[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 108 (Monday, July 21, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D855]
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                                              Monday, July 21, 2003

[[Page D855]]


                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House Committee ordered reported, HUD and Independent Agencies 
      Appropriations and for FY 2204 and Emergency Supplemental 
      Appropriations for FY 2003.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9621-S9664
Measures Introduced: Five bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1432-
1436.
  Page S9638
Measures Reported:
  S. 481, to amend chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, to 
provide that certain Federal annuity computations are adjusted by 1 
percentage point relating to periods of receiving disability payments. 
(S. Rept. No. 108-108)
  S. 926, to amend section 5379 of title 5, United States Code, to 
increase the annual and aggregate limits on student loan repayments by 
Federal agencies. (S. Rept. No. 108-109)
Page S9638
Measures Passed:
  Prison Rape Elimination Act: Senate passed S. 1435, to provide for 
the analysis of the incidence and effects of prison rape in Federal, 
State, and local institutions and to provide information, resources, 
recommendations, and funding to protect individuals from prison rape. 
                                                         Pages S9659-64
Homeland Security Appropriations: Senate began consideration of H.R. 
2555, making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, taking action on the 
following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S9623-26, S9628-29
Pending:
  Byrd Amendment No. 1317, to fulfill Homeland Security promises. 
                                                             Page S9629
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 11 a.m., on Tuesday, July 22, 2003. 
                                                             Page S9664
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Paul Morgan Longsworth, of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator for 
Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, National Nuclear Security 
Administration.
Pages S9659, S9664
  Thomas W. O'Connell, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Defense.
Pages S9659, S9664
Messages From the House:
  Page S9634
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S9634
Measures Read First Time:
  Page S9634
Petitions and Memorials:
  Pages S9634-38
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S9638-39
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S9639-42
Additional Statements:
  Pages S9632-34
Amendments Submitted:
  Page S9642
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Page S9642
Privilege of the Floor:
  Pages S9642-43
Text of H.R. 2658 as Previously Passed:
  Pages S9643-59
Recess: Senate met at 1 p.m., and recessed at 4:22 p.m., until 9:45 
a.m., on Tuesday, July 22, 2003. (For Senate's program, see the remarks 
of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S9664.)