[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 66 (Tuesday, May 15, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D444-D445]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                              Tuesday, May 15, 2001

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4901-S4968
Measures Introduced: Fifteen bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 878-892, and S. Res. 89.
  Pages S4939-40
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 S4901-32
Adopted:
  Brownback/Kohl Amendment No. 413 (to Amendment No. 358), to provide 
for a study regarding the effects on children of exposure to violent 
entertainment, and to require the National Assessment of Educational 
Progress to gather information regarding how much time children spend 
on various forms of entertainment.
Pages S4914-16
  Edwards Amendment No. 462 (to Amendment No. 358), to provide for an 
independent analysis to measure school district achievement. 
                                                         Pages S4916-17
  Carnahan Modified Amendment No. 448 (to Amendment No. 358), to 
improve the quality of education in our Nation's classrooms. 
                                                             Page S4920
  Byrd Modified Amendment No. 564 (to Amendment No. 358), to encourage 
States to require each expelled or suspended student to perform 
community service for the period of the expulsion or suspension. 
                                                             Page S4921
  By 61 yeas to 36 nays (Vote No. 104), McCain Amendment No. 477 (to 
Amendment No. 358), to express the sense of the Senate regarding the 
transmittal of S. 27, Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2001, as passed 
by the Senate on April 2, 2001, to the House of Representatives. 
                                               Pages S4921-26, S4930-31
Rejected:
  By 48 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 103), Kennedy (for Murray) Amendment 
No. 378 (to Amendment No. 358), to provide for class size reduction 
programs.
Pages S4901, S4902-14
Withdrawn:
  Carnahan Amendment No. 374 (to Amendment No. 358), to improve the 
quality of education in our Nation's classrooms.
Pages S4901, S4920
Pending:
  Jeffords Amendment No. 358, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                         Pages S4901-32
  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 S4901
  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 S4901
  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 S4901
  Reed Amendment No. 425 (to Amendment No. 358), to revise provisions 
regarding the Reading First Program.
Page S4901
  Leahy (for Hatch) Amendment No. 424 (to Amendment No. 358), to 
provide for the establishment of additional Boys and Girls Clubs of 
America.
Page S4901
  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 S4901
  Helms Amendment No. 648 (to Amendment No. 574), in the nature of a 
substitute.
Page S4901
  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 S4901

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  Wellstone/Feingold Amendment No. 465 (to Amendment No. 358), to 
improve the provisions relating to assessment completion bonuses. 
                                                             Page S4902
  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 S4902, S4931-32
  Dayton Modified Amendment No. 622 (to Amendment No. 358), to amend 
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to fully fund 40 
percent of the average per pupil expenditure for programs under part B 
of such Act.
Pages S4917-18
  Hutchinson Modified Amendment No. 555 (to Amendment No. 358), to 
express the sense of the Senate regarding the Department of Education 
program to promote access of Armed Forces recruiters to student 
directory information.
Pages S4919-20
  Harkin Amendment No. 525 (to Amendment No. 358), to provide grants 
for the renovation of schools.
Pages S4926-30
Appointments:
  People's Republic of China: The Chair, on behalf of the President of 
the Senate, and after consultation with the Majority Leader, pursuant 
to Public Law 106-286, appointed the following Members to serve on the 
Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China: 
Senators Smith (N.H.), Brownback, Hutchinson, Smith (OR.), and Hagel. 
                                                             Page S4968
  Library of Congress Trust Fund Board: The Chair, on behalf of the 
Majority Leader, in consultation with the Democratic Leader, pursuant 
to Public Law 102-246, appointed Leo Hindery, Jr., of California, vice 
Adele Hall of Kansas, to the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board. 
                                                             Page S4968
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the National Emergency 
with Respect to Burma; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs. (PM-19)
Page S4938
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the Continuation of 
Emergency with Respect to Burma; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs. (PM-20)
Page S4938
Executive Communications:
  Page S4931
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S4931
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Pages S4938-39
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S4941-64
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S4940-41
Additional Statements:
  Pages S4937-38
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S4964-65
Privileges of the Floor:
  Page S4965
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--104) 
                                                  Pages S4914, S4930-31
Recess: Senate met 10:32 a.m., and recessed at 7:19 p.m., until 9:30 
a.m., on Wednesday, May 16, 2001. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4968.)