[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 130 (Tuesday, October 2, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D960-D961]
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                                           Tuesday, October 2, 2001

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed National Defense Authorization Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S10027-S10104
Measures Introduced: Five bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1481-1485, S. Res. 165, and S. Con. Res. 74.    
  Page S10058
Measures Passed:
  National Defense Authorization: By a unanimous vote of 99 yeas (Vote 
No. 290), Senate passed 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, after taking action on the following amendments proposed 
thereto:                                                
  Pages S10027-55
Adopted:
  Reid Amendment No. 1760, to strike the condition precedent for the 
effectiveness of the dual compensation authority provided in section 
651.                                                    
Pages S10033-39
  Levin (for Thomas/Gramm) Amendment No. 1834, to strike the exemptions 
provisions in section 821 of the bill, which revises requirements 
relating to the purchase of Federal Prison Industries products by the 
Department of Defense.                                  
Pages S10039-41
  Allard Modified Amendment No. 1755, to maximize the access of 
uniformed services voters and recently separated uniformed services 
voters to the polls, to ensure that each of the votes cast by such 
voters is duly counted.                                 
Pages S10045-47
  During consideration of this bill today, the Senate also took the 
following action:
  By a unanimous vote of 100 yeas (Vote No. 289), three-fifths of those 
Senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
agreed to close further debate on the bill.                 
Page S10031
  Senate sustained a point of order that Inhofe Amendment No. 1735, to 
express the sense of the Senate on comprehensive national energy 
legislation that ensures the availability of adequate energy supplies 
to the armed forces, was dilatory and therefore not in order, and the 
amendment thus fell.                                    
Pages S10031-32
  Senate sustained a point of order against Helms Amendment No. 1724, 
to protect United States military personnel and other elected and 
appointed officials of the United States Government against criminal 
prosecution by an international criminal court to which the United 
States is not party, that the amendment was ruled as not germane, and 
the amendment thus fell.                                
Pages S10041-44
  Department of Energy Defense Activities Authorization: Senate passed 
S. 1417, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2002 for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, after striking all after the 
enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof Division C of S. 1438, 
Department of Defense Authorizations, as amended.           
  Page S10055
  Military Construction Authorization: Senate passed S. 1418, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2002 for military 
construction, after striking all after the enacting clause and 
inserting in lieu thereof Division B of S. 1438, Department of Defense 
Authorizations, as amended.                                 
  Page S10055
  Department of Defense Authorization: Senate passed S. 1419, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2002 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, to prescribe personnel strengths for such 
fiscal year for the Armed Forces, after striking all after the enacting 
clause and inserting in lieu thereof Division A of S. 1438, Department 
of Defense Authorizations, as amended.                  
  Pages S10055-56
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that with respect 
to S. 1438, S. 1417, S. 1418, and S. 1419, (all listed above as passed 
by the Senate), that if the Senate receives a message from the House of 
Representatives with regard to any of these bills, that the Senate be 
deemed to have disagreed to the amendment(s) to the Senate-passed bill, 
that the Senate request or agree to a conference

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with the House thereon, and that the Chair be authorized to appoint 
conferees on the part of the Senate.                    
Pages S10054-55
Vietnam Trade Act: Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to 
consideration of H. J. Res. 51, approving the extension of 
nondiscriminatory treatment with respect to the products of the 
Socialist Republic of Vietnam, and then began consideration of the 
resolution.                                                 
  Page S10056
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the resolution at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, October 3, 
2001.                                                       
Page S10104
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Leslie Lenkowsky, of Indiana, to be Chief Executive Officer of the 
Corporation for National and Community Service. (Prior to this action, 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions was discharged from 
further consideration.)
  Thomas B. Wells, of Maryland, to be a Judge of the United States Tax 
Court for a term expiring fifteen years after he takes office. (Prior 
to this action, Committee on Finance was discharged from further 
consideration.)                                         
Pages S10103-04
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Michael Smith, of Oklahoma, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy 
(Fossil Energy).
  Lyons Brown, Jr., of Kentucky, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Austria.
  Clifford M. Sobel, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of 
the Netherlands.
  Cameron R. Hume, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
South Africa.
  Eric M. Javits, of New York, for the rank of Ambassador during his 
tenure of service as U.S. Representative to the Conference on 
Disarmament.
  Patrick Francis Kennedy, of Illinois, to be Alternate Representative 
of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly 
of the United Nations during his tenure of service as Representative of 
the United States of America to the United Nations for U.N. Management 
and Reform.
  Charles Curie, of Pennsylvania, to be Administrator of the Substance 
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Department of Health 
and Human Services.
  David E. O'Meilia, of Oklahoma, to be United States Attorney for the 
Northern District of Oklahoma for the term of four years.
  David R. Dugas, of Louisiana, to be United States Attorney for the 
Middle District of Louisiana for the term of four years.
  1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Army, Navy.                          
Page S10304
Additional Cosponsors:                                  
  Pages S10058-59
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:             
  Pages S10059-68
Additional Statements:                                  
  Pages S10056-58
Amendments Submitted:                               
  Pages S10068-S10103
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                               
  Page S10103
Authority for Committees to Meet:                           
  Page S10103
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--290) 
                                                   Pages S10031, S10054
Adjournment: Senate met at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 5:26 p.m., until 
10 a.m., on Wednesday, October 3, 2001. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S10104.)