[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 44 (Tuesday, April 15, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D333-D334]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                                 Tuesday, April 15, 1997

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Nuclear Waste Policy Act.
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                                 Senate

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Chamber Action
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Routine Proceedings, pages S3135-S3232
Measures Introduced: Fifteen bills and three resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 572-586 and S. Res. 72-74.
  Page S3199
Measures Passed:
  Nuclear Waste Policy Act: By 65 yeas to 34 nays (Vote No. 42), Senate 
passed S. 104, to amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, after taking 
action on further amendments proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S3135-53
Adopted:
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  Murkowski Amendment No. 26, in the nature of a substitute. 
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  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 S3135-37
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  By 66 yeas to 32 nays (Vote No. 41), Lott (for Murkowski) Amendment No. 43 
(to Amendment No. 42), to establish the level of annual fee for each 
civilian nuclear power reactor.
Pages S3135-37
Rejected:
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  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. (By 59 
yeas to 39 nays (Vote No. 40), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                                              Pages S3135-36
  Taxpayer Browsing Protection Act: By a unanimous vote of 97 yeas (Vote No. 
43), Senate passed S. 522, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
impose civil and criminal penalties for the unauthorized access of tax 
returns and tax return information by Federal employees and other persons, 
after taking action on the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                              Pages S3180-90
Adopted:
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  Lott (for Coverdell) Amendment No. 45, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                              Pages S3180-89
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages from the 
President of the United States:
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  Transmitting the report of a proclamation to modify application of duty-
free treatment; referred to the Committee on Finance. (PM-29).
Page S3197
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
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  Linda Jane Zack Tarr-Whelan, of Virginia, for the rank of Ambassador 
during her tenure of service as United States Representative to the 
Commission on the Status of Women of the Economic and Social Council of the 
United Nations.
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  Yerker Andersson, of Maryland, to be a Member of the National Council on 
Disability for a term expiring September 17, 1999.
Page S3232
Messages From the President:
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Communications:
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Executive Reports of Committees:
  Pages S3198-99
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S3199-S3224
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S3224-25
Amendments Submitted:
  Page S3226
Notices of Hearings:
  Pages S3226-27
Authority for Committees:
  Page S3227
Additional Statements:
  Pages S3227-31

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Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--43) 
                                                Pages S3136-37, S3140, S3189
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and adjourned at 6 p.m., until 10 
a.m., on Wednesday, April 16, 1997. (For Senate's program, see the remarks 
of the Assistant Majority Leader in today's Record on page S3232.)
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