[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 108 (Monday, July 22, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D781-D783]
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                                              Monday, July 22, 1996

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8395-S8492
Measures Introduced: Four bills were introduced as follows: S. 1978-
1981.
  Page S8468
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 1839, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1997 to the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration for human space flight; 
science, aeronautics, and technology; mission support; and Inspector 
General (Rept. No. 104-327).
  S. 1734, to prohibit false statements to Congress, to clarify 
congressional authority to obtain truthful testimony, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute.
Page S8468
Budget Reconciliation: Senate continued 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 S8395-S8426, S8451-54
Adopted:
  Conrad Amendment No. 4945, to expand State flexibility in order to 
encourage food stamp recipients to look for work and to prevent 
hardship.
Pages S8407-09
  Domenici (for Lieberman) Amendment No. 4946, to add provisions to 
reduce the incidence of statutory rape.
Pages S8409-10
  Domenici (for Lieberman) Amendment No. 4947, to require States which 
receive grants under title XX of the Social Security Act to dedicate 1 
percent of such grants to programs and services for minors. 
                                                             Page S8410
  Dorgan (for Daschle) Amendment No. 4949, to exempt certain 
individuals living in areas of low labor market participation from the 
5-year limitation on assistance.
Page S8414
  Domenici (for Roth) Amendment No. 4951, to make technical 
corrections.
Page S8416
  Exon (for Breaux) Amendment No. 4953, to allow States to chose the 
most appropriate agency to assist abused and neglected children, by 
enabling them to chose proprietary as well as non-profit or government 
agencies to care for children in foster care.
Page S8420
  Exon (for Kerrey) Amendment No. 4954, to provide for community 
steering committees demonstration projects.
Page S8420
  Domenici (for Nickles) Amendment No. 4957, to modify the remittance 
requirement from 5 to 7 days for child support enforcement payments. 
                                                             Page S8423
Pending:
  Faircloth Amendment No. 4905, to prohibit recruitment activities in 
SSI outreach programs, demonstration projects, and other administrative 
activities.
Page S8395
  A motion to waive the Congressional Budget Act with respect to 
consideration of Amendment No. 4905, listed above.
  Harkin Amendment No. 4916, to strike section 1253, relating to child 
nutrition requirements.
Page S8395
  D'Amato Amendment No. 4927, to require welfare recipients to 
participate in gainful community service.
Page S8395
  Exon (for Simon) Amendment No. 4928, to increase the number of adults 
and to extend the period of time in which educational training 
activities may be counted as work.
Page S8395
  Feinstein/Boxer Amendment No. 4929, to provide that the ban on 
supplemental security income benefits apply to those aliens entering 
the country on or after the enactment of this bill.
Page S8395
  A motion to waive the Congressional Budget Act with respect to 
consideration of Amendment No. 4929, listed above.
  Chafee Amendment No. 4931, to maintain current eligibility standards 
for Medicaid and provide additional State flexibility.
Page S8395
  Roth Amendment No. 4932 (to Amendment No. 4931), to maintain the 
eligibility for Medicaid for any individual who is receiving Medicaid 
based on their receipt of AFDC, foster care or adoption assistance, and 
to provide transitional Medicaid for families moving from welfare to 
work.
Page S8395

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  Chafee Amendment No. 4933 (to Amendment No. 4931), to maintain 
current eligibility standards for Medicaid and provide additional State 
flexibility.
Page S8395
  Conrad Amendment No. 4934, to eliminate the State food assistance 
block grant.
Page S8415
  Santorum (for Gramm) Amendment No. 4935, to deny welfare benefits to 
individuals convicted of illegal drug possession, use or distribution. 
                                                         Pages S8420-21
  A motion to waive the Congressional Budget Act with respect to 
consideration of Amendment No. 4935, listed above.
Pages S8420-21
  Graham Amendment No. 4936, to modify the formula for determining a 
State family assistance grant to include the number of children in 
poverty residing in a State.
Pages S8410-14
  Helms Amendment No. 4930, to strengthen food stamp work requirements.
                                                             Page S8395
  Graham (for Simon) Amendment No. 4938, to preserve eligibility of 
immigrants for programs of student assistance under the Public Health 
Service Act.
Page S8395
  Shelby Amendment No. 4939, to provide a refundable credit for 
adoption expenses and to exclude from gross income employee and 
military adoption assistance benefits and withdrawals from IRA's for 
certain adoption expenses.
Page S8395
  A motion to waive the Congressional Budget Act with respect to 
consideration of Amendment No. 4939, listed above.
  Ford Amendment No. 4940, to allow States the option to provide non-
cash assistance to children after the 5-year time limit, as provided in 
conference report number 104-430 to H.R. 4, (Family Self-Sufficiency 
Act).
Pages S8396-S8401
  Ashcroft Amendment No. 4941, to set a time limit of 24 consecutive 
months for TANF assistance and allows States to sanction recipients if 
minors do not attend school.
Pages S8402-07
  Ashcroft Amendment No. 4942 (to Amendment No. 4941), to provide that 
a family may not receive TANF assistance for more than 24 consecutive 
months at a time unless an adult in the family is working or a State 
exempts an adult in the family from working for reasons of hardship. 
                                                             Page S8406
  Ashcroft Amendment No. 4943 (to Amendment No. 4941), to provide that 
a State may sanction a family's TANF assistance if the family includes 
an adult who fails to ensure that their minor dependent children attend 
school.
Page S8406
  Ashcroft Amendment No. 4944 (to Amendment No. 4941), to provide that 
a State may sanction a family's TANF assistance if the family includes 
an adult who does not have, or is not working toward attaining a 
secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent.
Pages S8406-07
  Dorgan Amendment No. 4948, to strike provisions relating to the 
Indian child care set aside.
Pages S8410, S8414-15
  Ford (for Murray) Amendment No. 4950, to strike section 1206, 
relating to the summer food service program for children. 
                                                         Pages S8415-16
  Graham Amendment No. 4952, to strike additional penalties for 
consecutive failure to satisfy minimum participation rates. 
                                                         Pages S8416-19
  Exon (for Kennedy) Amendment No. 4955, to permit assistance to be 
provided to needy or disabled legal immigrant children when sponsors 
cannot provide reimbursement.
Pages S8421-22
  A motion to waive the Congressional Budget Act with respect to 
consideration of Amendment No. 4955, listed above.
Page S8422
  Exon (for Kennedy) Amendment No. 4956, to allow a 2-year 
implementation period under the Medicaid program for implementation of 
the attribution of sponsor's income and the 5-year ban. 
                                                         Pages S8422-23
  A motion to waive the Congressional Budget Act with respect to 
consideration of Amendment No. 4956, listed above.
Page S8423
  Several motions to waive the Congressional Budget Act with respect to 
consideration of all sections upon which points of order were raised as 
being in violation of sections 313(b)(1)(A), 313(b)(1)(C), and 
313(b)(1)(D) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
Pages S8423-24
  By prior consent agreement, votes on the bill and amendments and 
motions pending thereto will occur on Tuesday, July 23, 1996.
Agriculture Appropriations, 1997: Senate began consideration of H.R. 
3603, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1997, agreeing to committee amendments, and 
taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows: 
                                        Pages S8426-51, S8454-65, S8491
Adopted:
  Cochran Amendment No. 4958, to transfer $50,000 from the Cooperative 
State Research, Education, and Extension Service research and education 
activities to cooperative extension activities.
Page S8438
  Cochran Amendment No. 4972, to make technical corrections. 
                                                             Page S8456
  Cochran (for Stevens) Amendment No. 4973, to provide funds for rural 
water and waste disposal systems as authorized by Sec. 757 of P.L. 104-
127.
Page S8456

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  Cochran (for Jeffords) Amendment No. 4974, to establish a joint FSIS/
APHIS National Farm Animal Identification Pilot Program for dairy cows.
                                                             Page S8456
  Bumpers/Kohl Amendment No. 4975, to modify restrictions to the 
Wetlands Reserve Program.
Page S8456
  Bumpers (for Kohl) Amendment No. 4976, to increase funding for 
certain agricultural research activities.
Pages S8456-57
  Cochran (for Pressler) Amendment No. 4981, to improve the issuance of 
warehouse receipts.
Pages S8464-65
  Cochran (for Inhofe) Amendment No. 4982, to convey the National 
Agricultural Water Quality Laboratory to the city of Durant, Oklahoma. 
                                                         Pages S8464-65
  Cochran (for Murkowski) Amendment No. 4983, to reconcile seafood 
inspection requirements for agricultural commodity programs with those 
in use for general public consumers.
Page S8465
Pending:
  Gregg Amendment No. 4959, to prohibit the use of funds to make loans 
to large processors of sugarcane and sugar beets, who has an annual 
revenue that exceeds $10 million, unless the loans require the 
processors to repay the full amount of the loans, plus interest. 
                                               Pages S8440-46, S8448-51
  McCain Amendment No. 4968, to reduce funds for the Agricultural 
Research Service.
Pages S8446-49
  Gregg Amendment No. 4969 (to Amendment No. 4959), to prohibit the use 
of funds to make loans to large processors of sugarcane and sugar 
beets, who has an annual revenue that exceeds $15 million, unless the 
loans require the processors to repay the full amount of the loans, 
plus interest.
Page S8448
  Bryan Amendment No. 4977, to establish funding limitations for the 
market access program.
Pages S8458-62
  Kerrey Amendment No. 4978, to increase funding for the Grain 
Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration and the Food Safety 
and Inspection Service.
Pages S8463, S8491
  Kerrey Amendment No. 4979, to provide funds for risk management. 
                                                         Pages S8463-64
  Kerrey Amendment No. 4980, to provide the Secretary of Agriculture 
temporary authority for the use of voluntary separation incentives to 
assist in reducing employment levels.
Page S8464
  Senate will resume consideration of the bill on Tuesday, July 23, 
1996, with votes on certain of the pending amendments to occur thereon.
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  Edmund A. Sargus, Jr., of Ohio, to be United States District Judge 
for the Southern District of Ohio.
Pages S8490, S8492
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting a report of proposed amendments to fiscal year 1997 
appropriations requests; referred to the Committee on Appropriations. 
(PM-162).
Page S8466
  Transmitting the report concerning the national emergency with 
respect to Libya; referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs. (PM-163).
Pages S8466-67
Messages From the President:
  Pages S8466-67
Messages From the House:
  Page S8467
Communications:
  Pages S8467-68
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S8468-77
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S8477-78
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S8478-89
Additional Statements:
  Pages S8489-90
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and adjourned at 6:52 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, July 23, 1996. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on pages 
S8490-91.)