[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 125 (Thursday, September 12, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D927-D928]
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                                       Thursday, September 12, 1996

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House Passed Energy and Water Appropriations Conference Report.
      House Committees ordered reported 9 sundry measures.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S10349-S10509
Measures Introduced: Five bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2067-2071, and S. Res. 290.
  Page S10426, S10429-30
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  H.R. 3755, making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health 
and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies, for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1997, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 104-368)
Treasury/Postal Service Appropriations, 1997: Senate continued 
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 further excepted committee 
amendments, and taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as 
follows:
  Pages S10349-74, S10377-S10400
Adopted:
  Shelby (for Grams) Amendment No. 5261, to require the Internal 
Revenue Service to allocate sufficient funds and staff for providing 
improved IRS 1-800 help line service to taxpayers.
Pages S10355-56
  Shelby (for Faircloth) Amendment No. 5262, to prohibit the Internal 
Revenue Service from using color printing for purposes other than to 
call attention to changes in tax law or to make tax forms easier to 
use.
Pages S10355-56
  Shelby (for Levin) Amendment No. 5263, to express the sense of the 
Senate to fully support the U.S. negotiators' position in the Framework 
Agreement on Autos and Auto Parts with Japan.
Pages S10355-56
  Shelby (for Thompson) Amendment No. 5264, to authorize the 
Administrator of General Services to conduct a pilot program involving 
States participation in the FTS2000 program.
Pages S10355-56
  Shelby (for Bingaman/Jeffords) Amendment No. 5271, to provide for a 
reduction in the energy costs of the facilities used by an agency. 
                                                        Pages S10357-61
  Shelby (for Daschle) Amendment No. 5272, to establish a national 
repository for arson and explosive information.
Pages S10357-61
  Shelby (for D'Amato) Amendment No. 5273, to reform the commemorative 
coin programs of the United States Mint in order to protect the 
integrity of such programs and prevent losses of Government funds. 
                                                        Pages S10357-61
  Subsequently, the amendment was modified.
Pages S10373-74
  Shelby (for McCain) Amendment No. 5274, to provide for the 
continuation of the term of a member of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship 
Board after the member's term has expired until a successor is chosen. 
                                                        Pages S10357-61
  Shelby (for Dorgan) Amendment No. 5275, to allow the Department of 
the Interior to transfer directly to Indian tribes in North and South 
Dakota portable housing units at the Grand Forks Air Force Base which 
have been declared excess by the Department of Defense. 
                                                        Pages S10357-61
  Shelby (for Byrd) Amendment No. 5276, to provide funding for the 
establishment of a flexiplace work telecommuting center in West 
Virginia.
Pages S10357-61
  Shelby (for Hatfield) Amendment No. 5277, to make funds available for 
the renovation of the Pioneer Courthouse in Portland, Oregon. 
                                                        Pages S10357-61
  Shelby (for Gramm) Amendment No. 5278, to express the sense of the 
Senate in support of new border station construction in Laredo, Texas. 
                                                        Pages S10357-61
  Committee amendment beginning on page 129, line 20, through page 130, 
line 18, to strike section

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638 limiting the number of White House political appointees to 2,300. 
(By 36 yeas to 62 nays (Vote No. 288), Senate failed to table the 
amendment.)
Pages S10366-72
  By 97 yeas to 2 nays (Vote No. 289), Lautenberg Amendment No. 5241, 
to prohibit persons convicted of a crime involving domestic violence 
from owning or possessing firearms.
Pages S10377-80
  Shelby Amendment No. 5313, to provide funding for the review of trade 
issues authorized by the North American Free Trade Agreement 
Implementation Act (P.L. 103-182).
Page S10380
  Shelby (for Kerrey) Amendment No. 5314, to transfer certain General 
Services Administration funds for Basic Repairs and Alterations to 
Policy and Operations.
Page S10380
  Kohl Amendment No. 5244, to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
establish as a Federal offense the possession of a gun within 1000 
yards of a school. (By 27 yeas to 72 nays (Vote No. 290), Senate failed 
to table the amendment.)
Pages S10383-85, S10395-96
  McCain/Helms Amendment No. 5266, to increase funding for drug 
interdiction efforts.
Pages S10388-89
Rejected:
  By 46 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 286), Reid/Levin/Biden Modified 
Amendment No. 5256, to refer the White House travel office matter to 
the Court of Federal Claims.
Pages S10349-53
  Kerry Amendment No. 5279, to make funds available for a study of 
tagging explosive materials. (By 57 yeas to 42 nays (Vote No. 287), 
Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S10361-66
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 S10349, S10354-55
  Daschle Amendment No. 5234, to establish health insurance equity for 
Congressional and contract employees.
Pages S10381-82, S10396
  Ashcroft Amendment No. 5316 (to Amendment No. 5234), to provide for 
workforce flexibility for employees of certain Federal contractors. 
                                                        Pages S10396-97
  Biden Amendment No. 5295, to provide for the rescheduling of 
flunitrazepam into schedule of the Controlled Substance Act. 
                                                        Pages S10385-88
  Graham Amendment No. 5245, to ensure that Medicare beneficiaries have 
emergency and urgent care provided and paid for by establishing a 
definition of an emergency medical condition that is based upon the 
prudent layperson standard.
Pages S10390-93
  Hatch Amendment No. 5315 (to Amendment No. 5295), to amend the 
Controlled Substances Act to provide a penalty for the use of a 
controlled substance with the intent to commit a crime of violence, 
including rape.
Pages S10393-95
Withdrawn:
  Hatch Modified Amendment No. 5257 (to Amendment No. 5256), to 
reimburse the victims of the White House Travel Office firing and 
investigation.
Page S10349
Department of the Interior Appropriations, 1997--Agreement: A 
unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for the consideration 
of H.R. 3662, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, on 
Friday, September 13, 1996.
  Pages S10400-01, S10508-09
Messages From the House:
                                                   Pages S10424-25
Measures Referred:
                                                       Page S10425
Measure Placed on the Calendar:
                                                       Page S10425
Communications:
                                                   Pages S10425-26
Statements on Introduced Bills:
                                                   Pages S10426-28
Additional Cosponsors:
                                                       Page S10428
Amendments Submitted:
                                               Pages S10430-S10506
Notices of Hearings:
                                                   Pages S10506-07
Authority for Committees:
                                                       Page S10507
Additional Statements:
                                                   Pages S10507-08
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking:
                                                   Pages S10405-20
Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total--290) 
                           Pages S10353, S10366, S10372, S10380, S10396
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 8:41 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Friday, September 13, 1996. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on pages 
S10508-09.)