[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 87 (Thursday, June 21, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D610-D611]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                            Thursday, June 21, 2001

[[Page D610]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      The House passed H.R. 2217, Interior Appropriations Act for 
      Fiscal Year 2002.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6533-S6625
Measures Introduced: Eleven bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1076-1086, and S. Con. Res. 52-53.        
  Pages S6601-02
Measures Reported:
  S. 1077, making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2001. (S. Rept. No. 107-33)
  Special Report entitled ``Allocation To Subcommittees Of Budget 
Totals from the Concurrent Resolution for Fiscal Year 2002''. (S. Rept. 
No. 107-34)                                                  
Page S6601
Patients' Bill of Rights: Senate began consideration of S. 1052, to 
amend the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income 
Security Act of 1974 to protect consumers in managed care plans and 
other health coverage, taking action on the following amendments 
proposed thereto:                                        
  Pages S6535-94
Pending:
  McCain Amendment No. 809, to express the sense of the Senate with 
respect to the opportunity to participate in approved clinical trials 
and access to specialty care.                            
Pages S6582-94
  Prior to this action, by a unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. 193), 
Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill. 
                                                         Pages S6533-35
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 9:30 a.m., on Friday, June 22, 2001, and 
that a vote on the McCain Amendment No. 809 (listed above), occur at 
10:30 a.m.; following which Senator Gregg, or his designee be 
recognized to offer an amendment.                            
Page S6571
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 52 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 194), Senate sustained a point of 
order that Hutchinson/Bond Amendment No. 807, to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a deduction for 100 percent of health 
insurance costs of self-employed individuals, is a revenue-raising 
measure being initiated in the Senate and not in the House of 
Representatives as prescribed by the United States Constitution; 
therefore, the amendment is not in order under the Constitution. 
                                                         Pages S6548-82
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Hilda Gay Legg, of Kentucky, to be Administrator, Rural Utilities 
Service, Department of Agriculture.
  Mark Edward Rey, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary 
of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment.
  Michael Minoru Fawn Liu, of Illinois, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development.
  Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., of Utah, to be a Deputy United States Trade 
Representative, with the rank of Ambassador.
  Robert Pasternack, of New Mexico, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Department of Education.
  Joanne M. Wilson, of Louisiana, to be Commissioner of the 
Rehabilitation Services Administration, Department of Education.
  Harris L. Hartz, of New Mexico, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Tenth Circuit.
  Mary Ellen Coster Williams, of Maryland, to be a Judge of the United 
States Court of Federal Claims for a term of fifteen years.
  A routine list in the Army.                                
Page S6624
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S6600-01
Messages From the House:                                     
  Page S6600
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S6600
Measures Placed on Calendar:                                 
  Page S6600
Statements on Introduced Bills:                          
  Pages S6603-19

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Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S6602-03
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S6621-22
Additional Statements:                                
  Pages S6597-S6600
Notices of Hearings:                                     
  Pages S6622-23
Authority for Committees:                                    
  Page S6623
Privilege of the Floor:                                      
  Page S6623
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--194) 
                                                  Pages S6534-35, S6582
Adjournment: Senate met at 9:15 a.m., and adjourned at 7:47 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Friday, June 22, 2001. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S6624.)