[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 94 (Monday, June 24, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D659]
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                                              Monday, June 24, 1996

[[Page D659]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6677-S6760
Measures Introduced: Four bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1898-
1901.
  Page S6719
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 an amendment. (S. Rept. No. 104-
288)
Campaign Finance Reform: Senate resumed consideration of S. 1219, to 
reform the financing of Federal elections.
  Pages S6680-S6718
  Senate will continue consideration of the bill on Tuesday, June 25, 
1996, with a cloture vote to occur thereon at 2:15 p.m.
Page S6677
DOD Authorizations: Senate resumed 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, with 
committee amendments, taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as 
follows:
  Page S6718
Pending:
  Kyl/Reid Amendment No. 4049, to authorize underground nuclear testing 
under limited conditions.
Page S6718
  Kempthorne Amendment No. 4089, to waive any time limitation that is 
applicable to awards of the Distinguished Flying Cross to certain 
persons.
Page S6718
  Warner/Hutchison Amendment No. 4090 (to Amendment No. 4089), to amend 
title 18, United States Code, with respect to the stalking of members 
of the Armed Forces of the United States and their immediate families. 
                                                             Page S6718
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the bill and, in 
accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a vote on the cloture motion will occur on Wednesday, June 
26, 1996.
Page S6718
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report relative to the People's Republic of China 
and the export of U.S.-origin satellites; referred to the Committee on 
Foreign Relations. (PM-154).
Page S6718
  Transmitting the report of one revised deferral of budgetary 
resources; which was referred jointly, pursuant to the order of January 
30, 1975, as modified by the order of April 11, 1986, to the Committee 
on Appropriations, to the Committee on the Budget, and to the Committee 
on Finance. (PM-155).
Page S6719
Messages From the President:
  Pages S6718-19
Communications:
  Page S6719
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S6719-26
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S6726
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S6726-50
Notices of Hearings:
  Pages S6750-51
Additional Statements:
  Pages S6751-53
Adjournment: Senate convened at 1 p.m., and adjourned at 6:58 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, June 25, 1996. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on pages 
S6753-54.)