[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 70 (Friday, May 17, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D492-D494]
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                                               Friday, May 17, 1996

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5215-S5303
Measures Introduced: Six bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1771-
1776.
  Page S5267
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 1777, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1997 for certain 
activities of the Department of Energy.
Page S5267
Measures Passed:
  C-17 Aircraft: Senate passed S. 1710, to authorize multiyear 
contracting for the C-17 aircraft program.
  Pages S5298-99
Congressional Budget: Senate continued consideration of S. Con. Res. 
57, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States 
Government for fiscal years 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002, 
taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows: 
                                                         Pages S5216-65
Adopted:
  Domenici (for Campbell) Amendment No. 3993, to express the sense of 
the Senate on funding to assist youth at risk.
Pages S5231-32
  Domenici (for Moseley-Braun/Simon) Amendment No. 3994, to express the 
sense of the Senate regarding the use of budgetary savings in the 
mandatory spending area.
Pages S5232-34
  Murray Amendment No. 3992, to express the sense of the Senate that 
the General Services Administration should place a high priority on 
facilitating direct transfer of excess Federal Government computers to 
public schools and community-based educational organizations. 
                                                  Pages S5230-31, S5255
  Domenici (for Coverdell) Amendment No. 4004, to express the sense of 
the Senate on the costs of training sessions off of Federal property. 
                                               Pages S5252-53, S5254-55
  Exon (for Baucus/Burns) Amendment No. 4005, to express the sense of 
the Senate regarding the essential air service program of the 
Department of Transportation.
Pages S5256-57
  Exon (for Hutchison) Amendment No. 4006, to express the sense of the 
Senate that the Congress and the President should immediately approve 
legislation providing homemakers with equal retirement savings 
opportunity.
Pages S5256-57
Pending:
  Boxer Amendment No. 3982, to preserve, protect, and strengthen the 
Medicaid program by controlling costs, providing State flexibility, and 
restoring critical standards and protections, including coverage for 
all populations covered under current law, to restore $18 billion in 
excessive cuts, offset by corporate and business tax reforms, and to 
express the sense of the Senate regarding certain Medicaid reforms. 
                                                             Page S5216
  Wyden/Kerry Amendment No. 3984, to express the sense of the Senate 
regarding revenue assumptions.
Page S5216
  Wellstone Amendment No. 3985, to express the sense of the Senate on 
tax deductibility of higher education tuition and student loan interest 
costs.
Pages S5216-19
  Wellstone/Kerry Amendment No. 3986, to express the sense of the 
Senate that funds will be available to hire new police officers under 
the Community Oriented Policing Service.
Page S5219
  Wellstone Amendment No. 3987, to express the sense of the Senate that 
Congress will not enact or adopt any legislation that would increase 
the number of children who are hungry or homeless.
Page S5219
  Wellstone Amendment No. 3988, to express the sense of the Senate with 
respect to maintaining current expenditure levels for the Low Income 
Home Energy Assistance Program for fiscal year 1997.
Pages S5219-20
  Wellstone Amendment No. 3989, to express the sense of the Senate with 
respect to the interrelationship between domestic violence and welfare.
                                                             Page S5220
  Kerry Amendment No. 3990, to restore proposed cuts in the environment 
and natural resources programs, to be offset by the extension of 
expired tax provisions or corporate and business tax reforms. 
                                               Pages S5220-24, S5234-36
  Kerry Amendment No. 3991, to increase the Function 500 totals to 
maintain levels of education and training funding that will keep pace 
with rising school enrollments and the demand for a better- trained 
workforce, to be offset by the extension of

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expired tax provisions or corporate and business tax reforms. 
                                               Pages S5224-30, S5249-50
  Kyl Amendment No. 3995, to express the sense of the Senate regarding 
a supermajority requirement for raising taxes.
Pages S5236-39
  Kyl Amendment No. 3996, to providing funding for the Low Income Home 
Energy Assistance Program through fiscal year 2000. 
                                               Pages S5239-41, S5242-43
  Kennedy Amendment No. 3997, to express the sense of the Congress that 
the reconciliation bill should maintain the existing prohibition 
against additional charges by providers under the medicare program. 
                                                             Page S5241
  Kennedy Amendment No. 3998, to express the sense of the Congress that 
the reconciliation bill should not include any changes in Federal 
nursing home quality standards or the Federal enforcement of such 
standards.
Pages S5241-42
  Kennedy Amendment No. 3999, to express the sense of the Congress that 
provisions of current Medicaid law protecting families of nursing home 
residents from experiencing financial ruin as the price of needed care 
for their loved ones should be retained.
Pages S5241-42
  Kennedy Amendment No. 4000, to express the sense of the Senate 
relating to the protection of the wages of construction workers. 
                                                         Pages S5241-42
  Byrd Amendment No. 4001, to increase overall discretionary spending 
to the levels proposed by the President, offset by the extension of 
expired tax provisions or corporate and business tax reforms. 
                                                         Pages S5243-48
  Lott/Smith Amendment No. 4002, to express the sense of the Congress 
regarding reimbursement of the United States for the costs associated 
with Operations Southern Watch and Provide Comfort out of revenues 
generated by any sale of petroleum originating from Iraq. 
                                               Pages S5248-49, S5253-54
  Simpson/Moynihan Amendment No. 4003, to express the sense of the 
Senate that all Federal spending and revenues which are indexed for 
inflation should be calibrated by the most accurate inflation indices 
which are available to the Federal Government.
Pages S5251-52, S5254
  Graham Amendment No. 4007, to create a 60 vote point of order against 
legislation diverting savings achieved through Medicare waste, fraud 
and abuse enforcement activities for purposes other than improving the 
solvency of the Medicare Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund. 
                                                         Pages S5264-65
  Senate will continue consideration of the resolution on Monday, May 
20, 1996.
Administration of Presidio Properties--Conferees: Senate insisted on 
its amendment to H.R. 1296, to provide for the administration of 
certain Presidio properties at minimal cost to the Federal taxpayer, 
agreed to the request of the House for a conference thereon, and the 
Chair appointed the following conferees: Senators Murkowski, Domenici, 
Nickles, Johnston, and Bumpers.
  Pages S5275-98
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaty:
  Extradition Treaty with Malaysia signed in Kuala Lumpur on August 3, 
1995. (Treaty Doc. No. 104-26). The treaty was transmitted to the 
Senate today, considered as having been read for the first time, and 
referred, with accompanying papers, to the Committee on Foreign 
Relations and ordered to be printed.
Page S5301
Messages from the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report to accompany the Supplementary Social 
Security Agreement between the U.S. and Austria; referred to the 
Committee on Finance. (PM-147).
Pages S5266-67
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Arma Jane Karaer, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, 
and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as 
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
America to Solomon Islands, and as Ambassador Extraordinary and 
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of 
Vanuatu.
  Alan Philip Larson, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
State.
  Marcia E. Miller, of Indiana, to be a Member of the United States 
International Trade Commission for the term expiring December 16, 2003.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Army, Marine Corps, and Navy.
Pages S5301-03
Messages From the President:
  Pages S5266-67
Messages From the House:
  Page S5267
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S5267
Communications:
  Page S5267
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S5267-69
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S5269-70
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S5270-74
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S5274-75
Additional Statements:
  Page S5275
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 4:03 p.m., 
until 10:30 a.m., on Monday, May 20, 1996. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S5299.)

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