[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 84 (Tuesday, June 10, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D632-D633]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                             Tuesday, June 10, 2003

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      The House passed H.R. 2143, Unlawful Internet Gambling Funding 
      Prohibition Act.

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7561-S7649
Measures Introduced: Twelve bills and four resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1218-1229, S. Res. 163-165, and S. Con. Res. 52. 
                                                         Pages S7618-19
Measures Passed:
  Robert P. Hammer Post Office Building: Committee on Governmental 
Affairs was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 1625, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
1114 Main Avenue in Clifton, New Jersey, as the ``Robert P. Hammer Post 
Office Building'', and the bill was then passed, clearing the measure 
for the President.
  Pages S7648-49
  Commending Bob Hope: Senate agreed to S. Res. 165, commending Bob 
Hope for his dedication and commitment to the Nation.
  Page S7649
Energy Policy Act: Senate continued consideration of S. 14, to enhance 
the energy security of the United States, taking action on the 
following amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S7665-99
Adopted:
  By 67 yeas to 32 nays (Vote No. 212), 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 S7674-75
  By 99 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. 213), Landrieu Amendment No. 871, to 
reduce the dependence of the United States on imported petroleum. 
                                                         Pages S7575-76
Rejected:
  By 48 yeas to 50 nays, 1 responding present (Vote No. 214), Wyden 
Amendment No. 875, to strike the provision relating to deployment of 
new nuclear power plants.
Pages S7576-90
Withdrawn:
  Campbell/Domenici Amendment No. 864, to replace ``tribal consortia'' 
with ``tribal energy resource development organizations''.
Page S7590
Pending:
  Feinstein Amendment No. 876, to tighten oversight of energy markets. 
                                                         Pages S7590-94
  Reid Amendment No. 877 (to Amendment No. 876), to exclude metals from 
regulatory oversight by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. 
                                                         Pages S7594-99
  A unanimous-consent request was granted permitting Senator Shelby to 
change his yea vote to a nay vote on Vote No. 209 (adopted on June 5, 
2003) changing the outcome of the vote to 67 yeas to 29 nays relative 
to Frist Amendment No. 850.
Page S7576
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 10 a.m., on Wednesday, June 11, 2003. 
                                                             Page S7649
Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing for consideration of the nomination of Richard C. Wesley, of 
New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, at 
11 a.m., on Wednesday, June 11, 2003, with a vote to occur on 
confirmation of the nomination.
  Page S7648
Appointments:
  Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group: The Chair, on behalf of the 
Vice President, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 276h-276k, as amended, appointed 
the following Senators as members of the Senate Delegation to the 
Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group during the First Session of the 
108th Congress: Senators Frist, Alexander, and Cornyn.
  Page S7649
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:

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  Transmitting, pursuant to law, the Periodic Report on the National 
Emergency with Respect to the Risk of Nuclear Proliferation Created by 
the Accumulation of Weapons-Usable Fissile Material in the Territory of 
the Russian Federation; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs. (PM-37)
Page S7606
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of the continuation of the 
National emergency with respect to the risk of nuclear proliferation 
created by the accumulation of weapons-usable fissile material in the 
territory of the Russian Federation beyond June 21, 2003; to the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-38) 
                                                         Pages S7606-07
Messages From the House:
  Page S7607
Measures Referred:
  Page S7607
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S7607
Executive Communications:
  Page S7607
Petitions and Memorials:
  Pages S7607-18
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S7619-21
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Page S7621
Additional Statements:
  Pages S7604-43
Amendments Submitted:
  Page S7644
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Pages S7647-48
Privilege of the Floor:
  Page S7648
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--214) 
                                           Pages S7574-75, S7576, S7590
Adjournment: Senate met at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 7:08 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, June 11, 2003. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7649.)