[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 89 (Tuesday, June 17, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D673]
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                                             Tuesday, June 17, 2003

[[Page D673]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House Committee ordered reported the Homeland Security and the 
      Military Construction appropriations for fiscal year 2004.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7943-S8008
Measures Introduced: Five bills and two resolutions, were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1271-1275, and S. Res. 172-173.
  Page S7980
Measures Reported:
  Special Report entitled ``Authorizing Expenditures by Committees of 
the Senate, with respect to S. Res. 66''. (S. Rept. No. 108-73) 
                                                             Page S7980
Measures Passed:
  Honoring David Brinkley: Senate agreed to S. Res. 172, honoring the 
life of media reporting giant David Brinkley, and expressing the 
deepest condolences of the Senate to his family on his death. 
                                                             Page S8007
  Automatic Defibrillation in Adam's Memory Act: Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions was discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 389, to authorize the use of certain grant funds 
to establish an information clearinghouse that provides information to 
increase public access to defibrillation in schools, and the bill was 
then passed, clearing the measure for the President.
  Page S8008
Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act: Senate continued 
consideration of S. 1, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act 
to make improvements in the Medicare program, to provide prescription 
drug coverage under the Medicare program.
  Pages S7947-74
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 10 a.m., on Wednesday, June 18, 2003. 
                                                             Page S8007
Messages From the House:
  Page S7978
Measures Referred:
  Page S7978
Enrolled Bills Presented:
  Page S7978
Executive Communications:
  Pages S7978-80
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S7980
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S7980-81
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S7981-S8005
Additional Statements:
  Pages S7977-78
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S8005
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Pages S8005-06
Privilege of the Floor:
  Pages S8006-07
Adjournment: Senate met at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 6:34 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, June 18, 2003. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S8008.)