[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 62 (Tuesday, May 8, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D407-D408]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                                Tuesday May 8, 2001

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4449-S4523
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 840-846, and S. Res. 83-84.                   
  Page S4508
Measures Passed:
  Senate Legal Representation: Senate agreed to S. Res. 84, to 
authorize representation by the Senate Legal Counsel in Timothy A. Holt 
v. Phil Gramm.                                               
  Page S4522
Elementary and Secondary Education Act Authorization: Senate continued 
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 S4461-98
Adopted:
  By 69 yeas to 31 nays (Vote No. 94), 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.              
Pages S4461, S4462
  Allen/Warner Amendment No. 380 (to Amendment No. 358), to provide 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 S4461, S4462
  By 95 yeas to 3 nays (Vote No. 95), Warner Modified Amendment No. 383 
(to Amendment No. 358), to provide a Sense of the Senate regarding tax 
relief for elementary and secondary level educators. 
                                                  Pages S4471, S4487-89
  Feinstein Amendment No. 392 (to Amendment No. 358), to provide for 
programs and activities related to Master Teachers.      
Pages S4493-94
Rejected:
  By 27 yeas to 73 nays (Vote No. 93), 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 S4461-62
Pending:
  Jeffords Amendment No. 358, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                         Pages S4461-98
  Kennedy (for Murray) Amendment No. 378 (to Amendment No. 358), to 
provide for class size reduction programs. 
          Pages S4461, S4463-71, S4474-75, S4476-84, S4485-87, S4496-97
  Kennedy (for Mikulski/Kennedy) Amendment No. 379 (to Amendment No. 
358), to provide for the establishment of community technology centers.
                                                  Pages S4461, S4494-96
  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 S4461
  McConnell Amendment No. 384 (to Amendment No. 358), to provide for 
teacher liability protection.                            
Pages S4471-73
  Cleland Amendment No. 376 (to Amendment No. 358), to provide for 
school safety enhancement, including the establishment of the National 
Center for School and Youth Safety.                          
Page S4475
  Biden Amendment No. 386 (to Amendment No. 358), to establish school-
based partnerships between local law enforcement agencies and local 
school systems, by providing school resource officers who operate in 
and around elementary and secondary schools.             
Pages S4484-85
  Specter Modified Amendment No. 388 (to Amendment No. 378), to provide 
for class size reduction.                      
Pages S4489-90, S4497-98
  Voinovich Amendment No. 389 (to Amendment No. 358), to modify 
provisions relating to State applications and plans and school 
improvement to provide for the input of the Governor of the State 
involved.                                                
Pages S4490-92
  Carnahan Amendment No. 374 (to Amendment No. 358), to improve the 
quality of education in our Nation's classrooms.         
Pages S4492-93
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 9, 2001, with 
a vote to occur on Kennedy (for Mikulski/Kennedy) Amendment No. 379 (to 
Amendment No. 358), listed

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above. Further, that all first degree amendments in order to the bill 
be filed at the desk by 5 p.m.                               
Page S4489
Appointments:
  U.S. Naval Academy: The Chair, on behalf of the Vice President, 
pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 6968(a), appointed Senator Cochran, from the 
Committee on Appropriations, to the Board of Visitors of the U.S. Naval 
Academy.                                                     
  Page S4522
  U.S. Air Force Academy: The Chair, on behalf of the Vice President, 
pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 9355(a), appointed Senator Craig, from the 
Committee on Appropriations, to the Board of Visitors of the U.S. Air 
Force Academy.                                               
  Page S4522
  U.S. Military Academy: The Chair, on behalf of the Vice President, 
pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 4355(a), appointed Senator DeWine, from the 
Committee on Appropriations, to the Board of Visitors of the U.S. 
Military Academy.                                            
  Page S4522
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 57 yeas 43 nays (Vote No. EX. 92), John Robert Bolton, of 
Maryland, to be Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and 
International Security.
  Richard Nathan Haass, of Maryland, for the rank of Ambassador during 
his tenure of Service as Director, Policy Planning Staff, Department of 
State.
  Edward C. Aldridge, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Defense for 
Acquisition and Technology.                       
Pages S4449-61, S4523
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Mary Sheila Gall, of Virginia, to be Chairman of the Consumer Product 
Safety Commission.
  William Henry Lash, III, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce.
  2 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  2 Marine Corps nominations in the rank of general.
  A routine list in the Army.                                
Page S4523
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S4507-08
Statements on Introduced Bills:                          
  Pages S4509-16
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S4508-09
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S4516-21
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S4505-07
Notices of Hearings:                                         
  Page S4521
Authority for Committees:                                
  Pages S4521-22
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S4522
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--95) 
                                              Pages S4460, S4462, S4489
Adjournment: Senate met at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 7:03 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, May 9, 2001. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4522.)