[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 95 (Tuesday, June 25, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D663-D664]
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                                             Tuesday, June 25, 1996

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6761-S6903
Measures Introduced: Five bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1902-
1906.
  Pages S6849-50
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  Special Report on Allocation of Subcommittees of Budget Totals from 
the Concurrent Resolution for fiscal year 1997.
  S. 1802, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain 
property containing a fish and wildlife facility to the State of 
Wyoming. (S. Rept. No. 104-290)
  S. 1871, to expand the Pettaquamscutt Cove National Wildlife Refuge, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 104-291)
  H.R. 1772, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire 
certain interests in the Waihee Marsh for inclusion in the Oahu 
National Wildlife Refuge Complex.
  H.R. 2660, to increase the amount authorized to be appropriated to 
the Department of the Interior for the Tensas River National Wildlife 
Refuge.
  H.R. 2679, to revise the boundary of the North Platte National 
Wildlife Refuge.
  H.R. 2982, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey the 
Carbon Hill National Fish Hatchery to the State of Alabama.
  S. 1784, to amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Page S6849
Measures Passed:
  Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge: Senate passed S. 1903, to designate the 
bridge, estimated to be completed in the year 2000, that replaces the 
bridge on Missouri Highway 74 spanning from East Girardeau, Illinois, 
to Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as the ``Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge''. 
                                                             Page S6820
Campaign Finance Reform: Senate resumed consideration of S. 1219, to 
reform the financing of Federal elections.
  Pages S6761-S6817
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate took the following 
action:
  By 54 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. 168), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected a motion to close further debate on the bill.
Page S6817
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:
  Pages S6821-26, S6829-48
Adopted:
  By a unanimous vote of 100 yeas (Vote No. 169), Lieberman Amendment 
No. 4156, to provide for a quadrennial defense review and an 
independent assessment of alternative force structures for the Armed 
Forces.
Pages S6829-34
  Byrd Amendment No. 4274, to provide for certain scientific research 
on possible causes of Gulf War syndrome, and to provide military 
medical and dental benefits for children of Gulf War veterans who have 
congenital defects or catastrophic illnesses. 
                                               Pages S6835-36, S6837-38
  Bingaman Amendment No. 4275, to require the Secretary of Defense to 
take such actions as are necessary to reduce the cost of renovation of 
the Pentagon Reservation.
Page S6837
Withdrawn:
  Bingaman Amendment No. 4276, to repeal the permanent end strengths. 
                                                         Pages S6838-39
  Gregg Amendment No. 4277, to state the sense of the Senate relating 
to the use of Federal Bureau of Investigation files.
Pages S6839-42
Pending:
  Kyl/Reid Amendment No. 4049, to authorize underground nuclear testing 
under limited conditions.
Page S6821
  Kempthorne Amendment No. 4089, to waive any time limitation that is 
applicable to awards of the Distinguished Flying Cross to certain 
persons.
Page S6821
  Warner/Hutchison Amendment No. 4090 (to Amendment No. 4089), to amend 
title 18, United

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States Code, with respect to the stalking of members of the Armed 
Forces of the United States and their immediate families.
Page S6821
  A second 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 could occur on Thursday, June 
27, 1996.
Page S6848
  Senate will continue consideration of the bill on Wednesday, June 26, 
1996, with a cloture vote to occur thereon at 9:30 a.m.
Minimum Wage/Gas Tax/Team Act--Consent Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing for consideration of H.R. 3448, to 
provide tax relief for small businesses, to protect jobs, to create 
opportunities, and to increase the take home pay of workers, on Monday, 
July 8, 1996.
  Pages S6826-27
  A further unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for the 
consideration of H.R. 3415, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to repeal the 4.3-cent increase in the transportation motor fuels 
excise tax rates enacted by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 
1993 and dedicated to the general fund of the Treasury, and immediately 
following passage thereof, the Senate consider S. 295, to permit labor 
management cooperative efforts that improve America's economic 
competitiveness to continue to thrive, with final disposition to occur 
thereon.
Pages S6826-27
Messages From the House:
  Page S6848
Measures Referred:
  Page S6848
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S6848
Communications:
  Page S6848
Petitions:
  Pages S6848-49
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S6850-53
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S6853-54
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S6854-S6900
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S6900
Authority for Committees:
  Page S6900
Additional Statements:
  Pages S6900-03
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--169) 
                                                     Pages S6817, S6834
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 8:05 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, June 26, 1996. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S6903.)