[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 145 (Tuesday, November 12, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1131-D1134]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                         Tuesday, November 12, 2002

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.
      The House agreed to the Conference Report on H.R. 4546, Bob Stump 
      National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S10809-S10847
Measures Introduced: One resolution was submitted, as follows: S. Con. 
Res. 155.
  Page S10844
Measures Reported:
  Reported on Monday, November 4, during the adjournment:
  S. 343, to establish a demonstration project to authorize the 
integration and coordination of Federal funding dedicated to the 
community, business, and economic development of Native American 
communities. (S. Rept. No. 107-324)
  S. 2975, to authorize the project for hurricane and storm damage 
reduction, Morganza, Louisiana, to the Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi 
River and Tributaries. (S. Rept. No. 107-325)
  S. 2978, to modify the project for flood control, Little Calumet 
River, Indiana. (S. Rept. No. 107-326)
  S. 2983, to authorize a project for navigation, Chickamauga Lock and 
Dam, Tennessee, with an amendment. (S. Rept. No. 107-327)
  S. 2984, to authorize a project for environmental restoration at 
Smith Island, Maryland. (S. Rept. No. 107-328)
  S. 2999, to authorize the project for environmental restoration, Pine 
Flat Dam, Fresno County, California. (S. Rept. No. 107-329)
  Report to accompany S. 1651, to establish the United States Consensus 
Council to provide for a consensus building process in addressing 
national public policy issues. (S. Rept. No. 107-330)
  Report to accompany S. 2644, to amend chapter 35 of title 31, United 
States Code, to expand the types of Federal agencies that are required 
to prepare audited financial statements. (S. Rept. No. 107-331)
  Report to accompany S. 3044, to authorize the Court Services and 
Offender Supervision Agency of the District of Columbia to provide for 
the interstate supervision of offenders on parole, probation, and 
supervised release. (S. Rept. No. 107-332)
  Report to accompany H.R. 4878, to provide for estimates and reports 
of improper payments by Federal agencies. (S. Rept. No. 107-333)
  Report to accompany S. 2513, to asses the extent of the backlog in 
DNA analysis of rape kit samples, and to improve investigation and 
prosecution of sexual assault cases with DNA evidence. (S. Rept. No. 
107-334)
Reported today:
  S. 1746, to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and the Energy 
Reorganization Act of 1974 to strengthen security at sensitive nuclear 
facilities, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. 
No. 107-335)
  S. 2715, to provide an additional extension of the period of 
availability of unemployment assistance under the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act in the case of victims of 
the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. (S. Rept. No. 107-336)
  S. 2969, to provide for improvement of Federal education research, 
statistics, evaluation, information, and dissemination, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 107-337)
  S. 2730, to modify certain water resources projects for the 
Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, and Flint Rivers, Georgia, Florida and 
Alabama. (S. Rept. No. 107-338)
  S. 2332, to designate the Federal building and United States 
courthouse to be constructed at 10 East Commerce Street in Youngstown, 
Ohio, as the ``Nathaniel R. Jones Federal Building And United States 
Courthouse'', with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
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Swearing In of Senator Barkley: Senator Dean M. Barkley, of Minnesota, 
was sworn in to fill the unexpired term caused by the death of Senator 
Paul Wellstone.
  Page S10809
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaty:
  Inter-American Convention Against Terrorism (Treaty Doc. No. 107-18).
  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 S10846-47
Tributes to Senator Wellstone: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that the tributes to Paul D. Wellstone, late a 
Senator from Minnesota, be printed as a Senate Document; and that 
Members have until 12 noon, Tuesday, December 3 to submit said 
tributes.
  Page S10831
Homeland Security Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that at 2:45 p.m., on Wednesday, November 13, 2002, 
the motion to proceed to the motion to reconsider the vote (Vote No. 
227) by which cloture was not invoked on Gramm/Miller Amendment No. 
4738 (to Amendment No. 4471), of a perfecting nature, to H.R. 5005, 
Homeland Security Act, be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be agreed 
to, and without further intervening action or debate, Senate proceed to 
vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the amendment.
  Page S10845
Appointments: The Chair announced the following appointments made on 
October 22, 2002, during the adjournment:
  Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation: Pursuant to the provisions of 
Public Law 93-642, on behalf of the Vice President, the appointment of 
Senator Carnahan to the Board of Trustees of the Harry S Truman 
Scholarship Foundation, vice Senator Baucus.
  Page S10847
  Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance: Pursuant to the 
provisions of Public Law 99-498, on behalf of the President pro 
tempore, and upon the recommendation of the Majority Leader, the 
appointment of Clare Cotton of Massachusetts to the Advisory Committee 
on Student Financial Assistance, vice Donald R. Vickers of Vermont. 
                                                            Page S10847
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a notice stating that the emergency 
declared with respect to the Government of Iran on November 14, 1979 is 
to continue beyond November 14, 2002; to the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-118)
Page S10841
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the continuation 
of the emergency regarding weapons of mass destruction; to the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-119) 
                                                            Page S10842
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a periodic report relative to the 
national emergency with respect to Iran which was declared in Executive 
Order No. 12170; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs (PM-120)
Page S10842
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Diane M. Ruebling, of California, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation for a term 
expiring December 17, 2002.
  C. William Swank, of Ohio, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation for a term expiring 
December 17, 2002.
  Samuel E. Ebbesen, of the Virgin Islands, to be a Member of the Board 
of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation for a term 
expiring December 17, 2003.
  Charles S. Abell, of Virginia, to be Deputy Under Secretary of 
Defense for Personnel and Readiness. (New Position)
  Steven J. Simmons, of Connecticut, to be Member of the Broadcasting 
Board of Governors for the remainder of the term expiring August 13, 
2003.
  Ned L. Siegel, of Florida, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation for a term expiring 
December 17, 2003.
  Alberto Faustino Trevino, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development.
  John R. Dawson, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Peru.
  Gene B. Christy, of Texas, to be Ambassador to Brunei Darussalam.
  Armando J. Bucelo, Jr., of Florida, to be a Director of the 
Securities Investor Protection Corporation for a term expiring December 
31, 2002.
  Armando J. Bucelo, Jr., of Florida, to be a Director of the 
Securities Investor Protection Corporation for a term expiring December 
31, 2005. (Reappointment)
  Deborah Doyle McWhinney, of California, to be a Director of the 
Securities Investor Protection Corporation for a term expiring December 
31, 2004.
  Carolyn Y. Peoples, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development.

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  Charles Aaron Ray, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of 
Cambodia.
  David L. Lyon, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Fiji, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as 
Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of Nauru, 
Ambassador to the Kingdom of Tonga, and Ambassador to Tuvalu.
  Linda Ellen Watt, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Panama.
  Richard Allan Roth, of Michigan, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Senegal, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation 
as Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea-Bissau.
  John M. Reich, of Virginia, to be Vice Chairperson of the Board of 
Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
  Antonio O. Garza, Jr., of Texas, to be Ambassador to Mexico.
  Joaquin F. Blaya, of Florida, to be a Member of the Broadcasting 
Board of Governors for a term expiring August 13, 2005. (Reappointment)
  Robert Maynard Grubbs, of Michigan, to be United States Marshal for 
the Eastern District of Michigan for the term of four years.
  Johnny Mack Brown, of South Carolina, to be United States Marshal for 
the District of South Carolina for the term of four years.
  Nancy P. Jacklin, of New York, to be United States Executive Director 
of the International Monetary Fund for a term of two years.
  D. Jeffrey Hirschberg, of Wisconsin, to be a Member of the 
Broadcasting Board of Governors for a term expiring August 13, 2004.
  Joseph Huggins, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Botswana.
  Seth Cropsey, of the District of Columbia, to be Director of the 
International Broadcasting Bureau, Broadcasting Board of Governors. 
(New Position)
  Wendy Jean Chamberlin, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator 
of the United States Agency for International Development.
  Ruth Y. Goldway, of California, to be a Commissioner of the Postal 
Rate Commission for the term expiring November 22, 2008. 
(Reappointment)
  Carol Chien-Hua Lam, of California, to be United States Attorney for 
the Southern District of California for the term of four years.
  Joseph R. Guccione, of New York, to be United States Marshal for the 
Southern District of New York for the term of four years.
  Rafael Cuellar, of New Jersey, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the National Consumer Cooperative Bank for a term of three 
years.
  Michael Scott, of North Carolina, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the National Consumer Cooperative Bank for a term of three 
years.
  Francis X. Taylor, of Maryland, to be Director of the Office of 
Foreign Missions, and to have the rank of Ambassador during his tenure 
of service.
  Francis X. Taylor, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of State 
(Diplomatic Security).
  Grover Joseph Rees, of Louisiana, to be Ambassador to the Democratic 
Republic of East Timor.
  Robin Renee Sanders, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Congo.
  Glenn T. Suddaby, of New York, to be United States Attorney for the 
Northern District of New York for the term of four years.
  John Francis Clark, of Virginia, to be United States Marshal for the 
Eastern District of Virginia for the term of four years.
  Tony Hammond, of Virginia, to be a Commissioner of the Postal Rate 
Commission for the remainder of the term expiring October 14, 2004. 
                                                        Pages S10845-46
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Raymond T. Wagner, Jr., of Missouri, to be a Member of the Internal 
Revenue Service Oversight Board for the remainder of the term expiring 
September 14, 2004.
  Elizabeth Hoffman, of Colorado, to be a Member of the National 
Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 
2008.
  1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Army, Coast Guard, Navy.
Nominations Placed on Calendar: Senate discharged and placed on the 
calendar the following nomination:
  John Portman Higgins, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, 
Department of Education.
Page S10844
Messages From the House:
  Page S10842
Enrolled Bills Presented:
  Page S10842
Executive Communications:
  Pages S10842-43
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S10844-45
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Page S10845
Additional Statements:
  Pages S10839-41
Privilege of the Floor:
  Page S10845
Adjournment: Senate met at 1 p.m., and adjourned at 6:52 p.m. until 11 
a.m., on Wednesday, November 13, 2002. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S10847).

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