[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 123 (Wednesday, September 25, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D986-D987]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                      Wednesday, September 25, 2002

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House committees ordered reported seven sundry measures.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9179-S9353
Measures Introduced: Six bills were introduced, as follows: S. 3001-
3006.
  Page S9229
Measures Passed:
  Commending Mary Baker Eddy: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 458, 
recognizing and commending Mary Baker Eddy's achievements and the Mary 
Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Humanity.
  Page S9350
  Intelligence Authorization: Select Committee on Intelligence was 
discharged from further consideration of H.R. 4628, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2003 for intelligence and intelligence-
related activities of the United States Government, the Community 
Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and 
Disability System, after striking all after the enacting clause and 
inserting in lieu thereof the text of S. 2506, Senate companion 
measure, after withdrawing the committee amendments, and agreeing to 
the following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S9350-53
  Hollings (for Graham) Amendment No. 4752, in the nature of a 
substitute.
Pages S9350-53
  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 Graham, Levin, 
Rockefeller, Feinstein, Wyden, Durbin, Bayh, Edwards, Mikulski, Shelby, 
Kyl, Inhofe, Hatch, Roberts, DeWine, Thompson, and Lugar.
Page S9353
  Subsequently, S. 2506 was returned to the Senate calendar. 
                                                             Page S9351
Department of the Interior Appropriations: Senate resumed consideration 
of H.R. 5093, making 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 S9185-86
Pending:
  Byrd Amendment No. 4472, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                         Pages S9185-86
  Byrd Amendment No. 4480 (to Amendment No. 4472), to provide funds to 
repay accounts from which funds were borrowed for emergency wildfire 
suppression.
Page S9185
  Craig/Domenici Amendment No. 4518 (to Amendment No. 4480), to reduce 
hazardous fuels on our national forests.
Page S9185
  Byrd/Stevens Amendment No. 4532 (to Amendment No. 4472), to provide 
for critical emergency supplemental appropriations.
Page S9185
  Daschle motion to reconsider the vote (Vote No. 224) by which cloture 
was not invoked on Byrd Amendment No. 4480 (to Amendment No. 4472), 
listed above.
Page S9186
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 51 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 224), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
failed to approve the motion to close further debate on Byrd Amendment 
No. 4480 (to Amendment No. 4472), listed above.
Pages S9185-86
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 S9186-S9216
Pending:
  Lieberman Amendment No. 4471, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                      Pages S9186-S9216
  Daschle motion to reconsider the vote (Vote No. 225) by which cloture 
was not invoked on Lieberman Amendment No. 4471, listed above. 
                                                             Page S9186
  Gramm/Miller Amendment No. 4738 (to Amendment No. 4471), of a 
perfecting nature, to prevent terrorist attacks within the United 
States.
Pages S9186-S9200, S9205-06, S9207-16

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  Nelson (NE.) Amendment No. 4740 (to Amendment No. 4738), to modify 
certain personnel provisions.
Pages S9200-05
  Daschle motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Governmental 
Affairs and that it be reported back forthwith with the pending 
Lieberman Amendment No. 4471, listed above, as amended.
Page S9205
  Daschle Amendment No. 4742 (to the instructions of the motion to 
commit H.R. 5005 to the Committee on Governmental Affairs), of a 
perfecting nature, to prevent terrorist attacks within the United 
States.
Page S9205
  Daschle Amendment No. 4743 (to Amendment No. 4742), to modify certain 
personnel provisions.
Page S9205
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 49 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. 225), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
failed to approve the motion to close further debate on Lieberman 
Amendment No. 4471, listed above.
Page S9186
  A motion was entered to close further debate on Gramm/Miller 
Amendment No. 4738 (to Amendment No. 4471), listed above and, in 
accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a cloture vote could occur on Thursday, September 26, 2002.
                                                             Page S9207
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 11:15 a.m., on Thursday, September 26, 
2002.
Page S9353
Messages From the House:
  Page S9228
Measures Referred:
  Pages S9228-29
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S9229
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S9229-31
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S9231-34
Additional Statements:
  Pages S9226-28
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S9234-S9349
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S9350
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Page S9350
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--225) 
                                                             Page S9186
Adjournment: Senate met at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 6:35 p.m., until 
9:15 a.m., on Thursday, September 26, 2002. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S9353).