[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 49 (Wednesday, April 17, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D322-D323]
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                                          Wednesday, April 17, 1996

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to Terrorism Prevention Act Conference Report.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3417-S3501
Measures Introduced: Three bills and three resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1679-1681, S. Res. 246 and 247, and S. Con. Res. 52. 
                                                             Page S3487
Measures Passed:
  Tribute to Secretary Brown and Others: Senate agreed to S. Res. 241, 
in tribute to Secretary of Commerce Ronald H. Brown and other Americans 
who lost their lives on April 3, 1996, while in service to their 
country on a mission to Bosnia.
  Pages S3417-18
  Whitewater Investigation Extension: Senate agreed to S. Res. 246, to 
authorize the use of additional funds for salaries and expenses of the 
Special Committee to Investigate Whitewater Development corporation and 
Related Matters.
  Pages S3450-54
Terrorism Prevention Act--Conference Report: By 91 yeas to 8 nays (Vote 
No. 71), Senate agreed to the conference report on S. 735, to deter 
terrorism, provide justice for victims, and provide for an effective 
death penalty.
  Pages S3427-43, S3446-50, S3454-78
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 61 yeas to 38 nays (Vote No. 63), Senate tabled a motion to 
recommit the conference report with instructions to make certain 
modifications to asylum provisions.
Pages S3427-31, S3434
  By 53 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 64), Senate tabled a motion to 
recommit the conference report with instructions to increase the 
statute of limitations for Firearms Act offenses from 3 years to 5 
years.
Pages S3432-35
  By 58 yeas to 40 nays (Vote No. 65), Senate tabled a motion to 
recommit the conference report with instructions to include a provision 
to allow for multi-point wiretaps which would allow law enforcement to 
get a wiretap when a subject uses many different phones and thereby 
thwarts surveillance.
Pages S3435-38
  By 64 yeas to 35 nays (Vote No. 66), Senate tabled a motion to 
recommit the conference report with instructions to strike the 
provision relating to habeas corpus.
Pages S3438-43, S3446-48
  By 51 yeas to 48 nays (Vote No. 67), Senate tabled a motion to 
recommit the conference report with instructions that provisions be 
included to prohibit the distribution of information on how to make 
explosives for criminal use.
Pages S3448-50
  By 56 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 68), Senate tabled a motion to 
recommit the conference report with instructions to include provisions 
giving law enforcement the authority to get an emergency wiretap in 
cases involving terrorist conspiracies.
Pages S3454-60
  By 56 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 69), Senate tabled a motion to 
recommit the conference report with instructions to add a provision 
allowing for emergency wiretaps in cases involving terrorist 
conspiracies.
Pages S3466-75
  By 53 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. 70), Senate tabled a motion to 
recommit the conference report with instructions to eliminate the 
provision providing for a study on Federal law enforcement. 
                                                         Pages S3468-75
Whitewater Investigation Extension--Cloture Votes Vitiated: By 
unanimous-consent, the votes scheduled on the motions 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, were vitiated. 
                                                             Page S3450
Health Insurance Reform Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement 
was reached providing for the consideration of S. 1028, to provide 
increased access to health care benefits, to provide increased

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portability of health care benefits, to provide increased security of 
health care benefits, and to increase the purchasing power of 
individuals and small employers, on Thursday, April 18, 1996. 
                                                             Page S3499
Appointments:
  Migratory Bird Conservation Commission: The Chair, on behalf of the 
Vice President, pursuant to Public Law 70-770, appointed Senator Breaux 
to the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission, vice Senator Pryor. 
                                                             Page S3478
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 Humanities 
for calendar year 1995; referred to the Committee on Labor and Human 
Resources. (PM-138).
Page S3485
  Transmitting the report on Alaska's Mineral Resources for calendar 
year 1995; referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 
(PM-139).
Page S3485
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  John W. Hechinger, Sr., of the District of Columbia, to be a Member 
of the National Security Education Board for a term of four years.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.
Page S3501
Messages From the President:
  Page S3485
Messages From the House:
  Pages S3485-86
Measures Referred:
  Page S3486
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S3486
Communications:
  Pages S3486-87
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S3487
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S3487-90
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S3490-91
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S3492-93
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S3493-94
Additional Statements:
  Pages S3494-99
Record Votes: Nine record votes were taken today. (Total-71) 
            Pages S3434-35, S3438, S3447-48, S3450, S3460, S3475, S3477
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:15 a.m., and adjourned at 7:23 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, April 18, 1996. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S3499.)