[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 46 (Thursday, April 17, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D352-D353]
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                                           Thursday, April 17, 1997

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3303-S3387
Measures Introduced: Twenty bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 601-620, S. Res. 75, and S. Con. Res. 22. 
                                                         Pages S3348-49
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 506, to clarify certain copyright provisions.
  S. 568, to make a technical correction to title 28, United States 
Code, relating to jurisdiction for lawsuits against terrorist states. 
                                                             Page S3348
Measures Passed:
  Chemical and Biological Weapons Threat Reduction Act: Committee on 
the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. 495, to 
provide criminal and civil penalties for the unlawful acquisition, 
transfer, or use of any chemical weapon or biological weapon, and to 
reduce the threat of acts of terrorism or armed aggression involving 
the use of any such weapon against the United States, its citizens, or 
Armed Forces, or those of any allied country and, by 53 yeas to 44 nays 
(Vote No. 45), the bill, as modified, was then passed.
  Pages S3327-43
Chemical Weapons Convention--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement 
was reached providing for the consideration of the Convention on the 
Prohibition of Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical 
Weapons and on Their Destruction, opened for signature and signed by 
the United States at Paris on January 13, 1993 (Treaty Doc. 103-21), on 
Wednesday, April 23, 1997.
  Pages S3324-27
Authority for Committees: All committees were authorized to file 
executive and legislative reports during the adjournment of the Senate 
on Friday, April 18, 1997, and Monday, April 21, 1997, from 10 a.m. to 
12 noon.
  Page S3387
Appointments:
  Arms Control Observer Group: The Chair, on behalf of the Majority 
Leader, pursuant to S. Res. 105, adopted April 13, 1989, as amended by 
S. Res. 280, adopted October 8, 1994, announced the following 
appointments and designations to the Senate Arms Control Observer 
Group: Senator Stevens, as Majority Administrative Co-Chairman, 
Senators Thurmond and Lugar, as Co-Chairmen for the Majority, and 
Senators Chafee, Cochran, Helms, Kyl, Lott, Nickles, Smith, Snowe, and 
Warner.
  Page S3386
  Commission on Maintaining United States Nuclear Weapons Expertise: 
The Chair, on behalf of the Majority Leader, after consultation with 
the Democratic Leader, pursuant to Public Law 104-201, appointed the 
following individuals as members of the Commission on Maintaining 
United States Nuclear Weapons Expertise: Henry G. Chiles, Jr., of 
Virginia, and Robert A. Hoover, of Idaho.
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Susan R. Baron, of Maryland, to be a Member of the National 
Corporation for Housing Partnerships for the term expiring October 27, 
1997.
  Charles A. Gueli, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the National Institute of Building Sciences for a term 
expiring September 7, 1999.
  Johnny H. Hayes, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring May 18, 
2005.
  Jeffrey A. Frankel, of California, to be a Member of the Council of 
Economic Advisers.
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Messages From the House:
  Page S3346
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S3346
Communications:
  Pages S3346-47
Petitions:
  Pages S3347-48
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S3348
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S3349-71
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S3371
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S3379-80
Additional Statements:
  Pages S3380-86
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--45)
  Page S3343
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and adjourned at 5:37 p.m., 
until 10 a.m., on Monday, April 21, 1997, for a pro forma session.

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