[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 64 (Thursday, May 10, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D426-D427]
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                                             Thursday, May 10, 2001

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to the Congressional Budget Conference Report.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4775-S4850
Measures Introduced: Thirteen bills and two resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 859-871, S. Res. 87, and S. Con. Res. 37. 
                                                         Pages S4822-23
Measures Reported:
  H.R. 802, to authorize the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor.
  S. Res. 63, commemorating and acknowledging the dedication and 
sacrifice made by the men and women who have lost their lives while 
serving as law enforcement officers.
  S. 39, to provide a national medal for public safety officers who act 
with extraordinary valor above and beyond the call of duty, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 166, to limit access to body armor by violent felons and to 
facilitate the donation of Federal surplus body armor to State and 
local law enforcement agencies, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
Page S4822
Measures Passed:
  National Biotechnology Week: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 75, designating the 
week beginning May 13, 2001, as ``National Biotechnology Week'', and 
the resolution was then agreed to.
  Pages S4848-49
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 S4794-S4812
Adopted:
  By 50 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 99), Wellstone Modified Amendment No. 
403 (to Amendment No. 358), to modify provisions relating to State 
assessments.
Pages S4794-98, S4799-S4803
  By 62 yeas to 34 nays (Vote No. 100), Lincoln Amendment No. 451 (to 
Amendment No. 358), to express the sense of the Senate regarding, and 
authorize appropriations for, part A and part D of title III of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
Pages S4798-99, S4803
  Hutchison Amendment No. 534 (to Amendment No. 358), to provide for a 
Careers to Classrooms program and improve the Troops to Teachers 
program.
Pages S4803-05
  Byrd Amendment No. 402 (to Amendment No. 358), to provide grants for 
the teaching of traditional American history as a separate subject. 
                                                         Pages S4808-12
  Subsequently, the amendment was modified.
Page S4848
Pending:
  Jeffords Amendment No. 358, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                      Pages S4794-S4812
  Kennedy (for Murray) Amendment No. 378 (to Amendment No. 358), to 
provide for class size reduction programs.
Page S4794
  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 S4794
  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 S4794
  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.
Page S4794
  Specter Modified Amendment No. 388 (to Amendment No. 378), to provide 
for class size reduction.
Page S4794

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  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.
Page S4794
  Carnahan Amendment No. 374 (to Amendment No. 358), to improve the 
quality of education in our Nation's classrooms.
Page S4794
  Reed Amendment No. 425 (to Amendment No. 358), to revise provisions 
regarding the Reading First Program.
Page S4794
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 2 p.m., on Monday, May 14, 2001, and 
certain amendments to be proposed thereto, with votes on certain 
amendments to occur beginning at 5:30 p.m.
Page S4802
Congressional Budget--Conference Report: By 53 yeas to 47 nays (Vote 
No. 98), Senate agreed to the conference report on H. Con. Res. 83, 
establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government 
for fiscal year 2002, revising the congressional budget for the United 
States Government for fiscal year 2001, and setting forth appropriate 
budgetary levels for each of fiscal years 2003 through 2011, clearing 
the measure for the President.
  Pages S4776-93
Appointments:
  U.S. Capitol Preservation Commission: The Chair, on behalf of the 
Democratic Leader, pursuant to Public Law 100-696, announced the 
appointment of Senator Durbin as a member of the United States Capitol 
Preservation Commission, vice Senator Feinstein.
  Page S4849
  Vietnam Education Foundation: The Chair, on behalf of the President 
pro tempore and upon the recommendation of the Majority Leader, 
pursuant to Public Law 106-554, appointed Senator Hagel to the Board of 
Directors of the Vietnam Education Foundation.
  Page S4849
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Kenneth I. Juster, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary 
of Commerce for Export Administration.
  Larry D. Thompson, of Georgia, to be Deputy Attorney General.
  Daniel J. Bryant, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General.
  Grant D. Aldonas, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for 
International Trade.
  Robert Glenn Hubbard, of New York, to be a Member of the Council of 
Economic Advisers.
Pages S4849, S4850
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Cari M. Dominguez, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission for a term expiring July 1, 2001.
  Cari M. Dominguez, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission for a term expiring July 1, 2006. 
(Reappointment)
  Michael K. Powell, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal 
Communications Commission for a term of five years from July 1, 2002. 
(Reappointment)
Page S4850
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S4822
Messages From the House:
  Pages S4821-22
Measures Referred:
  Page S4822
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S4824-46
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S4823-24
Additional Statements:
  Pages S4818-21
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S4847-48
Privileges of the Floor:
  Page S4848
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--100) 
                                                  Pages S4793, S4802-03
Adjournment: Senate met at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 5:47 p.m., until 
12 noon, on Monday, May 14, 2001. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S4849-
50.)