[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 154 (Thursday, November 8, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1117-D1118]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                         Thursday, November 8, 2001

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Intelligence Authorization Act.
       Senate agreed to VA/HUD Appropriations Conference Report.
      The House agreed to the conference report on H.R. 2620, VA, HUD 
      Appropriations.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S11567-S11635
Measures Introduced: Seventeen bills and one resolution were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1653-1669, and S. Con. Res. 81. 
                                                        Pages S11611-12
Measures Reported:
  Special Report entitled ``Further Revised Allocation to Subcommittees 
of Budget Totals for Fiscal Year 2002''. (S. Rept. No. 107-95)
  Report to accompany S. 1319, to authorize appropriations for the 
Department of Justice for fiscal year 2002. (S. Rept. No. 107-96)
  S. Res. 23, expressing the sense of the Senate that the President 
should award the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously to Dr. 
Benjamin Elijah Mays in honor of his distinguished career as an 
educator, civil and human rights leader, and public theologian.
  S. 1094, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for 
research, information, and education with respect to blood cancer, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 1459, to designate the Federal building and United States 
courthouse located at 550 West Fort Street in Boise, Idaho, as the 
``James A. McClure Federal Building and United States Courthouse''.
  S. 1630, to extend for 6 additional months the period for which 
chapter 12 of title 11, United States Code, is reenacted.
  S.J. Res. 28, suspending certain provisions of law pursuant to 
section 258(a)(2) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985.                                                
Page S11611
Measures Passed:
  Intelligence Authorization Act: By a unanimous vote of 100 yeas (Vote 
No. 332), Senate passed H.R. 2883, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2002 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities 
of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and 
the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, after 
striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof 
the text of S. 1428 (Senate companion measure), and after agreeing to 
the committee amendments and the following amendments proposed thereto:
                                                        Pages S11568-90
Adopted:
  Graham/Shelby Amendment No. 2115 (to Amendment No. 2114), of a 
perfectingnature.                                           
Page S11583
  Smith (NH) Amendment No. 2114, to provide for new procedures for the 
removal of alien terrorists and the protection of United States 
citizens from international terrorism.                  
Pages S11576-83
  Graham Amendment No. 2116, to instruct the Director of Central 
Intelligence to provide any technical modifications to existing legal 
authorities needed to facilitate Intelligence Community 
counterterrorism efforts.                                   
Page S11583
  Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair was authorized to appoint the following 
conferees on the part of the Senate: Senators Graham, Levin, 
Rockefeller, Feinstein, Wyden, Durbin, Bayh, Edwards, Mikulski, Shelby, 
Kyl, Inhofe, Hatch, Roberts, DeWine, Thompson, and Lugar; and from the 
Committee on Armed Services: Senators Reed and Warner.      
Page S11592
  Welcoming India's Prime Minister: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 81, 
expressing the sense of Congress to welcome the Prime Minister of 
India, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, on the occasion of his visit to

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the United States, and to affirm that India is a valued friend and 
partner and an important ally in the campaign against international 
terrorism.                                         
  Pages S11630, S11633
VA/HUD APPROPRIATIONS--CONFERENCE REPORT: By 87 yeas to 7 nays (Vote 
No. 334), Senate agreed to the conference report on H.R. 2620, making 
appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and 
Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, 
commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2002, clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                    Pages S11594-S11603
Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement was 
reachedproviding for the consideration of the nomination of Edith Brown 
Clement, of Louisiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth 
Circuit, at 2:15 p.m., on Tuesday, November 13, 2001, with a vote on 
confirmation of the nomination to occur at 2:30 p.m.        
  Page S11590
Messages From the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, the Calendar Year 1999 reports on 
activities under the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 
1966, the Highway Safety Act of 1966, and the Motor Vehicle Information 
and Cost Savings Act of 1972; to the Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation. (PM-55)                                     
Page S11610
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. 333), Terry L. Wooten, of 
South Carolina, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
South Carolina.                                         
Pages S11590-92
  Marvin R. Sambur, of Indiana, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air 
Force.
  Frederico Juarbe, Jr., of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of 
Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training. (Prior to this action, 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions was discharged from 
further consideration.)
  Jay B. Stephens, of Virginia, to be Associate Attorney General.
  Mary L. Walker, of California, to be General Counsel of the 
Department of the Air Force.
  Sandra L. Pack, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Army.
  Dale Klein, of Texas, to be Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for 
Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs.
  R. L. Brownlee, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of the Army. 
                                                            Page S11635
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  David W. McKeague, of Michigan, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Sixth Circuit.
  Susan Bieke Neilson, of Michigan, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Sixth Circuit.
  Henry W. Saad, of Michigan, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Sixth Circuit.
  Ralph R. Beistline, of Alaska, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Alaska.
  Claude M. Bolton, Jr., of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
the Army.
  2 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  A routine list in the Army.                               
Page S11635
Messages From the House:                                    
  Page S11610
Executive Communications:                               
  Pages S11610-11
Executive Reports of Committees:                            
  Page S11611
Additional Cosponsors:                                      
  Page S11612
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:             
  Pages S11612-30
Additional Statements:                                  
  Pages S11609-10
Amendments Submitted:                                   
  Pages S11630-31
Authority for Committees to Meet:                       
  Pages S11631-32
Privilege of the Floor:                                     
  Page S11632
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total-334) 
                                           Pages S11587, S11592, S11603
Adjournment: Senate met at 10 a.m., and adjourned at 6:02 p.m., until 
10 a.m., on Friday, November 9, 2001. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S11635.)