[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 54 (Thursday, April 26, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D355-D356]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                           Thursday, April 26, 2001

[[Page D355]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      The House Passed H.R. 503, Unborn Victims of Violence Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3933-S4017
Measures Introduced: Nineteen bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 778-796, S. Res. 76-77, and S. Con. Res. 34.
                                                             Page S3994
Measures Reported:
  S. 319, to amend title 49, United States Code, to ensure that air 
carriers meet their obligations under the Airline Customer Service 
Agreement, and provide improved passenger service in order to meet 
public convenience and necessity, with an amendment. (S. Rept. No. 107-
13)                                                          
Page S3993
Measures Passed:
  Congratulating Boston College Men's Ice Hockey Team: Senate agreed to 
S. Res. 76, congratulating the Eagles of Boston College in 
Massachusetts for winning the 2001 National Collegiate Athletic 
Association Men's Ice Hockey Championship.               
  Pages S4011-12
  Honoring Neil L. Rudenstine: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
and Pensions was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 65, 
honoring Neil L. Rudenstine upon his retirement as the 26th President 
of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the resolution 
was then agreed to.                                      
  Pages S4014-15
  Farmer Bankruptcy Extension: Senate passed H.R. 256, to extend for 11 
additional months the period for which chapter 12 of title 11 of the 
United States Code is reenacted, clearing the measure for the 
President.                                                   
  Page S4015
  Legal Counsel: Senate agreed to S. Res. 77, to authorize the 
production of records by the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations 
of the Committee on Governmental Affairs.                    
  Page S4012
Export Administration Act: Senate began consideration of the motion to 
proceed to consideration of S. 149, to provide authority to control 
exports.                                                 
  Pages S3937-66
  Subsequently, motion to proceed was withdrawn.             
Page S3974
Elementary and Secondary Education Act Authorization: Senate began 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 1, to 
extend programs and activities under the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965.                                   
  Pages S3974-75
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to proceed 
to consideration of the bill and, in accordance with the provisions of 
Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on the cloture 
motion will occur on Tuesday, May 1, 2001, at 9:30 a.m.      
Page S3975
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Andrew S. Natsios, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development.
  James Andrew Kelly, of Hawaii, to be an Assistant Secretary of State 
(East Asian and Pacific Affairs) vice Stanley O. Roth.
  Paula J. Dobriansky, of Virginia, to be an Under Secretary of State 
(Global Affairs).                                 
Pages S4015-16, S4017
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Stephen L. Johnson, of Maryland, to be Assistant Administrator for 
Toxic Substances of the Environmental Protection Agency.
  2 Marine Corps nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Navy.                             
Pages S4016-17
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S3990-91
Petitions and Memorials:                                 
  Pages S3991-93
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S3993-94

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Messages From the House:                                     
  Page S3990
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S3990
Statements on Introduced Bills:                       
  Pages S3995-S4011
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S3994-95
Amendments Submitted:                                        
  Page S4013
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S3987-89
Notices of Hearings:                                         
  Page S4013
Authority for Committees:                                    
  Page S4014
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S4014
Adjournment: Senate met at 10 a.m., and adjourned at 6:07 p.m., until 2 
p.m., on Monday, April 30, 2001. (For Senate's program, see the remarks 
of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4016.)