[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 36 (Friday, March 15, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D208-D211]
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                                             Friday, March 15, 1996

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2143-S2211
Measures Introduced: Five bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1619-
1623.
  Page S2192
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 1467, to authorize the construction of the Fort Peck Rural County 
Water Supply System, to authorize assistance to the Fort Peck Rural 
County Water District, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, for the planning, 
design, and construction of the water supply system. (S. Rept. No. 104-
242)
Page S2192
Measures Passed:
  Bi-State Development Agency: Senate passed H.J. Res. 78, to grant the 
consent of Congress to certain additional powers conferred upon the Bi-
State Development Agency by the States of Missouri and Illinois, 
clearing the measure for the President.
  Page S2210
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 S2168-77, S2182-86, S2188-89
Adopted:
  (1) Coverdell Amendment No. 3532 (to Amendment No. 3466), to provide 
funds for employment-related activities of the 1996 Paralympic Games. 
                                                             Page S2169
  (2) Hatfield/Wyden Amendment No. 3536 (to Amendment No. 3466), to 
strike provisions relating to an Oregon requirement for welfare 
waivers.
Pages S2169-71
  (3) Hatfield (for Bond/Harkin) Amendment No. 3537 (to Amendment No. 
3466), to provide funds for the Upper Mississippi and Illinois Waterway 
System Navigation Study.
Page S2172
  (4) Hatfield (for Specter) Amendment No. 3538 (to Amendment No. 
3466), to provide additional funds to the Adolescent Family Life 
program.
Pages S2172-73
  (5) Hatfield (for Specter) Amendment No. 3539 (to Amendment No. 
3466), to strike advertising and evaluation provisions regarding direct 
lending.
Pages S2172, S2173
  (6) Hatfield (for Jeffords) Amendment No. 3540 (to Amendment No. 
3466), to provide for a waiver of the enrollment composition rule under 
Medicaid for Chartered Health Plan of the District of Columbia. 
                                                     Pages S2172, S2173
  (7) Hatfield (for Cochran/Bumpers) Amendment No. 3541 (to Amendment 
No. 3466), to provide funds for the Food Safety and Inspection Service 
for salaries and benefits of in-plant personnel.
Pages S2172, S2173
  (8) Hatfield (for Lautenberg) Amendment No. 3542 (to Amendment No. 
3466), to make a technical correction.
Pages S2172-73
  (9) Hatfield (for Gregg/Kennedy/Hatch/Kassebaum) Amendment No. 3543 
(to Amendment No. 3466), to authorize the export of new drugs. 
                                                  Pages S2172, S2173-77
  (10) Hatfield (for Gramm/Hutchison) Amendment No. 3544 (to Amendment 
No. 3466), to provide for welfare reform in the State of Texas. 
                                                     Pages S2172, S2177
  (11) Hatfield (for Gramm/Hutchison) Amendment No. 3545 (to Amendment 
No. 3466), to remove regulatory impediments to community development. 
                                                     Pages S2172, S2177
  (12) Hatfield (for Gorton) Amendment No. 3546 (to Amendment No. 
3466), of a technical nature.
Pages S2172, S2177
  (13) Hatfield Amendment No. 3547 (to Amendment No. 3466), to provide 
that funds made available for the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency 
shall only be for activities related to the implementation of the 
Chemical Weapons Convention.
Page S2182
Pending:
  Hatfield Modified Amendment No. 3466, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S2168
  Lautenberg Amendment No. 3482 (to Amendment No. 3466), to provide 
funding for programs necessary to maintain essential environmental 
protection.
Page S2168

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  Hatch Amendment No. 3499 (to Amendment No. 3466), to provide funds to 
the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department.
Page S2168
  Boxer/Murray Amendment No. 3508 (to Amendment No. 3466), to permit 
the District of Columbia to use local funds for certain activities. 
                                                             Page S2168
  Gorton Amendment No. 3496 (to Amendment No. 3466), to designate the 
``Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center'', located in Walla 
Walla, Washington.
Pages S2168, S2171-72
  Simon Amendment No. 3510 (to Amendment No. 3466), to revise the 
authority relating to employment requirements for recipients of 
scholarships or fellowships from the National Security Education Trust 
Fund.
Page S2168
  Simon Amendment No. 3511 (to Amendment No. 3466), to provide funding 
to carry out title VI of the National Literary Act of 1991, title VI of 
the Library Services and Construction Act, and section 109 of the 
Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973.
Page S2168
  Coats Amendment No. 3513 (to Amendment No. 3466), to amend the Public 
Health Service Act to prohibit governmental discrimination in the 
training and licensing of health professionals on the basis of the 
refusal to undergo or provide training in the performance of induced 
abortions.
Page S2168
  Bond (for Pressler) Amendment No. 3514 (to Amendment No. 3466), to 
provide funding for a Radar Satellite project at NASA.
Page S2168
  Bond Amendment No. 3515 (to Amendment No. 3466), to clarify rent 
setting requirements of law regarding housing assisted under section 
236 of the National Housing Act to limit rents charged moderate income 
families to that charged for comparable, non-assisted housing, and 
clarify permissible uses of rental income in such projects, in excess 
of operating costs and debt service.
Page S2168
  Bond Amendment No. 3516 (to Amendment No. 3466), to increase in 
amount available under the HUD Drug Elimination Grant Program for drug 
elimination activities in and around federally-assisted low-income 
housing developments by $30 million, to be derived from carry-over HOPE 
program balances.
Page S2168
  Bond Amendment No. 3517 (to Amendment No. 3466), to establish a 
special fund dedicated to enable the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development to meet crucial milestones in restructuring its 
administrative organization and more effectively address housing and 
community development needs of States and local units of government and 
to clarify and reaffirm provisions of current law with respect to the 
disbursement of HOME and CDBG funds allocated to the State of New York.
                                                             Page S2168
  Lautenberg Amendment No. 3518 (to Amendment No. 3466), relating to 
labor-management relations.
Page S2168
  Santorum Amendment No. 3484 (to Amendment No. 3466), expressing the 
sense of the Senate regarding the budget treatment of Federal disaster 
assistance.
Page S2168
  Santorum Amendment No. 3485 (to Amendment No. 3466), expressing the 
sense of the Senate regarding the budget treatment of Federal disaster 
assistance.
Page S2168
  Santorum Amendment No. 3486 (to Amendment No. 3466), to require that 
disaster relief provided under this Act be funded through amounts 
previously made available to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
to be reimbursed through regular annual appropriations Acts. 
                                                             Page S2168
  Santorum Amendment No. 3487 (to Amendment No. 3466), to reduce all 
Title I discretionary spending by the appropriate percentage (.367%) to 
offset Federal disaster assistance.
Page S2168
  Santorum Amendment No. 3488 (to Amendment No. 3466), to reduce all 
Title I ``Salary and Expense'' and ``Administrative Expense'' accounts 
by the appropriate percentage (3.5%) to offset Federal disaster 
assistance.
Page S2168
  Gramm Amendment No. 3519 (to Amendment No. 3466), to make the 
availability of obligations and expenditures contingent upon the 
enactment of a subsequent act incorporating an agreement between the 
President and Congress relative to Federal expenditures.
Page S2168
  Wellstone Amendment No. 3520 (to Amendment No. 3466), to urge the 
President to release already-appropriated fiscal year 1996 emergency 
funding for home heating and other energy assistance, and to express 
the sense of the Senate on advance-appropriated funding for FY 1997. 
                                                             Page S2168
  Bond (for McCain) Amendment No. 3521 (to Amendment No. 3466), to 
require that disaster funds made available to certain agencies be 
allocated in accordance with the established prioritization processes 
of the agencies.
Page S2168
  Bond (for McCain) Amendment No. 3522 (to Amendment No. 3466), to 
require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop a plan for the 
allocation of health care resources of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs.
Page S2168
  Warner Amendment No. 3523 (to Amendment No. 3466), to prohibit the 
District of Columbia from enforcing any rule or ordinance that would 
terminate taxicab service reciprocity agreements with the States of 
Virginia and Maryland.
Pages S2168-69

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  Murkowski/Stevens Amendment No. 3524 (to Amendment No. 3466), to 
reconcile seafood inspection requirements for agricultural commodity 
programs with those in use for general public consumers.
Page S2169
  Murkowski Amendment No. 3525 (to Amendment No. 3466), to provide for 
the approval of an exchange of lands within Admiralty Island National 
Monument.
Page S2169
  Warner (for Thurmond) Amendment No. 3526 (to Amendment No. 3466), to 
delay the exercise of authority to enter into multiyear procurement 
contracts for C-17 aircraft.
Page S2169
  Burns Amendment No. 3528 (to Amendment No. 3466), to allow the 
refurbishment and continued operation of a small hydroelectric facility 
in central Montana by adjusting the amount of charges to be paid to the 
United States under the Federal Power Act.
Page S2169
  Burns Amendment No. 3529 (to Amendment No. 3466), to provide for 
Impact Aid school construction funding.
Page S2169
  Burns Amendment No. 3530 (to Amendment No. 3466), to establish a 
Commission on restructuring the circuits of the United States Courts of 
Appeals.
Page S2169
  Coats (for Dole/Lieberman) Amendment No. 3531 (to Amendment No. 
3466), to provide for low-income scholarships in the District of 
Columbia.
Page S2169
  Bond/Mikulski Amendment No. 3533 (to Amendment No. 3482), to increase 
appropriations for EPA water infrastructure financing, Superfund toxic 
waste site cleanups, operating programs, and to increase funding for 
the Corporation for National and Community Service (AmeriCorps). 
                                                             Page S2169
  Senate will resume consideration of the bill and amendments pending 
thereto, on Monday, March 18, 1995.
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act: Senate concluded 
consideration of 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, and to 
provide relief from excessive and arbitrary regulatory enforcement 
actions against small entities, agreeing to the committee amendment in 
the nature of a substitute, and taking action on amendments proposed 
thereto, as follows:
  Pages S2148-68
Adopted:
  Bond/Bumpers Amendment No. 3534, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                         Pages S2160-68
  Nickles/Reid Amendment No. 3535 (to Amendment No. 3534), to ensure 
economy and efficiency of Federal Government operations by establishing 
a moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions.
Pages S2161-62
  By prior consent agreement, a vote on final passage of the bill will 
occur on Tuesday, March 19, 1996.
Product Liability Conference Report--Cloture Motion Filed: A motion was 
entered to close further debate on the conference report on H.R. 956, 
to establish legal standards and procedures for product liability 
litigation, and by consent agreement, a vote on the cloture motion 
could occur on Tuesday, March 19, 1996.
  Pages S2210-11
Whitewater Investigation Extension--Cloture Motion Filed: A fourth 
motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to proceed to 
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 and, by consent 
agreement, a vote on the cloture motion will occur on Tuesday, March 
19, 1995.
  Page S2210
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Alan Greenspan, of New York, to be Chairman of the Board of Governors 
of the Federal Reserve System for a term of four years.
  Laurence H. Meyer, of Missouri, to be a Member of the Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System for the unexpired term of 
fourteen years from February 1, 1988.
  Alice M. Rivlin, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System for a term of fourteen years 
from February 1, 1996.
  Alice M. Rivlin, of Pennsylvania, to be a Vice Chairman of the Board 
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for a term of four years. 
                                                             Page S2211
Messages From the House:
  Page S2191
Measures Referred:
  Pages S2191-92
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Pages S2148, S2192
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S2192-98
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S2198
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S2199-S2206
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S2206
Authority for Committees:
  Page S2206
Additional Statements:
  Pages S2206-10
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:45 a.m., and adjourned at 5:13 p.m., 
until 11 a.m., on Monday,

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March 18, 1996. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting 
Majority Leader in today's Record on page S2211.)