[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 126 (Friday, September 13, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D936-D938]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                         Friday, September 13, 1996

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S10511-S10567
Measures Introduced: Three bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2072-2074, and S. Res. 291 and 292. 
                                                Pages S10554, S10556-57
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  H.R. 655, to authorize the hydrogen research, development, and 
demonstration programs of the Department of Energy, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute.
  H.R. 1786, to regulate fishing in certain waters of Alaska.
  H.R. 3198, to reauthorize and amend the National Geologic Mapping Act 
of 1992.
  S. 1010, to amend the ``unit of general local government'' definition 
for Federal payments in lieu of taxes to include unorganized boroughs 
in Alaska, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 1719, to require the Secretary of the Interior to offer to sell to 
certain public agencies the indebtedness representing the remaining 
repayment balance of certain Bureau of Reclamation projects in Texas, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 1804, to make technical and other changes to the laws dealing with 
the Territories and Freely Associated States of the United States, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 1889, to authorize the exchange of certain lands conveyed to the 
Kenai Native Association pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act, to make adjustments to the National Wilderness System, 
with an amendment.
  S. 2033, to repeal requirements for unnecessary or obsolete reports 
from the Department of Energy, with amendments.
Page S10554
Measures Passed:
  FTC Authorizations: Senate passed H.R. 3553, to amend the Federal 
Trade Commission Act to authorize appropriations for the Federal Trade 
Commission, clearing the measure for the President.
  Pages S10565-66
  Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act: Senate passed 
S. 1983, to amend the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act to provide for Native Hawaiian organizations. 
                                                            Page S10566
Department of the Interior Appropriations, 1997: Senate began 
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, taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S10512-33, S10535-36, S10539
Adopted:
  Gorton (for Chafee) Amendment No. 5318, to provide that a portion of 
the admission and user fees collected by the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service under the recreational fee demonstration program shall 
be available to the Secretary of the Interior until expended to be used 
in accordance with certain priorities specified in the Emergency 
Wetlands Resources Act of 1986.
Pages S10529-31
  Gorton (for Craig/Kempthorne) Amendment No. 5319, to transfer funds 
from the Running Creek Ranch land acquisition project to the National 
Forest Service for an old logging road inventory in Idaho. 
                                                        Pages S10529-31
  Gorton (for DeWine) Amendment No. 5320, to expand the moratorium on 
land acquisition for the Wayne National Forest in Ohio to include 
Gallia County.
Pages S10529-31
  Gorton (for Faircloth) Amendment No. 5321, to remove a parcel of land 
from the Snowbird Wilderness Study area in North Carolina so that a 
road can be repaired.
Pages S10529-31
  Gorton Amendment No. 5322, to transfer certain funds to a Lake Chelan 
National Recreation Area road repair project.
Pages S10529-31
  Gorton Amendment No. 5323, to specify that any agreement with the 
State of Washington shall provide protection of the existing quality 
and availability of water.
Pages S10529-31
  Gorton Amendment No. 5324, relating to Bureau of Indian Affairs 
welfare assistance payments.
Pages S10529-31

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  Gorton Amendment No. 5325, to specify that certain funds be made 
available for Everglades research, planning, and interagency 
coordination in support of land acquisition.
Pages S10529-31
  Gorton/Byrd Amendment No. 5326, of a technical nature. 
                                                        Pages S10529-31
  Gorton Amendment No. 5327, to allow the National Park Service to 
reimburse the State of Washington for fish restoration activities. 
                                                        Pages S10529-31
  Gorton/Byrd Amendment No. 5328, to extend authority for the transfer 
of certain Bureau of Mines facilities.
Pages S10529-31
  Gorton/Byrd Amendment No. 5329, to designate the Colombia Wilderness 
in Oregon as the ``Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness''.
Pages S10529-31
  Gorton/Byrd Amendment No. 5330, to provide for the use of funds for 
improving visitor facilities in national parks.
Pages S10529-31
  Gorton Amendment No. 5331, to strike the provision deeming approval 
of a telescope site on Mt. Graham consistent with the Arizona-Idaho 
Conservation Act.
Pages S10529-31
  Gorton/Byrd Amendment No. 5332, to clarify the amount of funds 
provided to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for the Natural 
Communities Conservation Plan.
Pages S10529-31
  Gorton (for Hatfield) Amendment No. 5333, to provide for the naming 
of the Pacific Northwest Research Station Silviculture Lab in Bend, 
Oregon as the Robert W. Chandler Building.
Pages S10529-31
  Gorton (for Hatfield) Amendment No. 5334, to provide for the naming 
of the Bureau of Land Management's Visitors Center in Rand, Oregon as 
the William B. Smullin Visitor Center.
Pages S10529-31
  Gorton (for Hutchison) Amendment No. 5335, to move $250,000 from the 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Lower Rio Grande National Wildlife 
Refuge land acquisition project to the Forest Service's Lake McClellan 
dredging project in the State of Texas.
Pages S10529-31
  Gorton (for Johnston) Amendment No. 5336, to designate the visitor 
center at Jean Lafitte National Historical Park in New Orleans, 
Louisiana as the ``Laura C. Hudson Visitor Center''.
Pages S10529-31
  Gorton (for Murkowski) Amendment No. 5337, to provide that the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall by March 31, 1997 report to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate on the status and disposition of all salvage timber sales 
started under the authority of Section 2001 of P.L. 104-121 and 
subsequently withdrawn or delayed and completed under different 
authorities as a consequence of the July 2, 1996 Directive on the 
implementation of Section 2001 issued by the Secretary. 
                                                        Pages S10529-31
  Gorton (for Murkowski/Stevens) Amendment No. 5338, to protect State's 
management of fish and game resources in Alaska.
Pages S10529-31
  Gorton (for Nickles) Amendment No. 5339, to provide for the use of 
certain funds for the construction of a health care facility by the 
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.
Pages S10529-31
  Gorton (for Robb/Warner) Amendment No. 5340, to provide $1 million 
for land acquisition at Rappahannock National Wildlife Refuge in 
Virginia.
Pages S10529-31
  Gorton (for Sarbanes) Amendment No. 5341, to authorize the State of 
Maryland to set aside a portion of amounts made available under the 
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 for use in 
undertaking acid mine drainage abatement and treatment projects. 
                                                        Pages S10529-31
  Gorton (for Stevens) Amendment No. 5342, to provide that $250,000 of 
the funds available to the Bureau of Land Management for the Alaska 
conveyance shall be available for activities preparatory to resumption 
of leasing of oil and gas in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska 
pursuant to Public Law 96-514.
Pages S10529-31
  Gorton (for Hatfield/Murray) Amendment No. 5343, to provide that the 
Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior are authorized to limit 
competition for watershed restoration project contracts as part of the 
``Jobs in the Woods'' component of the President's Forest Plan for the 
Pacific Northwest to individuals and entities in historically timber-
dependent areas in the States of Washington, Oregon, and northern 
California that have been affected by reduced timber harvesting on 
Federal lands.
Page S10532
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill on Monday, September 16, 1996.
Page S10567
Appointments:
  Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress: The Chair, on behalf 
of the Secretary of the Senate, pursuant to Public Law 101-509, 
appointed Sheilah Mann, of Maryland, to the Advisory Committee on the 
Records of Congress for the 104th Congress.
  Page S10536
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaty:
  The Constitution and Convention of the International 
Telecommunication Union (ITU), with Annexes, signed at Geneva on 
December 22, 1992 (Treaty Doc. 104-34).
  The treaty was transmitted to the Senate today, 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. 
                                                            Page S10566

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Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report concerning the national emergency with 
respect to Iran; referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs. (PM-168).
Pages S10552-53
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations: 
                                                        Pages S10566-67
  Robert S. LaRussa, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce.
  Richard W. Bogosian, of Maryland, a Career Member of the Senior 
Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, for the rank of 
Ambassador during his tenure of service as Special Coordinator for 
Rwanda/Burundi.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Marine Corps.
Messages From the President:
  Pages S10552-53
Communications:
  Pages S10553-54
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S10554-56
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S10556
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S10557-64
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S10564
Additional Statements:
  Pages S10564-65
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 2:35 p.m., 
until 12 noon, on Monday, September 16, 1996. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S10567.)