[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 169 (Friday, December 7, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1219-D1225]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                           Friday, December 7, 2001

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Department of Defense Appropriations Act.
      Senate agreed to District of Columbia Appropriations Conference 
      Report.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S12581-S12753
Measures Introduced: Eight bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1783-1790, S. Res. 188, and S. Con. Res. 89. 
                                                        Pages S12681-82
Measures Reported:
  H.R. 2336, to make permanent the authority to redact financial 
disclosure statements of judicial employees and judicial officers. (S. 
Rept. No. 107-111)
  S. 835, to establish the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge 
in the State of Michigan., with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 107-112)
  H.R. 700, to reauthorize the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997, 
with an amendment. (S. Rept. No. 107-113)
  S. 1621, to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to carry out a 
program for the protection of the health and safety of community 
members, volunteers, and workers in a disaster area. (S. Rept. No. 107-
114)
  S. 1623, to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act to direct the President to appoint Children's 
Coordinating Officers for disaster areas in which children have lost 1 
or more custodial parents. (S. Rept. No. 107-115)
  S. 1624, to establish the Office of World Trade Center Attack Claims 
to pay claims for injury to businesses and property suffered as a 
result of the attack on the World Trade Center in New York City that 
occurred on September 11, 2001, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 107-116)
  Report to accompany S. 1731, to strengthen the safety net for 
agricultural producers, to enhance resource conservation and rural 
development, to provide for farm credit, agricultural research, 
nutrition, and related programs, to ensure consumers abundant food and 
fiber. (S. Rept. No. 107-117)
  S. Con. Res. 80, expressing the sense of Congress regarding the 30th 
anniversary of the enactment of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act.
Page S12681
Measures Passed:
  Department of Defense Appropriations: Senate passed H.R. 3338, making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2002, after taking action on the following amendments 
proposed thereto:
  Pages S12586-S12676
Adopted:
  Reid (for Wellstone) Amendment No. 2325, to treat certain National 
Guard duty as military service under the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil 
Relief Act of 1940.
Pages S12607-12
  By 78 yeas to 21 nays (Vote No. 359), Helms Amendment No. 2336, to 
protect United States military personnel and other elected and 
appointed officials of the United States Government against criminal 
prosecution by an international criminal court to which the United 
States is not party.
Pages S12612-28
  Stevens (for Gramm/McCain) Amendment No. 2352, to provide the 
President the authority to increase national security and save lives. 
                                                            Page S12650
  Bond/Carnahan Amendment No. 2353, to express the Sense of Congress 
that the military aircraft industrial base of the United States be 
preserved.
Pages S12651-53
  Bond Amendment No. 2354, to require procedures that ensure the fair 
and equitable resolution of labor integration issues in transactions 
for the combination of air carriers.
Pages S12653-54
  Bond Amendment No. 2355, to provide funding for necessary expenses of 
the HUBZone program authorized under the Small Business Act. 
                                                            Page S12655
  Torricelli Amendment No. 2356, to require a production grant of 
$2,000,000 to Green Tree Chemical

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Technologies in order to sustain the company through fiscal year 2002. 
                                                        Pages S12655-56
  Byrd/Stevens/Inouye Amendment No. 2348, in the nature of a 
substitute.
Page S12648
  Stevens (for Nickles) Amendment No. 2357, to make available from 
research, development, test and evaluation, Air Force, up to $4,000,000 
to extend the modeling and reengineering program now being performed at 
the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center Propulsion Directorate. 
                                                        Pages S12656-57
  Stevens (for Lott) Amendment No. 2358, to increase by $7,500,000 the 
amount available for Armed Forces Retirement.
Pages S12656-57
  Stevens (for Kennedy Amendment No. 2359, to set aside Marine Corps 
operation and maintenance for completing the fielding of half-zip, 
pullover, fleece uniform shirts for all members of the Marine Corps, 
including the Marine Corps reserve.
Pages S12656-57
  Inouye (for Reid) Amendment No. 2360, to make available from aircraft 
procurement, Air Force, $6,000,000 for 10 radars in the Air Force Radar 
Modernization Program for C-130H2 aircraft (PE040115) for aircraft of 
the Nevada Air National Guard at Reno, Nevada.
Pages S12656-57
  Inouye (for Reid) Amendment No. 2361, to make available from 
research, development, test, and evaluation, Army, $3,000,000 for 
Medical Development (PE604771N) for the Clark County, Nevada, 
bioterrorism and public health laboratory.
Pages S12656-57
  Inouye (for Reid) Amendment No. 2362, to make available from 
research, development, test, and evaluation, Air Force, $1,000,000 for 
Agile Combat Support (PE64617) for the Rural Low Bandwidth Medical 
Collaboration System.
Pages S12656-57
  Stevens (for Warner) Amendment No. 2363, to set aside funds for the 
critical infrastructure protection initiative of the Navy. 
                                                        Pages S12656-57
  Inouye (for Lincoln) Amendment No. 2364, to make available from 
research, development, test and evaluation, Air Force, $2,000,000 for 
Battlespace Logistics Readiness and Sustainment project in 
Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Pages S12656-57
  Inouye Amendment No. 2365, to provide funds for the Counter Narcotics 
and Terrorism Operational Medical Support Program.
Pages S12656-57
  Stevens (for McConnell) Amendment No. 2366, to require an assessment 
of various alternatives to the current Army plan for the destruction of 
chemical weapons.
Pages S12656-57
  Inouye (for Kerry) Amendment No. 2367, to make available $12,500,000 
from research, development, test, and evaluation, Defense-wide, for 
operational nuclear test monitoring requirements of the Air Force. 
                                                        Pages S12657-59
  Inouye (for Kerry/Kennedy) Amendment No. 2368, to make available 
$14,200,000 for procurement for the Air Force for procurement of Sensor 
Fused Weapons (CBU-97).
Pages S12657-59
  Inouye (for Feinstein) Amendment No. 2369, to make available from 
other procurement, Navy, $8,000,000 for procurement of the Tactical 
Support Center, Mobile Acoustic Analysis System.
Pages S12657-59
  Inouye (for Kennedy) Amendment No. 2370, to set aside funds for 
continuation of the Air National Guard Information Analysis Network 
(GUARDIAN).
Pages S12657-59
  Inouye (for Kennedy) Amendment No. 2371, to set aside a specified 
amount of operation and maintenance, Defense-wide funds for the DLAMP 
program.
Pages S12657-59
  Stevens (for Helms/Edwards) Amendment No. 2372, to provide funding 
for the Display Performance and Environmental Evaluation Laboratory 
Project of the Army Research Laboratory.
Pages S12657-59
  Stevens (for Helms) Amendment No. 2373, to expand the number of U.S. 
Navy combat aircrews who can benefit from Airborne Tactical Adversary 
Electronic Warfare/Electronic Attack training.
Pages S12657-59
  Stevens (for Helms) Amendment No. 2374, to expand the number of U.S. 
Air Force combat aircrews who can benefit from Airborne Tactical 
Adversary Electronic Warfare/Electronic Attack training. 
                                                        Pages S12657-59
  Inouye Amendment No. 2375, to express the sense of the Senate 
regarding environmental contamination and health effects emanating from 
the former United States military facilities in the Philippines. 
                                                        Pages S12657-59
  Stevens (for Warner) Amendment No. 2376, to authorize the burial in 
Arlington National Cemetery of any former Reservist who died in the 
September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and would have been eligible for 
burial in Arlington National Cemetery but for age at time of death. 
                                                        Pages S12657-59
  Stevens (for Burns) Amendment No. 2377, to provide for the retention 
of certain contracting authorities by the Department of Interior's 
National Business Center.
Pages S12657-59
  Stevens Amendment No. 2378, to set aside funds for the Product 
Improved Combat Vehicle Crewman's Headset.
Pages S12657-59
  Stevens (for McConnell) Amendment No. 2379, to set aside funds to be 
used to support development and testing of new designs of low cost 
digital modems for wideband common data link.
Pages S12657-59

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  Stevens (for Gregg) Amendment No. 2380, to set aside Army RDT&E funds 
for research and development of key enabling technologies for producing 
low cost, improved performance, reduced signature, multifunctional 
composite materials.
Pages S12657-59
  Stevens (for Shelby) Amendment No. 2381, to set aside Army RDT&E 
funding for certain programs.
Pages S12657-59
  Inouye (for Biden) Amendment No. 2382, to make available from 
research, development, test, and evaluation, Army, $5,000,000 to 
develop high-performance 8mm and 120mm mortar systems that use metal 
matrix composites to substantially reduce the weight of such systems. 
                                                        Pages S12657-59
  Stevens (for Specter) Amendment No. 2383, to set aside Air Force 
RDT&E funds for human effectiveness applied research (PE602202F) for 
continuing development under the solid electrolyte oxygen separation 
program of the Air Force.
Pages S12657-59
  Stevens (for Grassley) Amendment No. 2384, to continue to apply in 
fiscal year 2002 a requirement (in an Appropriations Act for the 
Department of Defense for a previous fiscal year) for matching each 
Department of Defense disbursement in excess of $500,000 to a 
particular obligation before the disbursement is made. 
                                                        Pages S12657-59
  Stevens (for Voinovich) Amendment No. 2385, to set aside Army RDT&E 
funds for the Three-Dimensional Ultrasound Imaging Initiative II. 
                                                        Pages S12657-59
  Inouye (for Kerry) Amendment No. 2386, to make available from 
research, development, test, and evaluation, Army, $5,000,000 for the 
Surveillance Denial Solid Dye Laser Technology program of the Aviation 
and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center of the Army. 
                                                            Page S12659
  Inouye (for Feinstein) Amendment No. 2387, to make available from 
other procurement, Army, $10,000,000 for procurement of Shortstop 
Electronic Protection Systems for critical force protection. 
                                                            Page S12659
  Inouye (for Feinstein) Amendment No. 2388, to make available from 
research, development, test, and evaluation, Navy, $20,000,000 for the 
Broad Area Maritime Surveillance program.
Page S12659
  Stevens (for Lugar) Amendment No. 2389, to increase by $46,000,000 
the amount available for former Soviet Union threat reduction and to 
provide an offset.
Page S12659
  Stevens (for Lott) Amendment No. 2390, to provide funding for a 
Processible Rigid-Rod Polymeric Material Supplier Initiative under 
title III of the Defense Production Act of 1950.
Page S12659
  Stevens (for Lott) Amendment No. 2391, to increase by $2,000,000 the 
amount available for Military Personnel Research (PE61103D). 
                                                            Page S12659
  Stevens (for Lott) Amendment No. 2392, to express the support of the 
Senate for the Air Force's long-range beddown plan for the C-130J 
fleet.
Page S12659
  Stevens (for Helms/Edwards) Amendment No. 2393, to provide funding 
for the U.S. Army Materiel Command's Logistics and Technology Project 
(LOGTECH).
Page S12659
  Stevens (for Lott) Amendment No. 2394, to increase by $5,000,000 the 
amount available for the planning and design for evolutionary 
improvements for the next LHD-type Amphibious Assault Ship (PE603564N).
                                                            Page S12659
  Stevens (for Collins) Amendment No. 2395, to set aside $5,000,000 of 
Procurement, Defense-Wide for low-rate initial production of the 
Striker advanced lightweight grenade launcher (ALGL) (PE1160444BB), and 
$1,000,000 of RDT&E, Navy funds for the Warfighting Laboratory for 
delivery and evaluation of prototype units of the Striker ALGL 
(PE0603640M).
Page S12659
  Stevens (for Collins) Amendment No. 2396, to set aside $4,000,000 of 
RDT&E, Defense-Wide funds for the Intelligence Spatial Technologies for 
Smart Maps Initiative of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency 
(PE0305102BQ).
Pages S12659-60
  Inouye (for Collins) Amendment No. 2397, to set aside $5,000,000 of 
research, development, test, and evaluation, Defense-Wide funds for 
further development of light weight sensors of chemical and biological 
agents using fluorescence-based detection (PE0602384BP). 
                                                        Pages S12659-60
  Inouye (for Landrieu) Amendment No. 2398, to authorize the 
availability of $2,500,000 for the Army Nutrition Project. 
                                                        Pages S12659-60
  Inouye (for Landrieu) Amendment No. 2399, to authorize the 
availability of an additional $2,000,000 for the Partnership for Peace 
(PFP) Information Management System.
Pages S12659-60
  Stevens (for Thompson) Amendment No. 2400, to make available 
$4,892,000 for the Communicator Automated Emergency Notification System 
of the Army National Guard.
Pages S12659-60
  Inouye (for Dorgan) Amendment No. 2401, to provide funds for a 
miniaturized wireless system.
Pages S12659-60
  Inouye (for Harkin) Amendment 2402, to make available $5,000,000 for 
the Consolidated Interactive Virtual Information Center of the National 
Guard.
Pages S12659-60
  Inouye (for Reed) Amendment No. 2403, to make available $1,200,000 
for concept development and composite construction of high speed 
vessels currently implemented by the Navy Warfare Development Command. 
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  Inouye (for Reed) Amendment No. 2404, to set aside operation and 
maintenance, Defense-Wide funds for impact aid for children with severe 
disabilities.
                                                        Pages S12659-60
  Inouye (for Biden) Amendment No. 2405, to make funds available to 
enhance the worker safety demonstration programs of the military 
departments.
                                                        Pages S12659-60
  Inouye (for Carnahan) Amendment No. 2406, to set aside Air National 
Guard operation and maintenance funds for certain replacement and 
repair projects for facilities used by the Air National Guard at 
Rosecrans Memorial Airport, St. Joseph, Missouri.
                                                        Pages S12660-61
  Inouye (for Nelson (FL)) Amendment No. 2407, to make available 
$7,000,000 for the Center for Advanced Power System.
                                                        Pages S12660-61
  Stevens (for DeWine) Amendment No. 2408, to set aside Air Force RDT&E 
funds to complete the research and development tasks under the 
Collaborative Technology Clusters program of the Air Force Research 
Laboratory.
                                                        Pages S12660-61
  Inouye (for Cleland/Dayton) Amendment No. 2409, to make available 
$7,000,000 for Army live fire ranges.
                                                        Pages S12660-61
  Inouye (for Cleland) Amendment No. 2410, to make available $3,900,000 
for the aging aircraft program of the Air Force.
                                                        Pages S12660-61
  Stevens (for Snowe) Amendment No. 2411, to set aside Navy operation 
and maintenance funds for the Navy Pilot Human Resources Call Center, 
Cutler, Maine (Civilian Manpower and Personnel Management, BLN 480). 
                                                        Pages S12660-61
  Stevens (for Snowe) Amendment No. 2412, to set aside Army RDT&E funds 
for Compact Kinetic Energy Missile Inertial Future Missile Technology 
Integration (PE0602303A, BLN10).
                                                        Pages S12660-61
  Inouye (for Cleland) Amendment No. 2413, to make available $1,600,000 
for the Navy for Engineering Control and Surveillance Systems. 
                                                        Pages S12660-61
  Stevens (for Bunning) Amendment No. 2414, to provide $5,000,000 for a 
program at the Naval Medical Research Center (NRMC) to treat victims of 
radiation exposure (PE0604771N).
                                                        Pages S12660-61
  Inouye (for Landrieu) Amendment No. 2415, to make available 
$10,000,000 for the Gulf States Initiative.
                                                        Pages S12661-62
  Stevens (for Collins) Amendment No. 2416, to set aside $4,300,000 of 
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Navy funds for the 
demonstration and validation of laser fabricated steel reinforcement 
for ship construction (PE0603123N).
                                                        Pages S12661-62
  Inouye (for Dodd) Amendment No. 2417, to require a report on progress 
toward implementation of comprehensive nuclear threat reduction 
programs to safeguard Pakistani and Indian missile nuclear stockpiles 
and technology.
                                                        Pages S12661-62
  Inouye (for Dodd) Amendment No. 2418, to make available $5,000,000 
for the Marine Corps for M-4 Carbine, Modular Weapon Systems. 
                                                        Pages S12661-62
  Inouye (for Dodd) Amendment No. 2419, to make available $7,500,000 
for the Army for AN/AVR-2A laser detecting sets.
                                                        Pages S12661-62
  Inouye (for Dodd) Amendment No. 2420, to make available $2,500,000 
for the Air Force for Industrial Preparedness (PE0708011F) for 
continuing development of the nickel-metal hydride replacement battery 
for F-16 aircraft.
                                                        Pages S12661-62
  Inouye (for Dodd) Amendment No. 2421, to make available $8,960,000 
for the Navy for four Hushkit noise inhibitors for C-9 aircraft. 
                                                        Pages S12661-62
  Inouye (for Sarbanes) Amendment No. 2422, to make available 
$5,000,000 for the development of the Operating Room of the Future, an 
applied technology test bed at the University of Maryland Medical 
Center in collaboration with the Telemedicine and Advanced Technology 
Research Center of the Army.
                                                        Pages S12661-62
  Inouye (for Torricelli) Amendment No. 2423, to make available 
$5,700,000 for the Army for the Coalition for Advanced Biomaterials 
Technologies and Therapies (CABTT) program to maximize far-forward 
treatment and for the accelerated return to duty of combat casualties. 
                                                        Pages S12661-62
  Inouye (for Torricelli) Amendment No. 2424, to make available 
$9,800,000 for the Navy for Advanced Digital Recorders and Digital 
Recorder Producers for P-3 aircraft.
                                                        Pages S12661-62
  Inouye (for Bingaman) Amendment No. 2425, to make funds available for 
Big Crow (PE605118D).
                                                        Pages S12661-62
  Stevens (for Cochran) Amendment No. 2426, to provide for the 
acquisition, installation, and maintenance of domed housing units on 
the Marshall Islands.
                                                        Pages S12662-63
  Stevens (for Shelby) Amendment No. 2427, to set aside for medical 
technology, National Tissue Engineering Center $4,000,000 of the amount 
provided for Army, research, development, test and evaluation. 
                                                        Pages S12662-63
  Stevens (for Santorum) Amendment No. 2428, to set aside for artillery 
projectiles, M107, HE, 155mm, $5,000,000 of the amount provided for 
Army, Ammunition Procurement.
                                                        Pages S12662-63
  Stevens (for Santorum) Amendment No. 2429, to set aside for Agile 
Combat Support, Integrated Medical Information Technology System 
(PE604617) $1,000,000 of the amount for Air Force, research, 
development, test, and evaluation.
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  Stevens (for Santorum) Amendment No. 2430, to set aside for Air Crew 
Systems Development, Modular Helmet Development (PE604264N) $3,000,000 
of the amount for the Navy for research, development, test and 
evaluation.
                                                        Pages S12662-63
  Stevens (for Santorum) Amendment No. 2431, to set aside for land 
forces readiness-information operations sustainment (PE19640) 
$5,000,000 of the amount provided for the Army Reserve for operations 
and maintenance.
                                                        Pages S12662-63
  Inouye (for Kennedy) Amendment No. 2432, to set aside $10,000,000 of 
other procurement, Navy funds for the NULKA decoy procurement. 
                                                        Pages S12662-63
  Inouye (for Harkin) Amendment No. 2433, to facilitate the protection 
of the health of current and former workers at Iowa Army Ammunition 
Plant.
                                                        Pages S12662-63
  Stevens (for Shelby) Amendment No. 2434, to add funding for Air Force 
RDT&E for Low Cost Launch Vehicle Technology.
                                                        Pages S12662-63
  Stevens (for Bunning) Amendment No. 2435, to require a Comptroller 
General study of the physical state of Initial Entry Trainee housing 
and barracks of the Armed Service.
                                                        Pages S12662-63
  Stevens (for Hutchinson) Amendment No. 2436, to provide funds for a 
pilot program for the development of an efficient inventory management 
system for the Department of Defense.
                                                        Pages S12662-63
  Stevens (for McCain) Amendment No. 2437, to provide funds to carry 
out authorized military construction projects funds for which are 
diverted to military construction projects for the national emergency. 
                                                        Pages S12662-63
  Inouye (for Stabenow) Amendment No. 2438, to make available 
$2,000,000 for the Advanced Safety Tether Operation and Reliability/
Space Transfer using Electrodynamic Propulsion (STEP-AIRSEDS) program 
(PE0602236N).
                                                        Pages S12662-63
  Inouye (for Stabenow) Amendment No. 2439, to establish a program to 
name national and community service projects in honor of victims killed 
as a result of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. 
                                                        Pages S12663-66
  Stevens Amendment No. 2440, to make available additional funds for 
the cost of guaranteeing the reduction loan authorized. 
                                                        Pages S12663-66
  Stevens (for Gregg) Amendment No. 2441, to make certain technical 
corrections.
                                                        Pages S12663-66
  Inouye (for Durbin) Amendment No. 2442, to make certain technical 
corrections.
                                                        Pages S12663-66
  Stevens (for Specter) Amendment No. 2443, to expedite the deployment 
of the intelligent transportation infrastructure system. 
                                                        Pages S12663-66
  Inouye (for Landrieu) Amendment No. 2444, to provide that funds 
available to improve nuclear nonproliferation and verification research 
and development shall be available to research and development with 
respect to radiological dispersion devices.
                                                        Pages S12663-66
  Inouye (for Murray) Amendment No. 2445, to make certain technical 
corrections.
                                                        Pages S12663-66
  Stevens (for Domenici) Amendment No. 2446, technical modification of 
authority to improve safety of transportation routes to the Waste 
Isolation Pilot Plant.
                                                        Pages S12663-66
  Inouye (for Durbin) Amendment No. 2447, to make a technical 
correction to the FY 2002 Energy and Water Appropriations Act, P.L. 
107-66 for Nutwood Levee, IL.
                                                        Pages S12663-66
  Stevens (for Domenici) Amendment No. 2448, to make available, with an 
offset, an additional $14,000,000 for the electric energy systems and 
storage program of the Department of Energy.
                                                        Pages S12663-66
  Inouye (for Harkin) Amendment No. 2449, to assure minimum service 
levels under the Essential Air Service Program.
                                                        Pages S12663-66
  Stevens Amendment No. 2450, to require certain compliance for use of 
funds after June 30, 2002 for the operation of any federally owned 
buildings.
                                                        Pages S12663-66
  Stevens Amendment No. 2451, to set new criteria and rates for 
delivery of services under Section 5402 of Title 39.
                                                        Pages S12663-66
  Stevens (for Bond) Amendment No. 2452, to direct the Secretary of the 
Smithsonian Institution to collect and preserve in the National Museum 
of American History artifacts relating to the September 11th attacks of 
the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
                                                        Pages S12663-66
  Inouye (for Daschle) Amendment No. 2453, to increase the number of 
general trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center of the Performing Arts 
and to designate the Secretary of State as a trustee.
                                                        Pages S12663-66
  Stevens Amendment No. 2454, making certain changes to the terms of 
office of New General Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center of the 
Performing Arts.
                                                        Pages S12663-66
  Stevens Amendment No. 2455, to allow for expenditures of previously 
appropriated housing funds.
                                                        Pages S12663-66
  Stevens (for Domenici) Amendment No. 2456, to make a technical 
correction to the FY 2002 Energy and Water Appropriations Act, P.L. 
107-66, for the Bureau of Reclamation Dam Safety Program. 
                                                        Pages S12663-66
  Stevens Amendment No. 2457, to clarify Federal procurement law for 
certain qualified entities.
                                                        Pages S12663-66

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  Inouye (for Biden) Amendment No. 2458, to provide that no 
appropriated funds or revenues generated by the National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation may be used to implement Section 204(c)(2) of 
P.L. 105-134 until the Congress has enacted an Amtrak Reauthorization 
Act.
                                                        Pages S12663-66
  Daschle Amendment No. 2459, to provide for the conveyance of certain 
real property in South Dakota to the State of South Dakota with 
indemnification by the United States Government.
                                                        Pages S12663-66
                                                              Rejected:
  By 48 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 358), Reid (for Dodd) Modified 
Amendment No. 2337, with respect to the protection of United States 
interests and the interest of American citizens and service members as 
it relates to the establishment of an International Criminal Court. 
                                                        Pages S12612-28
                                                             Withdrawn:
  Durbin Amendment No. 2343, to expand aviation capacity in the Chicago 
area.
                                                        Pages S12628-46
  During consideration of this measure, Senate also took the following 
action:
  By 50 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 357), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected a motion to waive section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974 with respect to the committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. Subsequently, a point of order that the committee 
substitute exceeds the allocation of the Subcommittee pursuant to 
section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 was sustained, 
and the committee substitute thus fell.
                                                        Pages S12586-94
  By 33 yeas to 65 nays (Vote No. 360), Senate rejected the question of 
germaneness with respect to Feingold Amendment No. 2349, to provide 
that Members of Congress shall not receive a cost of living adjustment 
in pay during fiscal year 2002. Subsequently, the point of order that 
the amendment was not germane was sustained, and the amendment thus 
fell.
                                                        Pages S12648-50
  Section 8132 on page 117 of Byrd/Stevens/Inouye Amendment No. 2348 
(listed above) was stricken. Subsequently, the pending point of order 
that the section was in violation of Rule XVI of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, was withdrawn.
                                                            Page S12650
  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 Inouye, Hollings, Byrd, 
Leahy, Harkin, Dorgan, Durbin, Reid, Feinstein, Kohl, Stevens, Cochran, 
Specter, Domenici, Bond, McConnell, Shelby, Gregg, and Hutchison. 
                                                            Page S12676
  Printing Authorization: Committee on Rules and Administration was 
discharged from further consideration of H. Con. Res. 90, authorizing 
the printing of a revised and updated version of the House document 
entitled ``Hispanic Americans in Congress'', and the resolution was 
then agreed to.
  Page S12745
  Printing Authorization: Committee on Rules and Administration was 
discharged from further consideration of H. Con. Res. 244, authorizing 
the printing of a revised edition of the publication entitled ``Our 
Flag'', and the resolution was then agreed to.
  Page S12745
  Connecticut River Atlantic Salmon Commission: Senate passed S. 703, 
to extend the effective period of the consent of Congress to the 
interstate compact relating to the restoration of Atlantic salmon to 
the Connecticut River Basin and creating the Connecticut River Atlantic 
Salmon Commission, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed 
thereto:
  Page S12745
  Reid (for Stevens) Amendment No. 2461, to amend the method for 
financing the fishing capacity reduction program required under the 
Miscellaneous Appropriations Act, 2001.
                                                            Page S12745
  Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge Establishment: Committee 
on Environment and Public Works was discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 1230, to provide for the establishment of the 
Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge in the State of Michigan, 
and the bill was then passed, clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                            Page S12745
  Temporary Aid for Needy Families Supplemental: Senate passed S. 942, 
to reauthorize the supplemental grant for population increases in 
certain states under the temporary assistance to needy families program 
for fiscal year 2002, after agreeing to the committee amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.
  Pages S12745-46
  21st Century Montgomery GI Bill Enhancement: Committee on Veterans' 
Affairs was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 1291, to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to modify and improve authorities 
relating to education benefits, compensation and pension benefits, 
housing benefits, burial benefits, and vocational rehabilitation 
benefits for veterans, and to modify certain authorities relating to 
the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, and the bill 
was then passed, after striking all after the enacting clause and 
inserting in lieu thereof, the text of S. 1088, Senate companion 
measure, after agreeing to a committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute, and the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                        Pages S12746-52
  Reid (for Rockefeller/Specter Amendment No. 2462 (to S. 1088), in the 
nature of a substitute.
                                                        Pages S12750-52

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  Reid (for Rockefeller/Specter) Amendment No. 2463 (to the title of 
H.R. 1291), to amend the title.
                                                            Page S12752
  Subsequently, S. 1088 was returned to the Senate calendar.
District of Columbia Appropriations Conference Report: By 79 yeas to 20 
nays (Vote No. 356), Senate agreed to the conference report on H.R. 
2944, making appropriations for the government of the District of 
Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against 
the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2002, at 9:30 a.m., on Friday, December 7, 2001, clearing the measure 
for the President.
  Pages S12582-83
Small Business Investment Company Amendments Act: Senate concurred in 
the amendment of the House to S. 1196, to amend the Small Business 
Investment Act of 1958, with a further amendment proposed thereto, as 
follows:
  Pages S12740-45
  Reid (for Kerry/Bond) Amendment No. 2460 (to the amendment of the 
House to the bill), to improve the bill.
                                                            Page S12742
Nominations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing for the consideration of the nominations of John D. Bates, of 
Maryland, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Columbia, Kurt D. Engelhardt, to be United States District Judge for 
the Eastern District of Louisiana, and Julie A. Robinson, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Kansas, at 9:30 a.m., on 
Tuesday, December 11, 2001.
  Page S12753
Federal Farm Bill--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing for consideration of S. 1731, to strengthen the safety net 
for agricultural producers, to enhance resource conservation and rural 
development, to provide for farm credit, agricultural research, 
nutrition, and related programs, to ensure consumers abundant food and 
fiber, at 3 p.m., on Monday, December 10, 2001.
  Page S12753
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Tammy Dee McCutchen, of Illinois, to be Administrator of the Wage and 
Hour Division, Department of Labor. (Prior to this action, Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions was discharged from further 
consideration.)
  Peter B. Teets, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of the Air Force.
  2 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  29 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  5 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine list in the Public Health Service. (Prior to this action, 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions was discharged from 
further consideration.)
  Routine lists in the Army and Navy.
                                        Pages S12681, S12739-40, S12753
Measures Read First Time:
  Page S12681
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S12682-83
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S12683-87
Additional Statements:
  Pages S12679-81
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S12687-S12739
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Page S12739
Privilege of the Floor:
  Page S12739
Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total--360) 
                                   Pages S12583, S12594, S12628, S12650
Adjournment: Senate met at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, December 7, and 
adjourned at 12:29 a.m. on Saturday, December 8, until 3 p.m., on 
Monday, December 10, 2001. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of 
the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S12753.)