[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 48 (Tuesday, April 16, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D312-D313]
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                                            Tuesday, April 16, 1996

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3337-S3416
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and three resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1672-1678, and S. Res. 243-245.
  Page S3384
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  H.R. 1743, to amend the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 to 
extend the authorizations of appropriations through fiscal year 2000, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 104-252)
  H.R. 2243, to amend the Trinity River Basin Fish and Wildlife 
Management Act of 1984, to extend for three years the availability of 
moneys for the restoration of fish and wildlife in the Trinity River. 
(S. Rept. No. 104-253)
Page S3384
Measures Passed:
  Congratulating the University of Kentucky: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
244, to commend and congratulate the University of Kentucky on its 
men's basketball team winning its sixth National Collegiate Athletic 
Association championship.
  Pages S3413-14
  Majority Party Committee Appointments: Senate agreed to S. Res. 245, 
making Majority party appointments to the Committee on Labor and Human 
Resources.
  Page S3414
  James Lawrence King Federal Justice Building: Senate passed H.R. 255, 
to designate the Federal Justice Building in Miami, Florida, as the 
``James Lawrence King Federal Justice Building'', clearing the bill for 
the President.
  Page S3414
  Thomas D. Lambros Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse: Senate passed 
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'', clearing the bill for the 
President.
  Page S3414
  Judge Issaac C. Parker Federal Building: Senate passed H.R. 1804, to 
designate the United States Post Office-Courthouse located at South 6th 
and Rogers Avenue, Fort Smith, Arkansas, as the ``Judge Issaac C. 
Parker Federal Building'', clearing the bill for the President. 
                                                             Page S3414
  Timothy C. McCaghren Customs Administration Building: Senate passed 
H.R. 2415, to designate the United States Customs Administration 
Building at the Ysleta/Zaragosa Port of Entry located at 797 South 
Ysleta in El Paso, Texas, as the ``Timothy C. McCaghren Customs 
Administration Building'', clearing the bill for the President. 
                                                         Pages S3414-15
  Vincent E. McKelvey Federal Building: Senate passed 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'', clearing the 
bill for the President.
  Pages S3414-15
Illegal Immigration Reform: Senate continued consideration of S. 1664, 
to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase control over 
immigration to the United States by increasing border patrol and 
investigative personnel and detention facilities, improving the system 
used by employers to verify citizenship or work-authorized alien 
status, increasing penalties for alien smuggling and document fraud, 
and reforming asylum, exclusion, and deportation law and procedures; 
and to reduce the use of welfare by aliens, taking action on amendments 
proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S3348-52
Pending:
  Dorgan Amendment No. 3667, to express the sense of the Senate that a 
balanced budget constitutional amendment should protect the Social 
Security system by excluding the receipts and outlays of the Social 
Security trust funds from the budget.
Page S3349
  Simpson Amendment No. 3669, to prohibit foreign students on F-1 visas 
from obtaining free public elementary or secondary education. 
                                                             Page S3349
  Simpson Amendment No. 3670, to establish a pilot program to collect 
information relating to nonimmigrant foreign students.
Page S3349

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  Simpson Amendment No. 3671, to create new ground of exclusion and of 
deportation for falsely claiming U.S. citizenship.
Page S3349
  Simpson Amendment No. 3672 (to Amendment No. 3667), in the nature of 
a substitute.
Page S3349
Whitewater Investigation Extension--Cloture Vote: By 51 yeas to 46 nays 
(Vote No. 61), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn, 
not having voted in the affirmative, Senate rejected a motion 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 S3349-50, S3415
  A motion was entered to closed further debate on the motion to 
proceed to consideration of the resolution 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 Thursday, April 18, 1996.
Page S3415
  A seventh vote on a motion to close further debate on the resolution 
will occur on Wednesday, April 17, 1996.
Terrorism Prevention Act--Conference Report: Senate began consideration 
of the conference report on S. 735, to deter terrorism, provide justice 
for victims, and provide for an effective death penalty. 
                                                  Pages S3350-81, S3415
  By 50 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. 62), Senate tabled a motion to 
recommit the conference report with instructions to report back with 
provisions to allow the Attorney General to request military technical 
and logistical support in an emergency involving weapons of mass 
destruction.
Pages S3378-81
  A unanimous-consent time-agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the conference report on Wednesday, April 17, 1996. 
                                                             Page S3415
Measures Indefinitely Postponed: Senate indefinitely postponed further 
consideration of the following measures:
  Lobbying Disclosure Act: S. 101, to provide for the disclosure of 
lobbying activities to influence the Federal Government.
  Page S3414
  Intelligence Authorizations: S. 922, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 1996 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities 
of the United States Government and the Central Intelligence Agency 
Retirement and Disability System.
  Page S3414
  ICC Sunset Act: S. 1396, to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
provide for the regulation of surface transportation.
  Page S3414
Consent Agreement Vitiated: By unanimous-consent, the agreement of 
September 6, 1995, relative to S. 1124, S. 1125, and S. 1126, was 
vitiated.
  Page S3414
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  David J. Barram, of California, to be Administrator of General 
Services.
  Hubert T. Bell, Jr., of Alabama, to be Inspector General, Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission.
  John Christian Kornblum, of Michigan, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
State.
  Barbara Mills Larkin, of Iowa, to be an Assistant Secretary of State.
                                                             Page S3416
Messages From the House:
  Pages S3383-84
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S3384
Communications:
  Page S3384
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S3384-S3405
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S3405-06
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S3407
Authority for Committees:
  Page S3407
Additional Statements:
  Pages S3407-13
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--62) 
                                                     Pages S3350, S3381
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and adjourned at 7:55 p.m., 
until 9:15 a.m., on Wednesday, April 17, 1996. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S3415.)