[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 100 (Wednesday, July 18, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D721-D722]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                           Wednesday, July 18, 2001

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      The House passed H.R. 2500, Commerce, Justice, State, and the 
      Judiciary Appropriations, 2002.
      House Committees ordered reported 13 sundry measures.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7831-S7891
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1190-1196, and S. Res. 136.                      
  Page S7878
Measures Reported:
  S. 1191, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2002. (S. Rept. No. 107-41) 
                                                             Page S7878
Measures Passed:
  Coverdell Education Savings Account: Senate passed S. 1190, to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to rename the education individual 
retirement accounts as the Coverdell education savings account. 
                                                         Pages S7833-34
  Transfer of Slobodan Milosevic: Senate agreed to S. Res. 122, 
relating to the transfer of Slobodan Milosevic to the International 
Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia, after agreeing to a committee 
amendment.                                               
  Pages S7885-87
  Congratulating Baltic Nations: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 34, 
congratulating the Baltic nations of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania on 
the tenth anniversary of the end of their illegal incorporation into 
the Soviet Union, after agreeing to a committee amendment.   
  Page S7887
  Sub-Saharan African Development: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 53, 
encouraging the development of strategies to reduce hunger and poverty, 
and to promote free market economies and democratic institutions, in 
sub-Saharan Africa.                                      
  Pages S7887-89
  Authorizing Testimony and Legal Representation: Senate agreed to S. 
Res. 136, to authorize testimony, document production, and legal 
representation in State of Connecticut v. Kenneth J. LaFontaine, Jr. 
                                                             Page S7889
Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act: Senate continued 
consideration of H.R. 2311, making appropriations for energy and water 
development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, taking 
action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                               Pages S7839-45, H7851-71
Adopted:
  By a unanimous vote of 100 yeas (Vote No. 237), Bond Amendment No. 
1013, to impose additional conditions on the consideration of revisions 
to the Missouri River Master Water Control Manual.       
Pages S7854-65
Rejected:
  Murkowski Amendment No. 1018, to provide grants and fellowships for 
energy industry workforce training and to monitor energy industry 
workforce trends. (By 56 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 238), Senate tabled 
the amendment.)                                          
Pages S7865-70
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the bill and, in 
accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a vote on the cloture motion will occur on Friday, July 20, 
2001.                                                        
Page S7870
  A second motion was entered to close further debate on the bill, and 
in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a vote on the cloture motion will occur on Friday, July 20, 
2001.                                                        
Page S7870
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill on Thursday, July 19, 2001.        
Page S7871
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Harvey Pitt, of North Carolina, to be a Member of the Securities and 
Exchange Commission for the remainder of the term expiring June 5, 
2002.

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  Harvey Pitt, of North Carolina, to be a Member of the Securities and 
Exchange Commission for a term expiring June 5, 2007. (Reappointment)
  Brigadier General Edwin J. Arnold, Jr., United States Army, to be a 
Member and President of the Mississippi River Commission, under the 
provisions of Section 2 of an Act of Congress, approved June 1879 (21 
Stat. 37) (33 USC 642).
  Brigadier General Carl A. Strock, United States Army, to be a Member 
of the Mississippi River Commission, under the provisions of Section 2 
of an Act of Congress, approved 28 June 1879 (21 Stat. 37) (22 USC 
642).
  Theodore H. Kattouf, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Syrian Arab 
Republic.
  Maureen Quinn, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the State of Qatar.
  Joseph Gerard Sullivan, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Zimbabwe.
  Johnny Young, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Slovenia.
  Jeffrey D. Jarrett, of Pennsylvania, to be Director of the Office of 
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement.
  Edward William Gnehm, Jr., of Georgia, to be Ambassador to the 
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
  R. Nicholas Burns, of Massachusetts, to be United States Permanent 
Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization, with the rank and status of Ambassador, vice Alexander R. 
Vershbow.
  Robert S. Mueller III, of California, to be Director of the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation for the term of ten years.
  Edmund James Hull, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Yemen.
  Franklin L. Lavin, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Singapore.
  John Thomas Schieffer, of Texas, to be Ambassador to Australia.
  A routine list in the Army, Navy.                      
Pages S7890-91
Nominations Withdrawn: Senate received notification of the withdrawal 
of the following nomination:
  Harvey Pitt, of North Carolina, to be a Member of the Securities and 
Exchange Commission for a term expiring June 5, 2005, which was sent to 
the Senate on July 10, 2001.                                 
Page S7891
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S7878
Messages From the House:                                     
  Page S7878
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S7878
Measures Read First Time:                                    
  Page S7878
Statements on Introduced Bills:                          
  Pages S7880-83
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S7879-80
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S7883-84
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S7876-78
Notices of Hearings:                                         
  Page S7884
Authority for Committees:                                
  Pages S7884-85
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--238) 
                                                  Pages S7865, S7869-70
Adjournment: Senate met at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 8:17 p.m., until 
10 a.m., on Thursday, July 19, 2001. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7889.)