[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 127 (Monday, September 16, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D944-D945]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                              Monday, September 16, 1996

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                              Daily Digest

[D16SE6-1]D944 Senate


                                 Senate

[D16SE6-2]D944 Chamber Ac
Chamber Action
[D16SE6-3]D944 Routine Pr
Routine Proceedings, pages S10569-S10616
Measures Introduced: Five bills were introduced, as follows: S. 2075-2079. 
                                                                 Page S10600
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
[D16SE6-4]D944 H.R. 531,
  H.R. 531, to designate the Great Western Scenic Trail as a study trail 
under the National Trails System Act.
[D16SE6-5]D944 H.R. 1091,
  H.R. 1091, to improve the National Park System in the Commonwealth of 
Virginia, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
[D16SE6-6]D944 H.R. 2636,
  H.R. 2636, to transfer jurisdiction over certain parcels of Federal real 
property located in the District of Columbia.
[D16SE6-7]D944 S. 608, to
  S. 608, to establish the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park in 
New Bedford, Massachusetts, with amendments.
[D16SE6-8]D944 S. 695, to
  S. 695, to provide for the establishment of the Tallgrass Prairie National 
Preserve in Kansas, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
[D16SE6-9]D944 S. 902, to
  S. 902, to amend Public Law 100-479 to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to assist in the construction of a building to be used jointly by 
the Secretary for park purposes and by the city of Natchez as an intermodal 
transportation center, with amendments.
[D16SE6-10]D944 S. 951, to
  S. 951, to commemorate the service of First Ladies Jacqueline Kennedy and 
Patricia Nixon to improving and maintaining the Executive Residence of the 
President and to authorize grants to the White House Endowment Fund in their 
memory to continue their work, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
[D16SE6-11]D944 S. 1127, t
  S. 1127, to establish the Vancouver National Historic Reserve, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
[D16SE6-12]D944 S. 1649, t
  S. 1649, to extend contracts between the Bureau of Reclamation and 
irrigation districts in Kansas and Nebraska, with amendments.
[D16SE6-13]D944 S. 1699, t
  S. 1699, to establish the National Cave and Karst Research Institute in 
the State of New Mexico.
[D16SE6-14]D944 S. 1706, t
  S. 1706, to increase the amount authorized to be appropriated for 
assistance for highway relocation with respect to the Chickamauga and 
Chattanooga National Military Park in Georgia.
[D16SE6-15]D944 S. 1809, e
  S. 1809, entitled the ``Aleutian World War II National Historic Areas Act 
of 1996''.
[D16SE6-16]D944 S. 1844, t
  S. 1844, to amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act to direct a 
study of the opportunities for enhanced water based recreation, with an 
amendment.
[D16SE6-17]D944 S. 1921, t
  S. 1921, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to transfer certain 
facilities at the Minidoka project to the Burley Irrigation District, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
[D16SE6-18]D944 S. 1986, t
  S. 1986, to provide for the completion of the Umatilla Basin Project, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
[D16SE6-19]D944 S. 2015, t
  S. 2015, to convey certain real property located within the Carlsbad 
Project in New Mexico to the Carlsbad Irrigation District.
[D16SE6-20]D944 Report to
  Report to accompany S. 1952, to amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention Act of 1974. (S. Rept. No. 104-369)
Pages S10599-S10600
Department of the Interior Appropriations, 1997: Senate resumed 
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 S10580-99
Adopted:
[D16SE6-21]D944 Wyden Amen
  Wyden Amendment No. 5352, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
enter into cooperative agreements for the restoration and enhancement of 
biotic resources on watershed land.
Pages S10582-83
Pending:
[D16SE6-22]D944 Pressler A
  Pressler Amendment No. 5351, to promote the livestock industry. 
                                                             Pages S10580-82
[D16SE6-23]D944 Bumpers Mo
  Bumpers Modified Amendment No. 5353 (to committee amendment on page 25, 
line 4 through

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line 10), to increase the fee charged for domestic livestock grazing on 
public rangelands.
Pages S10584-99
[D16SE6-24]D945 Senate wil
  Senate will continue consideration of the bill on Tuesday, September 17, 
1996.
Energy and Water Appropriations Conference Report--Agreement: A unanimous-
consent agreement was reached providing for the consideration of the 
conference report on H.R. 3816, making appropriations for energy and water 
development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, on Tuesday, 
September 17, 1996.
  Page S10616
Messages from the President: Senate received the following message from the 
President of the United States:
[D16SE6-25]D945 Transmitti
  Transmitting the report concerning the continuation of the emergency with 
respect to UNITA; referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs. (PM-169).
Page S10599
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nomination:
[D16SE6-26]D945 Charles A.
  Charles A. Gueli, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of 
the National Institute of Building Sciences for a term expiring September 7, 
1999.
Page S10616
Messages From the President:
  Page S10599
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S10599
Communications:
  Page S10599
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S10600-09
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S10609
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S10609-14
Additional Statements:
  Pages S10614-16
Adjournment: Senate convened at 12 noon, and adjourned at 5:54 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, September 17, 1996. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S10616.)
[D16SE6-27]D945 Committee