S5734 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE April 26, 1995

THE NAVAJO-HOPI RELOCATION

HOUSING PROGRAM ACT

Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I

ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar Order No. 52, S. 349,

the Navajo-Hopi Relocation Housing

bill.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without

objection, it is so ordered. The clerk

will report.

The assistant legislative clerk read

as follows:

A bill (S. 349) to reauthorize appropriations

for the Navajo-Hopi Relocation Housing Program.

Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I

ask unanimous consent that the bill be

deemed read for a third time, passed,

and the motion to reconsider be laid

upon the table; and that any statements relating to the bill be placed at

the appropriate place in the RECORD.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without

objection, it is so ordered.

So the bill (S. 349) was deemed read

for a third time, and passed, as follows:

S. 349

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in

Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REAUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE NAVAJO-HOPI RELOCATION HOUSING PROGRAM.

Section 25(a)(8) of Public Law 93–531 (25

U.S.C. 640d–24(a)(8)) is amended by striking

‘‘1989,’’ and all that follows through ‘‘and

1995.’’ and inserting ‘‘1995, 1996, and 1997.’’.

INSPECTION FEE COLLECTION ACT

TRIPLOID GRASS CARP

fMr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I

ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar Order No. 73, S. 268.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without

objection, it is so ordered. The clerk

will report.

The assistant legislative clerk read

as follows:

A bill (S. 268) to authorize the collection of

fees for expenses for triploid grass carp certification inspections, and for other purposes.

Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I

ask unanimous consent that the bill be

deemed read for a third time, passed,

and the motion to reconsider be laid

upon the table; and that any statements relating to the bill be placed at

the appropriate place in the RECORD.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without

objection, it is so ordered.

So the bill (S. 268) was deemed read

for a third time, and passed, as follows:

S. 268

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in

Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. COLLECTION OF FEES FOR TRIPLOID

GRASS CARP CERTIFICATION INSPECTIONS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the

Fish and Wildlife Service (referred to in this

section as the ‘‘Director’’), may charge reasonable fees for expenses to the Federal Government for triploid grass carp certification

inspections requested by a person who owns

or operates an aquaculture facility.

(b) AVAILABILITY.—All fees collected under

subsection (a) shall be available to the Director until expended, without further appropriations.

(c) USE.—The Director shall use all fees

collected under subsection (a) to carry out

the activies referred to in subsection (a).

INDIAN CHILD PROTECTION

REAUTHORIZATION ACT

fMr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I

ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar Order No. 75, S. 441.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without

objection, it is so ordered. The clerk

will report.

The assistant legislative clerk read

as follows:

A bill (S. 441) to reauthorize appropriations

for certain programs under the Indian Child

Protection and Family Violence Prevention

Act, and for other purposes.

Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I

ask unanimous consent that the bill be

deemed read for a third time, passed,

and the motion to reconsider be laid

upon the table; and that any statements relating to the bill be placed at

the appropriate place in the RECORD.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without

objection, it is so ordered.

So the bill (S. 441) was deemed read

for a third time, and passed, as follows:

S. 441

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in

Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REAUTHORIZATION OF PROGRAMS.

Sections 409(e), 410(h), and 411(i) of the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence

Prevention Act (25 U.S.C. 3208(e), 3209(h),

3210(i), respectively) are each amended by

striking ‘‘and 1995’’ and inserting 1995, 1996,

and 1997’’.

RELATIVE TO THE DEATH OF THE

HONORABLE JOHN C. STENNIS

fMr. SANTORUM. Mr. President I ask

unanimous consent that the Senate

proceed to the immediate consideration of Senate Resolution 111, submitted earlier today by Senators DOLE,

DASCHLE, COCHRAN, and LOTT.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The

clerk will report.

The legislative clerk read as follows:

A resolution (S. Res. 111) relative to the

death of the Honorable John C. Stennis, late

a Senator from the State of Mississippi.

The Senate proceeded to consider the

resolution.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without

objection, the resolution is considered

and agreed to.

So the resolution (S. Res. 111) was

agreed to, as follows:

S. RES. 111

Resolved, That the Senate has heard with

profound sorrow and deep regret the announcement of the death of the Honorable

John C. Stennis, late a Senator from the

State of Mississippi.

Resolved, That the Secretary communicate

these resolutions to the House of Representatives and transmit an enrolled copy thereof

to the family of the deceased.

Resolved, That when the Senate recesses

today, it recess as a further mark of respect

to the memory of the deceased Senator.

Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I

move to reconsider the vote by which

the resolution was agreed to.

Mr. FORD. I move to lay that motion

on the table.

The motion to lay on the table was

agreed to.

The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr.

SMITH

PRODUCT LIABILITY FAIRNESS

). The Senator from Illinois.

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Ms. MOSELEY-BRAUN. Mr. President, I would like to speak for a few

moments about product liability reform. The bill the Senate is now considering, the Product Liability Fairness Act of 1995, would establish national standard to be applied by State

and Federal courts in product liability

lawsuits. Let me say at the outset that

I do believe some national product liability standards are needed, for reasons I will outline below.

This consept—the concept of Federal

product liability standards—is not entirely new to Congress; one version or

another of the legislation has been

pending before this body for the past 15

years. In past years the majority of the

product liability debate has focused on

whether the Federal Government

should get involved in this area, rather

than on what the Federal standards

should be. This focus has, in my opinion, been unfortunate.

I believe the Senate must begin to

focus on the issue of what standards

should apply to product liability cases.

Indeed, I stood on the Senate floor

after the product liability bill failed

last year, stating my intention not to

filibuster this bill again, and stating

my desire to debate what alterations

the Federal Government should make

in the area of product liability law.

That is not to imply that determining Federal product liability standards

will be easy. It is often said when considering difficult legislation that ‘‘The

devil is in the details.’’ This is one vote

where the details really do matter. Any

bill passed by the Senate must be fair

not only to the manufacturers who

place products on the market; it must

also be fair to the workers who help

build those products, and to the consumers who purchase them.

The nature of the American marketplace has changed; commerce is no

longer local, but is national and international in scope. American manufacturers ship their goods throughout the

50 States and beyond; this is true not

only of our biggest companies, like Motorola, but of small businesses like

Rockwell Graphic Systems in

Westmont, IL, or Oxy Dry Corp. in

Itasca, IL.

Given the increasingly global nature

of the marketplace, I believe it makes

sense to have some basic, national