[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 77 (Wednesday, June 6, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D536-D538]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                            Wednesday, June 6, 2001

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5843-S5905
Measures Introduced: Five bills and seven resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 989-993, and S. Res. 100-106.
  Pages S5889-90
Measures Passed:
  Election of Senator Byrd as President Pro Tempore: Senate agreed to 
S. Res. 100, to elect Robert C. Byrd, a Senator from the State of West 
Virginia, to be President pro tempore of the Senate of the United 
States.
  Page S5843
  Notifying House of Representatives: Senate agreed to S. Res. 101, 
notifying the House of Representatives of the election of a President 
pro tempore of the Senate.
  Page S5843
  Notifying President of the United States: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
102, notifying the President of the United States of the election of a 
President pro tempore.
  Page S5844
  President Pro Tempore Emeritus: Senate agreed to S. Res. 103, 
expressing the thanks of the Senate to the Honorable Strom Thurmond for 
his service as President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate and to 
designate Senator Thurmond as President Pro Tempore Emeritus of the 
United States Senate.
  Page S5844
  Secretary of the Majority Election: Senate agreed to S. Res. 104, 
electing Martin P. Paone as Secretary for the Majority of the Senate. 
                                                             Page S5844
  Secretary of the Minority Election: Senate agreed to S. Res. 105, 
electing Elizabeth B. Letchworth as Secretary for the Minority of the 
Senate.
  Page S5844
  Congratulating the City of Detroit: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of H. Con. Res. 80, 
congratulating the city of Detroit and its residents on the occasion of 
the tricentennial of the city's founding, and the resolution was then 
agreed to.
  Page S5884
  Use of Capitol Rotunda/Gold Medal Ceremony: Senate agreed to H. Con. 
Res. 149, permitting the use of the Rotunda of the Capitol for a 
ceremony to present posthumously a gold medal on behalf of Congress to 
Charles M. Schulz.
  Page S5884
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 S5846-78
Adopted:
  By 57 yeas to 39 nays (Vote No. 171), Wellstone/Feingold Modified 
Amendment No. 465 (to Amendment No. 358), to improve the provisions 
relating to assessment completion bonuses.
Pages S5847-49
  Durbin Amendment No. 532 (to Amendment No. 358), to increase the 
authorization of appropriations for certain technology grant programs. 
                                                         Pages S5850-54
  Collins Modified Amendment No. 509 (to Amendment No. 358), to provide 
for a study of student assessment costs.
Pages S5849-50, S5854-56
  Kennedy (for Graham/Allen) Modified Amendment No. 412 (to Amendment 
No. 358), to identify factors that impact student achievement. 
                                                         Pages S5862-64
  Gregg (for Domenici) Amendment No. 416 (to Amendment No. 358), to 
provide for teacher recruitment centers.
Pages S5862-64
  Gregg (for DeWine) Modified Amendment No. 444 (to Amendment No. 358), 
to modify provisions relating to the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and 
Communities Act of 1994 with respect to therapists.
Pages S5862-64
  Kennedy (for Cleland) Modified Amendment No. 449 (to Amendment No. 
358), to support the activities of education councils and professional 
development schools.
Pages S5862-64
  Gregg Modified Amendment No. 454 (to Amendment No. 358), to exempt 
certain small States from the annual NAEP testing requirements. 
                                                         Pages S5862-64
  Kennedy (for Bingaman) Modified Amendment No. 485 (to Amendment No. 
358), to establish a national technology initiatives program. 
                                                         Pages S5862-64

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  Gregg (for Smith of N.H.) Amendment No. 488 (to Amendment No. 358), 
to provide for the conduct of a study concerning sexual abuse in 
schools.
                                                         Pages S5862-64
  Gregg (for Collins) Modified Amendment No. 507 (to Amendment No. 
358), to provide that funds for mathematics and science partnerships 
may be used to encourage girls and young women to pursue postsecondary 
degrees and careers in mathematics and science.
                                                         Pages S5862-64
  Gregg (for Sessions) Modified Amendment No. 603 (to Amendment No. 
358), to allow for-profit entities, including corporations, to be 
eligible to receive Federal funds under title IV, either through grants 
or contracts with States or direct contracts or grants with the Federal 
Government.
                                                         Pages S5862-64
  Subsequently, the amendment was further modified.
                                                             Page S5878
  Kennedy (for Conrad) Modified Amendment No. 645 (to Amendment No. 
358), to provide for professional development for teachers. 
                                                         Pages S5862-64
  Clinton Amendment No. 517 (to Amendment No. 358), to provide for a 
national principal recruitment program.
                                                         Pages S5864-65
  Subsequently, the amendment was modified.
                                                             Page S5878
  By 59 yeas to 39 nays (Vote No. 172), Kennedy (for Bingaman) Modified 
Amendment No. 791 (to Amendment No. 358), to ensure that State 
applications and plans are developed and submitted in consultation with 
the Governor of the State involved.
                                                  Pages S5859, S5874-75
                                                              Rejected:
  By 40 yeas to 58 nays (Vote No. 173), Voinovich Modified 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. 
                                        Pages S5847, S5856-59, S5875-76
                                                               Pending:
  Jeffords Amendment No. 358, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                         Pages S5847-78
  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 S5847
  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 S5847
  Leahy (for Hatch) Amendment No. 424 (to Amendment No. 358), to 
provide for the establishment of additional Boys and Girls Clubs of 
America.
                                                             Page S5847
  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 S5847
  Helms Amendment No. 648 (to Amendment No. 574), in the nature of a 
substitute.
                                                             Page S5847
  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 S5847
  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 S5847
  Bond Modified Amendment No. 476 (to Amendment No. 358), to strengthen 
early childhood parent education programs.
                                                             Page S5847
  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 S5847
  Reed Amendment No. 431 (to Amendment No. 358), to provide for greater 
parental involvement.
                                                         Pages S4859-62
  Dodd/Biden Modified Amendment No. 459 (to Amendment No. 358), to 
provide for the comparability of educational services available to 
elementary and secondary students within States. 
                                               Pages S5866-74, S5876-78
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill and certain amendments on Thursday, June 7, 
2001, with votes to occur thereon.
                                                             Page S5876
Executive Communications:
  Pages S5886-89
Messages From the House:
  Page S5886
Measures Referred:
  Page S5886
Measures Read First Time:
  Page S5886
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S5891-S5903
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S5890-91
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S5904-05
Additional Statements:
  Pages S5884-86
Authority for Committees:
  Page S5905

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Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--173) 
                                              Pages S5849, S5875, S5876
Adjournment: Senate met at 11 a.m., and adjourned at 7:03 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Thursday, June 7, 2001. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5905.)