[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 110 (Wednesday, July 24, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D797-D799]
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                                           Wednesday, July 24, 1996

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Agriculture Appropriations, 1997.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8583-S8740
Measures Introduced: Five bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1984-1988, and S. Res. 282.
  Page S8636
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 1645, to regulate United States scientific and tourist activities 
in Antarctica, to conserve Antarctic resources. (S. Rept. No. 104-332)
  H.R. 2909, to amend the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife 
Refuge Act to provide that the Secretary of the Interior may acquire 
lands for purposes of that Act only by donation or exchange, or 
otherwise with the consent of the owner of the lands.
  S. Res. 270, urging continued and increased United States support for 
the efforts of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former 
Yugoslavia to bring to justice the perpetrators of gross violations of 
international law in the former Yugoslavia.
  S. Res. 275, to express the sense of the Senate concerning 
Afghanistan, with an amendment.
  S. Res. 276, congratulating the people of Mongolia on embracing 
democracy in Mongolia through their participation in the parliamentary 
elections held on June 30, 1996.
Pages S8635-36
Measures Passed:
  Agriculture Appropriations, 1997: By 97 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. 237), 
Senate passed 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, after taking 
action on further amendments proposed thereto, as follows: 
                                            Pages S8583-S8600, S8602-17
Adopted:
  Leahy Amendment No. 4987, to implement the recommendations of the 
Northern Forest Lands Council.
Pages S8612-13
  Brown Modified Amendment No. 5002, to establish an interim moratorium 
on bypass flows.
Pages S8586-87, S8594, S8614
  Kennedy Amendment No. 5003, to protect the public health of the 
consuming public through effective medication guides and goals. 
                                                         Pages S8611-12
  Burns Amendment No. 5004, to increase barley contract payments by 
$20,000 in fiscal year 1998, and reduce payments in each of fiscal 
years 1999-2002.
Pages S8613-14
  Cochran (for Simpson) Amendment No. 5005, relating to the 
establishment of a wetland conservation easement.
Pages S8614-16
  Cochran (for Hatfield) Amendment No. 5006, to provide funds for 
grants to rural public television stations.
Pages S8614-16
  Cochran (for Kempthorne) Amendment No. 5007, to provide that the 
Secretary of Agriculture may use funds in the Fund for Rural America 
for grants to develop and apply precision agricultural technologies. 
                                                         Pages S8614-16
  Cochran (for Shelby) Amendment No. 5008, to provide funds for 
investigations of arson or violence at religious institutions. 
                                                         Pages S8614-16
  Cochran (for Domenici) Amendment No. 5009, to provide funds for 
emergency insured loans resulting from natural disasters. 
                                                         Pages S8614-16
  Bumpers (for Kerrey) Amendment No. 5010, to increase funding for the 
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration and the Food 
Safety and Inspection Service.
Page S8616
  Bumpers (for Dorgan) Amendment No. 5011, to express the sense of the 
Senate regarding Canadian wheat and barley exports to the United 
States.
Page S8616
  Bumpers (for Mikulski) Amendment No. 5012, relating to the study of 
imported crab meat.
Page S8616
  Bumpers (for Leahy) Amendment No. 5013, to provide for the production 
of certain crops.
Page S8616

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  Bumpers (for Wellstone/Grams) Amendment No. 5014, to prohibit the use 
of funds to administer the provision of contract payments to a producer 
for contract acreage on which wild rice is planted unless the contract 
payment is reduced by an acre for each contract acre planted to wild 
rice.
Page S8616
Rejected:
  Santorum Amendment No. 4995, to prohibit the use of funds to provide 
a total amount of nonrecourse loans to producers for peanuts in excess 
of $125,000. (By 64 yeas to 34 nays (Vote No. 234). Senate tabled the 
amendment.)
Pages S8589-90
  Santorum Amendment No. 4967, to prohibit the use of funds to carry 
out a peanut program that is operated by a marketing association if the 
Secretary of Agriculture determines that a member of the Board of 
Directors of the association has a conflict of interest with respect to 
the program. (By 61 yeas to 37 nays (Vote No. 235), Senate tabled the 
amendment.)
Pages S8588-91
  Bryan Amendment No. 4977, to establish funding limitations for the 
market access program. (By 55 yeas to 42 nays (Vote No. 236), Senate 
tabled the amendment.)
Pages S8591-92
Withdrawn:
  Kerrey Amendment No. 4978, to increase funding for the Grain 
Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration and the Food Safety 
and Inspection Service.
Page S8614
  Senate insisted on its amendments, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair appointed the following conferees: 
Senators Cochran, Specter, Bond, Gorton, McConnell, Burns, Hatfield, 
Bumpers, Harkin, Kerrey, Johnston, Kohl, and Byrd.
Page S8616
  Food Quality Protection Act: Senate passed H.R. 1627, to amend the 
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                         Pages S8736-38
  Office of Government Ethics Authorization: Senate passed H.R. 3235, 
to amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, to extend the 
authorization of appropriations for the Office of Government Ethics for 
3 years, clearing the measure for the President.
  Pages S8738-40
Foreign Operations Appropriations, 1997: Senate began consideration of 
H.R. 3540, making appropriations for foreign operations, export 
financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 1997, with a committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and 
taking action of amendments proposed thereto, as follows: 
                                                         Pages S8617-33
Pending:
  McCain Amendment No. 5017, to require information on cooperation with 
United States anti-terrorism efforts in the annual country reports on 
terrorism.
Pages S8631-33
  Coverdell Amendment No. 5018, to increase the amount of funds 
available for international narcotics control programs.
Page S8633
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill and amendments pending thereto, on Thursday, 
July 26, 1996.
Page S8740
Nuclear Waste Policy--Agreement: A unanimous-consent time-agreement was 
reached providing for consideration of S. 1936, to amend the Nuclear 
Waste Policy Act of 1982, on Wednesday, July 31, 1996.
  Page S8593
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report of U.S. participation in the United Nations 
for calendar year 1995; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. 
(PM-165).
Page S8635
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Nanette K. Laughrey, of Missouri, to be United States District Judge 
for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri.
  Dean D. Pregerson, of California, to be United States District Judge 
for the Central District of California.
Pages S8629, S8740
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Susan Ford Wiltshire, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the National 
Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2002.
  Jon Deveaux, of New York, to be a Member of the National Institute 
for Literacy Advisory Board for a term expiring October 12, 1998.
  Michael A. Naranjo, of New Mexico, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture 
and Arts Development for a term expiring May 19, 2002.
Page S8740
Messages From the President:
  Page S8635
Messages From the House:
  Page S8635
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S8635
Communications:
  Page S8635
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S8636-43
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S8643
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S8645-67

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Authority for Committees:
  Pages S8667-68
Additional Statements:
  Pages S8668-72
Text of H.R. 3734, as Previously Passed:
  Pages S8673-S8736
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total-237) 
                                                  Pages S8590-92, S8616
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 7:47 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, July 25, 1996. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S8740.)