[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 75 (Monday, June 10, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D587-D588]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                              Monday, June 10, 2002

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to S. Res. 272, Delivery of Signatures to Cuban 
      National Assembly.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5261-S5317
Measures Introduced: Five bills and two resolutions, were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2602-2606, S. Res. 282, and S. Con. Res. 120. 
                                                             Page S5285
Measures Reported:
  S. J. Res. 34, approving the site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, for the 
development of a repository for the disposal of high-level radioactive 
waste and spend nuclear fuel, pursuant to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act 
of 1982. (S. Rep. No. 107-159)
Page S5285
Measures Passed:
  Delivery of Signatures to Cuban National Assembly: By a unanimous 
vote of 87 yeas (Vote No. 146), Senate agreed to S. Res. 272, 
expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the success of the Varela 
Project's collection of 10,000 certified signatures in support of a 
national referendum and the delivery of these signatures to the Cuban 
National Assembly, after agreeing to a committee amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.
  Pages S5278-80
Hate Crimes Bill: Senate resumed consideration of S. 625, to provide 
Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate 
crimes, taking action on the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S5267-76
Withdrawn:
  Reid (for Biden) Amendment No. 3807, to provide reliable officers, 
technology, education, community prosecutors, and training in our 
neighborhoods.
Page S5269
Pending:
  Hatch Amendment No. 3824, to amend the penalty section to include the 
possibility of the death penalty.
Pages S5267-76
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 10:45 a.m., on Tuesday, June 11, 2002, 
with a vote on the motion to close further debate on the bill to occur 
at approximately 11:45 a.m. Further, that Senators have until 10:45 
a.m. to file second degree amendments to the bill.
Page S5317
Debt Limit Extension: Senate began consideration of the motion to 
proceed to consideration of S. 2578, to amend title 31 of the United 
States Code to increase the public debt limit.
  Pages S5316-17
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to proceed 
to consideration of the bill and, in accordance with the provisions of 
Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a cloture vote will 
occur on Wednesday, June 12, 2002.
Pages S5316-17
  Subsequently, the motion to proceed was withdrawn.
Page S5317
Capitol Visitor Center Construction--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing that the Secretary of the Senate be 
permitted to display in the Senate chamber lobby, information regarding 
the construction of the Capitol Visitor Center, and that such display 
and persons designated by the Secretary to answer questions about the 
display be permitted in the lobby on June 11, 2002, from the hours 
2:15-3:30 p.m.
  Page S5317
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Pages S5262, S5285
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S5285-86
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S5286-88
Additional Statements:
  Pages S5282-85
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S5288-94
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Pages S5294-95
Privilege of the Floor:
  Page S5295
Text of H.R. 4775, as Previously Passed:
  Pages S5295-S5316

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Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--149) 
                                                             Page S5279
Adjournment: Senate met at 2 p.m., and adjourned at 6:42 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, June 11, 2002. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5317).