[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 142 (Tuesday, October 23, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1041-D1042]
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                                          Tuesday, October 23, 2001

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S10853-S10905
Foreign Operations Appropriations: By unanimous consent, Senate agreed 
to 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, and then began 
consideration of the bill, agreeing to the committee amendment in the 
nature of a substitute, and the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                     Pages S10853-68, S10871, S10879-99
  Leahy/McConnell Amendment No. 1909, providing that this Act shall be 
cited as the Kenneth M. Ludden Foreign Operations, Export Financing, 
and Related Programs Appropriations Act, Fiscal Year 2002. 
                                                        Pages S10896-99
  McConnell/Leahy Amendment No. 1910, to prohibit assistance to the 
government of any nation that harbored or financed individuals involved 
in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States. 
                                                        Pages S10896-99
  McConnell (for Brownback) Amendment No. 1911, to authorize assistance 
to the Government of Cambodia's Ministry of Women and Veteran's Affairs 
to combat human trafficking.
Pages S10896-99
  Leahy/McConnell Amendment No. 1912, providing funds for 
administrative expenses of the United States Agency for International 
Development.
Pages S10896-99
  Leahy/McConnell Amendment No. 1913, to make certain technical 
corrections.
Pages S10896-99
  Leahy Amendment No. 1914, to make certain technical corrections. 
                                                        Pages S10896-99
  McConnell (for Helms) Amendment No. 1915, to allocate and provide for 
notification of expenditure of certain funds.
Pages S10896-99
  McConnell/Leahy Amendment No. 1916, to extend the reporting 
requirements of title III of the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act. 
                                                        Pages S10896-99
  McConnell/Leahy Amendment No. 1917, to make certain technical 
corrections.
Pages S10896-99
  Leahy/McConnell Amendment No. 1918, to make certain technical 
corrections.
Pages S10896-99
  Leahy/McConnell Amendment No. 1919, to make certain technical 
corrections.
Pages S10896-99
  McConnell Amendment No. 1920, to support an education initiative in 
Armenia to provide computer equipment and internet access to Armenian 
primary and secondary schools.
Pages S10896-99
  During consideration of this bill today, the Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 50 yeas to 47 nays, and 1 responding present (Vote No. 306), 
three-fifth of those Senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in 
the affirmative, Senate failed to close further debate on the motion to 
proceed to consideration of the bill.
Page S10856
  Daschle motion to reconsider the vote (Vote No. 306) by which the 
motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration of 
the bill was not agreed to, was rendered moot when the Senate, by 
unanimous consent, agreed to proceed to consideration of the bill. 
                                                   Pages S10856, S10871
Messages From the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, the Annual Report of the Railroad 
Retirement Board for Fiscal Year 2000; to the Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions. (PM-50)
Page S10902
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By unanimous vote of 100 yeas (Vote No. 307), James H. Payne, of 
Oklahoma, to be United States District Judge for the Northern, Eastern 
and Western Districts of Oklahoma.
Pages S10868-70, S10905
  By unanimous vote of 100 yeas (Vote No. 308), Karen K. Caldwell, of 
Kentucky, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District 
of Kentucky.
Pages S10870-71, S10905
  By unanimous vote of 100 yeas (Vote No. 309), Laurie Smith Camp, of 
Nebraska, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Nebraska.
Pages S10871, S10905
  By unanimous vote of 99 yeas (Vote No. 310), Claire V. Eagan, of 
Oklahoma, to be United States

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District Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma. 
                                                   Pages S10871, S10905
  Phillip Bond, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for 
Technology.
  Anna Mills S. Wagoner, of North Carolina, to be United States 
Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina for the term of four 
years.
  Margaret M. Chiara, of Michigan, to be United States Attorney for the 
Western District of Michigan for the term of four years.
  Robert J. Conrad, Jr., of North Carolina, to be United States 
Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina for the term of 
four years.
  Thomas C. Gean, of Arkansas, to be United States Attorney for the 
Western District of Arkansas for the term of four years.
  James Ming Greenlee, of Mississippi, to be United States Attorney for 
the Northern District of Mississippi for the term of four years.
  Raymond W. Gruender, of Missouri, to be United States Attorney for 
the Eastern District of Missouri for the term of four years.
  Jay S. Bybee, of Nevada, to be an Assistant Attorney General.
  Daniel G. Bogden, of Nevada, to be United States Attorney for the 
District of Nevada for the term of four years.
  Thomas M. DiBiagio, of Maryland, to be United States Attorney for the 
District of Maryland for the term of four years.
  Thomas E. Johnston, of West Virginia, to be United States Attorney 
for the Northern District of West Virginia for the term of four years.
  Donald W. Washington, of Louisiana, to be United States Attorney for 
the Western District of Louisiana for the term of four years.
  Patrick J. Fitzgerald, of Illinois, to be United States Attorney for 
the Northern District of Illinois for the term of four years.
  John McKay, of Washington, to be United States Attorney for the 
Western District of Washington for the term of four years.
  Karl K. Warner II, of West Virginia, to be United States Attorney for 
the Southern District of West Virginia for the term of four years.
  John H. Marburger III, of New York, to be Director of the Office of 
Science and Technology Policy.
  10 Coast Guard nominations in the rank of admiral.
  A routine list in the Coast Guard.
Pages S10904-05
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Arden Bement, Jr., of Indiana, to be Director of the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology.
  Melvin F. Sembler, of Florida, to be Ambassador to Italy.
  Robert M. Beecroft, of Maryland, a Career Member of the Senior 
Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, for the rank of 
Ambassador during his tenure of service as Head of Mission, 
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Bosnia and 
Herzegovina.
  Charles Lester Prichard, of Virginia, for the rank of Ambassador 
during his tenure of service as Special Envoy for Negotiations with the 
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and United States 
Representative to the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization 
(KEDO).
  John Marshall, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development.
Page S10905
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S10902
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S10902-03
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Page S10903
Privilege of the Floor:
  Page S10903
Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total--310) 
                                                Pages S10856, S10870-71
Adjournment: Senate met at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 6:33 p.m., until 
10:30 a.m., on Wednesday, October 24, 2001.