[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 103 (Monday, July 23, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D751-D752]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                              Monday, July 23, 2001

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                              Daily Digest


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8033-S8077
Measures Introduced: Four bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1218-1221, and S. Res. 138.
  Page S8064
Measures Reported:
  Special Report entitled ``Revised Allocation to Subcommittees of 
Budget Totals for Fiscal Year 2001.''. (S. Rept. No. 107-44)
  Special Report entitled ``Further Revised Allocation to Subcommittees 
of Budget Totals for Fiscal Year 2002''. (S. Rept. No. 107-45)
  S. 1218, to extend the authorities of the Iran and Libya Sanctions 
Act of 1996 until 2006.
Page S8064
Measures Passed:
  George Washington Letter to Touro Synagogue: Senate agreed to 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. 
                                                         Pages S8075-76
  National Airborne Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 16, designating 
August 16, 2001, as ``National Airborne Day''.
  Page S8076
  Tropical Forest Conservation Act Authorization: Committee on Foreign 
Relations was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 2131, to 
reauthorize the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 through fiscal 
year 2004, and the bill was then passed, clearing the measure for the 
President.
  Page S8076
Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act: 
Senate resumed consideration of H.R. 2299, making appropriations for 
the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2002, taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S8044-55
Adopted:
  By a unanimous vote of 96 yeas (Vote No. 247), Reid/Mikulski/Sarbanes 
Amendment No. 1037 (to Amendment No. 1025), to require a study of the 
hazards and risks to public health and safety, the environment, and the 
economy of the transportation of hazardous chemicals and radioactive 
material, the improvements to transportation infrastructure necessary 
to prevent accidents in the transportation of such chemicals and 
material, and the preparedness of Federal, State, and local emergency 
response and medical personnel to response to and mitigate accidents in 
the transportation of such chemicals and material.
Pages S8046-53
  Murray (for Sarbanes/Mikulski) Amendment No. 1038 (to Amendment No. 
1025), to set aside funds for a joint study of rail infrastructure in 
the vicinity of Baltimore, Maryland.
Page S8053
  Murray (for Thomas) Amendment No. 1039 (to Amendment No. 1025), to 
make certain revisions relative to the Americans with Disabilities Act 
of 1990.
Page S8054
Pending:
  Murray/Shelby Amendment No. 1025, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                         Pages S8044-55
  Murray/Shelby Amendment No. 1030 (to Amendment No. 1025), to enhance 
the inspection requirements for Mexican motor carriers seeking to 
operate in the United States and to require them to display decals. 
                                                         Pages S8044-46
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 10 a.m., on Tuesday, July 24, 2001. 
                                                             Page S8076
Appointments:
  NATO Parliamentary Assembly: The Chair, on behalf of the Vice 
President, in accordance with 22 U.S.C. 1928a-1928d, as amended, 
appointed Senator Biden as Chairman of the Senate Delegation to the 
NATO Parliamentary Assembly during the 107th Congress.
  Page S8075
  British-American Interparliamentary Group: The Chair, on behalf of 
the President pro tempore, and upon the recommendation of the Majority 
Leader, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2761, as amended, appointed Senator Leahy 
as Chairman of the Senate

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Delegation to the British-American Interparliamentary Group during the 
107th Congress.
  Page S8075
Messages from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the National Emergency 
with Respect to Terrorists Who Threaten to Disrupt the Middle East 
Peace Process; to the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-36) 
                                                             Page S8062
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Christopher William Dell, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Angola.
  Patricia de Stacy Harrison, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary 
of State (Educational and Cultural Affairs).
Page S8077
Petitions and Memorials:
  Pages S8062-64
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S8065-68
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S8064-65
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S8069-70
Additional Statements:
  Pages S8057-61
Text of S. 1172, as Previously Passed:
  Pages S8071-75
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Pages S8070-71
Authority for Committees:
  Page S8071
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--247) 
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Adjournment: Senate met at 2 p.m., and adjourned at 6:40 p.m., until 10 
a.m., on Tuesday, July 24, 2001. (For Senate's program, see the remarks 
of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S8076-77.)