[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 40 (Thursday, March 21, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D243-D244]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                           Thursday, March 21, 1996

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to Product Liability Conference Report.
      Senate passed Public Rangelands Management Act.
      House/Senate passed Further Continuing Appropriations.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2553-S2735
Measures Introduced: Eight bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1632-
1639.
  Page S2646
Measures Passed:
  Public/Federal Grasslands Management: By 51 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. 
50), Senate passed S. 1459, to provide for uniform management of 
livestock grazing on Federal land, after taking action on amendments 
proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S2591-S2622
Adopted:
  Domenici Modified Amendment No. 3555, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                      Pages S2591-S2621
Rejected:
  Bumpers Modified Amendment No. 3556 (to Amendment No. 3555), to 
maintain the current formula used to calculate grazing fees for small 
ranchers with 2000 Animal Unit Months (AUMs) or less, with certain 
minimum fees, and establish a separate grazing fee for large ranchers 
with more that 2000 AUMs. (By 52 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 48), Senate 
tabled the amendment.)
Pages S2591-S2600
  Bingaman Amendment No. 3559 (to Amendment No. 3555), in the nature of 
a substitute. (By 57 yeas to 40 nays (Vote No. 49), Senate tabled the 
amendment.)
Pages S2600-21
Withdrawn:
  Pressler Amendment No. 3560 (to Amendment No. 3555), to preserve 
sporting activities on the National Grasslands.
Page S2621
  Further Continuing Appropriations: Senate passed H.J. Res. 165, 
making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1996, 
clearing the measure for the President.
  Page S2621
  Military Stability in the Taiwan Straits: By a unanimous vote of 97 
yeas (Vote No. 51), Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 148, expressing the 
sense of the Congress regarding missile tests and military exercises by 
the People's Republic of China, after agreeing to the following 
amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S2622-27
  Thomas Amendment No. 3562, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                         Pages S2622-25
Product Liability Conference Report: By 59 yeas to 40 nays (Vote No. 
46), Senate agreed to the conference report on H.R. 956, to establish 
legal standards and procedures for product liability litigation. 
                                                         Pages S2553-91
Whitewater Investigation Extension--Cloture Vote: By 52 yeas to 46 nays 
(Vote No. 47), 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.
  Page S2591
Comprehensive Terrorism Prevention Act: Senate disagreed to the 
amendments of the House to S. 735, to prevent and punish acts of 
terrorism, agreed to the request of the House for a conference thereon, 
and the chair appointed the following conferees: Senators Hatch, 
Thurmond, Simpson, Biden, and Kennedy.
  Pages S2719-35
Administration of Presidio Properties--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing for the consideration of H.R. 1296, to 
provide for the administration of certain Presidio properties at 
minimal cost to the Federal taxpayer, on Monday, March 25, 1996. 
                                                             Page S2735

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Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Kenneth C. Brill, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Cyprus.
  Genta Hawkins Holmes, of California, a Career Member of the Senior 
Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, as Ambassador to 
Australia.
  Thomas C. Hubbard, of Tennessee, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
the Philippines and to serve concurrently and without additional 
compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the 
United States of America to the Republic of Palau.
  Day Olin Mount, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Iceland.
  Glen Robert Rase, of Florida, to be Ambassador to Brunei Darussalam.
  Calvin D. Buchanan, of Mississippi, to be United States Attorney for 
the Northern District of Mississippi for the term of four years. 
                                                             Page S2735
Messages From the House:
  Page S2642
Petitions:
  Pages S2642-46
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S2646-58
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S2658-59
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S2659-S2715
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S2715
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S2715-16
Additional Statements:
  Pages S2716-19
Record Votes: Six record votes were taken today. (Total-51) 
                                 Pages S2590-91, S2600, S2620-22, S2627
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and adjourned at 8:22 p.m., 
until 10 a.m., on Monday, March 25, 1996. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S2735.)