[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 119 (Wednesday, September 4, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D884-D885]
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                                       Wednesday, September 4, 1996

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House passed 25 bills and 1 concurrent resolution under 
      suspension of the rules.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9777-S9867
Measures Introduced: Three bills were introduced, as follows: S. 2052-
2054.
  Page S9853
Measures Passed:
  Indian Land Claims: Senate passed H.R. 740, to confer jurisdiction on 
the United States Court of Federal Claims with respect to land claims 
of Pueblo of Isleta Indian Tribe, clearing the measure for the 
President.
  Page S9863
  Antarctic Environmental Protection Act: Senate passed H.R. 3060, to 
implement the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic 
Treaty, after striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in 
lieu thereof the text of S. 1645, to regulate United States scientific 
and tourist activities in Antarctica, and to conserve Antarctic 
resources, with the following amendment:
  Pages S9863-67
  Bond (for Stevens) Amendment No. 5186, to provide for a polar 
research and policy study.
Pages S9863-64
  Subsequently, S. 1645 was returned to the Senate calendar. 
                                                             Page S9867
VA/HUD Appropriations: Senate continued 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, taking action on further amendments proposed 
thereto, as follows:
  Pages S9778-S9835
Adopted:
  Committee amendment on page 104, lines 21 through 24, relating to 
NASA's Bion mission. (By 42 yeas to 54 nays (Vote No. 266), Senate 
failed to table the amendment.)
Pages S9778, S9799
  By 79 yeas to 18 nays (Vote No. 268 ), McCain Modified Amendment No. 
5177, to require a plan for the allocation of Department of Veterans 
Affairs health care resources.
Pages S9797-98, S9820
  Bond Amendment No. 5167, to further amend certain provisions relating 
to housing.
Pages S9778, S9822-23
  Bond Amendment No. 5181, to establish a requirement for HUD to 
maintain public notice and comment rulemaking.
Pages S9823-24
  Bond (for Shelby) Amendment No. 5182, to provide for the conveyance 
of certain real property to the City of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. 
                                                             Page S9824
  McCain Modified Amendment No. 5176, to restrict the use of FEMA funds 
for certain activities.
Pages S9795-96, S9824
  Bond Amendment No. 5183, of a technical nature.
Page S9824
  Bond (for Bennett) Amendment No. 5184, to provide for a GAO audit on 
staffing and contracting of the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise 
Oversight.
Page S9825
  Mikulski (for Sarbanes/Warner/Feinstein) Amendment No. 5185, to 
prohibit the consolidation of NASA aircraft at Dryden Flight Research 
Center, California.
Page S9825
Rejected:
  Bumpers Amendment No. 5178, to prohibit the use of funds on the space 
station program. (By 60 yeas to 37 nays (Vote No. 267), Senate tabled 
the amendment.)
Pages S9799-S9820
Withdrawn:
  Thomas Amendment No. 5179, to increase funding for the Council on 
Environmental Quality.
Pages S9825-26
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill and certain amendments to be proposed 
thereto.
Pages S9821-22
Military Construction Appropriations Conference Report--Agreement: A 
unanimous-consent time-

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agreement was reached providing for the consideration of the conference 
report on H.R. 3517, making appropriations for military construction, 
family housing, and base realignment and closure for the Department of 
Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, on Thursday, 
September 5, 1996, with a vote to occur thereon.
  Page S9820
D.C. Appropriations Conference Report--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
time-agreement was reached providing for the consideration of the 
conference report on H.R. 3845, making appropriations for the 
government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable 
in whole or in part against revenues of said District for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1997, on Thursday, September 5, 1996, with a 
vote to occur thereon.
  Page S9820
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaties:
  Taxation Agreement with Turkey (Treaty Doc. No. 104-30);
  Taxation Convention with Austria (Treaty Doc. No. 104-31);
  Taxation Protocol Amending Convention with Indonesia (Treaty Doc. No. 
104-32); and
  Taxation Convention with Luxembourg (Treaty Doc. 104-33).
  The treaties were transmitted to the Senate on Tuesday, September 3, 
and Wednesday, September 4, 1996, considered as having been read for 
the first time, and referred, with accompanying papers, to the 
Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. 
                                                         Pages S9862-63
Messages From the House:
  Page S9852
Measures Read First Time:
  Page S9867
Communications:
  Page S9853
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S9853-55
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S9855-56
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S9856-57
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S9857
Authority for Committees:
  Page S9857
Additional Statements:
  Pages S9857-62
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking:
  Pages S9835-47
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--268) 
                                                     Pages S9799, S9820
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 7:02 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, September 5, 1996. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S9867).