[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 83 (Thursday, June 20, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D649-D651]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                            Thursday, June 20, 2002

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      The House passed H.R. 1079, Small Airport Safety, Security, and 
      Air Service Improvement Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5791-S5879
Measures Introduced: Sixteen bills were introduced, as follows: S. 
2650-2665.
  Page S5851
Measures Reported:
  S. 2621, to provide a definition of vehicle for purposes of criminal 
penalties relating to terrorist attacks and other acts of violence 
against mass transportation systems. (S. Rept. No. 107-166)
  S. 754, to enhance competition for prescription drugs by increasing 
the ability of the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission 
to enforce existing antitrust laws regarding brand name drugs and 
generic drugs, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. 
Rept. No. 107-167)
  H.R. 1866, to amend title 35, United States Code, to clarify the 
basis for granting requests for reexamination of patents.
  H.R. 1886, to amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for 
appeals by third parties in certain patent reexamination proceedings.
  S. 1291, to amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant 
Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State 
residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the 
cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien 
college-bound students who are long term United States residents, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 1335, to support business incubation in academic settings, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 1754, to authorize appropriations for the United States Patent and 
Trademark Office for fiscal years 2002 through 2007, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute.
Page S5850
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 S5799-S5821, S5825-35, S5836-41
Adopted:
  Reid (for Conrad) Modified Amendment No. 3916 (to Amendment No. 
3915), of a perfecting nature.
Pages S5799-S5812
  Levin/Warner Amendment No. 3938, to authorize clearance of certain 
transactions recorded in Treasury suspense accounts and cancellation of 
certain check issuance discrepancies in Treasury records, all of which 
relate to financial transactions of the Department of Defense. 
                                                             Page S5836
  Levin/Warner Amendment No. 3939, to authorize the Secretary to 
provide logistics support and logistics services to weapon system 
contractors.
Pages S5836-37
  Levin/Warner Amendment No. 3940, to provide for the amount for the 
Compass Call program of the Air Force to be available within classified 
projects.
Page S5837
  Warner (for Sessions) Amendment No. 3941, to reallocate $5,000,000 of 
the authorization of appropriations for Other Procurement, Navy, for 
the integrated bridge system to items less than $5,000,000 from the 
Aegis support equipment.
Page S5837
  Levin (for Cleland) Amendment No. 3942, to strike section 344 
relating to clarification of core logistics capabilities. 
                                                         Pages S5837-38
  Warner (for Collins) Amendment No. 3943, to reallocate $6,000,000 of 
the authorization of appropriations for RDT&E, Navy, for laser welding 
and cutting demonstration to force protection applied research (PE 
0602123N) from surface ship and submarine HM&E advanced research (PE 
0603508N).
Page S5838

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  Levin (for Landrieu) Amendment No. 3944, to make various amendments 
to the subtitle on improved management of Department of Defense test 
and evaluation facilities.
Page S5838
  Warner (for Grassley) Amendment No. 3945, to extend the Arsenal 
support program initiative.
Pages S5838-39
  Levin (for Cleland/Hutchinson) Amendment No. 3946, to authorize a 6-
year period for a multiyear contract for the procurement of C-130J 
aircraft and variants.
Page S5839
  Levin (for Cleland) Amendment No. 3947, to clarify the rate of 
educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill for dependents 
transferred entitlement by members of the Armed Forces with critical 
skills.
Page S5839
  Levin (for Cleland) Amendment No. 3948, to repeal a limitation on 
authority to grant officers in grades of colonel (or captain, in the 
case of the Navy) and below a waiver of the required sequence of joint 
professional military education and joint duty assignment. 
                                                         Pages S5839-40
  Levin (for Cleland) Amendment No. 3949, to extend temporary authority 
for entering into personal services contracts for the performance of 
health care responsibilities for the Armed Forces at locations other 
than military medical treatment facilities.
Page S5840
  Levin (for Cleland) Amendment No. 3950, to extend the temporary 
authority for recall of retired aviators.
Page S5840
  Levin/Sessions Amendment No. 3951, to authorize the Secretary of 
Defense to accept foreign gifts and donations for the Western 
Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, and to require the 
Secretary's annual report on the Institute to include the annual report 
of the Board of Visitor's for the Institute.
Pages S5840-41
Pending:
  Murray/Snowe Amendment No. 3927, to restore a previous policy 
regarding restrictions on use of Department of Defense facilities. 
                                                         Pages S5826-35
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 59 yeas to 40 nays (Vote No. 159), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
failed to agree to the motion to waive section 306 of the Congressional 
Budget Act with respect to Feingold Amendment No. 3915, to extend for 2 
years procedures to maintain fiscal accountability and responsibility. 
Subsequently, a point of order that the amendment violates section 306 
of the Congressional Budget Act, by containing a matter within the 
jurisdiction of the Committee on the Budget and had been offered to a 
measure that was not reported from the Budget Committee, was sustained, 
and the amendment thus fell.
Pages S5799-S5821
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 9:30 a.m., on Friday, June 21, 2002, with 
a vote to occur on or in relation to Murray/Snowe Amendment No. 3927 
(listed above).
Page S5828
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaty:
  The Moscow Treaty (Treaty Doc. No. 107-8).
  The treaty was transmitted to the Senate today, considered as having 
been read for the first time, and referred, with accompanying papers, 
to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. 
                                                         Pages S5878-79
Appointment:
  Parents Advisory Council on Youth Drug Abuse: The Chair, on behalf of 
the Majority Leader, pursuant to Public Law 105-277, announced the 
appointment of the following individuals to serve as members of the 
Parents Advisory Council on Youth Drug Abuse: Darcy L. Jensen of South 
Dakota (Representative of Non-Profit Organization), vice Kerrie S. 
Lansford, term expired; Dr. Lynn McDonald of Wisconsin, vice Robert L. 
Maginnis, term expired; George L. Lozano of California, vice Darcy 
Jensen, term expired; and Rosanne Ortega of Texas, vice Dr. Lynn 
McDonald, term expired.
  Page S5879
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Richard Vaughn Mecum, of Georgia, to be United States Marshal for the 
Northern District of Georgia for the term of four years.
  Burton Stallwood, of Rhode Island, to be United States Marshal for 
the District of Rhode Island for the term of four years.
  George Breffni Walsh, of Virginia, to be United States Marshal for 
the District of Columbia for the term of four years.
Page S5879
Petitions and Memorials:
  Pages S5848-50
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S5850
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S5851-52
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S5852-66
Additional Statements:
  Pages S5846-48
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S5866-77
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Pages S5877-78
Privilege of the Floor:
  Page S5878
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--159) 
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Adjournment: Senate met at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 7:29 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Friday, June 21, 2002. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5879).