[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 124 (Wednesday, September 11, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D919-D920]
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                                      Wednesday, September 11, 1996

[[Page D919]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      The House and Senate met in a joint meeting to receive an address 
      by His Excellency John Bruton, Prime Minister of Ireland.
      House Committees ordered reported 9 sundry measures.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S10245-S10347
Measures Introduced: Four bills were introduced, as follows: S. 2063-
2066.
  Page S10327
Treasury/Postal Service Appropriations, 1997: Senate resumed 
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, taking action on amendments proposed 
thereto, as follows:
  Pages S10245-S10319
Adopted:
  Warner Amendment No. 5240, to grant flexibility to the General 
Services Administration in regards to telecommuting centers. 
                                                            Page S10280
  By 59 yeas to 39 nays (Vote No. 285), Thomas Modified Amendment No. 
5224, to limit the use of funds to provide for Federal agencies to 
furnish commercially available property or services to other Federal 
agencies.
Pages S10281-86
  Shelby (for Stevens) Amendment No. 5249, to provide for the Advisory 
Commission on Intergovernmental Affairs to continue operations. 
                                                        Pages S10286-90
  Shelby (for Inhofe) Amendment No. 5250, to strike Section 404. 
                                                        Pages S10286-90
  Shelby (for McCain) Amendment No. 5251, to provide for an audit by 
Inspector Generals of administratively uncontrollable overtime 
practices, and to revise guidelines for such practices. 
                                                        Pages S10286-90
  Shelby (for Hollings) Amendment No. 5252, to increase the 
reimbursement for funeral and burial costs to $10,000 for Federal 
civilian employees who die as a result of injuries sustained in the 
performance of duty.
Pages S10286-90
  Shelby/Kerrey Amendment No. 5253, to provide for training of 
explosive detection canines.
Pages S10286-90
  Shelby Amendment No. 5254, to provide for the designation of the Mark 
O. Hatfield United States Courthouse in Portland, Oregon. 
                                                        Pages S10286-90
  Shelby (for Brown) Amendment No. 5255, to provide for the 
establishment of uniform accounting systems, standards, and reporting 
systems in the Federal Government.
Pages S10286-90
Rejected:
  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. (By 58 yeas to 41 nays (Vote No. 282), Senate 
tabled the amendment.)
Pages S10245-61
  Committee amendment beginning on page 80, line 20, through page 81, 
line 4, striking language that prohibits funds to be made available to 
pay for an abortion, or the administrative expenses in connection with 
any health plan under the federal employees' health benefit program 
which provides any benefits or coverage for abortions. (By 53 yeas to 
45 nays (Vote No. 284), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S10270-78
Pending:
  Kassebaum Amendment No. 5235 (to committee amendment on page 16, line 
16, through page 17, line 2), to express the sense of the Senate 
regarding communications between physicians and their patients. 
                                                        Pages S10267-70
  Reid/Levin/Biden Modified Amendment No. 5256, to refer the White 
House travel office matter to the Court of Federal Claims. 
                                                    Pages S10294-S10319

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  Hatch Amendment No. 5257 (to Amendment No. 5256), to reimburse the 
victims of the White House Travel Office firing and investigation. 
                                                    Pages S10295-S10319
  Subsequently, the amendment was modified.
                                                Pages S10294-95, S10312
  During consideration of this measure, Senate also took the following 
action:
  By 51 yeas to 48 nays (Vote No. 283), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected a motion to waive the point of order with respect to 
Congressional Budget Act with respect to consideration of 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. Subsequently, a point of order that the amendment was in 
violation of Section 202 of the Congressional Budget Resolution, was 
sustained, and the amendment was ruled out of order. 
                                                Pages S10245, S10261-67
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for the 
consideration of certain further amendments to be proposed to the bill.
                                             Pages S10280-81, S10284-85
  A further consent agreement was reached providing for votes to occur 
on Amendments No. 5256 and No. 5257, listed above, on Thursday, 
September 12, 1996.
                                                            Page S10302
  Senate will continue consideration of the bill on Thursday, September 
12, 1996.
Executive Reports of Committees: The Senate received the following 
executive reports of a committee:
  Report to accompany the Chemical Weapons Convention (Treaty Doc. 103-
21) (Exec. Rept. No. 104-33).
                                                        Pages S10325-27
Messages From the House:
  Page S10324
Measures Referred:
  Page S10324
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S10324
Communications:
  Pages S10324-25
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Pages S10325-27
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S10327-28
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S10328-29
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S10329-43
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S10343
Authority for Committees:
  Page S10343
Additional Statements:
  Pages S10343-46
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--285) 
                                   Pages S10261, S10267, S10278, S10286
Adjournment: Senate convened at 11 a.m., and adjourned at 10:21 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, September 12, 1996. (For Senate's 
program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's 
Record on pages S10346-47.)