[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 174 (Friday, December 14, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1257-D1258]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                          Friday, December 14, 2001

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed H.J. Res 78, Continuing Appropriations.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S13245-S13319
Measures Introduced: Five bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1829-1834, S. Res. 192.
  Page S13300
Measures Reported:
  S. 1779, to authorize the establishment of ``Radio Free 
Afghanistan'', with an amendment. (S. Rept. No. 107-125)
  H.R. 3009, to extend the Andean Trade Preference Act, to grant 
additional trade benefits under that Act, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 107-126)
  H. Con. Res. 211, commending Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on the 10th 
anniversary of her receiving the Nobel Peace Prize and expressing the 
sense of the Congress with respect to the Government of Burma, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute and with an amended preamble. 
                                                            Page S13300
Measures Passed:
  Student Loan Interest Rates: Senate passed S. 1762, to amend the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish fixed interest rates for 
student and parent borrowers, to extend current law with respect to 
special allowances for lenders.
  Pages S13310-11
  Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act: Senate passed 
S. 1793, to provide the Secretary of Education with specific waiver 
authority to respond to conditions in the national emergency declared 
by the President on September 14, 2001.
  Pages S13311-12
  District of Columbia Family Court Act: Senate passed H.R. 2657, to 
amend title 11, District of Columbia Code, to redesignate the Family 
Division of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia as the 
Family Court of the Superior Court, to recruit and retain trained and 
experienced judges to serve in the Family Court, to promote consistency 
and efficiency in the assignment of judges to the Family Court and in 
the consideration of actions and proceedings in the Family Court, after 
agreeing to a committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and 
the following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S13312-17
  Daschle (for Lieberman/Thompson) Amendment. No. 2610, to make certain 
improvements to the bill.
Page S13316
  Senate Legal Representation: Senate agreed to S. Res. 192, to 
authorize representation by the Senate Legal Counsel in Judith Lewis v. 
Rick Perry, et al.
  Page S13317
  Continuing Appropriations: Senate passed H.J. Res. 78, making further 
continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2002, clearing the 
measure for the President.
  Page S13317
Federal Farm Bill: Senate continued 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, taking action on the 
following amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S13245-75
Pending:
  Daschle (for Harkin) Amendment No. 2471, in the nature of a 
substitute.
Pages S13245-75
  Smith (NH) Amendment No. 2596 (to Amendment No. 2471), to provide for 
Presidential certification that the government of Cuba is not involved 
in the support for acts of international terrorism as a condition 
precedent to agricultural trade with Cuba.
Page S13246
  Torricelli Amendment No. 2597 (to Amendment No. 2596), to provide for 
Presidential certification that all convicted felons who are living as 
fugitives in Cuba have been returned to the United States prior to the 
amendments relating to agricultural trade with Cuba becoming effective.
                                                            Page S13246
  Daschle motion to reconsider the vote (Vote 368) by which the motion 
to close further debate on

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Daschle (for Harkin) Amendment No. 2471 (listed above) failed. 
                                                            Page S13246
  Wellstone Amendment No. 2602 (to Amendment No. 2471), to insert in 
the environmental quality incentives program provisions relating to 
confined livestock feeding operations and to a payment limitation. 
                                                        Pages S13246-47
  Lugar (for McCain) Amendment No. 2603 (to Amendment No. 2471), to 
provide for the market name for catfish.
Page S13247
  Harkin Modified Amendment No. 2604 (to Amendment No. 2471), to apply 
the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to livestock production contracts 
and to provide parties to the contract the right to discuss the 
contract with certain individuals.
Pages S13251-59, S13260-75
  Burns Amendment No. 2607 (to Amendment No. 2471), to establish a per-
farm limitation on land enrolled in the conservation reserve program. 
                                                            Page S13259
  Burns Amendment No. 2608 (to Amendment No. 2471), to direct the 
Secretary of Agriculture to establish certain per-acre values for 
payments for different categories of land enrolled in the conservation 
reserve program.
Pages S13259-60
Executive Reports of Committees: Senate received the following 
executive report of a committee:
  Report to accompany Treaty with the Russian Federation on Mutual 
Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters (Treaty Doc. 106-22) (Ex. Rept. 
107-3)
Page S13300
Measures Referred:
  Page S13299
Measures Read First Time:
  Page S13317
Enrolled Bills Presented:
  Pages S13299-S13300
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S13300
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S13300-01
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S13301-05
Additional Statements:
  Pages S13297-99
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S13305-10
Adjournment: Senate met at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 3:14 p.m., until 
12:30 p.m., on Monday, December 17, 2001. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S13318.)