[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 35 (Wednesday, March 5, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D185-D186]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                           Wednesday, March 5, 2003

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House Committees ordered reported nine sundry measures.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3109-S3205
Measures Introduced: Thirty-one bills and nine resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 514-544, S. Res. 74-77, and S. Con. Res. 13-
17.
  Pages S3162-63
Measures Reported:
  S. 195, to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to bring underground 
storage tanks into compliance with subtitle I of that Act, to promote 
cleanup of leaking underground storage tanks, to provide sufficient 
resources for such compliance and cleanup, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 108-13)
  S. 273, to provide for the expeditious completion of the acquisition 
of land owned by the State of Wyoming within the boundaries of Grand 
Teton National Park. (S. Rept. No. 108-14)
  S. 302, to revise the boundaries of the Golden Gate National 
Recreation Area in the State of California, to restore and extend the 
term of the advisory commission for the recreation area. (S. Rept. No. 
108-15)
  S. 426, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain 
parcels of land acquired for the Blunt Reservoir and Pierre Canal 
features of the initial stage of the Oahe Unit, James Division, South 
Dakota, to the Commission of Schools and Public Lands and the 
Department of Game, Fish, and Parks of the State of South Dakota for 
the purpose of mitigating lost wildlife habitat, on the condition that 
the current preferential leaseholders shall have an option to purchase 
the parcels from the Commission. (S. Rept. No. 108-16)
Page S3162
Measures Passed:
  Honoring Fred Rogers: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 16, honoring the 
life and work of Mr. Fred McFeely Rogers.
  Pages S3204-05
Measures Indefinitely Postponed:
  Honoring Fred Rogers: Senate indefinitely postponed S. Con. Res. 12, 
honoring the life and work of Mr. Fred McFeely Rogers.
  Page S3205
Appointments:
  NATO Parliamentary Assembly: The Chair, on behalf of the Vice 
President, in accordance with 22 U.S.C. 1928a-1928d, as amended, 
appointed Senator Smith as Chairman of the Senate Delegation to the 
NATO Parliamentary Assembly during the 108th Congress.
  Page S3205
  Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group: The Chair, on behalf of the 
Vice President, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 276h-276k, as amended, appointed 
Senator Sessions as Chairman of the Senate Delegation to the Mexico-
U.S. Interparliamentary Group conference during the 108th Congress. 
                                                             Page S3205
  British-American Interparliamentary Group: The Chair, on behalf of 
the President pro tempore, and upon the recommendation of the Majority 
Leader, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2761, as amended, appointed Senator 
Cochran as Chairman of the Senate Delegation to the British-American 
Interparliamentary Group conference during the 108th Congress. 
                                                             Page S3205
Nomination Considered: Senate continued consideration of the nomination 
of Miguel A. Estrada, of Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the District of Columbia Circuit.
  Pages S3118-28
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination at 10 a.m., on Thursday, March 6, 2003, 
with a vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination to occur 
at 10:30 a.m.
Page S3205
Treaty Considered: Senate began consideration of the Treaty Between the 
United States of America and the Russian Federation on Strategic 
Offensive Reductions, signed at Moscow on May 24, 2002

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(Treaty Doc. 107-8), taking action on the following amendment proposed 
thereto:
  Pages S3128-46
Withdrawn:
  Durbin Ex. Amendment No. 250, to provide an additional condition. 
                                                         Pages S3145-46
  Senate will resume consideration of the Treaty if the motion to 
invoke cloture on the nomination of Miguel Estrada (listed-above) 
fails.
Page S3205
Messages From the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, the Periodic Report on 
Telecommunications Payments Made to Cuba pursuant to Treasury 
Department Specific Licenses; to the Committee on Foreign Relations. 
(PM-20)
Page S3160
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Roland W. Bullen, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign 
Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Co-
operative Republic of Guyana.
  Wayne E. Neill, of Nevada, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Benin.
  Stephen D. Mull, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Lithuania.
  Diane M. Stuart, of Utah, to be Director of the Violence Against 
Women Office, Department of Justice. (New Position)
  Michael Chertoff, of New Jersey, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Third Circuit.
  Richard C. Wesley, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Second Circuit.
  Stephen C. Robinson, of New York, to be United States District Judge 
for the Southern District of New York.
  P. Kevin Castel, of New York, to be United States District Judge for 
the Southern District of New York.
  Samuel Der-Yeghiayan, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge 
for the Northern District of Illinois.
Page S3205
Measures Held at Desk:
  Page S3160
Executive Communications:
  Pages S3160-62
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S3162
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S3163-65
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S3165-S3202
Additional Statements:
  Pages S3159-60
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S3202-03
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S3203
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Page S3203
Privilege of the Floor:
  Pages S3203-04
Adjournment: Senate met at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 7:14 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Thursday, March 6, 2003. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S3205.)