[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 122 (Monday, September 8, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D963-D964]
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                                          Monday, September 8, 2003

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S11173-S11190
Measures Introduced: Four bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1589-
1592.                                                       
  Page S11186
Measures Reported:
  S. 1589, making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation 
and Treasury, the Executive Office of the President, and certain 
independent agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004. (S. 
Rept. No. 108-146)                                          
Page S11186
Measures Passed:
  Welcoming the Dalai Lama: Committee on Foreign Relations was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 212, welcoming His 
Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama and recognizing his commitment to 
non-violence, human rights, freedom, and democracy, and the resolution 
was then agreed to, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed 
thereto:                                                    
  Page S11190
  Stevens (for Feinstein) Amendment No. 1589 (to the preamble), to make 
a technical correction.                                     
Page S11190
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Appropriations: Senate 
resumed 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 S11174-84
Pending:
  Specter Amendment No. 1542, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                        Pages S11174-84
  Byrd Amendment No. 1543 (to Amendment No. 1542), to provide 
additional funding for education for the disadvantaged.     
Page S11174
  Akaka Amendment No. 1544 (to Amendment No. 1542), to provide funding 
for the Excellence in Economic Education Act of 2001.       
Page S11174
  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 S11174
  Kohl Amendment No. 1558 (to Amendment No. 1542), to provide 
additional funding for the ombudsman program for the protection of 
vulnerable older Americans.                             
Pages S11174-75
  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 S11175
  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 S11175
  DeWine Amendment No. 1561 (to Amendment No. 1542), to provide funds 
to support graduate medical education programs in children's hospitals.
                                                            Page S11175
  DeWine Amendment No. 1560 (to Amendment No. 1542), to provide funds 
to support poison control centers.                          
Page S11175
  DeWine Amendment No. 1578 (to Amendment No. 1542), to provide funding 
for the Underground Railroad Education and Cultural Program. 
                                                            Page S11175
  Harkin Amendment No. 1580 (to Amendment No. 1542), to protect the 
rights of employees to receive overtime compensation.       
Page S11175
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, September 9, 2003. 
                                                            Page S11190
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Michael O'Grady, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Health 
and Human Services.
  Domingo S. Herraiz, of Ohio, to be Director of the Bureau of Justice 
Assistance.
  4 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  2 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Army, Navy.                          
Page S11190
Messages From the House:                                    
  Page S11185
Executive Communications:                               
  Pages S11185-86
Additional Cosponsors:                                  
  Pages S11186-87
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:             
  Pages S11182-89
Amendments Submitted:                                   
  Pages S11189-90

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Adjournment: Senate met at 1 p.m., and adjourned at 4:24 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, September 9, 2003. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S11190.)