April 24, 1995 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST D 507

Measures Passed:

Truth in Lending Class Action Relief Act: Senate passed H.R. 1380, to provide a moratorium on

certain class action lawsuits relating to the Truth in

Lending Act, clearing the measure for the President.

 Pages S5562, S5614–15

Product Liability Fairness Act: Senate began consideration of H.R. 956, to establish legal standards

and procedures for product liability litigation, taking

action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows:

 Pages S5571–S5602

Pending:

Gorton Amendment No. 596, in the nature of a

substitute. Page S5574

Senate will continue consideration of the bill on

Tuesday, April 25, 1995.

Condemning Oklahoma City Bombing—Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached

providing for a vote to occur on S. Res. 110, expressing the sense of the Senate condemning the

bombing in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on Tuesday,

April 25, 1995, at 12 Noon. Page S5606

Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction

of secrecy was removed from the following treaties:

Extradition Treaty with Jordan (Treaty Doc. No.

104–3); and

Protocol Amending the 1980 Tax Convention

with Canada (Treaty Doc. No. 104–4).

The treaties were 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 S5615

Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:

A. Peter Burleigh, of California, to be Ambassador

to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka,

and to serve concurrently and without additional

compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and

Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to

the Republic of Maldives.

David C. Litt, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the

United Arab Emirates.

Larry C. Napper, of Texas, to be Ambassador to

Latvia.

R. Grant Smith, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador

to the Republic of Tajikistan.

Donald K. Steinberg, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Angola. Lawrence Palmer Taylor, of Pennsylvania, to be

Ambassador to the Republic of Estonia.

Patrick Nickolas Theros, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the State of Qatar.

Peter Tomsen, of California, to be Ambassador to

the Republic of Armenia.

Jenonne R. Walker, of the District of Columbia,

to be Ambassador to the Czech Republic.

James Alan Williams, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of MinisterCounselor, for the rank of Ambassador during his

tenure of service as the Special Coordinator for Cyprus.

Stephen G. Kellison, of Texas, to be a Member of

the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and

Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund for a term of four years.

Marilyn Moon, of Maryland, to be a Member of

the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and

Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund for a term of four years.

Ira S. Shapiro, of Maryland, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as Senior Counsel and Negotiator in the Office of the United States

Trade Representative.

26 Army nominations in the rank of general.

Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Navy, and

Marine Corps. Pages S5616–18

Messages From the House: Page S5602

Measures Placed on Calendar: Pages S5603, S5614

Measures Read First Time: Page S5603

Statements on Introduced Bills: Pages S5603–05

Additional Cosponsors: Pages S5605–06

Amendments Submitted: Pages S5606–11

Notices of Hearings: Page S5612

Additional Statements: Pages S5612–14

Recess: Senate convened at 12 noon, and recessed at

6:40 p.m., until 9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, April 25,

1995. (For Senate’s program, see the remarks of the

Acting Majority Leader in today’s RECORD on pages

S5615–16.)

Committee Meetings

No committee meetings were held.