[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 61 (Monday, May 6, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
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                                                Monday, May 6, 1996

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4697-S4761
White House Travel Office/Former Employees: Senate resumed 
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 S4717-23
Pending:
  (1) Dole Amendment No. 3952, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S4717
  (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 S4717
  (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 S4717
  (4) Dole Motion to refer the bill to the Committee on the Judiciary 
with instructions to report back forthwith.
Page S4717
  (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.
Page S4717
  (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 S4717
  A second motion was entered to close further debate on the bill and, 
by unanimous consent, a vote on the cloture motion will occur, if 
necessary, at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, May 8, 1996.
Page S4723
  Senate will continue consideration of the bill on Tuesday, May, 7, 
1996, with a vote on a motion to close further debate on the bill to 
occur thereon at 2:15 p.m.
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  John F. Hicks, Sr., of North Carolina, to be Ambassador to the State 
of Eritrea.
  Alan R. McKee, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of 
Swaziland.
  Arlene Render, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Zambia.
  Stanley N. Schrager, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Djibouti.
  Routine lists in the Army.
Page S4761
Messages From the House:
  Page S4723
Communications:
  Page S4723
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S4723-24
Amendments Submitted:
  Page S4724
Additional Statements:
  Pages S4724-26
Text of H.R. 2202, as Previously Passed:
  Pages S4730-60
Adjournment: Senate convened at 12 Noon, and adjourned at 4:53 p.m., 
until 9 a.m., on Tuesday, May 7, 1996. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S4760-61.)