[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 99 (Monday, July 8, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D703]
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                                               Monday, July 8, 1996

[[Page D703]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7345-S7420
Measures Introduced: Three bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1930-1932, and S. Res. 276.
  Pages S7414, S7416-17
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  Reported on Tuesday, July 2, during the adjournment of the Senate:
  S. 1662, to establish areas of wilderness and recreation in the State 
of Oregon, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. 
No. 104-314)
Page S7414
Small Business Job Protection Act: Senate began 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, 
with a committee amendment, taking action on amendments proposed 
thereto, as follows:
  Pages S7366-S7413
Pending:
  Kennedy Amendment No. 4435, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
1938 to provide for an increase in the minimum wage rate and to exempt 
computer professionals from the minimum wage and maximum hour 
requirements, and to amend the Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 relating to 
the payment of wages to employees who use employer-owned vehicles. 
                                                         Pages S7402-09
  Bond Amendment No. 4272, to modify the payment of wages provisions. 
                                                         Pages S7409-13
  Senate will continue consideration of the bill and amendments pending 
thereto, on Tuesday, July 9, l996, with votes to occur thereon.
DOD Authorizations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing for further 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 Wednesday, July 
10, 1996, with a vote to occur thereon at 12 noon.
  Page S7420
Messages From the House:
  Pages S7413-14
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S7414-16
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S7416
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S7417-18
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S7418
Authority for Committees:
  Page S7418
Additional Statements:
  Pages S7418-20
Adjournment: Senate convened at 12:30 p.m., and adjourned at 6:36 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, July 9, 1996. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7420.)