[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 82 (Wednesday, June 19, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D640-D641]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                           Wednesday, June 19, 2002

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      The House passed H.R. 3389, National Sea Grant College Program 
      Act Amendments.
      The Speaker appointed members to the Select Committee on Homeland 
      Security.
      House committees ordered printed 12 sundry measures.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5721-S5790
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2643-2649, S. Res. 288, and S. Con. Res. 122. 
                                                             Page S5772
Measures Reported:
  S. 1646, to identify certain routes in the States of Texas, Oklahoma, 
Colorado, and New Mexico as part of the Ports-to-Plains Corridor, a 
high priority corridor on the National Highway System. (S. Rept. No. 
107-165)
Page S5771
Measures Passed:
  North Korean Refugees: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 114, expressing 
the sense of Congress regarding North Korean refugees in China and 
those who are returned to North Korea where they face torture, 
imprisonment, and execution, after agreeing to a committee amendment in 
the nature of a substitute.
  Pages S5788-89
  Honoring Airline Flight Attendants: Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation was discharged from further consideration of S. Con. 
Res. 110, honoring the heroism and courage displayed by airline flight 
attendants on a daily basis, and the resolution was then agreed to. 
                                                             Page S5789
National Defense Authorization Act: Senate continued consideration of 
S. 2514, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2003 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, taking 
action on the following amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S5727-67
Adopted:
  Warner Amendment No. 3900 (to Amendment No. 3899), to substitute a 
notice-and-wait condition for the exercise of authority to use funds. 
                                                         Pages S5728-45
  By 96 yeas to 3 nays (Vote No. 158), Levin Amendment No. 3899, to 
reallocate an amount available to the Army for indirect fire programs. 
                                                         Pages S5227-45
  Levin/Warner Amendment No. 3912, to provide alternative authority on 
concurrent receipt of military retired pay and veterans' disability 
compensation for service-connected disabled veterans.
Pages S5745-54
Pending:
  Feingold Amendment No. 3915, to extend for 2 years procedures to 
maintain fiscal accountability and responsibility.
Pages S5762-63
  Reid (for Conrad) Amendment No. 3916 (to Amendment No. 3915), of a 
perfecting nature.
Pages S5763-67
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 10:30 a.m., on Thursday, June 20, 2002. 
                                                             Page S5790
Messages from the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of the continuation of the 
National emergency with respect to the risk of nuclear proliferation 
created by the accumulation of weapons-usable fissile material in the 
territory of the Russian Federation beyond June 21, 2002; to the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-93) 
                                                         Pages S5770-71
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, the Periodic Report on the National 
Emergency with Respect to the

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Risk of Nuclear Proliferation Created by the Accumulation of Weapons-
Usable Fissile Material in the Territory of the Russian Federation; to 
the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-94) 
                                                             Page S5771
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, the Report on the Emergency Regarding 
Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction; to the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-95)
Page S5771
Messages From the House:
  Page S5771
Measures Referred:
  Page S5771
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Pages S5771-72
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S5772-74
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S5774-82
Additional Statements:
  Pages S5769-70
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S5782-87
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Pages S5787-88
Privilege of the Floor:
  Page S5788
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--158) 
                                                             Page S5745
Adjournment: Senate met at 10 a.m., and adjourned at 5:59 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Thursday, June 20, 2002. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5790).