[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 74 (Thursday, May 23, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D523-D525]
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                                             Thursday, May 23, 1996

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Congressional Budget Resolution.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5507-S5633
Measures Introduced: Twenty-six bills and four resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1796-1821, S. Res. 256, and S. Con. Res. 60-
62.
  Pages S5566-67
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 39, to amend the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act 
to authorize appropriations, to provide for sustainable fisheries, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 104-276)
  H.R. 1880, to designate the United States Post Office building 
located at 102 South McLean, Lincoln, Illinois, as the ``Edward Madigan 
Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 2262, to designate the United States Post Office building 
located at 218 North Alston Street in Foley, Alabama, as the ``Holk 
Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 2704, to provide that the United States Post Office building 
that is to be located on the 2600 block of East 75th Street in Chicago, 
Illinois, shall be known and designated as the ``Charles A. Hayes Post 
Office Building''.
  H.R. 2980, to amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to 
stalking.
Page S5566
Measures Passed:
   Adjournment Resolution: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 60, providing 
for a conditional adjournment or recess of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives.
  Page S5519
  Production of Committee Records: Senate agreed to S. Res. 256, to 
authorize the production of records by the Select Committee on 
Intelligence.
  Page S5632
  Congressional Budget: By 53 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. 156), Senate 
agreed to H. Con. Res. 178, establishing the congressional budget for 
the United States Government for fiscal year 1997 and setting forth 
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 
and 2002, after striking all after the resolving clause and inserting 
in lieu thereof the text of S. Con. Res. 57, Senate companion measure, 
and after taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows: 
                                                         Pages S5508-51
Adopted:
  Thompson Amendment No. 3981, to express the sense of the Senate on 
the funding levels for the Presidential Election Campaign Fund. 
                                                             Page S5510
  Domenici (for Faircloth) Amendment No. 4023, to express the sense of 
the Senate that any comprehensive legislation sent to the President 
that balances the budget by a certain date and that includes welfare 
reform provisions shall also contain to the maximum extent possible a 
strategy for reducing the rate of out-of-wedlock births and encouraging 
family formation.
Page S5516
  Exon (for Biden) Amendment No. 4037, to provide for the Senate's 
support for Federal, State and local law enforcement.
Pages S5516-18
  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 S5508-09, S5518-19
  By 76 yeas to 24 nays (Vote No. 153), Domenici Modified Amendment No. 
4027 (to Amendment No. 4012), to adjust the fiscal year 1997 non-
defense discretionary allocation to the Appropriation Committee by $5 
billion in budget authority and $4 billion in outlays to sustain 1996 
post-OCRA policy.
Pages S5518-19
  By 57 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 154), Exon (for Roth) Amendment No. 
4025, to express the sense of the Senate regarding the funding of 
Amtrak.
Pages S5519-20
  Domenici (for McCain) Amendment No. 4022, to express the sense of the 
Senate regarding Spectrum

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auctions and their effect on the integrity of the budget process. 
                                                  Pages S5516, S5533-38
Rejected:
  Bumpers Amendment No. 4014, to eliminate the defense firewalls. (By 
57 yeas to 41 nays (Vote No. 147), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                                         Pages S5510-11
  Simpson (for Kerrey) Amendment No. 4016, to express the sense of the 
Senate on long term entitlement reforms. (By 63 yeas to 36 nays (Vote 
No. 149), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Page S5512
  By 46 yeas to 53 nays (Vote No. 150), Chafee/Breaux Amendment No. 
4018, in the nature of a substitute.
Pages S5512-15
  Feingold Amendment No. 3969, to eliminate the tax cut. (By 57 yeas to 
43 nays (Vote No. 151), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S5515-16
  By 45 yeas to 54 nays (Vote No. 155), Byrd Amendment No. 4040, to 
improve our water and sewer systems, national parks and Everglades, to 
be offset by closing corporate loopholes and changes in tax 
expenditures.
Pages S5521-25
Withdrawn:
  Murkowski Amendment No. 4041 (to Amendment No. 4022), to express the 
sense of the Senate regarding the filing of a legal brief. 
                                                         Pages S5533-38
  During consideration of this measure, Senate also took the following 
action:
  By 57 yeas 41 nays (Vote No. 148), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, Senate rejected a motion to waive the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to consideration of 
Murkowski Amendment No. 4015, to prohibit sense of the Senate 
amendments from being offered to the budget resolution. Subsequently, a 
point of order that the amendment was in violation of section 305(b) of 
the Congressional Budget Act was sustained, and the amendment thus 
fell.
Pages S5511-12
  By 53 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 152), upon appeal, Senate upheld a 
ruling of the Chair which failed to sustain a point of order that the 
resolution, as drafted, did not constitute a ``budget resolution''. 
                                                             Page S5516
  Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair was authorized to appoint the following 
conferees: Senators Domenici, Grassley, Nickles, Gramm, Bond, Gorton, 
Exon, Hollings, Johnston, and Lautenberg.
Pages S5538, S5550
  Subsequently, S. Con. Res. 57 was returned to the Senate calendar. 
                                                             Page S5550
Defend America Act--Cloture Filed: A motion was entered to close 
further debate on the motion to proceed to the consideration of S. 
1635, to establish a United States policy for the deployment of a 
national missile defense system and, by unanimous-consent agreement, a 
vote on the cloture motion will occur on Tuesday, June 4, 1996. 
                                                             Page S5627
Committee Authority: All committees were authorized to file executive 
and legislative reports during the adjournment of the Senate on 
Wednesday, May 29, 1996, from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m.
  Page S5632
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, a draft of proposed legislation entitled ``The 
Retirement Savings and Security Act''; to the Committee on Finance. 
(PM-150).
Pages S5564-65
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Jeanne Givens, of Idaho, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of 
the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts 
Development for a term expiring October 18, 2002.
  Keith R. Hall, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air 
Force.
  Kerri-Ann Jones, of Maryland, to be an Associate Director of the 
Office of Science and Technology Policy.
  Gerald S. McGowan, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation for a term 
expiring December 17, 1998.
  Pete Peterson, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Socialist Republic 
of Vietnam.
  Franklin D. Raines, of the District of Columbia, to be Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget.
  J. Davitt McAteer, of West Virginia, to be Solicitor for the 
Department of Labor.
  Jerry M. Melillo, of Massachusetts, to be an Associate Director of 
the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
  John Stern Wolf, of Maryland, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign 
Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, for the rank of Ambassador during 
his tenure of service as U.S. Coordinator for Asia Pacific Economic 
Cooperation (APEC).
  Heidi H. Schulman, of California, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for a term 
expiring January 31, 2002.
Page S5633
Messages From the President:-
  Pages S5564-65
Messages From the House:-
  Page S5565
Measures Referred:-
  Page S5565
Measures Placed on Calendar:-
  Page S5565
Communications:-
  Pages S5565-66
Executive Reports of Committees:-
  Page S5566

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Statements on Introduced Bills:-
  Pages S5567-S5600
Additional Cosponsors:-
  Pages S5600-01
Amendments Submitted:-
  Pages S5603-10
Notices of Hearings:-
  Page S5610
Authority for Committees:-
  Pages S5610-11
Additional Statements:-
  Pages S5611-23
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking:-
  Pages S5552-56
Record Votes: Ten record votes were taken today. (Total-156) 
                       Pages S5511-12, S5515-16, S5518-20, S5525, S5538
Adjournment: Senate convened at 12 noon, and adjourned at 7:46 p.m., 
until 11:30 a.m., on Friday, May 24, 1996.