[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 56 (Monday, April 30, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D367-D369]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                             Monday, April 30, 2001

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4019-S4053
Measures introduced: Six bills were introduced, as follows: S. 797-802.
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Measures Reported:
  Report to accompany S. Res. 54, authorizing expenditures by the 
committees of the Senate for the periods March 1, 2001, through 
September 30, 2001, October 1, 2001, through September 30, 2002, and 
October 1, 2002, through February 28, 2003. (S. Rept. No. 107-14) 
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Measures Passed:
  Private Relief: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from 
further consideration of S. 560, for the relief of Rita Mirembe Revell 
(a.k.a. Margaret Rita Mirembe), and the measure was then passed. 
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Elementary and Secondary Education Act Authorization: Senate resumed 
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 S4025-34
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill on 
Tuesday, May 1, 2001, with a vote on the motion to close further debate 
on the motion to proceed to occur at 9:30 a.m.               
Page S4050
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Eric M. Bost, of Texas, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for 
Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services.
  William T. Hawks, of Mississippi, to be Under Secretary of 
Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs.
  Joseph J. Jen, of California, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture 
for Research, Education, and Economics.
  J. B. Penn, of Arkansas, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for 
Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services.
  James J. Jochum, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce.
  Bruce P. Mehlman, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce 
for Technology Policy.
  Kevin J. Martin, of North Carolina, to be a Member of the Federal 
Communications Commission for a term of five years from July 1, 2001.
  Kathleen Q. Abernathy, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Federal 
Communications Commission for a term of five years from July 1, 2000.
  James Gurule, of Michigan, to be Under Secretary of the Treasury for 
Enforcement.
  Kevin Keane, of Wisconsin, to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and 
Human Services.
  Walter H. Kansteiner, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
State (African Affairs).
  Peter S. Watson, of California, to be President of the Overseas 
Private Investment Corporation.
  David Garman, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy 
(Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy).
  Patrick Henry Wood III, of Texas, to be a Member of the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission for the term expiring June 30, 2005.
  David A. Sampson, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for 
Economic Development.
  Kathleen B. Cooper, of Texas, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for 
Economic Affairs.
  Kay Coles James, of Virginia, to be Director of the Office of 
Personnel Management.
  Othoneil Armendariz, of Texas, to be a Member of the Federal Labor 
Relations Authority for a term of five years expiring July 1, 2005.
  Grover J. Whitehurst, of New York, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Educational Research and Improvement, Department of Education.
  David D. Lauriski, of Utah, to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for 
Mine Safety and Health.
  John W. Gillis, of California, to be Director of the Office for 
Victims of Crime.
  Michael Certoff, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Attorney General.
  Leo S. Mckay, Jr., of Texas, to be Deputy Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs.
  Robin L. Higgins, of Florida, to be Under Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs for Memorial Affairs.

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  Romolo A. Bernardi, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development.
  Ralph F. Boyd, Jr., of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Attorney 
General.
  William J. Burns, of the District of Columbia, a Career Member of the 
Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of State (Near Eastern Affairs).
  Ann Laine Combs, of Michigan, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor.
  Michael Joseph Copps, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal 
Communications Commission.
  Lorne W. Craner, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of State for 
Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.
  Ruth A. Davis, of Georgia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign 
Service, Class of Career Minister, to be Director General of the 
Foreign Service.
  Linnet F. Deily, of California, to be a Deputy United States Trade 
Representative, with the rank of Ambassador.
  Thomas C. Dorr, of Iowa, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for 
Rural Development.
  Douglas Jay Feith, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of Defense for 
Policy.
  Linda J. Fisher, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
  Peter R. Fisher, of New Jersey, to be an Under Secretary of the 
Treasury.
  J. Steven Griles, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of the 
Interior.
  Eugene Hickok, of Pennsylvania, to be Under Secretary of Education.
  Alphonso R. Jackson, of Texas, to be Deputy Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development.
  Brian Jones, of California, to be General Counsel, Department of 
Education.
  Jacob Lozada, of Puerto Rico, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs.
  Gordon H. Mansfield, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs (Congressional Affairs).
  Alfred Rascon, of California, to be Director of Selective Service.
  Eugene Scalia, of Virginia, to be Solicitor for the Department of 
Labor.
  Thomas Scully, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Health Care 
Financing Administration.
  John Charles Weicher, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
  David S. C. Chu, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary 
of Defense for Personnel and Readiness.
  Gordon England, of Texas, to be Secretary of the Navy.
  Richard A. Hauser, of Maryland, to be General Counsel of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development.
  John E. Robson, of California, to be President of the Export-Import 
Bank of the United States for a term expiring January 20, 2005.
  Jessie Hill Roberson, of Alabama, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Energy (Environmental Management).
  Francis S. Blake, of Connecticut, to be Deputy Secretary of Energy.
  Nora Mead Brownell, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission for a term expiring June 30, 2006. 
(Reappointment)
  Nora Mead Brownell, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission for the remainder of the term expiring 
June 30, 2001.
  Jeffrey R. Holmstead, of Colorado, to be an Assistant Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency.
  James Laurence Connaughton, of the District of Columbia, to be a 
Member of the Council on Environmental Quality.
  Carl W. Ford, Jr., of Arkansas, to be an Assistant Secretary of State 
(Intelligence and Research).
  Christina B. Rocca, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of State 
for South Asian Affairs.
  Shinae Chun, of Illinois, to be Director of the Women's Bureau, 
Department of Labor.
  Susan B. Neuman, of Michigan, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education.
  Donald Cameron Findlay, of Illinois, to be Deputy Secretary of Labor.
  Robert D. McCallum, Jr., of Georgia, to be an Assistant Attorney 
General vice David W. Ogden, resigned.
  45 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Marine Corps nomination in the rank of general.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.              
Pages S4052-53
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S4041-42
Petitions and Memorials:                                 
  Pages S4042-44
Statements on Introduced Bills:                          
  Pages S4045-50
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S4044-45
Amendments Submitted:                                        
  Page S4050
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S4036-41
Notices of Hearings:                                         
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Privileges of the Floor:                                     
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Adjournment: Senate met at 2 p.m., and adjourned at 5:33 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, May 1, 2001. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4050.)