 
sets standards for assessing compliance with the ABM treaty. (By 51 
yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. 355), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S11246-82
  (3) By 30 yeas to 70 nays (Vote No. 356), McCain Amendment No. 2090, 
to delete funding for procurement of a third Seawolf submarine, and to 
prohibit expenditures of fiscal year 1996 funds and prior fiscal year 
funds for procurement of such submarine.
Pages S11283-96
  (4) By 41 yeas to 58 nays (Vote No. 357), Bumpers Amendment No. 2094, 
to strike provisions concerning Defense Export Loan Guarantees.
Pages S11298-S11303
  A unanimous-consent time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill and amendments to be proposed thereto on 
Friday, August 4, 1995.
Page S11304
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaty:
  The Exchange of Notes Relating to the Tax Convention with Kazakhstan 
(Treaty Doc. No. 104-15).
  The treaty was transmitted to the Senate today, considered as having 
been read for the first time, and referred, with accompanying papers, 
to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Page S11342
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report entitled ``Empowerment: A New Covenant With 
America's Communities''; referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs. (PM-72).
Page S11322
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  John David Carlin, of Kansas, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Agriculture.
  Marca Bristo, of Illinois, to be a Member of the National Council on 
Disability for a term expiring September 17, 1998.
  Bonnie O'Day, of Maryland, to be a Member of the National Council on 
Disability for a term expiring September 17, 1998.
  Kate Pew Wolters, of Michigan, to be a Member of the National Council 
on Disability for a term expiring September 17, 1998.
  1 Marine Corps nomination in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Army.
  Routine list in the Navy.
Pages S11347-51
Messages From the President:
  Page S11322
Messages From the House:
  Page S11322
Petitions:
  Pages S11322-23
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S11324-29
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S11329-30
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S11330-35
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S11335
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S11335-36
Additional Statements:
  Pages S11336-41
Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total-358)
  Pages S11239, S11282, S11296, S11302-03, S11307
Recess: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and recessed at 11:28 p.m., until 9 
a.m., on Friday, August 4, 1995. (For Senate's program, see the remarks 
of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S11347.)

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