[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 56 (Tuesday, April 8, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D363-D364]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                             Tuesday, April 8, 2003

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4919-S4995
Measures Introduced: Eighteen bills and five resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 808-825, S. Res. 107-110, and S. Con. Res. 
34.
  Pages S4957-58
Measures Reported:
  Report to accompany S. 380, to amend chapter 83 of title 5, United 
States Code, to reform the funding of benefits under the Civil Service 
Retirement System for employees of the United States Postal Service. 
(S. Rept. No. 108-35)
Page S4957
Measures Passed:
  Honoring Mary Jane Jenkins Ogilvie: Senate agreed to S. Res. 110, 
honoring Mary Jane Jenkins Ogilvie, wife of former Senate Chaplain, 
Reverend Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie.
  Pages S4975, S4994-95
CARE Act: Senate began consideration of S. 476, to provide incentives 
for charitable contributions by individuals and businesses, to improve 
the public disclosure of activities of exempt organizations, and to 
enhance the ability of low-income Americans to gain financial security 
by building assets, agreeing to the following amendment proposed 
thereto:
  Pages S4930-49, S4975-81
  Grassley/Baucus Amendment No. 526, to provide a manager's amendment. 
                                                         Pages S4939-49
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 11:30 a.m., on Wednesday, April 9, 2003. 
                                                             Page S4995
Nomination Considered: Senate continued consideration of the nomination 
of Priscilla Richman Owen, of Texas, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Fifth Circuit.
  Pages S4922-30, S4949
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Noe Hinojosa, Jr., of Texas, to be a Director of the Securities 
Investor Protection Corporation for a term expiring December 31, 2003.
  Thomas Waters Grant, of New York, to be a Director of the Securities 
Investor Protection Corporation for a term expiring December 31, 2005.
  Noe Hinojosa, Jr., of Texas, to be a Director of the Securities 
Investor Protection Corporation for a term expiring December 31, 2006. 
(Reappointment)
  William Robert Timken, Jr., of Ohio, to be a Director of the 
Securities Investor Protection Corporation for a term expiring December 
31, 2003.
  William Robert Timken, Jr., of Ohio, to be a Director of the 
Securities Investor Protection Corporation for a term expiring December 
31, 2006. (Reappointment)
  Alfred Plamann, of California, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the National Consumer Cooperative Bank for a term of three 
years.
  Allen Garber, of Minnesota, to be United States Marshal for the 
District of Minnesota for the term of four years.
  Raul David Bejarano, of California, to be United States Marshal for 
the Southern District of California for the term of four years. 
                                                     Pages S4994, S4995
Messages From the House:
  Page S4954
Measures Referred:
  Page S4955
Executive Communications:
  Pages S4955-57
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S4958
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S4958-75
Additional Statements:
  Pages S4953-54
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S4975-81
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S4981
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Page S4981
Privilege of the Floor:
  Page S4982
Text of S./H.R. 1559 (text of S. 762), as Previously Passed: 
                                                         Pages S4982-94
Adjournment: Senate met at 10 a.m., and adjourned at 6:44 p.m., until 
10 a.m., on Wednesday,

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April 9, 2003. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting 
Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4995.)