[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 110 (Wednesday, July 23, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D871-D873]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                           Wednesday, July 23, 2003

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House passed H.R. 2799, Commerce, Justice, State Appropriations.
      House passed H.R. 2800, Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and 
      Related Programs Appropriations.
      House Committees ordered reported eight sundry measures.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9741-S9825
Measures Introduced: Five bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1445-1449, and S. Res. 199.
  Pages S9793-94
Measures Passed:
  Pediatric Research Equity Act: Senate passed S. 650, to amend the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize the Food and Drug 
Administration to require certain research into drugs used in pediatric 
patients, after agreeing to the committee amendment and the following 
amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S9811-19
  DeWine (for Gregg) Amendment No. 1360, relative to the applicability 
to new drugs and biological products.
Pages S9815-16
  Native American Alcohol and Substance Abuse Program Consolidation 
Act: Senate passed S. 285, to authorize the integration and 
consolidation of alcohol and substance abuse programs and services 
provided by Indian tribal governments, after agreeing to the committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  Pages S9819-23
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, taking action 
on the following amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S9748-88
Adopted:
  Boxer/Schumer Amendment No. 1328, to require reports on protecting 
commercial aircraft from the threat of shoulder-fired missile systems. 
                                                         Pages S9749-51
  By 79 yeas to 19 nays (Vote No. 292), Boxer Amendment No. 1331, to 
require a classified report to Congress on the security costs incurred 
by State and local government law enforcement personnel in each state 
in complying with requests and requirements of the United States Secret 
Service to provide protective services and transportation for foreign 
and domestic officials.
Pages S9751-53, S9755-56
  Dayton Amendment No. 1336, to prohibit the use of funds for 
procurements in contravention of the Buy American Act.
Pages S9757-58
  Lautenberg Amendment No. 1344, to provide for a report to Congress on 
the Homeland Security Advisory System.
Pages S9767-69
  Byrd (for Bingaman) Amendment No. 1353, to provide for a study by the 
General Accounting Office on the implementation of the Student Exchange 
Visitor Information System (SEVIS).
Pages S9783-85
  Byrd (for Dodd) Amendment No. 1354, to ensure that there is a robust 
program of research and development for the Coast Guard. 
                                                         Pages S9783-85
  Byrd Amendment No. 1355, to provide that the Secretary of Homeland 
Security has published in the Federal Register the Department's privacy 
notice for CAPPS II or no later than 60 days after enactment of this 
Act, whichever is later.
Pages S9783-85
  Byrd (for Murray) Amendment No. 1356, to provide funding for oil 
spill prevention efforts under the Ports and Waterways Safety Systems 
(PAWSS) program.
Pages S9783-85
  Byrd (for Reid/Ensign) Amendment No. 1357, to express the sense of 
the Senate that the Secretary of Homeland Security should take into 
account tourist population as a factor when determining resource needs 
and potential vulnerabilities for the purpose of allocating funds for 
discretionary and formula grants.
Pages S9783-85

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  Byrd (for Conrad/Dorgan) Amendment No. 1358, to require the Under 
Secretary for Emergency Preparedness and Response to review any 
outstanding claims by the University of North Dakota relating to 
damages and costs associated with the April 1997 flooding in North 
Dakota and report to Congress on the efforts to resolve such claims. 
                                                         Pages S9783-85
  Byrd (for Edwards) Amendment No. 1359, to require a report on the 
vulnerability of the 250 largest sports and entertainment facilities 
(based on seating capacity).
Pages S9783-85
Rejected:
  Hollings Amendment No. 1341, to provide funds to increase maritime 
security. (By 50 yeas to 48 nays (Vote No. 294), Senate tabled the 
amendment.)
Pages S9758-63
Withdrawn:
  Clinton Amendment No. 1348, to express the sense of the Senate that 
homeland security grants to States and local governments awarded 
pursuant to section 1014 of the USA PATRIOT ACT of 2001 (42 U.S.C. 
3711) should be allocated to States through a threat-based formula, 
with minimum allocations for small States.
Pages S9774, S9775-78
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.
Page S9748
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 45 yeas to 53 nays (Vote No. 293), 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 Murray Amendment No. 1327, to increase funding for emergency 
management performance grants. Subsequently, the point of order that 
the amendment was in violation of section 302(f) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, since the amendment would provide spending in 
excess of the 302(b) allocation, was sustained, and the amendment thus 
falls.
Pages S9753-55, S9756
  By 45 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 295), 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 Schumer Amendment No. 1343, to increase the funds for 
research and development related to transportation security. 
Subsequently, the point of order that the amendment was in violation of 
section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, since the 
amendment would provide spending in excess of the 302(b) allocation, 
was sustained, and the amendment thus falls.
Pages S9763-67, S9774
  By 48 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. 296), 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 Mikulski Amendment No. 1346, to increase the amount of the 
appropriation for firefighter assistance grants by $150,000,000. 
Subsequently, the point of order that the amendment was in violation of 
section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, since the 
amendment would provide spending in excess of the 302(b) allocation, 
was sustained, and the amendment thus falls.
Pages S9769-73, S9774-75
  By 43 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 297), 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 Corzine Amendment No. 1350, to appropriate $80,000,000 for 
the Office of the Under Secretary for Information Analysis and 
Infrastructure Protection to conduct chemical facility security 
assessments. Subsequently, the point of order that the amendment was in 
violation of section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 
since the amendment would provide spending in excess of the 302(b) 
allocation, was sustained, and the amendment thus falls. 
                                               Pages S9778-80, S9782-83
  By 45 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 298), 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 Schumer/Baucus Amendment No. 1351, to make available an 
additional $200,000,000 to increase the number of border personnel at 
the northern border of the United States by the end of fiscal year 
2004. Subsequently, the point of order that the amendment was in 
violation of section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 
since the amendment would provide spending in excess of the 302(b) 
allocation, was sustained, and the amendment thus falls. 
                                                  Pages S9780-82, S9783
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 10 a.m., on Thursday, July 24, 2003. 
                                                             Page S9824
Appointments:
  Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Research Center: The Chair, 
on behalf of the Majority Leader, pursuant to Public Law 101-549, 
appointed Dr. Bernard Goldstein, of Pennsylvania, to the Board of 
Directors of the Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Research 
Center, vice M.M. Key.
  Page S9823
  United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: The 
Chair, on behalf of the Majority Leader, pursuant to the provisions of 
Public

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Law 99-93, as amended by Public Law 99-151, appointed Senator Norman 
Coleman of Minnesota as a member of the United States Senate Caucus on 
International Narcotics Control.
  Page S9823
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Nicole R. Nason, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Transportation.
  Pamela Harbour, of New York, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner for 
the term of seven years from September 26, 2002.
Pages S9823, S9825
Messages From the House:
  Page S9791
Enrolled Bills Presented:
  Page S9791
Executive Communications:
  Pages S9791-93
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S9793
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S9794-95
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S9795-S9801
Additional Statements:
  Pages S9790-91
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S9801-10
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Pages S9810-11
Privilege of the Floor:
  Page S9811
Record Votes: Seven record votes were taken today. (Total--298) 
                                 Pages S9755-56, S9763, S9774-75, S9783
Recess: Senate met at 9 a.m., and recessed at 8:48 p.m., until 9:30 
a.m., on Thursday, July 24, 2003. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S9824.)