[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 103 (Friday, July 12, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D734]
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                                              Friday, July 12, 1996

[[Page D734]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7797-S7837
Measures Introduced: Three bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1950-1952, and S. Res. 278. 
                                        Pages S7816, S7825-26, S7835-36
Measures Passed:
  Authorizing Testimony: Senate agreed to S. Res. 278, to authorize 
testimony, production of documents, and representation of Senate 
employee in State of Florida v. Kathleen Bush.
  Pages S7835-36
  Traumatic Brain Injury Study: Senate passed H.R. 248, to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to provide for the conduct of expanded 
studies and the establishment of innovative programs with respect to 
traumatic brain injury, clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                             Page S7836
  Developmental Disabilities Assistance: Committee on Labor and Human 
Resources was discharged from further consideration of S. 1757, to 
amend the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act 
to extend the Act, and the bill was then passed.
  Page S7836
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  W. Craig Broadwater, of West Virginia, to be United States District 
Judge for the Northern District of West Virginia.
  Andrew S. Effron, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States 
Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces for the term of fifteen years to 
expire on the date prescribed by law.
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Edward McGaffigan, Jr., of Virginia, to be a Member of the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission for the term of five years expiring June 30, 
2000.
  Nils J. Diaz, of Florida, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission for the term of five years expiring June 30, 2001. 
                                                             Page S7837
Messages From the House:
  Page S7815
Communications:
  Page S7815
Petitions:
  Pages S7815-16
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S7816-25
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S7825
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S7826-35
Additional Statements:
  Page S7835
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 12:48 p.m., 
until 9 a.m., on Tuesday, July 16, 1996. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7837.)