[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 149 (Friday, September 22, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1137-D1138]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                        Friday, September 22, 1995 

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Military Construction and Legislative Branch 
      Appropriations Conference Reports.
      Senate passed D.C. Appropriations, 1996.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S14107-S14146
Measures Introduced: Four bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1266-
1269.
  Page S14132
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. 104-146)
  S. 1267, to amend the Congressional Award Act to revise and extend 
authorities for the Congressional Award Board. (S. Rept. No. 104-147) 
                                                            Page S14132
Measures Passed:
  District of Columbia Appropriations, 1996: Senate passed S. 1244, 
making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia 
and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the 
revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1996, after agreeing to committee amendments, and taking action on 
amendments proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S14118-28
Adopted:
  (1) By 88 yeas to 10 nays (Vote No. 462), Byrd Amendment No. 2768, to 
establish a uniform dress code for the District of Columbia Public 
Schools, and require community service for suspended students.

Pages S14120-22, S14127-28
  (2) Byrd Amendment No. 2769 (to Amendment No. 2768), to limit the 
amendment to 2 school years in order to evaluate the effectiveness of 
the amendment.
Pages S14121-22, S14126
  (3) Inhofe Amendment No. 2771, to prohibit the use of funds for the 
renovation of property commonly known as the Eastern Market.

Pages S14122-23
  (4) Jeffords Amendment No. 2772, to make a technical correction.

Page S14123
  (5) Kohl/Jeffords Amendment No. 2773, of a technical change to the 
membership provisions of the Commission on Consensus Reform in the 
District of Columbia Public Schools.
Page S14123
  (6) Kohl (for Bingaman) Amendment No. 2774, to reduce the energy 
costs of Federal facilities for which funds are made available under 
this Act.
Pages S14123-24
  (7) Boxer Amendment No. 2775, to provide that Members of Congress and 
the President shall not be paid during Federal Government shutdowns.

Page S14124
Rejected:
  Dorgan Amendment No. 2770, to express the sense of the Senate that 
the Committee on Finance and the Senate should approve no tax 
legislation which reduces taxes for those making over $101,000 per 
year, and the savings from limiting any tax reductions in this way 
should be used to reduce any cuts in projected Medicare spending. (By 
54 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 460), Senate tabled the amendment.)

Pages S14122, S14125-26
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that when the 
Senate receives the House companion measure, that all after the 
enacting clause be stricken and the text of S. 1244, as passed by the 
Senate, be inserted in lieu thereof, that the House bill, as amended, 
be passed, that the Senate insist on its amendment, request a 
conference with the House thereon, and the Chair be authorized to 
appoint conferees on the part of the Senate, and that S. 1244 be 
indefinitely postponed.
Page S14128
Military Construction Appropriations, 1996 Conference Report: By 86 
yeas to 14 nays (Vote No. 459), Senate passed the conference report on 
H.R. 1817, making appropriations for military construction, family 
housing, and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense 
for the fiscal year 

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ending September 30, 1996, clearing the measure for the President.

  Pages S14107-14
Legislative Branch Appropriations, 1996 Conference Report: By 94 yeas 
to 4 nays (Vote No. 461), Senate passed the conference report on H.R. 
1854, making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1996, clearing the measure for the President.
                                                Pages S14114-18, S14127
National Highway System Designation Act--Conferees: Senate disagreed to 
the amendments of the House to S. 440, to amend title 23, United States 
Code, to provide for the designation of the National Highway System, 
requested a conference with the House thereon, and the Chair appointed 
the following conferees: Senators Warner, Chafee, Smith, Kempthorne, 
Baucus, Moynihan, and Reid; and from the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation solely for matters within the committee's 
jurisdiction: Senators Pressler, Lott, and Hollings.
  Page S14144
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Eric James Boswell, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
State.
  Anthony Cecil Eden Quainton, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Director General of the Foreign Service.
  A routine list in the Foreign Service.
Page S14146
Communications:
  Page S14131
Petitions:
  Pages S14131-32
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S14132-34
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S14134
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S14134-35
Authority for Committees:
  Page S14135
Additional Statements:
  Pages S14135-44
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--462)

  Pages S14114, S14126, S14127, S14127-28
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 2:57 p.m., 
until 2 p.m., on Monday, September 25, 1995. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S14144.)