[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 116 (Thursday, August 1, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D857-D858]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                           Thursday, August 1, 1996

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.
      Senate passed Personal Responsibility Act Conference Report.
      House agreed to Health Care Reform Conference Report.
      House agreed to Agriculture Appropriations Conference Report.
      House agreed to Military Construction Appropriations Conference 
      Report.
      House agreed to DOD Authorization Conference Report.
      House agreed to District of Columbia Appropriations Conference 
      Report.
      House agreed to Legislative Branch Appropriations Conference 
      Report.
      House passed English Language Empowerment Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9321-S9453
Measures Introduced: Eight bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2009-2016, and S. Res. 286.
  Page S9428
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  Special Report on Revised Allocation to Subcommittees of Budget 
Totals from the Concurrent Resolution for Fiscal Year 1997. (S. Rept. 
No. 104-347)
  H.R. 2464, to amend Public Law 103-93 to provide additional lands 
within the State of Utah for the Goshute Indian Reservation. (S. Rept. 
No. 104-348)
  S. 199, to repeal certain provisions of law relating to trading with 
Indians. (S. Rept. No. 104-349)
  S. 1952, to amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act 
of 1974.
Page S9428
Budget Reconciliation/Personal Responsibility Act Conference Report: By 
78 yeas to 21 nays (Vote No. 262), Senate agreed to 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.
  Pages S9322-34, S9337-41, S9344-47, S9352-S9415
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Kevin L. Thurm, of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of Health and 
Human Services.
  Arthur I. Blaustein, of California, to be a Member of the National 
Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2002.
  Ida L. Castro, of New York, to be Director of the Women's Bureau, 
Department of Labor.
  Donna Holt Cunninghame, of Maryland, to be Chief Financial Officer, 
Corporation for National and Community Service.
  Regina Markey Keeney, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal 
Communications Commission for a term of five years from July 1, 1995.
  Brigadier General Robert Bernard Flowers, United States Army, to be a 
Member and President of the Mississippi River Commission, under the 
provisions of Section 2 of an Act of Congress, approved June 1879 (21 
Stat. 37) (33 USC 642).
  Rose Ochi, of California, to be Director, Community Relations 
Service, for a term of four years.
Pages S9452-53
Nomination Withdrawn: Senate received notification of the withdrawal of 
the following nomination:
  Joaquin F. Otero, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor, 
which was sent to the Senate on February 20, 1996.
Page S9453
Messages From the House:
  Page S9426
Measures Referred:
  Page S9426
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S9426

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Communications:
  Pages S9426-28
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S9428
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S9428-38
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S9438-39
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S9439
Authority for Committees:
  Page S9440
Additional Statements:
  Pages S9440-52
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--262) 
                                                             Page S9415
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 9:13 p.m., 
until 10:30 a.m., on Friday, August 2, 1996. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S9452.)