[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 61 (Monday, May 7, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D403]
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                                                     Monday, May 7, 2001

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate

Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4407-S4448
Measures Introduced: Four bills were introduced, as follows: S. 836-839. 
                                                                  Page S4416
Elementary and Secondary Education Act Authorization: Senate resumed 
consideration of S. 1, to extend programs and activities under the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, taking action on the 
following amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S4433-40, S4442
Pending:
  Jeffords Amendment No. 358, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                       Pages S4433-40, S4442
  Craig Amendment No. 372 (to Amendment No. 358), to tie funding under the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improved student 
performance.
Pages S4433, S4440
  Kennedy Modified Amendment No. 375 (to Amendment No. 358), to express the 
sense of the Senate regarding, and to authorize appropriations for title II, 
part A, of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, with respect 
to the development of high-qualified teachers.
Page S4433
  Kennedy (for Murray) Amendment No. 378 (to Amendment No. 358), to provide 
for class size reduction programs.
Page S4436
  Kennedy (for Mikulski/Kennedy) Amendment No. 379 (to Amendment No. 358), 
to provide for the establishment of community technology centers. 
                                                              Pages S4436-37
  Allen/Warner Amendment No. 380 (to Amendment No. 358), to provide for a 
sense of the Senate regarding education opportunity tax relief to enable the 
purchase of technology and tutorial services for K-12 education purposes. 
                                                              Pages S4437-39
  Kennedy (for Dodd) Amendment No. 382 (to Amendment No. 358), to remove the 
21st century community learning center program from the list of programs 
covered by performance agreements.
Page S4440
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill on Tuesday, May 8, 2001, with votes on Craig 
Amendment No. 372 (to Amendment No. 358) and Kennedy Modified Amendment No. 
375 (to Amendment No. 358), both listed above, to occur following the vote 
on confirmation of the nomination of John Robert Bolton (listed below). 
                                                                  Page S4446
Nomination: Senate began consideration of the nomination of John Robert 
Bolton, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and 
International Security.
  Pages S4442-45, S4446-47
  Pursuant to the order of Friday, May 4, 2001, Senate will continue 
consideration of the nomination at 9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, May 8, 2001, with 
a vote on confirmation of the nomination to occur at 10:15 a.m.
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Jack Dyer Crouch, II, of Missouri, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Defense.
  James G. Roche, of Maryland, to be Secretary of the Air Force.
  Susan Morrisey Livingstone, of Montana, to be Under Secretary of the Navy.
  Stephen Brauer, of Missouri, to be Ambassador to Belgium.
Page S4448
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S4417-25
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S4416-17
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S4425-28
Additional Statements:
  Pages S4415-16
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S4428
Privileges of the Floor:
  Page S4428
Adjournment: Senate met at 1 p.m., and adjourned at 5:38 p.m., until 9:30 
a.m., on Tuesday, May 8, 2001. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the 
Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4446.)