[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 106 (Thursday, July 18, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D764-D766]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                            Thursday, July 18, 1996

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Defense Appropriations, 1997.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8065-S8327
Measures Introduced: Five bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1970-1974, and S. Res. 280 and 281.
  Pages S8156-57
Measures Passed:
   DOD Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations was discharged from 
further consideration of H.R. 3610, making appropriations for the 
Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, 
and by 72 yeas to 27 nays (Vote No. 200), the bill was passed, after 
striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof 
the text of S. 1894, Senate companion measure, as amended, and after 
taking action on amendments pending thereto:
  Pages S8065-70
Rejected:
  Harkin/Simon Amendment No. 4492, relating to payments by the 
Department of Defense of restructuring costs associated with business 
combinations. (By 71 yeas to 27 nays (Vote No. 199), Senate tabled the 
amendment.)
Pages S8065-66
  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. (By 58 yeas to 41 nays (Vote No. 
198), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Page S8066
  Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair appointed the following conferees: 
Senators Stevens, Cochran, Specter, Domenici, Bond, McConnell, Mack, 
Shelby, Gregg, Hatfield, Inouye, Hollings, Johnston, Byrd, Leahy, 
Bumpers, Lautenberg, and Harkin.
Page S8070
  Subsequently, S. 1894 was returned to the Senate calendar. 
                                                             Page S8070
   Regarding Crash of TWA Flight 800: By a unanimous vote of 98 yeas 
(Vote No. 202), Senate agreed to S. Res. 280, expressing the sense of 
the Senate regarding the tragic crash of TWA Flight 800. 
                                                         Pages S8104-05
   Authorizing Legal Representation: Senate agreed to S. Res. 281, to 
authorize representation by Senate Legal Counsel.
  Page S8303
   Child Abuse Prevention: Senate passed S. 919, to modify and 
reauthorize the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, after 
agreeing to a committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and 
the following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S8303-11
  Roth (for Coats) Amendment No. 4926, to establish eligibility 
requirements, and provide funding through fiscal year 2001. 
                                                         Pages S8309-11
Budget Reconciliation: Senate began consideration of S. 1956, to 
provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 202(a) of the concurrent 
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1997, taking action on 
amendments proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S8070-S8150
Adopted:
  Lott Amendment No. 4894, to strike provisions providing for the 
restructuring of Medicaid.
Pages S8081-84
  By a unanimous vote of 96 yeas (Vote No. 204) Dodd Amendment No. 
4902, to restore health and safety protections with respect to child 
care.
Pages S8109-13
  Roth (for Jeffords) Amendment No. 4906, to protect recipients of 
federal energy assistance.
Pages S8119-20
  Roth (for Craig) Amendment No. 4907, to modify the requirement for 
expedited procedures to establish paternity and to establish, modify, 
and enforce support obligations.
Pages S8119-21
  Roth (for McCain) Amendment No. 4908, to provide for child support 
enforcement agreements between the States and Indian tribes or tribal 
organizations.
Pages S8119, S8121-23
  Roth (for Coats/Wyden) Amendment No. 4909, to require a State plan 
for foster care and adoption assistance to provide for the protection 
of the rights

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of families, using adult relatives as the preferred placement for 
children separated from their parents where such relatives meet the 
relevant State child protection standards.
Pages S8119, S8123
  Kerry Modified Amendment No. 4913, to require the implementation of a 
corrective action plan in States in which child poverty has increased. 
                                                         Pages S8134-35
  Harkin/Coats Amendment No. 4915, to require each family receiving 
assistance under the State program funded under part A of title IV of 
the Social Security Act to enter into a personal responsibility 
agreement.
Pages S8136, S8138
  Wellstone/Murray Amendment No. 4919, to ensure that States which 
receive block grants under part A of title IV of the Social Security 
Act establish standards and procedures regarding individuals receiving 
assistance under such part who have a history of domestic abuse, who 
have been victimized by domestic abuse, and who have been battered or 
subjected to extreme cruelty.
Pages S8141-42
  Dodd/Snowe Amendment No. 4922, to correct provisions relating to 
quality standards for child care.
Page S8148
  Roth (for Faircloth) Amendment No. 4923, to encourage individuals to 
provide child care services.
Page S8149
  Roth (for Coats) Amendment No. 4924, to provide for the establishment 
of individual development accounts.
Page S8149
  Roth (for Abraham) Amendment No. 4925, to establish an illegitimacy 
reduction bonus fund.
Pages S8149-50
Rejected:
  By 46 yeas to 53 nays (Vote No. 201), Daschle Amendment No. 4897, in 
the nature of a substitute.
Pages S8088-S8104
Pending:
  Murray Amendment No. 4903, to restore funds for the summer food 
service program for children.
Pages S8114-18
  Faircloth Amendment No. 4905, to prohibit recruitment activities in 
SSI outreach programs, demonstration projects, and other administrative 
activities.
Pages S8118-19
  Breaux Amendment No. 4910, to ensure needy children receive non-cash 
assistance to provide for basic needs until the Federal 5-year time 
limit applies.
Pages S8123-26
  A motion to waive the Congressional Budget Act with respect to 
consideration of Amendment No. 4910, listed above.
Page S8126
  Faircloth Amendment No. 4911, to address multi-generational welfare 
dependency.
Pages S8126-27, S8143
  Biden/Specter Amendment No. 4912, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                         Pages S8127-31
  A motion to waive the Congressional Budget Act with respect to 
consideration of Amendment No. 4912, listed above.
Page S8131
  Frist Modified Amendment No. 4914, expressing the sense of the 
Congress that the President should ensure approval of State waiver 
requests.
Pages S8131-34
  Harkin Amendment No. 4916, to strike section 1253, relating to child 
nutrition requirements.
Pages S8136-38
  Santorum (for Ashcroft) Amendment No. 4917, to ensure that recipients 
or caretakers of minor recipients of means-tested benefits programs are 
held responsible for ensuring that their minor children are up to date 
on immunizations as a condition for receiving welfare benefits. 
                                                         Pages S8138-39
  Wellstone/Simon Amendment No. 4918, to require a report to Congress 
on the impact of increased numbers of impoverished children and 
recommendations for legislation to correct the increase. 
                                                         Pages S8139-41
  A motion to waive the Congressional Budget Act with respect to 
consideration of Amendment No. 4918, listed above.
Page S8141
  Graham Amendment No. 4921, to strike the provisions restricting 
welfare and public benefits for aliens.
Pages S8145-48
Withdrawn:
  DeWine Amendment No. 4920, to amend the Social Security Act to 
clarify that the reasonable efforts requirement includes consideration 
of the health and safety of the child.
Pages S8142-43
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following actions:
  Senate sustained a point of order that Section 1511 of the Social 
Security Act, as added by Section 2923 of the bill was in violation of 
Section 313(b)(1)(B) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, and the 
provisions were stricken from the bill.
Page S8081
  By 50 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 203), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected a motion to waive the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with 
respect to consideration of Ashcroft Amendment No. 4901, to ensure that 
welfare recipients are drug-free as a condition for receiving welfare 
assistance. Subsequently, a point of order that the amendment was in 
violation of section 305(b) of the Congressional Budget Act was 
sustained, and the amendment was ruled out of order.
Pages S8105-09
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill and certain amendments to be proposed 
thereto.
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  Senate will continue consideration of the bill and amendments pending 
thereto, on Friday, July 19, 1996.
Safe Drinking Water Act--Conferees: Senate disagreed to the amendment 
of the House to S. 1316, to reauthorize and amend title XIV of the 
Public Health Service Act (commonly known as the ``Safe Drinking Water 
Act''), agreed to the request of the House for a conference thereon, 
and the Chair appointed the following conferees: Senators Chafee, 
Kempthorne, Thomas, Warner, Baucus, Reid, and Lautenberg. 
                                                         Pages S8311-27
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following Nominations:
  James P. Jones, of Virginia, to be United States District Judge for 
the Western District of Virginia.
  Donald W. Molloy, of Montana, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Montana.
Page S8327
Messages From the House:
  Pages S8154-55
Communications:
  Pages S8155-56
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S8157-62
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S8162
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S8163-S8297
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S8297
Authority for Committees:
  Page S8298
Additional Statements:
  Pages S8298-S8303
Record Votes: Seven record votes were taken today. (Total-204) 
                       Pages S8066, S8069, S8103-05, S8108-09, S8112-13
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 11:30 p.m., 
until 9 a.m., on Friday, July 19, 1996. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S8327.)