[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 74 (Friday, May 25, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D517-D518]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                               Friday, May 25, 2001

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      The House agreed to the Conference Report on H.R. 1836, Economic 
      Growth and Tax Relief Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5663-S5765
Measures Introduced: Fifteen bills and six resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 964-978,
S. Res. 95-99, and S. Con. Res. 44.
  Pages S5694-95
Measures Passed:
  National Child's Day: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from 
further consideration of S. Res. 90, designating June 3, 2001, as 
``National Child's Day'', and the resolution was then agreed to. 
                                                             Page S5764
  Welcoming His Holiness Karekin II: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 139, 
welcoming His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of 
All Armenians, on his visit to the United States and commemorating the 
1700th anniversary of the acceptance of Christianity in Armenia. 
                                                         Pages S5764-65
Messages From the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the progress toward 
achieving benchmarks in Bosnia; to the Committee on Armed Services (PM-
25).
Page S5691
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Donna R. McLean, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Transportation.
  Sean B. O'Hollaren, of Oregon, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Transportation.
  Piyush Jindal, of Louisiana, to be an Assistant Secretary of Health 
and Human Services.
  Maria Cino, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce and 
Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service.
  Timothy J. Muris, of Virginia, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner for 
the term of seven years from September 26, 2001.
  Bruce Marshall Carnes, of Virginia, to be Chief Financial Officer, 
Department of Energy.
  A. Elizabeth Jones, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
State (European Affairs), vice James F. Dobbins.
  Timothy J. Muris, of Virginia, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner for 
the unexpired term of seven years from September 26, 1994.
  Bruce P. Mehlman, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce 
for Technology Policy.
  Kevin J. Martin, of North Carolina, to be a Member of the Federal 
Communications Commission for a term of five years from July 1, 2001.
  Walter H. Kansteiner, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
State (African Affairs).
  Peter S. Watson, of California, to be President of the Overseas 
Private Investment Corporation.
  David Garman, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy 
(Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy).
  Patrick Henry Wood III, of Texas, to be a Member of the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission for the term expiring June 30, 2005.
  Kathleen B. Cooper, of Texas, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for 
Economic Affairs.
  Thomas Scully, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Health Care 
Financing Administration.
  Lorne W. Craner, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of State for 
Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.
  William J. Burns, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of State (Near Eastern Affairs), vice Edward S. Walker, Jr.
  Ruth A. Davis, of Georgia, to be Director General of the Foreign 
Service, vice Marc Grossman.
  Francis S. Blake, of Connecticut, to be Deputy Secretary of Energy.
  Nora Mead Brownell, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission for a term expiring June 30, 2006. 
(Reappointment)

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  Nora Mead Brownell, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission for the remainder of the term expiring 
June 30, 2001.
  Carl W. Ford, Jr., of Arkansas, to be an Assistant Secretary of State 
(Intelligence and Research).
  Christina B. Rocca, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of State 
for South Asian Affairs.
  Donald Cameron Findlay, of Illinois, to be Deputy Secretary of Labor.
  Kathleen Q. Abernathy, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Federal 
Communications Commission for a term of five years from July 1, 1999.
  Michael Joseph Copps, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal 
Communications Commission for a term of five years from July 1, 2000.
  Robert Gordon Card, of Colorado, to be Under Secretary of Energy.
  Stephen Brauer, of Missouri, to be Ambassador to Belgium.
  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)
  Paul Vincent Kelly, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
State (Legislative Affairs).
  Donald Burnham Ensenat, of Louisiana, to be Chief of Protocol, and to 
have the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Foreign Service.
Pages S5763-64, S5765
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Charles W. Pickering, Sr., of Mississippi, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit.
  Timothy M. Tymkovich, of Colorado, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Tenth Circuit.
Page S5765
Executive Communications:
  Pages S5692-93
Petitions and Memorials:
  Pages S5693-94
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S5694
Messages From the House:
  Pages S5691-92
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S5692
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S5695-S5714
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S5695
Additional Statements:
  Pages S5688-91
Text of H.R. 1836, as Previously Passed:
  Pages S5714-53
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S5714
Adjournment: Senate met at 10:02 a.m., and adjourned at 4:05 p.m., 
until 10 a.m., on Saturday, May 26, 2001. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S5765.)