[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 98 (Friday, July 11, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D736-D740]
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                                              Friday, July 11, 1997

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed DOD Authorizations.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7227-S7400
Measures Introduced: Three bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1008-
1010.
  Page S7302
Measures Passed:
  DOD Authorizations: By 94 yeas to 4 nays (Vote No. 173), Senate 
passed 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, after taking action on further amendments proposed thereto, as 
follows:
  Pages S7227-84
Adopted:
  Domenici/Bingaman Amendment No. 803, to enable the County of Los 
Alamos, New Mexico to function without annual assistance payments under 
the Atomic Energy Communities Act of 1955 through economic development 
with additional positive impact to the Pueblo of San Indefonso. 
                                                         Pages S7234-36
  Stevens Amendment No. 764, to establish the position of Senior 
Representative of the National Guard Bureau as a member of the Joint 
Chiefs of Staff.
Pages S7236-40
  Bumpers Amendment No. 804, to limit the total cost of the F-22 
fighter production program.
Page S7244
  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 S7240-48
  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, as 
amended.
Page S7248
  Levin Amendment No. 805, to achieve savings in the cost of the CVN-77 
nuclear aircraft carrier program.
Pages S7248-50
  Kerry Modified Amendment No. 680, to require an intelligence analysis 
of POW/MIA issues.
Page S7250
  Wellstone Modified Amendment No. 669, to provide funds for the 
bioassay testing of veterans exposed to ionizing radiation during 
military service.
Pages S7261, S7266
  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 S7283
  Kyl Modified Amendment No. 607, to impose a limitation on the use of 
Cooperative Threat Reduction funds for destruction of chemical weapons.
                                                             Page S7283
  Kyl Modified Amendment No. 605, to advise the President and Congress 
regarding the safety, security, and reliability of United States 
Nuclear weapons stockpile.
Page S7283
  Dodd Amendment No. 762, to establish a plan to provide appropriate 
health care to Persian Gulf veterans who suffer from a Gulf War 
illness.
Page S7283
  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.
Pages S7261, S7269-70, S7283
  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 S7283
  Thurmond (for Wyden) Modified Amendment No. 594, to consolidate and 
strengthen restrictions on the use of human test subjects in biological 
and chemical weapons research.
Pages S7261-62

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  Thurmond (for Warner) Modified Amendment No. 595, to require a report 
on procedures for providing information and assistance to families of 
victims of Department of Defense aviation accidents.
Pages S7261-62
  Thurmond (for Dodd) Modified Amendment No. 598, to establish a plan 
to provide appropriate health care to Persian Gulf veterans who suffer 
from a Gulf War illness.
Pages S7261-63
  Thurmond (for Helms) Amendment No. 626, to provide for a land 
conveyance of parcels of land located at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. 
                                                  Pages S7261, S7263-65
  Thurmond (for Murkowski) Amendment No. 628, to require a report on 
options for the disposal of chemical weapons and agents.
Pages S7261, S7265
  Thurmond (for Boxer) Amendment No. 638, to authorize appropriations 
for the Greenville Road Improvement Project, Livermore, California. 
                                                  Pages S7261, S7265-66
  Thurmond (for Lieberman) Amendment No. 659, to provide for funding of 
the NATO Joint Surveillance/Target Attack Radar System.
Pages S7261, S7266
  Thurmond (for Lieberman) Modified Amendment No. 671, to require a 
study concerning the provision of certain comparative information to 
TRICARE beneficiaries.
Pages S7261, S7266
  Thurmond (for Kerry) Amendment No. 681, to establish authority 
concerning the disposal of assets under cooperative agreements on air 
defense in Central Europe.
Pages S7261, S7266
  Thurmond (for Thompson/Frist) Amendment No. 707, to designate the Y-
12 plant in Oak Ridge as the National Prototype Center.
Pages S7261, S7266-67
  Thurmond (for Sessions) Modified Amendment No. 714, to require the 
Secretary of Defense to conduct an explosive munitions demilitarization 
demonstration program.
Pages S7261, S7267-68
  Thurmond (for Coverdell) Modified Amendment No. 729, to require the 
concurrence of the Secretary of State for providing Department of 
Defense support for counter-drug activities of Peru and Colombia, and 
to limit the authority to provide such support pending a plan for a 
riverine counter-drug program.
Pages S7261, S7268
  Thurmond (for Craig) Amendment No. 743, to establish and authorize 
the issuance of the Cold War service medal.
Pages S7261, S7268
  Thurmond (for Warner) Amendment No. 752, to provide for the 
assignment of an officer in the grade of O-7 or above to the position 
of defense attache in France.
Pages S7261, S7268
  Thurmond (for Domenici/Bingaman) Amendment No. 761, to enable the Los 
Alamos, New Mexico Schools to function without annual assistance 
payments under the Atomic Energy Communities Act of 1955 through 
alternative funding sources with additional positive impact to areas 
close to Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Pages S7261, S7268-69
  Thurmond Amendment No. 806, to authorize contracting for procurements 
of capital assets before funds are available in working-capital funds 
for such procurements.
Pages S7261, S7270
  Thurmond (for DeWine) Amendment No. 807, to delete the authority to 
convey the B-17 aircraft under section 1070 without consideration. 
                                                     Pages S7261, S7270
  Thurmond (for Chafee) Amendment No. 808, to establish at the Naval 
Undersea Warfare Center a pilot program of higher education with 
respect to the administration of business relationships between the 
Federal Government and the private sector.
Pages S7261, S7270
  Thurmond (for Bumpers) Amendment No. 809, to provide funds for the 
operation of Fort Chaffee, Arkansas.
Pages S7261, S7270
  Thurmond (for Cleland) Amendment No. 810, to authorize $12,000,000 to 
be set aside for contracted training flight services.
Pages S7261, S7270
  Thurmond (for Kyl) Amendment No. 811, to ensure the President and 
Congress receive unencumbered advice from the directors of the national 
laboratories, the members of the Nuclear Weapons Council, and the 
commander of the United States Strategic Command regarding the safety, 
security, and reliability of the United States nuclear weapons 
stockpile.
Pages S7261, S7271
  Thurmond (for Moynihan/D'Amato) Amendment No. 812, to authorize a 
land conveyance, Hancock Field, Syracuse, New York.
Pages S7261, S7271-72
  Thurmond (for Baucus) Amendment No. 813, to authorize a land 
conveyance, Havre Air Force Station, Montana, and Havre Training Site, 
Montana.
Pages S7261, S7272
  Thurmond (for Bingaman/Kyl) Amendment No. 814, to authorize the 
production of tritium in commercial facilities.
Pages S7261, S7272
  Thurmond (for Glenn/McCain) Amendment No. 815, to require the 
screening of real property authorized or required to be conveyed by the 
Department of Defense.
Pages S7261, S7272-73
  Thurmond (for Rockefeller) Amendment No. 816, to make available 
$15,000,000 for the DOD/VA Cooperative Research Program.
Pages S7261, S7273-74
  Thurmond (for Coats) Amendment No. 817, to express the sense of the 
Senate that the process of enlarging the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization should be a continuous process.
Pages S7261, S7274-75
  Thurmond (for Faircloth) Amendment No. 818, to provide for research, 
development, test, and evaluation of Multitechnology Integration in 
Mixed-Mode Electronics.
Pages S7261, S7275

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  Thurmond Amendment No. 819, to authorize a multiyear contract for the 
Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV).
Pages S7261, S7275-76
  Thurmond (for D'Amato) Amendment No. 820, to require the Secretary of 
the Air Force to conduct a cost and operation effectiveness analysis 
regarding ALR radar warning receivers.
Pages S7261, S7276
  Thurmond (for Kennedy) Amendment No. 821, to provide $5,000,000 for a 
facial recognition technology program.
Pages S7261, S7276
  Thurmond (for Bingaman) Amendment No. 822, to require a report on the 
Joint Statement on Parameters on Future Reductions in Nuclear Forces 
issued at Helsinki in March 1997.
Pages S7261, S7276-77
  Thurmond (for Snowe) Amendment No. 823, to state the sense of the 
Senate relating to the utilization of savings derived from the base 
closure process.
Pages S7261, S7277-78
  Thurmond (for Bingaman) Amendment No. 824, to conform limits for 
Department of Energy General Plant Projects to recommendations from the 
Department contained in a Congressionally mandated report on the 
subject.
Pages S7261, S7278
  Thurmond Amendment No. 825, to provide for a pilot program relating 
to use of proceeds from the disposal or utilization of certain 
Department of Energy assets for activities funded by the defense 
Environmental Restoration and Waste Management account.
Pages S7261, S7278
  Thurmond (for Graham) Amendment No. 826, to require the Secretary of 
Defense to assess and report on the Cuban threat to United States 
national security.
Pages S7261, S7278-79
  Thurmond (for Sarbanes) Amendment No. 827, to require a report on 
fire protection and hazardous materials protection at Fort Meade, 
Maryland.
Pages S7261, S7279
  Thurmond (for Hutchison) Amendment No. 828, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Army to enter into an agreement to provide police, 
fire protection, and other services at property formerly associated 
with Red River Depot, Texas.
Pages S7261, S7279
  Thurmond (for McCain) Amendment No. 829, to require additional 
information to be included in the annual report on activities of the 
General Accounting Office.
Pages S7261, S7279-80
  Thurmond (for Chafee) Amendment No. 830, to require a report on 
administrative actions adversely affecting military training or other 
readiness activities.
Pages S7261, S7280-81
  Thurmond (for Graham) Amendment No. 831, to recognize the Center for 
Hemispheric Defense Studies as an institution of the National Defense 
University.
Pages S7261, S7281
  Thurmond (for Murray) Amendment No. 832, to authorize additional 
environmental restoration projects for the Department of Energy and to 
modify the amount authorized for certain other environmental 
restoration projects of the Department.
Pages S7261, S7281-82
  Thurmond (for McCain) Amendment No. 833, to authorize the Secretary 
of Defense to grant a blanket waiver of the applicability of certain 
domestic source requirements to a foreign country so as not to impede 
cooperative projects or reciprocal procurements of defense items with 
such country.
Pages S7261, S7282
  Thurmond (for Coats) Amendment No. 834, to convert the one-time 
report on aircraft inventory to an annual report.
Pages S7261, S7282
  Thurmond (for Bingaman) Amendment No. 835, to require the Secretary 
of Defense to prescribe regulations restricting the quantity of 
alcoholic beverages that is available through Department of Defense 
sources for the use of Department of Defense personnel overseas. 
                                                  Pages S7261, S7282-83
  Thurmond (for Daschle) Amendment No. 836, to require a report to 
Congress assessing dependence on foreign sources for certain resistors 
and capacitors.
Pages S7261, S7283
Rejected:
  By 43 yeas to 56 nays (Vote No. 171), 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 S7231-33
  By 19 yeas to 79 nays (Vote No. 172), Feingold Amendment No. 677, to 
require the Secretary of Defense to select one of the three new 
tactical fighter aircraft programs to recommend for termination. 
                                               Pages S7228-31, S7233-34
  Withdrawn:
  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 S7261
  Wellstone Modified Amendment No. 666, to provide for the transfer of 
funds for Federal Pell Grants.
Page S7261
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that if the 
Senate receives a message from the House of Representatives with regard 
to S. 936, that the Senate be deemed to have disagreed to the 
amendment(s) to the Senate-passed bill, that the Senate request or 
agree to a conference with the House thereon, and that the Chair be 
authorized to appoint conferees on the part of the Senate.
Page S7284

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  DOD Authorizations: Senate passed H.R. 1119, 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, after striking all 
after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the text of S. 
936, as passed by the Senate.
  Pages S7284
  Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair appointed the following conferees: 
Senators Thurmond, Warner, McCain, Coats, Smith, Kempthorne, Inhofe, 
Santorum, Snowe, Roberts, Levin, Kennedy, Bingaman, Glenn, Byrd, Robb, 
Lieberman, and Cleland.
Page S7284
  National Cave and Karst Research Institute: Senate passed S. 231, to 
establish the National Cave and Karst Research Institute in the State 
of New York.
  Pages S7317-18
  George Mason Memorial: Senate passed S. 423, to extend the 
legislative authority for the Board of Regents of Gunston Hall to 
establish a memorial to honor George Mason.
  Page S7318
  Property Acquisition: Senate passed S. 669, to provide for the 
acquisition of the Plains Railroad Depot at the Jimmy Carter National 
Historic Site.
  Page S7318
  National Peace Garden: Senate passed S. 731, to extend the 
legislative authority for construction of the National Peace Garden 
memorial.
  Page S7318
  Better Health Plan of Amherst, New York: Senate passed H.R. 2018, to 
waive temporarily the Medicaid enrollment composition rule for the 
Better Health Plan of Amherst, New York, clearing the measure for the 
President.
  Page S7318
Department of Defense Appropriations-Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing for the consideration of S. 1005, 
making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1998, on Monday, July 14, 1997.
  Page S7319
Nomination Considered: Senate began consideration of the nomination of 
Joel I. Klein, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney 
General.
  Pages S7284-95
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination and, 
by unanimous-consent agreement, a vote on the cloture motion will occur 
on Monday, July 14, 1997, at 6 p.m.
Page S7284
Appointments:
  National Commission on the Cost of Higher Education: The Chair, on 
behalf of the Majority Leader, pursuant to Public Law 105-18, appointed 
William D. Hansen, of Virginia, Frances M. Norris, of Virginia, and 
William E. Troutt, of Tennessee, to serve as members of the National 
Commission on the Cost of Higher Education.
  Page S7317
  National Commission on the Cost of Higher Education: The Chair, on 
behalf of the Democratic Leader, pursuant to Public Law 105-18, 
appointed Robert V. Burns, of South Dakota, and Clare M. Cotton, of 
Massachusetts, to serve as members of the National Commission on the 
Cost of Higher Education.
  Page S7317
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report of the study on the operation and effect of 
the North American Free Trade Agreement; referred to the Committee on 
Finance. (PM-50).
Pages S7297-98
  Transmitting the report of the Council of the District of Columbia's 
Fiscal Year 1998 Budget Request Act of 1997; referred to the Committee 
on Governmental Affairs. (PM-51).
Page S7298
  Transmitting the report of the National Endowment for the Art for 
calendar year 1996; referred to the Committee on Labor and Human 
Resources. (PM-52).
Page S7298
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Timothy F. Geithner, of New York, to be a Deputy Under Secretary of 
the Treasury.
  August Schumacher, Jr., of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Board 
of Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation.
  Shirley Robinson Watkins, of Arkansas, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation.
  Edward M. Gramlich, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System for the unexpired term of 
fourteen years from February 1, 1994.
  Roger Walton Ferguson, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Board 
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for the unexpired term of 
fourteen years from February 1, 1986.
  Thomas E. Scott, of Florida, to be United States Attorney for the 
Southern District of Florida for the term of four years.
Page S7319
Messages From the President:
  Pages S7297-98
Communications:
  Pages S7298-99
Petitions:
  Pages S7299-S7301
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S7302-03
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S7303-04

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Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S7304-11
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S7311
Authority for Committees:
  Page S7311
Additional Statements:
  Pages S7311-17
Text of S. 936 as Previously Passed:
  Pages S7319-S7400
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--173) 
                                                  Pages S7233-34, S7283
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and adjourned at 3:10 p.m., 
until 12 noon, on Monday, July 14, 1997. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7319.)