[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 109 (Tuesday, July 22, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D861-D862]
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                                             Tuesday, July 22, 2003

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9665-S9740
Measures Introduced: Eight bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1437-1444, and S. Res. 198.                      
  Page S9708
Measures Reported:
Reported on Monday, July 21, during the adjournment:
  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)
Reported on Today:
  S. 908, to establish the United States Consensus Council to provide 
for a consensus building process in addressing national public policy 
issues, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 108-110)
  S. 1416, to implement the United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement.
  S. 1417, to implement the United States-Singapore Free Trade 
Agreement.                                                   
Page S9708
Measures Indefinitely Postponed:
  Floyd Spence Post Office Building: Senate indefinitely postponed S. 
508, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 1830 South Lake Drive in Lexington, South Carolina, as the 
``Floyd Spence Post Office Building''.                       
  Page S9740
  Michael J. Healy Post Office Building: Senate indefinitely postponed 
S. 708, to redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 7401 West 100th Place in Bridgeview, Illinois, as the 
``Michael J. Healy Post Office Building''.                   
  Page S9740
  Patsy Takemoto Mink Post Office Building: Senate indefinitely 
postponed S. 1145, to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 120 Baldwin Avenue in Paia, Maui, Hawaii, as 
the ``Patsy Takemoto Mink Post Office Building''.            
  Page S9740
Homeland Security Appropriations: Senate continued consideration of 
H.R. 2555, making appropriations for the Department of Homeland 
Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, agreeing to the 
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute (which will be 
considered as original text for further amendments), taking action on 
the following amendments proposed thereto:               
  Pages S9672-97
Pending:
  Reid Amendment No. 1318, to appropriate $20,000,000 to the Office for 
Domestic Preparedness to be used for grants to urban areas with large 
tourist populations.                                     
Pages S9681-84
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 43 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 291), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, with 
respect to the Byrd Modified Amendment No. 1317, to fulfill Homeland 
Security promises. Subsequently, the point of order that the amendment 
was in violation of section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974, was sustained, and the amendment thus falls.       
Pages S9680-97
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 10 a.m., on Wednesday, July 23, 2003. 
                                                             Page S9740
Appointments:
  British-American Interparliamentary Group: The Chair, on behalf of 
the President pro tempore, and upon the recommendation of the Minority 
Leader, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2761, as amended, appointed Senator 
Sarbanes, of Maryland, as a delegate of the Senate Delegation to the 
British-American Interparliamentary Group conference during the 108th 
Congress.                                                
  Pages S9739-40
Messages From the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:

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  Transmitting a report detailing the progress of spending by the 
executive branch during the first two quarters of Fiscal Year 2003 in 
support of Plan Colombia; to the Committee on Appropriations. (PM-46) 
                                                             Page S9707
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Peter Lichtenbaum, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce.
  Kerry N. Weems, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Health 
and Human Services.
  4 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy. 
                                                             Page S9740
Messages From the House:                                     
  Page S9707
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S9707
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
  Page S9707
Petitions and Memorials:                                 
  Pages S9707-08
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S9708-10
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S9710-37
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S9705-06
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S9737-39
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S9739
Authority for Committees to Meet:                            
  Page S9739
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--291) 
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Recess: Senate met at 9:46 a.m., and recessed at 7:23 p.m., until 9 
a.m., on Wednesday, July 23, 2003. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S9740.)