[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 76 (Tuesday, June 5, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D526-D528]
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                                                   Tuesday, June 5, 2001

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.


                                 Senate

Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5805-S5842
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 982-988, and S. Con. Res. 45-46.                  
  Pages S5830-31
Measures Reported:
Reported on Friday, June 1, during the adjournment:
  S. 174, to amend the Small Business Act with respect to the microloan 
program. (S. Rept. No. 107-18)
  Special Report entitled ``Summary of Legislative and Oversight Activities 
During the 106th Congress.'' (S. Rept. No. 107-19)                
Page S5830
Reported today:
  Special Report entitled ``Activities of the Committee on Government 
Affairs for the 106th Congress.'' (S. Rept. No. 107-20)
  S. 230, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey a former Bureau 
of Land Management administrative site to the City of Carson City, Nevada, 
for use as a senior center. (S. Rept. No. 107-21)
  S. 238, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct feasibility 
studies on water optimization in the Burnt River basin, Malheur River basin, 
Owyhee River basin, and Powder River Basin, Oregon. (S. Rept. No. 107-22)
  S. 254, to provide further protections for the watershed of the Little 
Sandy River as part of the Bull Run Watershed Management Unit, Oregon. (S. 
Rept. No. 107-23)
  S. 329, to require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a theme study 
on the peopling of America. (S. Rept. No. 107-24)
  S. 491, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and 
Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in 
the design, planning, and construction of the Denver Water Reuse project, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 107-25)
  S. 498, entitled ``National Discovery Trails Act of 2001'', with 
amendments. (S. Rept. No. 107-26)
  S. 506, to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, to provide for a 
land exchange between the Secretary of Agriculture and the Huna Totem 
Corporation. (S. Rept. No. 107-27)
  S. 507, to implement further the Act (Public Law 94-241) approving the 
covenant to establish a commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in 
Political Union with the United States of America. (S. Rept. No. 107-28)
  S. 509, to establish the Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage 
Area in the State of Alaska, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 107-29)
  S. 517, to authorize funding the Department of Energy to enhance its 
mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships for fiscal years 
2002 through 2006. (S. Rept. No. 107-30)
  S. 487, to amend chapter 1 of title 17, United States Code, relating to 
the exemption of certain performances or displays for educational uses from 
copyright infringement provisions, to provide that the making of a single 
copy of such performances or displays is not an infringement, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 107-31)
  Special Report entitled ``Report on the Activities of the Committee on 
Armed Services for the 106th Congress.'' (S. Rept. No. 107-32)
  S. Res. 91, condemning the murder of a United States citizen and other 
civilians, and expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the failure of 
the Indonesian judicial system to hold accountable those responsible for the 
killings, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and with an 
amended preamble.                                                 
Page S5830
Measures Passed:
  National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: Committee on the 
Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 92, to 
designate the week beginning June 3, 2001, as ``National Correctional 
Officers and Employees Week'', and the resolution was then agreed to. 
                                                                  Page S5841
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 S5811-21

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Adopted:
  Gregg (for DeWine) Amendment No. 445 (to Amendment No. 358), to modify 
provisions relating to the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 
1994 with respect to mentoring.                               
Pages S5819-21
  Gregg (for Ensign) Modified Amendment No. 453 (to Amendment No. 358), to 
express the sense of the Senate regarding the benefits of music and arts 
education.                                                    
Pages S5819-21
  Gregg (for Roberts) Amendment No. 470 (to Amendment No. 358), relating to 
mathematics and science.                                      
Pages S5819-21
  Kennedy (for Landrieu) Amendment No. 473 (to Amendment No. 358), to 
express the sense of the Senate concerning a freeze in the existing postal 
rates charged with respect to educational materials sent to schools, 
libraries, literacy programs, and early childhood development programs. 
                                                              Pages S5819-21
  Gregg (for Bennett) Amendment No. 503 (to Amendment No. 358), to amend the 
eligibility requirements for the rural education initiative to account for 
geographic isolation.                                         
Pages S5819-21
  Gregg (for Collins) Amendment No. 506 (to Amendment No. 358), to provide 
that funds for teacher quality activities may be used to encourage men to 
become elementary school teachers.                            
Pages S5819-21
  Gregg (for Collins) Amendment No. 508 (to Amendment No. 358), to amend the 
Small, Rural School Achievement Program to allow funds to be used for local 
innovative education programs.                                
Pages S5819-21
  Gregg (for Sessions) Amendment No. 598 (to Amendment No. 358), to 
encourage the study of the Declaration of Independence, United States 
Constitution, and the Federalist Papers.                      
Pages S5819-21
  Kennedy (for Wyden) Amendment No. 625 (to Amendment No. 358), to make a 
technical correction.                                         
Pages S5819-21
  Kennedy (for Levin) Amendment No. 631 (to Amendment No. 358), to allow 
literacy grant funds to be used for humanities-based family literacy 
programs.                                                     
Pages S5819-21
Pending:
  Jeffords Amendment No. 358, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                              Pages S5811-21
  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 S5811
  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 S5811
  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 S5811
  Leahy (for Hatch) Amendment No. 424 (to Amendment No. 358), to provide for 
the establishment of additional Boys and Girls Clubs of America. 
                                                                  Page S5811
  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.                                
Pages S5811-12
  Helms Amendment No. 648 (to Amendment No. 574), in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                       
Page S5812
  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 S5812
  Wellstone/Feingold Modified Amendment No. 465 (to Amendment No. 358), to 
improve the provisions relating to assessment completion bonuses. 
                                                              Pages S5812-19
  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 S5812
  Bond Modified Amendment No. 476 (to Amendment No. 358), to strengthen 
early childhood parent education programs.                        
Page S5812
  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 S5812
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the pending Wellstone/Feingold Modified Amendment No. 465 
(to Amendment No. 358), listed above, and a certain amendment to be proposed 
to the bill, on Wednesday, June 6, 2001, with a vote on Wellstone/Feingold 
Modified Amendment No. 465 (to Amendment No. 358), to occur at approximately 
11:30 a.m.                                                        
Page S5821
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Diane K. Morales, of Texas, to be Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for 
Logistics and Materiel Readiness.
  Mark B. McClellan, of California, to be a Member of the Council of 
Economic Advisers.
  Vicky A. Bailey, of Indiana, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy 
(International Affairs and Domestic Policy).
  William A. Eaton, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of State 
(Administration), vice Patrick Francis Kennedy.

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  Mercer Reynolds, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to Switzerland, and to serve 
concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the 
Principality of Liechtenstein.
  Alexander R. Vershbow, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to 
the Russian Federation.
  Janet Rehnquist, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department of 
Health and Human Services.
  Rebecca O. Campoverde, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Legislation and Congressional Affairs, Department of Education.
  Robert S. Martin, of Texas, to be Director of the Institute of Museum and 
Library Services.
  Deborah J. Daniels, of Indiana, to be an Assistant Attorney General.
  Richard R. Nedelkoff, of Texas, to be Director of the Bureau of Justice 
Assistance.
  John P. Walters, of Michigan, to be Director of National Drug Control 
Policy.
  Routine lists in the Army, Navy.                            
Pages S5841-42
Executive Communications:                                     
  Pages S5828-30
Statements on Introduced Bills:                               
  Pages S5833-39
Additional Cosponsors:                                        
  Pages S5831-33
Additional Statements:                                        
  Pages S5827-28
Authority for Committees:                                     
  Pages S5840-41
Adjournment: Senate met at 12 noon, and adjourned at 5:57 p.m., until 11:00 
a.m., on Wednesday, June 6, 2001. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of 
the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5841.)