[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 117 (Friday, August 1, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D930-D931]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                             Friday, August 1, 2003

[[Page D930]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See resume of Congressional activity.
      Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 259, Adjournment Resolution.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S10873-S10939
Measures Introduced: Seventeen bills and two resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1554-1570, and S. Res. 216-217. 
                                                            Page S10906
Measures Passed:
  Adjournment Resolution: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 259, providing 
for a conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives and a 
conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate, after agreeing to the 
following amendment proposed thereto:                       
  Page S10874
  Frist Amendment No. 1540, to provide for an adjournment of the House 
of Representatives on the legislative day of Tuesday, July 29, 2003. 
                                                            Page S10874
  Museum and Library Services Act: Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor and Pensions was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 
13, to reauthorize the Museum and Library Services Act, and the bill 
was then passed, after striking all after the enacting clause and 
inserting in lieu thereof the text of S. 888, Senate companion measure, 
after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                        Pages S10930-31
  Warner (for Gregg) Amendment No. 1541, in the nature of a substitute.
                                                            Page S10931
  Subsequently, S. 888 was returned to the Senate calendar.
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Appropriations--Agreement: 
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for consideration 
of H.R. 2660, making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, at 9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, 
September 2, 2003.                                          
  Page S10886
Appointment Authority--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that notwithstanding the recess or adjournment of the 
Senate, the President of the Senate, the President pro tempore, and the 
Majority and Democratic Leaders be authorized to make appointments to 
commissions, committees, boards, conferences, or interparliamentary 
conferences authorized by law, by concurrent action of the two Houses, 
or by order of the Senate.                                  
  Page S10931
Signing Authority--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that during this adjournment of the Senate, the Majority 
Leader or the Assistant Majority Leader, or Senator Santorum, be 
authorized to sign duly enrolled bills or joint resolutions. 
                                                            Page S10932
Intelligence Authorization Act--Conferees: Pursuant to the unanimous-
consent agreement of July 31, 2003, relative to H.R. 2417, 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, the following conferees were appointed on the part 
of the Senate: from the Select Committee on Intelligence: Senators 
Roberts, Hatch, DeWine, Bond, Lott, Snowe, Hagel, Chambliss, Warner, 
Rockefeller, Levin, Feinstein, Wyden, Durbin, Bayh, Edwards, and 
Mikulski; from the Committee on Armed Services: Senators Allard and 
Nelson (FL).                                                
  Page S10932
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Teresa M. Ressel, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Treasury. (Prior to this action, Committee on Finance was discharged 
from further consideration.)
  James J. Jochum, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce.

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  Robert Stanley Nichols, of Washington, to be an Assistant Secretary 
of the Treasury.
  Josette Sheeran Shiner, of Virginia, to be a Deputy United States 
Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador.
  Jeffrey A. Marcus, of Texas, to be Ambassador to Belgium. (Prior to 
this action, Committee on Foreign Relations was discharged from further 
consideration.)
  Rene Acosta, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General.
  Paul Michael Warner, of Utah, to be United States Attorney for the 
District of Utah for the term of four years. (Reappointment) 
                                                        Pages S10931-32
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Richard Eugene Hoagland, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Tajikistan.
  Sandra L. Townes, of New York, to be United States District Judge for 
the Eastern District of New York.
  2 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  A routine list in the Army and Navy.                  
Pages S10935-39
Measures Read First Time:                               
  Pages S10904-05
Executive Communications:                                   
  Page S10905
Nominations Discharged:                                 
  Pages S10905-06
Additional Cosponsors:                                  
  Pages S10906-08
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:             
  Pages S10908-26
Additional Statements:                              
  Pages S10898-S10904
Amendments Submitted:                                   
  Pages S10926-30
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                               
  Page S10930
Authority for Committees to Meet:                           
  Page S10930
Adjournment: Senate met at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned under the 
provisions of H. Con. Res. 259, at 2:37 p.m., until 9:30 a.m., on 
Tuesday, September 2, 2003. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of 
the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S10932.)