[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 72 (Wednesday, June 5, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D563-D564]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                            Wednesday, June 5, 2002

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      The House agreed to the conference report on S. 1372, Export-
      Import Bank Reauthorization.
      The House passed H.R. 4664, Investing in America's Future Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4991-S5105
Measures Introduced: Fourteen bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2579-2592, and S. Res. 281.
  Pages S5043-56
Supplemental Appropriations Act: Senate continued consideration of H.R. 
4775, making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2002, taking action on the following amendments proposed 
thereto:
  Pages S4996-S5023
Adopted:
  Reid Amendment No. 3570, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to 
carry out a certain transfer of funds.
Pages S4996-97
Rejected:
  Santorum Amendment No. 3765 (to Amendment No. 3764), to adopt the 
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2003 reported by 
the Committee on the Budget for the Senate. (By a unanimous vote of 96 
yeas (Vote No. 134), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S5018-21
Withdrawn:
  Kennedy Amendment No. 3583 (to Amendment No. 3570), to provide 
emergency school funding.
Pages S4996-97
  Kennedy Modified Amendment No. 3608, to provide emergency school 
funding.
Pages S4997-S5004
Pending:
  Daschle Amendment No. 3764, to extend budget enforcement. 
                                                         Pages S5015-18
  During consideration of this measure, Senate also took the following 
action:
  By 38 yeas to 60 nays (Vote No. 132), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive section 205 of H. Con. Res. 290, the 
Fiscal Year 2001 Concurrent Resolution on the Budget with respect to 
Kennedy Modified Amendment No. 3608, to provide emergency school 
funding. Subsequently, a point of order that the amendment was in 
violation of section 205 of H. Con. Res. 290, the Fiscal Year 2001 
Concurrent Resolution on the Budget, since it contains nondefense 
spending with an emergency designation, was sustained, and the 
emergency designation was thus removed.
Pages S4997-S5004
  By 49 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. 133), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive section 306 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974 with respect to Gregg Amendment No. 3687, to extend and 
strengthen procedures to maintain fiscal accountability and 
responsibility. Subsequently, a point of order that the amendment was 
in violation of section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 was 
sustained, and the amendment thus fell.
Pages S5004-15
  A second motion was entered to close further debate on the bill and, 
in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a cloture vote will occur on Friday, June 7, 2002. 
                                                             Page S5104
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 10:30 a.m., on Thursday, June 6, 2002, 
with a vote on the motion to close further debate on the bill to occur 
at approximately 11 a.m. Further, that Senators have until 10:30 a.m. 
to file second degree amendments to the bill.
Page S5059
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  A routine list in the Foreign Service.
Pages S5061, S5104-05
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:

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  Carolyn W. Merritt, of Illinois, to be Chairperson of the Chemical 
Safety and Hazard Investigation Board for a term of five years.
  Carolyn W. Merritt, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Chemical 
Safety and Hazard Investigation Board for a term of five years.
  James Irvin Gadsden, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Iceland.
  John Randle Hamilton, of North Carolina, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Guatemala.
  Michael Klosson, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Cyprus.
  Larry Leon Palmer, of Georgia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Honduras.
  Randolph Bell, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign 
Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, for the rank of Ambassador during 
his tenure of service as Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues.
  Paul William Speltz, of Texas, to be United States Director of the 
Asian Development Bank, with the rank of Ambassador.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Army, Navy.
Pages S5059-61
Messages From the House:
  Pages S5037-38
Measures Referred:
  Page S5038
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S5038
Executive Communications:
  Pages S5038-40
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Pages S5040-41
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S5041-43
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S5043-55
Additional Statements:
  Page S5034-37
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S5056-S5104
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Page S5104
Privilege of the Floor:
  Page S5104
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--134) 
                                           Pages S5003, S5014-15, S5021
Adjournment: Senate met at 9:15 a.m., and adjourned at 6:33 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Thursday, June 6, 2002.