[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 139 (Tuesday, October 1, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1036-D1037]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                           Tuesday, October 1, 1996

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S12045-S12147
Measures Introduced: Four bills and four resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2183-2186, and S. Res. 307-310.
  Pages S12125-26
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  Report to accompany H.R. 3815, to make technical corrections and 
miscellaneous amendments to trade laws. (S. Rept. No. 104-393)
  S. 1277, to provide equitable relief for the generic drug industry, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 104-394)
  Report to accompany H.R. 3198, to reauthorize and amend the National 
Geologic Mapping Act of 1992. (S. Rept. No. 104-395)
Page S12125
Measures Passed:
  Electing Secretary of the Senate: Senate agreed to S. Res. 307, 
electing Gary Lee Sisco of Tennessee as Secretary of the Senate. 
                                                            Page S12046
   Notification to the President: Senate agreed to S. Res. 308, 
notifying the President of the United States of the election of Gary 
Lee Sisco of Tennessee as Secretary of the Senate.
  Page S12046
   Notification to the House of Representatives: Senate agreed to S. 
Res. 309, notifying the House of Representatives of the election of 
Gary Lee Sisco of Tennessee as Secretary of the Senate.
  Page S12046
  Commending Kelly D. Johnston: Senate agreed to S. Res. 310, 
commending Kelly D. Johnston for his service to the United States 
Senate.
  Page S12046
  Technical Correction: Senate passed S. 2183, to make technical 
corrections to the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Reconciliation Act of 1996, after agreeing to the following amendment 
proposed thereto:
  Pages S12092-93
  Murkowski (for Daschle) Amendment No. 5424, to provide for the 
extension of the Northern Great Plains Rural Development Commission. 
                                                            Page S12092
   Convening Day for the 105th Congress: Senate passed H.J. Res. 198, 
appointing the day for the convening of the first session of the One 
Hundred Fifth Congress and the day for the counting in Congress of the 
electoral votes for President and Vice President cast in December 1996, 
clearing the measure for the President.
  Page S12093
National Securities Improvement Act--Conference Report: Senate agreed 
to the conference report on H.R. 3005, to amend the Federal securities 
laws in order to promote efficiency and capital formation in the 
financial markets, and to amend the Investment Company Act of 1940 to 
promote more efficient management of mutual funds, protect investors, 
and provide more effective and less burdensome regulation, clearing the 
measure for the President.
  Pages S12093-95
FAA Authorizations--Conference Report: Senate resumed consideration of 
the conference report on H.R. 3539, to amend title 49, United States 
Code, to reauthorize programs of the Federal Aviation Administration. 
                                                    Pages S12095-S12115
  Senate will resume consideration of the conference report on 
Wednesday, October 2, 1996.
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaty:
  The International Convention on the International Maritime 
Organization (Treaty Doc. 104-36).
  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 S12146
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report on the operation of the Caribbean Basin 
Economic Recovery Act; referred to the Committee on Finance. (PM-175). 
                                                            Page S12124

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Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Judith M. Espinosa, of New Mexico, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National 
Environmental Policy Foundation for a term of four years.
Page S12147
Messages From the President:
  Page S12124
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Pages S12124-25
Communications:
  Page S12125
Petitions:
  Page S12125
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S12125
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S12126-29
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S12129
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S12129-30
Authority for Committees:
  Page S12130
Additional Statements:
  Pages S12130-46
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking:
  Pages S12062-77
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 6:01 p.m., 
until 12 noon, on Wednesday, October 2, 1996. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on 
pages S12146-47.)