[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 149 (Monday, November 18, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1163-D1164]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                               Monday, November 18, 2002

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate

Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S11231-S11355
Measures Reported:
  S. 2862, to provide for the establishment of a scientific basis for new 
firefighting technology standards, improve coordination among Federal, 
State, and local fire officials in training for and responding to terrorist 
attacks and other national emergencies, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 107-344)
Page S11315
Measures Passed:
  Aviation Security Improvement Act: Senate passed S. 2949, to provide for 
enhanced aviation security, after agreeing to committee amendments, and the 
following amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S11296-S11306
  Hutchison (for Hollings/McCain) Amendment No. 4968, in the nature of a 
substitute.
Page S11300
  Hutchison (for Hollings/Rockefeller/McCain) Amendment No. 4969 (to 
Amendment No. 4968), to authorize funds for fiscal years 2003, 2004, and 
2005 for the National Transportation Safety Board.
Page S11300
  Cyprus Membership in the European Union: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 
122, expressing the sense of Congress that security, reconciliation, and 
prosperity for all Cypriots can be best achieved within the context of 
membership in the European Union which will provide significant rights and 
obligations for all Cypriots, after agreeing to a committee amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.
  Pages S11328-29
  Red Ribbon Week: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions was 
discharged from further consideration of H. Con. Res. 84, supporting the 
goals of Red Ribbon Week in promoting drug-free communities, and the 
resolution was then agreed to.
  Page S11339
  Drug Competition Act: Senate passed S. 754, to enhance competition for 
prescription drugs by increasing the ability of the Department of Justice 
and Federal Trade Commission to enforce existing antitrust laws regarding 
brand name drugs and generic drugs, after agreeing to a committee amendment 
in the nature of a substitute, and the following amendment proposed thereto:
                                                             Pages S11339-42
  Reid (for Hatch/Leahy) Amendment No. 4965, to make certain technical 
amendments.
Page S11341
  Consumer Product Safety Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 727, to 
amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to provide that low-speed electric 
bicycles are consumer products subject to such Act, and the bill was then 
passed, clearing the measure for the President.
  Page S11342
  Child Safety Enhancement Act: Senate passed H.R. 5504, to provide for the 
improvement of the safety of child restraints in passenger motor vehicles, 
clearing the measure for the President.
  Page S11342
  Federal Aviation Administration Research, Engineering, and Development 
Act: Senate passed S. 2951, to authorize appropriations for the Federal 
Aviation Administration, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed 
thereto:
  Pages S11342-43
  Reid (for Rockefeller) Amendment No. 4966, to include the House of 
Representatives Committee on Science as a recipient of each of all the 
required reports, and to make other minor changes.
Page S11342
  Georgia Land Conveyance: Senate passed H.R. 2595, to direct the Secretary 
of the Army to convey a parcel of land to Chatham County, Georgia, clearing 
the measure for the President.
  Page S11343
  Social Security Program Protection Act: Committee on Finance was 
discharged from further consideration of H.R. 4070, to amend the Social 
Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional 
safeguards for Social Security and Supplemental Security Income 
beneficiaries with representative payees, to enhance program protections, 
and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the following amendment 
proposed thereto:
  Pages S11343-52
  Reid (for Baucus/Grassley) Amendment No. 4967, in the nature of a 
substitute.
Pages S11343-52
Measures Indefinitely Postponed:
  Robert Wayne Jenkins Station U.S. Post Office: S. 2828, to redesignate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6910 South Yorktown 
Avenue in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as the ``Robert Wayne Jenkins Station''. 
                                                                 Page S11339
  Rollan D. Melton Post Office Building: S. 2840, to designate the facility 
of the United States Postal Service located at 120 North Main Street in 
Fallon,

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Nevada, as the ``Rollan D. Melton Post Office Building''.
  Page S11339
  Peter J. Ganci, Jr. Post Office Building: S. 2918, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 380 Main Street in 
Farmingdale, New York, as the ``Peter J. Ganci, Jr. Post Office Building''. 
                                                                 Page S11339
  Nat King Cole Post Office: S. 2929, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 265 South Western Avenue, Los 
Angeles, California, as the ``Nat King Cole Post Office''.
  Page S11339
  Francis Dayle `Chick' Hearn Post Office: S. 2931, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5805 White Oak 
Avenue in Encino, California, as the ``Francis Dayle `Chick' Hearn Post 
Office''.
  Page S11339
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:
Pending:
  Thompson (for Gramm) Amendment No. 4901, in the nature of a substitute.
  Daschle (for Lieberman) Amendment No. 4911 (to Amendment No. 4901), to 
provide that certain provisions of the Act shall not take effect.
  Daschle (for Lieberman) Amendment No. 4953 (to Amendment No. 4911), of a 
perfecting nature.
  Senate will continue consideration of the bill on Tuesday, November 19, 
2002.
Veterans Benefits Improvement Act: Senate concurred in the amendments of the 
House to S. 2237, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve 
authorities of the Department of Veterans Affairs relating to veterans' 
compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, and pension benefits, 
education benefits, housing benefits, memorial affairs benefits, life 
insurance benefits, and certain other benefits for veterans, to improve the 
administration of benefits for veterans, and to make improvements in 
procedures relating to judicial review of veterans' claims for benefits, 
clearing the measure for the President.
  Pages S11329-38
Nomination Considered: Senate began consideration of the nomination of 
Dennis W. Shedd, of South Carolina, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Fourth Circuit.
  Pages S11247-96
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the cloture vote 
on the nomination of Dennis W. Shedd, of South Carolina, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit be vitiated and that following today's 
debate, the nomination be laid aside and that upon the disposition of H.R. 
5005, Homeland Security Act, the Senate proceed to executive session and 
vote on confirmation of the nominee; further, that if the nomination is 
confirmed, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, the President be 
immediately notified of the Senate's action and that the Senate return to 
legislative session; and that if the nomination is not confirmed, the Senate 
return to legislative session without any intervening action or debate, and 
that the previous order with respect the Terrorism Conference Report (H.R. 
3210) remain in effect following disposition of the Shedd nomination. 
                                                     Pages S11242-43, S11244
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Anne B. Pope, of Tennessee, to be Federal Cochairman of the Appalachian 
Regional Commission. (Prior to this action, Committee on Environment and 
Public Works was discharged from further consideration.)
  Richard J. Peltz, of Pennsylvania, to be Alternative Federal Cochairman of 
the Appalachian Regional Commission. (Prior to this action, Committee on 
Environment and Public Works was discharged from further consideration.)
  James M. Loy, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Transportation for 
Security for a term of five years. (Prior to this action, Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation was discharged from further 
consideration.)
Pages S11327-28, S11355
Messages From the House:
  Page S11313
Executive Communications:
  Pages S11313-15
Petitions and Memorials:
  Page S11315
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S11315-16
Additional Statements:
  Pages S11311-13
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S11316-27
Privilege of the Floor:
  Page S11327
Adjournment: Senate met at 11 a.m., and adjourned at 9 p.m. until 9 a.m., on 
Tuesday, November 19, 2002. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the 
Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S11352).