[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 66 (Monday, May 13, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
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                                                    Monday, May 13, 1996

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                              Daily Digest

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                                 Senate

[D13MY6-2]D463 Chamber Ac
Chamber Action
[D13MY6-3]D463 Routine Pr
Routine Proceedings, pages S4957-S4984
Measures Introduced: Eleven bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1743-1753.
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Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
[D13MY6-4]D463 S. 1579, t
  S. 1579, to streamline and improve the effectiveness of chapter 75 of 
title 31, United States Code (commonly referred to as the ``Single Audit 
Act''), with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 104-266)
[D13MY6-5]D463 S. 1745, t
  S. 1745, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1997 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces. (S. Rept. No. 104-267)
[D13MY6-6]D463 S. 1025, t
  S. 1025, to provide for the exchange of certain federally owned lands and 
mineral interests therein, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
(S. Rept. No. 104-268)
[D13MY6-7]D463 H.R. 3074,
  H.R. 3074, to amend the United States-Israel Free Trade Area 
Implementation Act of 1985 to provide the President with additional 
proclamation authority with respect to articles of the West Bank or Gaza 
Strip or a qualifying industrial zone, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 104-270)
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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, with the 
following amendments proposed thereto:
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Pending:
[D13MY6-8]D463 (1) Dole A
  (1) Dole Amendment No. 3952, in the nature of a substitute.
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[D13MY6-9]D463 (2) Dole A
  (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.
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[D13MY6-10]D463 (3) Dole A
  (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.
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[D13MY6-11]D463 (4) Dole M
  (4) Dole Motion to refer the bill to the Committee on the Judiciary with 
instructions to report back forthwith.
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[D13MY6-12]D463 (5) Dole A
  (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.
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[D13MY6-13]D463 (6) Dole A
  (6) Dole Amendment No. 3961 (to Amendment No. 3955), to provide for the 
repeal of the 4.3 cent increase in fuel tax rates enacted by the Omnibus 
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993.
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[D13MY6-14]D463 Senate wil
  Senate will continue consideration of the bill on Tuesday, May 14, 1996, 
with a vote on a motion to close further debate on Amendment No. 3961, 
listed above, to occur thereon.
Illegal Immigration Reform--Conferees: Senate insisted on its amendment to 
H.R. 2202, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to improve 
deterrence of illegal immigration to the United States by increasing border 
patrol and investigative personnel, by increasing penalties for alien 
smuggling and for document fraud, by reforming exclusion and deportation law 
and procedures, by improving the verification system for eligibility for 
employment, and through other measures, to reform the legal immigration 
system and facilitate legal entries into the United States, requested a 
conference with the House thereon, and the Chair appointed the following 
conferees: Senators Hatch, Simpson, Grassley, Kyl, Specter, Thurmond, 
Kennedy, Leahy, Simon, Kohl, and Feinstein.
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Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
[D13MY6-15]D463 Harold Wal
  Harold Walter Geisel, of Illinois, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign 
Service, Class of Minister-

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Counselor, to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as 
Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of Seychelles.
[D13MY6-16]D464 Reynaldo F
  Reynaldo Flores Macias, of California, to be a Member of the National 
Institute for Literacy Advisory Board for a term expiring September 22, 
1998.
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Nominations Withdrawn: Senate received notification of the withdrawal of the 
following nominations:
[D13MY6-17]D464 Bruce W. G
  Bruce W. Greer, of Florida, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of Florida, which was sent to the Senate on August 1, 
1995.
[D13MY6-18]D464 Charles R.
  Charles R. Stack, of Florida, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Eleventh Circuit, which was sent to the Senate on October 27, 1995. 
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Messages From the House:
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Measures Referred:
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Communications:
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Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S4972-79
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S4979-80
Notices of Hearings:
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Additional Statements:
  Pages S4980-84
Adjournment: Senate convened at 12 noon, and adjourned at 6:03 p.m., until 
10 a.m., on Tuesday, May 14, 1996. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of 
the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4984.)
[D13MY6-19]D464 Committee