[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 153 (Thursday, September 28, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1159-D1160]
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                                      Thursday, September 28, 1995 

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S14433-S14571
Measures Introduced: Five bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1280-1284, and S. Res. 176.
  Page S14547
Measures Reported:
  Special Report entitled ``Revised Allocation to Subcommittees of 
Budget Totals from the Concurrent Resolution for fiscal year 1996'' (S. 
Rept. 104-149)
Page S14547
Measures Passed:
  Truth in Lending: Senate passed H.R. 2399, to amend the Truth in 
Lending Act to clarify the intent of such Act and to reduce burdensome 
regulatory requirements on creditors, clearing the measure for the 
President.
  Pages S14566-68
  Official Office Expenses: Senate agreed to S. Res. 176, relating to 
expenditures for official office expenses.
  Pages S14568-69
  Attorney's Fees Equity Act: Senate passed S. 144, to amend section 
526 of title 28, United States Code, to authorize awards of attorney's 
fees.
  Page S14569
  Bankruptcy Code Corrections: Senate passed S. 977, to correct certain 
references in the Bankruptcy Code.
  Page S14569
  Biotechnological Patents: Senate passed S. 1111, to amend title 35, 
United States Code, with respect to patents on biotechnological 
processes.
  Pages S14569-70
  Judicial Tenure: Senate passed S. 531, to authorize a circuit judge 
who has taken part in an in banc hearing of a case to continue to 
participate in that case after taking senior status, after agreeing to 
a committee amendment.
  Page S14570
  Defense Production Act Amendments: Senate passed S. 1147, to extend 
and reauthorize the Defense Production Act of 1950.
  Page S14570
Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations, 1996: By 54 yeas to 46 nays (Vote 
No. 471), Senate rejected a motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 
2127, making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, and related agencies, for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1996, (The motion, pursuant to the order of 
Wednesday, September 27, 1995, required 60 votes or more.)

  Pages S14438-48
  Also, by 54 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. 472), Senate again rejected the 
motion to proceed to the consideration of the bill.
Pages S14448-56
  Subsequently, the motion to proceed was withdrawn.
Commerce, Justice, State Appropriations, 1996: Senate began 
consideration of H.R. 2076, making appropriations for the Departments 
of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, with committee 
amendments, taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows: 
                                                    Pages S14471-S14546
  Adopted:
  (1) Gramm Amendment No. 2813, to make certain technical corrections. 
                                                        Pages S14501-02
  (2) Hatfield Amendment No. 2814 (to committee amendment beginning on 
page 2, line 9 through page 3, line 5), to add funds by increasing 
602(b) allocations.
Pages S14502-05
  (3) Gramm (for Abraham/Grams) Amendment No. 2820, to terminate the 
Regulatory Coordination Advisory Committee, the Biotechnology Technical 
Advisory Committee, and the Advisory Corrections Counsel.

Pages S14539-40
  (4) Gramm (for Helms) Amendment No. 2821, to extend the authority to 
administer au pair programs through fiscal year 1999.
Pages S14539-40
  (5) Gramm (for Dorgan/Conrad) Amendment No. 2822, to express the 
sense of the Senate on United States-Canada Cooperation concerning an 
outlet to relieve flooding at Devils Lake in North Dakota.

Pages S14539-40
  (6) Gramm (for Hollings) Amendment No. 2823, to increase funding for 
the Manufacturing Extension Partnership program.
Pages S14539-40
  (7) Gramm (for Hollings) Amendment No. 2824, to reduce funding for 
the Commerce Reorganization Transition Fund.
Pages S14539-40

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  (8) Gramm Amendment No. 2825, to provide for the relocation of the 
Office of Cuba Broadcasting.
Pages S14539-40
  (9) Gramm (for Hatfield/Hollings) Amendment No. 2826, providing that 
the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships, Inc., may use any earned but 
unused trust income from the period 1992-1995 for Fellowship purposes. 
                                                        Pages S14539-40
  (10) Gramm (for Helms) Amendment No. 2827, to waive until December 1, 
1995, the requirement for authorizations of appropriations for 
Department of State funding.
Pages S14539-40
  (11) Gramm (for Helms/Pell) Amendment No. 2828, to make available for 
diplomatic and consular programs funds collected from new fees charged 
for the expedited processing of certain visas and border crossing 
cards.
Pages S14539-40
  Pending:
  Biden Amendment No. 2815, to restore funding for grants to combat 
violence against women.
Pages S14505-13
  McCain/Dorgan Amendment No. 2816, to ensure competitive bidding for 
DBS spectrum.
Pages S14513-16
  Kerrey Amendment No. 2817, to decrease the amount of funding for 
Federal Bureau of Investigation construction and increase the amount of 
funding for the National Information Infrastructure.
Pages S14516-29
  Biden/Bryan Amendment No. 2818, to restore funding for residential 
substance abuse treatment for State prisoners, rural drug enforcement 
assistance, the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Act of 
1994, drug courts, grants or contracts to the Boys and Girls Clubs of 
America to establish Boys and Girls Clubs in public housing, and law 
enforcement family support programs, to restore the authority of the 
Office of National Drug Control Policy, to strike the State and Local 
Law Enforcement Assistance Block Grant Program, and to restore the 
option of States to use prison block grant funds for boot camps.

Pages S14529-37
  Domenici Amendment No. 2819 (to committee amendment on page 26, line 
18), to improve provisions relating to appropriations for legal 
assistance.
Pages S14537-39
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill on Friday, September 30, 1995.

Pages S14537, S14570-71
Small Business Lending Enhancement Act--Conference Report: Senate 
agreed to the conference report on S. 895, to amend the Small Business 
Act to reduce the level of participation by the Small Business 
Administration in certain loans guaranteed by the Administration.

  Page S14568
Appointments:
  North Atlantic Assembly Fall Meeting: The Chair, on behalf of the 
Vice President, in accordance with 22 U.S.C. 1928a-1928d, as amended, 
appointed the following Senators as members of the Senate Delegation to 
the North Atlantic Assembly Fall Meeting during the First Session of 
the 104th Congress, to be held in Turin, Italy, October 5-9, 1995: 
Senators Cochran, Grassley, Murkowski, Gorton, and Akaka.
  Page S14566
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations: 
James L. Dennis, of Louisiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Fifth Circuit.
  Page S14471
  During consideration of this nomination, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 46 yeas to 54 nays (Vote No. 473), Senate rejected a motion to 
recommit the nomination to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Pages S14456-71
Messages From the House:
  Page S14546
Measures Referred:
  Pages S14546-47
Communications:
  Page S14547
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S14547-53
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S14553-54
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S14554-58
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S14558-59
Additional Statements:
  Page S14559
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--473)

  Pages S14448, S14455-56, S14471
Recess: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and recessed at 9:52 p.m., until 9 
a.m., on Friday, September 29, 1995. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S14571.)