[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 101 (Wednesday, July 10, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D715-D716]
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                                           Wednesday, July 10, 1996

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Defense Authorizations and TEAM Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7507-S7677
Measures Introduced: Six bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1937-
1942.
  Page S7670
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 483, to amend the provisions of title 17, United States Code, with 
respect to the duration of copyright, and for the other purposes, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 104-315) 
                                                             Page S7670
Measures Passed:
  Department of Defense Authorizations: By 68 yeas to 31 nays (Vote No. 
187), Senate passed 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, as amended.
  Pages S7514-S7612
  National Defense Authorizations: Senate passed S. 1762, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 1997 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, and to prescribe personnel strengths for such 
fiscal year for the Armed Forces, after striking all after the enacting 
clause and inserting in lieu thereof Sections 1 and 2 and Division A of 
S. 1745, National Defense Authorizations, as amended.
  Page S7612
  Energy National Security: Senate passed S. 1763, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 1997 for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, after striking all after the enacting clause and 
inserting in lieu thereof Division C of S. 1745, National Defense 
Authorizations, as amended.
  Page S7612
  Military Construction Authorizations: Senate passed S. 1764, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1997 for military 
construction, after striking all after the enacting clause and 
inserting in lieu thereof Division B of S. 1745, National Defense 
authorizations, as amended.
  Page S7612
  National Defense Authorizations: Senate passed H.R. 3230, 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, after 
striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof 
the text of S. 1745, as amended.
  Page S7612
  Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair appointed the following conferees: 
Senators Thurmond, Warner, Cohen, McCain, Coats, Smith, Kempthorne, 
Hutchison, Inhofe, Santorum, Frahm, Nunn, Exon, Levin, Kennedy, 
Bingaman, Glenn, Byrd, Robb, Lieberman, and Bryan.
Page S7612
  Pursuant to a unanimous-consent agreement reached on June 28, 1996, 
with respect to further consideration of S. 1762, S. 1763, and S. 1764 
(all listed above as passed by the Senate), that if the Senate receives 
a message from the House of Representatives with regard to any of those 
bills, that the Senate be deemed to have disagreed to the amendment(s) 
to the Senate-passed bill, that the Senate request or agree to a 
conference with the House thereon, and that the Chair be authorized to 
appoint conferees on the part of the Senate.
  Teamwork for Employees and Management Act: Committee on Labor and 
Human Resources was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 743, 
to allow labor management cooperative efforts that improve economic 
competitiveness in the United States to continue to thrive and, by 53 
yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. 191), the bill was passed after striking all 
after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the text of S. 
295, Senate companion measure, after taking action on amendments 
proposed thereto, as follows:
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Adopted:
  By 61 yeas to 38 nays (Vote No. 190), Kassebaum Amendment No. 4438, 
of a perfecting nature.
Pages S7614, S7618-19
Rejected:
  By 36 yeas to 63 nays (Vote No. 189), Dorgan Modified Amendment No. 
4437, of a perfecting nature.
Pages S7614, S7618
  Subsequently, S. 295 was returned to the Senate calendar. 
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National Right to Work Act--Cloture Vote: By 31 yeas to 68 nays (Vote 
No. 188), 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 motion to proceed to consideration of S. 1788, to 
amend the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act to 
repeal those provisions of Federal law that require employees to pay 
union dues or fees as a condition of employment.
  Pages S7612-14
DOD Appropriations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing for the consideration of S. 1894, making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1997, on Thursday, July 11, 1996, at 10 a.m.
  Page S7677
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting a report relative to the People's Republic of China; 
referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (PM-159).
Page S7669
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Gary A. Fenner, of Missouri, to be United States District Judge for 
the Western District of Missouri.
  Mary Ann Vial Lemmon, of Louisiana, to be United States District 
Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Page S7677
Messages From the President:
  Page S7669
Messages From the House:
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Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S7669
Communications:
  Pages S7669-70
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S7670-75
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S7675-76
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S7676
Authority for Committees:
  Page S7676
Additional Statements:
  Pages S7676-77
Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total--191) 
                                       Pages S7525, S7614, S7618, S7619
Adjournment: Senate convened at 11 a.m., and adjourned at 6:42 p.m., 
until 9 a.m., on Thursday, July 11, 1996. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7677.)