[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 118 (Tuesday, September 3, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D876-D877]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                         Tuesday, September 3, 1996

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.
      Senate agreed to Legislative Branch Appropriations Conference 
      Report.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9681-S9775
Measures Introduced: Three bills were introduced, as follows: S. 2049-
2051.
  Page S9742
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
Reported on Tuesday, August 27, during the adjournment:
  S. 1376, to terminate unnecessary and inequitable Federal corporate 
subsidies, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. 
No. 104-352)
  H.R. 3814, making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, 
Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1997, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 104-353)
  S. 94, to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to prohibit the 
consideration of retroactive tax increases, with amendments. (S. Rept. 
No. 104-354)
  S. 1972, to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to improve the 
provisions relating to Indians. (S. Rept. No. 104-355)
  S. 1983, to amend the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act to provide for Native Hawaiian organizations. (S. 
Rept. No. 104-356)
  Report to accompany S. 982, National Information Infrastructure 
Protection Act. (S. Rept. No. 104-357)
  Report to accompany S. 1237, Child Pornography Protection Act. (S. 
Rept. No. 104-358)
  Report to accompany S. 1556, Industrial Espionage Act. (S. Rept. No. 
104-359)
Page S9742
Reported today:
  S. 1893, to provide for the settlement of issues and claims related 
to the trust lands of the Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians. (S. 
Rept. No. 104-360)
  H.R. 3068, to accept the request of the Prairie Island Indian 
Community to revoke their charter of incorporation issued under the 
Indian Reorganization Act, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 104-361)
Page S9742
VA/HUD Appropriations: Senate began consideration of H.R. 3666, making 
appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and 
Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, 
commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1997, agreeing to committee amendments, with certain 
exceptions, and taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as 
follows:
  Pages S9691-S9735
Adopted:
  Bond Amendment No. 5157 (to committee amendment on page 72, line 10), 
to increase funding for Environmental Protection Agency drinking water 
State revolving funds.
Page S9707
  Bond Amendment No. 5158 (to committee amendment on page 85, line 15), 
to modify language providing NASA authority to provide special 
incentive payments to encourage voluntary retirements to extent 
necessary to avoid a reduction in force (RIF), subject to a $25,000 
limitation, with a further limitation to assure not net increase in 
Federal expenditures.
Pages S9707-08
  Bond Amendment No. 5159 (to committee amendment on page 104, lines 18 
through 20), to permit a demonstration of application of a streamlined 
formula to calculate down payment requirements for the Federal Housing 
Administration home mortgage guarantee program in Alaska and Hawaii and 
to provide for the delegation of single family insuring authority to 
direct endorsement mortgagees.
Page S9708
  Bond/Byrd Amendment No. 5160, to enable FEMA to continue writing 
flood insurance policies after September 30, 1996.
Pages S9708-11
  Bond/Cohen/Snowe Amendment No. 5161, of a technical nature. 
                                                         Pages S9708-11

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  Bond/Burns/Mikulski) Amendment No. 5162, to express the sense of the 
Senate regarding imports of reformulated and conventional gasoline. 
                                                         Pages S9708-11
  Bond (for Mack/Graham/Lieberman) Amendment No. 5163, to allow EPA's 
National Estuary Program funds to be used for implementing cleanup 
plans for fiscal year 1997 and prior years.
                                                         Pages S9708-11
  Bond (for Craig/Sarbanes/Moseley-Braun/Kerry/Murray) Amendment No. 
5164, to clarify funds appropriated for low-income housing 
preservation.
                                                         Pages S9708-11
  Bond (for Kerry/Domenici) Amendment No. 5165, to set forth an earmark 
of $50 million for vouchers for displaced disabled individuals or 
families currently in buildings being converted to ``all elderly.'' 
                                                         Pages S9708-11
  Bond Amendment No. 5166, of a technical nature.
                                                         Pages S9708-11
  Bond Amendment No. 5175, to provide HUD authority to provide special 
incentive payments to encourage voluntary retirements to extent 
necessary to avoid a reduction in force (RIF), subject to a $25,000 
limitation.
                                                             Page S9732
                                                               Pending:
  Bond Amendment No. 5167, to further amend certain provisions relating 
to housing.
                                                         Pages S9726-27
  Senate will continue consideration of the bill on Wednesday, 
September 4, 1996.
Legislative Branch--Conference Report: Senate agreed to the conference 
report on H.R. 3754, making appropriations for the Legislative Branch 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, clearing the measure for 
the President.
  Pages S9763-65
  The Senate receded from its amendments numbered 9, 20, 23, and 24. 
                                                         Pages S9763-65
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Wyche Fowler, Jr., of Georgia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and 
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Saudi 
Arabia, to which position he was appointed during the last recess of 
the Senate.
  John E. Higgins, Jr., of Maryland, to be a Member of the National 
Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring August 27, 
2001.
  Mary Lucille Jordan, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Federal Mine 
Safety and Health Review Commission for a term of six years expiring 
August 30, 2002.
  Heidi H. Schulman, of California, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for a term 
expiring January 31, 2002.
  Kevin L. Thurm, of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of Health and 
Human Services.
  23 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  94 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  3 Navy nominations in the rank of admirals.
  Routine lists in the Coast Guard, Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, and 
Navy.
Pages S9765-75
Messages From the House:
  Page S9735
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S9735
Communications:
  Pages S9735-42
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S9742-46
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S9746
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S9746-55
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S9755
Text of S. 1559, S. 1662, H.R. 3269 as Previously Passed: 
                                                         Pages S9755-63
Adjournment: Senate convened at 11 a.m., and adjourned at 5:49 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, September 4, 1996. (For Senate's 
program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's 
Record on page S9765).