[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 193 (Wednesday, December 6, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1421-D1422]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                       Wednesday, December 6, 1995 

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S18037-S18116
Measures Introduced: Three bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1450-1452, and S. Con. Res. 34.
  Pages S18099-S18100
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  H.R. 665, to control crime by mandatory victim restitution, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 104-179)

Page S18099
Measures Passed:
  Housing for Older Persons Act: By 94 yeas to 3 nays (Vote No. 590), 
Senate passed H.R. 660, to amend the Fair Housing Act to modify the 
exemption from certain familian status discrimination prohibitions 
granted to housing for older persons, after agreeing to a committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  Pages S18063-71
Flag Desecration: Senate began consideration of a motion to proceed to 
the consideration of S.J. Res. 31, proposing an amendment to the 
Constitution of the United States authorizing the Congress and the 
States to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United 
States.
  Pages S18037-49, S18056-57, S18059-63, S18086-87
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to proceed 
to consideration of the resolution and, in accordance with the 
provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on 
the cloture motion will occur on Friday, December 8, 1995.

Page S18086
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban: Senate resumed consideration of H.R. 1833, 
to amend title 18, United States Code, to ban partial-birth abortions, 
taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows:

  Pages S18071-86
Pending:
  (1) Smith Amendment No. 3080, to provide a life-of-the-mother 
exception.
Pages S18071-86
  (2) Dole Amendment No. 3081 (to Amendment No. 3080), of a perfecting 
nature.
Pages S18071-86
  (3) Pryor Amendment No. 3082, to clarify certain provisions of law 
with respect to the approval and marketing of certain prescription 
drugs.
Page S18071
  (4) Boxer Amendment No. 3083 (to Amendment No. 3082), to clarify the 
application of certain provisions with respect to abortions where 
necessary to preserve the life or health of the woman.
Page S18071
  (5) Brown Amendment No. 3085, to limit the ability of deadbeat 
fathers and those who consent to the mother receiving a partial-birth 
abortion to collect relief.
Pages S18071-72
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill and amendments pending thereto, on Thursday, 
December 7, 1995.
Page S18072
Federal Reporting Requirements: Senate concurred in the amendment of 
the House to S. 790, to provide for the modification or elimination of 
Federal reporting requirements, with a further amendment proposed 
thereto, as follows:
  Pages S18106-14
  Dole (for McCain/Levin) Amendment No. 3086, to make certain technical 
corrections to the House amendment.
Page S18114
Appointments:
  Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad: The 
Chair, on behalf of the President pro tempore, pursuant to Public Law 
99-83, appointed the following individuals to the Commission for the 
Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad: Rabbi Chaskel Besser, of New 
York, E. William Crotty, of Florida, and Ned Bandler, of New York.

  Page S18115
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report on the administration of export controls; 
referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-
100).
Pages S18098-99
Messages From the President:
  Pages S18098-99
Messages From the House:
  Page S18099
Measures Referred:
  Page S18099
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S18099
Measures Read First Time:
  Page S18114 
  
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Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S18100-02
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S18102
Amendments Submitted:
  Page S18103
Authority for Committees:
  Page S18103
Additional Statements:
  Page S18103
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total-590)

  Page S18070
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and adjourned at 8:01 p.m., 
until 9 a.m., on Thursday, December 7, 1995. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S18114.)