[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 97 (Thursday, June 27, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D686-D690]
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                                            Thursday, June 27, 1996

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7067-S7219
Measures Introduced: Twelve bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1910-1921, S. Res. 273 and 274, and S. Con. 
Res. 66.
  Pages S7179, S7191-93
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  H.R. 3540, making appropriations for foreign operations, export 
financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 1997, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. 
No. 104-295)
  S. 1194, to amend the Mining and Mineral Policy Act of 1970 to 
promote the research, identification, assessment, and exploration of 
marine mineral resources, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 104-296)
  S. 1225, to require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct an 
inventory of historic sites, buildings, and artifacts in the Champlain 
Valley and the upper Hudson River Valley, including the Lake George 
area, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 
104-297)
  S. 1646, to authorize and facilitate a program to enhance safety, 
training, research and development, and safety education in the propane 
gas industry for the benefit of propane consumers and the public, with 
an amendment. (S. Rept. No. 104-298)
  S. 1703, to amend the Act establishing the National Park Foundation, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 104-299)
  H.R. 1823, to amend the Central Utah Project Completion Act to direct 
the Secretary of the Interior to allow for prepayment of repayment 
contracts between the United States and the Central Utah Water 
Conservancy District dated December 28, 1965, and November 26, 1985. 
(S. Rept. No. 104-300)
  H.R. 2967, to extend the authorization of the Uranium Mill Tailings 
Radiation Control Act of 1978. (S. Rept. No. 104-301)
  H.R. 3008, to amend the Helium Act to authorize the Secretary to 
enter into agreements with private parties for the recovery and 
disposal of helium on Federal lands, with an amendment. (S. Rept. No. 
104-302)
  S. 1648, to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a 
certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement for 
employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel Herco Tyme. (S. Rept. 
No. 104-303)
  S. 1682, to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a 
certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement for 
employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel Liberty. (S. Rept. No. 
104-304)
  S. 1825, to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a 
certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement for 
employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel Halcyon. (S. Rept. No. 
104-305)
  S. 1826, to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a 
certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement for 
employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel Courier Service. (S. 
Rept. No. 104-306)
  S. 1828, to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a 
certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement for 
employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel Top Gun. (S. Rept. No. 
104-307)
Page S7178
Measures Passed:
  Congressional Adjournment: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 192, 
providing for an adjournment of the two Houses.
  Pages S7151-52
  Defense/Security Assistance: Senate passed 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, and to authorize the transfer of naval vessels to 
certain foreign countries, after agreeing to committee amendments. 
                                                             Page S7210
  Saudi Arabia Terror Attacks: Senate agreed to S. Res. 273, condemning 
terror attacks in Saudi Arabia.
  Pages S7126-28, S7210-11
  North Platte Refuge: Senate passed H.R. 2679, to revise the boundary 
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Wildlife Refuge, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed 
thereto:
  Pages S7211-12
  McCain (for Chafee) Amendment No. 4385, in the nature of a 
substitute.
Pages S7211-12
  Federal Securities Laws: Senate passed H.R. 3005, to amend Federal 
securities laws in order to promote efficiency and capital formation in 
the financial markets, and to amend the Investment Company Act of 1940 
to promote more efficient management of mutual funds, protect 
investors, and provide more effective and less burdensome regulation, 
after striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu 
thereof the text of S. 1815, Senate companion measure, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  Pages S7212-16
  Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair appointed the following conferees: 
Senators D'Amato, Gramm, Bennett, Sarbanes, and Dodd.
Page S7216
  Nealon Federal Building/Courthouse: Senate passed H.R. 3364, to 
designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 
235 North Washington Avenue in Scranton, Pennsylvania, as the ``William 
J. Nealon Federal Building and United States Courthouse'', clearing the 
measure for the President.
  Page S7216
  Mark O. Hatfield Courthouse: Senate passed S. 1636, to designate the 
United States Courthouse under construction at 1030 Southwest 3rd 
Avenue, Portland, Oregon, as the ``Mark O. Hatfield United States 
Courthouse'', after agreeing to the following amendment proposed 
thereto:
  Pages S7216-17
  McCain (for Levin) Amendment No. 4386, establishing the Franklin 
Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission to extend the service of certain 
members.
Pages S7216-17
  Hayes Post Office Building: Senate passed H.R. 2704, to provide that 
the United States Post Office building that is to be located on the 
2600 block of East 75th Street in Chicago, Illinois, shall be known as 
the ``Charles A. Hayes Post Office Building'', clearing the measure for 
the President.
  Page S7217
  Madigan Post Office Building: Senate passed H.R. 1880, to designate 
the United States Post Office building located at 102 South McLean, 
Lincoln, Illinois, as the ``Edward Madigan Post Office Building'', 
clearing the measure for the President.
  Page S7217
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 S7074-80, S7082-86, S7089, S7093-S7110, S7113-26, S7128-69
Adopted:
  By a unanimous vote of 96 yeas (Vote No. 177), 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.
Pages S7074-80, S7154-56
  Pryor Amendment No. 4365, to express the sense of the Senate that the 
generic drug industry should be provided equitable relief in the same 
manner as other industries under the transitional provisions of the 
Uruguay Round of Agreements Act of 1994.
Pages S7113-25
  By 53 yeas to 45 nays, 1 responding present (Vote No. 179), Hatch 
Amendment No. 4366 (to Amendment No. 4365), in the nature of a 
substitute.
Pages S7114-25
  Harkin Modified Amendment No. 4177, to provide for defense 
burdensharing.
Pages S7130-34
  By 74 yeas to 18 nays (Vote No. 180), Cohen Modified Amendment No. 
4369, to authorize additional disposals of material from the National 
Defense Stockpile.
Pages S7144-46, S7153-54
  McCain (for Warner/Smith) Amendment No. 4372, to require a study of 
ship self-defense options for the Cyclone class patrol craft. 
                                                             Page S7156
  Levin (for Glenn/Abraham) Amendment No. 4373, to place a condition on 
authority of the Secretary of the Navy to dispose of certain tugboats 
to the Northeast Wisconsin Railroad Transportation Commission. 
                                                             Page S7156
  McCain (for Cohen) Amendment No. 4374, to clarify the definition of 
the term ``national security system'' for purposes of the Information 
Technology Management Reform Act of 1996.
Pages S7156-58
  Levin (for Heflin/Shelby) Amendment No. 4375, to require the 
Secretary of the Army to type classify the Electro Optic Augmentation 
(EOA) system.
Page S7158
  McCain (for Grassley) Amendment No. 4376, to require that the report 
of F-22 aircraft program costs include a comparison with an earlier 
estimate of costs.
Pages S7158-59
  Levin (for Simon/Conrad/Levin) Amendment No. 4377, to provide funding 
for research and development relating to desalting technologies. 
                                                         Pages S7159-60
  McCain Amendment No. 4378, to propose an alternative to section 366, 
relating to Department of Defense support for sporting events. 
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  Levin (for Reid) Amendment No. 4379, to provide for the payment by 
the Department of Energy of costs of operating and maintaining the 
infrastructure of the Nevada Test Site, Nevada, with respect to 
activities of the Department of Defense at the site.
                                                         Pages S7165-66
  McCain (for Kyl) Amendment No. 4380, to express the sense of the 
Senate concerning export controls.
                                                             Page S7166
  McCain (for Helms) Amendment No. 4381, to attach conditions and 
limitations to the provision of support for Mexico for counter-drug 
activities.
                                                         Pages S7166-67
  Levin (for Feinstein) Amendment No. 4382, to control the sale of 
chemicals used to manufacture controlled substances.
Pages S7167-68
  McCain (for Moseley-Braun/Lott/Cochran) Amendment No. 4383, to 
continue funding for computer-assisted education and training. 
                                                             Page S7168
  Levin Amendment No. 4384, to require that operational support airlift 
aircraft excess to the requirements of the Department of Defense be 
placed in an inactive status and stored at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base 
pending any study or analysis of the costs and benefits of operating or 
disposing of such aircraft.
Page S7169
Rejected:
  Lautenberg Amendment No. 4218, to block the transfer of $76 million 
of federally-owned weapons, ammunition, funds, and other property to a 
private Corporation for the Promotion of Rifle Practice and Firearms 
Safety. (By 71 yeas to 29 nays (Vote No. 178), Senate tabled the 
amendment.)
Pages S7093-S7105, S7109-10
Withdrawn:
  Warner (for Pressler/Daschle) Amendment No. 4350, to express the 
sense of the Congress on naming one of the new attack submarines the 
``South Dakota''.
Pages S7074, S7089
  Gregg Amendment No. 4364, to provide for the forfeiture of retirement 
benefits in the case of any Member of Congress, congressional employee, 
or Federal justice or judge who is convicted of an offense relating to 
the official duties of that individual, and for the forfeiture of the 
retirement allowance of the President for such a conviction. 
                                                         Pages S7107-09
  Grassley Amendment No. 4370, to establish a commission to review the 
dispute settlement reports of the World Trade Organization. 
                                                         Pages S7147-50
  Bryan/Reid Amendment No. 4371 (to Amendment No. 4369), to delete the 
provisions relating to titanium sponge.
Pages S7152-53
Pending:
  Nunn Amendment No. 4367, to require the President to submit a report 
to Congress on NATO enlargement.
Pages S7125-26, S7128-30, S7134-44, S7146-47
  A third 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 third cloture motion could occur on Saturday, 
June 29, 1996.
Page S7156
  By unanimous-consent agreement, the vote on the second motion to 
close further debate on the bill, scheduled to occur today, was 
rescheduled to occur on Friday, June 28, 1996 at 9:30 a.m.
Page S7156
Measure Indefinitely Postponed: Senate indefinitely postponed further 
consideration of the following measure:
  Iranian Baha'i: S. Con. Res. 42, concerning the emancipation of the 
Iranian Baha'i community.
  Page S7218
Authority for Committees: All committees were authorized to file 
executive and legislative reports during the adjournment of the Senate 
on Tuesday, July 2, 1996, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
  Page S7218
Treaties Approved: The following treaties having passed through their 
various parliamentary stages up to and including presentation of 
resolutions of ratification, upon division, two-thirds of the Senators 
present having voted in the affirmative, the resolutions of 
ratification were agreed to:
  Treaty Doc. 103-35, Treaty Between the United States and Jamaica 
Concerning the Reciprocal Encouragement and Protection of Investment, 
with annex and protocol.
  Treaty Doc. 103-36, Treaty Between the United States and the Republic 
of Belarus Concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of 
Investment, with annex, protocol, and one declaration.
  Treaty Doc. 103-37, Treaty Between the United States and Ukraine 
Concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment, 
with annex.
  Treaty Doc. 103-38, Treaty Between the Government of the United 
States and the Government of the Republic of Estonia Concerning the 
Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment, with annex.
  Treaty Doc. 104-10, Treaty Between the United States, and Mongolia 
Concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment, 
annex and protocol.
  Treaty Doc. 104-12, Treaty Between the Government of the United 
States and the Government of the Republic of Latvia Concerning the 
Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment, with annex and 
protocol.

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  Treaty Doc. 104-13, Treaty Between the Government of the Untied 
States and the Government of the Republic of Georgia Concerning the 
Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment, with annex.
  Treaty Doc. 104-14, Treaty Between the United States and Republic of 
Trinidad and Tobago Concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal 
Protection of Investment, with annex and protocol.
  Treaty Doc. 104-19, Treaty Between the United States and Albania 
Concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment, 
with annex and protocol.
  Treaty Doc. 104-24, Agreement for the Implementation of the United 
Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 Relating 
to Fish Stocks.
Pages S7209-10
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Thomas C. Hubbard, of Tennessee, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
the Philippines and to serve concurrently and without additional 
compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the 
United States of America to the Republic of Palau.
  Glen Robert Rase, of Florida, to be Ambassador to Brunei Darussalam.
  Raymond W. Kelly, of New York, to be Under Secretary of the Treasury 
for Enforcement.
  Wendy Jean Chamberlin, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Lao 
People's Democratic Republic.
  James Francis Creagan, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Honduras.
  Lino Gutierrez, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Nicaragua.
  Dennis C. Jett, of New Mexico, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Peru.
  Tibor P. Nagy, Jr., of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Guinea.
  Donald J. Planty, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Guatemala.
  Leslie M. Alexander, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Ecuador.
  John Christian Kornblum, of Michigan, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
State.
  Barbara Mills Larkin, of North Carolina, to be an Assistant Secretary 
of State.
  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.
  Avis T. Bohlen, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Bulgaria.
  Marisa R. Lino, of Oregon, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Albania.
  John F. Hicks, Sr., of North Carolina, to be Ambassador to the State 
of Eritrea.
  Alan R. McKee, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of 
Swaziland.
  Arlene Render, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Zambia.
  Harold Walter Geisel, of Illinois, a Career Member of the Senior 
Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to serve concurrently and 
without additional compensation as Ambassador of the United States of 
America to the Republic of Seychelles.
  Marcia E. Miller, of Indiana, to be a Member of the United States 
International Trade Commission for the term expiring December 16, 2003.
  Gerald S. McGowan, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation for a term 
expiring December 17, 1998.
  Madeleine May Kunin, of Vermont, to be Ambassador to Switzerland.
  Vicky A. Bailey, of Indiana, to be a Member of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission for the term expiring June 30, 2001.
  A. Vernon Weaver, of Arkansas, to be the Representative of the United 
States of America to the European Union, with the rank and status of 
Ambassador.
  Routine lists in the Foreign Service.
Page S7218
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  A routine list in the Foreign Service.
Pages S7217-18
Messages From the House:
  Pages S7173-74
Communications:
  Pages S7174-75
Petitions:
  Pages S7175-78
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Pages S7178-79
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S7179-90
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S7190-91
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S7193-S7201
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S7201
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S7201-02
Additional Statements:
  Pages S7202-09
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total-180) 
                                    Pages S7080, S7110, S7125, S7153-54
Adjournment: Senate convened at 8:15 a.m., and adjourned on Friday, 
June 28, 1996, at 12:06 a.m., to reconvene at 8:30 a.m., the same day. 
(For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in 
today's Record on page S7218.)
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