[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 57 (Tuesday, April 30, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D390-D391]
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                                            Tuesday, April 30, 1996

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                              Daily Digest


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4369-S4447
Measures Introduced: Two bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1717 and 1718, and S. Res. 253.
  Pages S4425-26
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 1718, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1997 for 
intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States 
Government, the Community Management Account, and for the Central 
Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System. (S. Rept. No. 
104-258)
Page S4424
Measures Passed:
  Omnibus Appropriations--Corrections: Senate passed S.J. Res. 53, 
making corrections to Public Law 104-134.
  Pages S4388-90
  Extradition of Mohammed Abbas: By a unanimous vote of 99 yeas (Vote 
No. 93), Senate agreed S. Res. 253, urging the detention and 
extradition to the United States by the appropriate foreign government 
of Mohammed Abbas for the murder of Leon Klinghoffer. 
                                                      Pages S4399-S4400
  Private Relief: Senate passed S. 966, for the relief of Nathan C. 
Vance.
  Page S4445
  American Foreign Service Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 217, to 
designate the first Friday in May 1996, as ``American Foreign Service 
Day'' in recognition of the men and women who have served or are 
presently serving in the American Foreign Service, and to honor those 
in the American Foreign Service who have given their lives in the line 
of duty.
  Page S4445
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 S4377-88, S4390-99, S4401-18
Adopted:
  Simpson Amendment No. 3871 (to Amendment No. 3743), of a technical 
nature.
Page S4378
  Subsequently, the amendment was modified.
Page S4398
  By 62 yeas to 37 nays (Vote No. 91), Graham Amendment No. 3760 (to 
Amendment No. 3743), to condition the repeal of the Cuban Adjustment 
Act on a democratically elected government in Cuba being in power. 
                                        Pages S4377, S4379-84, S4397-98
  Simpson Amendment No. 3855 (to Amendment No. 3743), to phase in over 
six years the requirements for improved driver's licenses and State-
issued I.D. documents.
Pages S4388, S4390-93, S4405-07
  Simpson Amendment No. 3857 (to Amendment No. 3743), to require 
consultation with other agencies in establishing grants to States to 
encourage development of birth and death records. 
                                        Pages S4388, S4390-93, S4405-07
  Simpson Amendment No. 3858 (to Amendment No. 3743), to provide that 
birth certificate regulations will go into effect two years after a 
report to Congress.
Pages S4388, S4390-93, S4405-07
  Simpson Amendment No. 3859 (to Amendment No. 3743), relating to the 
issuance of a social security account number. 
                                        Pages S4388, S4390-93, S4405-07
  Simpson Amendment No. 3860 (to Amendment No. 3743), to revise the 
definition of birth certificate.
Pages S4388, S4390-93, S4405-07
  Simpson Amendment No. 3861 (to Amendment No. 3743), to require a 
report to Congress on ways to reduce fraudulent use of birth 
certificates.
Pages S4388, S4390-93, S4405-07
  Simpson Amendment No. 3862 (to Amendment No. 3743), to establish 
limitations on the acceptance of birth certificates. 
                                        Pages S4388, S4390-93, S4405-07
  Kennedy Modified Amendment No. 3829 (to Amendment No. 3743), to 
allocate a number of investigators to investigate complaints relating 
to labor certifications.
Pages S4393, S4407-08, S4415, S4417
Rejected:
  By 36 yeas to 63 nays (Vote No. 92), Graham/Specter Amendment No. 
3803 (to Amendment No.

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3743), to clarify and enumerate specific public assistance programs 
with respect to which the deeming provisions apply. 
                                                     Pages S4377, S4398
  By 46 yeas to 53 nays (Vote No. 94), Kennedy Amendment No. 3820 (to 
Amendment No. 3743), to provide exceptions to the sponsor deeming 
requirements for legal immigrants for programs for which illegal aliens 
are eligible, and Kennedy Amendment No. 3823 (to Amendment No. 3743), 
to provide exceptions to the definition of public charge for legal 
immigrants when public health is at stake, for school lunches, and for 
child nutrition programs.
Pages S4384, S4401-04
  By 47 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 95), Kennedy Amendment No. 3822 (to 
Amendment No. 3743), to exempt children, veterans, and pregnant mothers 
from the sponsor deeming requirements under the Medicaid program. 
                                                     Pages S4384, S4404
  By 32 yeas to 67 nays (Vote No. 96), Kennedy Amendment No. 3816 (to 
Amendment No. 3743), to enable employers to determine work eligibility 
of prospective employees without fear of being sued. 
                                        Pages S4393-94, S4410-12, S4416
  By 36 yeas to 63 nays (Vote No. 97), Simon Amendment No. 3809 (to 
Amendment No. 3743), to adjust the definition of public charge. 
                                        Pages S4396, S4408-10, S4416-17
  By 42 yeas to 57 nays (Vote No. 98), Feinstein/Simon Amendment No. 
3776 (to Amendment No. 3743), to strike the provision relating to the 
language of deportation notice.
Pages S4414, S4417-18
Pending:
  Dole (for Simpson) Amendment No. 3743, of a perfecting nature. 
                                                             Page S4377
  Simpson Amendment No. 3853 (to Amendment No. 3743), relating to pilot 
projects on systems to verify eligibility for employment in the United 
States and to verify immigration status for purposes of eligibility for 
public assistance or certain other government benefits. 
                                                     Pages S4388, S4390
  Simpson Amendment No. 3854 (to Amendment No. 3743), to define 
``regional project'' to mean a project conducted in an area which 
includes more than a single locality but which is smaller than an 
entire State.
Pages S4388, S4390
  Simon Amendment No. 3810 (to Amendment No. 3743), to exempt from 
deeming requirements immigrants who are disabled after entering the 
United States.
Pages S4396-97
  Feinstein/Boxer Amendment No. 3777 (to Amendment No. 3743, to provide 
funds for the construction and expansion of physical barriers and 
improvements to roads in the border area near San Diego, California. 
                                                         Pages S4412-13
  Reid Amendment No. 3865 (to Amendment No. 3743), to authorize asylum 
or refugee status, or the withholding of deportation, for individuals 
who have been threatened with an act of female genital mutilation. 
                                                         Pages S4414-15
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for the 
consideration of certain further amendments to be proposed to Amendment 
No. 3743, listed above.
Page S4418
  Senate will continue consideration of the bill on Wednesday, May 1, 
1996, with a cloture vote scheduled to occur thereon.
Chemical Weapons Convention: Pursuant to the consent agreement of 
December 7, 1995, Committee on Foreign Relations reported the 
resolution of ratification with respect to the Chemical Weapons 
Convention (Treaty Doc. 103-21), with 7 conditions and 11 declarations.
                                                         Pages S4424-25
Messages From the House:
  Page S4423
Communications:
  Pages S4423-24
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Pages S4424-25
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S4425-26
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S4426-43
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S4443
Authority for Committees:
  Page S4443
Additional Statements:
  Pages S4443-45
Record Votes: Eight record votes were taken today. (Total--98) 
      Pages S4397-98, S4398, S4399-S4400, S4404, S4416, S4417, S4417-18
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and adjourned at 9:32 p.m., 
until 9 a.m., on Wednesday, May 1, 1996. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S4445-
47.)