[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 104 (Tuesday, July 16, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D742-D743]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                             Tuesday, July 16, 1996

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                              Daily Digest


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7839-S7919
Measures Introduced: Ten bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1953-
1962.
  Page S7887
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  H.R. 3662, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, 
with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 104-319)
  S. 1959, making appropriations for energy and water development for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997. (S. Rept. No. 104-320)
  S. 391, to authorize and direct the Secretaries of the Interior and 
Agriculture to undertake activities to halt and reverse the decline in 
forest health on Federal lands, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 104-321)
  S. 901, to amend the Reclamation Projects Authorization and 
Adjustment Act of 1992 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
participate in the design, planning, and construction of certain water 
reclamation and reuse projects and desalination research and 
development projects, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 104-322)
  S. 1956, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 202(a) of 
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1997. 
                                                         Pages S7886-87
Measures Passed:
  Authorizing Minors to Load Materials into Balers and Compactors: 
Committee on Labor and Human Resources was discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 1114, to authorize minors who are under the child 
labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and who are 
under 18 years of age to load materials into balers and compactors that 
meet appropriate American National Standards Institute design safety 
standards, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the 
following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S7912-14
  Lott (for Harkin/Craig) Amendment No. 4587, in the nature of a 
substitute.
Pages S7912-14
  Iran Oil Sanctions Act: Senate passed H.R. 3107, to impose sanctions 
on persons making certain investments directly and significantly 
contributing to the enhancement of the ability of Iran or Libya to 
develop its petroleum resources, and on persons exporting certain items 
that enhance Libya's weapons or aviation capabilities or enhance 
Libya's ability to develop its petroleum resources, after agreeing to 
the following amendment proposed thereto:
  Page S7917
  Lott (for Kennedy/D'Amato) Amendment No. 4588, to make sanctions 
against investment that contribute to the development of Libya's 
petroleum resources mandatory rather than discretionary.
Page S7917
  Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair appointed the following conferees: From 
the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Senators D'Amato, 
Mack, and Sarbanes; and from the Committee on Finance: Senators Roth 
and Moynihan.
Page S7917
Nuclear Waste Policy: Senate began consideration S. 1936, to amend the 
Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982. 
                           Pages S7839-48, S7850-77, S7914-16, S7918-19
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate took the following 
action:
  By 65 yeas to 34 nays (Vote No. 193), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed to 
a motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to the 
consideration of the bill.
Pages S7839-48
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the bill and, by 
unanimous-consent agreement, the vote on the cloture motion will occur 
on Thursday, July 25, 1996.
Page S7916
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Richard J. Stern, of Illinois, to be a Member of the National Council 
on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2000.
  Joseph A. Greenaway, of New Jersey, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of New Jersey.
  LeVar Burton, of California, to be a Member of the National 
Commission on Libraries and Information Science for a term expiring 
July 19, 2000.
  Luis Valdez, of California, to be a Member of the National Council on 
the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2000.

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  Marciene S. Mattleman, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the 
National Institute for Literacy Advisory Board, for a term expiring 
October 12, 1998.
  Lawrence E. Kahn, of New York, to be United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of New York.
  Victor H. Ashe, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service for a 
term expiring October 6, 2000.
  Alan G. Lowry, of California, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees 
of the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation for a term expiring 
May 29, 2001.
  Reynaldo Flores Macias, of California, to be a Member of the National 
Institute for Literacy Advisory Board for a term expiring September 22, 
1998.
  Doris B. Holleb, of Illinois, to be a Member of the National Council 
on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2002.
  Reginald Earl Jones, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission for a term expiring July 1, 2000. 
                                                  Pages S7910-12, S7919
Messages From the House:
  Page S7885
Measures Read First Time:
  Page S7885
Communications:
  Pages S7885-86
Petitions:
  Page S7886
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S7887-S7905
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S7905-06
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S7906-08
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S7908
Authority for Committees:
  Page S7908
Additional Statements:
  Pages S7908-10
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--193) 
                                                             Page S7848
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and adjourned at 7:20 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, July 17, 1996. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S7917.)