[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 135 (Thursday, September 26, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1007-D1008]
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                                       Thursday, September 26, 1996

[[Page D1007]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate sustained President's veto of Partial-Birth Abortion Ban.
      House agreed to Water Resources Development Act Conference 
      Report.
      House took action on 39 measures.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S11335-S11468
Measures Introduced: Four bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2132-2135, and S. Res. 301 and 302.
  Page S11426
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 1359, to amend title 38, United States Code, to revise certain 
authorities relating to management and contracting in the provision of 
health care services, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
(S. Rept. No. 104-372)
Page S11426
Measures Passed:
  NIH Authorizations: Senate passed S. 1897, to amend the Public Health 
Service Act to revise and extend certain programs relating to the 
National Institutes of Health, after agreeing to committee amendments, 
and the following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S11391-S11401
  Lott (for Kassebaum) Amendment No. 5404, in the nature of a 
substitute.
Pages S11397-S11400
  Accountable Pipeline Safety and Partnership Act: Senate passed S. 
1505, to reduce risk to public safety and the environment associated 
with pipeline transportation of natural gas and hazardous liquids, 
after agreeing to a modified committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
  Pages S11451-54
  Supreme Court Authority Extension: Senate passed S. 2100, to provide 
for the extension of certain authority for the Marshal of the Supreme 
Court and the Supreme Court Police.
  Page S11455
  Indian Child Welfare Act Amendments: Senate passed S. 1962, to amend 
the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, after agreeing to the following 
amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S11455-60
  Lott (for McCain) Amendment No. 5405, to make technical corrections. 
                                                            Page S11455
  Production of Committee Records: Senate agreed to S. Res. 302, to 
authorize the production of records by the Committee on Indian Affairs.
                                                            Page S11460
  Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act: Committee on 
Veterans Affairs was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 
3458, to increase, effective as of December 1, 1996, the rates of 
compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the 
rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of 
certain disabled veterans, and the bill was then passed, after striking 
all after the enacting clause, and inserting in lieu thereof the text 
of S. 1791, Senate companion measure.
  Pages S11460-62
  Subsequently, S. 1791 was returned to the Senate calendar. 
                                                            Page S11461
  Wildlife Suppression Aircraft Transfer Act: Committee on Armed 
Services was discharged from further consideration of S. 2078, to 
authorize the sale of excess Department of Defense aircraft to 
facilitate the suppression of wildfire, and the bill was then passed, 
after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                            Page S11462
  Lott (for Kempthorne) Amendment No. 5406, to authorize the sale of 
excess Department of Defense aircraft to facilitate the suppression of 
wildfire.
Page S11462
  Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute: Senate passed S. 1973, to provide for the 
settlement of the Navajo-Hopi land dispute, after agreeing to a 
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and the following 
amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S11462-68
  Lott (for McCain) Amendment No. 5407, to provide a definition of 
newly acquired trust lands.
Pages S11465-66

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  Lott (for McCain) Amendment No. 5408, to make a technical change. 
                                                        Pages S11465-66
  Lott (for McCain) Amendment No. 5409, to provide for neither the 
Navajo Nation nor the Navajo families residing upon Hopi Partitioned 
Lands were parties to or signers of the Settlement Agreement between 
the United States and the Hopi Tribe.
Pages S11465-66
  Lott (for McCain) Amendment No. 5410, to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to take lands into trust in an expeditious manner. 
                                                        Pages S11465-66
  Lott (for McCain) Amendment No. 5411, to provide for statutory 
interpretation and water rights.
Pages S11465-66
Veto--Partial-Birth Abortion Ban: By 57 yeas to 41 nays (Vote No. 301), 
two-thirds of the Senators voting not having voted in the affirmative, 
H.R. 1833, to amend title 18, United States Code, to ban partial-birth 
abortions, upon reconsideration, was rejected, and the veto of the 
President was sustained.
  Pages S11337-61, S11366-89
Illegal Immigration Reform Conference Report--Cloture Motion Filed: A 
motion was entered to close further debate on the conference report on 
H.R. 2202, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to improve 
deterrence of illegal immigration to the United States by increasing 
border patrol and investigative personnel, by increasing penalties for 
alien smuggling and for document fraud, by reforming exclusion and 
deportation law and procedures, by improving the verification system 
for eligibility for employment, and through other measures, and to 
reform the legal immigration system and facilitate legal entries into 
the United States and, by unanimous-consent agreement, a vote on the 
cloture motion will occur on Monday, September 30, 1996. 
                                                        Pages S11450-51
Appointments:
  Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance: The Chair, on 
behalf of the President pro tempore, pursuant to Public Law 99-498, 
appointed Dr. Robert C. Khayat, of Mississippi, to the Advisory 
Committee on Student Financial Assistance for a three-year term 
effective October 1, 1996.
  Page S11454
Messages From the House:
  Pages S11424-25
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S11425
Communications:
  Page S11425
Petitions:
  Pages S11425-26
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S11426
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S11426-34
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S11434-35
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S11435-42
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S11442-43
Additional Statements:
  Pages S11443-50
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--301) 
                                                            Page S11389
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and adjourned at 7:34 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Friday, September 27, 1996. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S11468.)