[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 101 (Thursday, July 19, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D733-D735]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                            Thursday, July 19, 2001

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed the Energy and Water Development Appropriations 
      Act.
      Senate passed the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act.
      The House passed H.R. 7, Community Solutions Act.
      The House failed to pass H.J. Res. 50, disapproving Normal Trade 
      Relations with China.
      House Committees ordered reported the Energy Advancement and 
      Conservation Act of 2001; and the Veterans Benefits Act of 2001.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7893-S7986
Measures Introduced: Thirteen bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1197-1209, and S. Res. 137.
  Pages S7955-56
Measures Reported:
  S. Res. 16, designating August 16, 2001, as ``National Airborne 
Day''.
  S. Con. Res. 16, expressing the sense of Congress that the George 
Washington letter to Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, which is 
on display at the B'nai B'rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum in 
Washington, D.C., is one of the most significant early statements 
buttressing the nascent American constitutional guarantee of religious 
freedom.
Page S7955
Measures Passed:
  Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act: By 97 yeas to 2 nays 
(Vote No. 240), Senate passed H.R. 2311, making appropriations for 
energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2002, after taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto:
                                                      Pages S7895-S7905
Adopted:
  Reid/Domenici Amendment No. 1024, to make certain revisions and 
improvements to the bill.
Pages S7895-96
  Subsequently, the amendment was modified.
Page S7897
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 76 yeas to 23 nays (Vote No. 239), Senate agreed to a motion to 
instruct the Sergeant at Arms to request the attendance of absent 
Senators.
Pages S7896-97
  Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair was authorized to appoint the following 
conferees on the part of the Senate: Senators Reid, Byrd, Hollings, 
Murray, Dorgan, Feinstein, Harkin, Inouye, Domenici, Cochran, 
McConnell, Bennett, Burns, Craig, and Stevens.
Page S7905
  Legislative Branch Appropriations Act: By 88 yeas to 9 nays (Vote No. 
241), Senate passed S. 1172, making appropriations for the Legislative 
Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, after taking 
action on the following amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S7934-37
Adopted:
  Specter Amendment No. 1027, to provide additional funding for Members 
of the Senate which may be used by a Member for mailings to provide 
notice of town meetings.
Page S7936
  Durbin/Bennett Amendment No. 1026, to authorize the Architect of the 
Capitol to secure certain property, to fund a technology assessment 
pilot project.
Pages S7936-37
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that when the 
Senate receives the House companion measure, the text of the bill be 
stricken and the text of the Senate bill be inserted in lieu thereof, 
provided that if the House inserts matters relating to the Senate in 
areas under the heading of ``House of Representatives'' then that text 
also be stricken, and that the House bill be read a third time and

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passed and the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. Further, that 
S. 1172 remain at the desk and that once the Senate acts on the House 
bill, passage of the Senate bill be vitiated and it be returned to the 
calendar.
  Legal Counsel Representation: Senate agreed to S. Res. 137, to 
authorize representation by the Senate Legal Counsel in John Hoffman, 
et al. v. James Jeffords
  Page S7984
  Famine Relief: Senate passed S. 180, to facilitate famine relief 
efforts and a comprehensive solution to the war in Sudan, after 
agreeing to a committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                         Pages S7985-86
Department of Transportation Appropriations Act: Committee on 
Appropriations was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 2299, 
making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and the Senate 
then began consideration of the bill, taking action on the following 
amendment proposed thereto:
  Page S7906
Pending:
  Murray/Shelby Amendment No. 1025, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S7906
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill on Friday, July 20, 2001.
Page S7906
Nominations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing for the consideration of the nominations of Roger L. Gregory, 
of Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, 
and Sam E. Haddon and Richard F. Cebull, each to be a United States 
District Judge for the District of Montana, at 9:15 a.m., on Friday, 
July 20, 2001, with votes to occur thereon beginning at approximately 
9:45 a.m.; and that upon disposition of these nomination the Senate 
consider and confirm Executive Calendar numbers 247 and 249. 
                                                             Page S7984
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 61 yeas 37 nays (Vote No. EX. 242), John D. Graham, of 
Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget. 
                                        Pages S7906-34, S7937-38, S7986
  By 97 yeas 2 nays (Vote No. EX. 243), Roger Walton Ferguson, Jr., of 
Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal 
Reserve System for a term of fourteen years from February 1, 2000. 
(Reappointment)
Pages S7938-39, S7986
  Kevin Keane, of Wisconsin, to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and 
Human Services.
  Susan Morrisey Livingstone, of Montana, to be Under Secretary of the 
Navy.
  William Henry Lash III, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce.
  Allan Rutter, of Texas, to be Administrator of the Federal Railroad 
Administration.
  Brian Carlton Roseboro, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary 
of the Treasury.
  Allen Frederick Johnson, of Iowa, to be Chief Agricultural 
Negotiator, Office of the United States Trade Representative, with the 
rank of Ambassador.
  Mark B. McClellan, of California, to be a Member of the Council of 
Economic Advisers.
  Sheila C. Bair, of Kansas, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Treasury.
  Alberto Jose Mora, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the 
Department of the Navy.
  Stephen A. Cambone, of Virginia, to be Deputy Under Secretary of 
Defense for Policy.
  Samuel W. Bodman, of Massachusetts, to be Deputy Secretary of 
Commerce.
  Prior to this action, the following nominations were discharged from 
the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions:
  Laurie Rich, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Intergovernmental and Interagency Affairs, Department of Education.
  Robert Pasternack, of New Mexico, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Department of Education.
  Joanne M. Wilson, of Louisiana, to be Commissioner of the 
Rehabilitation Services Administration, Department of Education.
  Carol D'Amico, of Indiana, to be Assistant Secretary for Vocational 
and Adult Education, Department of Education.
  Cari M. Dominguez, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission for a term expiring July 1, 2006. 
(Reappointment)
Pages S7984, S7986
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Linton F. Brooks, of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator for Defense 
Nuclear Nonproliferation, National Nuclear Security Administration. 
(New Position)
  Ronald E. Neumann, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the State of 
Bahrain.
  Nancy Goodman Brinker, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Hungary.
Page S7986
Executive Communications:
  Pages S7948-50
Petitions and Memorials:
  Pages S7950-55
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S7955

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Messages From the House:
  Pages S7947-48
Measures Referred:
  Page S7948
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S7948
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S7957-69
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S7956-57
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S7969-82
Additional Statements:
  Pages S7946-47
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S7982
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S7982-84
Privilege of the Floor:
  Page S7984
Quorum Calls: One quorum call was taken today. (Total--2)
Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total--243) 
                                Pages S7897, S7905, S7937, S7938, S7939
Adjournment: Senate met at 10 a.m., and adjourned at 10:38 p.m., until 
9:15 a.m., on Friday, July 20, 2001. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7986.)