[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 170 (Tuesday, October 31, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1282-D1283]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                          Tuesday, October 31, 1995

[[Page D1282]]


                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to Transportation and Energy and Water 
      Appropriations Conference Reports.
      House passed legislative branch appropriations bill and agreed to 
      the conference report on foreign operations and energy and water 
      appropriations.
      House Committee ordered reported 9 sundry measures.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S16345-S16448
Measures Introduced: Five bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1368-1372, and S. Res. 189 and 190.
  Pages S16421-22
Measures Passed:
  Journeymen Boxers: Senate passed S. 187, to provide for the safety of 
journeymen boxers, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed 
thereto:
  Page S16435
  Smith (for McCain) Amendment No. 3039, in the nature of a substitute.
                                                            Page S16435
  Printing Authority: Senate agreed to S. Res. 190, to authorize the 
printing of a revised edition of the Senate Election Law Guidebook.

  Pages S16422, S16428, S16435
  Native Americans: Senate passed S. 325, to make certain technical 
corrections in laws relating to Native Americans, after agreeing to the 
following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S16435-40
  Smith (for McCain) Amendment No. 3040, in the nature of a substitute.
                                                        Pages S16435-37
  National Drug Awareness Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 189, to 
designate Wednesday, November 1, 1995 as ``National Drug Awareness 
Day.''
  Page S16422, S16428, S16440
  Migrant Seasonal Workers Protection Act: Senate passed H.R. 1715, 
respecting the relationship between workers' compensation benefits and 
the benefits available under the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural 
Worker Protection Act, clearing the measure for the President.

  Page S16440
Transportation Appropriations, 1996--Conference Report: By 87 yeas to 
10 nays (Vote No. 557), Senate agreed to the conference report on H.R. 
2002, making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, 
clearing the measure for the President.

  Pages S16350-53, S16359-64, S16369-71
Energy and Water Appropriations, 1996--Conference Report: By 89 yeas to 
6 nays (Vote No. 558), Senate agreed to the conference report on H.R. 
1905, making appropriations for energy and water development for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, clearing the measure for the 
President.
  Pages S16384-98
Messages from the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report of the notice of the continuation of the Iran 
emergency; referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs. (PM-90)
Page S16419
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  5 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  33 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  24 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy.

Pages S16441-42, S16448
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Patricia Wentworth McNeil, of Massachusetts, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education, Department of Education.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.
  
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  Routine lists in the Army, Foreign Service, Navy.
Pages S16442-48
Messages From the President:
  Page S16419
Messages From the House:
  Pages S16419-20
Measures Referred:
  Page S16420
Measures Read First Time:
  Page S16442
Communications:
  Page S16420
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Pages S16420-21
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S16422-27
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S16427-28
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S16429-32
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S16432
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S16432-33
Additional Statements:
  Pages S16433-35
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--558)

  Pages S16371, S16398
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 9:43 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, November 1, 1995. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S16442.)