[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 71 (Monday, May 20, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D500-D501]
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                                               Monday, May 20, 1996

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5305-S5396
Measures Introduced: Seven bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1778-
1784.
  Pages S5378-79
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 1578, to amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1997 through 2002, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 104-275) 
                                                             Page S5378
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 S5305-76, S5394-96
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 S5305
  Wyden/Kerry Amendment No. 3984, to express the sense of the Senate 
regarding revenue assumptions.
Page S5306
  Wellstone Amendment No. 3985, to express the sense of the Senate on 
tax deductibility of higher education tuition and student loan interest 
costs.
Page S5306
  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 S5306
  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 S5306
  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.
Page S5306
  Wellstone Amendment No. 3989, to express the sense of the Senate with 
respect to the interrelationship between domestic violence and welfare.
                                                             Page S5306
  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. 
                                                             Page S5306
  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 expired tax provisions or 
corporate and business tax reforms.
Page S5306
  Kyl Amendment No. 3995, to express the sense of the Senate regarding 
a supermajority requirement for raising taxes.
Pages S5306, S5331
  Kyl Amendment No. 3996, to providing funding for the Low Income Home 
Energy Assistance Program through fiscal year 2000. 
                                                     Pages S5306, S5331
  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 S5306
  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.
Page S5306
  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.
Page S5306
  Kennedy Amendment No. 4000, to express the sense of the Senate 
relating to the protection of the wages of construction workers. 
                                                             Page S5306
  Byrd Amendment No. 4001, to increase overall discretionary spending 
to the levels proposed by the

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President, offset by the extension of expired tax provisions or 
corporate and business tax reforms.
Page S5306
  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 S5306, S5374-75
  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.
Page S5306
  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. 
                                                             Page S5306
  Ashcroft Modified Amendment No. 4008, to provide for an income tax 
deduction for the old age, survivors, and disability insurance taxes 
paid by employees and self-employed individuals.
Pages S5306-12
  Gramm Amendment No. 4009, to express the sense of the Congress that 
the 1993 income tax increase on Social Security benefits should be 
repealed.
Pages S5312-21, S5324-25
  Brown Amendment No. 4010, to express the sense of the Senate that 
there should be a cap on the application of the civilian and military 
retirement COLA.
Page S5314
  Harkin Amendment No. 4011, to provide that the first reconciliation 
bill not include Medicaid reform, focusing mainly on Welfare reform by 
shifting Medicaid changes from the first to the second reconciliation 
bill.
Pages S5321-22
  Harkin (for Specter) Amendment No. 4012, to restore funding for 
education, training, and health programs to a Congressional Budget 
Office freeze level for fiscal year 1997 through an across the board 
reduction in federal administrative costs.
Pages S5322-24
  Bumpers Amendment No. 4013, to establish that no amounts realized 
from sales of assets shall be scored with respect to the level of 
budget authority, outlays, or revenues.
Pages S5326-34, S5339
  Bumpers Amendment No. 4014, to eliminate the defense firewalls. 
                                               Pages S5334-35, S5340-41
  Thompson Amendment No. 3981, to express the sense of the Senate on 
the funding levels for the Presidential Election Campaign Fund. 
                                                         Pages S5335-38
  Murkowski Amendment No. 4015, to prohibit sense of the Senate 
amendments from being offered to the budget resolution. 
                                                         Pages S5339-42
  Simpson (for Kerrey) Amendment No. 4016, to express the sense of the 
Senate on long term entitlement reforms.
Pages S5342-52
  Snowe Amendment No. 4017, to express the sense of the Senate that the 
aggregates and functional levels included in the budget resolution 
assume that savings in student loans can be achieved without any 
program change that would increase costs to students and parents or 
decrease accessibility to student loans.
Pages S5352-53
  Chafee/Breaux Amendment No. 4018, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                         Pages S5353-74
  Domenici (for Dole/Hatch/Helms) Amendment No. 4019, to express the 
sense of the Senate that the Attorney General should investigate the 
practice regarding the prosecution of drug smugglers.
Pages S5394-95
  Feingold Amendment No. 3969, to eliminate the tax cut. 
                                                         Pages S5395-96
Withdrawn:
  Thomas Amendment No. 3974, to express the sense of the Senate 
supporting biennial budgeting.
Pages S5310-11
  A unanimous-consent time-agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the resolution on Tuesday, May 21, 1996.
Page S5376
Communications:
  Pages S5377-78
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S5379-82
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S5382-83
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S5383-91
Authority for Committees:
  Page S5391
Additional Statements:
  Pages S5391-94
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10:30 a.m., and adjourned at 9:23 p.m., 
until 9 a.m., on Tuesday, May 21, 1996. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5376.)