[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 65 (Monday, May 14, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D438-D439]
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                                               Monday, May 14, 2001

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4851-S4899
Measures Introduced: Six bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 872-877, and S. Res. 88.
  Page S4890
Measures Reported:
  S. 718, to direct the National Institute of Standards and Technology 
to establish a program to support research and training in methods of 
detecting the use of performance-enhancing drugs by athletes, with 
amendments. (S. Rept. No. 107-16)
Page S4890
Measures Passed:
  Public Safety Medal of Valor Act: Senate passed S. 39, to provide a 
national medal for public safety officers who act with extraordinary 
valor above and beyond the call of duty, after agreeing to a committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  Pages S4896-97
  James Guelff Body Armor Act: Senate passed 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, after 
agreeing to a committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                         Pages S4897-98
  Commemorating Law Enforcement Officers: Senate agreed to 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.
  Pages S4898-99
  Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Act: Senate passed H.R. 802, to 
authorize the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor, clearing the 
measure for the President.
  Page S4899
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 S4858-80
Adopted:
  By a unanimous vote of 96 yeas (Vote No. 101), Reid Amendment No. 460 
(to Amendment No. 358), to provide assistance to entities that 
emphasize language and life skills programs for limited English 
proficient students.
Pages S4858-61, S4874, S4877
  By 74 yeas to 23 nays (Vote No. 102), Cleland Modified 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.
Pages S4858, S4872-74, S4874-75, S4877
  Sessions Amendment No. 600 (to Amendment No. 358), to provide for 
confidential reporting of individuals suspected of imminent school 
violence.
Pages S4870, S4877
  Subsequently, the amendment was modified.
Page S4880
Withdrawn:
  Specter Modified Amendment No. 388 (to Amendment No. 378), to provide 
for class size reduction.
Pages S4858, S4877-78
Pending:
  Jeffords Amendment No. 358, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                         Pages S4858-80
  Kennedy (for Murray) Amendment No. 378 (to Amendment No. 358), to 
provide for class size reduction programs.
Page S4858
  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 S4858
  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 S4858
  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 S4858, S4877
  Carnahan Amendment No. 374 (to Amendment No. 358), to improve the 
quality of education in our Nation's classrooms.
Page S4858

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  Reed Amendment No. 425 (to Amendment No. 358), to revise provisions 
regarding the Reading First Program.
Page S4858
  Leahy (for Hatch) Amendment No. 424 (to Amendment No. 358), to 
provide for the establishment of additional Boys and Girls Clubs of 
America.
Pages S4864-65
  Helms Amendment No. 574 (to Amendment No. 358), to prohibit the use 
of Federal funds by any State or local educational agency or school 
that discriminates against the Boy Scouts of America in providing equal 
access to school premises or facilities.
Page S4865
  Helms Amendment No. 648 (to Amendment No. 574), in the nature of a 
substitute.
Pages S4865-68
  Dorgan Amendment No. 640 (to Amendment No. 358), expressing the sense 
of the Senate that there should be established a joint committee of the 
Senate and House of Representatives to investigate the rapidly 
increasing energy prices across the country and to determine what is 
causing the increases.
Page S4870
  Wellstone/Feingold Amendment No. 465 (to Amendment No. 358), to 
improve the provisions relating to assessment completion bonuses. 
                                                         Pages S4875-77
  Voinovich Amendment No. 443 (to Amendment No. 358), to amend the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend loan forgiveness for certain 
loans to Head Start teachers.
Pages S4878-80
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the Kennedy (for Murray) Amendment No. 378 (to 
Amendment No. 358), listed above, at 10:30 a.m., on Tuesday, May 15, 
2001, with a vote on the amendment to occur at 2:20 p.m.
Page S4880
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Peter W. Rodman, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Defense.
  Allan Rutter, of Texas, to be Administrator of the Federal Railroad 
Administration.
  Patricia Lynn Scarlett, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary 
of the Interior.
  George Tracy Mehan, III, of Michigan, to be an Assistant 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
  Brian Carlton Roseboro, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary 
of the Treasury.
  Paul Vincent Kelly, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
State (Legislative Affairs).
  John D. Negroponte, of the District of Columbia, to be a 
Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the 
General Assembly of the United Nations during his tenure of service as 
Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations.
  John D. Negroponte, of the District of Columbia, to be the 
Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, 
with the rank and status of Ambassador, and the Representative of the 
United States of America in the Security Council of the United Nations.
  Lynn Leibovitz, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge 
of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of 
fifteen years.
Page S4899
Executive Communications:
  Pages S4888-89
Petitions and Memorials:
  Pages S4889-90
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S4892-95
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S4890-92
Amendments Submitted:
  Page S4896
Additional Statements:
  Pages S4886-88
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--102) 
                                                             Page S4877
Adjournment: Senate met at12 noon, and adjourned at 7:14 p.m., until 
10:30 a.m., on Tuesday, May 15, 2001. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4899.)