[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 115 (Wednesday, July 31, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D847-D848]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                           Wednesday, July 31, 1996

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Nuclear Waste Policy Act.
      Senate agreed to Agriculture Appropriations Conference Report.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9209-S9320
Measures Introduced: Five bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2004-2008, and S. J. Res. 58.
  Page S9295
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 1311, to establish a National Fitness and Sports Foundation to 
carry out activities to support and supplement the mission of the 
President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. (S. Rept. No. 104-
340)
  S. 1735, to establish the United States Tourism Organization as a 
nongovernmental entity for the purpose of promoting tourism in the 
United States, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 104-341)
  S. 1840, to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to authorize 
appropriations for the Federal Trade Commission. (S. Rept. No. 104-342)
  Report on the Activities of the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
U.S. Senate During the 103d Congress. (S. Rept. No. 104-343)
  S. 1643, to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal years 1997 through 2001, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 104-344)
  S. Con. Res. 52, A bill to recognize and encourage the convening of a 
National Silver Haired Congress. (S. Rept. No. 104-345)
  S. 1869, to make certain technical corrections in the Indian Health 
Care Improvement Act. (S. Rept. No. 104-346)
Page S9294
Measures Passed:
  Congressional Adjournment: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 203, 
providing for an adjournment of both Houses.
  Page S9216
  Nuclear Waste Policy Act: By 63 yeas to 37 nays (Vote No. 259), 
Senate passed S. 1936, to amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act, after 
taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows: 
                                                         Pages S9209-65
Adopted:
  By 86 yeas to 12 nays (Vote No. 256) Murkowski Amendment No. 5055, to 
provide that EPA issue standards for protection of the public from 
releases of radioactive materials from a permanent repository, to 
provide for the safe transportation of radioactive materials, to exempt 
the nuclear waste program from civil service laws, to eliminate the 
train inspection limitation, to clarify the scope of the Department of 
Transportation training standards, to eliminate the permanent disposal 
research provisions, to eliminate the budget priorities regarding 
construction costs of the interim storage facility, and to clarify 
routing.
Pages S9209-15
  Murkowski Amendment No. 5051, to establish compliance requirements. 
                                                         Pages S9222-28
  Murkowski Amendment No. 5048, to establish a benefits agreement with 
the City of Caliente and Lincoln County, Nevada.
Pages S9228-34
Rejected:
  Wellstone Modified Amendment No. 5037, to ensure that the Secretary 
of Energy does not accept title to high-level nuclear waste and spent 
nuclear fuel unless protection of public safety or health or the 
environment so require. (By 83 yeas to 17 nays (Vote No. 257), Senate 
tabled the amendment.)
Pages S9216-22
  Bryan Amendment No. 5075, to specify contractual obligations between 
the Department of Energy and waste generators.
Pages S9234-37
  Bryan Amendment No. 5073, to establish that the Secretary of Energy 
shall comply with all Federal laws and regulations in developing and 
implementing the integrated management system. (By 73 yeas to 27 nays 
(Vote No. 258), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S9237-41

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  Transportation Appropriations, 1997: By 95 yeas to 2 nays (Vote No. 
261), Senate passed H.R. 3675, making appropriations for the Department 
of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1997, as amended, and taking action on further amendments 
proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S9265-88
Adopted:
  Baucus Amendment No. 5141, to require the calculation of Federal-aid 
highway apportionments and allocations for fiscal year 1997 to be 
determined so that States experience no net effect from a credit to the 
Highway Trust Fund made in correction of an accounting error made in 
fiscal year 1994. (By 42 yeas to 57 nays (Vote No. 260), Senate earlier 
failed to table the amendment.)
Pages S9268-75, S9278, S9280-81
  Lautenberg (for Wellstone) Amendment No. 5142, to transfer previously 
appropriated funds among highway projects in Minnesota.
Page S9275
  Lautenberg (for Wyden) Amendment No. 5143, to provide conditions for 
the implementation of regulations issued by the Secretary of 
Transportation that require the sounding of a locomotive horn at 
highway-rail grade crossings.
Pages S9275-78
  Lautenberg Amendment No. 5144, to make a technical correction. 
                                                             Page S9279
  Lautenberg Amendment No. 5145, to make a technical correction. 
                                                             Page S9279
  Cohen Amendment No. 5146, to prevent the Department of Transportation 
from penalizing Maine or New Hampshire for non-compliance with Federal 
vehicle weight limitations.
Page S9280
  Gramm Amendment No. 5147 (to Amendment No. 5141), to require a review 
of the reporting of excise tax data by the Department of the Treasury 
to the Department of Transportation for fiscal year 1994. 
                                                         Pages S9280-81
  Senate insisted on its amendments, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair appointed the following conferees: 
Senators Hatfield, Domenici, Specter, Bond, Gorton, Shelby, Lautenberg, 
Byrd, Harkin, Mikulski, and Reid.
Pages S9287-88
  Federal Employees Indian Contracts Repeal: Senate passed H.R. 3215, 
to amend title 18, United States Code, to repeal the provision relating 
to Federal employees contracting or trading with Indians, clearing the 
measure for the President.
  Pages S9316-17
  Smithsonian Construction: Committee on Rules and Administration was 
discharged from further consideration of S. 1995, to authorize 
construction of the Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space 
Museum Dulles Center at Washington Dulles International Airport, and 
the bill was then passed.
  Pages S9317-18
  Mutual Aid Agreement: Senate passed H. J. Res. 166, granting the 
consent of Congress to the Mutual Aid Agreement between the city of 
Bristol, Virginia, and the city of Bristol, Tennessee, clearing the 
measure for the President.
  Page S9318
Budget Reconciliation Conference Report--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing for the consideration of the conference 
report on H.R. 3734, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 
201(a)(1) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 
1997.
  Page S9318
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Frank R. Zapata, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Arizona.
Page S9316
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.
Page S9320
Messages From the House:
  Pages S9292-93
Measures Referred:
  Page S9293
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S9293
Communications:
  Pages S9293-94
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Pages S9294-95
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S9295-S9304
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S9304-05
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S9305-06
Authority for Committees:
  Page S9306
Additional Statements:
  Pages S9306-16
Record Votes: Six record votes were taken today. (Total--261) 
                         Pages S9215, S9222, S9241, S9254, S9278, S9287
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and adjourned at 10:09 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, August 1, 1996. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S9318.)