[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 96 (Thursday, June 26, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D744-D749]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                            Thursday, June 26, 2003

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                              Daily Digest

HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed S. 1--Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement 
      Act.
      House Committee ordered reported the Defense and Legislative 
      appropriations for fiscal year 2004.
      House Committees ordered reported 11 sundry measures.
      House passed H.R. 1, Medicare Prescription Drug, Modernization, 
      Health Savings and Affordability Act.
      House passed H.R. 2559, Military Construction Appropriations Act.
      House passed H.R. 2417, Intelligence Authorization Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8605-S8817
Measures Introduced: Thirty-one bills and six resolutions were 
introduced as follows: S. 11, S. 1338-1367, S. Res. 187-190, and S. 
Con. Res. 56-57.                                         
  Pages S8725-26
Measures Reported:
  S. 1025, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2004 for 
intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States 
Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central 
Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, with amendments. 
(S. Rept. No. 108-80)
  S. 1356, making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health 
and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2004. (S. Rept. No. 108-81)
  S. 1357, making appropriations for military construction, family 
housing, and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004. (S. Rept. No. 108-82)
  S. 888, to reauthorize the Museum and Library Services Act. (S. Rept. 
No. 108-83)
  S. Res. 62, calling upon the Organization of American States (OAS) 
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the United Nations High 
Commissioner for Human Rights, the European Union, and human rights 
activists throughout the world to take certain actions in regard to the 
human rights situation in Cuba.
  S. Res. 138, to amend rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate 
relating to the consideration of nominations requiring the advice and 
consent of the Senate.
  S. Res. 149, expressing the sense of the Senate that the 
international response to the current need for food in the Horn of 
Africa remains inadequate, and with an amended preamble.
  S. Res. 174, designating Thursday, November 20, 2003, as ``Feed 
America Thursday''.
  S. Res. 175, designating the month of October 2003, as ``Family 
History Month''.
  S. Res. 178, to prohibit Members of the Senate and other persons from 
removing art and historic objects from the Senate wing of the Capitol 
and Senate office buildings for personal use.
  S. 148, to provide for the Secretary of Homeland Security to be 
included in the line of Presidential succession.             
Page S8722
Measures Passed:
  State Children's Health Insurance Program Amend Act: Senate passed S. 
312, to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend the 
availability of allotments for fiscal years 1998 through 2001 under the 
State Children's Health Insurance Program, after agreeing to the 
following amendment proposed thereto:                    
  Pages S8633-35
  Grassley Amendment No. 1113, to make a technical correction. 
                                                         Pages S8633-35

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  Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act: By yeas to nays (Vote 
No. 262), Senate passed 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, after agreeing 
to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and after 
taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                        Pages S8605-33, S8635-78, S8679-85, S8686-S8701
Adopted:
  Baucus (for Cantwell) Modified Amendment No. 942, to prohibit an 
eligible entity offering a Medicare Prescription Drug plan, a 
MedicareAdvantage Organization offering a MedicareAdvantage plan, and 
other health plans from contracting with a pharmacy benefit manager 
(PBM) unless the PBM satisfies certain requirements. 
                                                  Pages S8606, S8612-17
  By 97 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. 249), McConnell Amendment No. 1097, to 
protect seniors who are diagnosed with cancer from high prescription 
drug costs.                                              
Pages S8621-22
  By 69 yeas to 29 nays (Vote No. 251), Bingaman/Domenici Modified 
Amendment No. 1065, to update, beginning in 2009, the asset or resource 
test used for purposes of determining the eligibility of low-income 
beneficiaries for premium and cost-sharing subsidies. 
                                                  Pages S8606, S8622-23
  Nelson (FL) Amendment No. 936, to provide for an extension of the 
demonstration for ESRD managed care.                         
Page S8606
  Nelson (FL) Amendment No. 938, to provide for a study and report on 
the propagation of concierge care.                           
Page S8606
  Thomas/Lincoln Modified Amendment No. 988, to provide for the 
coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health 
counselor services under part B of the Medicare program.     
Page S8606
  Baucus (for Snowe) Amendment No. 1027, to express the sense of the 
Senate regarding the implementation of the Prescription Drug and 
Medicare Improvement Act of 2003.                            
Page S8633
  Baucus (for Murkowski/Stevens) Amendment No. 1041, to require the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a frontier extended 
stay clinic demonstration project.                   
Pages S8633, S8687
  Subsequently, the adoption of Amendment No. 1041 (listed above) was 
vitiated.                                                    
Page S8633
  By a unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. 252), McConnell Amendment 
No. 1102, to protect seniors who are diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease 
from high prescription drug costs.                
Pages S8624, S8635-36
  Subsequently, the amendment was modified.                  
Page S8635
  By 71 yeas to 26 nays (Vote No. 255), Grassley/Baucus Modified 
Amendment No. 1092, to evaluate alternative payment and delivery 
systems.                      
Pages S8606, S8610-12, S8618-21, S8637-38
  Grassley (for Bond) Amendment No. 1014, to include pharmacy services 
in the study relating to outpatient pharmacy therapy reimbursements. 
                                                             Page S8614
  Baucus (for Dodd) Amendment No. 1015, to provide for a study on 
making prescription pharmaceutical information accessible for blind and 
visually-impaired individuals.                               
Page S8647
  Grassley (for Hatch) Amendment No. 1059, to direct the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services to conduct a review and report on current 
standards of practice for pharmacy services provided to patients in 
nursing facilities.                                          
Page S8647
  Grassley (for Hatch/Wyden) Amendment No. 1106, to establish a 
Citizens Health Care Working Group to facilitate public debate about 
how to improve the health care system for Americans and to provide for 
hearings by Congress on the recommendations that are derived from this 
debate.                                                      
Page S8647
  Grassley (for Murkowski) Amendment No. 1086, to ensure that 
pharmacies operated by the Indian Health Service and Indian health 
programs are included in the network of pharmacies established by 
entities and organizations under part D.                     
Page S8647
  Baucus (for Mikulski) Modified Amendment No. 1033, to extend certain 
municipal health service demonstration projects.             
Page S8644
  Baucus (for Lincoln) Modified Amendment No. 1067, to provide coverage 
for kidney disease education services under the Medicare program. 
                                                         Pages S8644-47
  Lincoln Amendment No. 959, to establish a demonstration project for 
direct access to physical therapy services under the Medicare program. 
                                                             Page S8606
  Lincoln Amendment No. 935, to clarify the intent of Congress 
regarding an exception to the initial residency period for geriatric 
residency or fellowship programs.                            
Page S8606
  Reid (for Jeffords) Amendment No. 1038, to improve the critical 
access hospital program.                                     
Page S8606
  Reid (for Johnson/Cochran) Amendment No. 1095, to provide for a 1-
year medication therapy management assessment program.   
Pages S8617-18
  Grassley (for Murkowski/Stevens) Amendment No. 1096, to require the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a frontier extended 
stay clinic demonstration project.                           
Page S8681
  Grassley (for Brownback/Nelson (NE)) Amendment No. 1122, to provide 
for improvements in access to services in rural hospitals and critical 
access hospitals.                                            
Page S8681

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  Grassley (for Coleman) Amendment No. 1074, to amend title XVIII of 
the Social Security Act to make improvements in the national coverage 
determination process to respond to changes in technology.   
Page S8681
  Grassley (for Collins) Amendment No. 1023, to provide for the 
establishment of a demonstration project to clarify the definition of 
homebound.                                               
Pages S8681-82
  Grassley (for Kyl) Amendment No. 1114, to require the GAO to study 
the impact of price controls on pharmaceuticals.             
Page S8682
  Grassley (for Kyl) Amendment No. 1115, to express the sense of the 
Senate concerning Medicare payments to physicians and other health 
professionals.                                               
Page S8681
  Grassley (for Chambliss) Amendment No. 1045, to provide for a 
demonstration project for the exclusion of brachytherapy devices from 
the prospective payment system for outpatient hospital services. 
                                                         Pages S8682-83
  Grassley (for Craig) Amendment No. 1058, to restore the Federal 
Hospital Insurance Trust Fund to the financial position it would have 
been in if a clerical bookkeeping error had not occurred.    
Page S8681
  Grassley (for Baucus) Amendment No. 1117, to establish the Safety Net 
Organizations and Patient Advisory Commission.               
Page S8681
  Grassley (for Bayh) Amendment No. 1044, to adjust the urban health 
provider payment.                                            
Page S8683
  Grassley (for Shelby) Amendment No. 1056, to prevent the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services from modifying the treatment of certain long-
term care hospitals as subsection (d) hospitals.             
Page S8681
  Grassley (for Murray) Modified Amendment No. 961, to make 
improvements in the MedicareAdvantage benchmark determinations. 
                                                             Page S8681
  Grassley (for Bond/Roberts) Amendment No. 1013, to ensure that 
patients are receiving safe and accurate dosages of compounded drugs. 
                                                             Page S8681
  Grassley (for Kyl) Amendment No. 1121, to express the sense of the 
Senate concerning the structure of Medicare reform and the prescription 
drug benefit to ensure Medicare's long-term solvency and high quality 
of care.                                                 
Pages S8683-84
  Grassley (for Collins) Modified No. 989, to increase Medicare 
payments for home health services furnished in a rural area. 
                                                     Pages S8681, S8684
  Grassley (for Dole/Edwards) Amendment No. 1126, to provide for the 
treatment of certain entities for purposes of payments under the 
Medicare program.                                            
Page S8681
  Grassley (for Reed) Amendment No. 996, to modify the GAO study of 
geographic differences in payments for physicians' services relating to 
the work geographic practice cost index.                     
Page S8684
  Grassley (for Specter) Amendment No. 1118, to express the sense of 
the Senate regarding the establishment of a nationwide permanent 
lifestyle modification program for Medicare beneficiaries. 
                                                  Pages S8653-54, S8684
  Grassley (for Specter) Amendment No. 1085, to express the sense of 
the Senate regarding payment reductions under the Medicare physician 
fee schedule.                                     
Pages S8652-53, S8685
  Allard/Feingold Amendment No. 1017, to provide for temporary 
suspension of OASIS requirement for collection of data on non-Medicare 
and non-Medicaid patients.                               
Pages S8608-09
  Baucus (for Harkin) Amendment No. 968, to restore reimbursement for 
total body orthotic management for nonambulatory, severely disabled 
nursing home residents.                                      
Page S8606
  Graham (SC) Modified Amendment No. 948, to provide for the 
establishment of a National Bipartisan Commission on Medicare Reform. 
                                                             Page S8606
  Dayton Modified Amendment No. 960, to require a streamlining of the 
Medicare regulations.                         
Pages S8606, S8680, S8685
  Baucus (for Feingold) Amendment No. 1054, to establish an Office of 
the Medicare Beneficiary Advocate.                           
Page S8612
  Enzi Amendment No. 1030, to encourage the availability of 
MedicareAdvantagebenefits in medically underserved areas.    
Page S8606
  Grassley Amendment No. 1133, to provide for a managers' amendment. 
                                                         Pages S8686-87
Rejected:
  Harkin Modified Amendment No. 991, to establish a demonstration 
project under the Medicaid program to encourage the provision of 
community-based services to individuals with disabilities. (By 50 yeas 
to 48 nays (Vote No. 247), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                                         Pages S8606-09
  By 39 yeas to 59 nays (Vote No. 248), Edwards/Harkin Amendment No. 
1052, to strengthen protections for consumers against misleading 
direct-to-consumer drug advertising.              
Pages S8606, S8609-10
  Reid (for Boxer) Amendment No. 1036, to eliminate the coverage gap 
forindividuals with cancer. (By 55 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 250), 
Senate tabled the amendment.)                        
Pages S8606, S8622
  Durbin Amendment No. 1108, to provide additional assistance for 
certain eligible beneficiaries under part D. (By 57 yeas to 41 nays 
(Vote No. 253), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                               Pages S8630-32, S8636-37
  By 39 yeas to 59 nays (Vote No. 254), Dorgan/Pryor Amendment No. 1103 
(toAmendment No. 1092), to reduce aggregate beneficiary obligations by 
$2,400,000,000 per year beginning in 2009.        
Pages S8625-30, S8637

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  By 33 yeas to 65 nays (Vote No. 256), Sessions Amendment No. 1011, to 
express the sense of the Senate that the Committee on Finance should 
hold hearings regarding permitting States to provide health benefits to 
legal immigrants under Medicaid and SCHIP as part of thereauthorization 
of the temporary assistance for needy families program. 
                                       Pages S8606, S8642, S8644, S8647
  By 47 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 257), Rockefeller Modified Amendment 
No. 975, to make all Medicare beneficiaries eligible for Medicare 
prescription drug coverage.      
Pages S8606, S8639-41, S8644, S8647-48
  By 43 yeas to 55 nays (Vote No. 258), Bingaman Amendment No. 1066, to 
permit the establishment of 2 new Medigap plans for Medicare 
beneficiaries enrolled for prescription drug coverage under part D. 
                                           Pages S8606, S8641-42, S8648
  By 42 yeas to 54 nays (Vote No. 259), Baucus (for Levin) Amendment 
No. 1111, to ensure that current retirees who have prescription drug 
coverage who will lose their prescription drug coverage as a result of 
the enactment of this legislation have the option of drug coverage 
under the Medicare fallback.               
Pages S8632, S8660-63, S8674
  By 21 yeas to 75 nays (Vote No. 260), Hagel/Ensign Modified Amendment 
No. 1026, to provide Medicare beneficiaries with a drug discount card 
that ensures access to affordable prescription drugs. 
                                                   Pages S8606 S8663-75
  Baucus (for Feinstein) Modified Amendment No. 1060, to provide for an 
income-relatedincrease in the part B premium for individuals with 
income in excess of $75,000 and marriedcouples with income in excess of 
$150,000. (By 38 yeas to 59 nays (Vote No. 261), Senateearlier failed 
to table the amendment.)                   
Pages S8606, S8675-78, S8680
Withdrawn:
  Kyl Amendment No. 1093 (to Amendment No. 1092), in the nature of a 
substitute.                                          
Pages S8606, S8624
  Grassley (for Craig) Amendment No. 1087, topermit the offering of 
consumer-driven health plans under MedicareAdvantage. 
                                                  Pages S8606, S8651-52
  Santorum Amendment No. 1132, to allow eligible beneficiaries in 
MedicareAdvantageplans to elect zero premium, stop-loss drug coverage 
protection.                                              
Pages S8679-80
  Kerry Amendment No. 958, to increase the availability of discounted 
prescription drugs.                                  
Pages S8606, S8687
  Lincoln Modified Amendment No. 934, to ensure coverage for syringes 
for theadministration of insulin, and necessary medical supplies 
associated with the administration ofinsulin.         
Pages S8606 S8687
  Baucus (for Jeffords) Amendment No. 964, to include coverage for 
tobacco cessationproducts.                           
Pages S8606, S8687
  Baucus (for Jeffords) Amendment No. 965, to establish a Council for 
Technology and Innovation.                           
Pages S8606, S8687
  Akaka Amendment No. 980, toexpand assistance with coverage for 
legalimmigrants under the Medicaid program and SCHIP to include 
citizens of the Freely AssociatedStates.             
Pages S8606, S8687
  Akaka Amendment No. 979, to ensure that current prescription drug 
benefits toMedicare-eligible enrollees in the Federal Employees Health 
Benefits Program will not bediminished.              
Pages S8606, S8687
  Bingaman Amendment No. 973, to amend title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act toprovide for the authorization of reimbursement for all 
Medicare part B services furnished bycertain Indian hospitals and 
clinics.                                             
Pages S8606, S8687
  Baucus (for Lautenberg) Amendment No. 986, to make prescription drug 
coverageavailable beginning on July 1, 2004.                 
Page S8606
  Murray Amendment No. 990, to make improvements in the 
MedicareAdvantagebenchmark determinations.    
Pages S8606, S8680, S8687
  Dayton Amendment No. 977, to require that benefits be made available 
under part D on January 1, 2004.                             
Page S8687
  Baucus (for Dorgan) Amendment No. 993, to amend title XVIII of the 
Social Security Act to provide for coverage of cardiovascular screening 
tests under the Medicare program.                    
Pages S8606, S8687
  Smith/Bingaman Amendment No. 962, to provide reimbursement for 
Federally qualified health centers participating in Medicare managed 
care.                                                
Pages S8606, S8687
  Hutchison Amendment No. 1004, to amend title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act tofreeze the indirect medical education adjustment 
percentage under the Medicare program at 6.5percent. 
                                                     Pages S8606, S8687
  Conrad Amendment No. 1019, toprovide for coverage of self-injected 
biologicalsunder part B of the Medicare program until Medicare 
Prescription Drug plans are available.               
Pages S8606, S8687
  Conrad Amendment No. 1020, to permanently and fully equalize the 
standardizedpayment rate beginning in fiscal year 2004. 
                                                     Pages S8606, S8687
  Conrad Amendment No. 1021, toaddress Medicare payment inequities. 
                                                     Pages S8606, S8687
  Clinton Amendment No. 999, to provide for the development of quality 
indicators for thepriority areas of the Institute of Medicine, for the 
standardization of quality indicators for Federalagencies, and for the 
establishment of a demonstration program for the reporting of health 
carequality data at the community level.             
Pages S8606, S8687

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  Clinton Amendment No. 953, toprovide training to long-term care 
ombudsman.                                           
Pages S8606, S8687
  Clinton Amendment No. 954, to require the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services todevelop literacy standards for informational 
materials, particularly drug information.            
Pages S8606, S8687
  Reid (for Corzine) Modified Amendment No. 1037, toprovide conforming 
changesregarding federally qualified health centers. 
                                                     Pages S8606, S8632
  Reid (for Inouye) Amendment No. 1039, to amend title XIX of the 
Social Security Act toprovide 100 percent reimbursement for medical 
assistance provided to a Native Hawaiianthrough a Federally-qualified 
health center or a Native Hawaiian health care system.       
Page S8606
  Enzi/Lincoln Amendment No. 1051, toensure convenient access to 
pharmacies and prohibit the tying of contracts.      
Pages S8606, S8687
  Hagel/Ensign Amendment No. 1012, to provide Medicare beneficiaries 
with an additionalchoice of Medicare Prescription Drug plans under part 
D that consists of a drug discount cardand protection against high out-
of-pocket drug costs.                                
Pages S8606, S8687
  Baucus (for Akaka) Amendment No. 1061, to provide for treatment of 
Hawaii as a low-DSH State for purposes of determining a Medicaid DSH 
allotment for the State for fiscal years2004 and 2005. 
                                                     Pages S8606, S8687
  Stabenow/Levin Amendment No. 1075, to permanently extend a moratorium 
on thetreatment of a certain facility as an institution for mental 
diseases.                                            
Pages S8606, S8687
  Stabenow/Levin Amendment No. 1076, toprovide for the treatment of 
payments tocertain comprehensive cancer centers.     
Pages S8606, S8687
  Stabenow/Levin Amendment No. 1077, to provide for the redistribution 
of unusedresident positions.                         
Pages S8606, S8687
  Ensign/Lincoln Amendment No. 1024, to amend title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act torepeal the Medicare outpatient rehabilitation therapy 
caps.                                                
Pages S8606, S8687
  Smith/Feingold Amendment No. 1073, to allow the Secretary to include 
in the definitionof `specialized Medicare+Choice plans for special 
needs beneficiaries' plans that disproportionately serve such special 
needs beneficiaries or frail, elderly Medicare beneficiaries. 
                                                     Pages S8606, S8687
  Baucus (for Mikulski) Amendment No. 1088, to provide equitable 
treatment for children's hospitals.                  
Pages S8606, S8687
  Baucus (for Mikulski) Amendment No. 1089, to provide equitable 
treatment for certain children's hospitals.          
Pages S8606, S8687
  Baucus (for Mikulski) Amendment No. 1090, to permit direct payment 
under the Medicare program for clinical social worker services provided 
to residents of skilled nursing facilities.          
Pages S8606, S8687
  Baucus (for Mikulski) Amendment No. 1091, to extend certain municipal 
health service demonstration projects.               
Pages S8606, S8687
  Baucus (for Levin) Amendment No. 1110, to ensure that beneficiaries 
initially covered by a private insurer under this act who are 
subsequently covered by a Medicare fallback plan have the option of 
retaining a Medicare fallback plan.                  
Pages S8632, S8687
  Baucus (for Murkowski/Stevens) Amendment No. 1041, to require the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a frontier extended 
stay clinic demonstration project.                           
Page S8687
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that following 
passage of S. 1 (listed above), the bill be held at the desk, and when 
the Senate receives H.R. 1, House companion measure, all after the 
enacting clause be stricken and the text of S. 1 be inserted in lieu 
thereof; Senate insisted on its amendment, request a conference with 
the House thereon, and the Chair be authorized to appoint conference on 
the part of the Senate; providing further, passage of S. 1 be vitiated 
and the bill be returned to the Senate Calendar.             
Page S8811
  Check Truncation Act: Senate passed H.R. 1474, to facilitate check 
truncation by authorizing substitute checks, to foster innovation in 
the check collection system without mandating receipt of checks in 
electronic form, and to improve the overall efficiency of the Nation's 
payments system, after striking all after the enacting clause and 
inserting the text of S. 1334, Senate companion measure. 
                                                         Pages S8811-15
  Subsequently, S. 1334 was returned to the Senate Calendar. 
                                                             Page S8811
  Commending August Hiebert: Senate agreed to S. Res. 186, commending 
August Hiebert for his service to the Alaska Communications Industry. 
                                                         Pages S8815-16
  Rhodes Scholarships: Senate agreed to S. Res. 187, expressing the 
sense of the Senate regarding the centenary of the Rhodes Scholarships 
in the United States and the establishment of the Mandela Rhodes 
Foundation.                                              
  Pages S8815-16
  Honoring Maynard Holbrook Jackson, Jr.: Senate agreed to S. Res. 188, 
honoring Maynard Holbook Jackson, Jr., former Mayor of the City of 
Atlanta, and extending the condolences of the Senate on his death. 
                                                         Pages S8815-16
  Commending General Eric Shinseki: Senate agreed to S. Res. 190, 
commending General Eric

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Shinseki of the United States Army for his outstanding service and 
commitment to excellence.                                
  Pages S8815-16
Adjournment Resolution--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that when the Senate receives an adjournment 
resolution from the House, it be agreed to, providing that the text is 
identical to the resolution being held at the desk.          
  Page S8816
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Joshua B. Bolten, of the District of Columbia, to be Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget.                             
Page S8817
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Rick A. Dearborn, of Oklahoma, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy 
(Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs).
  Scott J. Bloch, of Kansas, to be Special Counsel, Office of Special 
Counsel, for the term of five years.
  Penrose C. Albright, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Homeland Security. (New Position)
  Rene Acosta, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General
  Routine lists in the Army.                                 
Page S8817
Messages From the House:                                 
  Pages S8719-20
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S8720
Measures Placed on Calendar:                                 
  Page S8720
Measures Read First Time:                                    
  Page S8720
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S8720-22
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S8722-25
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S8726-29
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S8729-65
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S8716-19
Amendments Submitted:                                 
  Pages S8765-S8810
Authority for Committees To Meet:                        
  Pages S8810-11
Record Votes: Sixteen record votes were taken today. (Total--262) 
    Pages S8609-10 S8622-23, S8636-38, S8647-48, S8674-75, S8686, S8707
Adjournment: Senate met at 9:15 a.m., and adjourned at 1:15 a.m. on 
Friday, June 27, 2003, until 10:15 a.m., on the same day. (For Senate's 
program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on 
page S8817.)