[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 29 (Wednesday, March 6, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
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                                           Wednesday, March 6, 1996

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                              Daily Digest


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1537-S1610
Measures Introduced: Five bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1591-1595, and S. Con. Res. 43.
  Page S1598
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 1594, making omnibus consolidated rescissions and appropriations 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996. (S. Rept. No. 104-236)
  S. 942, to promote increased understanding of Federal regulations and 
increased voluntary compliance with such regulations by small entities, 
to provide for the designation of regional ombudsmen and oversight 
boards to monitor the enforcement practices of certain Federal agencies 
with respect to small business concerns, to provide relief from 
excessive and arbitrary regulatory enforcement actions against small 
entities, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  Special report entitled ``Revised Allocation to Subcommittees of 
Budget Totals from the Concurrent Resolution for Fiscal Year 1996''. 
(S. Rept. No. 104-237)
Page S1597
Measures Passed:
  Armed Forces Benefits: Senate passed H.R. 2778, to provide that 
members of the Armed Forces performing services for the peacekeeping 
effort in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina shall be entitled to 
certain tax benefits in the same manner as if such services were 
performed in a combat zone, clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                         Pages S1608-09
  Greek Independence Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 219, designating 
March 25, 1996 as ``Greek Independence Day: A National Day of 
Celebration of Greek and American Democracy''.
  Page S1609
Whitewater Investigation: Senate began consideration of a motion to 
proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 227, to authorize the use of 
additional funds for salaries and expenses of the Special Committee to 
Investigate Whitewater Development Corporation and Related Matters. 
                                                         Pages S1552-95
  Senate will continue consideration of the motion to proceed on 
Thursday, March 7, 1996.
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Eric L. Clay, of Michigan, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Sixth Circuit.
  Joseph F. Bataillon, of Nebraska, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Nebraska.
  Harold Walter Geisel, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Mauritius and to serve concurrently and without additional 
compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the 
United States of America to the Federal and Islamic Republic of The 
Comoros.
  Aubrey Hooks, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of the 
Congo.
  Robert Krueger, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Botswana.
  A routine list in the Foreign Service.
Page S1610
Messages From the House:
  Pages S1596-97
Measures Referred:
  Page S1597
Measures Read First Time:
  Page S1597
Communications:
  Page S1597
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Pages S1597-98
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S1598-S1606
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S1605
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S1607-08
Additional Statements:
  Pages S1608-09
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking:
  Pages S1547-50
Recess: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and recessed at 7:04 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Thursday, March 7, 1996. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S1610.)