[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 136 (Thursday, October 11, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1003-D1006]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                         Thursday, October 11, 2001

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Aviation Security Act.
      Senate passed Anti-Terrorism Act.
      The House passed H.J. Res. 68, making continuing appropriations 
      through October 23, 2001.
      House committees ordered reported six sundry measures.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S10533-S10670
Measures Introduced: Thirteen bills and two resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1530-1542, S.J. Res. 25, and S. Res. 171. 
                                                            Page S10640
Measures Reported:
  Special Report entitled ``Further Revised Allocation to Subcommittees 
of Budget Totals for Fiscal Year 2002.'' (S. Rept. No. 107-81)
  S. 739, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve programs 
for homeless veterans., with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 107-82)
  S. 1533, to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize and 
strengthen the health centers program and the National Health Service 
Corps, and to establish the Healthy Communities Access Program, which 
will help coordinate services for the uninsured and underinsured. (S. 
Rept. No. 107-83)
  S. 1536, making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health 
and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2002. (S. Rept. No. 107-84)
Page S10640
Measures Passed:
  Aviation Security Act: By a unanimous vote of 100 yeas (Vote No. 
295), Senate passed S. 1447, to improve aviation security, after taking 
action on the following amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S10533-37
Adopted:
  Breaux Amendment No. 1861, to require the National Institute of 
Justice to evaluate less-than-lethal weaponry and make recommendations 
to the Secretary of Transportation concerning arming flight deck crew 
on commercial flights with less-than-lethal weapons.
Pages S10490-92
  Hollings (for Inouye) Amendment No. 1865, to authorize the Secretary 
of Transportation to grant waivers for restrictions on air 
transportation of freight, mail, and medical supplies, personnel, and 
patients to, from, and within States with extraordinary air 
transportation needs or concerns during national emergencies. 
                                                            Page S10492
  Hollings (for Rockefeller) Amendment No. 1866, to establish minimum 
requirements for the antihijack training curriculum.
Pages S10492-93
  Hollings (for Rockefeller) Amendment No. 1867, to require screening 
of carry-on and checked baggage and other articles carried aboard an 
aircraft.
Pages S10492-93
  Hollings (for Rockefeller) Amendment No. 1868, to ensure that 
supplies carried aboard an aircraft are safe and secure. 
                                                        Pages S10492-93
  Smith (NH)/Murkowski Amendment No. 1874, to further provide for the 
safety of American aviation and the suppression of terrorism. 
                                                        Pages S10510-13
  McCain (for Domenici) Amendment No. 1876, to further enhance research 
and development regarding aviation security.
Pages S10516-17
  McCain (for Cleland) Amendment No. 1877, to expand the registration 
requirements with respect to airmen.
Page S10517
  McCain (for Thompson) Amendment No. 1878, to amend the Aviation 
Security Act to ensure that those responsible for security meet 
performance standards.
Pages S10517-19

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  McCain (for Lieberman) Amendment No. 1879, to require expanded 
utilization of current security technologies, and establish short-term 
assessment and deployment of emergency security technologies. 
                                                        Pages S10519-20
  Hollings (for Murray) Amendment No. 1880, to clarify the user fee 
funding mechanism.
Page S10520
  McCain Amendment No. 1881, to authorize the employment, suspension, 
and termination of airport passenger security screeners without regard 
to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, otherwise applicable 
to such employees.
Page S10520
  Burns Amendment No. 1875, to make the Attorney General responsible 
for aviation safety and security.
Pages S10513-16, 10520-21
  McCain (for Enzi) Amendment No. 1886, to provide for safety 
requirements for small community airports.
Pages S10523-24
  McCain (for Hutchison) Amendment No. 1887, to apply present law 
background and fingerprinting requirements to existing, as well as new, 
airport employees with access to security-sensitive areas. 
                                                            Page S10524
  McCain (for Hutchison) Amendment No. 1888, to require screening of 
all airport and airport concessionaire employees.
Page S10524
  McCain (for Inhofe) Amendment No. 1889, to require the Assistant 
Administrator for Civil Aviation Security to establish an employment 
register.
Pages S10524-26
  McCain (for Inhofe) Amendment No. 1890, to require a report on any 
air space restrictions put in place as a result of the September 11, 
2001, terrorist attacks that remain in place.
Pages S10524-26
  Hollings (for Feingold) Amendment No. 1891, to facilitate the 
voluntary provision of emergency services during commercial air 
flights.
Pages S10524-26
  Hollings/McCain Amendment No. 1892, to make certain minor and 
technical corrections.
Pages S10524-26
  McCain (for Inhofe) Amendment No. 1893, to require the Assistant 
Administrator for Civil Aviation Security to have certain detection 
technologies in place by September 30, 2002.
Pages S10524-26
  McCain (for Kohl) Modified Amendment No. 1873, to provide for 
enhanced security for aircraft.
Pages S10524-26
  Hollings (for Leahy) Amendment No. 1894, to amend title 49, United 
States Code, to provide for the Attorney General to report on the new 
responsibilities of the Department of Justice for aviation security 
under this Act.
Page S10527
  Hollings/McCain Amendment No. 1895, to make certain technical 
corrections.
Pages S10527-28
  McCain (for Jeffords) Amendment No. 1897 (to Amendment No. 1858, as 
previously agreed to), to give retired pilots the same preference as 
law enforcement officers to be air marshals.
Pages S10529-30
Rejected:
  Murkowski Amendment No. 1863, to establish age limitations for 
airmen. (By 53 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 294), Senate tabled the 
amendment.)
Pages S10508, S10526
Withdrawn:
  Daschle (for Carnahan) Amendment No. 1855, to provide assistance for 
employees who are separated from employment as a result of reductions 
in service by air carriers, and closures of airports, caused by 
terrorist actions or security measures.
Page S10515
  Warner/Allen Amendment No. 1896, to provide payment for losses 
incurred by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority and 
businesses at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport for limitations 
on the use of the airport after the September 11, 2001, terrorist 
attacks.
Pages S10528-29
  During consideration of this bill today, the Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 56 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 293), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
failed to agree to close further debate on Daschle (for Carnahan) 
Amendment No. 1855 (listed above).
Pages S10507-08
  Gramm Amendment No. 1859 (to Amendment No. 1855), to provide for the 
exploration, development, and production of oil and gas resources of 
the Arctic Coastal plains, fell when Daschle (for Carnahan) Amendment 
No. 1855 (listed above) was withdrawn.
Page S10488
  National Day of Remembrance: By a unanimous vote of 100 yeas (Vote 
No. 296), Senate passed S.J. Res. 25, designating September 11 as 
``National Day of Remembrance''.
  Pages S10538-39
  Anti-Terrorism Act: By 96 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. 302), Senate passed 
S. 1510, to deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and 
around the world, to enhance law enforcement investigatory tools, after 
taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                     Pages S10547-10630
Rejected:
  Feingold Amendment No. 1899, to make amendments to the provision 
relating to interception of computer trespasser communications. (By 83 
yeas to 13 nays (Vote No. 299), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                                        Pages S10570-75
  Feingold Amendment No. 1900, to limit the roving wiretap authority 
under FISA. (By 90 yeas to 7 nays (Vote No. 300), Senate tabled the 
amendment.)
Pages S10575-77
  Feingold Amendment No. 1901, to modify the provisions relating to 
access to business records

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under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978. (By 89 yeas to 
8 nays (Vote No. 301), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S10583-86
  Continuing Appropriations: Senate passed H.J. Res. 68, making further 
continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2002, clearing the 
measure for the President.
  Page S10668
  National Character Counts Week: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 204, 
expressing the sense of Congress regarding the establishment of 
National Character Counts Week.
  Pages S10668-70
Foreign Operations Appropriations: Senate began consideration of the 
motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 2506, making appropriations 
for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2002.
  Page S10667
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to proceed 
to consideration of the bill and, in accordance with the provisions of 
Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on the cloture 
motion will occur at 5:30 p.m., on Monday, October 15, 2001. 
                                                            Page S10667
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill, at 
4:30 p.m., on Monday, October 15, 2001.
Page S10667
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By unanimous vote of 100 yeas (Vote No. EX. 297), Barrington D. 
Parker, Jr., of Connecticut, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Second Circuit.
Page S10532
  By unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. EX. 298), Michael P. Mills, of 
Mississippi, to be United States District Judge for the Northern 
District of Mississippi.
Page S10532
  Timothy Mark Burgess, of Alaska, to be United States Attorney for the 
District of Alaska for the term of four years.
  Harry Sandlin Mattice, Jr., of Tennessee, to be United States 
Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee for the term of four 
years.
  Robert Garner McCampbell, of Oklahoma, to be United States Attorney 
for the Western District of Oklahoma for the term of four years.
  Matthew Hansen Mead, of Wyoming, to be United States Attorney for the 
District of Wyoming for the term of four years.
  Michael W. Mosman, of Oregon, to be United States Attorney for the 
District of Oregon for the term of four years.
  John W. Suthers, of Colorado, to be United States Attorney for the 
District of Colorado for the term of four years.
  Susan W. Brooks, of Indiana, to be United States Attorney for the 
Southern District of Indiana for the term of four years.
  John L. Brownlee, of Virginia, to be United States Attorney for the 
Western District of Virginia for the term of four years.
  Todd Peterson Graves, of Missouri, to be United States Attorney for 
the Western District of Missouri for the term of four years.
  Terrell Lee Harris, of Tennessee, to be United States Attorney for 
the Western District of Tennessee for the term of four years.
  David Claudio Iglesias, of New Mexico, to be United States Attorney 
for the District of New Mexico for the term of four years.
  Charles W. Larson, Sr., of Iowa, to be United States Attorney for the 
Northern District of Iowa for the term of four years.
  Steven M. Colloton, of Iowa, to be United States Attorney for the 
Southern District of Iowa for the term of four years.
  Gregory Gordon Lockhart, of Ohio, to be United States Attorney for 
the Southern District of Ohio for the term of four years.
  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.
Page S10532
Messages From the House:
  Page S10639
Measures Referred:
  Page S10639
Executive Communications:
  Pages S10639-40
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S10640-41
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S10641-55
Additional Statements:
  Pages S10637-39
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S10655-66
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S10667
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Page S10667
Privilege of the Floor:
  Page S10667
Record Votes: Ten record votes were taken today. (Total-302)
Adjournment: Senate met at 10 a.m., and adjourned at 12:09 a.m., until 
3:30 p.m., on Monday,

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October 15, 2001. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting 
Majority Leader in today's Record on page S10532.)