[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 97 (Thursday, July 10, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D726-D728]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                            Thursday, July 10, 1997

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate confirmed George Tenet to be Director of Central 
      Intelligence.
      House appointed conferees on H.R. 2015, Balanced Budget Act.
      House appointed conferees on H.R. 2014, Taxpayers Relief Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7131-S7226
Measures Introduced: Eight bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1000-1007, S. Con. Res. 38.
  Page S7210
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 1004, making appropriations for energy and water development for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998. (S. Rept. No. 105-44)
  S. 1005, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1998. (S. Rept. No. 105-45)
  Special Report entitled ``Revised Allocation to Subcommittees of 
Budget Totals from the Concurrent Resolution for Fiscal Year 1998'' (S. 
Rept. No. 105-46)
Page S7210
DOD Authorizations: Senate continued consideration of S. 936, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1998 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, and to prescribe 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, taking 
action on further amendments proposed thereto, as follows: 
                                                      Pages S7131-S7205
Adopted:
  By 72 yeas to 27 nays (Vote No. 166), Grams Amendment No. 422 (to 
Amendment No. 420), to require the Comptroller General of the United 
States to conduct a study on the availability and potential risks 
relating to the sale of certain computers.
Pages S7131-43
  Cochran/Durbin Amendment No. 420, to require a license to export 
computers with composite theoretical performance equal to or greater 
than 2,000 million theoretical operations per second, as amended. 
                                                         Pages S7131-43
  Conrad Amendment No. 795, to authorize the Secretaries of the 
military departments to settle and pay claims by members of the Armed 
Forces for loss of personal property due to flooding in the Red River 
Basin.
Pages S7151-53
  By 62 yeas to 37 nays (Vote No. 169), Gramm Modified Amendment No. 
794 (to Amendment No. 778), in the nature of a substitute. 
                                 Pages S7150-51, S7160, S7163-69, S7183
  Levin Amendment No. 778, to revise the requirements for procurement 
of products of Federal Prison Industries to meet needs of Federal 
agencies.
Pages S7132, S7145-51, S7160, S7163-69, S7183
  Bingaman Amendment No. 647, relating to the participation of the 
national security activities of the Department of Energy in the 
Hispanic Outreach Initiative of the Department.
Page S7187
  Durbin Amendment No. 657, to provide for increased burdensharing by 
United States allies.
Page S7188
  Kerry Amendment No. 800, to express the sense of Congress regarding 
the restoration of peace in Cambodia.
Pages S7190-94
Rejected:
  By 48 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 167), Murray Amendment No. 593, to 
repeal the restriction on use of Department of Defense facilities for 
abortions.
Pages S7153-60
  Wellstone Modified Amendment No. 668, to require the Secretary of 
Defense to transfer $400,000,000 to the Secretary of Veterans' Affairs 
to provide funds for veterans' health care and other purposes. (By 58 
yeas to 41 nays (Vote No. 168), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                 Pages S7131, S7144-45, S7160-63, S7182
  Boxer Amendment No. 636, to make reimbursement of contractors for 
costs of excessive amounts of compensation for contractor personnel 
unallowable under Department of Defense contracts and other

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contracts. (By 83 yeas to 16 nays (Vote No. 170), Senate tabled the 
amendment.)
Pages S7169-79, S7184-85
Pending:
  Coverdell (for Inhofe/Coverdell/Cleland) Amendment No. 423, to define 
depot-level maintenance and repair, to limit contracting for depot-
level maintenance and repair at installations approved for closure or 
realignment in 1995, and to modify authorities and requirements 
relating to the performance of core logistics functions.
Page S7131
  Wellstone Amendment No. 669, to provide funds for the bioassay 
testing of veterans exposed to ionizing radiation during military 
service.
Page S7131
  Wellstone Modified Amendment No. 666, to provide for the transfer of 
funds for Federal Pell Grants.
Page S7131
  Murkowski Modified Amendment No. 753, to require the Secretary of 
Defense to submit a report to Congress on the options available to the 
Department of Defense for the disposal of chemical weapons and agents. 
                                                             Page S7131
  Kyl Modified Amendment No. 607, to impose a limitation on the use of 
Cooperative Threat Reduction funds for destruction of chemical weapons.
                                                         Pages S7185-86
  Kyl Modified Amendment No. 605, to advise the President and Congress 
regarding the safety, security, and reliability of United States 
Nuclear weapons stockpile.
Pages S7185-86
  Dodd Amendment No. 762, to establish a plan to provide appropriate 
health care to Persian Gulf veterans who suffer from a Gulf War 
illness.
Pages S7131-32
  Dodd Amendment No. 763, to express the sense of the Congress in 
gratitude to Governor Chris Patten for his efforts to develop democracy 
in Hong Kong.
Page S7132
  Reid Amendment No. 772, to authorize the Secretary of Defense to make 
available $2,000,000 for the development and deployment of counter-
landmine technologies.
Page S7132
  Bingaman Modified Amendment No. 799, to increase the funding for Navy 
and Air Force flying hours, and to offset the increase by reducing the 
amount authorized to be appropriated for the Space-Based Laser program 
in excess of the amount requested by the President. 
                                     Pages S7179-82, S7186-87, S7188-89
  Feingold Amendment No. 759, to limit the use of funds for deployment 
of ground forces of the Armed Forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina after 
June 30, 1998, or a date fixed by statute, whichever is later. 
                                                      Pages S7194-S7201
  Levin Modified Amendment No. 802 (to Amendment No. 759), to express 
the sense of Congress regarding a follow-on force for Bosnia and 
Herzegovina.
Pages S7195-S7201
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill and amendments proposed thereto on Friday, 
July 11, 1997, with votes to occur thereon.
Page S7226
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaty:
  Extradition Treaty with Spain (Treaty Doc. 105-15).
  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 S7225
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  George John Tenet, of Maryland, to be Director of Central 
Intelligence.
Pages S7225-26
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Terry D. Garcia, of California, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce 
for Oceans and Atmosphere.
  Kathleen M. Karpan, of Wyoming, to be Director of the Office of 
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement.
Page S7226
Messages From the House:
  Page S7208
Measures Referred:
  Page S7208
Communications:
  Pages S7208-09
Petitions:
  Pages S7209-10
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S7210
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S7210-17
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S7217-18
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S7219-21
Notices of Hearings:
  Pages S7221-22
Authority for Committees:
  Page S7222
Additional Statements:
  Pages S7222-25
Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total--170) 
                                           Pages S7143, S7160, S7182-83
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 9:36 p.m., 
until 9 a.m., on Friday, July 11, 1997. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7226.)

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