[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 50 (Thursday, March 27, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D308-D309]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                           Thursday, March 27, 2003

[[Page D308]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 30, Commending Coalition to Disarm 
      Iraq.
      Senate passed H.R. 1307, Armed Forces Tax Fairness Act.
      The House passed S. 151, after amending it to contain the text of 
      H.R. 1104, Child Abduction Prevention Act, as passed the House. 
      The House then insisted on its amendments and requested a 
      conference with the Senate.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4459-S4540
Measures Introduced: Nineteen bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 724-742, and S. Con. Res. 31.
  Page S4512
Measures Reported:
  Special Report entitled ``History, Jurisdiction, and a Summary of 
Activities of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources During the 
107th Congress''. (S. Rept. No. 108-30)
Page S4511
Measures Passed:
  Commending Coalition to Disarm Iraq: By a unanimous vote of 97 yeas 
(Vote No. 109), Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 30, expressing the sense 
of Congress to commend and express the gratitude of the United States 
to the nations participating with the United States in the Coalition to 
Disarm Iraq.
  Pages S4483-90
  Armed Forces Tax Fairness Act: By a unanimous vote of 97 yeas (Vote 
No. 110 ), Senate passed H.R. 1307, to amend the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 to provide a special rule for members of the uniformed services 
in determining the exclusion of gain from the sale of a principal 
residence and to restore the tax exempt status of death gratuity 
payments to members of the uniformed services, after agreeing to the 
following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S4472-83, S4490-95
  Baucus (for Grassley/Baucus) Amendment No. 433, in the nature of a 
substitute.
Pages S4478-80
  Veterans' Memorial Preservation and Recognition Act: Senate passed S. 
330, to further the protection and recognition of veterans' memorials. 
                                                             Page S4539
Tributes to Daniel Patrick Moynihan--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing that tributes to Daniel Patrick 
Moynihan, late a Senator from New York, be printed as a Senate 
document, and that Members have until 12 noon, Friday, April 11, to 
submit said tributes.
  Pages S4474-75
Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing for consideration of the nomination of Theresa Lazar 
Springmann, to be United States District Judge for the Northern 
District of Indiana, at 6 p.m., on Monday, March 31, 2003, with a vote 
to occur on confirmation of the nomination.
  Page S4539
Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached 
providing for consideration of the nomination of Timothy M. Tymkovich, 
of Colorado, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, 
at 9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, April 1, 2003; that there be 6 hours for 
debate, and the Senate then vote on confirmation of the nomination. 
                                                         Pages S4539-40
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By unanimous vote of 97 yeas (Vote No. Ex. 111), James V. Selna, of 
California, to be United States District Judge for the Central District 
of California.
Pages S4496, S4540

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  Vernon Bernard Parker, of Arizona, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Agriculture. (New Position)
Page S4540
  Philip P. Simon, of Indiana, to be United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of Indiana.
Pages S4496-97, S4540
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Charles W. Grim, of Oklahoma, to be Director of the Indian Health 
Service, Department of Health and Human Services, for a term of four 
years.
  John A. Woodcock, Jr., of Maine, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Maine.
  Mark R. Kravitz, of Connecticut, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Connecticut.
  L. Scott Coogler, of Alabama, to be United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of Alabama.
Page S4540
Messages From the House:
  Pages S4510-11
Measures Referred:
  Page S4510
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S4511
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Pages S4511-12
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S4512-14
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S4514-32
Additional Statements:
  Pages S4509-10
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S4532-38
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Pages S4538-39
Privilege of the Floor:
  Page S4539
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--111) 
                                                  Pages S4489-90, S4496
Adjournment: Senate met at 10 a.m., adjourned at 6:46 p.m., until 3 
p.m., on Monday, March 31, 2003. (For Senate's program, see the remarks 
of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4540.)