[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 91 (Wednesday, June 27, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D641-D642]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                           Wednesday, June 27, 2001

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House Committees ordered reported 12 sundry measures.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6937-S7009
Measures Introduced: Eleven bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1107-
1117.
  Page S6991
Measures Reported:
  Special Report entitled ``Revised Allocation To Subcommittees Of 
Budget Totals for Fiscal Year 2002''. (S. Rept. No. 107-35) 
                                                             Page S6991
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 S6937-83
Adopted:
  By a unanimous vote of 100 yeas (Vote No. 201), McCain Amendment No. 
820, to clarify that nothing in the bill permits independent medical 
reviewers to require that plans or issuers cover specifically excluded 
items or services.
Pages S6963-68, S6971-72
Rejected:
  By 45 yeas to 53 nays (Vote No. 199) Allard Amendment No. 817, to 
exempt small employers from certain causes of action.
Pages S6937-44
  Kyl Amendment No. 818, to clarify that independent medical reviewers 
may not require coverage for excluded benefits and to clarify 
provisions relating to the independent determinations of the reviewer. 
(By 54 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 200), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                           Pages S6937, S6947-59, S6963
Pending:
  Thompson Amendment No. 819, to require the exhaustion of 
administrative remedies before a claimant goes to court. 
                                                         Pages S6959-63
  Collins Amendment No. 826, to modify provisions relating to 
preemption and State flexibility.
Pages S6968-71
  Breaux Amendment No. 830, to modify provisions relating to the 
standard with respect to the continued applicability of State law. 
                                                         Pages S6972-83
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 9:15 a.m., on Thursday, June 28, 2001, 
with votes to occur on Collins Amendment No. 826 and Breaux Amendment 
No. 830 (both listed above), beginning at approximately 9:45 a.m. 
Further, that upon the disposition of those amendments, Senator Gregg, 
or his designee, be recognized to offer an amendment relative to 
liability with 1 hour for debate equally divided prior to a vote in 
relation to that amendment; following which, Senators Snowe and Frist 
each be recognized to offer a first degree liability amendment with 4 
hours for debate equally divided, and that at the conclusion or 
yielding back of time the Senate vote in relation to the Snowe 
amendment followed by a vote in relation to the Frist amendment, and 
that no second degree amendments be in order to any of the amendments 
listed in this agreement prior to a vote in relation to the amendment. 
                                                         Pages S6967-68
Messages from the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on blocking property of 
persons who threaten international stabilization efforts in the Western 
Balkans; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-
30)
Pages S6989-90
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, the Report of the Federal Labor 
Relations Authority for Fiscal Year 2000; to the Committee on 
Governmental Affairs. (PM-31)
Page S6990
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  John Arthur Hammerschmidt, of Arkansas, to be a Member of the 
National Transportation Safety Board for the remainder of the term 
expiring December 31, 2002.

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  Claude M. Kicklighter, of Georgia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs (Policy and Planning).
Page S7009
Executive Communications:
  Pages S6990-91
Messages From the House:
  Page S6990
Measures Referred:
  Page S6990
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S6992-S7002
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S6991-92
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S7002-08
Additional Statements:
  Pages S6986-89
Authority for Committees:
  Page S7008
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--201) 
                                           Pages S6944, S6963, S6971-72
Adjournment: Senate met at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 7:18 p.m., until 
9:15 a.m., on Thursday, June 28, 2001. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S7008-
09.)