[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 60 (Friday, May 3, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D418-D419]
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                                                Friday, May 3, 1996

[[Page D418]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4653-S4695
Measures Introduced: One bill was introduced, as follows: S. 1728. 
                                                             Page S4676
Measures Passed:
  Chattahoochee Compact: Senate passed H.R. 2064, to grant the consent 
of Congress to an amendment of the Historic Chattahoochee Compact 
between the States of Alabama and Georgia, clearing the measure for the 
President.
  Page S4685
  Water Resources Research Authorization: Senate passed H.R. 1743, to 
amend the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 to extend the 
authorizations of appropriations through fiscal year 2000, after 
agreeing to a committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                         Pages S4685-86
  Trinity River Basin Fish/Wildlife Management Authorization: Senate 
passed 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, 
clearing the measure for the President.
  Pages S4685-86
  Water Desalinization Research and Development Act: Senate passed S. 
811, to authorize research into the desalinization and reclamation of 
water and authorize a program for States, cities, or qualifying 
agencies desiring to own and operate a water desalinization or 
reclamation facility to develop such facilities, after agreeing to a 
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  Pages S4685-88
  Amagansett National Wildlife Refuge: Senate passed H.R. 1836, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire property in the town 
of East Hampton, Suffolk County, New York, for inclusion in the 
Amagansett National Wildlife Refuge, after agreeing to the following 
amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S4688-90
  Cohen (for Moynihan/D'Amato) Amendment No. 3957, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to make technical corrections to a map 
relating to the Coastal Barrier Resources System.
Pages S4688-90
  National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: Committee on the 
Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 243, to 
designate the week of May 5, 1996, as ``National Correctional Officers 
and Employees Week'', and the resolution was then agreed to. 
                                                             Page S4690
  White House Travel Office/Former Employees: Senate began 
consideration of H.R. 2937, for the reimbursement of legal expenses and 
related fees incurred by former employees of the White House Travel 
Office with respect to the termination of their employment in that 
office on May 19, 1993, taking action on the following amendments 
proposed thereto:
  Pages S4670-72
Pending:
  (1) Dole Amendment No. 3952, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                         Pages S4670-71
  (2) Dole Amendment No. 3953 (to Amendment No. 3952), to provide for 
an effective date for the settlement of certain claims against the 
United States.
Page S4671
  (3) Dole Amendment No. 3954 (to Amendment No. 3953), to provide for 
an effective date for the settlement of certain claims against the 
United States.
Page S4671
  (4) Dole motion to refer the bill to the Committee on the Judiciary 
with instructions to report back forthwith.
Page S4671
  (5) Dole Amendment No. 3955 (to the instructions to the motion to 
refer), to provide for an effective date for the settlement of certain 
claims against the United States.
Pages S4671-72
  (6) Dole Amendment No. 3956 (to Amendment No. 3955), to provide for 
an effective date for the settlement of certain claims against the 
United States.
Page S4672
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the bill 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, May 7, 
1996, at 2:15 p.m.
Page S4672
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for the further 
consideration of the bill on Monday, May 6, 1996.
Page S4690

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Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Michael Kantor, of California, to be Secretary of Commerce.
  Brooksley Elizabeth Born, of the District of Columbia, to be a 
Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for the 
remainder of the term expiring April 13, 1999.
  Brooksley Elizabeth Born, of the District of Columbia, to be Chairman 
of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
  David D. Spears, of Kansas, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission for the term expiring April 13, 2000. 
                                                             Page S4695
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S4676-77
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S4677
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S4677-78
Authority for Committees:
  Page S4678
Additional Statements:
  Pages S4678-85
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and adjourned at 2:27 p.m., 
until 12 noon, on Monday, May 6, 1996. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4690.)