[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 130 (Saturday, August 5, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D998-D1001]
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                                          Saturday, August 5, 1995 

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Treasury/Postal Service Appropriations.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S11483-S11713
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 895, to amend the Small Business Act to reduce the level of 
participation by the Small Business Administration in certain loans 
guaranteed by the Administration, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 104-129)
Page S11606
Measures Passed:
  Treasury/Postal Service Appropriations, 1996: Senate passed 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, after agreeing to committee amendments, and taking action on 
amendments proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S11483-S11556
Adopted:
  (1) By 52 yeas to 41 nays, 1 responding present, (Vote No. 369), 
committee amendment on page 76, lines 10-17, to strike language 
prohibiting coverage of abortion under Federal employees' health 
insurance policies.
Pages S11498-S11518
  (2) By 50 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 370), Nickles Amendment No. 2153 
(to committee amendment on page 2, line 14), to restrict coverage of 
abortion under Federal employees' health insurance policies except 
where the life of the mother would be endangered or the result of an 
act of rape or incest.
Pages S11519-27, S11529
  (3) Feingold/McCain Amendment No. 2228, to reduce the number of 
political employees appointed by the President by capping the number of 
political appointees at 2,000.
Pages S11529-31
  (4) D'Amato Amendment No. 2229, to prohibit the use of funds to take 
certain actions with respect to the exchange stabilization fund.
Pages S11531-33
  (5) Kempthorne Amendment No. 2230, to provide funding for the 
Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations.
Pages S11533-35
  (6) Thompson Amendment No. 2231, to provide that no increase in the 
rates of pay for Members of Congress shall be made in fiscal year 1996.
Pages S11535-36
  (7) Shelby/Kerrey Amendment No. 2232, to increase the limitation on 
funds the Secret Service can spend to secure non-governmental 
properties.
Pages S11536-37, S11552
  (8) Shelby (for Stevens) Amendment No. 2233, relating to mail 
delivery in Alaska.
Pages S11536-37, S11552
  (9) Shelby (for D'Amato/Moynihan) Amendment No. 2234, to transfer 
forfeited A-37 Dragonfly jets to the National Warplane Museum in 
Geneseo, New York.
Pages S11536-37, S11552
  (10) Shelby (for Ford/McConnell) Amendment No. 2235, prohibiting 
implementation of an ATF ruling on citrus contents in alcohol.
Pages S11536-37, S11552
  (11) Shelby (for Pryor) Amendment No. 2236, to eliminate funding 
requiring an initiation of a program to use private law firms and debt 
collection agencies in collection activities of the Internal Revenue 
Service.
Pages S11536, S11538, S11552
  (12) Shelby (for Simpson/Craig) Amendment No. 2237, to prohibit 
certain exempt organizations from receiving Federal grants.
Pages S11536, S11538-39, S11552
  (13) Shelby/Kerrey Amendment No. 2238, allowing the Department of the 
Treasury to reimburse the District of Columbia for costs incurred as a 
result of the closure of Pennsylvania Avenue.
Pages S11536, S11539-40, S11552
  (14) Shelby (for Bingaman) Amendment No. 2239, to limit access by 
minors to cigarettes through prohibiting the sale of tobacco products 
in vending machines in Federal buildings.
Pages S11536, S11540-41, S11552
  (15) Shelby (for Brown) Amendment No. 2240, to express the sense of 
the Senate that the General Services Administration should increase use 
of direct delivery supplies to agencies.
Pages S11536, S11541, S11552

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  (16) Shelby/Kerrey Amendment No. 2241, to establish the National 
Commission on Restructuring the Internal Revenue Service.
Pages S11536, S11541-43, S11552
  (17) Shelby/Kerrey Amendment No. 2242, relating to a Secret Service 
protection matter.
Pages S11536, S11543, S11552
  (18) Shelby (for Hutchison) Amendment No. 2243, to require the 
Administrator of the General Services Administration to report to 
Congress on border station leasing arrangements.
Pages S11536, S11543-44, S11552
  (19) Shelby (for Bingaman) Amendment No. 2244, to reduce the energy 
costs of Federal facilities for which funds are made available under 
this Act.
Pages S11536, S11544, S11552
  (20) Shelby (for Hatch/Biden) Modified Amendment No. 2245, to restore 
funding for the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
Pages S11536, S11544-47, S11552
  (21) Shelby (for Coverdell) Amendment No. 2246, to provide for the 
transfer of funds to States to carry out the National Voter 
Registration Act of 1993.
Pages S11536, S11547, S11552
  (22) Shelby (for Brown) Amendment No. 2247, to limit the amount of 
leave that Senior Executive Service employees may accumulate to 60 
days.
Pages S11536, S11547, S11552
  (23) Shelby (for Lautenberg) Amendment No. 2248, to require the 
Administrator of General Services to transfer certain Federal property 
to the city of Hoboken, New Jersey.
Pages S11536, S11547, S11552
  (24) Shelby (for Grassley) Amendment No. 2249, to restore funding for 
the Administrative Conference of the United States.
Pages S11536, S11547-52
  (25) Shelby (for Mikulski) Amendment No. 2250, to provide that 
certain Federal employee service shall be considered law enforcement 
service for purposes of chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code.
Pages S11536, S11552
  (26) Shelby (for Brown) Amendment No. 2251, to require an 
investigation relating to the misuse of public funds at Denver 
International Airport.
Pages S11536, S11552
Rejected:
  By 45 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. 371), Mikulski Amendment No. 2227 (to 
committee amendment on page 2, line 14), to allow coverage of abortion 
under the Federal employees' health insurance policies in cases where 
it is medically necessary.
Pages S11527-29
  Senate insisted on its amendments, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair appointed the following conferees: 
Senators Shelby, Jeffords, Gregg, Hatfield, Kerrey, Mikulski, and Byrd.
Page S11556
  Court Reporter Fair Labor Amendments Act: Senate passed H.R. 1225, to 
amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt employees who 
perform certain court reporting duties from the compensatory time 
requirements applicable to certain public agencies, clearing the 
measure for the President.
  Pages S11709-10
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 S11556-74
Adopted:
  (1) Thurmond (for Smith) Amendment No. 2252, to revise certain 
provisions relating to authority to lease property requiring 
environmental remediation.
Page S11557
  (2) Ford Amendment No. 2253, to require a cost-benefit analysis of 
various options for reorganization of the Army ROTC program and to 
delay reorganization pending submission of a report on the results of 
the analysis to Congress.
Page S11558
  (3) Thurmond (for Campbell) Amendment No. 2254, to require a report 
on the effect of the closure of Fitzsimons Army Medical Center on the 
capability of the Department of Defense to provide appropriate health 
care to veterans of the Persian Gulf War and their families suffering 
from illnesses associated with their service during that conflict.
Pages S11558-59
  (4) Ford (for Pryor) Amendment No. 2255, to express the sense of the 
Senate on the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation.
Page S11559
  (5) Kempthorne (for Lott) Amendment No. 2256, to revise the authority 
relating to awards for service during the Vietnam era in order to 
authorize upgrades of awards.
Page S11559
  (6) Ford (for Nunn) Amendment No. 2257, to provide funding for the 
Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps programs of the Army, Navy, Air 
Force, and Marine Corps.
Pages S11559-60
  (7) Ford (for Nunn) Amendment No. 2258, to further clarify provisions 
relating to reserve components to be used for civil-military 
cooperative action, and to provide for an extension of the Pilot 
Outreach Program.
Pages S11560-61
  (8) Kempthorne (for Thurmond) Amendment No. 2259, to make the 
National Defense Sealift Fund available for expenses of the entire 
National Defense Reserve Fleet.
Page S11561
  (9) Kempthorne (for McCain/Glenn) Amendment No. 2260, to authorize 
the Secretary of the Air Force to convey to the city of Forsyth, 
Montana land 

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which has served as a support complex and recreational facilities for 
the Radar Bomb Scoring Site.
Page S11562
  (10) Kempthorne (for McCain) Amendment No. 2261, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Air Force to convey to the Northwest College Board of 
Trustees land located in Powell, Wyoming, which has served as the 
location of a support complex, recreational facilities, and housing 
facilities for the Radar Bomb Scoring Site.
Pages S11562-63
  (11) Kempthorne (for Pressler) Amendment No. 2262, to express the 
sense of Congress regarding establishment of Junior Reserve Officers' 
Training Corps units in schools on Indian reservations.
Pages S11563-64
  (12) Kempthorne (for Helms) Amendment No. 2263, to make certain that 
the committee on Foreign Relations receives certain reports from the 
Department of Defense.
Page S11564
  (13) Kempthorne (for Cohen) Amendment No. 2264, to strike out a 
waiver of congressional notification requirements for transfers of 
certain vessels to certain foreign countries.
Page S11564
  (14) Ford (for Pryor) Amendment No. 2265, to require the Secretary of 
State to submit to Congress reports on arms export control and military 
assistance.
Pages S11564-65
  (15) Kempthorne (for Thurmond) Amendment No. 2266, to make clarifying 
amendments to provisions of law enacted in the Federal Acquisition 
Streamlining Act of 1994.
Page S11565
  (16) Kempthorne (for Thurmond) Amendment No. 2267, to strike out 
provisions that amend title 38, United States Code, relating to 
veterans' benefits.
Pages S11565-66
  (17) Kempthorne (for Shelby/Heflin) Amendment No. 2268, to establish 
and maintain a Battlefield Integration Center for the integration of 
missile defense warfighting pillars.
Page S11566
  (18) Ford (for Heflin) Amendment No. 2269, to clarify the use of 
existing technologies under the requirements relating to national 
missile defense system architecture.
Page S11566
  (19) Ford (for Heflin/Shelby) Amendment No. 2270, to require the 
Director of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization to establish a 
Ballistic Missile Defense Technology Center within the Space and 
Strategic Defense Command of the Army.
Pages S11566-67
  (20) Kempthorne (for Helms) Amendment No. 2271, to revise section 
1055 concerning military cooperation from a United States policy to a 
sense of Congress.
Page S11567
  (21) Kempthorne (for McCain/Feinstein) Amendment No. 2272, to revise 
and improve the base closure and realignment process.
Pages S11567-70
  (22) Ford (for Kohl) Amendment No. 2273, to improve the provision 
relating to restoration advisory boards.
Pages S11570-71
  (23) Nunn (for Glenn) Amendment No. 2274, to require the Comptroller 
General of the United States to provide a report to Congress on 
existing funding mechanisms available to cover the costs associated 
with the Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Assistance 
activities.
Page S11571
  (24) Kempthorne (for Helms) Amendment No. 2275, to express the sense 
of the Senate on the Midway Islands.
Pages S11571-72
  (25) Kempthorne (for Thurmond) Amendment No. 2276, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Navy to establish a crash attenuating seats 
acquisition program.
Page S11572
  (26) Kempthorne (for Smith) Amendment No. 2277, to provide for the 
naming of certain amphibious ships and to authorize funds for the 
procurement of these vessels.
Page S11572
  (27) Kempthorne (for Lott) Amendment No. 2278, to strike the 
limitation on contracting with the same contractor for construction of 
additional new sealift ships.
Pages S11572-73
  (28) Nunn (for Glenn) Amendment No. 2279, to revise section 1003, 
relating to the Defense Modernization Account.
Pages S11573-74
Pending:
  Brown Amendment No. 2125, to clarify restrictions on assistance to 
Pakistan.
Page S11556
  By unanimous-consent agreement, the cloture vote on the motion to 
close further debate on the bill, scheduled for Monday, August 7, 1995, 
was postponed to occur at a time to be determined.
Page S11710
Family Self-Sufficiency Act: Senate began consideration of H.R. 4, to 
restore the American family, reduce illegitimacy, control welfare 
spending and reduce welfare dependence, with a committee amendment in 
the nature of a substitute, taking action on amendments proposed 
thereto, as follows:
  Pages S11575-S11602
Pending:
  Dole Amendment No. 2280, of a perfecting nature.
Pages S11602, S11640-S11708
  Senate will resume consideration of the bill on Monday, August 7, 
1995.
Alaska Power Administration Sale Act: Senate disagreed to the 
amendments of the House to S. 395, to authorize and direct the 
Secretary of Energy to sell the Alaska Power Administration, and to 
authorize the export of Alaska North Slope crude oil, agreed to the 
request of the House for a conference 

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thereon, and the Chair appointed the following conferees: Senators 
Murkowski, Hatfield, Domenici, Johnston, and Ford.
  Page S11709
Messages From the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Agreement between the United States and the Government of the 
Republic of Bulgaria; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. 
(PM-75)
Pages S11603-04
Messages From the President:
  Pages S11603-04
Petitions:
  Pages S11604-06
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S11606
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S11606-S11708
Additional Statements:
  Pages S11708-09
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--371)
  Pages S11518, S11527, S11529
Recess: Senate convened at 8:30 a.m., and recessed at 5:46 p.m., until 
9 a.m., on Monday, August 7, 1995. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S11710-11.)