[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 126 (Tuesday, September 25, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D934-D936]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                             Tuesday, September 25, 2001

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Continuing Appropriations Resolution.
      The House passed H.R. 2586, National Defense Authorization Act for 
      Fiscal Year 2002.
      The House passed H.R. 2944, District of Columbia Appropriations for 
      Fiscal Year 2002.
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                                 Senate

[D25SE1-2]D934 Chamber Ac
Chamber Action
[D25SE1-3]D934 Routine Pr
Routine Proceedings, pages S9763-S9821
Measures Introduced: Seven bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1459-1465. 
                                                                  Page S9807
Measures Reported:
[D25SE1-4]D934 Special Re
  Special Report entitled ``Further Revised Allocation To Subcommittees Of 
Budget Totals For Fiscal Year 2002''. (S. Rept. No. 107-67)
[D25SE1-5]D934 S. 1460, m
  S. 1460, making appropriations for military construction, family housing, 
and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2002. (S. Rept. No. 107-68)
[D25SE1-6]D934 S. 1270, t
  S. 1270, to designate the United States courthouse to be constructed at 
8th Avenue and Mill Street in Eugene, Oregon, as the ``Wayne Lyman Morse 
United States Courthouse''.
Pages S9804-95
Measure Passed:
  Continuing Appropriations: Senate passed H.J. Res. 65, making continuing 
appropriations for the fiscal year 2002.
  Page S9780
  Lee H. Hamilton Federal Building and United States Courthouse: Senate 
passed H.R. 1583, to designate the Federal building and United States 
courthouse located at 121 West Spring Street in New Albany, Indiana, as the 
``Lee H. Hamilton Federal Building and United States Courthouse'', clearing 
the measure for the President.
  Page S9820
Department of Defense Authorization: Senate continued 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 S9763-S9800
Adopted:
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  Inhofe Modified Amendment No. 1594, to authorize the Secretary of Defense 
to waive a limitation on performance of depot-level maintenance by non-
Federal Government personnel.
Pages S9763, S9768-69
[D25SE1-8]D934 Domenici A
  Domenici Amendment No. 1672, to provide permanent appropriations with 
fiscal year limits to the Radiation Exposure Compensation Trust Fund to make 
payments under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act.
Pages S9781-82
[D25SE1-9]D934 Levin (for
  Levin (for Cleland) Amendment No. 1677, to authorize the Secretary of 
Defense to exempt certain health care professionals from examination for 
appointment in the competitive civil service.
Page S9791
[D25SE1-10]D934 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Collins/Landrieu) Amendment No. 1678, to authorize waivers of 
a prohibition of requirement for a nonavailability of health care statement 
or a preauthorization of health care, and to make other modifications 
regarding the prohibition.
Page S9792
[D25SE1-11]D934 Levin (for
  Levin (for Feingold) Amendment No. 1679, to require a report on the V-22 
Osprey aircraft before a decision to resume flight testing. 
                                                       Pages S9792-93, S9794
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  Warner (for Santorum) Amendment No. 1683, to add $1,000,000 for the Air 
Force for research, development, test, and evaluation for the Agile Combat 
Support, Integrated Medical Information Technology System Initiative (PE 
604617), and to offset the increase by reducing by $1,000,000 the amount 
provided for the Navy for research, development, test and evaluation for 
Modular Helmet Development (PE 604264N); Aircrew Systems Development. 
                                                                  Page S9794
[D25SE1-13]D935 Levin (for
  Levin (for Mikulski) Amendment No. 1684, to amend title 10, United States 
Code, to provide for an insensitive munitions program.
Pages S9794-95
[D25SE1-14]D935 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Hutchinson) Amendment No. 1685, to provide for the retroactive 
entitlement of Robert R. Ingram to Medal of Honor special pension. 
                                                                  Page S9795
[D25SE1-15]D935 Levin (for
  Levin (for Kennedy) Amendment No. 1686, to revise requirements which allow 
the Navy to renew long-term leasing of ships for the University National 
Oceanographic Laboratory System.
Page S9795
[D25SE1-16]D935 Warner (fo
  Warner (for Voinovich) Amendment No. 1687, to authorize agencies to use 
appropriated or other available funds to pay the cost of credentials and 
related examinations for Federal employees.
Page S9795
Rejected:
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  Bunning Amendment No. 1622, to strike title XXIX, relating to defense base 
closure and realignment. (By 53 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 286), Senate 
tabled the amendment.)
Pages S9763-68
[D25SE1-18]D935 Warner Ame
  Warner Amendment No. 1674, to strike section 821 of the bill, which would 
revise requirements relating to the purchase of Federal Prison Industries 
products by the Department of Defense. (By 74 yeas to 24 nays (Vote No. 
287), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S9769-80
Withdrawn:
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  Inhofe Amendment No. 1595, to revise requirements relating to closure of 
Vieques Naval Training Range.
Pages S9763, S9790-91
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
[D25SE1-20]D935 Everet Bec
  Everet Beckner, of New Mexico, to be Deputy Administrator for Defense 
Programs, National Nuclear Security Administration.
[D25SE1-21]D935 Mary L. Wa
  Mary L. Walker, of California, to be General Counsel of the Department of 
the Air Force.
[D25SE1-22]D935 Steven A.
  Steven A. Williams, of Kansas, to be Director of the United States Fish 
and Wildlife Service.
[D25SE1-23]D935 Harold Dau
  Harold Daub, of Nebraska, to be a Member of the Social Security Advisory 
Board for the remainder of the term expiring September 30, 2006.
[D25SE1-24]D935 Wanda L. N
  Wanda L. Nesbitt, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Madagascar.
[D25SE1-25]D935 Charles La
  Charles Lawrence Greenwood, Jr., of Florida, Charles Lawrence Greenwood, 
Jr., of Florida, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of 
Minister-Counselor, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service 
as Coordinator for Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).
[D25SE1-26]D935 Stephan Mi
  Stephan Michael Minikes, of the District of Columbia, to be U.S. 
Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, 
with the rank of Ambassador.
[D25SE1-27]D935 Gerald Rey
  Gerald Reynolds, of Missouri, to be Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 
Department of Education.
[D25SE1-28]D935 Drew Howar
  Drew Howard Wrigley, of North Dakota, to be United States Attorney for the 
District of North Dakota for the term of four years.
[D25SE1-29]D935 Edward F.
  Edward F. Reilly, of Kansas, to be a Commissioner of the United States 
Parole Commission for a term of six years. (Reappointment)
[D25SE1-30]D935 Cranston J
  Cranston J. Mitchell, of Missouri, to be a Commissioner of the United 
States Parole Commission for a term of six years.
Pages S9820-21
Nominations Withdrawn: Senate received notification of withdrawal of the 
following nomination:
[D25SE1-31]D935 Donald R.
  Donald R. Schregardus, of Ohio, to be an Assistant Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, which was sent to the Senate on September 
4, 2001.
Page S9821
Messages From the House:
  Page S9803
Measures Referred:
  Pages S9803-04
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S9804
Executive Communications:
  Page S9804
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Pages S9805-07
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S9807-09
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S9809-11
Additional Statements:
  Pages S9802-03
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S9811-19
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Pages S9819-20
Privilege of the Floor:
  Page S9820
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--287) 
                                                          Pages S9768, S9780
Adjournment: Senate met at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 7:49 p.m., until 9:30 
a.m., on Wednesday, September 26, 2001. (For Senate's program, see

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the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S9820.)
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