[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 125 (Monday, September 30, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1005-D1006]
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                                         Monday, September 30, 2002

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9561-S9651
Measures Introduced: Three bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3015-3017, and S. Res. 331.
  Page S9595
Measures Reported:
  S. 2998, to reauthorize the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, 
the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, the Child Abuse 
Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978, and the 
Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of 1988, with amendments. (S. Rept. 
No. 107-292)
  S. 2949, to provide for enhanced aviation security, with amendments. 
(S. Rept. No. 107-293)
  S. 1806, to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to 
health professions programs regarding the practice of pharmacy, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Pages S9594-95
Measures Passed:
  Relative to the Death of Representative Mink: Senate agreed to S. 
Res. 331, relative to the death of Representative Patsy T. Mink, of 
Hawaii.
  Page S9650
  National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: Committee on the Judiciary 
was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 325, designating 
the month of September 2002 as ``National Prostate Cancer Awareness 
Month'', and the resolution was then agreed to.
  Page S9650
Homeland Security Act: Senate resumed consideration of H.R. 5005, to 
establish the Department of Homeland Security, taking action on the 
following amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S9566-73, S9580-89
Pending:
  Lieberman Amendment No. 4471, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S9566
  Gramm/Miller Amendment No. 4738 (to Amendment No. 4471), of a 
perfecting nature, to prevent terrorist attacks within the United 
States.
Page S9566
  Nelson (NE.) Amendment No. 4740 (to Amendment No. 4738, to modify 
certain personnel provisions).
Page S9566
  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.
  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.
  Daschle Amendment No. 4743 (to Amendment No. 4742), to modify certain 
personnel provisions.
  Daschle motion to reconsider the vote (Vote No. 227) by which cloture 
was not invoked on Gramm/Miller Amendment No. 4738 (to Amendment No. 
4471), listed above.
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the cloture 
vote on Gramm/Miller Amendment No. 4738 (to Amendment No. 4471), will 
occur at 12 noon on Tuesday, October 1, 2002.
Pages S9650-51
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 11 a.m., on Tuesday, October 11, 2002, 
with a vote on the motion to close further debate on Gramm/Miller 
Amendment No. 4738 (to Amendment No. 4471), to occur at 12 noon. 
                                                         Pages S9650-51
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaty:
  Partial Revision (1992) of Radio Regulations (Geneva, 1979) (Treaty 
Doc. No. 107-17).
  The treaty was transmitted to the Senate today, considered as having 
been read for the first time, and referred, with accompanying papers, 
to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. 
                                                         Pages S9649-50
Nominations Confirmed: Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation was discharged from further consideration and the Senate 
then confirmed the following nominations:
  1 Coast Guard nomination in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Coast Guard.
Page S9651
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Thomas C. Dorr, of Iowa, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for 
Rural Development.

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  Thomas C. Dorr, of Iowa, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of 
the Commodity Credit Corporation.
  Philip Merrill, of Maryland, to be President of the Export-Import 
Bank of the United States for the remainder of the term expiring 
January 20, 2005.
  Cheryl Feldman Halpern, of New Jersey, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for a term 
expiring January 31, 2008.
  Susanne T. Marshall, of Virginia, to be Chairman of the Merit Systems 
Protection Board.
  Tony Hammond, of Virginia, to be a Commissioner of the Postal Rate 
Commission for the remainder of the term expiring October 14, 2004.
  Albert Casey, of Texas, to be a Governor of the United States Postal 
Service for a term expiring December 8, 2009.
  W. Scott Railton, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Occupational 
Safety and Health Review Commission for a term expiring April 27, 2007.
                                                             Page S9651
Messages From the House:
  Page S9594
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S9561
Enrolled Bills Presented:
  Page S9594
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S9595-96
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S9596-97
Additional Statements:
  Pages S9590-94
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S9597-S9649
Adjournment: Senate met at 1 p.m., and as a further mark of respect to 
the memory of the late Representative Patsy T. Mink, of Hawaii, in 
accordance with S. Res. 331, adjourned at 6:16 p.m., until 9:30 a.m., 
on Tuesday, October 1, 2002. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of 
the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S9651).