[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 100 (Monday, July 22, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D796-D797]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                              Monday, July 22, 2002

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      The House passed 24 sundry measures under suspension of the rules 
      including H.R. 1209, Child Status Protection Act, agreeing to the 
      Senate amendment and clearing the measure for the President; and 
      H.R. 3487, Nurse Reinvestment Act, agreeing to the Senate 
      amendment and clearing the measure for the President.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7127-S7177
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2765-2771, and S. Con. Res. 129.                 
  Page S7164
Measures Reported:
  S. 434, to provide equitable compensation to the Yankton Sioux Tribe 
of South Dakota and the Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska for the loss of 
value of certain lands, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 107-214)
  S. 2074, to increase, effective as of December 1, 2002, the rates of 
compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the 
rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of 
certain disabled veterans, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 107-215)
  S. 2766, making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health 
and Human Services, and Education and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2003. (S. Rept. No. 107-216)       
Page S7164
Measures Passed:
  Nurse Reinvestment Act: Senate passed H.R. 3487, to amend the Public 
Health Service Act with respect to health professions programs 
regarding the field of nursing, after agreeing to the following 
amendment proposed thereto:                              
  Pages S7127-32
  Reid (for Mikulski) Amendment No. 4312, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S7132
Greater Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals Act: Senate resumed 
consideration of S. 812, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act to provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals, taking 
action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                  Pages S7127, S7134-58
Pending:
  Reid (for Dorgan) Amendment No. 4299, to permit commercial 
importation of prescription drugs from Canada.               
Page S7127
  Graham Amendment No. 4309, to amend title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act to provide coverage of outpatient prescription drugs under 
the Medicare program.                                        
Page S7127
  Hatch (for Grassley) Amendment No. 4310, to amend title XVIII of the 
Social Security Act to provide for a Medicare voluntary prescription 
drug delivery program under the Medicare program, and to modernize the 
Medicare program.                                            
Page S7127
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill on Tuesday, July 23, 2002. Further, that 
pursuant to the order of July 18, 2002, at 2:45 p.m., Senate will vote 
on a motion to waive the Budget Act with respect to Graham Amendment 
No. 4309; followed by a vote on a motion to waive the Budget Act with 
respect to Hatch (for Grassley) Amendment No. 4310.
Messages From the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, the Periodic Report on the National 
Emergency with Respect to Sierra Leone and Liberia from January 18, 
through July 17, 2002; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs. (PM-105)                                            
Page S7160
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.
  1 Marine Corps nomination in the rank of general.

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  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Navy.                  
Pages S7176-77
Messages From the House:                                     
  Page S7160
Measures Read First Time:                                    
  Page S7160
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S7160-64
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S7164-65
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S7165-72
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S7158-60
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S7172-74
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                            
  Pages S7174-75
Privilege of the Floor:                                      
  Page S7175
Adjournment: Senate met at 2 p.m., and adjourned at 6:58 p.m., until 
9:45 a.m., on Tuesday, July 23, 2002. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S7175-
76.)