[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 39 (Tuesday, March 11, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D213-D214]
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                                            Tuesday, March 11, 2003

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3421-S3558
Measures Introduced: Sixteen bills and four resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 15, S. 586-600, S.J. Res. 8, S. Res. 79-80, 
and S. Con. Res. 18.                                     
  Pages S3504-05
Measures Reported:
  S. 113, to exclude United States persons from the definition of 
``foreign power'' under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 
1978 relating to international terrorism, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.                                      
Page S3504
Measure Passed:
  Printing of Collection of the Rules: Senate agreed to S. Res. 80, to 
authorize the printing of a collection of the rules of the committees 
of the Senate.                                               
  Page S3556
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban: Senate continued consideration of S. 3, to 
prohibit the procedure commonly known as partial-birth abortion, taking 
action on the following amendment: 
                              Pages S3422-29, S3454, S3456-63, S3482-94
Pending:
  Durbin Amendment No. 259, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                         Pages S3479-82
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 49 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 45), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive section 207 of H. Con. Res. 68, the 
Concurrent Budget Resolution on the Budget for fiscal year 2000 as 
amended by S. Res. 304 from the 107th Congress with respect to the 
consideration of Murray Amendment No. 258, to improve the availability 
of contraceptives for women. Subsequently, a point of order that the 
amendment was in violation of the Congressional Budget Act was 
sustained, and the amendment thus fell.                  
Pages S3478-79
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, March 12, 2003, 
providing that Senator Boxer be recognized to offer a motion to commit, 
that there be two hours equally divided in the usual form, that 
following the debate, the motion be temporarily set aside, and Senate 
resume consideration of the Durbin Amendment No. 259 (listed-above) for 
one hour of debate equally divided; that following the use or yielding 
back of time, Senate proceed to a vote on, or in relation to the Durbin 
Amendment No. 259, to be followed by a vote on, or in relation to the 
Boxer motion to commit, and that no amendments be in order to either 
the motion or amendment prior to the votes.                  
Page S3557
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 S3429-54, S3455-56
  A second motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination 
and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing 
Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur on Thursday, March 
13, 2003.                                                
Pages S3455-56
Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous consent agreement was reached 
providing that when the nomination for the Assistant Secretary of the 
Army for Civil Works is received by the Senate, it be referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services, provided that when the Committee reports 
the nomination, it be referred to the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works for a period of 20 days of session; provided further that 
if the Committee on Environment and Public Works does not report the 
nomination with those 20 days, that Committee be discharged from 
further consideration of the nomination and the nomination be placed on 
the executive calendar.                                      
  Page S3557
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2003, the report providing a plan for securing nuclear 
weapons, material, and expertise of the states of the Former Soviet 
Union and reports on the implementation of that plan during Fiscal Year 
2002; to the Committee on Armed Services. (PM-22)            
Page S3502

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Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Lowell Junkins, of Iowa, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of 
the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation. (Reappointment)
  Glen Klippenstein, of Missouri, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation.
  Julia Bartling, of South Dakota, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation.
  Ralph Frank, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Croatia.
  William M. Bellamy, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Kenya.
  John W. Leslie, Jr., of Connecticut, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the African Development Foundation for a term expiring 
September 22, 2007.
  Mary Lucille Jordan, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Federal Mine 
Safety and Health Review Commission for a term of six years expiring 
August 30, 2008. (Reappointment)
  Raul David Bejarano, of California, to be United States Marshal for 
the Southern District of California for the term of four years.
  Eduardo Aguirre, Jr., of Texas, to be Director of the Bureau of 
Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security. 
(New Position)
  Elizabeth Courtney, of Louisiana, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for the remainder 
of the term expiring January 31, 2004.
  4 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  8 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps.      
Page S3558
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S3502-04
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S3505-06
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S3506-51
Additional Statements:                                
  Pages S3499-S3502
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S3551-56
Authority for Committees to Meet:                            
  Page S3556
Record Vote: One record vote was taken today. (Total--45) 
                                                         Pages S3478-79
Adjournment: Senate met at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 9:02 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, March 12, 2003. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S3557.)