[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 149 (Thursday, November 1, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1081-D1083]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                         Thursday, November 1, 2001

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.
      Senate agreed to the conference reports on Energy and Water 
      Development Appropriations, Treasury, Postal Service, and General 
      Government Appropriations, and the Legislative Branch 
      Appropriations.
      The House passed H.R. 3150, Airport Security Federalization Act.
      The House agreed to the conference report on H.R. 2647, 
      Legislative Branch Appropriations.
      The House agreed to the conference report on H.R. 2311, Energy 
      and Water Appropriations.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S11299-S11398
Measures Introduced: Nineteen bills and two resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1609-1627, and S. Res. 175-176. 
                                                            Page S11362
Measures Reported:
  S. 1428, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2002 for 
intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States 
Government, the Community Management Account of the Director of Central 
Intelligence, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and 
Disability System, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 107-92)
Page S11361
Measures Passed:
  Honoring Penn State Coach Joe Paterno: Senate agreed to S. Res. 175, 
honoring Penn State football coach Joe Paterno.
  Page S11309
Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations Act: Senate continued consideration 
of H.R. 3061, making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S11300-09, S11310-17, S11320-29, S11340-44, S11345-51
Adopted:
  By 81 yeas to 19 nays (Vote No. 317), Landrieu Amendment No. 2058, to 
redistribute certain funds under title I of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965.
Pages S11308-09, S11310-14, S11315
  Inhofe Amendment No. 2018, to amend the funding levels for certain 
activities under the Impact Aid program under the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965.
Page S11324
  Reid (for Bingaman/Domenici) Amendment No. 2062, to provide for an 
election of an annuity under section 377 of title 28, United States 
Code, for any qualified magistrate judge.
Pages S11324-26
  Reid (for Sessions/Helms) Amendment No. 2063, to require the 
Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services to 
audit all Federal amounts allocated for AIDS prevention programs and to 
report to Congress concerning programs offering sexually explicit 
workshops using any of such amounts.
Pages S11324-26
  Reid (for Sessions) Amendment No. 2064, to provide for a study and 
report regarding Federal student loan disbursements to students 
attending foreign schools.
Pages S11324-26
  Reid (for Brownback/Roberts) Amendment No. 2065, to provide 
clarifying language regarding Section 134 of H.R. 2217, with respect to 
Indian gaming industry.
Pages S11324-26
  Reid (for Clinton) Amendment No. 2066, to provide funding for 
services for children relating to crises.
Pages S11324-26
  Reid (for Torricelli) Amendment No. 2067, to express the sense of the 
Senate concerning the provisions of assistance for airport career 
centers to enable such centers to serve workers in the airline and 
related industries who have been dislocated as a result

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of the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center. 
                                                        Pages S11324-26
  Reid (for Torricelli) Amendment No. 2068, to express the sense of the 
Senate concerning assistance for individuals with disabilities who 
require vocational rehabilitation services as a result of the September 
11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center.
Pages S11324-26
  Reid (for Torricelli) Amendment No. 2069, to express the sense of the 
Senate regarding reimbursement of certain hospitals testing and 
treating individuals for exposure to anthrax.
Pages S11324-26
  Reid (for Torricelli) Amendment No. 2070, to express the sense of the 
Senate regarding lead poisoning screenings and treatments under the 
medicaid program.
Pages S11324-26
  Reid (for Torricelli) Amendment No. 2071, to express the sense of the 
Senate that States should be authorized to use SCHIP funds for lead 
poisoning screenings and treatments.
Pages S11324-26
  Reid (for Torricelli) Amendment No. 2072, to express the sense of the 
Senate that the Secretary of Health and Human Services should establish 
a bonus program for improvement of childhood lead screening rates. 
                                                        Pages S11324-26
  Subsequently, the amendment was modified.
Pages S11324-26, S11345
  Reid (for Specter) Amendment No. 2073, to strike provisions regarding 
allowable use of federal funds for stem cell research. 
                                                        Pages S11324-26
  Harkin (for Miller) Amendment No. 2076, to provide current year 
funding for the National Skills Standards Board.
Pages S11350-51
  Harkin Amendment No. 2077, to provide for administrative expenses 
reduction from departmental management for the Department of Labor, 
Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of 
Education.
Pages S11350-51
  Harkin (for Feingold) Amendment No. 2078, to provide for increased 
funding for automatic external defibrillators in rural communities, 
offset by administrative cost reductions.
Pages S11350-51
  Harkin (for Graham) Amendment No. 2079, to provide additional funding 
to carry out the Ecstasy Anti-Proliferation Act of 2000. 
                                                        Pages S11350-51
  Harkin (for DeWine/Rockefeller) Amendment No. 2080, to increase the 
appropriation for the Promoting Safe and Stable Families program. 
                                                        Pages S11350-51
  Harkin (for Landrieu) Amendment No. 2081, to increase the 
appropriation for the Close Up Fellowship Program.
Pages S11350-51
  Harkin (for Clinton) Amendment No. 2082, to make funding available 
under title V of the Public Health Service Act for mental health 
providers serving public safety workers affected by the terrorist 
attacks of September 11, 2001.
Pages S11350-51
  Harkin (for Hatch/Reid/Domenici) Amendment No. 2083, to provide 
funding for cancer prevention and screening programs under the 
Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2000. 
                                                        Pages S11350-51
  Harkin (for Bingaman) Amendment No. 2084, to provide funding for 
Hispanic education programs.
Pages S11350-51
  Harkin (for Smith (NH)) Amendment No. 2085, to express the sense of 
the Senate concerning research on, and services for individuals with, 
post-abortion depression and psychosis.
Pages S11350-51
  Harkin (for Lieberman) Amendment No. 2086, to amend the Public Health 
Service Act to provide a short title for a children's traumatic stress 
program.
Pages S11350-51
  Harkin Amendment No. 2087, to modify the calculation of State 
expenditures for eligible States under title IV of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965.
Pages S11350-51
Rejected:
  By 46 yeas to 54 nays (Vote No. 316), Gregg/DeWine Amendment No. 
2056, to provide funding for targeted grants under the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965.
Pages S11300-08, S11314-15
  By 40 yeas to 59 nays (Vote No. 318), Hutchinson/Nickles Amendment 
No. 2074, to prohibit the use of funds under the National Labor 
Relations Act for the finding of unfair labor practices relating to 
certain no-solicitation or no-access rules.
Pages S11326-29
  Kyl Amendment No. 2075, to provide that the Federal government give 
priority to Indian, Military and Impact Aid schools when it allocates 
funds for school renovation and repair. (By 57 yeas to 41 nays (Vote 
No. 319), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Page S11341
Pending:
  Daschle Amendment No. 2044, to provide collective bargaining rights 
for public safety officers employed by States or their political 
subdivisions.
Page S11300
  Gramm Modified Amendment No. 2055 (to Amendment No. 2044), to 
preserve the freedom and constitutional rights of firefighters, law 
enforcement officers and public safety officers.
Pages S11300, S11302
Energy and Water Development Appropriations--Conference Report: By 96 
yeas to 2 nays

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(Vote No. 320), Senate agreed to the conference report on H.R. 2311, 
making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2002, clearing the measure for the President.
                                     Pages S11333-37, S11338-40, S11344
Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations--
Conference Report: By 83 yeas to 15 nays (Vote No. 321), Senate agreed 
to the conference report on H.R. 2590, making appropriations for the 
Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive 
Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, clearing the measure for the 
President.
  Pages S11329-33, S11344-45
Legislative Branch Appropriations--Conference Report: Senate agreed to 
the conference report on H.R. 2647, making appropriations for the 
Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, 
clearing the measure for the President.
  Pages S11397-98
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a notice stating that the emergency 
declared with respect to the Government of Sudan on November 3, 1997 is 
to continue in effect beyond November 3, 2001; to the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-53)
Page S11361
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, the Periodic Report on the National 
Emergency with respect to Sudan for the period beginning May 2001 and 
ending October 2001; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs. (PM-54)
Page S11361
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Kenneth P. Moorefield, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Gabonese 
Republic.
  Frederick R. Heebe, of Louisiana, to be United States Attorney for 
the Eastern District of Louisiana for the term of four years.
  David Preston York, of Alabama, to be United States Attorney for the 
Southern District of Alabama for the term of four years.
  John D. Ong, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to Norway.
  Richard S. Williamson, of Illinois, to be an 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 Alternate 
Representative of the United States of America for Special Political 
Affairs in the United Nations.
  Richard S. Williamson, of Illinois, to be Alternate Representative of 
the United States of America for Special Political Affairs in the 
United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador.
Page S11398
Messages From the House:
  Page S11361
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S11300
Executive Communications:
  Page S11361
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Pages S11361-62
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S11362-63
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S11363-90
Additional Statements:
  Pages S11360-61
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S11390-96
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Pages S11396-97
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Page S11397
Privilege of the Floor:
  Page S11397
Record Votes: Six record votes were taken today. (Total--321) 
                                        Pages S11315, S11329, S11344-45
Recess: Senate met at 10 a.m., and recessed at 8:09 p.m., until 10 
a.m., on Friday, November 2, 2001.