[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 71 (Tuesday, May 13, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D514-D515]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                              Tuesday, May 13, 2003

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                              Daily Digest

HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to S. Res. 142, relative to the death of former 
      Senator Russell B. Long.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6035-S6145
Measures Introduced: Twelve bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1044-1055, and S. Res. 142.
  Page S6070
Measures Reported:
  S. 1050, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2004 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed 
Forces. (S. Rept. No. 108-46)
Page S6070
  S. 1047, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2004 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces. 
                                                             Page S6070
  S. 1048, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2004 for 
military construction.
Page S6070
  S. 1049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2004 for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy.
Page S6070
  S. 1054, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 201 of the 
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2004.
Page S6070
Measures Passed:
  Relative to the Death of Former Senator Russell B. Long: Senate 
agreed to S. Res. 142, relative to the death of Russell B. Long, former 
United States Senator for the State of Louisiana.
  Page S6144
Energy Policy Act: Senate resumed consideration of S. 14, to enhance 
the energy security of the United States, taking action on the 
following amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S6043-48, S6049
Withdrawn:
  Feinstein Amendment No. 542 (to Amendment No. 539), to authorize the 
Governors of the States to elect to participate in the renewable fuel 
program.
Page S6061
Pending:
  Frist/Daschle Amendment No. 539, to eliminate methyl tertiary butyl 
ether from the United States fuel supply, to increase production and 
use of renewable fuel, and to increase the Nation's energy 
independence.
Pages S6043-45
Reconciliation--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing for consideration of S. 1054, to provide for reconciliation 
pursuant to section 201 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for 
fiscal year 2004, at 9:15 a.m., on Wednesday, May 14, 2003. 
                                                         Pages S6144-45
Executive Communications:
  Pages S6069-70
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S6070-72
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S6072, S6078-S6142
Additional Statements:
  Pages S6065-69
Amendments Submitted:
  Page S6143
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S6143
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Pages S6143-44
Privilege of the Floor:
  Page S6144
Adjournment: Senate met at 10:01 a.m., and as a further mark of respect 
to the memory of the late former Senator Russell B. Long, of Louisiana, 
in accordance with S. Res. 142, adjourned at 7:57 p.m., until 9:15 
a.m., on Wednesday, May 14, 2003. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S6145.)

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