[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 205 (Wednesday, December 20, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1493-D1494]
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                                       Wednesday, December 20, 1995


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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S18935-S19024
Measures Introduced: Six bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1486-
1491.
  Page S18999
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 1164, to amend the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 
1980 with respect to inventions made under cooperative research and 
development agreements, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 104-194)
  S. 1260, to reform and consolidate the public and assisted housing 
programs of the United States, and to redirect primary responsibility 
for these programs from the Federal Government to States and 
localities, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. 
No. 104-195)
Page S18999
Measures Passed:
   Subpoena Enforcement: By 51 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 610), Senate 
agreed to S. Res. 199, directing the Senate Legal Counsel to bring a 
civil action to enforce a subpoenas and orders of the Special Committee 
to Investigate the Whitewater Development Corporation and Related 
Matters to William H. Kennedy, III, after taking action on amendments 
proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S18939-93
Adopted:
  (1) D'Amato Amendment No. 3101, to make a technical correction.

Page S18985
  (2) D'Amato Amendment No. 3102, to make a further technical 
correction.
Page S18985
  (3) D'Amato Amendment No. 3103, to amend the title by striking ``a 
subpoena'' and inserting ``subpoenas and orders''.
Page S18985
Rejected:
  By 45 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 609), Sarbanes Amendment No. 3104, in 
the nature of a substitute.
Pages S18985-93
   Commission on Concentration in the Livestock Industry: Senate passed 
S. 1340, to establish a Commission on Concentration in the Livestock 
Industry, after agreeing to a committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute, and the following amendment proposed thereto:

  Pages S18994-96
  Dole (for Hatch) Amendment No. 3105, to request a report on the 
application of the antitrust laws.
Page S18994
   Ronald Reagan Building/Trade Center: Committee on Environment and 
Public Works was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 2481, to 
designate the Federal Triangle Project under construction at 14th 
Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, in the District of Columbia, 
as the ``Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center'', and 
the bill was then passed, clearing the measure for the President.

  Page S18996
   Howard H. Baker U.S. Courthouse: Committee on Environment and Public 
Works was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 2547, to 
designate the United States Courthouse located at 800 Market Street in 
Knoxville, Tennessee, as the ``Howard H. Baker, Jr. United States 
Courthouse, and the bill was then passed, clearing the measure for the 
President.
  Pages S19014-15
   Romano L. Mazzoli Federal Building: Senate passed H.R. 965, to 
designate the Federal building located at 600 Martin Luther King, Jr. 
Place in Louisville, Kentucky, as the ``Romano L. Mazzoli Federal 
Building'', clearing the measure for the President.
  Page S19015
   Don Edwards National Wildlife Refuge: Senate passed H.R. 1253, to 
rename the San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge as the Don 
Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, clearing the 
measure for the President.
  Page S19015
   Export Sanctions: Senate passed S. 1228, to impose sanctions on 
foreign persons exporting petroleum products, natural gas, or related 
technology to Iran, after agreeing to a committee amendment in the 
nature of a substitute, and the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                        Pages S19015-19
  Santorum (for Kennedy/D'Amato) Amendment No. 3106, to deter 
investment in the development of Libya's petroleum resources.

Pages S19016-18
   Reimbursements for Federally Funded Employees: Committee on 
Governmental Affairs was discharged from further consideration of S. 
1429, to provide clarification in the reimbursement to States for

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federally funded employees carrying out Federal programs during the 
lapse in appropriations between November 14, 1995, through November 19, 
1995, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the following 
amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S19019-20
  Santorum (for Domenici) Amendment No. 3107, in the nature of a 
substitute.
Pages S19019-20
   Printing Authority: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 34, to authorize 
the printing of ``Vice Presidents of the United States, 1789-1993''.

  Page S19020
   FEC Electronic Filing: Senate passed H.R. 2527, to amend the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971 to improve the electoral process by 
permitting electronic filing and preservation of Federal Election 
Commission reports, clearing the measure for the President.

  Pages S19020-21
   Citizen Regent: Senate passed H.J. Res. 69, providing for the 
reappointment of Homer Alfred Neal as a citizen regent of the Board of 
Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, clearing the measure for the 
President.
  Page S19021
   Citizen Regent: Senate passed H.J. Res. 110, providing for the 
appointment of Howard H. Baker, Jr. as a citizen regent of the Board of 
Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, clearing the measure for the 
President.
  Page S19021
   Citizen Regent: Senate passed H.J. Res. 111, providing for the 
appointment of Anne D'Harnoncourt as a citizen regent of the Board of 
Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, clearing the measure for the 
President.
  Page S19021
   Citizen Regent: Senate passed H.J. Res. 112, providing for the 
appointment of Louis Gerstner as a citizen regent of the Board of 
Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, clearing the measure for the 
President.
  Page S19021
Balanced Budget: A unanimous-consent time agreement was reached 
providing for the consideration of H.J. Res. 132, affirming that budget 
negotiations shall be based on the most recent technical and economic 
assumptions of the Congressional Budget Office and shall achieve a 
balanced budget by fiscal year 2002 based on those assumptions, on 
Thursday, December 21, 1995, with a vote to occur thereon.

  Page S18994
Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations, 1996: A unanimous-consent agreement 
was reached providing for the cloture vote on a motion to proceed to 
the 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, to 
occur on Thursday, December 21, 1995.
  Pages S19021-22
Victim Restitution Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent time agreement 
was reached providing for the consideration of H.R. 665, to control 
crime by mandatory victim restitution.
  Page S19019
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Gaston L. Gianni, Jr., of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Federal 
Deposit Insurance Corporation.
  Rita Derrick Hayes, of Maryland, for the rank of Ambassador during 
her tenure of service as Chief Textile Negotiator.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.
Page S18999
Nomination Withdrawn: Senate received notification of the withdrawal of 
the following nomination:
  Norwood J. Jackson, Jr., of Virginia, to be Inspector General, 
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, which was sent to the Senate on 
January 5, 1995.
Page S18999
Messages From the House:
  Page S18998
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Pages S18998-99
Communications:
  Page S18999
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S19001-10
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S19010
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S19010-11
Authority for Committees:
  Page S19011
Additional Statements:
  Pages S19011-14
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total-610)

  Page S18993
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and adjourned at 8:54 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, December 21, 1995. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on 
pages S18999 and S19021.)