[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 129 (Monday, October 1, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D952-D954]
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                                            Monday, October 1, 2001

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9941-S10025
Measures Introduced: Five bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1476-1480, and S. Res. 164.
  Pages S9971-72
Measures Reported:
  S. 423, to amend the Act entitled ``An Act to provide for the 
establishment of Fort Clatsop National Memorial in the State of 
Oregon'', with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 107-69)
  S. 941, to revise the boundaries of the Golden Gate National 
Recreation Area in the State of California, to extend the term of the 
advisory commission for the recreation area, with amendments. (S. Rept 
No. 107-70)
  S. 1057, to authorize the addition of lands to Pu'uhonua o Honaunau 
National Historical Park in the State of Hawaii. (S. Rept. No. 107-71)
  S. 1097, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue right-
of-way permits for natural gas pipelines within the boundary of the 
Great Smoky Mountains National Park. (S. Rept. No. 107-72)
  S. 1105, to provide for the expeditious completion of the acquisition 
of State of Wyoming lands within the boundaries of Grand Teton National 
Park., with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 
107-73)
  H.R. 146, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the 
suitability and feasibility of designating the Great Falls Historic 
District in Paterson, New Jersey, as a unit of the National Park 
System.
  H.R. 182, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a 
segment of the Eight Mile River in the State of Connecticut for study 
for potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. 
(S. Rept. No. 107-75)
  H.R. 1000, to adjust the boundary of the William Howard Taft National 
Historic Site in the State of Ohio, to authorize an exchange of land in 
connection with the historic site. (S. Rept. No. 107-76)
  H.R. 1668, to authorize the Adams Memorial Foundation to establish a 
commemorative work on Federal land in the District of Columbia and its 
environs to honor former President John Adams and his legacy. (S. Rept 
No. 107-77)
  Report to accompany S. 703, to extend the effective period of the 
consent of Congress to the interstate compact relating to the 
restoration of Atlantic salmon to the Connecticut River Basin and 
creating the Connecticut River Atlantic Salmon Commission. (S. Rept. 
No. 107-78)
Page S9971
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 amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S9956-68
Adopted:
  Dodd Amendment No. 1750, to extend firefighter assistance through 
fiscal year 2004.
Pages S9956-60
  Levin/Warner Amendment No. 1793, to authorize the appropriation of 
$8,000,000 for military construction for the Air Force for airfield 
repairs at Masirah Island, Oman.
Pages S9960-65
  Warner/Levin Amendment No. 1794, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Navy to acquire land for the Harvey Point Defense Testing Activity in 
Hertford, North Carolina.
Pages S9960-65
  Levin (for Feingold) Amendment No. 1795, to provide for the 
conveyance of the excess Army Reserve Center in Kewaunee, Wisconsin. 
                                                         Pages S9960-65
  Warner/Levin Amendment No. 1796, to increase by $22,700,000 the 
amount for the Air Force for missile procurement for the nuclear 
detonation detection system program, and to provide an offset. 
                                                         Pages S9960-65
  Levin (for Carnahan) Amendment No. 1797, make permanent the authority 
to provide transitional

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heath care for members of the Armed Forces who are involuntarily 
separated, and to extend eligibility for transitional health care under 
that authority to mobilized members of the reserve components. 
                                                         Pages S9960-65
  Warner (for Stevens) Amendment No. 1798, to make available 
$230,255,000 for Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense 
Sites.
Pages S9960-65
  Levin (for Dorgan) Amendment No. 1799, to require a plan to ensure 
that the embarkation of civilian guests does not interfere with the 
operational readiness and safe operation of Navy vessels. 
                                                         Pages S9960-65
  Warner (for Lott) Amendment No. 1800, to express the sense of the 
Senate on defense burdensharing by allies of the United States. 
                                                         Pages S9960-65
  Levin (for Bingaman) Amendment No. 1801, to make available $650,000 
for the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center for an 
expanded Arabic language program.
Pages S9960-65
  Warner (for Lott) Amendment No. 1802, to authorize $3,000,000 for the 
replacement or refurbishment of air handlers and related control 
systems at Keesler AFB Medical Center.
Pages S9960-65
  Levin (for Bingaman) Amendment No. 1803, to require an annual 
assessment and report on the vulnerability of Department of Energy 
facilities terrorist attack.
Pages S9960-65
  Warner Amendment No. 1804, to eliminate a restriction on the use of 
certain vessels previously authorized to be sold.
Pages S9960-65
  Levin (for Durbin) Amendment No. 1805, to authorize the Secretary of 
the Navy to fund Department of Veterans Affairs space renovations when 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs makes additional land available to 
the Navy at Great Lakes Naval Training Center.
Pages S9960-65
  Warner (for Bond/Byrd) Amendment No. 1806, to provide an amount for 
the training of active duty and reserve component personnel in the 
management of the consequences of an incident involving the use or 
threat of use of a weapon of mass destruction.
Pages S9960-65
  Levin (for Rockefeller) Amendment No. 1807, to authorize the 
acceptance of contributions for the repair of the damage to the 
Pentagon Reservation caused by the terrorist attack on September 11, 
2001 or establishment of a memorial of the attack at the Pentagon 
Reservation.
Pages S9960-65
  Warner (for McCain) Amendment No. 1808, to authorize payment of 
career continuation bonuses for aviation officers and surface warfare 
officers for early commitments to remain on active duty. 
                                                         Pages S9960-65
  Levin (for Bingaman/Domenici) Amendment No. 1809, to authorize, with 
an offset, an additional $6,500,000 for research, development, test, 
and evaluation Defense-wide, with $5,000,000 allocated for the Big Crow 
Program and $1,500,000 allocated for the Defense Systems Evaluation 
program.
Pages S9965-68
  Warner (for Lott) Amendment No. 1810, to authorize $2,500,000 for 
appropriations in section 201(1), in PE62303A214 for Enhanced Scramjet 
Mixing.
Pages S9965-68
  Levin (for Cleland/Miller) Amendment No. 1811, to authorize, with an 
offset, $2,800,000 for the Special Operations Forces Command, Control, 
Communications, Computers, and Intelligence Systems Threat Warning and 
Situational Awareness (PRIVATEER) program.
Pages S9965-68
  Warner Amendment No. 1812, to set aside funds for the critical 
infrastructure protection initiative of the Navy.
Pages S9965-68
  Levin (for Conrad) Amendment No. 1813, to provide for a report and 
certain recommendations on options for providing the helicopter support 
missions for the ICBM wings at Minot AFB, North Dakota; Malmstrom AFB, 
Montana; and F.E. Warren AFB, Wyoming, for as long as these missions 
are required.
Pages S9965-68
  Warner (for Hutchison) Amendment No. 1814, to require a report on 
health and disability benefits for pre-accession training and education 
programs.
Pages S9965-68
  Levin (for Johnson) Amendment No. 1815, to express the sense of the 
Senate that the Secretary of the Treasury should immediately issue 
savings bonds, to be designated as ``Unity Bonds'', in response to the 
terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001. 
                                                         Pages S9965-68
  Warner Amendment No. 1816, to provide for personnel pay and 
qualifications authority for Department of Defense Pentagon Reservation 
civilian law enforcement and security force.
Pages S9965-68
  Levin (for Kennedy) Amendment No. 1817, to further improve benefits 
under the TRICARE program.
Pages S9965-68
  Warner Amendment No. 1818, to amend Title 5 of the United States Code 
to authorize payment of hostile fire pay to civilian employees of the 
federal government under certain conditions.
Pages S9965-68
  Levin (for Kennedy) Amendment No. 1819, to provide family support 
benefits for the families of members of the Armed Forces involved in 
national emergency operations of the Armed Forces.
Pages S9965-68
  Warner (for Collins) Amendment No. 1820, to authorize the Secretary 
of Transportation, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, to 
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limit the application of, vehicle weight limits applicable to a route 
on the Interstate System in the State of Maine during a period of 
national emergency.
Pages S9965-68
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for 
consideration of the bill on Tuesday, October 2, 2001, with a vote on 
the motion to close further debate on the bill to occur at 10 a.m. 
                                                        Pages S10024-25
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  Marianne Lamont Horinko, of Virginia, to be Assistant Administrator, 
Office of Solid Waste, Environmental Protection Agency. 
                                                   Pages S10024, S10025
Messages From the House:
  Page S9971
Executive Communications:
  Page S9971
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S9972-73
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S9973-81
Additional Statements:
  Pages S9970-71
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S9981-S10024
Privilege of the Floor:
  Page S10024
Adjournment: Senate met at 12 noon and adjourned at 7:40 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, October 2, 2001. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S10025.)