[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 88 (Thursday, June 27, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D696-D698]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                            Thursday, June 27, 2002

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed National Defense Authorization bills.
      The House passed H.R. 5010, Department of Defense Appropriations.
      The House agreed to H. Res. 459, Urging the Ninth Circuit Court 
      of Appeals to Rehear Their Erroneous Ruling That the Pledge of 
      Allegiance is an Unconstitutional Endorsement of Religion.
      The House passed H.R. 5011, Military Construction Appropriations.
      The House passed S. 2578, Public Debt Limit Increase--clearing 
      the measure for the President.
      The House passed H.R. 4954, Medicare Modernization and 
      Prescription Drug Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6177-S6296
Measures Introduced: Twelve bills and five resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2688-2699, S. Res. 293-295, and S. Con. Res. 125-126. 
                                                         Pages S6249-50
Measures Reported:
  S. 1175, to modify the boundary of Vicksburg National Military Park 
to include the property known as Pemberton's Headquarters, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 107-183)
  H.R. 1384, to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the 
route in Arizona and New Mexico which the Navajo and Mescalero Apache 
Indian tribes were forced to walk in 1863 and 1864, for study for 
potential addition to the National Trails System. (S. Rept. No. 107-
184)
  H.R. 2234, to revise the boundary of the Tumacacori National 
Historical Park in the State of Arizona. (S. Rept. No. 107-185)
  S. 2037, to mobilize technology and science experts to respond 
quickly to the threats posed by terrorist attacks and other 
emergencies, by providing for the establishment of a national emergency 
technology guard, a technology reliability advisory board, and a center 
for evaluating antiterrorism and disaster response technology within 
the National Institute of Standards and Technology, with an amendment. 
(S. Rept. No. 107-186)
  S. 2428, to amend the National Sea Grant College Program Act. (S. 
Rept. No. 107-187)
  H.R. 3322, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct an 
education and administrative center at the Bear River Migratory Bird 
Refuge in Box Elder County, Utah.
  H.R. 3958, to provide a mechanism for the settlement of claims of the 
State of Utah regarding portions of the Bear River Migratory Bird 
Refuge located on the shore of the Great Salt Lake, Utah.
  S. Res. 281, designating the week beginning August 25, 2002, as 
``National Fraud Against Senior Citizens Awareness Week''.
  S. Res. 284, expressing support for ``National Night Out'' and 
requesting that the President make neighborhood crime prevention, 
community policing, and reduction of school crime important priorities 
of the Administration.
  S. 1339, to amend the Bring Them Home Alive Act of 2000 to provide an 
asylum program with regard to American Persian Gulf War POW/MIAs, with 
an amendment.
  S. 2134, to allow American victims of state sponsored terrorism to 
receive compensation from blocked assets of those states, with an 
amendment.
  S. 2633, to prohibit an individual from knowingly opening, 
maintaining, managing, controlling, renting, leasing, making available 
for use, or profiting from any place for the purpose of manufacturing,

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distributing, or using any controlled substance, and for other 
purposes.
Page S6249
Measures Passed:
  National Defense Authorization: By 97 yeas to 2 nays (Vote No. 165), 
Senate passed 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, 
and to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed 
Forces, after taking action on the following amendments proposed 
thereto:
  Pages S6178-80, S6182-6200, S6203-25.
Adopted:
  Cleland/McCain Amendment No. 4033, to increase active duty end 
strengths.
Pages S6183-87
  Warner Amendment No. 4169, to temporarily authorize higher partial 
basic allowance for housing for certain members assigned to privatized 
housing.
Page S6189
  Warner Amendment No. 4170, to set aside $20,000,000 for the disposal 
of obsolete vessels of the National Defense Reserve Fleet. 
                                                         Pages S6189-90
  Reed/Levin Modified Amendment No. 4029, to require a report on the 
results of each flight test of the Ground-based Midcourse national 
missile defense system.
Pages S6196-99
  Wyden/Smith (OR) Amendment No. 4060, to authorize, with an offset, 
$4,800,000 for personnel and procurement for the Oregon Army National 
Guard for purposes of Search and Rescue (SAR) and Medical Evacuation 
(MEDEVAC) missions in adverse weather conditions.
Pages S6203-07
  Levin (for Miller/Cleland) Modified Amendment No. 4077, to authorize 
$1,900,000 for procurement for the Marine Corps for upgrading live fire 
range target movers and to bring live fire range radio controls into 
compliance with Federal Communications Commission narrow band 
requirements.
Page S6207
Withdrawn:
  Hutchison Amendment No. 3928, to specify additional selection 
criteria for the 2005 round of defense base closures and realignments 
under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990. 
                                                         Pages S6178-80
  Landrieu Amendment No. 3975, to provide for military charters between 
military installations and local school districts, to provide credit 
enhancement initiatives to promote military charter school facility 
acquisition, construction, and renovation.
Pages S6187-89, S6190-94
  Hutchinson Amendment No. 3922, to set aside $3,000,000 for the Clara 
Barton Center for Domestic Preparedness, Arkansas.
  During consideration of this measure, Senate also took the following 
action:
  By a unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. 164), three-fifths of those 
Senators duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
agreed to the motion to close further debate on the bill.
Page S6183
  Department of Defense Authorization: Senate passed S. 2515, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2003 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, and to prescribe personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, after striking all after the 
enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof Division A of S. 2514, 
National Defense Authorization, as amended.
  Page S6225
  Military Construction Authorization: Senate passed S. 2516, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2003 for military 
construction, after striking all after the enacting clause and 
inserting in lieu thereof Division B of S. 2514, National Defense 
Authorization, as amended.
  Page S6225
  Department of Energy Defense Activities Authorization: Senate passed 
S. 2517, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2003 for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, after striking all after the 
enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof Division C of S. 2514, 
National Defense Authorization, as amended.
  Page S6225
  Subsequently, a unanimous-consent agreement was reached with respect 
to further consideration of S. 2515, S. 2516, and S. 2517 (all listed 
above as passed by the Senate); that if the Senate receives a message 
from the House of Representatives with regard to any of these measures, 
the Senate insist on its amendment or disagree to the House amendment, 
and agree to or request a conference with the House thereon, and the 
Chair be authorized to appoint conferees on the part of the Senate. 
                                                             Page S6225
  National Defense Authorization: Senate passed H.R. 4546, 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, after striking all 
after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the text of S. 
2514, Senate companion measure, as amended and passed by the Senate. 
                                                             Page S6225
  Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair was authorized to appoint the following 
conferees on the part of the Senate: Senators Levin, Kennedy, Byrd, 
Lieberman, Cleland, Landrieu, Reed, Akaka, Nelson (FL), Nelson (NE), 
Carnahan, Dayton, Bingaman, Warner, Thurmond, McCain, Smith, Inhofe,

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Santorum, Roberts, Allard, Hutchinson, Sessions, Collins, and Bunning. 
                                                             Page S6225
  Adjournment Resolution: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 125, providing 
for a conditional adjournment or recess of the Senate and a conditional 
adjournment of the House of Representatives.
  Page S6225
  Pledge of Allegiance: By a unanimous vote of 99 yeas (Vote No. 166), 
Senate passed S. 2690, to reaffirm the reference to one Nation under 
God in the Pledge of Allegiance.
  Pages S6225-28
  E-Government Act: Senate passed S. 803, to enhance the management and 
promotion of electronic Government services and processes by 
establishing an Office of Electronic Government within the Office of 
Management and Budget, and by establishing a broad framework of 
measures that require using Internet-based information technology to 
enhance citizen access to Government information and services, after 
agreeing to a committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and 
the following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S6277-95
  Reid (for Lieberman/Thompson) Amendment No. 4172, in the nature of a 
substitute.
Page S6295
  National Fraud Against Senior Citizens Awareness Week: Senate agreed 
to S. Res. 281, designating the week beginning August 25, 2002, as 
``National Fraud Against Senior Citizens Awareness Week''. 
                                                         Pages S6295-96
  Korean Immigration: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from 
further consideration of S. Res. 185, recognizing the historical 
significance of the 100th anniversary of Korean immigration to the 
United States, and the resolution was then agreed to.
  Page S6296
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  24 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  13 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  2 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps.
Pages S6200-01
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Linda Ellen Watt, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Panama.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.
Page S6200
Messages From the House:
  Page S6246
Measures Referred:
  Page S6246
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S6276
Executive Communications:
  Pages S6246-49
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S6249
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S6250-52
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S6252-62
Additional Statements:
  Pages S6241-46
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S6264-74
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S6274
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Pages S6274-75
Privilege of the Floor:
  Page S6275
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--166) 
                                       Pages S6183, S6224-25, S6226-27.
Adjournment: Senate met at 9:31 a.m., and adjourned at 5:32 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Friday, June 28, 2002. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S6200).