[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 67 (Wednesday, May 16, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D454-D456]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                            Wednesday, May 16, 2001

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                              Daily Digest

HIGHLIGHTS

      The House passed H.R. 1836, Economic Growth and Tax Relief 
      Reconciliation Act.
      The House passed H.R. 1646, Foreign Relations Appropriations Act.
      House Committees ordered reported 20 sundry measures.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4969-S5024
Measures Introduced: Thirteen bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 893-905 and S. Res. 90.
  Page S5005
Measures Reported:
  S. 896, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 103 of the 
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2002 (H. Con. Res. 
83).
Page S5005
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 S4970-99
Adopted:
  By 60 yeas to 39 nays (Vote No. 105), Boxer Modified Amendment No. 
563, to express the sense of the Senate regarding, and authorize 
appropriations for, part F of title I of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965.
Pages S4972-77
  Akaka Amendment No. 407 (to Amendment No. 358), to strike the 
provisions requiring recognition by the Governor of Hawaii of certain 
organizations primarily serving and representing Native Hawaiians. 
                                                             Page S4978
  By 69 yeas to 30 nays (Vote No. 106), Reed Modified Amendment No. 425 
(to Amendment No. 358), to provide funding for library books and 
library materials to increase literacy and reading skills. 
                                               Pages S4978-81, S4983-84
  Akaka/Corzine Amendment No. 524 (to Amendment No. 358), to provide 
for excellence in economic education.
Pages S4984-85
  Cleland Amendment No. 430 (to Amendment No. 358), to provide funding 
for certain instructional services and activities that are designed to 
assist immigrant students to achieve in elementary and secondary 
schools in the United States.
Pages S4985-86
  By 83 yeas to 16 nays (Vote No. 109), Hutchinson Amendment No. 550 
(to the language proposed to be stricken by Amendment No. 358), to 
liberalize the tax-exempt financing rules for public school 
construction.
Pages S4971-72, S4995, S4997-98
Rejected:
  By 37 yeas to 62 nays (Vote No. 107), Enzi Amendment No. 649 (to 
Amendment No. 358), to provide Federal priorities for certain school 
construction, renovation, and repair.
Pages S4986-95, S4995
  By 49 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 108), Harkin Amendment No. 525 (to 
Amendment No. 358), to provide grants for the renovation of schools. 
                                                     Pages S4971, S4997
Pending:
  Jeffords Amendment No. 358, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                         Pages S4970-99
  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 S4970
  Biden Amendment No. 386 (to Amendment No. 358), to establish school-
based partnerships between

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local law enforcement agencies and local school systems, by providing 
school resource officers who operate in and around elementary and 
secondary schools.
Page S4970
  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 S4970
  Reed Amendment No. 425 (to Amendment No. 358), to revise provisions 
regarding the Reading First Program.
Page S4970
  Leahy (for Hatch) Amendment No. 424 (to Amendment No. 358), to 
provide for the establishment of additional Boys and Girls Clubs of 
America.
Page S4970
  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 S4970
  Helms Amendment No. 648 (to Amendment No. 574), in the nature of a 
substitute.
Page S4970
  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 S4970
  Wellstone/Feingold Amendment No. 465 (to Amendment No. 358), to 
improve the provisions relating to assessment completion bonuses. 
                                                             Page S4970
  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.
Page S4971
  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.
Page S4971
  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.
Page S4971
  Bond Modified Amendment No. 476 (to Amendment No. 358), to strengthen 
early childhood parent education programs.
Pages S4981-83
  Feinstein Modified Amendment No. 369 (to Amendment No. 358), to 
specify the purposes for which funds provided under subpart 1 of part A 
of title I may be used.
Pages S4998-99
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill and certain pending amendments on Thursday, 
May 17, 2001, with votes to occur on Dayton Modified Amendment No. 622 
(to Amendment No. 358), and Voinovich Amendment No. 443 (to Amendment 
No. 358), beginning at 9 a.m.
Page S4997
Reconciliation: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for 
consideration of H.R. 1836, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to 
section 104 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 
2002 on Thursday, May 17, 2001.
  Page S4997
Appointments:
  Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group:The Chair, on behalf of the Vice 
President, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 276d-276g, as amended, appointed the 
following Senators as members of the Senate Delegation to the Canada-
U.S. Interparliamentary Group during the First Session of the 107th 
Congress, to be held in Canada, May 17-21, 2001: Senators Hollings, 
Leahy, Sarbanes, and Akaka.
  Page S5023
  Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group: The Chair, on behalf of the 
Vice President, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 276d-276g, as amended, appointed 
the following Senators as member of the Senate Delegation to the 
Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group during the First Session of the 
107th Congress, to be held in Canada, May 17-21, 2001: Senators 
Grassley and Voinovich.
  Page S5023
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  James J. Jochum, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce.
Pages S5023, S5024
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Angela Antonelli, of Virginia, to be Chief Financial Officer, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development.
  Lori A. Forman, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development.
  Pierre-Richard Prosper, of California, to be Ambassador at Large for 
War Crimes Issues.
  Charles J. Swindells, of Oregon, to be Ambassador to New Zealand, and 
to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador 
to Samoa.
  Margaret DeBardeleben Tutwiler, of Alabama, to be Ambassador to the 
Kingdom of Morocco.
  A routine list in the Air Force, Army.
Page S5024
Executive Communications:
  Pages S5003-05
Petitions and Memorials:
  Page S5005

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Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S5005
Messages From the House:
  Page S5003
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S5003
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S5007-20
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S5005-07
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S5020-22
Additional Statements:
  Pages S5002-03
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S5022
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S5022-23
Privilege of the Floor:
  Page S5023
Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total--109) 
                                    Pages S4977, S4984, S4995, S5997-98
Adjournment: Senate met at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 6:02 p.m., until 
9 a.m., on Thursday, May 17, 2001. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5024.)