Volume 141, No. 16 covering the 1st Session of the 104th Congress (1995 - 1996) was published by the Congressional Record.
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“Senate” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D94 on Jan. 26, 1995.
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Thursday, January 26, 1995 [[Page D92]]
HIGHLIGHTS
House passed balanced budget constitutional amendment resolution.
Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1557-S1638
Measures Introduced: Thirteen bills and two resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 278-290, S.J. Res. 25, and S. Res. 74.
Pages S1617-18
Measures Passed:
Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Liberation of Auschwitz: Senate agreed to S. Res. 74, commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp in Poland.
Pages S1601-04, S1631
Unfunded Mandates: Senate continued consideration of S. 1, to curb the practice of imposing unfunded Federal mandates on States and local governments; to strengthen the partnership between the Federal Government and State, local, and tribal governments; to end the imposition, in the absence of full consideration by Congress, of Federal mandates on State, local, and tribal governments without adequate funding, in a manner that may displace other essential governmental priorities; and to ensure that the Federal Government pays the costs incurred by those governments in complying with certain requirements under Federal statutes and regulations, taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows:
Pages S1557-58, S1564-71, S1573-S1601, S1604-14, S1636-38
Adopted:
(1) Levin Modified Amendment No. 172, to provide that title II, Regulatory Accountability and Reform, shall apply only after January 1, 1996.
Pages S1557, S1571
(2) Wellstone/Boxer Modified Amendment No. 204, to define the term
``direct savings'' as it relates to Federal mandates.
Pages S1558, S1582-83
(3) By a unanimous vote of 100 yeas (Vote No. 49), Byrd Modified Amendment No. 213, to provide a reporting and review procedure for agencies that receive insufficient funding to carry out a Federal mandate.
Pages S1558, S1568-71, S1576-82, S1583
(4) Harkin Amendment No. 190, to express the sense of the Senate regarding the exclusion of Social Security from calculations required under a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution.
Pages S1557, S1583-99
(5) By 83 yeas to 16 nays (Vote No. 51), Kempthorne Amendment No. 196
(to Amendment No. 190), to express the sense of the Senate that any legislation required to implement a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution shall specifically prevent Social Security benefits from being reduced or Social Security taxes from being increased to meet the balanced budget requirement. (By 44 yeas to 56 nays (Vote No. 50), Senate earlier failed to table the amendment.)
Pages S1557, S1583-91
(6) Kempthorne Amendment No. 209, to provide an exemption for legislation that reauthorizes appropriations and does not cause a net increase in direct costs of mandates to States, local, and tribal governments.
Pages S1558, S1605-06
(7) Glenn Amendment No. 225 (to Amendment No. 209), to clarify how the provisions of the bill will treat reauthorizations of existing laws that contain mandates.
Pages S1605-06
(8) By a unanimous vote of 99 yeas (Vote No. 53), Kassebaum Amendment No. 226 (to Amendment No. 203), to ensure that the President fully enforces laws against child pornography, child abuse, and child labor.
Pages S1606-09, S1611
(9) Boxer Amendment No. 203, to provide for the deterrence of child pornography, child abuse, and child labor laws.
Pages S1557, S1606-12
(10) By 93 yeas to 6 nays (Vote No. 56), Graham Modified Amendment No. 184, to provide a budget point of order if a bill, resolution, or amendment reduces or eliminates funding for duties that are the constitutional responsibility of the Federal Government.
Pages S1557, S1609-10, S1611, S1612-13 [[Page D93]]
(11) Gramm Modified Amendment No. 215, to require that each conference report that includes any Federal mandate be accompanied by a report by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office on the cost of the Federal mandate.
Pages S1558, S1614
Rejected:
(1) Boxer Amendment No. 201, to provide for unreimbursed costs to States due to the imposition of enforceable duties on the States regarding illegal immigrants or the Federal Government's failure to fully enforce immigration laws. (By 58 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 47), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S1557, S1564-67
(2) Boxer Amendment No. 223 (to Amendment No. 201), (The amendment fell when Amendment No. 201, listed above, was tabled.)
Pages S1558, S1564-67
(3) Lautenberg Amendment No. 199, to exclude from the application of the Act provisions limiting known human (Group A) carcinogens defined by the Environmental Protection Agency. (By 63 yeas to 36 nays (Vote No. 48), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S1557, S1567-68
(4) Harkin Amendment No. 224 (to Amendment No. 190), to express the sense of the Senate regarding the exclusion of Social Security from calculations required under a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution. (By 62 yeas to 38 nays (Vote No. 52), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S1591-98
(5) Boxer Amendment No. 227 (to Amendment No. 203), to ensure that nothing in this Act threatens child pornography, child abuse, and child labor laws. (By 53 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. 54), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S1607-09, S1612
(6) Bingaman Modified Amendment No. 194, to establish an application to provisions relating to or administrated by independent regulatory agencies. (By 62 yeas to 37 nays (Vote No. 55), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S1557, S1573-74, S1601, S1612
Pending:
Levin Amendment No. 174, to provide that if a committee makes certain determinations, a point of order will not lie.
Page S1557
Levin Amendment No. 175, to provide for Senate hearings on title I, and to sunset title I in the year 2002.
Page S1557
Levin Amendment No. 176, to clarify the scope of the declaration that a mandate is ineffective.
Page S1557
Graham Amendment No. 189, to change the effective date.
Page S1557
Glenn Amendment No. 195, to end the practice of unfunded Federal mandates on States and local governments and to ensure the Federal Government pays the costs incurred by those governments in complying with certain requirements under Federal statutes and regulations.
Page S1557
Glenn Amendment No. 197, to have the point of order lie at only two stages: (1) against the bill or joint resolution, as amended, just before final passage, and (2) against the bill or joint resolution as recommended by conference, if different from the bill or joint resolution as passed by the Senate.
Page S1557
Byrd Amendment No. 200, to provide a reporting and review procedure for agencies that receive insufficient funding to carry out a Federal mandate.
Page S1557
Grassley Amendment No. 208, to require an affirmative vote of three-
fifths of the Members to waive the requirement of a published statement on the direct costs of Federal mandates.
Page S1558
Kempthorne Amendment No. 210, to make technical corrections.
Page S1558
Kempthorne (for Dole) Amendment No. 211, to make technical corrections.
Page S1558
Glenn Amendment No. 212, to clarify the baseline for determining the direct costs of reauthorized or revised mandates, and to clarify that laws and regulations that establish an enforceable duty may be considered mandates.
Page S1558
Gramm Amendment No. 216, to require an affirmative vote of three-
fifths of the Members to waive the requirement of a published statement on the direct costs of Federal mandates.
Page S1558
Byrd Modified Amendment No. 217, to exclude the application of a Federal intergovernmental mandate point of order to employer-related legislation.
Page S1558
Levin Amendment No. 218, in the nature of a substitute.
Page S1558
Levin Amendment No. 219, to establish that estimates required on Federal intergovernmental mandates shall be for no more than ten years beyond the effective date of the mandate.
Page S1558
Brown Amendment No. 220, to express the sense of the Senate that the appropriate committees should review the implementation of the Act.
Page S1558
Brown/Hatch Amendment No. 221, to limit the restriction on judicial review.
Page S1558
Roth Amendment No. 222, to establish the effective date of January 1, 1996, of Title I, and make it apply to measures reported, amendments and motions offered, and conference reports.
Page S1558
Withdrawn:
Wellstone Amendment No. 205, to provide that no point of order shall be raised where the appropriation of funds to the Congressional Budget Office, in the estimation of the Senate Committee on the
[[Page D94]] Budget, is insufficient to allow the Director to reasonably carry out his responsibilities under this Act.
Pages S1558, S1599
Murray Amendment No. 188, to require time limitations for Congressional Budget Office estimates.
Pages S1557, S1599-S1601
A unanimous-consent time agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the bill and certain of the amendments pending thereto.
Pages S1575, S1637-38
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for the cloture vote scheduled to occur on Friday, January 27, to occur at 3 p.m.
Page S1638
Senate will continue consideration of the bill and amendments pending thereto, on Friday, January 27.
Appointments:
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: The Chair, on behalf of the Vice President, pursuant to Public Law 94-304, as amended by Public Law 99-7, appointed Senator D'Amato to serve as Co-Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe.
Page S1614
Communications:
Page S1617
Statements on Introduced Bills:
Pages S1618-30
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S1630-31
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S1631-32
Notices of Hearings:
Page S1632
Authority for Committees:
Pages S1632-33
Additional Statements:
Page S1633-36
Record Votes: Ten record votes were taken today. (Total--56).
Pages S1567, S1568, S1583, S1591, S1598, S1611, S1612-13
Recess: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and recessed at 11:47 p.m., until 9:30 a.m., on Friday, January 27, 1995. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S1638.)
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