[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 74 (Monday, May 19, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D545-D546]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                                    Monday, May 19, 2003

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate

Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6571-S6639
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1076-1082, S. Res. 145, and S. Con. Res. 45.
  Pages S6624-25
Measures Passed:
  Recognizing Ford Motor Company: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged 
from further consideration of S. Res. 100, recognizing the 100th anniversary 
year of the founding of the Ford Motor Company, which has been a significant 
part of the social, economic, and cultural heritage of the United States and 
many other nations, and a revolutionary industrial and global institution, 
and congratulating Ford Motor Company for its achievements, and the 
resolution was then agreed to, after agreeing to the following amendment 
proposed thereto:
  Page S6637
  Warner (for McConnell) Amendment No. 699 (to the preamble), to make 
technical corrections.
Page S6637
  Recognizing the Contributions of Asian Pacific Americans: Committee on the 
Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Con. Res. 44, 
recognizing the contributions of Asian Pacific Americans to our Nation, and 
the resolution was then agreed to.
  Pages S6637-38
Department of Defense Authorization: Senate began 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, taking action on the following 
amendments:
  Pages S6575-86, S6587-98
Withdrawn:
  Reid Amendment No. 697, to permit retired members of the Armed Forces who 
have a service-connected disability to receive both military retired pay by 
reason of their years of military service and disability compensation from 
the Department of Veterans Affairs for their disability.
Pages S6597-98
Pending:
  Daschle Amendment No. 689, to ensure that members of the Ready Reserve of 
the Armed Forces are treated equitably in the provision of health care 
benefits under TRICARE and otherwise under the Defense Health Program. 
                                                              Pages S6587-97
  Graham (SC) Amendment No. 696 (to Amendment No. 689), in the nature of a 
substitute.
Pages S6594-97
  During consideration of this measure today, the Senate also considered the 
following action:
  Reid Amendment No. 697 (listed above) was ruled not relevant.
Page S6598
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 20, 2003.
Page S6638
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages from the 
President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to the National Emergencies Act, a 6-month periodic 
report on the national emergency with respect to Burma that was declared in 
Executive Order 13047 of May 20, 1997; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs. (PM-33)
Page S6621
  Transmitting, pursuant to the National Emergencies Act, a notice 
continuing the national emergency with respect to Burma that was declared in 
Executive Order 13047 of May 20, 1997; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs. (PM-34)
Page S6621
Appointments:
  NATO Parliamentary Assembly: The Chair, on behalf of the Vice President, 
in accordance with 22 U.S.C. 1928a-1928d, as amended, appointed the 
following Senators as members of the Senate Delegation to the NATO 
Parliamentary Assembly during the First Session of the 108th Congress, to be 
held in Prague, Czech Republic, May 23-26, 2003: Senators Sessions, 
Voinovich, and Cornyn.
  Page S6638
  NATO Parliamentary Assembly: The Chair, on behalf of the Vice President, 
in accordance with 22 U.S.C. 1928a-1928d, as amended, appointed the 
following Senators as members of the Senate Delegation to the NATO 
Parliamentary Assembly during the First Session of the 108th Congress, to be 
held in Prague, Czech Republic, May 23-26, 2003: Senators Hollings and Dodd.
                                                                  Page S6638
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By unanimous vote of 86 yeas (Vote No. Ex. 184), S. Maurice Hicks, Jr., of 
Louisiana, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of 
Louisiana.
Pages S6586-87, S6639

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Measures Read First Time:
  Page S6621
Executive Communications:
  Pages S6621-22
Petitions and Memorials:
  Pages S6622-24
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S6625-26
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S6626-33
Additional Statements:
  Pages S6620-21
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S6633-37
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S6637
Privilege of the Floor:
  Page S6637
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--184)
  Page S6586
Adjournment: Senate met at 2:02 p.m., and adjourned at 7:32 p.m., until 9:30 
a.m., on Tuesday, May 20, 2003. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of 
the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S6638-39.)