[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 58 (Wednesday, May 1, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D399-D400]
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                                             Wednesday, May 1, 1996

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4449-S4570
Measures Introduced: Two bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1719 and 
1720.
  Page S4517
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 295, to permit labor-management cooperative efforts that improve 
America's economic competitiveness to continue to thrive. (S. Rept. No. 
104-259)
Page S4516
Measures Passed:
  Congratulating the Polish People: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S.J. Res. 51, saluting and 
congratulating Polish people around the world as, on May 3, 1996, they 
commemorate the 205th anniversary of the adoption of Poland's first 
constitution, and the measure was then passed.
  Pages S4567-68
  Administration of Presidio Properties: Senate passed H.R. 1296, to 
provide for the administration of certain Presidio properties at 
minimal cost to the Federal taxpayer, after agreeing to a modified 
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and taking action on 
the following amendments thereto:
  Pages S4509-13
Adopted:
  Murkowski Modified Amendment No. 3564, in the nature of a substitute, 
as modified further.
Page S4509
Withdrawn:
  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 S4509
  Dole (for Burns) Amendment No. 3572 (to Amendment No. 3571), in the 
nature of a substitute.
Page S4509
  Kennedy Amendment No. 3573, to provide for an increase in the minimum 
wage rate.
Page S4509
  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 S4509
  Dole motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Finance with 
instructions.
Page S4509
  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 S4509
  Dole Amendment No. 3654 (to Amendment No. 3653), in the nature of a 
substitute.
Page S4509
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 S4455-S4509, S4513
Adopted:
  Reid Modified 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 S4455, S4490
  By 51 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. 100), Leahy Amendment No. 3780 (to 
Amendment No. 3743), to provide minimum safeguards in expedited 
exclusion procedure to prevent returning bona fide refugees to their 
persecutors.
Pages S4457-68, S4490-91, S4492-93
  Feinstein/Boxer Modified Amendment No. 3777 (to Amendment No. 3743), 
to provide funds for the construction and expansion of physical 
barriers and

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improvements to roads in the border area near San Diego, California. 
                                                  Pages S4455, S4503-04
  Simpson (for Gramm/Hutchison) Amendment No. 3948 (to Amendment No. 
3743), to express the sense of the Congress regarding the critical role 
of interior Border Patrol stations in the agency's enforcement mission.
                                                         Pages S4505-06
  Kennedy (for Bryan) Amendment No. 3949 (to Amendment No. 3743), to 
prevent certain aliens from participating in the family unity program. 
                                                             Page S4513
  Kennedy (for Hutchison) Amendment No. 3950 (to Amendment No. 3743), 
to preserve law enforcement functions and capabilities in the interior 
of States.
Page S4513
Rejected:
  By 26 yeas to 74 nays (Vote No. 99), Bradley Amendment No. 3790 (to 
Amendment No. 3743), to establish an Office for the Enforcement of 
Employer Sanctions.
Pages S4466-67, S4491-92
  Abraham Amendment No. 3752 (to Amendment No. 3743), to strike 
provisions providing for the implementation of a national 
identification system and those provisions requiring State driver's 
licenses and birth certificates to conform to new Federal regulations 
and standards. (By 54 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. 101), Senate tabled the 
amendment.)
Pages S4468-90, S4493
  By 30 yeas to 69 nays (Vote No. 102), Simon Amendment No. 3810 (to 
Amendment No. 3743), to exempt from deeming requirements immigrants who 
are disabled after entering the United States. 
                                    Pages S4455, S4490, S4494, S4507-08
  By 36 yeas to 63 nays (Vote No. 103), Simon Amendment No. 3813 (to 
Amendment No. 3743), to prevent retroactive deeming of sponsor income. 
                                                  Pages S4495-98, S4508
  By 22 yeas to 77 nays (Vote No. 104), Graham Amendment No. 3764 (to 
Amendment No. 3743), to limit the deeming provisions for purposes of 
determining eligibility of legal aliens for Medicaid. 
                                     Pages S4498-S4503, S4504, S4508-09
Pending:
  Dole (for Simpson) Amendment No. 3743, of a perfecting nature. 
                                                             Page S4455
  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.
Page S4455
  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.
Page S4455
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill and certain amendments to be proposed 
thereto, on Thursday, May 2, 1996, with a cloture vote to occur on the 
bill.
Page S4509
Nicodemus Historic Site/New Bedford Historic Landmark--Agreement: A 
unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for the consideration 
of S. 1720, to establish the Nicodemus National Historic Site and the 
New Bedford National Historic Landmark.
  Page S4513
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Mary Lucille Jordan, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Federal Mine 
Safety and Health Review Commission for a term of six years expiring 
August 30, 2002.
  25 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  5 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  A routine list in the Public Health Service.
Page S4570
Messages From the House:
  Page S4515
Measures Referred:
  Page S4515
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S4515
Communications:
  Page S4516
Petitions:
  Page S4516
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Pages S4516-17
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S4517-19
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S4519
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S4560-61
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S4561
Authority for Committees:
  Page S4561
Additional Statements:
  Pages S4562-67
Text of S. Con. Res. 51 as Previously Passed:
  Pages S4519-60
Record Votes: Six record votes were taken today. (Total-104) 
                                               Pages S4492-93, S4508-09
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and adjourned at 8:38 p.m., 
until 9 a.m., on Thursday, May 2, 1996. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4568.)