[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 147 (Wednesday, September 20, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1119-D1120]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                     Wednesday, September 20, 1995 

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Agriculture Appropriations, 1996.
      House passed the National Highway System bill and agreed to the 
      conference report on military construction appropriations.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S13883-S13991
Measures Introduced: Three bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1262-1264, S. Res. 175, and S. Con. Res. 27.
  Page S13972
Measures Passed:
  Agriculture Appropriations, 1996: By 95 yeas to 3 nays (Vote No. 
450), Senate passed 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, after taking 
action on further amendments proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S13911-19
Adopted:
  Bumpers/Bryan Modified Amendment No. 2699, to reduce funding to carry 
out the market promotion program and to target assistance to small 
companies. By 36 yeas to 62 nays (Vote No. 449), Senate earlier failed 
to table the amendment.
Page S13914
Rejected:
  (1) Feingold/McCain Amendment No. 2697, to prohibit the use of 
appropriated funds for the special research grants program that is not 
subject to a competitive approval process. By 64 yeas to 34 nays (Vote 
No. 447), Senate tabled the amendment.
Pages S13911-12
  (2) By 34 yeas to 64 nays (Vote No. 448), Conrad Modified 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 S13912-13
  Senate insisted on its amendments, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair appointed the following conferees: 
Senators Cochran, Specter, Bond, Gorton, McConnell, Burns, Hatfield, 
Bumpers, Harkin, Kerrey, Johnston, Kohl, and Byrd.
Pages S13918-19
  Granting Consent of Congress: Senate passed S.J. Res. 20, granting 
the consent of Congress to the compact to provide for joint natural 
resource management and enforcement of laws and regulations pertaining 
to natural resources and boating at the Jennings Randolph Lake Project 
lying in Garrett County, Maryland and Mineral County, West Virginia, 
entered into between the States of West Virginia and Maryland.
  Page S13988
  National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: Committee 
on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 
147, designating the weeks beginning September 24, 1995, and September 
22, 1996, as ``National Historically Black Colleges and Universities 
Week'', and the resolution was then agreed to.
  Page S13990
  Enrollment Correction: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 27, to correct 
enrollment of H.R. 402.
  Page S13990
Foreign Operations Appropriations, 1996: Senate began consideration of 
H.R. 1868, making appropriations for foreign operations, export 
financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 1996, with committee amendments, taking action on amendments 
proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S13885-S13911, S13919-71
Adopted:
  (1) Reid Amendment No. 2711, to prohibit female genital mutilation.
Pages S13928-30
  (2) Kassebaum Amendment No. 2710, to express the sense of the 
Congress that the United States should strongly support the peace 
process in Liberia.
Pages S13927, S13933-36
  (3) McConnell (for Specter) Amendment No. 2714 (to committee 
amendment on page 81, lines 16-23), 

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to allow training of foreign police forces during and after U.S. 
military operations.
Pages S13932-36
  (4) McConnell Amendment No. 2715 (to committee amendment beginning on 
page 66, line 1 through page 68, line 24), relating to competitive 
financing.
Pages S13932-36
  (5) McConnell (for Mack) Amendment No. 2716, to require a report 
providing a concise overview of the prospects for economic growth on a 
broad, equitable, and sustainable basis in the countries receiving 
economic assistance under title II of this Act.
Pages S13932-36
  (6) McConnell (for Stevens) Amendment No. 2717, to provide surveying 
and mapping related services through contracts entered into through 
competitive bidding to qualified U.S. contractors.
Pages S13932-36
  (7) McConnell (for Bingaman) Amendment No. 2718, to reduce the energy 
costs of Federal facilities for which funds are made available under 
this Act.
Pages S13932-36
  (8) McConnell (for Mack) Amendment No. 2719, to require certification 
by the Secretary of State that the International Bank for 
Reconstruction and Development has not approved any loans to Iran.
Pages S13932-36
  (9) McConnell (for Mack) Amendment No. 2720, to require additional 
reports pursuant to the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992.
Pages S13932-36
  (10) McConnell (for Mack) Amendment No. 2721, to require a report 
providing a concise overview of the prospects for economic growth on a 
broad, equitable, and sustainable basis in the countries receiving 
economic assistance under title II of this Act.
Pages S13932-36
  Subsequently, the adoption of this amendment was vitiated.
Page S13946
  (11) McConnell (for Leahy) Amendment No. 2722, to express the sense 
of the Congress that the Administration should expeditiously declassify 
documents relating to persons who allegedly ``disappeared'' in 
Honduras.
Pages S13932-36
Rejected:
  (1) D'Amato Amendment No. 2709, to limit Economic Support Fund 
assistance to Turkey. (By 60 yeas to 36 nays (Vote No. 451), Senate 
tabled the amendment.)
Pages S13920-24
  (2) By 39 yeas to 58 nays (Vote No. 453), Smith Amendment No. 2723 
(to committee amendment on page 11, lines 8-10), to prohibit financial 
assistance to Vietnam unless certain conditions relating to Americans 
unaccounted for from the Vietnam War are met.
Pages S13936-42
Pending:
  Helms (for Dole/Helms) Amendment No. 2707 (to committee amendment on 
page 2, line 25), to provide for the streamlining and consolidation of 
the foreign affairs agencies of the United States.
Pages S13906-08
  Brown Amendment No. 2708 (to committee amendment beginning on page 
15, line 17 through page 16, line 24), to clarify restrictions on 
assistance to Pakistan. (By 37 yeas to 61 nays (Vote No. 452), Senate 
earlier failed to table the amendment.)
Pages S13908-11, S13919, S13924-28, S13942-71
  Murkowski Amendment No. 2712, to set forth requirements for 
implementation of the Agreed Framework Between the United States and 
North Korea Act relating to the Korean Peninsula Energy Development 
Organization.
Pages S13930-32
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill on Thursday, September 21, 1995.
Page S13991
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Susan Robinson King, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Labor.
  James William Blagg, of Texas, to be United States Attorney for the 
Western District of Texas for the term of four years.
Page S13991
Messages From the House:
  Page S13972
Measures Referred:
  Page S13972
Communications:
  Page S13972
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S13972-77
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S13977
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S13980-88
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S13988
Authority for Committees:
  Page S13988
Additional Statements:
  Pages S13988-90
Record Votes: Seven record votes were taken today. (Total--453)
  Pages S13912, S13913, S13914, S13918, S13924, S13927, S13942
Recess: Senate convened at 9:15 a.m., and recessed at 10:51 p.m., until 
9:15 a.m., on Thursday, September 21, 1995. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S13991.)