[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 122 (Monday, September 9, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D906-D907]
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                                          Monday, September 9, 1996

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                              Daily Digest


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S10027-S10098
Measures Introduced: Two bills were introduced, as follows: S. 2059 and 
2060.
  Page S10075
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 1264, to provide for certain benefits of the Missouri River basin 
Pick-Sloan project to the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 104-362)
  S. 1973, to provide for the settlement of the Navajo-Hopi land 
dispute, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 
104-363)
  S. 1897, to amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend 
certain programs relating to the National Institutes of Health, with 
amendments. (S. Rept. No. 104-364)
  S. 1317, to repeal the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, to 
enact the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1995, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 104-365)
  Report to accompany S. 1887, to make improvements in the operation 
and administration of the Federal Courts. (S. Rept. No. 104-366)
  S. 1791, to increase, effective as of December 1, 1996, the rates of 
disability compensation for veterans with service-connected 
disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for 
survivors of such veterans. (S. Rept. No. 104-367)
Page S10075
Measures Passed:
  Organ and Bone Marrow Transplant Program: Senate passed S. 1324, to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend the solid-
organ procurement and transplantation programs, and the bone marrow 
donor program, after agreeing to a committee amendment in the nature of 
a substitute, and the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                        Pages S10080-87
  Lott (for Kassebaum) Amendment No. 5205, to restore and modify 
certain qualified organ procurement organization board of director 
provisions.
Pages S10083-84
  Technical Corrections: Senate passed H.R. 4018, to make technical 
corrections in the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982, 
clearing the measure for the President.
  Pages S10087-88
National Defense Authorization Act, 1997--Conference Report: Senate 
began consideration of the conference report on H.R. 3230, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 1997 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, and to prescribe personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces.
  Pages S10027-47
  Senate will continue consideration of the conference report on 
Tuesday, September 10, 1996, with a vote to occur thereon.
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Alan H. Flanigan, of Virginia, to be Deputy Director for Supply 
Reduction, Office of National Drug Control Policy.
  2 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  2 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Foreign Service, Air Force, and Navy. 
                                                        Pages S10089-98
Messages From the House:
  Page S10072
Communications:
  Pages S10072-73
Petitions:
  Pages S10073-75
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S10075-76
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S10076
Amendments Submitted:
  Page S10076
Authority for Committees:
  Page S10076
Additional Statements:
  Pages S10076-80

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Adjournment: Senate convened at 10:30 a.m., and adjourned at 7:05 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, September 10, 1996. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S10088.)