[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 43 (Monday, April 14, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D328]
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                                             Monday, April 14, 1997

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                              Daily Digest


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3067-S3133
Measures Introduced: Nine bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 563-571 and S. Res. 71.                          
  Page S3117
Nuclear Waste Policy Act: Senate continued consideration of S. 104, to 
amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, taking action on the 
following amendments proposed thereto:                
  Pages S3077-S3113
Adopted:
  Reid (for Wellstone) Amendment No. 29 (to Amendment No. 26), to 
ensure that emergency response personnel in all jurisdictions on 
primary and alternative shipping routes have received training and have 
been determined to meet standards set by the Secretary before shipments 
of spent nuclear fuel and high-level nuclear waste.      
Pages S3077-82
  Reid (for Wellstone) Amendment No. 30 (to Amendment No. 26), to 
express the sense of the Senate regarding Federal assistance for 
elderly and disabled legal immigrants.            
Pages S3077, S3082-84
  Murkowski (for Lott) Amendment No. 44 (to Amendment No. 30), 
regarding assistance for elderly and disabled legal immigrants. 
                                                             Page S3084
Pending:
  Murkowski Amendment No. 26, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                      Pages S3077-S3113
  Lott (for Domenici) Amendment No. 42, (to Amendment No. 26), to 
provide that no points of order, which require 60 votes in order to 
adopt a motion to waive such point of order, shall be considered to be 
waived during the consideration of a joint resolution under section 401 
of this Act.                            
Pages S3077, S3084-86, S3090-92
  Lott (for Murkowski) Amendment No. 43 (to Amendment No. 42), to 
establish the level of annual fee for each civilian nuclear power 
reactor.                                
Pages S3077, S3084-86, S3090-92
  Bingaman Amendment No. 31 (to Amendment No. 26), to provide for the 
case in which the Yucca Mountain site proves to be unsuitable or cannot 
be licensed and to strike the automatic default to a site in Nevada. 
                                               Pages S3086, S3092-S3113
  Senate will continue consideration of the bill on Tuesday, April 15, 
1997, with a vote on final passage to occur thereon.
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Eric H. Holder, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy 
Attorney General.
  3 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.            
Page S3133
Communications:                                          
  Pages S3116-17
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S3117
Statements on Introduced Bills:                          
  Pages S3117-25
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S3125-26
Amendments Submitted:                                        
  Page S3127
Notices of Hearings:                                         
  Page S3127
Authority for Committees:                                    
  Page S3127
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S3127-33
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and adjourned at 6:11 p.m., 
until 9 a.m., on Tuesday, April 15, 1997. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S3133.)