[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 131 (Wednesday, October 3, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D968-D969]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                         Wednesday, October 3, 2001

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Vietnam Trade Act.
      House Committees ordered reported 13 sundry measures.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S10105-S10256
Measures Introduced: Thirteen bills and two resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1486-1498, and S. Res. 166-167. 
                                                            Page S10154
Measures Passed:
  Vietnam Trade Act: By 88 yeas to 12 nays (Vote No. 291), Senate 
passed H.J. Res. 51, approving the extension of nondiscriminatory 
treatment with respect to the products of the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam, clearing the measure for the President.        
  Pages S10105-26
  Ambassador Douglas ``Pete'' Peterson Recognition: Senate agreed to S. 
Res. 167, recognizing Ambassador Douglas ``Pete'' Peterson for his 
service to the United States as the first American ambassador to 
Vietnam since the Vietnam War.                          
  Pages S10140-41
  Need-Based Educational Aid Act: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of H.R. 768, to amend the 
Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 to extend the favorable 
treatment of need-based educational aid under the antitrust laws, and 
the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the following amendment 
proposed thereto:                                           
  Page S10252
  Reid (for Kohl) Amendment No. 1844, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                        Pages S10252-53
Aviation Security Act: Senate began consideration of the motion to 
proceed to consideration of S. 1447, to improve aviation security. 
                                                        Pages S10128-40
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the bill and, in 
accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a vote on the cloture motion could occur on Friday, October 
5, 2001.                                                    
Page S10128
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill at 
10 a.m., on Thursday, October 4, 2001.                      
Page S10253
Measures Indefinitely Postponed:
  Vietnam Nondiscriminatory Trade Extension: S. J. Res. 16, approving 
the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment to the products of the 
Socialist Republic of Vietnam.                              
  Page S10252
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  Robert W. Jordan, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi 
Arabia.                                            
Pages S10252, S10256
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Sichan Siv, of Texas, to be Representative of the United States of 
America on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, with 
the rank of Ambassador.
  Gaddi H. Vasquez, of California, to be Director of the Peace Corps.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.
  A routine list in the Coast Guard.                        
Page S10256
Messages From the House:                                
  Pages S10150-51
Measures Referred:                                          
  Page S10151
Executive Communications:                               
  Pages S10151-53
Executive Reports of Committees:                        
  Pages S10153-54
Additional Cosponsors:                                  
  Pages S10154-56
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:             
  Pages S10156-65
Additional Statements:                                  
  Pages S10148-50
Amendments Submitted:                                   
  Pages S10166-68
Authority for Committees to Meet:                           
  Page S10168
Text of S. 1438 as Previously Passed:               
  Pages S10168-S10252
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--291) 
                                                            Page S10126

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Adjournment: Senate met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:50 p.m., until 10 
a.m., on Thursday, October 4, 2001. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S10256.)