[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 137 (Wednesday, September 6, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1042-D1043]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                      Wednesday, September 6, 1995 

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Department of Defense Authorizations, 1996.
      House passed Legislative Branch Appropriations conference report.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S12649-S12751
Measures Introduced: Eighteen bills were introduced, as follows: S. 
1201-1218.
  Pages S12715-16
Measures Passed:
  Department of Defense Authorizations, 1996: The Committee on Armed 
Services was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 1530, 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 and, by 64 yeas to 
34 nays (Vote No. 399), the bill was then passed, after striking all 
after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the text of S. 
1026, Senate companion measure, as amended, and after taking action on 
amendments proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S12649-76
Adopted:
  (1) Warner Amendment No. 2461, to state the sense of the Senate on 
negotiations between the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, 
and the Governor of the State of Idaho regarding the shipment of spent 
nuclear fuel from naval reactors.
Pages S12649-51
  (2) Nunn (for Levin) Amendment No. 2462, to authorize the Secretary 
of Defense to use leasing in the acquisition of commercial vehicles 
when such leasing is practicable and efficient.
Page S12651
  (3) Warner (for Kyl) Amendment No. 2463, to place a limitation on the 
use of funds for cooperative threat reduction for dismantlement and 
destruction of chemical weapons.
Pages S12651-53
  (4) Warner (for Thurmond) Amendment No. 2464, to make technical 
corrections.
Page S12653
  (5) By 85 yeas to 13 nays (Vote No. 398), Nunn Amendment No. 2425, to 
establish a missile defense policy.
Pages S12649, S12653-68
  Senate insisted on its amendment, and requested a conference with the 
House thereon.
Page S12675
  Subsequently, S. 1026 was indefinitely postponed.
Page S12675
  Department of Defense Authorizations, 1996: Senate passed S. 1124, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1996 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, and to prescribe personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, after striking all after the 
enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof Division A of S. 1026, as 
amended.
  Page S12675
  Military Construction Authorizations, 1996: Senate passed S. 1125, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1996 for military 
construction, after striking all after the enacting clause and 
inserting in lieu thereof Division B of S. 1026, as amended.
  Page S12675
  Energy National Security: Senate passed S. 1126, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 1996 for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, after striking all after the enacting clause and 
inserting in lieu thereof Division C of S. 1026, as amended.
  Page S12675
Family Self-Sufficiency Act: Senate resumed 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 S12680-S12715
Pending:
  (1) Dole Modified Amendment No. 2280, of a perfecting nature.
Page S12680

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  (2) Daschle Modified Amendment No. 2282 (to Amendment No. 2280), in 
the nature of a substitute.
Page S12682
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill on Thursday, September 7, 1995, with a vote 
on the pending Daschle Amendment No. 2282 to occur at 4 p.m.
Page S12706
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaties:
  Investment Treaty with Albania (Treaty Doc. No. 104-19).
  Treaty with Hungary on Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters (Treaty 
Doc. No. 104-20); and
  Treaty with Austria on Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters (Treaty 
Doc. No. 104-21).
  The treaties were 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 S12750
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report of the activities of the U.S. Government in 
the United Nations during calendar year 1994; referred to the Committee 
on Foreign Relations. (PM-77).
Page S12715
  Transmitting the report on Federal Advisory Committees for fiscal 
year 1994; referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. (PM-78).
Page S12715
Messages From the President:
  Pages S12715-16
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S12716-36
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S12736-37
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S12737-45
Authority for Committees:
  Page S12745
Additional Statements:
  Pages S12745-50
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--399)
  Pages S12668, S12675
Recess: Senate convened at 9:15 a.m., and recessed at 7:43 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Thursday, September 7, 1995. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S12750.)