[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 198 (Wednesday, December 13, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1456-D1457]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                       Wednesday, December 13, 1995

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to Bosnia Deployment resolution.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S18449-S18582
Measures Introduced: Six bills and three resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1472-1477, S.J. Res. 44, and S. Con. Res. 35 and 36.

  Page S18559
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  Special Report on Revised Allocation to Subcommittees of Budget 
Totals from the Concurrent Resolution for the fiscal year 1996. (S. 
Rept. No. 104-184)
Page S18559
Measures Rejected:
  Bosnia Deployment: By 22 yeas to 77 nays (Vote No. 601), Senate 
failed to pass H.R. 2606, to prohibit the use of funds appropriated to 
the Department of Defense from being used for the deployment on the 
ground of United States Armed Forces in the Republic of Bosnia and 
Herzegovina as part of any peacekeeping operation, or as part of any 
implementation force, unless funds for such deployment are specifically 
appropriated by law.
  Pages S18469-70
  Bosnia Deployment: By 47 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 602), Senate 
failed to agree to S. Con. Res. 35, expressing the opposition of the 
Congress to President Clinton's planned deployment of United States 
ground forces to Bosnia.
  Pages S18449-S18513, S18515-49, S18551-52
Measures Passed:
  Bosnia Deployment: By 69 yeas to 30 nays (Vote No. 603), Senate 
passed S.J. Res. 44, concerning the deployment of United States Armed 
Forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  Pages S18549-53
  Technical Corrections: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 116, directing 
the Secretary of the Senate to make technical corrections in the 
enrollment of S. 1060, after agreeing to the following amendment 
proposed thereto:
  Pages S18572-73
  Brown (for Simpson/Gregg) Amendment No. 3098, to add a technical 
correction.
Pages S18572-73
  Technical Corrections: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 36, directing 
the Secretary of the Senate to make technical corrections in the 
enrollment of S. 1060.
  Page S18573
  Clean Air Act Computer Programs: Senate passed H.R. 325, to amend the 
Clean Air Act to provide for an optional provision for the reduction of 
work-related vehicle trips and miles traveled in ozone nonattainment 
areas designated as severe, clearing the measure for the President.

  Pages S18573-75
  Roosevelt History Month: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged 
from further consideration of S. Res. 75, to designate October, 1996, 
as ``Roosevelt History Month'', and the resolution was then agreed to. 
                                                            Page S18575
  Grades of Offenses: Senate passed S. 1331, to adjust and make uniform 
the dollar amounts used in title 18 to distinguish between grades of 
offenses, after agreeing to a committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
  Page S18575
  Panchen Lama of Tibet: Senate passed S.J. Res. 43, expressing the 
sense of the Congress regarding Wei Jingsheng; Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, 
the next Panchen Lama of Tibet; and the human rights practices of the 
Government of the People's Republic of China.
  Pages S18575-79
  Au Pair Programs: Senate passed S. 1465, to extend au pair programs, 
after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:

  Pages S18579-80
  Brown (for Helms/Dodd) Amendment No. 3099, to extend au pair programs 
through fiscal year 1997.
Pages S18579-80
  Anticounterfeiting Consumer Protection Act: Senate passed S. 1136, to 
control and prevent commercial counterfeiting, after agreeing to 
committee amendments.
  Pages S18580-82
Interior Appropriations Conference Report--Agreement: A unanimous-
consent time-agreement 

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was reached providing for the consideration of the conference report on 
H.R. 1977, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, on 
Thursday, December 14, 1995.
  Page S18572
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report of the Farmington Wild and Scenic River 
Study; referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (PM-
103).
Page S18557
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Tom Lantos, of California, to be a Representative of the United 
States of America to the Fiftieth Session of the General Assembly of 
the United Nations.
  Toby Roth, of Wisconsin, to be a Representative of the United States 
of America to the Fiftieth Session of the General Assembly of the 
United Nations.
  Gary A. Fenner, of Missouri, to be United States District Judge for 
the Western District of Missouri.
Page S18513
Nominations Withdrawn: Senate received notification of the withdrawal 
of the following nominations:
  Tom Lantos, of California, to be an Alternate Representative of the 
United States of America to the Fiftieth Session of the General 
Assembly of the United Nations.
  Toby Roth, of Wisconsin, to be an Alternate Representative of the 
United States of America to the Fiftieth Session of the General 
Assembly of the United Nations.
Page S18513
Messages From the President:
  Page S18557
Messages From the House:
  Page S18557
Measures Referred:
  Pages S18557-58
Measures Read First Time:
  Page S18579
Communications:
  Page S18558
Petitions:
  Pages S18558-59
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S18559
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S18559-64
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S18564-65
Amendments Submitted:
  Page S18565
Authority for Committees:
  Page S18565
Additional Statements:
  Pages S18565-72
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total-603)

  Pages S18470, S18551-52, S18552
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and adjourned at 11:19 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, December 14, 1995. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S18513.)