[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 92 (Thursday, June 28, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D651-D652]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                            Thursday, June 28, 2001

[[Page D651]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      The House passed H.R. 2311, Energy and Water Development 
      Appropriations Act.
      House Committee ordered reported the Campaign Reform and Citizen 
      Participation Act of 2001.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7011-S7126
Measures Introduced: Twenty bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1118-
1137.                                                    
  Pages S7083-84
Measures Passed:
  Honoring Firefighters: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from 
further consideration of S. Res. 117, honoring John J. Downing, Brian 
Fahey, and Harry Ford, who lost their lives in the course of duty as 
firefighters, and the resolution was then agreed to.     
  Pages S7076-78
  Adjournment Resolution: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 176, providing 
for a conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives and a 
conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate.             
  Page S7076
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 S7011-76
Adopted:
  By 64 yeas to 36 nays (Vote No. 203), Breaux Amendment No. 830, to 
modify provisions relating to the standard with respect to the 
continued applicability of State law.                
Pages S7011, S7016
  Hutchison/Clinton Amendment No. 839, to include information relating 
to disenrollment in the information provided to patients.    
Page S7043
  Gramm/McCain Amendment No. 843, to ensure the sanctity of the health 
plan contract.                                           
Pages S7045-46
  By 96 yeas to 4 nays (Vote No. 205), Snowe Modified Amendment No. 
834, to make technical corrections concerning the application of 
Federal causes of action to certain plans.     
Pages S7027-40, S7053-54
Rejected:
  Collins Amendment No. 826, to modify provisions relating to 
preemption and State flexibility. (By 53 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 
202), Senate tabled the amendment.)                      
Pages S7011-16
  Bond Amendment No. 831, to ensure that patients receive a minimum 
share of any settlement or award in a cause of action under this Act. 
(By 62 yeas to 38 nays (Vote No. 204), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                                         Pages S7016-26
  Division I of Enzi Amendment No. 840, to provide immunity to certain 
self-insured group health plans that provide health insurance options. 
(By 55 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 206), Senate tabled Division I of the 
amendment.)                             
Pages S7040-43, S7043-45, S7054
  By 42 yeas to 58 nays (Vote No. 207), Specter Amendment No. 844, to 
require that causes of action under this Act be maintained in federal 
court.                                         
Pages S7046-53, S7054-55
Withdrawn:
  Division II of Enzi Amendment No. 840, to provide immunity to certain 
self-insured group health plans that provide health insurance options. 
                                                             Page S7054
Pending:
  Thompson Amendment No. 819, to require the exhaustion of 
administrative remedies before a claimant goes to court.     
Page S7011
  Warner Modified Amendment No. 833, to limit the amount of attorneys' 
fees in a cause of action brought under this Act. 
                                               Pages S7026-27, S7055-56
  DeWine Amendment No. 842, to limit class actions to a single plan. 
                                                         Pages S7056-57

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  Grassley Amendment No. 845, to strike provisions relating to customs 
user fees, and Medicare payment delay.                   
                                                         Pages S7058-62
  Santorum Amendment No. 814, to protect infants who are born alive. 
                                                         Pages S7062-64
  Nickles Amendment No. 846, to apply the bill to plans maintained 
pursuant to collective bargaining agreements beginning on the general 
effective date.                                          
                                                         Pages S7064-66
  Brownback Amendment No. 847, to prohibit human germline gene 
modification.                                            
                                                         Pages S7066-72
  Ensign Amendment No. 849, to provide for genetic nondiscrimination. 
                                                         Pages S7072-73
  Ensign Amendment No. 848, to provide that health care professionals 
who provide pro bono medical services to medically underserved or 
indigent individuals are immune from liability.          
                                                         Pages S7073-74
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill and pending amendments (listed above) on 
Friday, June 29, 2001, with votes to occur on certain pending 
amendments beginning at 9 a.m.                               
                                                             Page S7074
Supplemental Appropriations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement 
was reached providing for consideration of S. 1077, making supplemental 
appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, at 1 
p.m., on Monday, July 9, 2001, and that all first degree amendments be 
offered by 6 p.m., with the exception of the managers' amendment, and 
that any first degree amendment be subject to relevant second degree 
amendments. Further, that upon disposition of the aforementioned 
amendments, the bill be advanced to third reading and the Senate then 
proceed to the consideration of H.R. 2216, House companion measure, 
that all after the enacting clause be stricken and the text of S. 1077, 
as amended, be inserted in lieu thereof, that the bill be advanced to 
third reading, and the Senate then vote on passage of the bill; 
following which, S. 1077 be returned to the calendar.        
  Page S7126
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, the Annual Report of the Corporation 
for Public Broadcasting for Fiscal Year 2000; to the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (PM-32)               
                                                             Page S7081
  Transmitting, the Comprehensive National Energy Policy report dated 
June 2001; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (PM-33) 
                                                             Page S7081
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the Emergency Regarding 
the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction; to the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-34)                 
                                                             Page S7082
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Linda Mysliwy Conlin, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce.
  Dan R. Brouillette, of Louisiana, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Energy (Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs).
  Donald R. Schregardus, of Ohio, to be an Assistant Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency.
  Stuart A. Bernstein, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to 
Denmark.
  Charles A. Heimbold, Jr., of Connecticut, to be Ambassador to Sweden.
  Carole Brookins, of Indiana, to be United States Executive Director 
of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development for a term 
of two years.
  H. T. Johnson, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Navy.
  3 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.            
                                                             Page S7126
Petitions and Memorials:                                     
  Page S7082
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S7082-83
Messages From the House:                                     
  Page S7082
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S7082
Statements on Introduced Bills:                       
  Pages S7085-S7114
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S7084-85
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S7114-25
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S7080-81
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
  Page S7082
Authority for Committees:                                
  Pages S7125-26
Record Votes: Six record votes were taken today. (Total--207) 
                                    Pages S7016, S7025-26, S7045, S7055
Adjournment: Senate met at 9:15 a.m., and adjourned at 10:30 p.m., 
until 9 a.m., on Friday, June 29, 2001. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7126.)