[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 30, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D424-D425]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                          Wednesday, April 30, 2003

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed S. 196, Digital and Wireless Network Technology 
      Program Act of 2003.
      The House passed H.R. 1350, Individuals with Disabilities 
      Education Act Reauthorization.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5501-S5617
Measures Introduced: Sixteen bills and six resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 14, S. 950-964, S. Res. 126-129, and S. Con. Res. 40-41.
                                                             Page S5541
Measures Reported:
  S. Con. Res. 26, condemning the punishment of execution by stoning as 
a gross violation of human rights.                           
Page S5538
Measures Passed:
  Digital and Wireless Network Technology Program Act: By a unanimous 
vote of 97 yeas (Vote No. 136), Senate passed S. 196, to establish a 
digital and wireless network technology program, after agreeing to the 
following amendment proposed thereto:                    
  Pages S5504-11
  Allen Amendment No. 532, to ensure that the educational assistance is 
focused on supporting science, mathematics, engineering, and technology 
at eligible institutions, and provide for appropriate review of grant 
proposals.                                                   
Page S5504
  Commending Sally Goffinet: Senate agreed to S. Res. 128, to commend 
Sally Goffinet on thirty-one years of service to the United States 
Senate.                                                      
  Page S5615
  Commending University of Minnesota Men's Hockey Team: Senate agreed 
to S. Res. 126, commending the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers 
for winning the 2002-2003 National Collegiate Athletic Association 
Division I National Collegiate Men's Ice Hockey Championship. 
                                                             Page S5615
  Congratulating U.S. Capitol Police: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 
156, extending congratulations to the United States Capitol Police on 
the occasion of its 175th anniversary and expressing gratitude to the 
men and women of the United States Capitol Police and their families 
for their devotion to duty and service in safeguarding the freedoms of 
the American people.                                     
  Pages S5615-16
Measures Indefinitely Postponed:
  Clean Diamond Trade Act: Senate indefinitely postponed S. 760, to 
implement effective measures to stop trade in conflict diamonds. 
                                                             Page S5616
Nomination Referral: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that Executive Calendar No. 35, the nomination of John G. 
Roberts, Jr., of Maryland, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
District of Columbia Circuit, be recommitted to the Committee on the 
Judiciary.                                               
  Pages S5501-02
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 S5511-28
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination at 9:15 a.m., on Thursday, May, 1, 
2003, with one hour of debate, followed by a vote on the motion to 
close further debate thereon.                                
Page S5617
Nomination Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that, if the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of 
Priscilla Owen (listed above) is not agreed to, Senate will begin 
consideration of the nomination of Edward C. Prado, of Texas, to be 
United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit.           
  Page S5617
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaties:
  Amendments to Constitution and Convention of International 
Telecommunication Union (ITU) (Geneva 1992) (Treaty Doc. No. 108-5); 
and

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  Protocol of Amendment to International Convention on Simplification 
and Harmonization of Customs Procedures (Treaty Doc. 108-6).
  The treaties were transmitted to the Senate today, considered as 
having been read for the first time, and referred, with accompanying 
papers, to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be 
printed.                                                 
Pages S5616-17
Executive Reports of Committees: Senate received the following 
executive report of a committee:
  Report to accompany Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on 
the Accession of Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, 
Slovakia, and Slovenia. These protocols were opened for signature at 
Brussels on March 26, 2003, and signed that day on behalf of the United 
States and the other parties to the North Atlantic Treaty With 
Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia 
(Treaty Doc. 108-4) (Ex. Rept. 108-6).                   
Pages S5538-41
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Robert W. Fitts, of New Hampshire, to be Ambassador to Papua New 
Guinea, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation 
as Ambassador to the Solomon Islands and Ambassador to the Republic of 
Vanuatu.
  John E. Herbst, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Ukraine.
  William B. Wood, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Colombia.
  Harry K. Thomas, Jr., of New York, to be Ambassador to the People's 
Republic of Bangladesh.
  Tracey Ann Jacobson, of the District of Columbia, a Foreign Service 
Officer of Class One, to be Ambassador to Turkmenistan.
  Lisa Genevieve Nason, of Alaska, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture 
and Arts Development for a term expiring October 18, 2004.
  Georgianna E. Ignace, of Wisconsin, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture 
and Arts Development for a term expiring October 18, 2004.
  John Richard Grimes, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture 
and Arts Development for a term expiring May 19, 2006.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Navy.                                 
Page S5617
Messages From the House:                                     
  Page S5536
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S5536
Measures Read First Time:                                    
  Page S5536
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S5536-38
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S5538-41
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5541-43
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:           
  Pages S5543-S5614
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S5535-36
Amendments Submitted:                                        
  Page S5614
Authority for Committees to Meet:                        
  Pages S5614-15
Privilege of the Floor:                                      
  Page S5615
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--136) 
                                                             Page S5510
Adjournment: Senate met at 10 a.m., and adjourned at 7:09 p.m., until 
9:15 a.m., on Thursday, May 1, 2003. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5617.)