[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 96 (Wednesday, July 11, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D681-D682]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                           Wednesday, July 11, 2001

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      The House passed H.R. 2330, Agriculture, Rural Development Food 
      and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
      2002.
      House Committee ordered reported the Community Solutions Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7437-S7537
Measures Introduced: Six bills and three resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1162-1167, and S. Res. 126-128.
  Pages S7494-95
Measures Passed:
  Commending Gary Sisco: Senate agreed to S. Res. 127, commending Gary 
Sisco for his service as Secretary of the Senate.
  Page S7483-84
  Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 174, 
authorizing the Rotunda of the Capitol to be used on July 26, 2001, for 
a ceremony to present Congressional Gold Medals to the original 29 
Navajo Code Talkers.
  Page S7534
Interior Appropriations Act: Senate began consideration of H.R. 2217, 
making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, taking action 
on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                               Pages S7441-83, S7484-90
Adopted:
  Byrd Amendment No. 877, to make a technical correction.
Page S7458
  Durbin Amendment No. 879, to prohibit the use of funds for the 
conduct of preleasing, leasing, and related activities within national 
monuments established under the Act of June 8, 1906. (By 42 yeas to 57 
nays (Vote No. 229, Senate earlier failed to table the amendment.) 
                                                         Pages S7459-74
Pending:
  Byrd Amendment No. 880, to make a technical correction.
Page S7459
  Nelson (FL) Amendment No. 893, to prohibit the use of funds to 
execute a final lease agreement for oil and gas development in the area 
of the Gulf of Mexico known as ``Lease Sale 181''. 
                                               Pages S7474-83, S7484-90
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill on Thursday, July 12, 2001, that the vote in 
relation to Nelson (FL) Amendment No. 893 (listed above) occur 
immediately following the cloture vote scheduled on the motion to 
proceed to consideration of H.R. 333, Bankruptcy Reform.
Page S7534
Bankruptcy Reform/Interior Appropriations' Nelson (FL) Amendment--
Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the 
previously ordered debate with respect to the Nelson (FL) Amendment No. 
893 to H.R. 2217, Interior Appropriations, occur immediately following 
the vote on cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R. 333, Bankruptcy 
Reform; the offering of the substitute amendment; and cloture being 
filed on that amendment, as under the previous order. Further, that no 
amendments be in order to the substitute amendment to H.R. 333, prior 
to the cloture vote on the substitute amendment.
  Page S7534
Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached 
providing for consideration of the nomination of John D. Graham, of 
Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, with a vote to 
occur thereon.
  Page S7535
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Kay Coles James, of Virginia, to be Director of the Office of 
Personnel Management.
  Othoneil Armendariz, of Texas, to be a Member of the Federal Labor 
Relations Authority for a term of five years expiring July 1, 2005.

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  Pierre-Richard Prosper, of California, to be Ambassador at Large for 
War Crimes Issues.
  Charles J. Swindells, of Oregon, to be Ambassador to New Zealand, and 
to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador 
to Samoa.
  Margaret DeBardeleben Tutwiler, of Alabama, to be Ambassador to the 
Kingdom of Morocco.
  Wendy Jean Chamberlin, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Islamic 
Republic of Pakistan.
  William S. Farish, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the United Kingdom 
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
  Francis Xavier Taylor, of Maryland, to be Coordinator for 
Counterterrorism, with the rank and status of Ambassador at Large.
  Robert D. Blackwill, of Kansas, to be Ambassador to India.
  Anthony Horace Gioia, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Malta.
  Howard H. Leach, of California, to be Ambassador to France.
  William A. Eaton, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of State 
(Administration), vice Patrick Francis Kennedy.
  Alexander R. Vershbow, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador 
to the Russian Federation.
  Clark T. Randt, Jr., of Connecticut, to be Ambassador to the People's 
Republic of China.
  C. David Welch, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Arab Republic of 
Egypt.
  Douglas Alan Hartwick, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Lao 
People's Democratic Republic.
  Daniel C. Kurtzer, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to Israel.
  A routine list in the Foreign Service.
Pages S7534-35, S7537
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Received on Tuesday, July 10, 2001:
  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 S7537
Executive Communications:
  Pages S7492-94
Message From the House:
  Page S7492
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S7494
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S7496-S7518
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S7495-96
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S7520-26
Additional Statements:
  Page S7492
Text of H.R. 2216, as Previously Passed:
  Pages S7527-34
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S7526-27
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--229) 
                                                             Page S7474
Adjournment: Senate met at 10 a.m., and adjourned at 8:23 p.m., until 9 
a.m., on Thursday, July 12, 2001. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7535.)