[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 87 (Wednesday, June 26, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D681-D686]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                           Wednesday, June 26, 2002

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to S. Res. 292, Expressing Support for the Pledge 
      of Allegiance.
      The House passed H.R. 4598, Homeland Security Information Sharing 
      Act.
      The House passed H.R. 5018, Capitol Police Retention, 
      Recruitment, and Authorization Act.
      Trade Act 2002--The House agreed to the Senate amendment to H.R. 
      3009, Andean Trade Preference Act, with an amendment. The House 
      then insisted on its amendment, asked for a conference with the 
      Senate, and appointed conferees.
      House committees ordered reported 18 sundry measures.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6049-S6176
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and three resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2681-2687, S.J. Res. 39, S. Res. 292, and S. Con. Res. 
124.
  Pages S6126-27
Measures Reported:
  S. 1227, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 
study of the suitability and feasibility of establishing the Niagara 
Falls National Heritage Area in the State of New York, with amendments. 
(S. Rept. No. 107-179)
  S. 1325, to ratify an agreement between the Aleut Corporation and the 
United States of America to exchange land rights received under the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act for certain land interests on Adak 
Island, with an amendment. (S. Rept. No. 107-180)
  H.R. 601, To redesignate certain lands within the Craters of the Moon 
National Monument. (S. Rept. No. 107-181)
  H.R. 2440, to rename Wolf Trap Farm Park as ``Wolf Trap National Park 
for the Performing Arts''. (S. Rept. No. 107-182)
Page S6126
Measures Passed:
  Expressing Support for Pledge of Allegiance: By a unanimous vote of 
99 yeas (Vote No. 163), Senate agreed to S. Res. 292, expressing 
support for the Pledge of Allegiance.
  Pages S6105-06
  Ports-to-Plains Corridor: Senate passed 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.
  Page S6173
  Automatic Defibrillation in Adam's Memory Act: Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions was discharged from further 
consideration of S. 1041, to establish a program for an information 
clearinghouse to increase public access to defibrillation in schools, 
and the bill was then passed.
  Pages S6173-74
  Patent and Trademark Office Authorization: Committee on the Judiciary 
was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 2047, to authorize 
appropriations for the United States Patent and Trademark Office for 
fiscal year 2003 through 2008, and the bill was then passed, after 
agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S6174-75
  Reid (for Leahy/Hatch) Amendment No. 4113, in the nature of a 
substitute.
Pages S6174-75
  Reid (for Leahy) Amendment No. 4115, to amend the title.
Page S6175
  Patent and Trademark Office Authorization: Senate passed S. 1754, to 
authorize appropriations for the United States Patent and Trademark 
Office

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for fiscal years 2003 through 2008, after agreeing to a committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  Pages S6175-76
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: 
                                   Page S6057-89, S6097-S6100, S6112-21
Adopted:
  Domenici Amendment No. 4009, to extend and improve United States 
programs on the proliferation of nuclear materials.
Pages S6057-66
  Levin Amendment No. 4087, to increase the amount provided for RDT&E, 
Air Force, for silicone substrates for flexible solar cells (PE 
62601F), and to offset the increase by reducing the amount provided for 
RDT&E, Army, for countermobility systems (PE 62624A).
Page S6075
  Allard (for Warner) Amendment No. 4088, to authorize, with an offset, 
$2,000,000 for research, development, test, and evaluation for the Navy 
for the Marine Corps Advanced Technology Demonstration (ATD) 
(PE0603640M) for analysis of emerging threats.
Page S6075
  Levin (for Kennedy) Amendment No. 4089, to prohibit the transfer of 
the Medical Free Electron Laser program (PE0602227D8Z) from the 
Department of Defense.
Pages S6075-76
  Allard (for Warner) Amendment No. 4090, to authorize land conveyances 
at the Engineer Proving Ground, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
Page S6076
  Levin (for Inouye) Amendment No. 4091, to amend title 10, United 
States Code, to increase the grade provided for the heads of the nurse 
corps of the Armed Forces.
Pages S6076-77
  Allard/Reid Amendment No. 4092, to prescribe the composition and 
leadership of the Veterinary Corps of the Army.
Page S6077
  Levin (for Akaka) Amendment No. 4093, to provide for the amount for 
the demonstration of renewable energy use of the Navy to be available 
within the Navy energy program (PE 0604710N) and not within Navy 
facilities improvement (PE 0603725N).
Page S6077
  Allard (for Collins) Amendment No. 4094, to extend multiyear 
procurement authority for DDG-51 class destroyers.
Page S6077
  Levin (for Landrieu/Roberts) Amendment No. 4095, to authorize 
additional activities for the Defense Experimental Program to Stimulate 
Competitive Research, and to require an assessment of the program. 
                                                             Page S6078
  Allard (for Inhofe/Akaka) Amendment No. 4096, to increase the maximum 
amount of assistance that the Secretary of Defense may provide to a 
tribal organization or economic enterprise to carry out a procurement 
technical assistance program in two or more Bureau of Indian Affairs 
service areas.
Page S6078
  Levin (for Cleland/Thurmond) Amendment No. 4097, to repeal a 
prohibition on use of Air Force Reserve AGR personnel for Air Force 
base security functions.
Page S6078
  Allard (for Helms/Cleland) Amendment No. 4098, to require the 
Secretary of Defense to establish clear and uniform policy and 
procedures regarding the installation and connection of telecom 
switches to the Defense Switch Network.
Pages S6078-79
  Levin (for Nelson (FL)) Amendment No. 4099, to provide for the 
disclosure to the Department of Veterans Affairs of information on the 
Shipboard Hazard and Defense project of the Navy.
Page S6079
  Allard (for Warner) Amendment No. 4100, to require an engineering 
study and environmental analysis of road modifications to address the 
closure of roads in the vicinity of Fort Belvoir, Virginia, for force 
protection purposes.
Page S6079
  Nelson (FL)/Roberts Amendment No. 4101, to require reports on efforts 
to resolve the whereabouts and status of Captain Michael Scott 
Speicher, United States Navy.
Pages S6079-85
  Levin (for Biden/Carper) Amendment No. 4102, to extend the work 
safety demonstration program of the Department of Defense.
Page S6085
  Allard (for Warner) Amendment No. 4103, to provide for a master plan 
for the use of the Navy Annex, Arlington, Virginia.
Page S6085
  Levin (for Durbin) Amendment No. 4104, to provide authority for 
nonprofit organizations to self-certify eligibility for treatment as 
qualified organizations employing the severely disabled for purposes of 
the Mentor-Protege Program.
Pages S6085-86
  Allard (for Kyl) Amendment No. 4105, to authorize the transfer of a 
DF-9E Panther aircraft to the Women Airforce Service Pilots Museum. 
                                                             Page S6086
  Levin (for Kerry) Amendment No. 4106, to require the Secretary of the 
Army to submit a report on the effects of the Army Contracting Agency 
on small business participation in Army procurement.
Page S6086
  Allard (for Santorum) Amendment No. 4107, to add $1,000,000 for the 
Army for procurement of M821A1 High Explosive (HE) insensitive munition 
for the 81-millimeter mortar, and to offset the increase by reducing 
the amount provided for the

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Army for aircraft procurement for CH-47 cargo helicopter modifications, 
for the procurement of commercial, off-the-shelf, crashworthy seats by 
$1,000,000.
Pages S6086-87
  Levin (for Cleland) Amendment No. 4108, to authorize the payment of 
interest on student loans of members of the Armed Forces. 
                                                         Pages S6087-88
  Allard (for Santorum) Amendment No. 4109, to add $1,000,000 for the 
Air Force for RDT&E for space and missile operations, Civil Reserve 
Space Service (CRSS) initiative (PE 305173F), and to offset the 
increase by reducing the amount provided for the Army for Aircraft 
procurement, CH-47 cargo helicopter modifications, for the procurement 
of commercial, off-the-shelf, crashworthy seats by $1,000,000. 
                                                             Page S6088
  Levin (for Reid) Amendment No. 4110, to provide alternative authority 
regarding the transfer of funds for the acquisition of replacement 
property for National Wildlife Refuge system lands in Nevada. 
                                                             Page S6088
  Allard (for Lott) Amendment No. 4111, to add restrictions on the 
proposed authority for reducing the minimum period of service in grades 
above O-4 for eligibility to be retired in highest grade held. 
                                                         Pages S6088-89
  Subsequently, the amendment was modified.
Pages S6112-13
  Levin Amendment No. 4046 (to Amendment No. 4007), to provide priority 
for the allocation of certain funds for Department of Defense 
activities to combat terrorism at home and abroad. 
                                               Pages S6066-75, S6097-98
  Warner Amendment No. 4007, to provide an additional amount for 
ballistic missile defense or combating terrorism in accordance with 
national security priorities of the President.
Pages S6057, S6097-98
  Reid (for Kennedy) Amendment No. 4117, to provide an amount for lift 
support for mine warfare ships and other vessels.
Page S6113
  Warner Amendment No. 4118, to add an amount for the Navy Data 
Conversion and Management Laboratory for support data conversion 
activities for the Navy, and to provide an offset.
Page S6113
  Reid (for Cleland) Amendment No. 4119, to require a report on efforts 
to ensure the adequacy of fire fighting staffs at military 
installations.
Page S6113
  Warner (for Snowe/Collins) Amendment No. 4120, to set aside 
$1,500,000 for the Navy Pilot Human Resources Call Center, Cutler, 
Maine.
Page S6113
  Reid (for Wyden/Smith (OR)) Amendment No. 4121, to authorize, with an 
offset, $9,000,000 for a military construction project for the Army 
National Guard for a Reserve Center in Lane County, Oregon. 
                                                             Page S6113
  Warner (for Cochran/Lott) Amendment No. 4122, to authorize a military 
construction project in the amount of $3,580,000 for construction of a 
National Guard Readiness Center, Kosciusko, Mississippi.
Page S6113
  Reid (for Biden/Carper) Amendment No. 4123, to authorize, with an 
offset, a military construction project in the amount of $7,500,000 for 
construction of a new air traffic control facility at Dover Air Force 
Base, Delaware.
Page S6113
  Warner (for Domenici/Bingaman) Amendment No. 4124, to authorize, with 
an offset, $3,000,000 for a planning and design for a new anechoic 
chamber at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico (Project No. 56232). 
                                                             Page S6113
  Reid (for Durbin) Amendment No. 4125, to authorize, with an offset, 
$10,000,000 for the Air National Guard for a military construction 
project for a Composite Support Facility for the 183rd Fighter Wing of 
the Illinois Air National Guard.
Page S6113
  Warner (for Thurmond) Amendment No. 4126, to authorize $8,000,000 for 
the construction of a parking garage at Walter Reed Army Medical 
Center, Washington, District of Columbia, and to offset the amount with 
a reduction in operation and maintenance for the Army in amounts 
available for Base Operations Support (Servicewide Support). 
                                                             Page S6114
  Warner (for Frist/Thompson) Amendment No. 4127, to authorize a 
military construction project in the amount of $8,400,000 for the Air 
National Guard for completion of construction of the Composite Aviation 
Aircraft Maintenance Complex (PN#BKTZ989063) in Nashville, Tennessee, 
and to offset the authorization with a reduction of $2,400,000 in 
operation and maintenance for the Army from amounts available for Base 
Operations Support (Servicewide Support), a reduction of $3,000,000 in 
operation and maintenance for the Army from amounts available for 
Recruiting and Advertising, and a reduction of $3,000,000 in operation 
and maintenance for the Air Force from amounts available for Recruiting 
and Advertising.
Page S6114
  Warner (for DeWine) Amendment No. 4128, to authorize, with an offset, 
$15,200,000 for a military construction project for the Air Force for 
consolidation of the materials computational research facility at 
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio (PNZHTV033301A).
Page S6114
  Reid (for Cleland) Amendment No. 4129, to authorize $2,000,000 for 
research, development, test, and evaluation for the Air Force for 
Support Systems

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Development (PE0708611F) for Aging Aircraft and to offset the amount 
with a reduction in research, development, test, and evaluation for the 
Navy from amounts available for Warfighting Sustainment Advanced 
Technology (PE0603236N).
Page S6114
  Warner (for Cochran/Lott) Amendment No. 4130, to authorize, with an 
offset, $4,500,000 for research, development, test, and evaluation for 
the Army for radar power technology.
Page S6114
  Reid (for Landrieu) Amendment No. 4131, to increase the amount 
provided for RDT&E, Defense-wide activities, for critical 
infrastructure protection (PE 35190D8Z), and to offset the increase by 
reducing the amount provided for RDT&E, Defense-wide activities, for 
power projection advanced technology (PE63114N).
Page S6114
  Warner (for Domenici) Amendment No. 4132, to increase the amount for 
the Air Force for RDT&E for wargaming and simulation centers, and to 
provide an offset.
Page S6114
  Reid (for Conrad) Amendment No. 4133, with respect to Russian 
Tactical Nuclear Weapons.
Page S6114
  Warner (for Collins) Amendment No. 4134, to authorize, with an 
offset, $2,500,000 for research, development, test, and evaluation for 
the Navy for the DDG optimized manning initiative.
Pages S6114-15
  Reid (for Feinstein/Stevens) Amendment No. 4135, to prohibit the use 
of authorized funds for research, development, test, evaluation, 
procurement, or deployment of nuclear armed interceptors of a missile 
defense system.
Page S6115
  Warner (for Santorum) Amendment No. 4136, to add $1,000,000 for 
Defense-Wide RDT&E for key enabling robotics technologies for the 
support of Army, Navy, and Air Force robotic and unmanned military 
platforms (PE 604709D8Z), and to offset the increase by reducing the 
amount provided for the Navy for other procurement for gun fire control 
equipment, SPQ-9B solid state transmitter, by $1,000,000. 
                                                     Pages S6115, S6120
  Reid (for Cleland/Hutchinson) Amendment No. 4137, to prohibit denial 
of TRICARE services to a covered beneficiary receiving medical care 
from the Department of Veterans Affairs under certain circumstances. 
                                                     Pages S6115, S6120
  Warner (for Roberts) Amendment No. 4138, to authorize, with an 
offset, $1,000,000 for research, development, test, and evaluation, 
defense-wide, for In-House Laboratory Independent Research 
(PE0601103D8Z) for research, analysis, and assessment of efforts to 
counter potential agroterrorist attacks.
Page S6115
  Reid (for Levin) Amendment No. 4139, to authorize the Secretary of 
Defense to pay monetary rewards for assistance in combating terrorism. 
                                                             Page S6115
  Warner Amendment No. 4140, to establish the position of Under 
Secretary of Defense for Intelligence.
Pages S6115-16
  Reid (for Landrieu) Amendment No. 4141, to require a study on the 
designation of a highway in the State of Louisiana as a defense access 
road.
Page S6116
  Warner (for Roberts) Amendment No. 4142, to authorize the conveyance 
of 2000 acres at the Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant, Kansas. 
                                                             Page S6116
  Reid (for Landrieu) Amendment No. 4143, to require an annual long-
range plan for the construction of ships for the Navy.
Page S6116
  Warner (for Bunning) Amendment No. 4144, to provide for the 
conveyance of a portion of the Bluegrass Army Depot in Richmond, 
Kentucky, to Madison County, Kentucky.
Page S6116
  Reid (for Bingaman/Santorum) Amendment No. 4145, to extend the 
authority of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to award 
prizes for advanced technology achievements.
Pages S6116-17
  Reid (for Inhofe/Akaka) Amendment No. 4146, to authorize the 
provision of space and services for military welfare societies. 
                                                             Page S6117
  Reid (for Reed) Amendment No. 4147, to authorize, with an offset, 
$5,500,000 for research, development, test, and evaluation for the Army 
for development of a very high speed support vessel for the Army. 
                                                             Page S6117
  Warner (for Santorum) Amendment No. 4148, to add $1,000,000 for Other 
Procurement, Air Force, for the procurement of technical C-E equipment, 
Mobile Emergency Broadband System, and to offset the increase by 
reducing the amount provided for the Navy for other procurement for gun 
fire control equipment, SPQ-9B solid state transmitter, by $1,000,000. 
                                                             Page S6117
  Reid (for Cleland) Amendment No. 4149, to add $1,500,000 for the Air 
Force for other procurement for base procured equipment for a Combat 
Arms Training System (CATS) for the Air National Guard, and to offset 
the increase by reducing the amount provided for the Army for RDT&E for 
artillery system demonstration and validation (PE 0603854A) by 
$1,500,000.
Page S6117
  Warner (for Thurmond) Amendment No. 4150, to authorize, with an 
offset, $100,000 for the Army for activation efforts with respect to 
the National Army Museum, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
Page S6117
  Reid (for Lieberman) Amendment No. 4151, to authorize, with an 
offset, $1,000,000 for research, development, test, and evaluation for 
the Navy for Force Protection Advanced Technology (PE

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0603123N) for development and demonstration of a full-scale high-speed 
permanent magnet generator.
Page S6117
  Warner (for McCain) Amendment No. 4152, to modify the calculation of 
back pay for persons who were approved for promotion as members of the 
Navy and Marine Corps while interned as prisoners of war during World 
War II to take into account changes in the Consumer Price Index. 
                                                             Page S6117
  Reid (for Bingaman) Amendment No. 4153, to require a plan for a five-
year program to enhance the measurement and signatures intelligence 
capabilities of the Federal Government.
Page S6118
  Warner (for McCain) Amendment No. 4154, to require a report on 
volunteer services of members of the reserve components in support of 
emergency response to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center 
and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001.
Page S6118
  Reid (for Corzine/Torricelli) Amendment No. 4155, to authorize use of 
an amount of the authorization of appropriations for RDT&E for the Navy 
for the aviation-shipboard information technology initiative. 
                                                             Page S6118
  Warner (for Cochran/Lott) Amendment No. 4156, to require the 
Secretary of the Navy to maintain the scope of the cruiser conversion 
program for the Ticonderoga class of AEGIS cruisers.
Page S6118
  Reid (for Kerry/Frist) Amendment No. 4157, to require the Secretary 
of Defense to expand the Department of Defense program of HIV/AIDS 
prevention educational activities undertaken in connection with the 
conduct of United States military training, exercises, and humanitarian 
assistance in sub-Saharan African countries.
Page S6118
  Warner (for Domenici/Bingaman) Amendment No. 4158, to set aside 
$6,000,000 for the Aerospace Relay Mirror System (ARMS) Demonstration. 
                                                             Page S6118
  Warner Amendment No. 4159, to authorize funds for requirements 
development of a littoral ship in Ship Concept Advanced Design (PE 
0603563N).
Pages S6118, S6120-21
  Reid (for Byrd) Amendment No. 4160, to provide for monitoring 
implementation of the 1979 United States-China Agreement on Cooperation 
in Science and Technology.
Pages S6118-19
  Warner (for Thompson) Amendment No. 4161, to require biannual reports 
on foreign persons who contribute to the proliferation of weapons of 
mass destruction, and their delivery systems, by countries of 
proliferation concern.
Page S6119
  Warner (for Hatch) Amendment No. 4162, to commend military chaplains.
                                                             Page S6119
  Reid (for Sarbanes) Amendment No. 4163, to grant a Federal charter to 
Korean War Veterans Association, Incorporated.
Pages S6119-20
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 10:30 a.m., on Thursday, June 27, 2002, 
with a vote on the motion to close further debate on the bill to occur 
thereon. Further, that Senators have until 10 a.m. to file second 
degree amendments to the bill.
Page S6091
Accounting Reform Act: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing for consideration of S. 2673, to improve quality and 
transparency in financial reporting and independent audits and 
accounting services for public companies, to create a Public Company 
Accounting Oversight Board, to enhance the standard setting process for 
accounting practices, to strengthen the independence of firms that 
audit public companies, to increase corporate responsibility and the 
usefulness of corporate financial disclosure, to protect the 
objectivity and independence of securities analysts, to improve 
Securities and Exchange Commission resources and oversight, on Monday, 
July 8, 2002, at 2 p.m.
  Page S6173
Authority for Committees: All committees were authorized to file 
legislative and executive reports during the adjournment of the Senate 
on Wednesday, July 3, 2002, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
  Page S6173
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Richard A. Griffin, of Michigan, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Sixth Circuit.
  Daniel L. Hovland, of North Dakota, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of North Dakota.
  Thomas W. Phillips, of Tennessee, to be United States District Judge 
for the Eastern District of Tennessee.
  Linda R. Reade, of Iowa, to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of Iowa.
  Routine lists in the Navy.
Pages S6091-95
Messages From the House:
  Page S6126
Measures Referred:
  Page S6126
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S6126
Measures Read First Time:
  Page S6126
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S6127-28
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S6128-32
Additional Statements:
  Pages S6124-26
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S6133-72
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S6172

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Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Pages S6172-73
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--163) 
                                                         Pages S6105-06
Adjournment: Senate met at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 9:34 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Thursday, June 27, 2002. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S6091).