[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 129 (Wednesday, September 18, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D960-D962]
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                                      Wednesday, September 18, 1996

[[Page D960]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed FAA Authorization bill.
      Senate agreed to Transportation Appropriations Conference Report.
      House passed Department of Transportation Appropriations 
      Conference Report.
      House Committees ordered reported 24 sundry measures.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S10729-S10898
Measures Introduced: Four bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2088-2091, S.J. Res. 61, and S. Res. 295.
  Pages S10837-38
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  H.R. 2504, to designate the Federal building located at the corner of 
Patton Avenue and Otis Street, and the United States Courthouse located 
on Otis Street, in Asheville, North Carolina, as the ``Veach-Baley 
Federal Complex''.
  H.R. 3186, to designate the Federal building located at 1655 Woodson 
Road in Overland, Missouri, as the ``Sammy L. Davis Federal Building''.
  H.R. 3400, to designate the United States courthouse to be 
constructed at a site on 18th Street between Dodge and Douglas Streets 
in Omaha, Nebraska, as the ``Roman L. Hruska United States 
Courthouse''.
  H.R. 3572, to designate the bridge on United States Route 231 which 
crosses the Ohio River between Maceo, Kentucky, and Rockport, Indiana, 
as the ``William H. Natcher Bridge''.
  S. 1875, to designate the United States Courthouse in Medford, 
Oregon, as the ``James A. Redden Federal Courthouse''.
  S. 1977, to designate a United States courthouse located in Tampa, 
Florida, as the ``Sam M. Gibbons United States Courthouse''. 
                                                            Page S10837
Measures Passed:
  FAA Authorization: By a unanimous vote of 99 yeas (Vote No. 293), 
Senate passed H.R. 3539, to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
reauthorize programs of the Federal Aviation Administration, after 
striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof 
the text of S. 1994, Senate companion measure, and after agreeing to 
the following amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S10741-56, S10759-76
  Chafee Modified Amendment No. 5361, to remove certain provisions with 
regard to Federal Aviation Administration authority to regulate 
aircraft engine standards, and to provide that the Environmental 
Protection Agency shall consult with the FAA on aircraft engine 
emission standards.
Pages S10741-42
  Ford (for Reid) Amendment No. 5359, to express the sense of the 
Senate regarding acts of international terrorism.
Page S10743
  Ford (for Bryan) Amendment No. 5369, to provide for additional days 
for comment for proposed regulations establishing special flight rules 
in the vicinity of Grand Canyon National Park.
Page S10743
  Ford (for Dorgan) Amendment No. 5372, to prohibit the Surface 
Transportation Board from increasing user fees.
Page S10743
  Ford (for Exon) Amendment No. 5371, to assure adequate resources for 
the Essential Air Service Program.
Page S10743
  McCain (for Domenici) Amendment No. 5368, of a technical nature. 
                                                        Pages S10743-44
  McCain (for Helms) Amendment No. 5377, to provide for the transfer of 
the United States' interest in the Hickory, North Carolina Air Traffic 
Control Tower.
Page S10744
  Roth/Moynihan Amendment No. 5370, to provide for expenditures from 
the Airport and Airway Trust Fund.
Page S10744
  McCain (for Brown) Amendment No. 5378, to provide for the reporting 
for procurement contracts.
Page S10750

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  Simon/Jeffords Amendment No. 5364, to amend the Employee Retirement 
Income Security Act of 1974 with respect to the auditing of employee 
benefit plans.
Pages S10741-42, S10752
  Ford (for Graham) Amendment No. 5373, to clarify the authority of the 
Customs Service to require air carriers to provide by electronic 
transmission advance cargo and passenger manifest information. 
                                                            Page S10753
  McCain Amendment No. 5379, of a technical nature.
Page S10753
  McCain Amendment No. 5374, to provide for sequential referral of an 
implementing bill to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation and the Committee on Finance.
Page S10753
  Senate insisted on its amendment and requested a conference with the 
House thereon.
Page S10776
  Subsequently, S. 1994 was returned to the Senate calendar. 
                                                            Page S10777
  Economic Espionage Act: Senate passed H.R. 3723, to amend title 18, 
United States Code, to protect proprietary economic information, after 
agreeing to the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                        Pages S10882-85
  Stevens (for Specter/Kohl) Amendment No. 5384, in the nature of a 
substitute.
Pages S10882-85
  Stevens (for Grassley/Kyl) Amendment No. 5385, to prohibit certain 
activities relating to the use of computers.
Pages S10882-84
  Stevens (for Hatch) Amendment No. 5386, to improve the treatment and 
security of certain persons found not guilty by reason of insanity in 
the District of Columbia.
Pages S10884-85
  Stevens (for Hatch) Amendment No. 5387, to provide funding for the 
establishment of Boys and Girls Clubs in public housing projects and 
other distressed areas.
Page S10885
   National Information Infrastructure Protection Act: Senate passed S. 
982, to protect the national information infrastructure, after agreeing 
to a committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and the 
following amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S10886-91
  Stevens (for Hatch) Amendment No. 5388, to improve the treatment and 
security of certain persons found guilty by reason of insanity in the 
District of Columbia.
Pages S10887-90
  Stevens (for Hatch) Amendment No. 5389, to provide funding for the 
establishment of Boys and Girls Clubs in public housing projects and 
other distressed areas.
Pages S10888-90
   Mother Teresa Honorary Citizenship: Senate agreed to H.J. Res. 191, 
to confer honorary citizenship of the United States on Agnes Gonxha 
Bojaxhiu, also known as Mother Teresa, clearing the measure for the 
President.
  Pages S10891-92
   Ukraine Independence and Sovereignty: Committee on Foreign Relations 
was discharged from further consideration of H. Con. Res. 120, 
supporting the independence and sovereignty of Ukraine and the progress 
of its political and economic reforms, and the resolution was then 
agreed to.
  Page S10892
   Waihee Marsh: Senate passed H.R. 1772, to authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to acquire certain interests in the Waihee Marsh for 
inclusion in the Oahu National Wildlife Refuge Complex, clearing the 
bill for the President.
  Page S10892
   Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge: Senate passed 
H.R. 2909, to amend the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife 
Refuge Act to provide that the Secretary of the Interior may acquire 
lands for purposes of that Act only by donation or exchange, or 
otherwise with the consent of the owner of the lands, clearing the bill 
for the President.
  Page S10892
   Carjacking Correction Act: Senate passed H.R. 3676, to clarify the 
intent of Congress with respect to the Federal carjacking prohibition, 
clearing the bill for the President.
  Page S10892
   Carjacking Correction Act: Senate passed S. 2006, to clarify the 
intent of Congress with respect to the Federal carjacking prohibition. 
                                                        Pages S10892-93
   Carjacking Correction Act: Senate passed S. 2007, to clarify the 
intent of Congress with respect to the Federal carjacking prohibition. 
                                                            Page S10893
   Electronic Freedom of Information Amendments: Senate passed H.R. 
3802, to amend section 552 of title 5, United States Code, popularly 
known as the Freedom of Information Act, to provide for public access 
to information in an electronic format, clearing the bill for the 
President.
  Pages S10893-94
   National Transportation Safety Board Amendments: Senate passed H.R. 
3159, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1997, 1998, and 1999 
for the National Transportation Safety Board, after striking all after 
the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the text of S. 1831, 
Senate companion measure, after agreeing to the following amendment 
proposed thereto:
  Pages S10895-98
  Stevens (for Pressler) Amendment No. 5390, relating to intermodal 
safe container transportation.
Pages S10897-98
  Subsequently, S. 1831 was returned to the Senate calendar. 
                                                            Page S10898
Transportation Appropriations, 1997--Conference Report: By 85 yeas to 
14 nays (Vote No.

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294), Senate agreed to the conference report on H.R. 3675, making 
appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, clearing the 
measure for the President.
  Pages S10777-94
Sustainable Fisheries Act: Senate began consideration of S. 39, to 
amend the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act to authorize 
appropriations, and to provide for sustainable fisheries, agreeing to a 
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and taking action on 
the following amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S10794-S10827
Adopted:
  Snowe Amendment No. 5381, to limit lobstering other than by pots or 
traps if no regulations to implement a coastal fishery management plan 
for American lobster have been issued by December 31, 1997. 
                                                        Pages S10823-24
  Stevens/Kerry Amendment No. 5382, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                            Page S10825
Pending:
  Hutchison Amendment No. 5383, to make certain modifications to 
provisions with regard to regional fishery management councils. 
                                                        Pages S10826-27
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for the 
further consideration of the bill and the amendment proposed thereto, 
with votes to occur thereon, on Thursday, September 19, 1996. 
                                                            Page S10898
Messages From the House:
  Pages S10835-36
Communications:
  Page S10836
Petitions:
  Pages S10836-37
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S10838-41
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S10841-42
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S10842-67
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S10867
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S10867-68
Additional Statements:
  Page S10868
Text of S. 1965, Comprehensive Methamphetamine Control Act of 1996 as 
Previously Passed:
  Pages S10738-39, S10878-82
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--294) 
                                                   Pages S10759, S10794
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 8:48 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, September 19, 1996. (For Senate's 
program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's 
Record on page S10898.)