[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 28, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D52]
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                                          Tuesday, January 28, 1997

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S693-S777
Measures Introduced: Twenty-four bills and nine resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 204-227, S.J. Res. 12 and 13, and S. Res. 
26-32.                                                    
  Pages S725-26
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. Res. 26, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Environment 
and Public Works.
  S. Res. 27, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Finance.
  S. Res. 28, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Banking, 
Housing and Urban Affairs.
  S. Res. 29, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation.
  S. Res. 30, authorizing expenditures by the Select Committee on 
Intelligence.
  S. Res. 31, providing for members on the part of the Senate of the 
Joint Committee on Printing and the Joint Committee of Congress on the 
Library.
  S. Res. 32, to authorize the printing of a collection of the rules of 
the committees of the Senate.                                 
Page S725
Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent time-agreement was reached 
providing for the consideration of the nomination of Andrew M. Cuomo, 
of New York, to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, on 
Wednesday, January 29, 1997, with a vote to occur thereon. 
                                                          Pages S722-23
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaty:
  Taxation Treaty with Thailand (Treaty Doc. 105-2).
  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 S723
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Federico Pena, of Colorado, to be Secretary of Energy.
  Routine lists in the Army, Air Force, and Foreign Service. 
                                                          Pages S775-77
Communications:                                           
  Pages S723-25
Executive Reports of Committees:                              
  Page S725
Statements on Introduced Bills:                           
  Pages S726-68
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages S768-69
Notices of Hearings:                                          
  Page S771
Authority for Committees:                                     
  Page S771
Additional Statements:                                    
  Pages S771-75
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 5:59 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, January 29, 1997. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S775.)