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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7511-S7560
Measures Introduced: Twelve bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1206-1217, S. Res. 162, and S. Con. Res. 50-
51.
  Pages S7540-41
Measures Reported:
  S. 239, to amend the Public Health Service Act to add requirements 
regarding trauma care. (S. Rept. No. 108-59)
Page S7540
  S. 246, to provide that certain Bureau of Land Management land shall 
be held in trust for the Pueblo of Santa Clara and the Pueblo of San 
Ildefonso in the State of New Mexico, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 
108-60)
Page S7540
  S. 500, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to study certain 
sites in the historic district of Beaufort, South Carolina, relating to 
the Reconstruction Era, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 108-61)
Page S7540
  S. 520, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain 
facilities to the Fremont-Madison Irrigation District in the State of 
Idaho. (S. Rept. No. 108-62)
Page S7540
  S. 625, to authorize the Bureau of Reclamation to conduct certain 
feasibility studies in the Tualatin River Basin in Oregon, with an 
amendment. (S. Rept. No. 108-63)
Page S7540
  S. 635, to amend the National Trails System Act to require the 
Secretary of the Interior to update the feasibility and suitability 
studies of four national historic trails, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 108-64)
Page S7540
  H.R. 519, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 
study of the San Gabriel River Watershed. (S. Rept. No. 108-65) 
                                                             Page S7540
  H.R. 733, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire the 
McLoughlin House National Historic Site in Oregon City, Oregon, and to 
administer the site as a unit of the National Park System, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 108-66) 
                                                             Page S7540
  H.R. 788, to revise the boundary of the Glen Canyon National 
Recreation Area in the States of Utah and Arizona. (S. Rept. No. 108-
67)
Page S7540
Measures Passed:
  National Oceans Week: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from 
further consideration of S. Con. Res. 49, designating the week of June 
9, 2003, as National Oceans Week and urging the President to issue a 
proclamation calling upon the people of the United States to observe 
this week with appropriate recognition, programs, ceremonies, and 
activities to further ocean literacy, education, and exploration, and 
the resolution was then agreed to.
  Pages S7558-59
  Commending University of Virginia Men's Lacrosse Team: Committee on 
the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 158, 
commending the University of Virginia Cavaliers men's lacrosse team for 
winning the 2003 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, and the 
resolution was then agreed to, after agreeing to the following 
amendment proposed thereto:
  Page S7559
  McConnell (for Allen) Amendment No. 870, in the nature of the 
substitute.
Page S7559
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 S7515-27
Adopted:
  Bingaman Amendment No. 867, to ensure continued availability of 
natural gas.
Pages S7526-27
Pending:
  Campbell/Domenici Amendment No. 864, to replace ``tribal consortia'' 
with ``tribal energy resource development organizations''. 
                                                         Pages S7515-16
  Dorgan Amendment No. 865, to require that the hydrogen 
commercialization plan of the Department of Energy include a 
description of activities to support certain hydrogen technology 
deployment goals.
Pages S7516-26
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, June 10, 2003, with 
30 minutes of debate on Dorgan Amendment No. 865 (listed above), with a 
vote to occur on or in relation to the amendment.
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Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By 88 yeas 1 nay (Vote No. Ex. 211), Michael Chertoff, of New Jersey, 
to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit. 
                                                  Pages S7528-33, S7560
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Robert Clive Jones, of Nevada, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Nevada.
  Phillip S. Figa, of Colorado, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Colorado.
  Jack Landman Goldsmith III, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney 
General.
  Christopher A. Wray, of Georgia, to be an Assistant Attorney General.
                                                             Page S7560
Measures Read First Time:
  Page S7538
Executive Communications:
  Pages S7538-40
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S7541
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S7543-56
Additional Statements:
  Pages S7537-38
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S7556-57
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Pages S7557-58
Privilege of the Floor:
  Page S7558
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--211) 
                                                         Pages S7532-33
Adjournment: Senate met at 12 noon, and adjourned at 6:49 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, June 10, 2003. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7560.)