[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 81 (Tuesday, June 12, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D561-D563]
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                                             Tuesday, June 12, 2001

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6061-S6146
Measures Introduced: Eleven bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1013-1023, and S. Res. 109.                   
  Page S6127
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 S6061-78,  S6081-S6120
Adopted:
  Carper Modified Amendment No. 518 (to Amendment No. 358), to promote 
parental involvement and parental empowerment in public education 
through greater competition and choice.                  
Pages S6091-98
  Gregg (for Campbell) Amendment No. 505 (to Amendment No. 358), to 
amend the Education Amendments of 1978 and the Tribally Controlled 
Schools Act of 1988 to improve education for Indians, Native Hawaiians, 
and Alaskan Natives.                                     
Pages S6098-99
  Kennedy (for Daschle) Modified Amendment No. 545 (to Amendment No. 
358), to create a set-aside for Bureau of Indian Affairs schools. 
                                                         Pages S6098-99
  Kennedy (for Bayh) Modified Amendment No. 520 (to Amendment No. 358), 
to modify the formula for calculating impact aid payments relating to 
federal acquisition of real property.                    
Pages S6098-99
  Gregg (for Inhofe) Amendment No. 583 (to Amendment No. 358), to make 
certain technical amendments with respect to impact aid. 
                                                         Pages S6098-99
  Kennedy (for Boxer) Modified Amendment No. 561 (to Amendment No. 
358), to encourage projects carried out with community-based 
organizations such as the Police Athletic and Activity Leagues. 
                                                         Pages S6098-99
  Kennedy (for Dorgan) Modified Amendment No. 461 (to Amendment No. 
358), to provide for the expansion of education technology for rural 
areas.                                                   
Pages S6098-99
  By 52 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. 181), Feinstein Modified Amendment 
No. 370 (to Amendment No. 358), to provide for school construction. 
                                        Pages S6103-04, S6105, S6109-10
Rejected:
  By 41 yeas to 58 nays (Vote No. 179), Gregg/Hutchinson Modified 
Amendment No. 536 (to Amendment No. 358), to provide a low-income 
school choice demonstration program.           
Pages S6062-78, S6081-91
  By 42 yeas to 58 nays (Vote No. 180), Dodd/Biden Further 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 S6061, S6100-02
Withdrawn:
  Hagel Amendment No. 797 (to Amendment No. 358), to require that 
certain schools be given priority in the allocation of school 
construction assistance.                       
Pages S6104-05, S6105-09
Pending:
  Jeffords Amendment No. 358, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                            Pages S6061-78, S6081-S6120
  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 S6061
  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 S6061
  Leahy (for Hatch) Amendment No. 424 (to Amendment No. 358), to 
provide for the establishment of additional Boys and Girls Clubs of 
America.                                                     
Page S6061
  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 S6061

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  Helms Amendment No. 648 (to Amendment No. 574), in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S6061
  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 S6061
  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 S6061
  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 S6061
  Reed Amendment No. 431 (to Amendment No. 358), to provide for greater 
parental involvement.                                        
Page S6061
  Clinton Modified Amendment No. 516 (to Amendment No. 358), to provide 
for the conduct of a study concerning the health and learning impacts 
of sick and dilapidated public school buildings on children and to 
establish the Healthy and High Performance Schools Program. 
                                                             Page S6061
  Cantwell Modified Amendment No. 630 (to Amendment No. 358), to 
provide for additional requirements with regard to the integration of 
education technology resources.                              
Page S6110
  Hollings Amendment No. 798 (to Amendment No. 358), to permit States 
to waive certain testing requirements.                   
Pages S6113-19
  Gregg (for Santorum) Amendment No. 799 (to Amendment No. 358), to 
express the sense of the Senate regarding science education. 
                                                         Pages S6113-19
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 9 a.m., on Wednesday, June 13, 2001, with 
votes to occur in relation to the Hollings Amendment No. 798 (to 
Amendment No. 358) and Gregg (for Santorum) Amendment No. 799 (to 
Amendment No. 358), both listed above, beginning at approximately 9:40 
a.m.; to be followed by consideration of certain other amendments to 
the bill.                                                    
Page S6119
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  Kennedy (for Bingaman) Amendment No. 519 (to Amendment No. 358), to 
establish the School Security Technology and Resource Center and to 
authorize grants for local school security programs (adopted on June 
11, 2001), was modified.                                     
Page S6119
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, the report on the continuation of 
emergency with respect to property of the Russian Federation relating 
to the disposition of highly enriched uranium extracted from nuclear 
weapons; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-
27)                                                          
Page S6122
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, the report on the National-Emergency 
with Respect to the Risk of Nuclear Proliferation Created by the 
Accumulation of Weapons-Usable Fissile Material in the Territory of the 
Russian Federation; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs. (PM-28)                                             
Page S6122
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, the Report of the National Endowment 
for Democracy for Fiscal Year 2000; to the Committee on Foreign 
Relations. (PM-29)                                           
Page S6122
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Michael Montelongo, of Georgia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Air Force.
  Reginald Jude Brown, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Army.
  John J. Young, Jr., of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Navy.
  Alberto Jose Mora, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the 
Department of the Navy.
  Stephen A. Cambone, of Virginia, to be Deputy Under Secretary of 
Defense for Policy.
  Michael W. Wynne, of Florida, to be Deputy Under Secretary of Defense 
for Acquisition and Technology.
  Dionel M. Aviles, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Navy.
  Kirk Van Tine, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department 
of Transportation.
  Aubrey Hooks, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Democratic 
Republic of the Congo.
  Donald J. McConnell, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to the State of 
Eritrea.
  Douglas Alan Hartwick, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Lao 
People's Democratic Republic.
  Daniel R. Levinson, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, General 
Services Administration.
  John Lester Henshaw, of Missouri, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Labor.
  Laurie Rich, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Intergovernmental and Interagency Affairs, Department of Education.
  James W. Ziglar, of Mississippi, to be Commissioner of Immigration 
and Naturalization.
  Asa Hutchinson, of Arkansas, to be Administrator of Drug Enforcement.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.
  24 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.

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  Routine lists in the Army, Foreign Service, Marine Corps, Navy. 
                                                         Pages S6142-46
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S6122-25
Petitions and Memorials:                                 
  Pages S6125-27
Statements on Introduced Bills:                          
  Pages S6129-41
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S6127-29
Amendments Submitted:                                        
  Page S6141
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S6121-22
Notices of Hearings:                                         
  Page S6141
Authority for Committees:                                    
  Page S6141
Privilege of the Floor:                                  
  Pages S6141-42
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--181) 
                                           Pages S6090-91, S6102, S6110
Adjournment: Senate met at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 8:54 p.m., until 
9 a.m., on Wednesday, June 13, 2001. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S6142.)