[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 85 (Tuesday, June 11, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D591-D592]
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                                             Tuesday, June 11, 1996

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Sheila Frahm was sworn in as a Senator from Kansas.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6021-S6111
Measures Introduced: Eight bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1856-1863, and S. Res. 258.
  Page S6082
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  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, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 104-278)
  S. 1488, to convert certain excepted service positions in the United 
States Fire Administration to competitive service positions. 
                                                             Page S6082
Measures Passed:
  Robert J. Dole Balcony: Senate agreed to S. Res. 258, to designate 
the balcony adjacent to rooms S-230 and S-231 of the United States 
Capitol Building as the ``Robert J. Dole Balcony''. 
                                                     Pages S6043, S6105
  Olympic Torch Relay: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 172, authorizing 
the 1996 Summer Olympic Torch Relay to be run through the Capitol 
Grounds, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                             Page S6110
  Specter (for Ford) Amendment No. 4044, to make a technical 
correction.
Page S6110
Congressional Budget Resolution: Senate began consideration of the 
provisions of the conference report on 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. 
                                     Pages S6058-66, S6069-72, S6076-79
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the conference report on Wednesday, June 12, 1996, 
with a possible vote to occur thereon.
Pages S6058-59
Swearing in of Senator Frahm: Sheila Frahm, of Kansas, was sworn in to 
fill the unexpired term until the vacancy in the term, ending January 
3, 1999, caused by the resignation of Senator Bob Dole, is filled by 
election as provided by law.
  Page S6046
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  William L. Wilson, of Minnesota, to be a Member of the Advisory Board 
of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation.
  Edna Fairbanks-Williams, of Vermont, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Legal Services Corporation for a term expiring July 
13, 1998.
  Donna Dearman Smith, of Alabama, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education 
Foundation for a term expiring March 3, 1998.
  C. E. Abramson, of Montana, to be a Member of the National Commission 
on Libraries and Information Science for a term expiring July 19, 2000.
  LaVeeda Morgan Battle, of Alabama, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Legal Services Corporation for a term expiring July 
13, 1998.
  John N. Erlenborn, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Legal Services Corporation for a term expiring July 
13, 1998.
  Norman I. Maldonado, of Puerto Rico, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation for a term 
expiring December 10, 1999.
  Luis D. Rovira, of Colorado, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees 
of the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation for a term expiring 
December 10, 2001.
  John R. Lacey, of Connecticut, to be a Member of the Foreign Claims 
Settlement Commission of the United States for a term expiring 
September 30, 1998.

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  Barry M. Goldwater, Sr. of Arizona, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Communications Satellite Corporation until the date of 
the annual meeting of the Corporation in 1998.
  Peter S. Knight, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
Board of Directors of the Communications Satellite Corporation until 
the date of the annual meeting of the Corporation in 1999.
  Richard L. Morningstar, of Massachusetts, for the rank of Ambassador 
during his tenure of service as Special Advisor to the President and to 
the Secretary of State on Assistance to the New Independent States 
(NIS) of the Former Soviet Union and Coordinator of NIS Assistance.
  Robert B. Rogers, of Missouri, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service for a 
term of three years.
  Elmer B. Staats, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
Board of Trustees of the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation for a 
term expiring December 10, 2001.
  Toni G. Fay, of New Jersey, to be a Member of the National Institute 
Literacy Advisory Board for a term expiring October 12, 1998.
  Audrey Tayse Haynes, of Kentucky, to be a Member of the National 
Institute for Literacy Advisory Board for a term expiring October 13, 
1998.
  Mark Edwin Emblidge, of Virginia, to be a Member of the National 
Institute for Literacy Advisory Board for a term expiring September 22, 
1998.
  Mary Dodd Greene, of Texas, to be a Member of the National Institute 
for Literacy Advisory Board for a term expiring October 12, 1998.
  Alberta Sebolt George, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the 
National Museum Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 1998.
  David A. Ucko, of Missouri, to be a Member of the National Museum 
Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 1999.
  Robert E. Anderson, of Minnesota, to be a Member of the Board of 
Regents of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences for 
a term expiring June 20, 2001.
  Lonnie R. Bristow, of California, to be a Member of the Board of 
Regents of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences for 
a term expiring June 20, 2001.
  Shirley Ledbetter Jones, of Arkansas, to be a Member of the Board of 
Regents of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences for 
a term expiring May 1, 2001.
  Dane Farnsworth Smith, Jr., of New Mexico, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Senegal.
  George F. Ward, Jr., of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Namibia.
  Sharon P. Wilkinson, of New York, to be Ambassador to Burkina Faso.
  Kenneth C. Brill, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Cyprus.
  Day Olin Mount, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Iceland.
  James E. Hall, of Tennessee, to be Chairman of the National 
Transportation Safety Board for a term of two years.
  Charles O. Cecil, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Niger.
  David C. Halsted, of Vermont, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Chad.
  Prudence Bushnell, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Kenya.
  Morris N. Hughes, Jr., of Nebraska, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Burundi.
  Hubert T. Bell, Jr., of Alabama, to be Inspector General, Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission.
  Routine lists in the Coast Guard.
Pages S6027-28, S6111
Messages From the House:
  Pages S6079-80
Measures Referred:
  Page S6080
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S6080
Communications:
  Page S6080
Petitions:
  Pages S6080-82
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S6082-S6104
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S6104-05
Amendments Submitted:
  Page S6105
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S6105-06
Additional Statements:
  Pages S6106-10
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and adjourned at 7:57 p.m., 
until 11:30 a.m., on Wednesday, June 12, 1996. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on 
pages S6110-11.)