[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 67 (Wednesday, May 22, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D527-D529]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                            Wednesday, May 22, 2002

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House Committees ordered reported 24 sundry measures.
      The House agreed to the conference report on H.R. 3448, 
      Bioterrorism Preparedness Act.
      The House passed H.R. 3129, Customs Border Security Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4657-S4739
Measures Introduced: Sixteen bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2538-2553, and S. Res. 274.               
  Pages S4702-03
Measures Reported:
  S. 361, to establish age limitations for airmen, with amendments. (S. 
Rept. No. 107-154)
  S. 2551, making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from 
and response to terrorist attacks on the United States for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2002.                          
Pages S4701-02
Measures Passed:
  Export-Import Bank Authority: Senate passed H.R. 4782, to extend the 
authority of the Export-Import Bank until June 14, 2002, clearing the 
measure for the President.                                   
  Page S4733
  ``Robert J. Dole VA Medical and Regional Office Center'': Senate 
passed H.R. 4608, to name the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical 
and Regional Office Center in Wichita, Kansas, as the ``Robert J. Dole 
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical and Regional Office Center'', 
clearing the measure for the President.                      
  Page S4733
  ``Bob Hope Veterans Chapel'': Senate passed H.R. 4592, to name the 
chapel located in the national cemetery in Los Angeles, California, as 
the ``Bob Hope Veterans Chapel'', clearing the measure for the 
President.                                                   
  Page S4733
  Veterans' Memorial Preservation and Recognition: Senate passed S. 
1644, to further the protection and recognition of veterans' memorials, 
after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                             Page S4733
  Reid (for Campbell) Amendment No. 3544, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S4733
  Small Business Paperwork Relief: Committee on Governmental Affairs 
was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 327, 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 and to establish a task force to examine information 
collection and dissemination, and the Senate then passed the bill, 
after agreeing to the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S4733-37
  Reid (for Voinovich) Amendment No. 3545, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S4734
  Reid (for Voinovich/Lieberman) Amendment No. 3546, to amend the 
title.                                                       
Page S4734
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 S4662-85, S4688-94
Adopted:
  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 S4662, S4679-81, S4682, S4684-85
  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 S4662, S4682
  Levin/Voinovich Amendment No. 3543 (to Amendment No. 3401), to amend 
the provisions relating to Trade Negotiating Objectives with respect to 
motor vehicle exports.                                   
Pages S4691-92

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Rejected:
  Nelson (FL)/Graham Amendment No. 3454 (to Amendment No. 3401), to 
limit tariff reduction authority on certain products. (By 60 yeas to 38 
nays (Vote No. 123), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                               Pages S4669-76, S4678-79
Withdrawn:
  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.                                  
Pages S4662, S4678
  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. 
                                                  Pages S4662, S4682-84
  Reid (for Durbin) Amendment No. 3456 (to Amendment No. 3401), to 
extend the temporary duty suspensions with respect to certain wool. 
                                                     Pages S4662, S4688
  Reid (for Durbin) Amendment No. 3457 (to Amendment No. 3401), to 
extend the temporary duty suspensions with respect to certain wool. 
                                                     Pages S4662, S4688
  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.                 
Pages S4662, S4688
  Boxer Amendment No. 3432 (to Amendment No. 3401), to ensure that the 
United States Trade Representative considers the impact of trade 
agreements on women.                                 
Pages S4662, S4688
Pending:
  Baucus/Grassley Amendment No. 3401, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                               Pages S4662-85, S4688-94
  Reid (for Byrd) Amendment No. 3447 (to Amendment No. 3401), to amend 
the provisions relating to the Congressional Oversight Group. 
                                           Pages S4662, S4688-90, S4692
  Reid (for Byrd) Amendment No. 3448 (to Amendment No. 3401), to 
clarify the procedures for procedural disapproval resolutions. 
                                                  Pages S4662, S4690-91
  Reid (for Byrd) Amendment No. 3449 (to Amendment No. 3401), to 
clarify the procedures for extension disapproval resolutions. 
                                                  Pages S4662, S4690-91
  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 S4662
  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 S4662
  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 S4662
  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 S4662
  Reid (for Durbin) Amendment No. 3458 (to Amendment No. 3401), to 
establish and implement a steel import notification and monitoring 
program.                                                     
Page S4662
  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 S4662
  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 S4662
  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 S4662
  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 S4662
  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 S4662
  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 S4662
  Reid (for Landrieu) Amendment No. 3470 (to Amendment No. 3401), to 
provide trade adjustment assistance benefits to certain maritime 
workers.                                                     
Page S4662
  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 S4662
  Wellstone Amendment No. 3467 (to Amendment No. 3401), to protect 
human rights and democracy.                    
Pages S4676-78, S4681-82
  Reid (for Hollings) Amendment No. 3527 (to Amendment No. 3447), 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.                               
Pages S4688-90
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following actions:
  By 68 yeas to 29 nays (Vote No. 122), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed to 
the motion to close further debate on Baucus/Grassley Amendment No. 
3401, listed above.                                          
Page S4668
  The Chair sustained a point of order against Reid (for Nelson (FL)/
Graham) Amendment No. 3440 (to Amendment No. 3401), to limit tariff 
reduction authority on certain products, as amending the bill in two 
places, and thus being out of order on its face, and the amendment thus 
fell.                                                        
Page S4662
  The Chair sustained a point of order against Reid (for Reed) 
Amendment No. 3443 (to Amendment No. 3401), to restore the provisions 
relating to secondary workers, as being not properly drafted, and thus 
being out of order on its face, and the amendment thus fell. 
                                              Pages S4662, S4682, S4688
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 10:30 a.m., on Thursday, May 23, 2002, 
with a vote on the motion to close further debate on the bill. 
                                                             Page S4737
Appointment:
  National Skill Standards Board: The Chair, on behalf of the President 
pro tempore, pursuant to P.L. 103-227, reappointed the following 
individuals to the National Skill Standards Board: Earline N. Ashley, 
of Mississippi, Representative of Human Resources; and Ronald K. 
Robinson, of Mississippi, Representative of Labor.           
  Page S4733
Authority for Committees: All committees were authorized to file 
legislative and executive reports during the adjournment of the Senate 
on Wednesday, May 29, from 11 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.              
  Page S4733
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Tony P. Hall, of Ohio, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure 
of service as United States Representative to the United Nations 
Agencies for Food and Agriculture.
  Jay S. Bybee, of Nevada, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Ninth Circuit.
  Timothy J. Corrigan, of Florida, to be United States District Judge 
for the Middle District of Florida.
  James C. Dever III, of North Carolina, to be United States District 
Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Army, Marine Corps, Navy.         
Pages S4737-39
Messages From the House:                                     
  Page S4700
Measures Referred:                                       
  Pages S4700-01
Measures Read First Time:                                    
  Page S4701
Executive Communications:                                    
  Page S4701
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S4702
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S4703-05
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S4705-47
Additional Statements:                                
  Pages S4698-S4700
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S4727-32
Authority for Committees to Meet:                        
  Pages S4732-33
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--123) 
                                                     Pages S4668, S4679
Adjournment: Senate met at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 9:19 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Thursday, May 23, 2002.