[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 34 (Wednesday, March 13, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D186-D187]
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                                          Wednesday, March 13, 1996

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House Committees ordered reported 14 sundry measures.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1905-S2003
Measures Introduced: Three bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1610-1612, and S. Con. Res. 46.
  Pages S1969-70
Continuing Appropriations: Senate continued consideration of H.R. 3019, 
making appropriations for fiscal year 1996 to make a further 
downpayment toward a balanced budget, taking action on amendments 
proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S1907-67
Adopted:
  (1) Reid Amendment No. 3478 (to Amendment No. 3466), to restore 
funding for and ensure the protection of endangered species of fish and 
wildlife.
Page S1933
  (2) Hutchison/Kempthorne Amendment No. 3479 (to Amendment No. 3478), 
to reduce funding for endangered species listings. (By 49 yeas to 51 
nays (Vote No. 30), Senate earlier failed to table the amendment.) 
                                        Pages S1907-11, S1912-15, S1933
  (3) Dole (for McConnell) Modified Amendment No. 3480 (to Amendment 
No. 3466), to provide economic reconstruction funds to Bosnia and 
Herzegovina subject to compliance with the Dayton Accord's requirement 
for withdrawal of foreign troops.
Pages S1911-12, S1933-35, S1945
  (4) Dole (for McConnell) Modified Amendment No. 3481 (to Amendment 
No. 3466), to provide economic assistance to Bosnia and Herzegovina 
subject to certain conditions.
Pages S1911-12, S1933-35, S1945
  (5) Gregg (for Gorton) Amendment 3489 (to Amendment No. 3466), to 
require the FCC to pay the travel-related expenses of the Federal-State 
Joint Board on Universal Service.
Page S1954
  (6) Gregg (for Biden) Amendment No. 3491 (to Amendment No. 3466), to 
provide funds for the establishment of Boys and Girls Clubs in public 
housing facilities and other areas in cooperation with State and local 
law enforcement.
Page S1961
Rejected:
  Biden Amendment No. 3483 (to Amendment No. 3466), to provide funding 
for community oriented policing services. (By 52 yeas to 48 nays (Vote 
No. 31), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S1935-54
  Gramm Modified Amendment No. 3490 (to Amendment No. 3466), to 
eliminate the emergency designation provisions. (By 55 yeas to 45 nays 
(Vote No. 32), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S1955-61, S1962-63
Pending:
  Hatfield Modified Amendment No. 3466, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S1907
  Lautenberg Amendment No. 3482 (to Amendment No. 3466), to provide 
funding for programs necessary to maintain essential environmental 
protection.
Pages S1915-26
  Grams Amendment No. 3492 (to Amendment No. 3466), to establish a 
lock-box for deficit reduction and revenues generated by tax cuts. 
                                                         Pages S1961-26
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill and certain amendments to be proposed 
thereto.
Pages S1966-67
  Senate will continue consideration of the bill on Thursday, March 14, 
1996.
Whitewater Investigation--Cloture Vote: By 53 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 
29), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn not having 
voted in the affirmative, Senate failed to agree to close further 
debate on the 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 S1926-33
  A vote on a third cloture motion to close further debate on the 
motion to proceed to consideration of the resolution will occur on 
Thursday, March 14, 1996.
Page S2003
Communications:
  Pages S1968-69

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Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S1969
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S1970-77
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S1977-78
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S1978-89
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S1989
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S1989-90
Additional Statements:
  Pages S1990-99
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total-32) 
                                              Pages S1933, S1954, S1963
Recess: Senate convened at 9:15 a.m., and recessed at 8:45 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Thursday, March 14, 1996. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S2003.)