[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 87 (Thursday, June 13, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D608-D609]
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                                            Thursday, June 13, 1996

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Congressional Budget Resolution.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6167-S6254
Measures Introduced: Ten bills and five resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1869-1878, S. Res. 262-264, and S. Con. Res. 64 and 65. 
                                                             Page S6225
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  H.R. 3286, to help families defray adoption costs, and to promote the 
adoption of minority children, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 104-279)
  H.R. 419, for the relief of Benchmark Rail Group, Inc.
  H.R. 1533, to amend title 18, United States Code, to increase the 
penalty for escaping from a Federal prison, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.
  S. Res. 226, to proclaim the week of October 13 through October 19, 
1996, as ``National Character Counts Week''.
  S. 1559, to make technical corrections to title 11, United States 
Code, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Page S6223
Measures Passed:
  Congressional Budget Resolution: By 53 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. 
159), Senate passed 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 S6167-86
  U.S. Fire Administration Positions: Senate passed S. 1488, to convert 
certain excepted service positions in the United States Fire 
Administration to competitive service positions.
  Page S6253
Nomination Considered: Senate began consideration of the nomination of 
Alan Greenspan, of New York, to be Chairman of the Board of Governors 
of the Federal Reserve System.
  Pages S6186-87, S6197-S6216
  A unanimous-consent time-agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination on Friday, June 14, 1996, and Thursday, 
June 20, 1996, with a vote to occur thereon.
Page S6187
  A further consent agreement was reached providing for votes to occur 
on the nominations of Laurence H. Meyer, of Missouri, to be a Member of 
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and Alice M. 
Rivlin, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member and Vice Chairman of the Board 
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, following disposition of 
the nomination of Mr. Greenspan.
Page S6187
DOD Authorizations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing for the consideration of 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, and to prescribe personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, on Tuesday, June 
18, 1996, at 10 a.m.
  Pages S6253-54
Committee Authority To File: Special Committee to Investigate the 
Whitewater Development Corporation and Related Matters was granted 
authority to file any reported items until 12 Midnight on Monday, June 
17, 1996.
  Page S6253
Messages From the House:
  Pages S6219-20
Measures Referred:
  Pages S6220, S6243-46, S6248
Measures Held at Desk:
  Page S6246
Communications:
  Page S6220
Petitions:
  Pages S6220-23
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Pages S6223-25
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S6226-43
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S6243
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S6248
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S6248-49
Additional Statements:
  Pages S6249-53

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Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--159) 
                                                             Page S6186
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and adjourned at 7:28 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Friday, June 14, 1996. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S6254.)