[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 111 (Thursday, September 5, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D896-D898]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                        Thursday, September 5, 2002

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House Committees ordered reported 11 sundry measures, including 
      the Energy and Water Development Appropriations for fiscal year 
      2003.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8235-S8334
Measures Introduced: Ten bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2903-2912, and S. Res. 322-323.
  Page S8300
Measures Reported:
  H.R. 3214, to amend the charter of the AMVETS organization.
  H.R. 3838, to amend the charter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of 
the United States organization to make members of the armed forces who 
receive special pay for duty subject to hostile fire or imminent danger 
eligible for membership in the organization.
  S. Res. 316, designating the year beginning February 1, 2003, as the 
``Year of the Blues''.
  S. 1615, to provide for the sharing of certain foreign intelligence 
information with local law enforcement personnel, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute.
  S. 1972, to amend the charter of the AMVETS organization.
  S. 2127, for the relief of the Pottawatomi Nation in Canada for 
settlement of certain claims against the United States.
  S. 2896, to enhance the operation of the AMBER Alert communications 
network in order to facilitate the recovery of abducted children, to 
provide for enhanced notification on highways of alerts and information 
on such children, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                      Pages S8299-S8300
Measures Passed:
  Legal Counsel Representation: Senate agreed to S. Res. 323, to 
authorize testimony and representation in Senator Mitch McConnell, et 
al. v. Federal Election Commission, et al., and consolidated cases. 
                                                             Page S8327
  JFK Center Plaza Authorization Act: Senate passed H.R. 5012, to amend 
the John F. Kennedy Center Act to authorize the Secretary of 
Transportation to carry out a project for construction of a plaza 
adjacent to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 
clearing the measure for the President.
  Page S8328
  Thomas E. Burnett, Jr. Post Office Building: Senate passed H.R. 5207, 
to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 6101 West Old Shakopee Road in Bloomington, Minnesota, as the 
``Thomas E. Burnett, Jr. Post Office Building'', clearing the measure 
for the President.
  Page S8328
  Joseph Curseen, Jr. and Thomas Morris, Jr. Processing and 
Distribution Center: Senate passed H.R. 3287, to redesignate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 900 Brentwood 
Road, NE, in Washington, D.C., as the ``Joseph Curseen, Jr. and Thomas 
Morris, Jr. Processing and Distribution Center'', clearing the measure 
for the President.
  Pages S8328-29
  Congratulating Lance Armstrong: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 315, congratulating 
Lance Armstrong for winning the 2002 Tour de France, and the resolution 
was then agreed to.
  Page S8329
  Mercury Reduction and Disposal Act: Senate passed S. 351, to amend 
the Solid Waste Disposal Act to reduce the quantity of mercury in the 
environment by limiting the use of mercury fever thermometers and 
improving the collection and proper management of mercury, after 
agreeing to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and 
the following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S8329-34
  Reid (for Jeffords/Smith (NH)) Amendment No. 4511, to make certain 
revisions to the bill.
Page S8333
Department of the Interior Appropriations: Senate continued 
consideration of H.R. 5093, making

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appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, taking action on the 
following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                     Pages S8235-38, S8239-45, S8246-50
Adopted:
  Byrd (for Murray) Amendment No. 4493 (to Amendment No. 4472), to 
provide funds for the Vancouver National Historic Reserve in the State 
of Washington, with an offset.
Page S8236
  Burns (for Campbell) Amendment No. 4494 (to Amendment No. 4472), to 
modify the provision relating to transportation services to include 
Rocky Mountain National Park.
Page S8236
  Byrd (for Leahy) Amendment No. 4495 (to Amendment No. 4472), to 
permit the use of a single procurement contract by the Smithsonian 
Institution for a multi-year repair and renovation of the Patent Office 
Building, subject to the availability of annual appropriations. 
                                                             Page S8236
  Burns (for Collins) Amendment No. 4496 (to Amendment No. 4472), to 
redistribute funds allocated for Atlantic salmon recovery.
Page S8236
  Byrd (for Graham/Nelson) Amendment No. 4497 (to Amendment No. 4472), 
to direct the Corps of Engineers to construct a portion of the modified 
water delivery project in the State of Florida.
Pages S8236-37
  Burns (for Hutchison) Amendment No. 4498 (to Amendment No. 4472), to 
make a technical change with respect to the Lower Rio Grande Valley 
National Wildlife Refuge.
Page S8237
  Burns (for Kyl) Amendment No. 4499 (to Amendment No. 4472), to 
require the Director of the National Park Service to report to Congress 
on the status of the Colorado River Management Plan.
Page S8237
Pending:
  Byrd Amendment No. 4472, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                     Pages S8235-38, S8239-45, S8246-50
  Byrd Amendment No. 4480 (to Amendment No. 4472), to provide funds to 
repay accounts from which funds were borrowed for emergency wildfire 
suppression.
Page S8235
  Daschle Modified Amendment No. 4481 (to Amendment No. 4480), to 
provide emergency disaster assistance to agricultural producers. 
                              Pages S8235, S8237-38, S8239-45, S8246-50
  A motion was entered to close further debate on Daschle Modified 
Amendment No. 4481 (to Amendment No. 4480), listed above and, in 
accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a cloture vote will occur on Tuesday, September 10, 2002. 
                                                             Page S8245
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill on Tuesday, September 10, 2002, with 60 
minutes of debate remaining on Amendment No. 4481, with a vote to occur 
in relation to the amendment; that if a Budget Act point of order is 
raised and a motion to waive the Budget Act is successful, or if a 
tabling motion is made and is unsuccessful, without further intervening 
action or debate, the Senate then vote immediately on the amendment, 
that upon disposition of the amendment, the motion to reconsider then 
be laid upon the table; that upon the entering of this agreement, the 
cloture motion with respect to the Daschle amendment (listed above) be 
vitiated.
Page S8325
Homeland Security Act: Senate continued consideration of H.R. 5005, to 
establish the Department of Homeland Security, taking action on the 
following amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S8255-80
Adopted:
  Reid (for Wellstone) Modified Amendment No. 4490 (to Amendment No. 
4486), in the nature of a substitute.
Pages S8255-56
  Wellstone Amendment No. 4486 (to Amendment No. 4471), to prohibit the 
Secretary of Homeland Security from contracting with any corporate 
expatriate.
Pages S8255-57
  By 87 yeas to 6 nays (Vote No. 210), Reid (for Boxer/Smith (N.H.)) 
Further Modified Amendment No. 4492 (to Amendment No. 4491), in the 
nature of a substitute.
Pages S8255, S8264-80
  Smith (N.H.) Amendment No. 4491 (to Amendment No. 4471), to amend 
title 49, United States Code, to improve flight and cabin security on 
passenger aircraft.
Pages S8255, S8280
Pending:
  Lieberman Amendment No. 4471, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                         Pages S8255-80
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill on Monday, September 9, 2002, following the 
vote on the nomination of Kenneth A. Marra, to be United States 
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida.
Page S8325
Authority for a Committee--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that the Foreign Relations Committee be authorized to 
report an Executive Treaty on Friday, September 6, 2002, from 10 a.m. 
to 11 a.m., notwithstanding the adjournment of the Senate.
  Page S8328
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaty:
  Treaty with Liechtenstein on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal 
Matters (Treaty Doc. No. 107-16).
  The treaty was transmitted to the Senate today, considered as having 
been read for the first time, and

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referred, with accompanying papers, to the Committee on Foreign 
Relations and ordered to be printed.
Pages S8325-26
Treaties Approved: The following treaties having passed through their 
various parliamentary stages, up to and including the presentation of 
the resolution of ratification, upon division, two-thirds of the 
Senators present and having voted in the affirmative, the resolutions 
of ratification were agreed to:
  Protocol Amending 1949 Convention of Inter-American Tropical Tuna 
Commission (Treaty Doc. 107-2);
  South Pacific Environment Programme Agreement (Treaty Doc. 105-32) 
with one declaration; and
  1990 Protocol to the 1983 Maritime Environment of the Wider Caribbean 
Region Convention (Treaty Doc. 103-5) with three reservations, one 
understanding, and one declaration.
Pages S8326-27
Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing for the consideration of the nomination of Kenneth A. Marra, 
to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of 
Florida, on Monday, September 9, 2002, at 1 p.m., with a vote to occur 
thereon.
  Page S8329
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Pamela F. Olson, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Treasury.
Pages S8326, S8334
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  David N. Greenlee, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Bolivia.
  Robin Renee Sanders, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Congo.
  Anne B. Pope, of Tennessee, to be Federal Cochairman of the 
Appalachian Regional Commission.
  Richard J. Peltz, of Pennsylvania, to be Alternative Federal 
Cochairman of the Appalachian Regional Commission.
Page S8334
Messages From the House:
  Page S8296
Measures Referred:
  Page S8296
Executive Communications:
  Pages S8296-99
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S8300-02
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S8302-12
Additional Statements:
  Pages S8294-95
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S8312-16
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Page S8316
Privilege of the Floor:
  Page S8325
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--210) 
                                                             Page S8280
Adjournment: Senate met at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 7:35 p.m., until 
12 noon, on Monday, September 9, 2002. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S8329).