[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 105 (Wednesday, July 17, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D751-D753]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                           Wednesday, July 17, 1996

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House Committee ordered reported 20 sundry measures.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7921-S8064
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1963-1969, and S. Res. 279.
  Page S8013
Measures Passed:
  Commending Dr. LeRoy T. Walker: Senate agreed to S. Res. 279, to 
commend Dr. LeRoy T. Walker for his service as President of the U.S. 
Olympic Committee and his lifelong dedication to the improvement of 
amateur athletic opportunities in the United States.
  Pages S7936-37
  Gambling Impact Study Commission: Senate passed H.R. 497, to create 
the National Gambling Impact and Policy Commission, after striking all 
after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the text of S. 
704, Senate companion measure, after agreeing to a committee amendment 
in the nature of a substitute, and the following amendment proposed 
thereto:
  Pages S7971-82
  Lott (for Stevens) Amendment No. 4889, to make a technical 
correction.
Page S7981
  Subsequently, S. 704 was returned to the Senate calendar. 
                                                             Page S7981
  Filipino WWII Veterans Recognition: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from the further consideration of S. Con. Res. 64, to 
recognize and honor the Filipino World War II veterans for their 
defense of democratic ideals and their important contribution to the 
outcome of World War II, and the measure was then agreed to. 
                                                         Pages S8060-61
DOD Appropriations: Senate resumed consideration of S. 1894, making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1997, taking action on the following amendments proposed 
thereto:
  Pages S7928-71, S7983-S8007
Adopted:
  Stevens Amendment No. 4439, to realign funds from Army and Defense 
Wide Operation and Maintenance accounts to the Overseas Contingency 
Operations Transfer Fund.
Pages S7929-30
  Stevens (for Inouye) Amendment No. 4589 (to Amendment No. 4439), in 
the nature of a substitute.
Pages S7929-30
  Stevens Amendment No. 4563, to require a study regarding the F-22 
Advanced Tactical Fighter.
Pages S7930-31
  Inouye (for Bingaman) Amendment No. 4489, to reduce funding for 
Pentagon renovation.
Page S7931
  Stevens (for Lott) Amendment No. 4566, to provide funds for the 
Maritime Technology program and the Focused Research Initiatives 
program.
Pages S7931-32
  Inouye (for Bingaman/Domenici/Santorum) Amendment No. 4490, to make 
funds available for the United States-Japan Management Training 
Program.
Page S7932
  Inouye (for Feinstein) Amendment No. 4462, to provide funds for the 
procurement of a real-time, automatic cargo tracking and control 
system.
Pages S7932-33
  Stevens (for Bond/Ford/Lott) Amendment No. 4452, to prohibit the use 
of funds to inactivate or reduce any unit of special operation forces 
of the Army National Guard.
Pages S7933-34
  Inouye (for Shelby/Heflin) Amendment No. 4572, to require the 
Secretary of the Army to establish subcontracting goals for certain 
procurement using funds appropriated by the bill.
Page S7934
  Stevens Amendment No. 4564, to require a report from the Secretary of 
the Air Force and the Director of the Office of Personnel Management 
regarding individuals injured or killed while traveling on an aircraft 
operated by the Government of the United States.
Pages S7934-35
  Inouye (for Lautenberg) Amendment No. 4550, to require a report on 
meeting Department of Defense procurements of propellant raw materials.
                                                             Page S7935

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  Stevens (for Murkowski) Amendment No. 4534, to require the Secretary 
of the Air Force to carry out a cost-benefit analysis of consolidating 
the ground station infrastructure supporting polar orbiting satellites.
                                                         Pages S7935-36
  Inouye (for Bradley) Amendment No. 4569, to impose additional 
conditions on the authority to pay restructuring costs under defense 
contracts.
                                                         Pages S7941-42
  Stevens (for Specter) Amendment No. 4480, to provide funds for the 
Intercooled Recuperated Gas Turbine Engine program.
                                                             Page S7942
  Stevens (for Cochran/Lott) Amendment No. 4666, to allow the Secretary 
of the Navy to lease certain property located at Naval Air Station, 
Mississippi, for use by the State to construct a reserve center. 
                                                             Page S7943
  Stevens (for Frahm) Amendment No. 4528, to require certification of 
competition prior to the appropriations of funds for the T-39N. 
                                                         Pages S7943-44
  Simon Amendment No. 4852, to improve the National Security Education 
Program.
                                                         Pages S7945-46
  Inouye (for Moseley-Braun) Amendment No. 4568, to require annual 
reports on the average cost of tuition at colleges and universities 
that receive federal funding.
                                                             Page S7946
  McCain Amendment No. 4440, to require an audit and report on security 
measures at all United States military installations outside the United 
States.
                                                         Pages S7946-48
  McCain/Levin Modified Amendment No. 4444, to provide funds for anti-
terrorism activities of the Department of Defense.
                                                         Pages S7948-49
  McCain Amendment No. 4441, to require the submittal to Congress of 
the future-years defense programs prepared by the Chief of National 
Guard Bureau and the chiefs of the reserve components.
Pages S7950-51
  Stevens (for Gramm) Modified Amendment No. 4582, to provide funds for 
preparing the application for renewal of the use of the McCregor Range 
at Fort Bliss, Texas.
Page S7954
  Gorton Amendment No. 4883, to provide funds to fund 1.5 ship years in 
the university research fleet under the Oceanographic and Atmospheric 
Technology program.
Page S7954
  Inouye (for Feinstein) Amendment No. 4884, to provide funds for the 
Pulse Doppler Upgrade modification to the AN/SPS-48E radar system. 
                                                             Page S7954
  By a unanimous vote of 100 yeas (Vote No. 195), Nunn Amendment No. 
4453, to provide funds for defending the United States against weapons 
of mass destruction.
Pages S7965-68, S7970-71
  Inouye (for Heflin) Amendment No. 4885, to provide funds for the 
Operation Field Assessment Program.
Pages S7968-69
  Stevens (for Santorum) Amendment No. 4886, to make funds available 
for acceleration of a program to develop thermally stable jet fuels 
using chemicals derived from coal.
Page S7969
  Inouye (for Kerry/McCain) Amendment No. 4451, to make funds available 
for payment to certain Vietnamese commandos captured and interned by 
North Vietnam.
Page S7969
  Stevens (for Bennett) Amendment No. 4887, to make funds available for 
evaluation of a non-developmental Doppler sonar velocity log. 
                                                         Pages S7969-70
  Inouye (for Byrd) Amendment No. 4888, to make funds available for 
scientific research on possible casual relationships between Gulf War 
service and Gulf War syndrome.
Page S7970
  Stevens (for Specter) Modified Amendment No. 4575, to provide funds 
for the Super Dragon Missile System.
Page S7983
  Stevens (for Helms) Modified Amendment No. 4493, to provide funds to 
assist the education of certain dependents of Department of Defense 
personnel at Fort Bragg and Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina. 
                                                         Pages S7983-84
  Inouye (for Dodd) Amendment No. 4890, to allow funds to be used to 
initiate engineering and manufacturing development of the airborne mine 
countermeasure system.
Pages S7984-85
  Stevens (for McCain) Modified Amendment No. 4443, to reduce funds 
available for environmental activities with respect to the Joint 
Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, Louisiana.
Pages S7987-88
  Stevens (for Johnston/Breaux) Modified Amendment No. 4448 (to 
Amendment No. 4443), to restore $500,000 for environmental activities 
with respect to the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, 
Louisiana.
Page S7988
  Stevens (for Feingold/Kohl/Bumpers) Amendment No. 4892, to provide 
for a review, analysis and estimate of production costs of the F/A-18E/
F aircraft program.
Pages S7992-94
Rejected:
  Simon Amendment No. 4591, to ensure that work under Department of 
Defense contracts is performed in the United States. (By 69 yeas to 29 
nays (Vote No. 194), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                                  Pages S7937-43, S7945
  McCain Amendment No. 4442, to limit the use of funds for programs, 
projects, and activities not included in the most recent future-years 
defense program.
Pages S7933, S7951-54
  Grassley Amendment No. 4463, to prohibit the use of funds for support 
of more than 68 general officers of the Marine Corps on active duty. 
(By 79

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yeas to 21 nays (Vote No. 196), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                                  Pages S7985-87, S7989
  By 44 yeas to 56 nays (Vote No. 197), Bumpers Amendment No. 4891, to 
reduce procurement of F/A-18C/D fighters to six aircraft. 
                                                         Pages S7989-92
Pending:
  Harkin/Simon Amendment No. 4492, relating to payments by the 
Department of Defense of restructuring costs associated with business 
combinations.
Pages S7997-S8005
  Levin Amendment No. 4893, to strike funding for new production of F-
16 aircraft in excess of six, and transfer the funding to increase 
funding for anti-terrorism support.
Pages S8005-07
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill on Thursday, July 18, 1996, with final 
disposition to occur thereon.
Page S7997
Budget Reconciliation: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing for consideration of S. 1956, to provide for reconciliation 
pursuant to section 202(a) of the concurrent resolution on the budget 
for fiscal year 1997, on Thursday, July 18, 1996.
  Page S7997
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report of the President's Advisory Board on Arms 
Proliferation Policy; referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (PM-
160).
Page S8011
  Transmitting the report concerning the emigration laws and policies 
of the Republic of Bulgaria; referred to the Committee on Finance. (PM-
161).
Pages S8011-12
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Charles N. Clevert, Jr., of Wisconsin, to be United States District 
Judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
  Routine lists in the Public Health Service.
Pages S8061-62, S8063
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, and Navy.
Pages S8062-63
Messages From the President:
  Pages S8011-12
Messages From the House:
  Page S8012
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S8012
Communications:
  Pages S8012-13
Petitions:
  Page S8013
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S8013-27
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S8027-28
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S8028-58
Notices of Hearings:
  Pages S8058-59
Authority for Committees:
  Page S8059
Additional Statements:
  Pages S8059-60
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total-197) 
                                       Pages S7945, S7970, S7989, S7992
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 8:15 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, July 18, 1996. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S8062.)