[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 68 (Thursday, May 17, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D466-D468]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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  May 17, 2001


                                             Thursday, May 17, 2001

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      The House passed H.R. 622, the Hope for Children Act, to amend 
      the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the adoption credit


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5101-5182
Measures Introduced: Nine bills and three resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 906-914, S. Con. Res. 38-40.
  Page S5118
Measures Reported:
  Special Report entitled ``Legislative and Oversight Activities During 
the 106th Congress by the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs''. (S. 
Rept. No. 107-17)
Page S5117
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 S5025-26
Adopted:
  By 76 yeas to 24 nays (Vote No. 111), 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 S5027-28
Rejected:
  By 34 yeas to 65 nays (Vote No. 110), 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 S5026-27
Pending:
  Jeffords Amendment No. 358, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                         Pages S5025-26
  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 S5025
  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 S5025-26
  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 S5026
  Reed Amendment No. 425 (to Amendment No. 358), to revise provisions 
regarding the Reading First Program.
Page S5026
  Leahy (for Hatch) Amendment No. 424 (to Amendment No. 358), to 
provide for the establishment of additional Boys and Girls Clubs of 
America.
Page S5026
  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 S5026
  Helms Amendment No. 648 (to Amendment No. 574), in the nature of a 
substitute.
Page S5026
  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 S5026

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  Wellstone/Feingold Amendment No. 465 (to Amendment No. 358), to 
improve the provisions relating to assessment completion bonuses. 
                                                             Page S5026
  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 S5026
  Bond Modified Amendment No. 476 (to Amendment No. 358), to strengthen 
early childhood parent education programs.
Page S5026
  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.
Page S5026
Tax Relief Reconciliation: Senate began consideration of H.R. 1836, to 
provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 104 of the concurrent 
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2002, taking action on the 
following amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S5028-5100
Adopted:
  Grassley/Baucus Amendment No. 650, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S5030
Rejected:
  By 44 yeas to 56 nays (Vote No. 112), Conrad Amendment No. 654, to 
accelerate the elimination of the marriage penalty in the standard 
deduction and 15-percent bracket and to modify the reduction in the 
marginal rate of tax.
Pages S5042-58
  By 27 yeas to 73 nays (Vote No. 113), Hutchison Amendment No. 659, to 
begin the phase-in of the elimination of the marriage penalty in the 
standard deduction in 2002 and to offset the revenue loss. 
                                                         Pages S5049-58
  By 43 yeas to 55 nays (Vote No. 114), Schumer Amendment No. 669, to 
increase the deduction for higher education expenses for certain 
taxpayers and to increase the tax credit for student loan interest. 
                                     Pages S5059-61, S5062-72, S5075-76
Pending:
  Fitzgerald Amendment No. 670, to provide that no Federal income tax 
shall be imposed on amounts received by victims of the Nazi regime or 
their heirs or estates.
Pages S5061-62
  Gregg Amendment No. 656, to provide a temporary reduction in the 
maximum capital gains rate from 20 percent to 15 percent. 
                                                         Pages S5072-73
  Carnahan/Daschle Amendment No. 674, to provide a marginal tax rate 
reduction for all taxpayers.
Pages S5073-75, S5083
  Collins/Warner Amendment No. 675, to provide an above-the-line 
deduction for qualified professional development expenses of elementary 
and secondary school teachers and to allow a credit against income tax 
to elementary and secondary school teachers who provide classroom 
materials.
Pages S5077-83
  Rockefeller Amendment No. 679, to delay the reduction of the top 
income tax rate for individuals until a real Medicare prescription drug 
benefit is enacted.
Pages S5083-86
  Bayh Modified Amendment No. 685, to preserve and protect the 
surpluses by providing a trigger to delay tax reductions and mandatory 
spending increases and limit discretionary spending if certain deficit 
targets are not met over the next 10 years.
Pages S5086-93
  Landrieu Amendment No. 686, to expand the adoption credit and 
adoption assistance programs.
Pages S5093-95
  Graham Amendment No. 687, of a perfecting nature.
Pages S5095-97
  Graham Amendment No. 688, to provide a reduction in State estate tax 
revenues in proportion to the reduction in Federal estate tax revenues.
                                                       Pages S5097-5100
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill, pending amendments, and certain amendments 
to be proposed thereto, at 9:30 a.m., on Monday, May 21, 2001, with 
votes to occur thereon, beginning at 6 p.m.
Page S5100
Appointments:
  NATO Parliamentary Assembly: The Chair, on behalf of the Vice 
President, in accordance with 22 U.S.C. 1928a-1928d, as amended, 
appointed the following Senators as members of the Senate Delegation to 
the NATO Parliamentary Assembly during the First Session of the 107th 
Congress, to be held in Vilnius, Lithuania, May 27-31, 2001: Senators 
Voinovich, Sarbanes, Mikulski, and Durbin.
  Page S5182
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Victoria Clarke, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Defense.
  William J. Haynes II, of Tennessee, to be General Counsel of the 
Department of Defense.
  John E. Robson, of California, to be President of the Export-Import 
Bank of the United States.
Page S5100
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Robert E. Fabricant, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency.
  Allen Frederick Johnson, of Iowa, to be Chief Agricultural 
Negotiator, Office of the United States Trade Representative, with the 
rank of Ambassador.

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  George L. Argyros, Sr., of California, to be Ambassador to Spain, and 
to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador 
to Andorra.
  Howard H. Baker, Jr., of Tennessee, to be Ambassador to Japan.
  Sam E. Haddon, of Montana, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Montana.
  Richard F. Cebull, of Montana, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Montana.
  Donald Burnham Ensenat, of Louisiana, to be Chief of Protocol, and to 
have the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service.
Page S5100
Executive Communications:
  Pages S5116-17
Petitions and Memorials:
  Page S5117
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Pages S5117-18
Messages From the House:
  Page S5116
Measures Referred:
  Page S5116
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S5120-26
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S5118-20
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S5128-81
Additional Statements:
  Pages S5112-16
Enrolled Bills Presented:
  Page S5116
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S5181
Authority for Committees:
  Page S5181
Privilege of the Floor:
  Page S5182
Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total--114) 
                                Pages S5027, S5028, S5058, S5058, S5076
Adjournment: Senate met at 9 a.m., and adjourned at 11:28 p.m., until 
10 a.m., on Friday, May 18, 2001, for a pro forma session. (For 
Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in 
today's Record on page S5100.)