[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 132 (Tuesday, August 8, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1008-D1010]
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                                            Tuesday, August 8, 1995

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S11803-S11967
Measures Introduced: Two bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1130 and 1131, and S. Res. 161.
  Pages S11891-92
Measures Passed:
  Jefferson Davis Desk: Senate agreed to S. Res. 161, to make available 
to the Senator from Mississippi, during his or her term of office, the 
use of the desk located in the Senate Chamber and used by Senator 
Jefferson Davis.
  Page S11945
  Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings Act: Senate passed S. 
227, to amend title 17, United States Code, to provide an exclusive 
right to perform sound recordings publicly by means of digital 
transmissions, after agreeing to a committee amendment in the nature of 
a substitute, and the following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S11945-67
  Gorton (for Hatch/Feinstein) Amendment No. 2302, in the nature of a 
substitute.
Page S11948
Interior Appropriations, 1996: Senate began consideration of H.R. 1977, 
making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, agreeing to 
committee amendments, with certain exceptions, and taking action on 
amendments proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S11845-88
Adopted:
  (1) Gorton (for Brown) Amendment No. 2283 (to committee amendment on 
page 121, line 19, through page 126, line 7), to direct the Secretary 
of the Interior to conduct a study concerning equity regarding 
entrance, tourism, and recreational fees for the use of Federal lands 
and facilities.
Pages S11863-65
  (2) Gorton (for Chafee) Amendment No. 2284 (to committee amendment on 
page 10, lines 12 through 19, to make explicit that certain 
prohibitions contained in the bill regarding activities under Section 4 
of the Endangered Species Act are not to extend beyond the end of 
fiscal year 1996.
Pages S11863-65
  (3) Gorton Amendment No. 2285 (to committee amendment on page 104, 
line 1, through page 118, line 5), to make a technical correction.
Pages S11863-65
  (4) Gorton Amendment No. 2286 (to committee amendment on page 80, 
line 5), to make a technical correction.
Pages S11863-65
  (5) Gorton Amendment No. 2287 (to committee amendment on page 10, 
lines 12 through 19), to make a technical correction.
Pages S11863-65
  (6) Gorton Amendment No. 2288 (to committee amendment beginning on 
page 54, line 20), to make a technical correction.
Pages S11863-65
  (7) Gorton Amendment No. 2289 (to committee amendment beginning on 
page 75, line 23), to prohibit the Forest Service from applying paint 
to rocks.
Pages S11863-65
  (8) Gorton/McCain/Inouye/Domenici Amendment No. 2290 (to various 
committee amendments), to transfer all funding from the Office of 
Special Trustee except for financial trust management funding to the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs, including funding for resources management, 
trust activities, resources management construction, and Indian Land 
and Water Claims Settlements and Miscellaneous Payments to Indians.
Pages S11863-65
  (9) Gorton/Domenici/Inouye/McCain Amendment No. 2291 (to committee 
amendment on page 35, line 11), to delete a provision pertaining to 
distribution of tribal shares from the Bureau of Indian Affairs' 
Central Office Operations and Special Programs and Pooled Overhead 
accounts.
Pages S11863-65
  (10) McCain Amendment No. 2292 (to committee amendment on page 19, 
lines 8-14), in the nature of a substitute.
Page S11866
  (11) Bumpers Amendment No. 2293 (to committee amendment on page 128, 
lines 16-21), to impose a moratorium on the processing of patent 
applications pursuant to the 1872 Mining Law.
Pages S11866-77
  Subsequently, the amendment as amended, was modified.
Page S11877

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  (12) Craig/Reid/Bryan Amendment No. 2294 (to Amendment No. 2293), in 
the nature of a substitute. (By 46 yeas to 53 nays (Vote No. 373), 
Senate earlier failed to table the amendment.)
Pages S11871-77
  (13) Gorton (for Thomas) Amendment No. 2295, to delay implementation 
of regulations governing the management of livestock grazing on lands 
administered by the Forest Service until November 21, 1995.
Pages S11877-78
  (14) Gorton (for Jeffords) Amendment No. 2297, to allow the National 
Park Service's American Battlefield Protection Program to enter into 
cooperative agreements.
Pages S11887-88
  (15) Gorton/Murray Amendment No. 2298, to modify provisions relating 
to the Lummi Indians.
Pages S11887-88
  (16) Gorton/Murray Amendment No. 2299, to provide funds for the 
Columbia Basin Ecosystem Project.
Pages S11887-88
  (17) Gorton/Murray Amendment No. 2300, relating to funding for the 
AmeriCorps program.
Pages S11887-88
  (18) Gorton (for McCain) Amendment No. 2301, to require certain 
Federal agencies to prepare and submit to Congress rankings of the 
proposals of such agencies for land acquisition.
Pages S11887-88
Pending:
  Domenici Amendment No. 2296, to restore funding for programs within 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Pages S11879-87
  During consideration of the bill today, Senate took the following 
action:
  By 46 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 372), Senate failed to table the 
committee amendment on page 128, lines 16-21, to strike language 
prohibiting funds for the processing of applications for a patent for 
any mining or mill site claim located under the general mining laws or 
to issue a patent for any such claim.
Page S11873
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the pending amendment on Wednesday, August 9, 1995, 
with a vote to occur thereon.
Family Self-Sufficiency Act: Senate continued 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 S11803-45
Pending:
  (1) Dole Modified Amendment No. 2280, of a perfecting nature.
Pages S11803-45
  (2) Daschle Amendment No. 2282 (to Amendment No. 2280), in the nature 
of a substitute.
Pages S11839-45
Appointments:
  Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention: 
The Chair, on behalf of the Majority Leader, after consultation with 
the Democratic Leader, pursuant to Public Law 93-415, as amended by 
Public Law 102-586, announced the appointment of James L. Burgess, of 
Kansas, to the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention, effective July 5, 1995.
  Page S11945
  Library of Congress Trust Fund Board: The Chair, on behalf of the 
Majority Leader, in consultation with the Democratic Leader, pursuant 
to Public Law 102-246, appointed Adele C. Hall, of Kansas, to a 5 year 
term to the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board.
  Page S11945
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Isaac C. Hunt, Jr., of Ohio, to be a Member of the Securities and 
Exchange Commission for the term expiring June 5, 2000.
  Norman S. Johnson, of Utah, to be a Member of the Securities and 
Exchange Commission for the term expiring June 5, 1999.
  Ned R. McWherter, of Tennessee, to be a Governor of the United States 
Postal Service for the term expiring December 8, 2002.
  Phillip A. Singerman, of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Secretary 
of Commerce.
Page S11967
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S11891
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S11892-93
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S11893
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S11894-S11940
Notices of Hearings:
  Pages S11940-41
Authority for Committees:
  Page S11941
Additional Statements:
  Pages S11941-45
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--373)
  Pages S11873, S11877
Recess: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and recessed at 10:26 p.m., until 9 
a.m., on Wednesday, August 9, 1995. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S11967.)

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