[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 96 (Wednesday, June 26, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D672-D675]
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                                           Wednesday, June 26, 1996

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Military Construction Appropriations, 1997.
      House Committees ordered reported 10 sundry measures.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6971-S7066
Measures Introduced: Three bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1907-1909, and S. Res. 271 and 272. 
                                                  Pages S7027, S7029-30
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 1730, to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to make the Act more 
effective in preventing oil pollution in the Nation's waters through 
enhanced prevention of, and improved response to, oil spills, and to 
ensure that citizens and communities injured by oil spills are promptly 
and fully compensated, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
(S. Rept. No. 104-292)
  S. 1815, to provide for improved regulation of the securities 
markets, eliminate excess securities fees, reduce the costs of 
investing, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. 
No. 104-293)
  H.R. 1508, to require the transfer of title to the District of 
Columbia of certain real property in Anacostia Park to facilitate the 
construction of National Children's Island, a cultural, educational, 
and family-oriented park. (S. Rept. No. 104-294)
  H.R. 2070, to provide for the distribution within the United States 
of the United States Information Agency film entitled ``Fragile Ring of 
Life''.
  H.R. 3121, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms 
Export Control Act to make improvements to certain defense and security 
assistance provisions under those Acts, to authorize the transfer of 
naval vessels to certain foreign countries, with amendments.
  H. Con. Res. 160, congratulating the people of the Republic of Sierra 
Leone on the success of their recent democratic multiparty elections.
  S. Res. 271, expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to the 
international obligation of the People's Republic of China to allow an 
elected legislature in Hong Kong after June 30, 1997.
Page S7023
Measures Passed:
  Church Arson Prevention Act: By a unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. 
171), Senate passed H.R. 3525, to amend title 18, United States Code, 
to clarify the Federal jurisdiction over offenses relating to damage to 
religious property, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed 
thereto:
  Pages S6937-45
  Faircloth Amendment No. 4341, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                         Pages S6937-45
  Military Construction Appropriations, 1997: Senate passed H.R. 3517, 
making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and 
base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1997, after agreeing to committee amendments, 
and the following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S7059-65
  Warner (for Burns) Amendment No. 4362, to make funds available for 
construction of a consolidated education center in Kentucky, for 
construction, phase III, at the Western Kentucky Training Site, for 
construction, phase I, National Range Control Center at White Sands 
Missile Range, New Mexico, and for construction of the Underseas 
Weapons Systems Laboratory at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, 
Newport, Rhode Island.
Pages S7064-65
  Senate insisted on its amendments, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair appointed the following conferees: 
Senators Burns, Stevens, Gregg, Campbell, Hatfield, Reid, Inouye, Kohl, 
and Byrd.
Page S7065
  Technical Change: Senate agreed to S. Res. 272, to amend S. Res. 246 
to make a technical change.
  Page S7065

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  Iranian Baha'i: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 102, concerning the 
emancipation of the Iranian Baha'i community.
  Pages S7065-66
  Land Exchange: Senate passed H.R. 2437, to provide for the exchange 
of certain lands in Gilpin County, Colorado, clearing the measure for 
the President.
  Page S7066
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 S6905-37, S6945-46, S6949-68, S6971-82, S6988-S7014
Adopted:
  Kempthorne Amendment No. 4089, to waive any time limitation that is 
applicable to awards of the Distinguished Flying Cross to certain 
persons.
Page S6928
  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. 
                                                         Pages S6926-28
  Hutchison (for Cohen/Lott) Amendment No. 4293, to authorize funding 
and multiyear contracting for the Arleigh Burke class destroyer 
program.
Pages S6907-08
  Nunn Amendment No. 4294, to provide funds for the Computer Emergency 
Response Team at the Software Engineering Institute.
Pages S6908-09
  Hutchison (for Thurmond) Amendment No. 4295, of a technical nature. 
                                                             Page S6909
  Nunn (for Feinstein) Amendment No. 4296, to provide funding for basic 
research in nuclear seismic monitoring.
Pages S6909-10
  Hutchison (for Lott) Amendment No. 4297, to specify the grade of the 
Chief of Naval Research.
Page S6910
  Nunn (for Dorgan/Conrad) Amendment No. 4298, to authorize the 
conveyance of the William Langer Jewel Bearing Plant to the Job 
Development Authority of the City of Rolla, North Dakota. 
                                                         Pages S6910-12
  Hutchison (for Thomas) Amendment No. 4299, to provide for a study of 
Department of Energy liability for damages to natural resources with 
respect to Department sites covered by the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980.
Page S6912
  Nunn (for Robb/Warner) Amendment No. 4300, to require information on 
the proposed funding for the Guard and Reserve components in the 
further-years defense programs.
Pages S6912-13
  Hutchison (for Chafee) Amendment No. 4301, relating to shipboard 
solid waste control.
Page S6913
  Nunn (for Feinstein) Amendment No. 4302, to require that the 
Secretary of Energy request funds in fiscal year 1998 for the United 
States portion of the cost of the Greenville Road Improvement Project, 
Livermore, California.
Page S6913
  Hutchison (for Brown) Amendment No. 4303, to require the Department 
of Defense to conduct a study to assess the cost savings associated 
with dismantling and neutralizing chemical munitions in place as 
opposed to incineration in place.
Pages S6913-14
  Nunn (for Wellstone) Amendment No. 4304, to provide for preventive 
health care screening of military health care beneficiaries for colon 
or prostate cancer.
Page S6914
  Hutchison (for Domenici) Amendment No. 4305, to provide funding for 
the Scorpius space launch technology program.
Pages S6914-15
  Nunn (for Heflin/Shelby) Amendment No. 4306, relating to the 
retention of civilian employee positions at military training bases 
transferred to the National Guard.
Page S6915
  Hutchison (for Lott) Amendment No. 4307, to require a report on 
facilities used for testing launch vehicle engines.
Page S6915
  Hutchison (for Thurmond) Amendment No. 4308, to provide an additional 
exception for the cost limitation for procurement of Seawolf 
submarines.
Pages S6915-16
  Hutchison (for Thurmond) Amendment No. 4309, to strike provisions 
relating to the disposition of proceeds of certain commissary stores 
and nonappropriated fund instrumentalities and to amend section 634 to 
sunset the authority under that section to pay annuities. 
                                                         Pages S6916-17
  Nunn (for Kennedy/Coats) Amendment No. 4310, to state the sense of 
the Senate on Department of Defense sharing of its experiences under 
military youth programs.
Page S6917
  Nunn (for Kennedy/Coats) Amendment No. 4311, to state the sense of 
the Senate on Department of Defense sharing of experiences with 
military child care.
Page S6918
  Hutchison (for Thurmond) Amendment No. 4312, to exclude members of 
the Selected Reserve assigned to the Selective Service System from the 
limitation on end strength of members of the Selected Reserve and to 
limit the number of members of the Armed Forces who may be assigned to 
the Selective Service System.
Page S6918
  Hutchison (for Hatfield/Wyden) Amendment No. 4313, relating to the 
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Oregon in remedial actions at the Hanford Reservation, Washington. 
                                                         Pages S6918-20
  Hutchison (for Murkowski) Amendment No. 4314, to express the sense of 
the Congress relating to redesignation of the Defense Environmental 
Restoration and Waste Management Program.
Page S6920
  Nunn (for Simon/Moseley-Braun) Amendment No. 4315, to require the 
Secretary of the Army to complete as soon as practicable the previously 
authorized land conveyances involving Fort Sheridan, Illinois. 
                                                             Page S6920
  Hutchison (for Smith/Gregg) Amendment No. 4316, to authorize a land 
conveyance of the site of the Crafts Brothers Reserve Training Center, 
to Saint Anselm College, Manchester, New Hampshire.
Pages S6920-21
  Hutchison (for Gorton) Amendment No. 4317, to provide for the 
treatment of the Hanford Reservation, Washington, and other Department 
of Energy defense nuclear facilities as sites of demonstration projects 
for the clean-up of Department of Energy defense nuclear facilities. 
                                                         Pages S6921-23
  Hutchison (for Gorton) Amendment No. 4318, to provide funds for the 
construction and improvement of certain reserve facilities in the State 
of Washington.
Page S6923
  Hutchison (for Thurmond/Nunn) Amendment No. 4319, to increase 
penalties for certain traffic offenses on military installations. 
                                                         Pages S6923-24
  Hutchison (for Thurmond) Amendment No. 4320, to extend the term of 
the remaining transitional member of the United States Court of Appeals 
for the Armed Forces.
Page S6924
  Hutchison (for Kyl/Bingaman) Amendment No. 4321, to prohibit the 
collection and release of detailed satellite imagery with respect to 
Israel and other countries and areas.
Pages S6924-25
  Nunn (for Leahy) Amendment No. 4322, to make funds available for 
research, development, test, and evaluation activities relating to 
humanitarian demining technologies.
Pages S6925-26
  By a unanimous vote of 100 yeas (Vote No. 174), Thurmond/Nunn 
Amendment No. 4346, to reduce the total funding authorized in the bill 
for the national defense function to the level provided in the 
Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for fiscal year 1997. 
                                               Pages S6960-61, S6967-68
  Warner Amendment No. 4351, to extend the authority of the Secretary 
of the Army to carry out the Armament Retooling and Manufacturing 
Support (ARMS) Initiative.
Page S7001
  Nunn (for Johnston/Breaux) Amendment No. 4352, to require a transfer 
to the Army of jurisdiction over certain lands in the Vernon Ranger 
District, Kisatchie National Forest, Louisiana.
Pages S7001-04
  Warner (for DeWine) Amendment No. 4353, to authorize a land 
conveyance to the Columbus, Ohio Municipal Airport Authority. 
                                                             Page S7004
  Nunn (for Ford) Amendment No. 4354, to provide funds for phase II 
construction of the Consolidated Education Center at Fort Campbell, 
Kentucky, and for phase III construction of the Western Kentucky 
Training Site.
Pages S7004-05
  Warner (for McCain) Amendment No. 4355 (to Amendment No. 4354), to 
provide that funds may not be obligated or expended for the project if 
the project is not included in the current further-years defense 
program of the Department of Defense.
Page S7005
  Nunn (for Robb/Warner) Amendment No. 4356, relating to the transfer 
of lands at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, in order to place 
conditions on the transfer of certain lands.
Pages S7005-06
  Nunn (for Lieberman/Nunn) Amendment No. 4357, to authorize funding 
for the Corps surface-to-air missile (SAM)/Medium Extended Air Defense 
System (MEADS) program at the level requested by the President. 
                                                         Pages S7006-07
  Warner (for Thurmond) Amendment No. 4358, to prohibit certain actions 
relating to the reorganization of the Army ROTC pending a report on the 
Army ROTC.
Pages S7007-09
  Nunn (for Byrd) Amendment No. 4359, to provide service credit for 
service as senior ROTC cadets and midshipmen in the Simultaneous 
Membership Program.
Page S7009
  Nunn (for Boxer) Amendment No. 4360, to authorize the Secretary of 
the Army to accept less than full reimbursement of costs under the 
agreement for instruction of civilian students at the Foreign Language 
Center of the Defense Language Institute.
Page S7009
  Nunn (for Moseley-Braun) Amendment No. 4361, to provide additional 
pension security for spouses and former spouses of civil service 
employees with respect to the military service of such employees. 
                                                         Pages S7009-10
  Thurmond Amendment No. 4254, to allow the Director of Central 
Intelligence to provide input for consideration by the Secretary of 
Defense in preparation of his annual evaluations of the Department of 
Defense intelligence agency heads, and to establish the National 
Imagery and Mapping Agency.
Page S7010
Rejected:
  By 34 yeas to 65 nays (Vote No. 172), Wellstone Amendment No. 4266, 
to limit the total amount authorized to be appropriated by the bill to 
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amount requested by the President and to apply the excess to budget 
deficit reduction.
Pages S6928-37, S6945-46
  By 45 yeas to 55 nays (Vote No. 173), Exon Amendment No. 4345, to 
ensure that the total amount authorized to be appropriated by the bill 
does not exceed the total amount of the authorizations of 
appropriations reported by the Committee on Armed Services. 
                                                  Pages S6949-60, S6967
  Wellstone Amendment No. 4347, to restore funding for certain 
educational and employment assistance programs to levels requested by 
the President. (By 60 yeas to 40 nays (Vote No. 175), Senate tabled the 
amendment.)
Pages S6961-67, S6968
  Kyl/Reid Amendment No. 4049, to authorize underground nuclear testing 
under limited conditions. (By 53 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 176), Senate 
tabled the amendment.)
Page S6905, S6971-82
Pending:
  Nunn/Lugar Amendment No. 4349, to authorize funds to establish 
measures to protect the security of the United States from 
proliferation and use of weapons on mass destruction.
Page S6987
  Warner (for Pressler/Daschle) Amendment No. 4350, to express the 
sense of the Congress on naming one of the new attack submarine the 
``South Dakota''.
Page S7001
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate took the following 
action:
  By 52 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. 170), 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 S6906
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill on Thursday, June 27, 1996, with a vote on 
Amendment No. 4349, listed above, to occur thereon, following which 
Senate will vote on a motion to close further debate on the bill. 
                                                             Page S6988
Executive Reports of Committees: The Senate received the following 
executive reports of a committee:
  Agreement Concerning Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish 
Stocks (Treaty Doc. 104-24) (Exec. Rept. No. 104-20)
Page S7027
  International Natural Rubber Agreement, 1995 (Treaty Doc. 104-27) 
(Exec. Rept. No. 104-21)
Page S7027
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the Aeronautics and Space Report of the President for 
fiscal year 1995 Activities; referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation. (PM-156).
Pages S7014-15
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Raymond W. Kelly, of New York, to be Under Secretary of the Treasury 
for Enforcement.
  John W. Hechinger, Sr., of the District of Columbia, to be a Member 
of the National Security Education Board for a term of four years.
  Marcia E. Miller, of Indiana, to be a Member of the United States 
International Trade Commission for the term expiring December 16, 2003.
  Vicky A. Bailey, of Indiana, to be a Member of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission for the term expiring June 30, 2001. 
                                                     Pages S6969, S7066
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  A routine list in the Foreign Service.
Pages S6968-69
Messages From the President:
  Pages S7014-15
Communications:
  Pages S7015-16
Petitions:
  Pages S7016-23
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Pages S7023-27
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S7027-28
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S7028-29
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S7030-51
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S7051-52
Additional Statements:
  Pages S7052-54
Record Votes: Seven record votes were taken today. (Total--176) 
                         Pages S6906, S6945, S6946, S6967, S6968, S6982
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 11:34 p.m., 
until 8:15 a.m., on Thursday, June 27, 1996. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S6968.)