[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 73 (Thursday, May 15, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D532-D538]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                             Thursday, May 15, 2003

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed H.R. 2, Jobs and Growth Reconciliation Tax Act.
      Senate passed H.R. 1298, United States Leadership Against HIV/
      AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act.
      The House passed H.R. 1527, National Transportation Safety Board 
      Reauthorization.
      House committees ordered recorded nine sundry measures.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6407-S6569
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1068-1074, and S. Res. 144.
  Pages S6506-07
Measures Reported:
  S. 521, to amend the Act of August 9, 1955, to extend the terms of 
leases of certain restricted Indian land, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. no. 108-48)
Page S6506
  S. 523, to make technical corrections to law relating to Native 
Americans, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. 
No. 108-49)
Page S6506
Measures Passed:
  Jobs and Growth Reconciliation Tax Act: By 51 yeas to 49 nays (Vote 
No. 179), Senate passed H.R. 2, to provide for reconciliation pursuant 
to section 201 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 
year 2004, after striking all after the enacting clause and inserting 
in lieu thereof, the text of S. 1054, as amended, after taking action 
on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                           Pages S6407-15, S6421-28, S6429-45, S6451-75
Adopted:
  By 98 yeas to 2 nays (Vote No. 148), Bunning/McConnell Amendment No. 
589, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 1993 
income tax increase on Social Security benefits.
Page S6408
  Baucus Amendment No. 624 (to Amendment No. 555), to increase the 
criminal penalties for fraud and false statements.
Page S6409
  Grassley Amendment No. 555, to increase the criminal monetary penalty 
the underpayment or overpayment of tax due to fraud.
Page S6409
  By 70 yeas to 30 nays (Vote No. 150), Specter Amendment No. 569, to 
urge the Senate Finance Committee and the Joint Economic Committee to 
hold hearings and consider legislation providing for a flat tax. 
                                                         Pages S6409-10
  By 86 yeas to 12 nays, (Vote No. 156) Grassley Amendment No. 594, to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to enhance beneficiary 
access to quality health care services in rural areas under the 
Medicare program.
Pages S6413-14
  By 95 yeas to 3 nays, (Vote No. 157) Collins Amendment No. 596, to 
provide temporary State and local fiscal relief.
Page S6414
  Voinovich Modified Amendment No. 592, to establish a blue ribbon 
commission on comprehensive tax reform.
Page S4622
  Ensign Modified Amendment No. 622, to encourage the investment of 
foreign earnings within the United States for productive business 
investments and job creation.
Pages S6426-28
  By 50 yeas to 50 nays, Vice President voting yea (Vote No. 171), 
Nickles Amendment No. 664, to modify the dividend exclusion provision. 
                                                         Pages S6532-35
  Boxer Amendment No. 667, to require a parent who is chronically 
delinquent in child support to include the amount of the unpaid 
obligation in gross income.
Pages S6435-37
  Reed Amendment No. 672, to preserve the value of the low-income 
housing tax credit.
Page S6438
  Grassley (for Burns/Rockefeller) Amendment No. 593, to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986

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to allow the expensing of broadband Internet access expenditures. 
                                                             Page S6451
  Baucus (for Bunning) Amendment No. 646, to allow a credit for 
distilled spirits wholesalers and for distilled spirits in control 
State bailment warehouses against income tax for the cost of carrying 
Federal excise taxes prior to the sale of the product bearing the tax. 
                                                         Pages S6454-55
  Grassley (for Santorum) Amendment No. 613, to clarify that water and 
sewerage service laterals qualify as contribution in aid of 
construction.
Page S6452
  Baucus/Grassley Modified Amendment No. 644, to extend certain 
expiring provisions.
Page S6454
  Baucus (for Reid /Graham (SC)) Amendment No. 665, to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the deduction for the travel 
expenses of a taxpayer's spouse who accompanies the taxpayer on 
business travel.
Page S6456
  Baucus (for Inouye) Amendment No. 657, to exempt certain sightseeing 
flights from taxes on air transportation.
Page S6456
  Baucus (for Biden) Amendment No. 567, to require group health plans 
to provide coverage for reconstructive surgery following mastectomy, 
consistent with the Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act of 1998. 
                                                             Page S6451
  Baucus (for Schumer) Amendment No. 651, to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to allow for the expansion of areas designated as renewal 
communities based on 2000 census data.
Page S6455
  Baucus (for Landrieu) Amendment No. 580, to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employers in renewal communities to 
qualify for the renewal community employment credit by employing 
residents of certain other renewal communities.
Page S6451
  Grassley (for Allen) Amendment No. 571, to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to expand the combat zone income tax exclusion to include 
income for the period of transit to the combat zone and to remove the 
limitation on such exclusion for commissioned officers.
Page S6451
  Grassley (for McCain/Baucus) Amendment No. 661, to add provisions of 
the Armed Forces Tax Fairness Act of 2003.
Pages S6549-51
  Baucus (for Graham (FL) Amendment No. 649, to provide tax relief to 
growers affected by citrus canker.
Page S6455
  Baucus (for Bingaman) Amendment No. 654, to amend title XIX of the 
Social Security Act to temporarily increase the floor for treatment as 
an extremely low DSH State and to provide for an allotment adjustment 
for certain States.
Pages S6462-63
  Grassley (for Hatch) Amendment No. 626, to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code to simplify certain provisions applicable to real estate 
investment trusts.
Page S6454
  Grassley (for Hatch) Amendment No. 625, to provide for S corporation 
reform and simplification.
Page S6452
  Grassley (for Hatch) Amendment No. 627, to exclude certain punitive 
damages received by the taxpayer from gross income.
Page S6454
  Grassley (for DeWine) Amendment No. 673, to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the treatment of certain imported 
recycled halons.
Page S6456
  Baucus (for Schumer) Modified Amendment No. 659, to modify the 
involuntary conversion rules for businesses affected by the September 
11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Page S6456
  Grassley/Baucus Amendment No. 680, to provide an amendment. 
                                                             Page S6456
Rejected:
  By 49 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 172), Breaux Amendment No. 663, to 
strike section 350 relative to the repeal of the earned income 
exclusion of citizens or residents living abroad.
Pages S6434-35
  By 48 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 173), Kennedy Amendment No. 545, to 
eliminate the dividend and upper bracket tax cuts, which primarily 
benefit the wealthy, to provide the additional funds necessary for an 
adequate Medicare prescription drug benefit, including assuring that 
the benefit is comprehensive, with no gaps or excessive cost-sharing, 
covers all Medicare beneficiaries, provides special help for 
beneficiaries with low income, and does not undermine employer 
retirement coverage.
Pages S6437-38
  By 49 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 174), Dodd Amendment No. 572, to 
improve access to higher education for middle-income families by making 
resources available to expand the Hope and Lifetime Learning 
Scholarship Credits and for lower-income families by making resources 
available to increase the maximum Pell Grant to $4500 and to provide an 
equal amount for deficit reduction by eliminating the 10 percent 
dividend tax exclusion for amounts above $500 and eliminating 
acceleration of the 38.6 percent income tax rate reduction. 
                                                             Page S6438
  Hollings/Chafee Amendment No. 607, to promote fiscal responsibility. 
                                                         Pages S6438-39
  Reid (for Dorgan) Amendment No. 668, to provide for deficit 
reduction.
Page S6439
  Durbin Amendment No. 669, to provide health care coverage for 
qualified caregivers.
Page S6439
  Rockefeller Modified Amendment No. 618, to expand the incentives for 
the construction and renovation of public schools.
Pages S6439-40

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  Dayton Amendment No. 616, to amend the Congressional Budget and 
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to limit the phase-in of revenue-
reducing measures to 1 year.
Page S6440
  Dorgan Amendment No. 666, to strike the section relating to qualified 
tax collection contracts.
Pages S6463-75
Withdrawn:
  Harkin Amendment No. 595, to help rural health care providers and 
hospitals receive a fair reimbursement for services under Medicare by 
reducing tax cuts regarding dividends.
Page S6414
  Warner Modified Amendment No. 550, to amend the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 to increase the above-the-line deduction for teacher classroom 
supplies and to expand such deduction to include qualified professional 
development expenses.
Pages S6423-24
  Landrieu Amendment No. 621, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to allow employers in renewal communities to qualify for the 
renewal community employment credit by employing residents of certain 
other renewal communities.
Page S6426
  Baucus (for McCain) Amendment No. 612, to add the provisions of the 
Armed Forces Tax Fairness Act of 2003.
Page S6429
  Burns Amendment No. 593, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to allow the expensing of broadband Internet access expenditures. 
                                                             Page S6429
  Santorum Amendment No. 670, to provide a dividend exclusion which 
eliminates the double taxation of corporate dividends.
Page S6440
  Santorum Amendment No. 648, to clarify the treatment of net operating 
loss in calculating tax attributes under section 108 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986.
Pages S6442-43
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 49 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 149), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive section 305(b)(2) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, with respect to Dorgan/Baucus Amendment No. 556, to 
repeal the 1993 income tax increase on Social Security benefits and to 
offset the revenue loss. Subsequently, the point of order that the 
amendment was in violation of section 305(b)(2) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, relative to germaneness, was sustained, and the 
amendment thus falls.
Pages S6408-09
  By 47 yeas to 53 nays (Vote No. 151), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, with respect to Baucus Amendment No. 570, to ensure that 
the limit on refundability shall not apply to the additional $400 child 
credit for 2003, to make the dividend exclusion effective for taxable 
years beginning in 2003, and to eliminate the increase in the dividend 
exclusion from 10 percent to 20 percent of dividends over $500. 
Subsequently, the point of order that the amendment was in violation of 
section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, since it would 
increase mandatory spending and cause the bill to exceed the 
committee's section 302(a) allocation, was sustained, and the amendment 
thus falls.
Page S6410
  By 50 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. 152), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive section 305(b)(2) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, with respect to Kennedy Amendment No. 544, to 
provide for additional weeks of temporary extended unemployment 
compensation and to provide for a program of temporary enhanced regular 
unemployment compensation. Subsequently, the point of order that the 
amendment was in violation of section 305(b)(2) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, relative to germaneness, was sustained, and the 
amendment thus falls.
Page S6411
  By 49 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 153), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, with respect to Lincoln Amendment No. 578, to expand the 
refundability of the child tax credit. Subsequently, the point of order 
that the amendment was in violation of section 302(f) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, since it would increase mandatory 
spending and cause the bill to exceed the committee's section 302(a) 
allocation, was sustained, and the amendment thus falls. 
                                                         Pages S6411-12
  By 49 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 154), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive section 305(b)(2) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, with respect to Cantwell Amendment No. 577, to 
permanently extend and modify the research and experimentation tax 
credit and strike the partial exclusion of dividends provision. 
Subsequently, the point of order that the amendment was in violation of 
section 305(b)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, relative to 
germaneness, was sustained, and the amendment thus falls.
Page S6412
  By 49 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 155), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, with respect to Jeffords Amendment

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No. 587, to accelerate the elimination of the marriage penalty in the 
earned income credit. Subsequently, the point of order that the 
amendment was in violation of section 302(f) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, since it would increase mandatory spending and 
cause the bill to exceed the committee's section 302(a) allocation, was 
sustained, and the amendment thus falls.
Pages S6412-13
  By 47 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 158), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, with respect to Murray Amendment No. 564, to provide 
temporary State fiscal relief. Subsequently, the point of order that 
the amendment was in violation of section 302(f) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, since it would increase mandatory spending and 
cause the bill to exceed the committee's section 302(a) allocation, was 
sustained, and the amendment thus falls.
Pages S6414-15
  By 44 yeas to 56 nays (Vote No. 159), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive section 305(b)(2) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, with respect to Stabenow Amendment No. 614, to 
ensure the enactment of a Medicare prescription drug benefit. 
Subsequently, the point of order that the amendment was in violation of 
section 305(b)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, relative to 
germaneness, was sustained, and the amendment thus falls.
Page S6421
  By 35 yeas to 65 nays (Vote No. 160), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive section 305(b)(2) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, with respect to Graham (FL) Amendment No. 617, in 
the nature of a substitute. Subsequently, the point of order that the 
amendment was in violation of section 305(b)(2) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, relative to germaneness, was sustained, and the 
amendment thus falls.
Pages S6422-23
  By 37 yeas to 61 nays, 1 responding present (Vote No. 161), three-
fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the 
affirmative, Senate rejected the motion to waive section 305(b)(2) of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, with respect to Kyl Amendment No. 
575, to further enhance the denial of deduction for certain fines, 
penalties, and other amounts. Subsequently, the point of order that the 
amendment was in violation of section 305(b)(2) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, relative to germaneness, was sustained, and the 
amendment thus falls.
Page S6424
  By 46 yeas to 54 nays (Vote No. 162), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive section 305(b)(2) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, with respect to Landrieu Amendment No. 619, in the 
nature of a substitute. Subsequently, the point of order that the 
amendment was in violation of section 305(b)(2) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, relative to germaneness, was sustained, and the 
amendment thus falls.
Pages S6424-25
  By 46 yeas to 54 nays (Vote No. 163), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive section 305(b)(2) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, with respect to Landrieu Amendment No. 620, to 
provide pay protection for members of the Reserve and the National 
Guard. Subsequently, the point of order that the amendment was in 
violation of section 305(b)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 
relative to germaneness, was sustained, and the amendment thus falls. 
                                                         Pages S6425-26
  By 49 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 164), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive section 305(b)(2) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, with respect to Schumer Amendment No. 557, to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make higher education more 
affordable. Subsequently, the point of order that the amendment was in 
violation of section 305(b)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 
relative to germaneness, was sustained, and the amendment thus falls. 
                                                             Page S6426
  By 75 yeas to 25 nays (Vote No. 165), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to waive section 305(b)(2) of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, with respect to Ensign Modified Amendment No. 622, to 
encourage the investment of foreign earnings within the United States 
for productive business investments and job creation. Subsequently, the 
point of order that the amendment was in violation of section 305(b)(2) 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, relative to germaneness, was 
not sustained.
Pages S6426-28
  By 49 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 166), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, with respect to Conrad Amendment No. 611, to make the 
child tax credit acceleration applicable to 2002. Subsequently, the 
point of order that the amendment was in violation of section 302(f) of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, since it would increase mandatory 
spending and cause the bill to exceed the committee's section

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302(a) allocation, was sustained, and the amendment thus falls. 
                                                     Pages S6428, S6429
  By 46 yeas to 54 nays (Vote No. 167), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, with respect to Daschle Amendment No. 656, to create jobs, 
provide opportunity, and restore prosperity. Subsequently, the point of 
order that the amendment was in violation of section 302(f) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, since it would increase mandatory 
spending and cause the bill to exceed the committee's section 302(a) 
allocation, was sustained, and the amendment thus falls. 
                                                         Pages S6429-30
  By 44 yeas to 56 nays (Vote No. 168), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive section 305(b)(2) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, with respect to Dayton Amendment No. 615, in the 
nature of a substitute. Subsequently, the point of order that the 
amendment was in violation of section 305(b)(2) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, relative to germaneness, was sustained, and the 
amendment thus falls.
Pages S6430-31
  By 48 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 169), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive section 305(b)(2) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, with respect to Mikulski Amendment No. 605, to 
provide a partially refundable tax credit for caregiving related 
expenses. Subsequently, the point of order that the amendment was in 
violation of section 305(b)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 
relative to germaneness, was sustained, and the amendment thus falls. 
                                                             Page S6431
  By 51 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. 170), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive the Congressional Budget Act, with respect 
to Sessions Amendment No. 639, to apply the sunset provision to the 
revenue increase provisions. Subsequently, the point of order that the 
amendment was in violation of section 313(b)(1)(E) (Byrd Rule) of the 
Congressional Budget Act, was sustained, and the amendment thus falls. 
                                                         Pages S6431-32
  By 37 yeas to 63 nays (Vote No. 175), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive section 305(b)(2) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, with respect to Edwards Amendment No. 662, to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to close the ``janitors insurance'' 
tax loophole. Subsequently, the point of order that the amendment was 
in violation of section 305(b)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974, relative to germaneness, was sustained, and the amendment thus 
falls.
Page S6441
  By 43 yeas to 57 nays (Vote No. 176), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive section 202 of H.Con.Res. 95, Fiscal Year 
2004 Concurrent Resolution on the Budget, with respect to Dorgan 
Amendment No. 666, to strike the section relating to qualified tax 
collection contracts. Subsequently, the point of order raised against 
the amendment was not sustained, and the amendment was then rejected by 
a voice vote (listed above).
Pages S6443-45
  Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair was authorized to appoint the following 
conferees on the part of the Senate: Senators Grassley, Hatch, Nickles, 
Lott, Baucus, Rockefeller, and Breaux.
  Subsequently, S. 1054 was returned to the Senate Calendar. 
                                                             Page S6500
  Global HIV/AIDS Act: Senate passed H.R. 1298, to provide assistance 
to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, 
after taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                            Pages S6415-21, S6445-S6500
Adopted:
  Biden/Leahy Amendment No. 686, to amend the International Financial 
Institutions Act to provide for modification of the Enhanced Heavily 
Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative.
Pages S6485-88
Rejected:
  By 48 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 177), Durbin Amendment No. 676, to 
provide alternate terms for the United States participation in the 
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
Pages S6445-48
  By 48 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 178), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, with respect to Dorgan Amendment No. 678, to provide 
emergency funding for food aid to HIV/AIDS affected populations in sub-
Saharan Africa. Subsequently, the point of order that the amendment was 
in violation of section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 
was sustained, and the amendment thus falls.
Pages S6449-50
  By 45 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 180), Feinstein Amendment No. 682, to 
modify provisions relating to the distribution of funding. 
                                                         Pages S6475-78
  By 42 yeas to 54 nays (Vote No. 181), Kennedy Amendment No. 681, to 
provide for the procurement of certain pharmaceuticals at the lowest 
possible price for products of assured quality.
Pages S6478-81

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  By 45 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 182), Boxer Amendment No. 684, to 
require a specific plan to help AIDS orphans.
Page S6481
  By 44 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 183), Dodd Amendment No. 685, to add 
CARICOM Countries and the Dominican Republic to Priority List of HIV/
AIDS Coordinator.
Pages S6481-84
  Clinton Amendment No. 652, to improve women's health and empowerment 
and reduce women's vulnerability to HIV/AIDS.
Pages S6484-85
  Hometown Heroes Survivors Benefits Act: Committee on the Judiciary 
was discharged from further consideration of S. 459, to ensure that a 
public safety officer who suffers a fatal heart attack or stroke while 
on duty shall be presumed to have died in the line of duty for purposes 
of public safety officer survivor benefits, and the bill was then 
passed.
  Pages S6567-68
  Fallen Law Enforcement Officers and Firefighters Flag Memorial Act: 
Committee on Rules and Administration was discharged from further 
consideration of S. 535, to provide Capitol-flown flags to the families 
of law enforcement officers and firefighters killed in the line of 
duty, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the following 
amendment proposed thereto:
  Page S6568
  Frist (for Dodd) Amendment No. 683, to provide for the delivery of 
flags through Congress.
Page S6568
  Honoring the City of Fayetteville: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of H. Con. Res. 58, honoring the 
City of Fayetteville, North Carolina, and its many partners for the 
Festival of Flight, a celebration of the centennial of Wilbur and 
Orville Wright's first flight, the first controlled, powered flight in 
history, and the concurrent resolution was then agreed to.
  Page S6568
  Authorizing the Use of the Capitol Grounds: Senate agreed to H. Con. 
Res. 128, authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the D.C. 
Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run.
  Pages S6568-69
Department of Defense Authorization--Agreement: A unanimous consent 
agreement was reached providing for consideration of 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, at 2:30 p.m., on 
Monday, May 19, 2003; provided that all first-degree amendments be 
relevant and that any second-degree amendments be relevant to the 
first-degree amendment to which it was offered; further that, the time 
until 5:30 p.m. be for debate only.
  Page S6569
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaty:
  Protocol of 1997 Amending MARPOL Convention (Treaty Doc. No. 108-7)
  The treaty was 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. 
                                                             Page S6569
Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing for consideration of the nomination of S. Maurice Hicks, Jr., 
of Louisiana, to be United States District Judge for the Western 
District of Louisiana, at 5:30 p.m., on Monday, May 19, 2003, with a 
vote to immediately occur on confirmation of the nomination. 
                                                             Page S6500
Nominations Received: Senate received the following Nominations:
  William Gerry Myers III, of Idaho, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Ninth Circuit.
  Henry F. Floyd, of South Carolina, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of South Carolina.
  Ronald A. White, of Oklahoma, to be United States District Judge for 
the Eastern District of Oklahoma.
Page S6569
Messages From the House:
  Page S6504
Measures Referred:
  Pages S6504-05
Executive Communications:
  Pages S6505-06
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S6506
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S6507-09
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S6509-17
Additional Statements:
  Pages S6503-04
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S6517-67
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Page S6567
Record Votes: Thirty-six record votes were taken today. (Total--183) 
    Pages S6408-14, S6421, S6423-26, S6428, S6429-32, S6434, S6437-38, 
          S6441, S6443-44, S6448, S6450, S6474, S6478, S6480-81, S6484.
Adjournment: Senate met at 9:15 a.m., and adjourned at 2:19 a.m., on 
Friday, May 16, 2003, until 2 p.m., on Monday, May 19, 2003. (For 
Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's 
Record on page S6569.)

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