[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 45 (Thursday, March 28, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D284-D285]
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                                           Thursday, March 28, 1996

[[Page D284]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate/House passed Debt Limit Increase.
      Senate agreed to Farm Bill Conference Report and Foreign 
      Relations Authorizations Conference Report.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3037-S3170
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1648-1654, and S. Con. Res. 50.
  Pages S3156-57
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 1596, to direct a property conveyance in the State of California. 
(S. Rept. No. 104-247)
  H.R. 255, to designate the Federal Justice Building in Miami, 
Florida, as the ``James Lawrence King Federal Justice Building''.
  H.R. 869, to designate the Federal building and U.S. Courthouse 
located at 125 Market Street in Youngstown, Ohio, as the ``Thomas D. 
Lambros Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse''.
  H.R. 1804, to designate the United States Post Office-Courthouse 
located at South 6th and Rogers Avenue, Fort Smith, Arkansas, as the 
``Judge Isaac C. Parker Federal Building''.
  H.R. 2415, to designate the United States Customs Administrative 
Building at the Ysleta/Zaragosa Port of Entry located at 797 South 
Ysleta in El Paso, Texas, as the ``Timothy C. McCaghren Customs 
Administrative Building''.
  H.R. 2556, to redesignate the Federal building located at 345 
Middlefield Road in Menlo Park, California, and known as the Earth 
Sciences and Library Building, as the ``Vincent E. McKelvey Federal 
Building''.
Page S3154
Measures Passed:
  Debt Limit Increase: Senate passed H.R. 3136, to provide for 
enactment of the Senior Citizens' Right to Work Act of 1996, the Line-
Item Veto Act, and the Small Business Growth and Fairness Act of 1996, 
and to provide for a permanent increase in the public debt limit, 
clearing the measure for the President.
  Pages S3114-23, S3125
  Enrollment Requirements: Senate passed H.J. Res. 168, waiving certain 
enrollment requirements with respect to two bills of the One Hundred 
Fourth Congress, clearing the measure for the President.
  Page S3124
Administration of Presidio Properties: Senate continued consideration 
of H.R. 1296, to provide for the administration of certain Presidio 
properties at minimal cost to the Federal taxpayer, agreeing to the 
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and taking action on 
the following amendments thereto:
  Pages S3090-S3101
Pending:
  Murkowski Modified Amendment No. 3564, in the nature of a substitute.
                                                             Page S3091
  Dole (for Burns) Amendment No. 3571 (to Amendment No. 3564), to 
provide for the exchange of certain land and interests in land located 
in the Lost Creek area and other areas of the Deerlodge National 
Forest, Montana.
Page S3091
  Dole (for Burns) Amendment No. 3572 (to Amendment No. 3571), in the 
nature of a substitute.
Page S3091
  Kennedy Amendment No. 3573, to provide for an increase in the minimum 
wage rate.
Pages S3091-S3100
  Kerry Amendment No. 3574 (to Amendment No. 3573), in the nature of a 
substitute. (By a unanimous vote of 97 nays (Vote No. 52), Senate 
failed to table the amendment.)
Page S2898
  Dole motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Finance with 
instructions.
Page S3091
  Dole Amendment No. 3653 (to the instructions of the motion to 
commit), to strike the instructions and insert in lieu thereof ``to 
report back by April 21, 1996 amendments to reform welfare and Medicaid 
effective one day after the effective date of the bill.
Page S3091

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  Dole Amendment No. 3654 (to Amendment No. 3653), in the nature of a 
substitute.
Page S3091
  Also, during consideration of this measure today, the Senate took the 
following action:
  By 55 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 58) three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
failed to agree to close further debate on Kennedy Amendment No. 3573, 
listed above.
Page S3101
Farm Bill Conference Report: By 74 yeas to 26 nays (Vote No. 57), 
Senate agreed to the conference report on H.R. 2854, to modify the 
operation of certain agricultural programs.
  Pages S3037-90, S3100-01
Foreign Relations Authorizations Conference Report: By 52 yeas to 44 
nays (Vote No. 59), Senate agreed to the conference report on H.R. 
1561, to consolidate the foreign affairs agencies of the United States; 
to authorize appropriations for the Department of State and related 
agencies for fiscal year 1996 and 1997; and to responsibly reduce the 
authorizations of appropriations for United States foreign assistance 
programs for fiscal years 1996 and 1997, clearing the measure for the 
President.
  Pages S3101-14, S3123-46
Advisory Board on Welfare Indicators: Pursuant to P.L. 103-432, the 
following were named to the Advisory Board on Welfare Indicators: Upon 
the recommendation of the Majority Leader, Jo Anne B. Barnhart, of 
Virginia, Martin H. Gerry, of Kansas, and Gerald H. Miller, of 
Michigan, and upon the recommendation of the Minority Leader, Paul E. 
Barton, of New Jersey.
  Page S3168
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report of the National Endowment for the Arts for 
fiscal year 1994; referred to the Committee on Labor and Human 
Resources. (PM-137).
Pages S3152-53
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Kenneth H. Bacon, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Defense.
  Joseph J. DiNunno, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Defense Nuclear 
Facilities Safety Board for a term expiring October 18, 2000.
  Franklin D. Kramer, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Defense.
  4 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  2 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Navy.
Page S3170
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Johnny H. Hayes, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring May 18, 
2005.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.
  2 Marine Corps nominations in the rank of general.
  20 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
Page S3170
Messages From the President:
  Pages S3152-53
Messages From the House:
  Page S3153
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S3153
Communications:
  Page S3153
Petitions:
  Pages S3153-54
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Pages S3154-56
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S3157-60
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S3160-62
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S3162-63
Additional Statements:
  Pages S3163-68
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total-59) 
                                           Pages S3100-01, S3101, S3146
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and adjourned at 9:46 p.m., 
until 10 a.m., on Friday, March 29, 1996. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on pages 
S3168-69.)