[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 111 (Thursday, July 25, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D809-D812]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                            Thursday, July 25, 1996

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed D.C. Appropriations, 1997.
      House committee ordered reported 10 sundry measures.



                                 Senate



Chamber Action

Routine Proceedings, pages S8833-S8941
Measures Introduced: Four bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1989-
1992.
  Page S8866
Measures Passed:
  Sexual Offender Tracking and Identification Act: Committee on the 
Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. 1675, to 
provide for the nationwide tracking of convicted sexual predators and 
the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the following amendment 
proposed thereto:
  Pages S8777-81

  Gramm Amendment No. 5038, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                         Pages S8777-80
  D.C. Appropriations, 1997: Senate passed H.R. 3845, making 
appropriations for government of the District of Columbia and other 
activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said 
District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, after agreeing 
to committee amendments.
  Pages S8821-29

  Senate insisted on its amendments, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair appointed the following conferees: 
Senators Jeffords, Campbell, Hatfield, Kohl, and Inouye.
Page S8829
  Interstate Stalking Punishment and Prevention Act: Senate passed H.R. 
2980, to amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to stalking, 
after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S8829-32

  Lott (for Lautenberg) Amendment No. 5083, to prohibit persons 
convicted of a crime involving domestic violence from owning or 
possessing firearms.
Page S8829
  Hydroelectric Project Extension: Senate passed H.R. 1051, to provide 
for the extension of certain hydroelectric projects located in the 
State of West Virginia, clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                             Page S8830
  National Historical Publications and Records Commission 
Authorization: Senate passed S. 1577, to authorize appropriations for 
the National Historical Publications and Records Commission for fiscal 
years 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001.
  Page S8930
  Cambodia Most-Favored-Nation Treatment: Senate passed H.R. 1642, to 
extend nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to 
the products of Cambodia, after agreeing to a committee amendment in 
the nature of a substitute.
  Pages S8930-31
  Small Business Investment Company Improvement Act: Senate passed S. 
1784, to amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, after 
agreeing to a committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and 
the following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S8931-38

  Murkowski (for Bond/Bumpers) Amendment No. 5090, to provide for an 
extension of the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program. 
                                                             Page S8936
  Health Coverage Availability and Affordability Act: Committee on the 
Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 3166, to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve portability and 
continuity of health insurance coverage in the group and individual 
markets, to combat waste, fraud, and abuse in health insurance and 
health care delivery, to promote the use of medical savings accounts, 
to improve access to long-term care services and coverage, to simplify 
the administration of health insurance, and to reform medical 
liability, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the 
following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S8938-41

  Murkowski (for Specter) Amendment No. 5091, in the nature of a 
substitute.
Pages S8938-41

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  Federal Employee Representation Improvement Act: Senate passed H.R. 
782, to amend title 18 of the United States Code to allow members of 
employee associations to represent their views before the United States 
Government, after agreeing to a committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
  Page S8941
Foreign Operations Appropriations, 1997: Senate continued 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, 
taking action of amendments proposed thereto, as follows: 
                                  Pages S8741-77, S8781-S8820, S8833-63
Adopted:

  By a unanimous vote of 96 yeas (Vote No. 238), McCain Modified 
Amendment No. 5017, to require information on cooperation with United 
States anti-terrorism efforts in the annual country reports on 
terrorism.
Pages S8741-44

  By 51 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. 244), Coverdell Amendment No. 5018, 
to increase the amount of funds available for international narcotics 
control programs.
Pages S8745, S8819-20, S8833-36, S8841-42

  Cohen Amendment No. 5019, to sanction certain U.S. assistance to 
Burma unless such sanctions would be contrary to U.S. national security 
interests. (By 45 yeas to 54 nays (Vote No. 243), Senate failed to 
table the amendment.)
Pages S8745-58, S8795-96, S8808-16

  McConnell (for Bumpers) Amendment No. 5020, to allocate foreign 
assistance for Mongolia.
Pages S8758, S8760

  McConnell (for Reid) Amendment No. 5021, to restrict the use of funds 
for any country that permits the practice of female genital mutilation.
                                                     Pages S8758, S8760

  McConnell (for Inouye/Bennett) Amendment No. 5022, to earmark funds 
for support of the United States Telecommunications Training Institute.
                                                     Pages S8758, S8760

  McConnell (for Leahy) Amendment No. 5023, to delete provisions 
relating to a landmine use moratorium.
Pages S8758-60

  McConnell (for Leahy/Inouye) Amendment No. 5024, to require a report 
on actions of the Government of Tunisia with respect to civil liberties 
and the independence of the judiciary.
Pages S8758-60

  McConnell (for Leahy) Amendment No. 5025, to provide additional funds 
to support the International Development Association.
Pages S8758-60

  McConnell/Leahy Amendment No. 5026, to amend the notification 
requirements provisions.
Pages S8758, S8760, S8817

  Subsequently, the amendment was modified.
Page S8817

  By 70 yeas to 28 nays (Vote No. 240), Helms Amendment No. 5028, to 
prohibit United States voluntary contributions to the United Nations 
and its specialized agencies if the United Nations attempts to 
implement or impose taxation on United States persons to raise revenue 
for the United Nations.
Pages S8765-68, S8774-75, S8853-54

  Murkowski Amendment No. 5029, to express the sense of the Congress 
regarding implementation of United States-Japan Insurance Agreement. 
                                                         Pages S8769-70

  McConnell (for Helms) Amendment No. 5030, to express the sense of 
Congress regarding the conflict in Chechnya.
Pages S8770, S8772

  McConnell (for Brown) Amendment No. 5031, to allocate funds for 
demining operations in Afghanistan.
Pages S8770, S8772

  McConnell (for Faircloth) Amendment No. 5032, to require a General 
Accounting Office study and report on the grants provided to foreign 
governments, foreign entities, and international organizations by 
United States agencies.
Pages S8770-72

  McConnell (for Faircloth) Amendment No. 5033, to require a GAO study 
and report on the grants provided to foreign governments, foreign 
entities, and international organizations by United States agencies. 
                                                         Pages S8770-72

  McConnell (for Simon) Amendment No. 5034, to clarify the use of 
certain development funds for Africa.
Pages S8770, S8772

  McConnell (for Moynihan) Amendment No. 5039, to require certain 
reports on the situation in Burma regarding labor practices. 
                                                         Pages S8775-76

  McConnell (for Graham) Amendment No. 5040, to make Haiti eligible to 
purchase defense articles and services.
Pages S8775-76

  McConnell (for Brown/Simon) Amendment No. 5041, to express the sense 
of the Congress that the United States should take steps to improve 
economic relations between the United States and the countries of 
Eastern and Central Europe.
Pages S8775-76

  McConnell (for Specter) Amendment No. 5042, to permit certain claims 
against foreign states to be heard in United States courts where no 
extradition treaty with the state existed at the time the claim arose 
and where no other adequate and available remedies exist. 
                                                         Pages S8775-76

  McConnell (for Brown) Amendment No. 5043, to express the sense of the 
Congress that Croatia be commended for its contributions to NATO and 
peacekeeping efforts in Bosnia.
Pages S8775-76

  McConnell (for Brown) Amendment No. 5044, to express the sense of the 
Congress that Romania is

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making significant progress toward admission to NATO.
Pages S8775-76

  Kerry Amendment No. 5046 (to Amendment No. 5045), to promote the 
establishment of a permanent multilateral regime to govern the transfer 
of conventional arms. (Subsequently, the amendment fell when Amendment 
No. 5045, listed below, was tabled.)
Pages S8783-84

  By 96 yeas to 3 nays (Vote No. 242), Domenici Amendment No. 5047, to 
withhold international military education and training assistance from 
Mexico unless the Mexican Government either apprehends and prosecutes 
or extradites the ten most wanted drug lords indicted in the United 
States.
Pages S8788-95, S8807

  By 81 yeas to 16 nays (Vote No. 245), Brown Modified Amendment No. 
5058, to expedite the transition to full membership in the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization of emerging democracies in Central and 
Eastern Europe.
Pages S8797-98, S8806-07, S8836-42

  McConnell (for Inouye) Amendment No. 5059, to express the sense of 
the Congress regarding expansion of eligibility for Holocaust survivor 
compensation by the Government of Germany.
Pages S8798, S8805, S8854

  McConnell (for Kyl) Amendment No. 5060, to allocate funds for 
commercial law reform in the independent states of the former Soviet 
Union.
Pages S8798-99, S8805

  McConnell (for Lieberman) Amendment No. 5061, to urge 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.
Pages S8798-S8801, S8805

  McConnell (for Pressler) Amendment No. 5062, to state the sense of 
the Senate on the delivery by the People's Republic of China of cruise 
missiles to Iran.
Pages S8798, S8801-02, S8805

  McConnell (for Pressler) Amendment No. 5063, to state the sense of 
the Senate on delivery by China of ballistic missile technology to 
Syria.
Pages S8798, S8803-05

  McConnell (for McCain) Amendment No. 5064, to treat adult children of 
former internees of Vietnamese reeducation camps as refugees for 
purposes of the Orderly Departure Program.
Pages S8798, S8804-05

  McConnell Amendment No. 5065, to provide for a report on activities 
of the military forces of the People's Republic of Korea. 
                                                     Pages S8798, S8805

  McConnell (for Helms) Amendment No. 5079, to require the deobligation 
of certain unexpended economic assistance funds.
Pages S8816-17

  McConnell (for Bingaman) Amendment No. 5080, to express the sense of 
the Senate in opposition to the military overthrow of the Government of 
Burundi and to encourage the swift and prompt end to the current 
crisis.
Pages S8816-19

  McConnell (for Abraham) Amendment No. 5081, to provide for 
$15,000,000 earmarked for the American Schools and Hospitals Abroad 
Program from the Development Assistance Account.
Pages S8816-17

  McConnell (for Abraham) Amendment No. 5082, to provide for $5,000,000 
earmarked for a land and resource management institute to identify 
nuclear contamination at Chernobyl.
Pages S8816-17, S8842, S8844

  Subsequently, the amendment was modified.
Pages S8842, S8844

  McConnell (for Cochran) Amendment No. 5084, to reduce the 
contribution to the International Fund for Agricultural Development. 
                                                     Pages S8842, S8844

  McConnell/Leahy/Lautenberg Amendment No. 5085, to establish the Bank 
for Economic Cooperation and Development in the Middle East and North 
Africa.
Pages S8842-44

  McConnell (for Leahy) Amendment No. 5086, to provide for the transfer 
of unobligated and unearmarked funds to International Organizations and 
Programs.
Pages S8842-44

  McConnell (for Pell) Amendment No. 5087, to express the sense of the 
Senate that the United States Government should encourage other 
governments to draft and participate in regional treaties aimed at 
avoiding any adverse impacts on the physical environment or 
environmental interests of other nations or a global commons area, 
through the preparation of Environmental Impact Assessments, where 
appropriate.
Pages S8842-44

  Murkowski Amendment No. 5089 (to Amendment No. 5078), to provide 
conditions for funding North Korea's implementation of the nuclear 
framework agreement.
Pages S8849-52
Rejected:

  By 43 yeas to 56 nays (Vote No. 239), Smith Amendment No. 5027, to 
strike funds made available for the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. 
                                               Pages S8760-65, S8773-74

  Dorgan/Hatfield Amendment No. 5045, to establish standards of 
eligibility for arms transfers and give Congress a role in reviewing 
which governments are eligible for U.S. arms transfers and military 
assistance. (By 65 yeas to 35 nays (Vote No. 241), Senate tabled the 
amendment.)
Pages S8781-88, S8806-07
Pending:

  Simpson Amendment No. 5088, to strike the provision which extends 
reduced refugee standards for certain groups.
Pages S8844-49, S8852


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  Lieberman Amendment No. 5078, to reallocate funds for the Korean 
Peninsula Energy Development Organization.
Pages S8849-53

  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill and certain amendments to be proposed 
thereto, on Friday, July 26, 1996.
Page S8831
Health Insurance Reform Act--Conferees: Senate insisted on its 
amendment to H.R. 3103, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
improve portability and continuity of health insurance coverage in the 
group and individual markets, to combat waste, fraud, and abuse in 
health insurance and health care delivery, to promote the use of 
medical savings accounts, to improve access to long-term care services 
and coverage, and to simplify the administration of health insurance, 
agreed to the request of the House for a conference thereon, and the 
Chair appointed the following conferees: Senators Roth, Kassebaum, 
Lott, Kennedy, and Moynihan.
  Pages S8820-21
Small Business Job Protection Act--Conferees: Senate insisted on its 
amendments to H.R. 3448, to provide tax relief for small businesses, to 
protect jobs, to create opportunities, to increase the take home pay of 
workers, requested a conference with the House thereon, and the Chair 
appointed the following conferees: from the Committee on Labor and 
Human Resources: Senators Kassebaum, Jeffords, and Kennedy; and from 
the Committee on Finance: Senators Roth, Chafee, Grassley, Hatch, 
Simpson, Pressler, Moynihan, Baucus, Bradley, Pryor, and Rockefeller. 
                                                             Page S8820
Energy and Water Appropriations, 1997--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing for the consideration of S. 1959, 
making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1997, on Friday, July 26, 1996.
  Page S8831
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:

  Glenn Dale Cunningham, of New Jersey, to be United States Marshal for 
the District of New Jersey for the term of four years.

  Joan B. Gottschall, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge 
for the Northern District of Illinois.

  Robert L. Hinkle, of Florida, to be United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of Florida.
Pages S8830, S8832
Messages From the House:
  Pages S8865-66
Measures Referred:
  Page S8866
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S8866
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S8866-68
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S8868
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S8868-S8924
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S8924
Authority for Committees:
  Page S8924
Additional Statements:
  Pages S8924-30
Record Votes: Eight record votes were taken today. (Total-245)
  Pages S8744, S8774-75, S8807, S8815-16, S8841-42
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 11:18 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Friday, July 26, 1996. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S8831.)