[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 89 (Monday, June 25, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D626]
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                                              Monday, June 25, 2001

[[Page D626]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House Committee ordered reported the Energy and Water Development 
      appropriations for fiscal year 2002.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6835-S6867
Measures Introduced: Three bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1095-1097, and S. Res. 116.
  Page S6862
Measures Passed:
  Congratulating People of Peru: Committee on Foreign Relations was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 107, congratulating 
the people of Peru on the occasion of their democratic elections on 
June 3, 2001, and the resolution was then agreed to.
  Pages S6865-66
  Congratulating Republic of Slovenia: Senate agreed to S. Res. 116, 
congratulating the Republic of Slovenia on its tenth anniversary of 
independence.
  Page S6866
Patients' Bill of Rights: Senate continued 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 S6835-44, S6845-60
Pending:
  Frist (for Grassley) Motion to Commit to the Committee on Finance and 
the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions with 
instructions to report back not later than that date that is 14 days 
after the date on which this motion is adopted.
Page S6835
  Gramm Amendment No. 810, to exempt employers from certain causes of 
action.
Pages S6835, S6845-56
  Edwards (for McCain/Edwards) Amendment No. 812, to express the Sense 
of the Senate with regard to the selection of independent review 
organizations.
Pages S6856-60
  By prior unanimous-consent, Senate will continue consideration of the 
bill at 9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, June 26, 2001, and that there be 2 hours 
for debate in relation to the Frist (for Grassley) Motion to Commit and 
the Gramm Amendment No. 810 (both listed above), with a vote to occur 
on or in relation to the Frist (for Grassley) Motion to Commit at 11:30 
a.m., followed by a vote on or in relation to Gramm Amendment No. 810.
Nominations Received--Correction: Received on Friday, June 22, 2001 
(This list should replace the list that incorrectly appeared as 
Nominations Confirmed on page D618):
  Peter R. Chaveas, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Sierra Leone.
  Richard Henry Jones, of Nebraska, to be Ambassador to the State of 
Kuwait.
  Nancy J. Powell, of Iowa, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Ghana.
  Richard R. Clifton, of Hawaii, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Ninth Circuit.
  Carolyn B. Kuhl, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Ninth Circuit.
  A routine list in the Army.
Page S6831 (6/22/01)
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S6863-64
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S6862-63
Amendments Submitted:
  Page S6865
Additional Statements:
  Pages S6861-62
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S6865
Adjournment: Senate met at 2 p.m., and adjourned at 6:27 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, June 26, 2001. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S6866-
67.)