[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 46 (Friday, March 29, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D296-D297]
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                                             Friday, March 29, 1996

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate/House passed Further Continuing Appropriations.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3171-S3250
Measures Introduced: Nine bills and five resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1655-1663, and S. Res. 236-240.
  Page S3216
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 1271, to amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 104-248) 
                                                             Page S3216
Measures Passed:
  Committee Appointments: Senate agreed to S. Res. 236, appointing 
members to certain Senate committees.
  Page S3185
  Continuing Appropriations: By 64 yeas to 24 nays (Vote No. 60), 
Senate passed H.J. Res. 170, making further continuing appropriations 
for fiscal year 1996, clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                         Pages S3195-96
  Adjournment/Recess Resolution: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 157, 
providing for an adjournment or recess for the two Houses.
  Page S3202
  Legal Counsel Representation: Senate agreed to S. Res. 239, to 
authorize representation by Senate Legal Counsel.
  Page S3247
  Legal Counsel Representation: Senate agreed to S. Res. 240, to 
authorize representation by Senate Legal Counsel.
  Pages S3247-48
Whitewater Investigation Extension--Cloture Filed: A motion was entered 
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 and, in accordance with the 
provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on 
the cloture motion will occur on Tuesday, April 16, 1996.
  Page S3249
Immigration Reform--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing for the consideration to increase control over 
immigration to the United States by increasing border patrol and 
investigator personnel, improving the verification system for employer 
sanctions, increasing penalties for alien smuggling and for document 
fraud, reforming asylum, exclusion, and deportation law and procedures, 
instituting a land border user fee, and reducing the use of welfare by 
aliens, on Monday, April 15, 1996.
  Page S3249
Authority for Committees: All committees were authorized to file 
executive and legislative reports during the adjournment of the Senate 
on Wednesday, April 10, 1996, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
  Page S3249
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Gaston L. Gianni, Jr., of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Federal 
Deposit Insurance Corporation.
  Stuart E. Eizenstat, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of Commerce 
for International Trade.
Page S3250
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  M. Margaret McKeown, of Washington, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Ninth Circuit.
  Lawrence Baskir, of Maryland, to be a Judge of the United States 
Court of Federal Claims for a term of fifteen years.
  Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, of the District of Columbia, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Columbia.
  Leslie M. Alexander, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Ecuador.
  Prudence Bushnell, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Kenya.
  Joan B. Gottschall, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge 
for the Northern District of Illinois.
  Frank R. Zapata, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Arizona.

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  4 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
Pages S3249-50
Nomination Withdrawn: Senate received notification of the withdrawal of 
the following nomination:
  Mary Burrus Babson, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service for a 
term of one year, which was received by the Senate on January 22, 1996.
                                                             Page S3250
Messages From the House:
  Pages S3215-16
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S3216
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S3216-28
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S3228-29
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S3229-32
Notices of Hearings:
  Pages S3232-33
Authority for Committees:
  Page S3233
Additional Statements:
  Pages S3233-47
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--60)
  Page S3196
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and, in accordance with H. Con. 
Res. 157, adjourned at 5:13 p.m., until 10 a.m., on Monday, April 15, 
1996.