[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 121 (Friday, September 5, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D956-D957]
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                                          Friday, September 5, 2003

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S11133-S11172
Measures Introduced: Five bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1584-1588, and S. Con. Res. 64-65.
  Page S11161
Measures Reported:
  S. 1584, making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans 
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent 
agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2004. (S. Rept. No. 108-143)
  S. 1585, making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, 
Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2004. (S. Rept. No. 108-144)
  Special Report entitled ``Further Revised Allocation to Subcommittees 
of Budget Totals for Fiscal Year 2004''. (S. Rept. No. 108-145)
  S. 1166, to establish a Department of Defense national security 
personnel system and for other purposes, with amendments.
  S. 1245, to provide for homeland security grant coordination and 
simplification, with amendments.
Page S11161
Measures Passed:
  Commending U.S. Armed Forces: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 64, to 
commend members of the United States Armed Forces for their services to 
the United States in the liberation of Iraq.
  Page S11171
  Commending U.S. Army Third Infantry Division: Senate agreed to S. 
Con. Res. 65, to commend the Third Infantry Division (Mechanized) of 
the United States Army for its role in the liberation of Iraq. 
                                                        Pages S11171-72
  National Worker Productivity: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 210, expressing the 
sense of the Senate that supporting a balance between work and personal 
life is in the best interest of national worker productivity, and that 
the President should issue a proclamation designating October of 2003 
as ``National Work and Family Month'', and the resolution was then 
agreed to, after agreeing to the following amendments proposed thereto:
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  Frist (for Hatch) Amendment No. 1583, in the nature of a substitute. 
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  Frist (for Hatch) Amendment No. 1584, to amend the title. 
                                                            Page S11172
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Appropriations: Senate 
continued 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, taking 
action on the following amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S11134-50
Pending:
  Specter Amendment No. 1542, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                            Page S11134
  Byrd Amendment No. 1543 (to Amendment No. 1542), to provide 
additional funding for education for the disadvantaged.
Page S11134
  Akaka Amendment No. 1544 (to Amendment No. 1542), to provide funding 
for the Excellence in Economic Education Act of 2001.
Page S11134
  Mikulski Amendment No. 1552 (to Amendment No. 1542), to increase 
funding for programs under the Nurse Reinvestment Act and other nursing 
workforce development programs.
Page S11134
  Kohl Amendment No. 1558 (to Amendment No. 1542), to provide 
additional funding for the ombudsman program for the protection of 
vulnerable older Americans.
Page S11134
  Kennedy Amendment No. 1566 (to Amendment No. 1542), to increase 
student financial aid by an amount that matches the increase in low- 
and middle-income family college costs.
Page S11134
  Dodd Amendment No. 1572 (to Amendment No. 1542), to provide 
additional funding for grants to States under part B of the Individuals 
with Disabilities Education Act.
Page S11134
  DeWine Amendment No. 1561 (to Amendment No. 1542), to provide funds 
to support graduate medical education programs in children's hospitals.
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  DeWine Amendment No. 1560 (to Amendment No. 1542), to provide funds 
to support poison control centers.
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  DeWine Amendment No. 1578 (to Amendment No. 1542), to provide funding 
for the Underground Railroad Education and Cultural Program. 
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  Harkin Amendment No. 1580 (to Amendment No. 1542), to protect the 
rights of employees to receive overtime compensation. 
                                  Pages S11135-38, S11141-45, S11147-50
  During consideration of this measure today, the Senate also took the 
following actions:
  By 41 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 328), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive section 504 of H. Con. Res. 95, 
Congressional Budget Resolution, with respect to Clinton Amendment No. 
1565 (to Amendment No. 1542), to provide additional funding to ensure 
an adequate bioterrorism preparedness workforce. Subsequently, the 
point of order that the amendment would exceed discretionary spending 
limits and thus be in violation of section 504 of H. Con. Res. 95, 
Congressional Budget Resolution, was sustained, and the amendment thus 
falls.
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  By 43 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. 329), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive section 504 of H. Con. Res. 95, 
Congressional Budget Resolution, with respect to Harkin Amendment No. 
1575 (to Amendment No. 1542), to provide additional funding for the 
Fund for the Improvement of Education. Subsequently, the point of order 
that the amendment would exceed discretionary spending limits and thus 
be in violation of section 504 of H. Con. Res. 95, Congressional Budget 
Resolution, was sustained, and the amendment thus falls.
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  A unanimous-consent request was granted permitting Senator Coleman to 
change his nay vote to a yea vote on Vote No. 323 changing the outcome 
of the vote to 54 yeas to 42 nays relative to Dorgan/Inhofe Amendment 
No. 1553 (to Amendment No. 1542) on Wednesday, September 3, 2003. 
                                                            Page S11154
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 1 p.m., on Monday, September 8, 2003. 
                                                            Page S11172
Messages from the House:
  Pages S11157-58
Executive Communications:
  Pages S11158-61
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S11161-62
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S11162-70
Additional Statements:
  Pages S11156-57
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S11170-71
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Page S11171
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--329) 
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Adjournment: Senate met at 9:15 a.m., and adjourned at 3:39 p.m., until 
1 p.m., on Monday, September 8, 2003. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S11172.)