[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 110 (Wednesday, August 1, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D819-D821]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                          Wednesday, August 1, 2001

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.
      Senate passed Department of Transportation and Related Agencies 
      Appropriations Act.
      House Committees ordered reported 10 sundry measures.
      House passed H.R. 4, Securing America's Future Energy (SAFE) Act.
      Committee on Rules reported a resolution providing for 
      consideration of H.R. 2563, Bipartisan Patient Protection Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8499-S8628
Measures Introduced: Sixteen bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1286-1301, S.J. Res. 21, and S. Res. 145-
146.
  Pages S8574-75
Measures Reported:
  Special Report entitled ``Further Revised Allocation To Subcommittees 
Of Budget Totals For Fiscal Year 2002''. (S. Rept. No. 107-50)
  S. Res. 126, expressing the sense of the Senate regarding observance 
of the Olympic Truce.
  S. 367, to prohibit the application of certain restrictive 
eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations with 
respect to the provision of assistance under part I of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961.
  S. 584, to designate the United States courthouse located at 40 
Centre Street in New York, New York, as the ``Thurgood Marshall States 
Courthouse''.
  S. 1254, to reauthorize the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and 
Affordability Act of 1997, with an amendment.
  S. Con. Res. 58, expressing support for the tenth annual meeting of 
the Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum.
  S. Con. Res. 62, congratulating Ukraine on the 10th anniversary of 
the restoration of its independence and supporting its full integration 
into the Euro-Atlantic community of democracies.
Page S8570
Measures Passed:
  Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act: 
Senate passed H.R. 2299, making appropriations for the Department of 
Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2002, after taking action on the following amendment 
proposed thereto:
  Pages S8505-33
Adopted:
  Murray/Shelby Amendment No. 1213, to make certain revisions and 
improvements to the bill.
Page S8526
  By prior unanimous consent, Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to 
the motion to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked on 
the bill.
Page S8505
  By prior unanimous consent, Senate agreed to the motion to reconsider 
the vote by which cloture was not invoked on the bill.
Page S8505
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By a unanimous vote of 100 yeas (Vote No. 262), three-fifths of those 
Senators duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
agreed to the motion to close further debate on H.R. 2299 (listed 
above).
Page S8505
  Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act: Senate passed S. 494, 
to provide for a transition to democracy and to promote economic 
recovery in Zimbabwe, after agreeing to a committee amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.
  Pages S8627-28
Emergency Agriculture Assistance Act: Senate continued consideration of 
S. 1246, to respond to

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the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting American 
agricultural producers, taking action on the following amendments 
proposed thereto:
  Pages S8499-S8504
Withdrawn:
  Voinovich Amendment No. 1209, to protect the social security 
surpluses by preventing on-budget deficits.
Page S8499
Pending:
  Lugar Amendment No. 1212, in the nature of a substitute.
Page S8499
  A motion was entered to close further debate on S. 1246 (listed 
above) and, in accordance with Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the 
Senate, a vote on the cloture motion will occur on Friday, August 3, 
2001.
Page S8499
VA-HUD Appropriations Act: Senate began consideration of H.R. 2620, 
making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, 
boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2002, taking action on the following amendments 
proposed thereto:
  Pages S8537-49, S8552-62
Adopted:
  Mikulski/Bond Amendment No. 1217 (to Amendment No. 1214), to make 
$2,000,000,000 for FEMA disaster relief available upon enactment. 
                                                         Pages S8543-44
  By 97 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. 265), Boxer Amendment No. 1219 (to 
Amendment No. 1214), to provide for a new national primary drinking 
water regulation for arsenic.
Pages S8552-61
Pending:
  Mikulski/Bond Amendment No. 1214, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                               Pages S8543-49, S8552-62
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 25 yeas to 75 nays (Vote No. 263), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
failed to agree to the motion to waive section 302(f) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to Wellstone Amendment 
No. 1218 (to Amendment No. 1214), to increase the amount available for 
medical care for veterans by $650,000,000. Subsequently, a point of 
order that the amendment was in violation of the Congressional Budget 
Act by providing spending in excess of the subcommittee's 302-B 
allocation was sustained, and the amendment thus fell.
Pages S8544-49
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill and certain amendments to be proposed thereto 
on Thursday, August 2, 2001; that upon disposition of all amendments, 
the substitute amendment be agreed to, the bill be read three times, 
and the Senate vote on passage of the bill; that upon passage of the 
bill, the Senate insist on its amendment, request a conference with the 
House, and the Chair be authorized to appoint conferees on the part of 
the Senate.
Pages S8560-61
Export Administration Act Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that the Majority Leader may, after consultation with 
the Republican Leader, turn to the consideration of S. 149, to provide 
authority to control exports, but not before September 4, 2001. 
                                                             Page S8534
Appointments:
  Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China: 
The Chair, on behalf of the President of the Senate, and after 
consultation with the Democratic Leader, pursuant to Public law 106-
286, appointed Senator Bayh to serve on the Congressional-Executive 
Commission on the People's Republic of China, vice Senator Gordon 
Smith, and appointed Senator Baucus as Chairman of the Commission. 
                                                             Page S8627
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 98 yeas 1 nay (Vote No. EX. 264), Asa Hutchinson, of Arkansas, to 
be Administrator of Drug Enforcement.
Pages S8549-51, S8577
  Gordon H. Mansfield, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs (Congressional Affairs).
  Jack Dyer Crouch II, of Missouri, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Defense.
  Sue McCourt Cobb, of Florida, to be Ambassador to Jamaica.
  Mercer Reynolds, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to Switzerland, and to 
serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to 
the Principality of Liechtenstein.
  Josefina Carbonell, of Florida, to be Assistant Secretary for Aging, 
Department of Health and Human Services.
  Russell F. Freeman, of North Dakota, to be Ambassador to Belize.
  Clark Kent Ervin, of Texas, to be Inspector General, Department of 
State.
  Michael E. Guest, of South Carolina, to be Ambassador to Romania.
  Roger Francisco Noriega, of Kansas, to be Permanent Representative of 
the United States of America to the Organization of American States, 
with the rank of Ambassador.
  Dan R. Brouillette, of Louisiana, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Energy (Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs).

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  Stuart A. Bernstein, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to 
Denmark.
  Charles A. Heimbold, Jr., of Connecticut, to be Ambassador to Sweden.
  Jim Nicholson, of Colorado, to be Ambassador to the Holy See.
  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.
  Eric M. Bost, of Texas, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of 
the Commodity Credit Corporation.
  William T. Hawks, of Mississippi, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation.
  Joseph J. Jen, of California, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation.
  James R. Moseley, of Indiana, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation.
  J.B. Penn, of Arkansas, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of 
the Commodity Credit Corporation.
  Marie T. Huhtala, of California, to be Ambassador to Malaysia.
  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.
  Harvey Pitt, of North Carolina, to be a Member of the Securities and 
Exchange Commission for a term expiring June 5, 2007. (Reappointment)
  Franklin L. Lavin, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Singapore.
Pages S8533-34, S8577
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  J. Strom Thurmond, Jr., of South Carolina, to be the United States 
Attorney for the District of South Carolina for the term of four years.
  Charles F. Lettow, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States 
Court of Federal Claims for a term of fifteen years.
  Marian Blank Horn, of Maryland, to be a Judge of the United States 
Court of Federal Claims for a term of fifteen years. (Reappointment)
  Michael W. Mosman, of Oregon, to be the United States Attorney for 
the District of Oregon for the term of four years.
  Paul J. McNulty, of Virginia, to be United States Attorney for the 
Eastern District of Virginia for the term of four years.
  Robert Garner McCampbell, of Oklahoma, to be United States Attorney 
for the Western District of Oklahoma for the term of four years.
  Harry Sandlin Mattice, Jr., of Tennessee, to be United States 
Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee for the term of four 
years.
  Timothy Mark Burgess, of Alaska, to be United States Attorney for the 
District of Alaska for the term of four years.
  4 Coast Guard nominations in the rank of admiral.
  A routine list in the Army.
Page S8577
Executive Communications:
  Page S8569
Petitions and Memorials:
  Pages S8569-70
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Pages S8570-74
Messages From the House:
  Page S8569
Measures Referred:
  Page S8569
Measures Read First Time:
  Page S8628
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S8579-99
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S8575-77
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S8600-15
Additional Statements:
  Page S8568
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S8615-17
Privilege of the Floor:
  Page S8617
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--265) 
                                       Pages S8505, S8549, S8551, S8561
Adjournment: Senate met at 10 a.m., and adjourned at 8:56 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Thursday, August 2, 2001. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S8577.)