[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 66 (Tuesday, May 21, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D517-D519]
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                                              Tuesday, May 21, 2002

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      The House passed H.R. 3994, Afghanistan Freedom Support Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4577-S4655
Measures Introduced: Four bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2534-2537, S. Res. 273, and S. Con. Res. 115.
  Page S4623
Measures Reported:
  Report to accompany S. 1271, to amend chapter 35 of title 44, United 
States Code, for the purpose of facilitating compliance by small 
business concerns with certain Federal paperwork requirements, to 
establish a task force to examine information collection and 
dissemination. (S. Rept. No. 107-153)
  S. 1742, to prevent the crime of identity theft, mitigate the harm to 
individuals victimized by identity theft, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.
Page S4623
Measures Passed:
  Safe Workplace Conditions: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 115, 
expressing the sense of the Congress that all workers deserve fair 
treatment and safe working conditions, and honoring Dolores Huerta for 
her commitment to the improvement of working conditions for children, 
women, and farm worker families.
  Pages S4627, S4650-51
  Crater Lake National Park Centennial: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 273, recognizing the 
centennial of the establishment of Crater Lake National Park, and the 
resolution was then agreed to.
  Page S4651
Andean Trade Preference Expansion Act: Senate continued consideration 
of H.R. 3009, to extend the Andean Trade Preference Act, and to grant 
additional trade benefits under that Act, taking action on the 
following amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S4580-S4614
Adopted:
  By a unanimous vote of 96 yeas (Vote No. 120), Hutchison Amendment 
No. 3441 (to Amendment No. 3401), to prohibit a country that has not 
taken steps to support the United States efforts to combat terrorism 
from receiving certain trade benefits.
Pages S4592-93
Rejected:
  Allen Amendment No. 3406 (to Amendment No. 3401), to provide mortgage 
payment assistance for employees who are separated from employment. (By 
50 yeas to 49 nays, (Vote No. 119), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                                         Pages S4591-92
  Reid (for Kerry) Amendment No. 3430 (to Amendment No. 3401), to 
ensure that any artificial trade distorting barrier relating to foreign 
investment is eliminated in any trade agreement entered into under the 
Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2002. (By 55 yeas to 41 
nays (Vote No. 121), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S4593-S4605
  Reid (for Torricelli/Mikulski) Amendment No. 3415 (to Amendment No. 
3401), to amend the labor provisions to ensure that all trade 
agreements include meaningful, enforceable provisions on workers' 
rights.
Pages S4607-09
Withdrawn:
  Rockefeller Amendment No. 3433 (to Amendment No. 3401), to provide a 
1-year eligibility period for steelworker retirees and eligible 
beneficiaries affected by a qualified closing of a qualified steel 
company for assistance with health insurance coverage and interim 
assistance.
Pages S4580-91
  Dorgan Amendment No. 3439 (to Amendment No. 3401), to permit private 
financing of agricultural sales to Cuba.
Pages S4605-07
Pending:
  Baucus/Grassley Amendment No. 3401, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                      Pages S4580-S4614
  Dorgan Amendment No. 3442 (to Amendment No. 3401), to require the 
United States Trade Representative to identify effective trade remedies 
to address the unfair trade practices of the Canadian Wheat Board. 
                                                             Page S4580

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  Reid (for Reed) Amendment No. 3443 (to Amendment No. 3401), to 
restore the provisions relating to secondary workers.
                                                             Page S4580
  Reid (for Nelson (FL)/Graham) Amendment No. 3440 (to Amendment No. 
3401), to limit tariff reduction authority on certain products. 
                                                             Page S4580
  Reid (for Bayh) Amendment No. 3445 (to Amendment No. 3401), to 
require the ITC to give notice of section 202 investigations to the 
Secretary of Labor.
                                                             Page S4580
  Reid (for Byrd) Amendment No. 3447 (to Amendment No. 3401), to amend 
the provisions relating to the Congressional Oversight Group. 
                                                             Page S4580
  Reid (for Byrd) Amendment No. 3448 (to Amendment No. 3401), to 
clarify the procedures for procedural disapproval resolutions. 
                                                             Page S4580
  Reid (for Byrd) Amendment No. 3449 (to Amendment No. 3401), to 
clarify the procedures for extension disapproval resolutions. 
                                                             Page S4580
  Reid (for Byrd) Amendment No. 3450 (to Amendment No. 3401), to limit 
the application of trade authorities procedures to a single agreement 
resulting from DOHA.
                                                             Page S4580
  Reid (for Byrd) Amendment No. 3451 (to Amendment No. 3401), to 
address disclosures by publicly traded companies of relationships with 
certain countries or foreign-owned corporations.
                                                             Page S4580
  Reid (for Byrd) Amendment No. 3452 (to Amendment No. 3401), to 
facilitate the opening of energy markets and promote the exportation of 
clean energy technologies.
                                                             Page S4580
  Reid (for Byrd) Amendment No. 3453 (to Amendment No. 3401), to 
require that certification of compliance with section 307 of the Tariff 
Act of 1930 be provided with respect to certain goods imported into the 
United States.
                                                             Page S4580
  Boxer/Murray Amendment No. 3431 (to Amendment No. 3401), to require 
the Secretary of Labor to establish a trade adjustment assistance 
program for certain service workers.
                                                             Page S4580
  Boxer Amendment No. 3432 (to Amendment No. 3401), to ensure that the 
United States Trade Representative considers the impact of trade 
agreements on women.
                                                             Page S4580
  Reid (for Durbin) Amendment No. 3456 (to Amendment No. 3401), to 
extend the temporary duty suspensions with respect to certain wool. 
                                                             Page S4580
  Reid (for Durbin) Amendment No. 3457 (to Amendment No. 3401), to 
extend the temporary duty suspensions with respect to certain wool. 
                                                             Page S4580
  Reid (for Durbin) Amendment No. 3458 (to Amendment No. 3401), to 
establish and implement a steel import notification and monitoring 
program.
                                                             Page S4580
  Reid (for Harkin) Amendment No. 3459 (to Amendment No. 3401), to 
include the prevention of the worst forms of child labor as one of the 
principal negotiating objectives of the United States.
                                                             Page S4580
  Reid (for Corzine) Amendment No. 3461 (to Amendment No. 3401), to 
help ensure that trade agreements protect national security, social 
security, and other significant public services.
                                                             Page S4580
  Reid (for Corzine) Amendment No. 3462 (to Amendment No. 3401), to 
strike the section dealing with border search authority for certain 
contraband in outbound mail.
                                                             Page S4580
  Reid (for Hollings) Amendment No. 3463 (to Amendment No. 3401), to 
provide for the certification of textile and apparel workers who lose 
their jobs or who have lost their jobs since the start of 1999 as 
eligible individuals for purposes of trade adjustment assistance and 
health insurance benefits, and to amend the Internal Revenue code of 
1986 to prevent corporate expatriation to avoid United States income 
tax.
                                                             Page S4580
  Reid (for Hollings) Amendment No. 3464 (to Amendment No. 3401), to 
ensure that ISAC Committees are representative of the Producing sectors 
of the United States Economy.
                                                             Page S4580
  Reid (for Hollings) Amendment No. 3465 (to Amendment No. 3401), to 
provide that the benefits provided under any preferential tariff 
program, excluding the North American Free Trade Agreement, shall not 
apply to any product of a country that fails to comply within 30 days 
with a United States government request for the extradition of an 
individual for trial in the United States if that individual has been 
indicted by a Federal grand jury for a crime involving a violation of 
the Controlled Substances Act.
                                                             Page S4580
  Reid (for Landrieu) Amendment No. 3470 (to Amendment No. 3401), to 
provide trade adjustment assistance benefits to certain maritime 
workers.
                                                         Pages S4580-81
  Brownback Amendment No. 3446 (to Amendment No. 3401), to extend 
permanent normal trade relations to the nations of Central Asia and the 
South Caucasus, and Russia.
                                                         Pages S4609-12
  Grassley Modified Amendment No. 3474 (to Amendment No. 3446), to 
express the sense of the Senate regarding the United States-Russian 
Federation summit meeting, May 2002.
                                                         Pages S4612-14
  Reid (for Jeffords) Amendment No. 3521 (to Amendment No. 3401), to 
authorize appropriations

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for certain staff of the United States Customs Service.
                                                             Page S4614
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following actions:
  By 56 yeas to 40 nays (Vote No. 117), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
failed to agree to the motion to close further debate on Rockefeller 
Amendment No. 3433 (to Amendment No. 3401), listed above. 
                                                         Pages S4590-91
  By 58 yeas to 35 nays (Vote No. 118), Senate agreed to the motion to 
instruct the Sergeant at Arms to request the attendance of absent 
Senators.
                                                             Page S4591
  Daschle Amendment No. 3434 (to Amendment No. 3433), to clarify that 
steelworker retirees and eligible beneficiaries are not eligible for 
other trade adjustment assistance unless they would otherwise be 
eligible for that assistance, fell when Rockefeller Amendment No. 3433 
(to Amendment No. 3401), listed above, was withdrawn.
                                                             Page S4580
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the bill and, in 
accordance with Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a 
cloture vote will occur on Thursday, May 23, 2002.
                                                             Page S4614
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 10:30 a.m., on Wednesday, May 22, 2002, 
with a vote on the motion to close further debate on Baucus/Grassley 
Amendment No. 3401 (listed above), to occur at approximately 11:30 a.m.
                                                             Page S4650
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  6 Coast Guard nominations in the rank of admiral.
  A routine list in the Coast Guard.
                                                             Page S4655
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  James Thomas Roberts, Jr., of Georgia, to be United States Marshal 
for the Southern District of Georgia for the term of four years.
  James Robert Dougan, of Michigan, to be United States Marshal for the 
Western District of Michigan for the term of four years.
  David Scott Carpenter, of North Dakota, to be United States Marshal 
for the District of North Dakota for the term of four years.
  James Michael Wahlrab, of Ohio, to be United States Marshal for the 
Southern District of Ohio for the term of four years.
                                                             Page S4655
Messages From the House:
  Page S4622
Measures Referred:
  Page S4622
Executive Communications:
  Pages S4622-23
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S4623
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S4623-25
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S4625-27
Additional Statements:
  Pages S4616-22
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S4627-49
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S4649
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Pages S4649-50
Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total--121) 
                                                  Pages S4591-93, S4605
Quorum Calls: One quorum call was taken today. (Total--2)
  Page S4591
Adjournment: Senate met at 9 a.m., and adjourned at 7:51 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, May 22, 2002.