[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 123 (Tuesday, September 10, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D912-D913]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                        Tuesday, September 10, 1996

[[Page D912]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Defense of Marriage Act.
      Senate agreed to DOD Authorizations Conference Report.
      House passed 6 bills under suspension of the rules.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S10099-S10243
Measures Introduced: Two bills were introduced, as follows: S. 2061-
2062.
  Page S10192
Measure Passed:
  Defense of Marriage Act: By 85 yeas to 14 nays (Vote No. 280), Senate 
passed H.R. 3396, to define and protect the institution of marriage, 
clearing the measure for the President.
  Pages S10100-25, S10129
  Trade Relations: Committee on Finance was discharged from further 
consideration of S. 1918, to amend trade laws and related provisions to 
clarify the designation of normal trade relations, and the measure was 
then passed.
  Pages S10239-40
  Montgomery VA Medical Center: Committee on Veterans Affairs was 
discharged from further consideration of S. 1669, to name the 
Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Jackson, Mississippi, 
as the ``G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery Department of Veterans Medical 
Center'', and the bill was then passed.
  Pages S10240-43
Measure Rejected:
  Employment Nondiscrimination Act: By 49 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 
281), Senate rejected S. 2056, to prohibit employment discrimination on 
the basis of sexual orientation.
  Pages S10129-39
National Defense Authorization Act, 1997--Conference Report: By 73 yeas 
to 26 nays (Vote No. 279), Senate agreed to 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, clearing the measure for the President.
  Pages S10125-29
Treasury/Postal Service Appropriations, 1997: Senate began 
consideration of H.R. 3756, making appropriations for the Treasury 
Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of 
the President, and certain Independent Agencies, 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 S10139-85, S10190
Adopted:
  Helms (for Thompson) Amendment No. 5208 (to committee amendment on 
page 2, line 18), to forbid any Member of the House of Representatives 
or the Senate from receiving a pay raise or cost of living adjustment 
in the fiscal year 1997.
Pages S10159-60
  Shelby Amendment No. 5209, to make a technical correction. 
                                                            Page S10165
  Shelby Amendment No. 5210, of a technical nature.
Page S10165
  Shelby Amendment No. 5211, to correct a printing error.
Page S10165
  Shelby Amendment No. 5212, to strike Section 632.
Page S10165
  Shelby Amendment No. 5213, to strike Title VII.
Pages S10165-66
  Shelby Amendment No. 5214, to provide funding to the Postal Service 
for payments of workman's compensation claims.
Page S10166
  Shelby Amendment No. 5215, to further define actions the Internal 
Revenue Service is to take with regard to the information systems 
account.
Page S10166
  Shelby Amendment No. 5216, to provide for assistance to Special 
Agents of the Department of State's Diplomatic Security Service. 
                                                            Page S10166

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  Shelby Amendment No. 5217, to provide Federal Executive Boards 
ability to expend funds.
                                                        Pages S10166-67
  Shelby Amendment No. 5218, to expand the flexibility available to the 
Office of Personnel Management in providing services to CSRS and FERS 
annuitants.
                                                            Page S10167
  Shelby Amendment No. 5219, to provide authority to the General 
Services Administration to negotiate payment for housing the Federal 
Communications Commission in Washington, D.C.
                                                            Page S10167
  Shelby Amendment No. 5220, of a technical nature.
                                                            Page S10167
  Shelby Amendment No. 5221, to strike provisions requiring the 
Administrative Office of the Courts to do a space utilization study of 
courtroom space and utilization.
                                                            Page S10167
  Shelby Amendment No. 5222, to allow agencies to advance employee FEHB 
premiums for employees on leave without pay.
                                                        Pages S10167-68
  Shelby Amendment No. 5225, to extend the OMB's authority to 
streamline financial management authority under the GMRA pilot program.
                                                        Pages S10182-85
  Shelby (for Stevens) Amendment No. 5226, to provide for a Government 
accounting of regulatory costs and benefits of major rules. 
                                                        Pages S10182-85
  Shelby (for Mikulski) Amendment No. 5227, to provide for the closing 
of an alley owned by the United States to allow construction of a 
facility for the United States Government in the District of Columbia. 
                                                        Pages S10182-85
  Shelby (for Mack/Graham) Amendment No. 5228, to transfer certain 
property to be used as an animal research facility.
                                                        Pages S10182-85
  Shelby (for D'Amato) Amendment No. 5229, to prohibit the fraudulent 
production, sale, transportation, or possession of fictitious items 
purporting to be valid financial instruments of the United States, 
foreign governments, States, political subdivisions, or private 
organizations, and to increase the penalties for counterfeiting 
violations.
                                                        Pages S10182-85
  Shelby (for Gregg) Amendment No. 5230, to prohibit distribution of 
federal employee personal information without consent of the 
individual.
                                                        Pages S10182-85
  Shelby (for Kohl) Amendment No. 5231, to express the sense of 
Congress that the level of telephone assistance provided by the 
Internal Revenue Service to taxpayers should be increased. 
                                                        Pages S10182-85
  Shelby (for Kerrey) Amendment No. 5232, to prohibit the Internal 
Revenue Service from expending funds for the field office 
reorganization plan until the National Commission on Restructuring the 
Internal Revenue Service has had an opportunity to issue their final 
report.
                                                        Pages S10182-85
                                                               Pending:
  Wyden/Kennedy Amendment No. 5206 (to committee amendment beginning on 
page 16, line 16, through page 17, line 2), to prohibit the restriction 
of certain types of medical communications between a health care 
provider and a patient.
                                                        Pages S10161-65
  Dorgan Amendment No. 5223 (to committee amendment beginning on page 
16, line 16, through page 17, line 2), to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to end deferral for United States shareholders on income 
of controlled foreign corporations attributable to property imported 
into the United States.
                                                Pages S10168-82, S10190
  Senate will continue consideration of the bill on Wednesday, 
September 11, 1996.
Water Resources Development Act: Senate disagreed to the amendment of 
the House to S. 640, to provide for the conservation and development of 
water and related resources, and to authorize the Secretary of the Army 
to construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of 
the United States, requested a conference with the House thereon, and 
the Chair appointed the following conferees: Senators Chafee, Warner, 
Smith, Baucus, and Moynihan.
  Pages S10208-39
Messages From the House:
  Page S10191
Communications:
  Pages S10191-92
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S10192-S10201
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S10201
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S10201-04
Authority for Committees:
  Page S10204
Additional Statements:
  Pages S10204-08
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--281) 
                                                   Pages S10129, S10139
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 7:21 p.m., 
until 11 a.m., on Wednesday, September 11, 1996. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S10243.)