[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 206 (Thursday, December 21, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1500-D1501]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                       Thursday, December 21, 1995 

[[Page D1500]]


                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House agreed to intelligence authorization and welfare reform 
      conference reports.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S19025-S19144
Measures Introduced: Nine bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1492-1500, S. Res. 201, and S. Con. Res. 37.
  Page S19110
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  H.R. 2437, to provide for the exchange of certain lands in Gilpin 
County, Colorado. (S. Rept. No. 104-196)
  Report to accompany S. 956, to amend title 28, United States Code, to 
divide the ninth judicial circuit of the United States into two 
circuits. (S. Rept. No. 104-197)
Page S19110
Measures Passed:
  Balanced Budget: By a unanimous vote of 94 yeas (Vote No. 611), 
Senate passed 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, after agreeing to the 
following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S19025-34
  Daschle Amendment No. 3108, to ensure Medicare solvency, reform 
welfare, and provide adequate funding for Medicaid, education, 
agriculture, national defense, veterans, and the environment.

Pages S19027-34
  Enrollment Corrections: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 37, directing 
the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make technical changes in 
the enrollment of the bill (H.R. 2539) entitled ``An Act to abolish the 
Interstate Commerce Commission, to amend subtitle IV of title 49, 
United States Code, to reform economic regulation of transportation.

  Pages S19076-77
   Commending CIA Inspector General: Senate agreed to S. Res. 201, 
commending the CIA's statutory Inspector General on his 5-year 
anniversary in office.
  Pages S19137-38
  Farm Credit System Regulatory Relief Act: Committee on Agriculture, 
Nutrition, and Forestry was discharged from further consideration of 
H.R. 2029, an Act to amend the Farm Credit Act of 1971 to provide 
regulatory relief, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the 
following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S19138-40
  Santorum (for Lugar/Leahy) Amendment No. 3109, in the nature of a 
substitute.
Pages S19138-40
ICC Termination Act--Conference Report: Senate agreed to the conference 
report on H.R. 2539, to abolish the Interstate Commerce Commission, and 
to amend subtitle IV of title 49, United States Code, to reform 
economic regulation of transportation.
  Pages S19074-77
Intelligence Authorizations, 1996--Conference Report: Senate agreed to 
the conference report on H.R. 1655, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 1996 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities 
of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and 
the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, 
clearing the measure for the President.
  Pages S19135-37
Veto--Securities Litigation Reform: Senate began consideration of the 
veto message on H.R. 1058, to reform Federal securities legislation.

  Pages S19034-73, S19081-86
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the veto message on Friday, December 22, 1995, with a 
vote to occur thereon.
Pages S19081-82
Welfare Reform--Conference Report: Senate began consideration of the 
conference report on H.R. 4, to enhance support and work opportunities 
for 

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families with children, reduce welfare dependence, and control welfare 
spending.
  Pages S19081-82, S19086-S19107, S19140-43
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the conference report on Friday, December 22, 1995, 
with a vote to occur thereon.
Pages S19081-82
START II Treaty--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing for the consideration of the Treaty with the Russian 
Federation on Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive 
Arms (The START II Treaty) (Treaty Doc. No. 103-1), on Friday, December 
22, 1995.
  Page S19082
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 Friday, December 22, 1995 at a time to be determined.

  Page S19141
Measures Indefinitely Postponed: Senate indefinitely postponed further 
consideration of the following measures:
   Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center: S. 1315, 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.

  Page S19138
   Howard H. Baker, Jr. U.S. Courthouse: S. 1388, to designate the 
United States courthouse located at 800 Market Street in Knoxville, 
Tennessee, as the ``Howard H. Baker, Jr., United States Courthouse''. 
                                                            Page S19138
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Thomas Paul Grumbly, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Energy.
  Martin A. Kamarck, of Massachusetts, to be President of the Export-
Import Bank of the United States for the remainder of the term expiring 
January 20, 1997.
  Donald W. Molloy, of Montana, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Montana.
  Susan Oki Mollway, of Hawaii, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Hawaii.
  78 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
Page S19144
Messages From the House:
  Pages S19109-10
Measures Referred:
  Page S19110
Measures Read First Time:
  Pages S19110, S19135, S19140
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S19110
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S19110-21
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S19121
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S19121-29
Authority for Committees:
  Page S19129
Additional Statements:
  Pages S19129-35
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total-611)

  Page S19034
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 9:56 p.m., 
until 10:15 a.m., on Friday, December 22, 1995. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S19140.)