[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 129 (Friday, August 4, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D990-D991]
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                                            Friday, August 4, 1995 

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHT

      House passed communications bill.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S11353-S11481
Measures Introduced: Three bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1121-1123, and S. Con. Res. 23.
  Page S11451
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  H.R. 2002, making appropriations for the Department of Transportation 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, 
with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 104-126)
  S. 922, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1996 for 
intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States 
Government and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and 
Disability System, and for other purposes, with an amendment. (S. Rept. 
No. 104-127)
  S. 227, to amend title 17, United States Code, to provide an 
exclusive right to perform sound recordings publicly by means of 
digital transmissions, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
(S. Rept. No. 104-128)
Page S11451
Measures Passed:
  Congressional Recess/Adjournment: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 92, 
providing for an adjournment of the two Houses.
  Page S11372
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 S11353-S11437
Adopted:
  (1) Thurmond Amendment No. 2111, to provide a substitute for Title 
XXXI, authorizing funds for Department of Energy national security 
programs.
Pages S11353-77
  (2) Thurmond Amendment No. 2114 (to Amendment No. 2111), to make 
technical corrections relating to environmental restoration and waste 
management activities.
Page S11376
  (3) By 97 yeas to 3 nays (Vote No. 363), Boxer Amendment No. 2117, to 
provide a substitute for section 526, which amends a provision of the 
Uniform Code of Military Justice relating to forfeiture of pay and 
allowances and reduction in grade.
Pages S11388-89
  (4) Cohen Amendment No. 2118, to facilitate, encourage, and provide 
for efficient and effective acquisition and use of modern information 
technology by executive agencies.
Pages S11389-93
  (5) Specter Amendment No. 2081, to provide authority for the 
surrender of fugitives and the provision of judicial assistance to the 
international tribunals for Yugoslavia and Rwanda, in accordance with 
the obligations of the United States under certain resolutions of the 
United Nations Security Council.
Pages S11421-22
  (6) By 67 yeas to 27 nays (Vote No. 368), Leahy Amendment No. 2124, 
to support proposals to implement the United States goal of eventually 
eliminating antipersonnel landmines, and to impose a moratorium on the 
use of antipersonnel landmines except in sanctions against foreign 
governments that export antipersonnel landmines.
Pages S11422-26
Rejected:
  (1) Exon Amendment No. 2112 (to Amendment No. 2111), to delete 
funding for programs of hydronuclear experiments. (By 56 yeas to 44 
nays (Vote No. 359), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S11353-72, S11376-77
  (2) Reid/Bryan Amendment No. 2113 (to Amendment No. 2111), to strike 
the provision designating the location of the new tritium production 
facility of the Department of Energy. (By 57 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 
360), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S11372-77

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  (3) McCain Amendment No. 2116, to mandate the money made available to 
the Department of Defense and used for civilian sporting events be re-
imbursed to the Department of Defense. (By 80 yeas to 20 nays (Vote No. 
362), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S11385-87, S11389
  (4) Kohl Amendment No. 2119, to establish a limitation of 
$257,700,000,000 as the total amount authorized for fiscal year 1996. 
(By 51 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. 364), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S11393-S11403
  (5) Harkin Amendment No. 2121, to require NATO allies to pay 75 
percent of added costs in keeping troops overseas and the cost of 
foreign national employment. (By 70 yeas to 26 nays (Vote No. 365), 
Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S11403-10, S11419
  (6) Levin Amendment No. 2122, to authorize funds for procurement of 
equipment for the reserve components according to their highest 
modernization priorities. (By 53 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 366), Senate 
tabled the amendment.)
Pages S11410-13, S11419-20
  (7) Glenn Amendment No. 2123, to strike provisions that reduce the 
period of obligated active duty service of graduates of the service 
academies. (By 52 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 367), Senate tabled the 
amendment.)
Pages S11413-19, S11420-21
Pending:
  Brown Amendment No. 2125, to clarify restrictions on assistance to 
Pakistan.
Pages S11429-35
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate took the following 
action:
  By 37 yeas to 63 yeas (Vote No. 361), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected a motion to waive the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with 
respect to consideration of Bumpers Amendment No. 2115, to repeal the 
defense firewalls established in the Fiscal Year 1996 Budget 
Resolution. Subsequently, a point of order that the amendment was in 
violation of section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act was sustained, 
and the amendment thus fell.
Pages S11377-84
  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 Monday, August 
7, 1995.
Page S11437
  Senate may resume consideration of the bill on Saturday, August 5, 
1995.
Treasury/Postal Service Appropriations, 1995--Agreement: A unanimous 
consent agreement was reached providing for the consideration of 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 a committee amendment thereto beginning on page 76, lines 10-
17, regarding abortions, with a vote to occur on the committee 
amendment, on Saturday, August 5, 1995.
  Page S11410
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report entitled ``Sustainable Energy Strategy: Clean 
and Secure Energy For A Competitive Economy''; referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (PM-73).
Page S11450
  Transmitting the report of the District of Columbia Financial 
Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority's operating budget 
for fiscal year 1996; referred to the Committee on Governmental 
Affairs. (PM-74).
Page S11450
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  2 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
Page S11481
Messages From the President:
  Page S11450
Messages From the House:
  Pages S11450-51
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S11451
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S11451-54
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S11454-55
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S11455-71
Notices of Hearings:
  Pages S11471-72
Authority for Committees:
  Page S11472
Additional Statements:
  Pages S11472-74, S11478-81
Record Votes: Ten record votes were taken today. (Total--368)
  Pages S11377, S11384, S11389, S11403, S11419, S11420, S11421, S11426
Recess: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and recessed at 11:48 p.m., until 
8:30 a.m., on Saturday, August 5, 1995. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S11480.)