[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 127 (Wednesday, September 26, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D943-D946]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                      Wednesday, September 26, 2001

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Military Construction Appropriations Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9823-S9938
Measures Introduced: Ten bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1466-
1475.                                                    
  Pages S9874-75
Measure Passed:
  Military Construction Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations was 
discharged from further consideration of H.R. 2904, 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, and by a unanimous vote of 97 yeas 
(Vote No. 288), the bill was then passed, after taking action on the 
following amendments proposed thereto:                   
  Pages S9828-33
Adopted:
  Feinstein/Hutchison Amendment No. 1692, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S9830
  Hutchison (for Hutchinson) Amendment No. 1693, to provide funding for 
a feasibility study regarding an access road at the Pine Bluff Arsenal, 
Arkansas.                                                    
Page S9830
  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 Feinstein, Inouye, 
Johnson, Landrieu, Reid, Byrd, Hutchison, Burns, Craig, DeWine and 
Stevens.                                                     
Page S9833
  Small Business Technology Transfer Program: Senate passed H.R. 1860, 
to reauthorize the Small Business Technology Transfer Program, clearing 
the measure for the President.                               
  Page S9856
  National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Week: Committee on the Judiciary 
was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 163, designating 
the week of September 23, 2001, through September 29, 2001, as 
``National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Week'', and the resolution was then 
agreed to.                                                   
  Page S9857
  National American Indian Heritage Month: Committee on the Judiciary 
was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 118, to designate 
the month of November 2001 as ``National American Indian Heritage 
Month'', and the resolution was then agreed to.              
  Page S9857
  National Parents Week: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from 
further consideration of S. Res. 150, designating the week of September 
23 through September 29, 2001, as ``National Parents Week'', and the 
resolution was then agreed to.                           
  Pages S9857-58
  Family History Month: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from 
further consideration of S. Res. 160, designating the month of October 
2001, as ``Family History Month'', and the resolution was then agreed 
to.                                                          
  Page S9858
  Olympic Goals and Ideals: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged 
from further consideration of S. Res. 99, supporting the goals and 
ideals of the Olympics, and the resolution was then agreed to. 
                                                         Pages S9858-59
  National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month: Committee on the 
Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 147, to 
designate the month of September of 2001, as ``National Alcohol and 
Drug Addiction Recovery Month'', and the resolution was then agreed to, 
after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                             Page S9859
  Reid (for Wellstone) Amendment No. 1723, of a clarifying nature. 
                                                             Page S9859
  Violence and Bigotry Condemnation: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of H. Con. Res. 227, condemning 
bigotry and violence against Arab-Americans, American Muslims, and 
Americans from South Asia in the wake of terrorist attacks in New York 
City, New

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York, and Washington, D.C., on September 11, 2001, and the resolution 
was then agreed to.                                          
  Page S9859
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 amendments proposed thereto:     
  Pages S9833-45
Adopted:
  Levin (for Kerry/Bond) Amendment No. 1694, to amend the Small 
Business Act to promote the involvement of small business concerns and 
small business joint ventures in certain types of procurement 
contracts, and to establish the Small Business Procurement Competition 
Program.                                                 
Pages S9833-38
  Warner (for Bond/Kerry) Amendment No. 1695, to make amendments with 
respect to small business concerns.                      
Pages S9833-38
  Levin (for Dayton) Amendment No. 1696, to authorize, with an offset, 
$11,900,000 to improve instrumentation and targets at Army live fire 
training ranges.                                         
Pages S9833-38
  Warner Amendment No. 1697, to increase the amount authorized to be 
appropriated for the Air Force for procurement of Hydra-70 rockets, and 
to provide an offset.                                    
Pages S9833-38
  Levin (for Byrd/Grassley) Amendment No. 1698, to modify the 
provisions relating to financial management oversight of the Department 
of Defense.                                              
Pages S9833-38
  Warner (for Bunning) Amendment No. 1699, to require a determination 
on the advisability of amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation to 
authorize treatment of financing costs as an allowable expense under 
contracts for utility services from utility systems privatized under 
the utility privatization initiative.                    
Pages S9833-38
  Levin (for Carnahan) Amendment No. 1700, relating to chemical and 
biological protective equipment for military and civilian personnel of 
the Department of Defense.                               
Pages S9833-38
  Warner (for Allard) Amendment No. 1701, to improve the provisions 
relating to the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge.    
Pages S9833-38
  Levin (for Cleland) Amendment No. 1702, to repeal the limitation on 
number of officers on active duty in the grades of general or admiral. 
                                                         Pages S9833-38
  Warner (for Allard/Smith(NH)) Amendment No. 1703, to improve the 
organization and management of the Department of Defense with respect 
to space programs and activities.                        
Pages S9833-38
  Warner (for Lugar) Amendment No. 1704, to modify certain provisions 
relating to Cooperative Threat Reduction programs.       
Pages S9833-38
  Levin (for Feingold) Amendment No. 1705, relating to waiver notice 
and justification preceding recommencement of V-22 Osprey aircraft 
flights.                                                 
Pages S9833-38
  Warner (for Collins) Amendment No. 1706, to authorize the 
appropriation of an additional amount of $1,000,000 for fiscal year 
2001 that was previously appropriated for that fiscal year for RDT&E, 
Defense-wide, for the Intelligent Spatial Technologies for Smart Maps 
Initiative of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (PE0305102BQ). 
                                                         Pages S9833-38
  Levin (for Murray) Amendment No. 1707, to modify the land conveyance 
at Mukilteo Tank Farm, Everett, Washington.              
Pages S9833-38
  Warner (for Inhofe) Amendment No. 1708, to modify the authorization 
for a military construction project at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. 
                                                         Pages S9833-38
  Levin (for Lincoln/Hutchinson) Amendment No. 1709, to authorize, with 
an offset, $2,400,000 for procurement of additional M291 skin 
decontamination kits.                                    
Pages S9833-38
  Warner (for Inhofe) Amendment No. 1710, to reauthorize a warranty 
claims recovery pilot program.                           
Pages S9833-38
  Levin (for Hollings) Amendment No. 1711, to authorize land 
conveyances at Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina. 
                                                         Pages S9833-38
  Warner (for Stevens) Amendment No. 1712, to authorize the sale of 
certain articles and services that are not available from any United 
States commercial source by the Naval Magazine, Indian Island facility.
                                                         Pages S9833-38
  Levin (for Harkin) Amendment No. 1713, to authorize a land conveyance 
for the purpose of the establishment of the Fort Des Moines Memorial 
Park and Education Center in Iowa.                       
Pages S9833-38
  Warner (for Shelby) Amendment No. 1714, to authorize participation of 
regular members of the Armed Forces in Senior ROTC.      
Pages S9833-38
  Warner (for Voinovich/DeWine) Amendment No. 1715, to repeal certain 
limitations on the exercise of voluntary separation incentive pay 
authority and voluntary early retirement authority.      
Pages S9833-38
  Levin (for Reid) Amendment No. 1716, to make additional modifications 
to the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Program.    
Pages S9833-38
  Warner (for Santorum) Amendment No. 1717, to set aside for land 
forces readiness-information operations sustainment (PE 19640) 
$5,000,000 of the amount provided for the Army Reserve for operation 
and maintenance.                                         
Pages S9833-38

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  Levin (for Conrad) Amendment No. 1718, to require the conveyance of 
certain former Minuteman III ICBM facilities.            
Pages S9833-38
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the bill and, not 
withstanding the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the 
Senate, a vote on the cloture motion will occur at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, 
October 2, 2001.                                             
Page S9937
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for first degree 
amendments to be filed until 1 p.m., Monday, October 1, 2001, and 
second degree amendments until 9:45 a.m. on Tuesday, October 2, 2001.
  Senate will resume consideration of the bill on Monday, October 1, 
2001.
Defense Production Act Amendments: Senate concurred in the House 
amendments to the Senate amendment to H.R. 2510, to extend the 
expiration date of the Defense Production Act of 1950.   
  Pages S9856-57
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Roy L. Austin, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to Trinidad and 
Tobago.
  Franklin Pierce Huddle, Jr., of California, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Tajikistan.
  Kevin Joseph McGuire, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Namibia.
  Pamela Hyde Smith, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Moldova.
  Mark Edward Rey, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary 
of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment. (Prior to this 
action, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry was 
discharged from further consideration.)
  Elsa A. Murano, of Texas, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for 
Food Safety. (Prior to this action, Committee on Agriculture, 
Nutrition, and Forestry was discharged from further consideration.)
  Hilda Gay Legg, of Kentucky, to be Administrator, Rural Utilities 
Service, Department of Agriculture. (Prior to this action, Committee on 
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry was discharged from further 
consideration.)
  Mark Edward Rey, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
Board of Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation. (Prior to this 
action, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry was 
discharged from further consideration.)
  Michael Parker, of Mississippi, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Army.
  Joseph M. Clapp, of North Carolina, to be Administrator of the 
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
  P.H. Johnson, of Mississippi, to be Federal Cochairperson, Delta 
Regional Authority. (New Position)
  Mary E. Peters, of Arizona, to be Administrator of the Federal 
Highway Administration.
  Brigadier General Edwin J. Arnold, Jr., United States Army, to be a 
Member and President of the Mississippi River Commission.
  Brigadier General Carl A. Strock, United States Army, to be a Member 
of the Mississippi River Commission.
  Nils J. Diaz, of Florida, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission for the term of five years expiring June 30, 2006.
  Patricia de Stacy Harrison, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary 
of State (Educational and Cultural Affairs).
  Charlotte L. Beers, of Texas, to be Under Secretary of State for 
Public Diplomacy.
  Michael E. Malinowski, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador 
to the Kingdom of Nepal.
  Hans H. Hertell, of Puerto Rico, to be Ambassador to the Dominican 
Republic.
  John J. Danilovich, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Costa Rica.
  R. Barrie Walkley, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Guinea.
  Mattie R. Sharpless, of North Carolina, to be Ambassador to the 
Central African Republic.
  Arlene Render, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Cote 
d'Ivoire.
  Jackson McDonald, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of The 
Gambia.
  Rockwell A. Schnabel, of California, to be Representative of the 
United States of America to the European Union, with the rank and 
status of Ambassador.
  John Stern Wolf, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of State 
(Non-proliferation).
  Edward R. McPherson, of Texas, to be Chief Financial Officer, 
Department of Agriculture. (Prior to this action, Committee on 
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry was discharged from further 
consideration.)
  Ralph Leo Boyce, Jr., of Virginia, to be a Career Member of the 
Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of Indonesia.
  Kevin E. Moley, of Arizona, to be Representative of the United States 
of America to the European Office of the United Nations, with the rank 
of Ambassador.
  Kenneth C. Brill, of Maryland, to be Representative of the United 
States of America to the International Atomic Energy Agency, with the 
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  Kenneth C. Brill, of Maryland, to be Representative of the United 
States of America to the Vienna Office of the United Nations, with the 
rank of Ambassador.
  Clifford G. Bond, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to Bosnia and 
Herzegovina.
  Gen. Peter Pace, for appointment as the Vice Chairman of the Joint 
Chiefs of Staff and appointment to the grade of general.
  63 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  2 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Department of Defense nomination in the rank of general.
  5 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy. 
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Messages From the House:                                     
  Page S9872
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S9872
Measures Placed on Calendar:                                 
  Page S9872
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S9872-73
Petitions and Memorials:                                 
  Pages S9873-74
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S9874
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S9875-76
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S9876-82
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S9870-72
Amendments Submitted:                                 
  Pages S9882-S9936
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S9936
Authority for Committees to Meet:                        
  Pages S9936-37
Privilege of the Floor:                                      
  Page S9937
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--288) 
                                                         Pages S9830-31
Adjournment: Senate met at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 5:09 p.m., until 
10 a.m., in pro forma session on Friday, September 28, 2001. (For 
Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in 
today's Record on page S9937.)