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Tuesday, April 25, 1995

Daily Digest

Senate

Chamber Action

Routine Proceedings, pages S5619–S5682

Measures Introduced: Four bills were introduced,

as follows: S. 722–725. Page S5664

Measures Passed:

Condemning Oklahoma City Bombing: By a unanimous vote of 97 yeas (Vote No. 133), Senate

agreed to S. Res. 110, expressing the sense of the

Senate condemning the bombing in Oklahoma City,

Oklahoma. Page S5638

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: Senate

passed H.R. 421, to amend the Alaska Native

Claims Settlement Act to provide for the purchase of

common stock of Cook Inlet Region, clearing the

measure for the President. Page S5682

Product Liability Fairness Act: Senate continued

consideration of H.R. 956, to establish legal standards and procedures for product liability litigation,

taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as

follows: Pages S5638–59

Pending:

(1) Gorton Amendment No. 596, in the nature of

a substitute. Page S5638

(2) Abraham Amendment No. 597 (to Amendment No. 596), to provide for equity in legal fees.

 Pages S5653–54

(3) Hollings Amendment No. 598 (to Amend- ment No. 597), to establish a limitation on attorneys’ fees in all civil actions to $50 per hour.

 Page S5657

(4) Gorton (for Brown) Amendment No. 599 (to

Amendment No. 596), to restore to rule 11 of the

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure the restrictions on

frivolous legal actions that existed prior to 1994.

 Page S5663

A unanimous-consent time agreement was reached

providing for further consideration of Hollings

Amendment No. 598 and Abraham Amendment

No. 597, listed above, with votes to occur thereon,

on Wednesday, April 26. Page S5663

Senate will continue consideration of the bill on

Wednesday, April 26, 1995.

Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:

Mosina H. Jordan, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Central African Republic.

Lannon Walker, of Maryland, to be Ambassador

to the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire.

Terence T. Evans, of Wisconsin, to be United

States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit.

William A. Fletcher, of California, to be United

States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit.

Sandra J. Kristoff, of Virginia, for the rank of

Ambassador during her tenure of service as U.S. Coordinator for Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation

(APEC). Page S5682

Communications: Page S5664

Executive Reports of Committees: Page S5664

Statements on Introduced Bills: Pages S5664–76

Additional Cosponsors: Page S5676

Amendments Submitted: Pages S5676–77

Notices of Hearings: Page S5677

Authority for Committees: Page S5677

Additional Statements: Pages S5677–81

Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total–133) Page S5638

Recess: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and recessed

at 8:21 p.m., until 10:30 a.m., on Wednesday, April

26, 1995. (For Senate’s program, see the remarks of

the Acting Majority Leader in today’s RECORD on

page S5682.)

Committee Meetings

(Committees not listed did not meet)

AUTHORIZATION—DEFENSE

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces resumed hearings on proposed legislation

authorizing funds for fiscal year 1996 for the Department of Defense and the future years defense

program, focusing on the Defense Nuclear Facilities

Safety Board and the Department of Energy’s environmental management program, receiving testimony from Thomas P. Grumbly, Assistant Secretary

of Energy for Environmental Management; John T.

Conway, Chairman, and Jack Crawford, Member,
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both of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board;

and Robert W. Galvin and Henry W. Kendall, both

on behalf of the ‘‘Galvin’’ Task Force on Alternative

Futures for the Department of Energy National Laboratories, Secretary of Energy Advisory Board. Subcommittee recessed subject to call.

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee

ordered favorably reported the following business

items:

S. 454, to reform the health care liability system

and improve health care quality through the establishment of quality assurance programs, with an

amendment in the nature of a substitute; and

The nomination of Harriet M. Zimmerman, of

Florida, to be a Member of the Board of Directors

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of the United States Institute of Peace.

House of Representatives

Chamber Action

The House was not in session today. Its next meeting will be held at 12:30 p.m. on Monday,

May 1.

Committee Meetings

No committee meetings were held.

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COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1995

(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)

Senate

Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior,

to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal

year 1996 for energy conservation, 9 a.m., SD–116.

Subcommittee on Interior, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for fossil energy, clean coal technology, Strategic Petroleum Reserve,

and the Naval Petroleum Reserve, 10:15 a.m., SD–116.

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Subcommittee

on Forests and Public Land Management, to resume oversight hearings on the U.S. Forest Service land management planning process, focusing on the coordination of

and conflicts between Federal forest management and

general environmental statutes, 9:45 a.m., SD–366.

Committee on Finance, to resume hearings to examine

welfare reform proposals, focusing on programs for children, 9:30 a.m., SD–215.

Select Committee on Intelligence, to hold hearings on the

nomination of John M. Deutch, of Massachusetts, to be

Director of Central Intelligence, 10 a.m., SH–216.

House

No committee meetings are scheduled.