[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 95 (Tuesday, July 10, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D673-D675]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                             Tuesday, July 10, 2001

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Supplemental Appropriations Act.
      House Committee ordered reported the following appropriations for 
      fiscal year 2002: Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary; and 
      the Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7363-S7435
Measures Introduced: Four bills and three resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1158-1161, S.J. Res. 18, and S. Res. 124-125. 
                                                             Page S7426
Measures Passed:
  Supplemental Appropriations Act: By 98 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. 228), 
Senate passed H.R. 2216, making supplemental appropriations for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, after striking all after the 
enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the text of S. 1077, 
Senate companion measure, as amended, and after taking action on the 
following amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S7363-S7417
Adopted:
  Byrd/Stevens Modified Amendment No. 876, to make certain 
modifications and provide funding for certain programs, including ice 
storm damage in the States of Arkansas and Oklahoma, emergency fire 
fighting equipment and response to respond to wildfire damage in spruce 
bark beetle infested forests, Impact Aid programs, prevention of Sudden 
Oak Death Syndrome, Indian housing, drought assistance for the State of 
Washington, flood relief for the State of West Virginia, and disaster 
relief related to Tropical Storm Allison.
Pages S7405-06
Rejected:
  By 3 yeas to 94 nays (Vote No. 223), Reid (for Hollings) Amendment 
No. 873, ensuring funding for defense and education and the 
supplemental appropriation by repealing tax cuts for 2001. 
                                        Pages S7363, S7373-75, S7376-77
  Reid (for Wellstone) Amendment No. 874, to increase funding for the 
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, with an offset. (By 77 yeas 
to 22 nays (Vote No. 224), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                           Pages S7363, S7378-81, S7407
  Reid (for Feingold) Amendment No. 863, to increase the amount 
provided to combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, and to offset 
that increase by rescinding amounts appropriated to the Navy for the V-
22 Osprey aircraft program. (By 79 yeas to 20 nays (Vote No. 225), 
Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S7363, S7384-87, S7407-08
  Stevens (for McCain) Modified Amendment No. 869, to provide 
additional funds for military personnel, working-capital funds, 
mission-critical maintenance, force protection, and other purposes by 
increasing amounts appropriated to the Department of Defense, and to 
offset the increases by reducing and rescinding certain appropriations. 
(By 83 yeas to 16 nays (Vote No. 226), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                        Pages S7363, S7387-S7400, S7408
  By 49 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 227), Reid (for Schumer) Amendment 
No. 862, to rescind $33,900,000 for the printing and postage costs of 
the notices to be sent by the Internal Revenue Service before and after 
the tax rebate, such amount to remain available for debt reduction. 
                                        Pages S7363, S7400-05, S7408-09
Withdrawn:
  Bond Amendment No. 872, to increase amounts appropriated for the 
Department of Defense.
Pages S7363, S7381-84
  Craig (for Roberts) Amendment No. 864, to prohibit the use of funds 
for reorganizing certain B-1 bomber forces.
Pages S7363, S7406
  Conrad Amendment No. 867, to provide funds for emergency housing on 
the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation.
Pages S7363, S7406
  Stevens (for McCain) Amendment No. 868, to increase amounts 
appropriated to the Department of Defense.
Pages S7363, S7406

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  Stevens (for Hutchinson) Amendment No. 870, to provide additional 
amounts to repair damage caused by ice storms in the States of Arkansas 
and Oklahoma.
Pages S7363, S7406
  Stevens (for Craig) Amendment No. 871, regarding the proportionality 
of the level of non-military exports purchased by Israel to the amount 
of United States cash transfer assistance for Israel. 
                                                     Pages S7363, S7406
  Reid (for Johnson) Amendment No. 875, to amend the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 to make certain interest rate changes permanent. 
                                                     Pages S7363, S7406
  During consideration of this measure, Senate also took the following 
action:
  By 42 yeas to 54 nays (Vote No. 221), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with 
respect to consideration of Byrd (for Conrad) Amendment No. 866 (to 
Amendment No. 865), to establish an off-budget lockbox to strengthen 
Social Security and Medicare. Subsequently, a point of order that the 
amendment was in violation of section 306 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974 was sustained, and the amendment thus fell. 
                                                  Pages S7363-73, S7375
  By 43 yeas to 54 nays (Vote No. 222), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with 
respect to consideration of Voinovich Amendment No. 865, to protect the 
social security surpluses by preventing on-budget deficits. 
Subsequently, a point of order that the amendment was in violation of 
section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 was sustained, and 
the amendment thus fell.
Pages S7363-73, S7375-76
  Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair appointed the following conferees on the 
part of the Senate: Senators Byrd, Inouye, Hollings, Stevens, and 
Cochran.
Page S7417
  Subsequently, S. 1077 was returned to the calendar.
  Congratulating the University of the Pacific: Senate agreed to S. 
Res. 124, congratulating the University of the Pacific, and its 
faculty, staff, students, and alumni on the University's 150th 
anniversary.
  Pages S7433-34
  Commemorating Major League Baseball All-Star Game: Senate agreed to 
S. Res. 125, commemorating the Major League Baseball All-Star Game and 
congratulating the Seattle Mariners.
  Page S7434
Elementary and Secondary Education Act Authorization: Senate insisted 
on its amendment to H.R. 1, to close the achievement gap with 
accountability, flexibility, and choice, so that no child is left 
behind, requested a conference with the House thereon, and the Chair 
appointed the following conferees on the part of the Senate: Senators 
Kennedy, Dodd, Harkin, Mikulski, Jeffords, Bingaman, Wellstone, Murray, 
Reed, Edwards, Clinton, Lieberman, Bayh, Gregg, Frist, Enzi, 
Hutchinson, Warner, Bond, Roberts, Collins, Sessions, DeWine, Allard, 
and Ensign.
  Page S7417
Nominations Confirmed: Committee on Health, Education, Labor and 
Pensions was discharged from further consideration and the Senate then 
confirmed the following nomination:
  Eugene Hickok, of Pennsylvania, to be Under Secretary of Education. 
                                                     Pages S7434, S7435
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Melody H. Fennel, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development.
  Harvey Pitt, of North Carolina, to be a Member of the Securities and 
Exchange Commission for a term expiring June 5, 2005.
  Theresa Alvillar-Speake, of California, to be Director of the Office 
of Minority Economic Impact, Department of Energy.
  J. Richard Blankenship, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the 
Commonwealth of The Bahamas.
  Thomas J. Miller, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Greece.
  Larry C. Napper, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Kazakhstan.
  Thomas C. Hubbard, of Tennessee, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Korea.
  Ross J. Connelly, of Maine, to be Executive Vice President of the 
Overseas Private Investment Corporation.
  Emily Stover DeRocco, of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Secretary 
of Labor.
  Joan E. Ohl, of West Virginia, to be Commissioner on Children, Youth, 
and Families, Department of Health and Human Services.
  James E. Gritzner, of Iowa, to be United States District Judge for 
the Southern District of Iowa.
  Michael J. Melloy, of Iowa, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Eighth Circuit.
  Michael P. Mills, of Mississippi, to be United States District Judge 
for the Northern District of Mississippi.
Page S7435
Executive Communications:
  Pages S7421-22
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Pages S7422-26
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S7428-32

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Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S7427-28
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S7432-33
Additional Statements:
  Pages S7420-21
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S7433
Authority for Committees:
  Page S7433
Privilege of the Floor:
  Page S7433
Record Votes: Eight record votes were taken today. (Total--228) 
                                        Pages S7375-77, S7407-09, S7417
Adjournment: Senate met at 10 a.m., and adjourned at 10:23 p.m., until 
10 a.m., on Wednesday, July 11, 2001. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7435.)