[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 45 (Monday, April 22, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D364-D365]
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                                             Monday, April 22, 2002

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                              Daily Digest

                                2Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2993-S3109
Measures Introduced: Six bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2216-2221, and S. Res. 247.                      
  Page S3014
Energy Policy Act: Senate resumed 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 S3009-11
Pending:
  Daschle/Bingaman Further Modified Amendment No. 2917, in the nature 
of a substitute.                                         
Pages S3009-11
  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 S3009
  Landrieu/Kyl Amendment No. 3050 (to Amendment No. 2917), to increase 
the transfer capability of electric energy transmission systems through 
participant-funded investment.                               
Page S3009
  Schumer/Clinton Amendment No. 3093 (to Amendment No. 2917), to 
prohibit oil and gas drilling activity in Finger Lakes National Forest, 
New York.                                                    
Page S3009
  Dayton Amendment No. 3097 (to Amendment No. 2917), to require 
additional findings for FERC approval of an electric utility merger. 
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  Feinstein/Boxer Amendment No. 3115 (to Amendment No. 2917), to modify 
the provision relating to the renewable content of motor vehicle fuel 
to eliminate the required volume of renewable fuel for calendar year 
2004.                                                        
Page S3009
  Murkowski/Breaux/Stevens Amendment No. 3132 (to Amendment No. 2917), 
to create jobs for Americans, to reduce dependence on foreign sources 
of crude oil and energy, to strengthen the economic self determination 
of the Inupiat Eskimos and to promote national security.     
Page S3009
  Reid Amendment No. 3145 (to Amendment No. 3008), 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 S3009
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 11:30 a.m., on Tuesday, April 23, 2002, 
with a vote to occur on the motion to close further debate on Daschle/
Bingaman Further Modified Amendment No. 2917 (listed above). Further, 
that Senators have until 11 a.m. to file second degree amendments. 
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Veterans' Memorial Preservation and Recognition Act Referral--
Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that S. 
1644, to further the protection and recognition of veterans' memorials, 
was discharged from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and the measure 
was then referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.         
  Page S3108
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Barry D. Crane, of Virginia, to be Deputy Director for Supply 
Reduction, Office of National Drug Control Policy.
  Mary Ann Solberg, of Michigan, to be Deputy Director of National Drug 
Control Policy. (New Position)
  Debra W. Yang, of California, to be United States Attorney for the 
Central District of California for a term of four years.
  Frank DeArmon Whitney, of North Carolina, to be United States 
Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina for a term of four 
years.
  4 Coast Guard nominations in the rank of admiral. 
                                                     Pages S3108, S3109
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Thomas Forrest Hall, of Oklahoma, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Defense.
  Mark G. Yudof, of Minnesota, to be a Member of the National Institute 
for Literacy Advisory Board for a term of two years. (New Position)
  Carol C. Gambill, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the National 
Institute for Literacy Advisory Board for a term of three years. (New 
Position)
  Michael F. Duffy, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
Federal Mine Safety and Health

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Review Commission for a term of six years expiring August 30, 2006.
  G. Wayne Pike, of Virginia, to be United States Marshal for the 
Western District of Virginia for the term of four years.
  James Knoll Gardner, of Pennsylvania, to be United States District 
Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
  17 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  2 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  6 Coast Guard nominations in the rank of admiral.
  1 Marine Corps nomination in the rank of general.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.              
Pages S3108-09
Measures Referred:                                           
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Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S3014
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S3014-15
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S3015-19
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S3011-13
Amendments Submitted:                                 
  Pages S3019-S3106
Privilege of the Floor:                                      
  Page S3106
Text of H.R. 3525, as Previously Passed:                 
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Adjournment: Senate met at 1 p.m., and adjourned at 4:56 p.m., until 
10:30 a.m., on Tuesday, April 23, 2002.