[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 143 (Thursday, September 14, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1092-D1094]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                      Thursday, September 14, 1995 

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHT

      House passed Federal acquisition reform bill.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S13555-S13626
Measures Introduced: Four bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1240-
1243.

                                                            Page S13620
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  Special Report entitled ``Revised Allocation to Subcommittees of 
Budget Totals from the Concurrent Resolution for Fiscal Year 1996''. 
(S. Rept. No. 104-141)
  H.R. 1976, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 
104-142)
  H.R. 1868, making appropriations for foreign operations, export 
financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 1996, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 104-143)

                                                            Page S13620

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 S13558-75, S13581-S13617

Adopted:
  (1) Wellstone Modified Amendment No. 2584 (to Amendment No. 2280), to 
exempt women and children who have been battered or subject to extreme 
cruelty from certain requirements of the bill.

                                                        Pages S13561-62

  (2) Dorgan Amendment No. 2535 (to Amendment No. 2280), to express the 
sense of the Senate on legislative accountability for the unfunded 
mandates imposed by welfare reform legislation.

                                                            Page S13565

  (3) McCain Amendment No. 2589 (to Amendment No. 2280), to provide for 
child support enforcement agreements between the States and Indian 
tribes or tribal organizations.

                                                        Pages S13565-67

  (4) Nickles Modified Amendment No. 2556 (to Amendment No. 2280), to 
provide for the transmission of quarterly wage reports in order to 
relay information to the State Directory of New Hires to assist in 
locating absent parents.

                                                            Page S13567

  (5) By 94 yeas to 6 nays (Vote No. 424), Exon Modified Amendment No. 
2525 (to Amendment No. 2280), to prohibit the payment of certain 
Federal benefits to any person not lawfully present within the United 
States.

                                                        Pages S13567-69

  (6) Feinstein Amendment No. 2470 (to Amendment No. 2280), to impose a 
child support obligation on paternal grandparents in cases in which 
both parents are minors.

                                                            Page S13569

  (7) Kerry Amendment No. 2662 (to Amendment No. 2280), to provide 
demonstration projects for using neighborhood schools as centers for 
beneficial activities for children and their parents in order to break 
the welfare cycle.

                                                        Pages S13569-71

  (8) Kerry Amendment No. 2664 (to Amendment No. 2280), to require 
applicants for assistance who are parents to enter into a Parental 
Responsibility Contract and perform satisfactorily under its terms as a 
condition of receipt of that assistance.

                                                        Pages S13569-71

  (9) Feinstein Modified Amendment No. 2479 (to Amendment No. 2280), to 
provide for State and county demonstration programs.

                                                        Pages S13571-72

  (10) Levin Modified Amendment No. 2486 (to Amendment No. 2280), to 
require recipients of assistance under a State program funded under 
part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to participate in State 
mandated community service activities if 

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they are not engaged in work after 6 months of receiving benefits.

                                                        Pages S13571-72

  (11) D'Amato Amendment No. 2578 (to Amendment No. 2280), relating to 
claims arising before effective date.

                                                        Pages S13572-73
  (12) Feingold Amendment No. 2481 (to Amendment No. 2280), to provide 
for a demonstration project for the elimination of take-one-take-all 
requirement.

                                                        Pages S13572-73

  (13) Kerrey Amendment No. 2670 (to Amendment No. 2280), to allow a 
State to revoke an election to participate in the optional State food 
assistance block grant.

                                                        Pages S13572-73

  (14) McCain Modified Amendment No. 2542 (to Amendment No. 2280), to 
remove the maximum length of participation in the work supplementation 
or support program.

                                                        Pages S13572-73

  (15) Kohl Modified Amendment No. 2551 (to Amendment No. 2280), to 
expand the food stamp employment and training program.

                                                        Pages S13572-73

  (16) Faircloth Modified Amendment No. 2601 (to Amendment No. 2280), 
to integrate the temporary assistance to needy families with food stamp 
work rules.

                                                        Pages S13572-73

  (17) Wellstone Modified Amendment No. 2507 (to Amendment No. 2280), 
to exclude energy assistance payments for one-time costs of 
weatherization or repair or replacement of unsafe or inoperative 
heating devices from income under the food stamp program.

                                                        Pages S13572-75

  (18) Pryor Modified Amendment No. 2495 (to Amendment No. 2280), to 
modify the penalty provisions.

                                                        Pages S13583-84

  (19) Gramm Amendment No. 2614 (to Amendment No. 2280), to provide for 
increased penalties for failure to meet work requirements.

                                                            Page S13584

  (20) By 93 yeas to 5 nays (Vote No. 425), Shelby Amendment No. 2526 
(to Amendment No. 2280), to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
provide a refundable credit for adoption expenses and to exclude from 
gross income employee and military adoption assistance benefits and 
withdrawals from IRAs for certain adoption expenses.

                                                Pages S13584-88, S13603

  (21) Conrad Modified Amendment No. 2528 (to Amendment No. 2280), to 
provide that a State that provides assistance to unmarried teenage 
parents under the State program require such parents as a condition of 
receiving such assistance to live in an adult-supervised setting and 
attend high school or other equivalent training program.

                                         Pages S13562-63, S13598-S13602

  (22) Bradley Amendment No. 2496 (to Amendment No. 2280), to modify 
the provisions regarding the State plan requirements.

                                                        Pages S13602-03

  (23) DeWine Modified Amendment No. 2517 (to Amendment No. 2280), to 
provide for quarterly reporting by banks with respect to common trust 
funds.

                                                Pages S13594-96, S13604

Rejected:
  (1) By 17 yeas to 83 nays (Vote No. 422), Faircloth Amendment No. 
2609 (to Amendment No. 2280), to prohibit teenage parents from living 
in the home of an adult relative or guardian who has a history of 
receiving assistance.

                                                            Page S13562

  (2) By 37 yeas to 63 nays (Vote No. 423), Jeffords Amendment No. 2581 
(to Amendment No. 2280), to strike the increase to the grant to reward 
States that reduce out-of-wedlock births.

                                                        Pages S13563-65

  (3) By 34 yeas to 64 nays (Vote No. 426) Mikulski Amendment No. 2669 
(to Amendment No. 2280), to provide for the development of a program 
that encourages participation of both parents in the parenting of 
children and encourages two-parent families.

                                             Pages S13588-90, S13603-04

  (4) By 37 yeas to 61 nays (Vote No. 427), Feinstein Amendment No. 
2478 (to Amendment No. 2280), to provide equal treatment for 
naturalized and native-born citizens.

                                             Pages S13590-93, S13604-05

  (5) By 20 yeas to 78 nays (Vote No. 428), Feinstein Amendment No. 
2513 (to Amendment No. 2280), to limit deeming of income to cash and 
cash-like programs, and to retain SSI eligibility and exempt deeming of 
income requirements for victims of domestic violence.

                                                Pages S13596-98, S13605
Pending:
  Dole Modified Amendment No. 2280, of a perfecting nature.

                                         Pages S13558-75, S13581-S13617

  Subsequently, the amendment was further modified.

                                                        Pages S13572-73

  Daschle Amendment No. 2672 (to Amendment No. 2280), to provide for 
the establishment of a Contingency Fund for State Welfare Programs.

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  Faircloth Amendment No. 2608 (to Amendment No. 2280), to provide for 
an abstinence education program.

                                                            Page S13558

  Simon Amendment No. 2509 (to Amendment No. 2280), to eliminate 
retroactive deeming requirements for those legal immigrants already in 
the United States.

                                                        Pages S13606-09

  Simon Amendment No. 2681 (to Amendment No. 2280), to provide grants 
for the establishment of community works progress programs.
  Simon Amendment No. 2468 (to Amendment No. 2280), to provide grants 
for the establishment of community works progress programs.

                                                            Page S13609

  Graham Amendment No. 2568 (to Amendment No. 2280), to set national 
work participation rate goals and to provide that the Secretary shall 
adjust the goals for individual States based on the amount of Federal 
funding the State receives for minor children in families in the State 
that have incomes below the poverty line.

                                                         Page S13609-10

  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill, certain amendments pending thereto, and 
certain further amendments to be proposed, on Friday, September 15, 
1995.

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Messages From the House:
                                                       Page S13619
Measures Referred:
                                                   Pages S13619-20
Communications:
                                                       Page S13620
Statements on Introduced Bills:
                                                   Pages S13620-23
Additional Cosponsors:
                                                       Page S13623
Notices of Hearings:
                                                       Page S13623
Authority for Committees:
                                                   Pages S13623-24
Additional Statements:
                                                   Pages S13624-26
Record Votes: Seven record votes were taken today. (Total--428)

                                Pages S13562, S13565, S13569, S13603-05

Recess: Senate convened at 9:15 a.m., and recessed at 10:58 p.m., until 
9:15 a.m., on Friday, September 15, 1995. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S13626.)