[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 38 (Wednesday, April 10, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D305-D307]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                          Wednesday, April 10, 2002

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House Committees ordered reported the DOT Kids Implementation and 
      Efficiency Act of 2002 and the Immigration Reform and 
      Accountability Act of 2002.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2425-S2505
Measures Introduced: Eight bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2081-2088, and S. Res. 234-235.
  Pages S2484-85
Measures Passed:
  Commending Capitol Hill Community: Senate agreed to S. Res. 187, 
commending the staffs of Members of Congress, the Capitol Police, the 
Office of the Attending Physician, and other members of the Capitol 
Hill community for their courage and professionalism following the 
release of anthrax in Senator Daschle's office.
  Page S2504
Energy Policy Act: Senate continued consideration of S. 517, to 
authorize funding for the Department of Energy to enhance its mission 
areas through technology transfer and partnerships for fiscal years 
2002 through 2006, taking action on the following amendments proposed 
thereto:
  Pages S2425-43, S2447-51, S2452-65
Adopted:
  Dorgan/Murkowski Amendment No. 3087 (to Amendment No. 2917), to 
provide technical assistance to States to identify areas with greatest 
energy resource potential and maximize energy efficiency. 
                                                         Pages S2450-51
  Bingaman (for Conrad) Amendment No. 3088 (to Amendment No. 2917), to 
direct the Secretary of Energy to conduct an assessment of wind energy 
resources and transmission capacity for wind energy.
Page S2451
  Bingaman (for Kennedy) Amendment No. 3098 (to Amendment No. 2917), to 
require a National Academy of Sciences Study of renewable resources on 
the Outer Continental Shelf.
Pages S2461-63
  Bingaman (for Kerry) Amendment No. 3099 (to Amendment No. 2917), to 
promote energy efficiency in small businesses.
Pages S2461-63
  Bingaman (for Wellstone) Amendment No. 3100 (to Amendment No. 2917), 
to include units of local government in the energy efficiency pilot 
program.
Pages S2461-63
  Bingaman (for Conrad) Amendment No. 3101 (to Amendment No. 2917), to 
set a funding goal of $100 million for research and development on wind 
power.
Pages S2461-63
  Bingaman Amendment No. 3102 (to Amendment No. 2917), to clarify the 
requirement for the use of advanced meters in federal facilities. 
                                                         Pages S2461-63
Rejected:
  By 32 yeas to 67 nays (Vote No. 62), Craig Amendment No. 3047 (to 
Amendment No. 2917), to provide for consumer protections and electric 
reliability.
Pages S2430-43, S2447-50
  Withdrawn:
  Feinstein Modified Amendment No. 2989 (to Amendment No. 2917), to 
provide regulatory oversight over energy trading markets and metals 
trading markets.
Pages S2425, S2427-30
  Pending:
  Daschle/Bingaman Further Modified Amendment No. 2917, in the nature 
of a substitute.
Pages S2425-43, S2447-51, S2452-65
  Kerry/McCain Amendment No. 2999 (to Amendment No. 2917), to provide 
for increased average fuel economy standards for passenger automobiles 
and light trucks.
Page S2425
  Dayton/Grassley Amendment No. 3008 (to Amendment No. 2917), to 
require that Federal agencies use ethanol-blended gasoline and 
biodiesel-blended diesel fuel in areas in which ethanol-blended 
gasoline and biodiesel-blended diesel fuel are available.
Page S2425

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  Lott Amendment No. 3028 (to Amendment No. 2917), to provide for the 
fair treatment of Presidential judicial nominees.
Page S2425
  Landrieu/Kyl Amendment No. 3050 (to Amendment No. 2917), to increase 
the transfer capability of electric energy transmission systems through 
participant-funded investment.
Page S2425
  Graham Amendment No. 3070 (to Amendment No. 2917), to clarify the 
provisions relating to the Renewable Portfolio Standard.
Page S2425
  Schumer/Clinton Amendment No. 3093 (to Amendment no. 2917), to 
prohibit oil and gas drilling activity in Finger Lakes National Forest, 
New York.
Pages S2453-54, S2457-61
  Durbin Amendment No. 3094 (to Amendment No. 2917), to establish a 
Consumer Energy Commission to assess and provide recommendations 
regarding energy price spikes from the perspective of consumers. 
                                                         Pages S2454-57
  Dayton Amendment No. 3097 (to Amendment No. 2917), to require 
additional findings for FERC approval of an electric utility merger. 
                                                         Pages S2463-65
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 48 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 61), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to close further debate on Feinstein Modified 
Amendment No. 2989 (to Amendment No. 2917) (listed above).
Page S2429
  Reid Modified Amendment No. 3081 (to Amendment No. 2989), in the 
nature of a substitute fell, when Amendment No. 2989 (listed above) was 
withdrawn.
Pages S2425, S2430
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 10 a.m., on Thursday, April 11, 2002. 
                                                             Page S2505
Election Reform: Senate resumed consideration of 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, and to 
require States to meet uniform and nondiscriminatory election 
technology and administration requirements for the 2004 Federal 
elections, taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S2465-77
Adopted:
  Dodd/McConnell Amendment No. 3104, to modify the requirements for 
voters who register by mail.
Pages S2466-68
  Dodd (for Wyden) Amendment No. 3105, to modify the requirements for 
individuals who register to vote by mail.
Pages S2466-68
  Dodd (for Rockefeller) Amendment No. 3106, to meet the needs of both 
military and civilian overseas voters by providing treatment more 
nearly equal to that of at-home voters.
Pages S2466-68
  McConnell (for Hatch) Amendment No. 3107, to establish the Advisory 
Committee on Electronic Voting and the Electoral Process, and to 
instruct the Attorney General to study the adequacy of existing 
electoral fraud statutes and penalties.
Page S2468
  McConnell (for Nickles) Amendment No. 3109, to provide for adequate 
technological security measures to prevent the unauthorized access of a 
certain computerized list.
Page S2471
  Dodd (for Levin) Amendment No. 3110, to permit voter information 
contained in a written affirmation to be used to verify the eligibility 
of an individual to vote in an election for Federal office, rather than 
the provisional ballot, for the purpose of determining whether that 
provisional ballot should be counted as a vote in that election. 
                                                         Pages S2471-72
  McConnell (for Grassley) Amendment No. 3111, to permit States to 
coordinate the computerized statewide voter registration list with 
Federal records relating to death and identity.
Pages S2475-76
  McConnell (for Smith of NH) Amendment No. 3112, to provide for a 
study into the broadcasting of false election information.
Page S2476
  McConnell (for Thomas) Amendment No. 3113, to express the sense of 
the Senate regarding changes made to the electoral process and how such 
changes impact States.
Page S2476
Withdrawn:
  Clinton Amendment No. 2906, to establish a residual ballot 
performance benchmark.
Page S2465
  Dodd (for Schumer) Modified Amendment No. 2914, to permit the use of 
a signature or personal mark for the purpose of verifying the identity 
of voters who register by mail.
Page S2465
  Dodd (for Kennedy) Amendment No. 2916, to clarify the application of 
the safe harbor provisions.
Page S2465
  Hatch Amendment No. 2935, to establish the Advisory Committee on 
Electronic Voting and the Electoral Process, and to instruct the 
Attorney General to study the adequacy of existing electoral fraud 
statutes and penalties.
Page S2465
  Hatch Amendment No. 2936, to make the provisions of the Voting Rights 
Act of 1965 permanent.
Page S2465
  Smith (NH) Amendment No. 2933, to prohibit the broadcast of certain 
false and untimely information on Federal elections.
Page S2465

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Pending:
  Roberts/McConnell Amendment No. 2907, to eliminate the administrative 
procedures of requiring election officials to notify voters by mail 
whether or not their individual vote was counted. 
                                               Pages S2468-69, S2472-75
  Clinton Amendment No. 3108, to establish a residual ballot 
performance benchmark.
Pages S2469-71
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the 
agreement of March 22 be modified to provide that all amendments 
remaining in order to the bill, first and any second degree, must be 
offered and debated during today's session; and that any votes ordered 
to occur with respect to these amendments be stacked to occur at a time 
to be determined by the two Leaders.
Page S2503
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 11:30 a.m., on Thursday, April 11, 2002, 
with votes to occur on or in relation to the pending amendments (listed 
above).
Page S2505
Messages From the House:
  Page S2484
Measures Referred:
  Page S2484
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S2485-86
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S2486-91
Additional Statements:
  Pages S2483-84
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S2491-S2503
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Page S2503
Privilege of the Floor:
  Page S2503
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--62) 
                                                     Pages S2429, S2450
Adjournment: Senate met at 9:16 a.m., and adjourned at 8:24 p.m., until 
10 a.m., on Thursday, April 11, 2002.