[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 146 (Tuesday, September 19, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
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                                       Tuesday, September 19, 1995 

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Family Self-Sufficiency Act.
      House passed CAREERS bill.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S13749-S13882
Measures Introduced: Three bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1259-1261, and S. Res. 173 and 174.
  Page S13842
Measures Passed:
  Family Self-Sufficiency Act: By 87 yeas to 12 nays (Vote No. 443), 
Senate passed H.R. 4, to restore the American family, reduce 
illegitimacy, control welfare spending and reduce welfare dependence, 
after taking action of further amendments proposed thereto, as follows:
                                                    Pages S13770-S13804
Adopted:
  (1) Dole Modified Amendment No. 2280, of a perfecting nature, as 
amended.
Page S13772
  (2) By 50 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. 441), Gramm Modified Amendment 
No. 2615 (to Amendment No. 2280), to reduce the Federal welfare 
bureaucracy.
Pages S13771-72
  (3) By 87 yeas to 12 nays (Vote No. 442), Dole/Daschle Modified 
Amendment No. 2683 (to Amendment No. 2280), to make certain 
modifications.
Pages S13771-72, S13776-78
  (4) Domenici (for Dole) Amendment No. 2692 (to Amendment No. 2280), 
to make technical corrections.
Pages S13770-71
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By unanimous-consent agreement, all remaining pending amendments were 
withdrawn.
  Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair was authorized to appoint conferees on the 
part of the Senate.
Pages S13802-03
  Political/Religious Prisoners: Senate agreed to S. Res. 174, 
expressing the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of State should 
aggressively pursue the release of political and religious prisoners in 
Vietnam.
  Page S13872
  Israeli-Palestinian Declaration of Principles: Committee on Foreign 
Relations was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 171, 
expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to the second 
anniversary of the signing of the Israeli-Palestinian Declaration of 
Principles, and the resolution then agreed to.
  Pages S13872-74
Agriculture Appropriations, 1996: Senate continued consideration of 
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, taking action on amendments 
proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S13752-70, S13804-10, S13814-40
Adopted:
  (1) Committee amendment beginning on page 83, line 4, through page 
84, line 2. (By 38 yeas to 61 nays (Vote No. 444), Senate earlier 
failed to table the amendment.)
Pages S13756-70, S13804-06, S13810
  (2) Brown Modified Amendment No. 2688 (to committee amendment 
beginning on page 83, line 4, through page 84, line 2), to prohibit the 
use of funds for salaries and expenses of Department of Agriculture 
employees who carry out a price support or production adjustment 
program for peanuts.
Pages S13806-10
  (3) Bumpers (for Bingaman) Amendment No. 2693, to reduce the energy 
costs of Federal facilities for which funds are made available under 
this Act.
Page S13806
  (4) McCain Amendment No. 2694, to provide funds for American Indian 
postsecondary education at tribally controlled community colleges in 
the United States.
Pages S13816-17
  (5) Kerry Amendment No. 2695, to eliminate subsidies for the export 
of minks. (By 18 yeas to 78 

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nays (Vote No. 445), Senate earlier failed to table the amendment.)

Pages S13817-20
  (6) Stevens Amendment No. 2696, to eliminate funding for the salary 
of the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and the Environment. (By 
42 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 446), Senate earlier failed to table the 
amendment.)
Pages S13820-30
  (7) Cochran (for Dorgan/Conrad) Amendment No. 2700, to express the 
sense of the Senate on United States-Canadian cooperation for relief of 
flooding in Devils Lake Basin, North Dakota.
Pages S13836-39
  (8) Cochran (for Dole) Amendment No. 2701, to fund the Grain 
Marketing Research Laboratory in Manhattan, Kansas.
Pages S13836-39
  (9) Cochran (for Abraham) Amendment No. 2702, to limit certain 
unnecessary advisory committees.
Pages S13836-39
  (10) Cochran (for Gorton/Murray) Amendment No. 2703, to delay final 
regulations governing the export of State and Federal logs in the 
Western United States.
Pages S13836-39
  (11) Cochran (for Bennett) Amendment No. 2704, to increase funding 
for the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program.

Pages S13836-39
  (12) Cochran (for Feingold) Amendment No. 2705, to clarify that 
tourist and other recreational businesses located in rural communities 
are eligible for loans under the Rural Business and Cooperative 
Development Service's Business and Industry Loan Guarantee Program.

Pages S13836-39
  (13) Cochran (for Leahy) Amendment No. 2706, to increase funds for 
special grants for agriculture research.
Pages S13836-39
Rejected:
  Bryan/Bumpers Amendment 2691, to eliminate funding to carry out the 
market promotion program. (By 59 yeas to 41 nays (Vote No. 440), Senate 
tabled the amendment.)
Pages S13752-56
Pending:
  Feingold/McCain Amendment No. 2697, to prohibit the use of 
appropriated funds for the special research grants program that are not 
subject to a competitive approval process.
Pages S13830-33
  Conrad Amendment No. 2698, to provide that producers of a 1995 crop 
are not required to repay advance deficiency payments made for the crop 
if the producers have suffered a loss due to weather or related 
condition.
Pages S13833-34
  Bumpers Amendment No 2699, to reduce funding to carry out the market 
promotion program and to target assistance to small companies.

Page S13834
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill and amendments pending thereto, on Wednesday, 
September 20, 1995.
Page S13830
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Glenn Dale Cunningham, of New Jersey, to be United States Marshal for 
the District of New Jersey for the term of four years.
  Charles A. Hunnicutt, of Georgia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Transportation.
  James Charles Riley, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal Mine 
Safety and Health Review Commission for a term of six years expiring 
August 30, 2000.
  4 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  3 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  A routine list in the Army, Navy, and Coast Guard.
Pages S13874-82
Messages From the House:
  Page S13841
Measures Referred:
  Page S13841
Communications:
  Page S13841
Petitions:
  Page S13841
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Pages S13841-42
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S13842-65
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S13865-66
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S13866-68
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S13868-69
Additional Statements:
  Pages S13869-74
Record Votes: Seven record votes were taken today. (Total--446)

  Pages S13756, S13772, S13802, S13805, S13820, S13829-30
Recess: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and recessed at 10:10 p.m., until 
9:15 a.m., on Wednesday, September 20, 1995. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S13836.)