[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 162 (Wednesday, November 28, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1171-D1172]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                       Wednesday, November 28, 2001

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House committees ordered reported 11 sundry measures.
      The House passed H.R. 3338, Department of Defense Appropriations 
      and Emergency Supplemental Act for FY 2002


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S12065-S12112
Measures Introduced: Six bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1736-1741, S. Res. 184, and S. Con. Res. 86.
  Page S12100
Measures Reported:
  S. 565, to establish the Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures 
to study and make recommendations regarding election technology, 
voting, and election administration, to establish a grant program under 
which the Office of Justice Programs and the Civil Rights Division of 
the Department of Justice shall provide assistance to States and 
localities in improving election technology and the administration of 
Federal elections, to require States to meet uniform and 
nondiscriminatory election technology and administration requirements 
for the 2004 Federal elections.
Page S12100
Measures Passed:
  Native American Women's Health: Senate passed S. 1741, to amend title 
XIX of the Social Security Act to clarify that Indian women with breast 
or cervical cancer who are eligible for health services provided under 
a medical care program of the Indian Health Service or of a tribal 
organization are included in the optional medicaid eligibility category 
of breast or cervical cancer patients added by the Breast and Cervical 
Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act of 2000.
  Page S12111
Comprehensive Retirement Security and Pension Reform Act: Senate 
continued consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of 
H.R. 10, to provide for pension reform.
  Pages S12065-67, S12075-96
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill at 
9:00 a.m., Thursday, November 29, 2001, with a vote on a motion to 
close further debate on the motion to proceed to consideration of the 
bill to occur at approximately 10 a.m.
Pages S12066-67
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  James Gilleran, of California, to be Director of the Office of Thrift 
Supervision for the remainder of the term expiring October 23, 2002.
  Randall S. Kroszner, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Council of 
Economic Advisers.
  Eni F.H. Faleomavaega, of American Samoa, to be a Representative of 
the United States of America to the Fifty-sixth Session of the General 
Assembly of the United Nations. (Prior to this action, Committee on 
Foreign Relations was discharged from further consideration.)
  Steven Joseph Chabot, of Ohio, to be a Representative of the United 
States of America to the Fifty-sixth Session of the General Assembly of 
the United Nations. (Prior to this action, Committee on Foreign 
Relations was discharged from further consideration.)
Page S12112
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Francis L. Cramer III, of New Hampshire, to be a Judge of the United 
States Tax Court for a term expiring fifteen years after he takes 
office.
  Kenneth P. Moorefield, of Florida, a Career Member of the Senior 
Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to serve concurrently and 
without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Democratic 
Republic of Sao Tome and Principe.
Page S12112
Messages From the House:
  Pages S12099-S12100
Measures Referred:
  Page S12100
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S12100
Measures Read First Time:
  Page S12100

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Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S12100-01
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S12101-09
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S12110-11
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S12111
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Page S12111
Adjournment: Senate met at 10:30 a.m., and adjourned at 6:38 p.m., 
until 9 a.m., on Thursday, November 29, 2001. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S12112.)