[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 125 (Monday, September 24, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D926-D927]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                         Monday, September 24, 2001

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed United States-Jordan Free Trade Area Implementation 
      Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9679-S9761
Measures Introduced: Three bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1456-
1458.
  Page S9741
Measure Passed:
  U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Area Implementation Act: Committee on Finance 
was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 2603, to implement 
the agreement establishing a United States-Jordan free trade area, and 
the bill was then passed.
  Pages S9679-93
Measure Indefinitely Postponed: Senate indefinitely postponed the 
following measure:
  U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Area Implementation Act: S. 643, to implement 
the agreement establishing a United States-Jordan free trade area. 
                                                             Page S9761
Department of Defense Authorization: Senate resumed consideration of S. 
1438, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2002 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military constructions, 
and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, taking 
action on the following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S9694-S9734
Adopted:
  Warner/Levin Amendment No. 1660, to repeal the limitation on the cost 
of renovation of the Pentagon Reservation.
Page S9730
  Levin/Warner Amendment No. 1661, to authorize emergency supplemental 
appropriations for fiscal year 2001 for recovery from and response to 
terrorist attacks on the United States.
Pages S9730-32
  Levin/Warner Amendment No. 1662, to authorize the use of contractors 
to provide logistical support to the Multinational Force and Observers.
                                                         Pages S9730-32
  Levin/Warner Amendment No. 1663, to clarify the use of State 
Department authority to contract for personal services in support of 
activities of the Department of Defense and other departments and 
agencies of the United States.
Pages S9730-32
  Warner (for Hutchison) Amendment No. 1664, to provide SBP eligibility 
for survivors of retirement-ineligible members of the uniformed 
services who die while on active duty.
Pages S9730-32
  Levin (for Akaka) Amendment No. 1665, to provide for the construction 
of a parking garage at Fort DeRussy, Hawaii.
Pages S9730-32
  Warner (for Santorum) Amendment No. 1666, to modify the authority for 
the development of the United States Army Heritage and Education Center 
at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania.
Pages S9730-32
  Levin (for Lieberman) Amendment No. 1667, to waive a restriction on 
the use of funds that adversely affects compliance with a requirement 
in law for Federal agencies to utilize consensus technical standards. 
                                                         Pages S9730-32
  Warner (for Lott) Amendment No. 1668, to authorize use of Armed 
Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund funds for a blended use, multicare 
facility at the Naval Home.
Pages S9730-32
  Levin (for Carnahan) Amendment No. 1669, to require a study and 
report on the interconnectivity of National Guard Distributive Training 
Technology Project networks and related public and private networks. 
                                                         Pages S9730-32
  Warner (for Lott) Amendment No. 1670, to provide eligibility for 
senior officers of the Armed Forces to serve as Deputy Directors of 
facilities of the Armed Forces Retirement Home.
Pages S9730-32
Pending:
  Bunning Amendment No. 1622, to strike title XXIX, relating to defense 
base closure and realignment.
Pages S9699-S9706
  Inhofe Amendment No. 1594, to authorize the President to waive a 
limitation on performance of

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depot-level maintenance by non-Federal Government personnel. 
                                                         Pages S9728-29
  Inhofe Amendment No. 1595, to revise requirements relating to closure 
of Vieques Naval Training Range.
Page S9729
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill and Bunning Amendment No. 1622 (listed above) 
at 9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, September 25, 2001, with a vote on the motion 
to table the amendment to occur at approximately 9:45 a.m.
Page S9706
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on Blocking Property and 
Prohibiting Transactions with Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, 
or Support Terrorism; to the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-
44)
Pages S9738-39
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, the Periodic Report on the National 
Emergency with respect to National Union for the Total Independence of 
Angola (UNITA); to the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-45) 
                                                             Page S9739
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the Continuation of 
Emergency with respect to UNITA; to the Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs. (PM-46)
Page S9739
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By a unanimous vote of 97 yeas (Vote No. EX. 285), Kirk Van Tine, of 
Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of Transportation. 
                                                     Pages S9693, S9761
Messages From the House:
  Page S9739
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S9740
Executive Communications:
  Pages S9740-41
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S9741-42
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S9742-45
Additional Statements:
  Pages S9736-38
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S9745-61
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Page S9761
Privilege of the Floor:
  Page S9761
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--285) 
                                                             Page S9693
Adjournment: Senate met at 12 noon and adjourned at 8:14 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, September 25, 2001. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S9761.)