[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 62 (Tuesday, May 7, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
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                                               Tuesday, May 7, 1996

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                              Daily Digest


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4763-S4812
Measures Introduced: Three bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1729-
1731.
  Page S4804
Measures Passed:
  Fort Peck Rural County Water Supply System: Senate passed S. 1467, to 
authorize the construction of the Fort Peck Rural County Water Supply 
System, and to authorize assistance to the Fort Peck Rural Water 
District, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, for the planning, design, and 
construction of the water supply system.
  Page S4810
White House Travel Office/Former Employees: Senate continued 
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 S4773-82, S4786-91
Pending:
  (1) Dole Amendment No. 3952, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S4773
  (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 S4773
  (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 S4773
  (4) Dole Motion to refer the bill to the Committee on the Judiciary 
with instructions to report back forthwith.
Page S4773
  (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 S4773
  (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 S4773
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate took the following 
action:
  By 52 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 109), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
failed to agree to close further debate on the bill.
Pages S4780-81
  Senate will continue consideration of the bill on Wednesday, May, 8, 
1996, with a vote on a second motion to close further debate on the 
bill to occur thereon at 10 a.m.
Communications:
  Pages S4802-04
Petitions:
  Page S4804
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S4804-07
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S4807
Notices of Hearings:
  Pages S4807-08
Authority for Committees:
  Page S4808
Additional Statements:
  Pages S4808-10
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--109) 
                                                             Page S4781
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and adjourned at 7:02 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, May 8, 1996. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S4810-
11.)