[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 129 (Thursday, September 18, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1016]
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                                            Thursday, September 18, 2003

[[Page D1016]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate

Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S11711-S11727
Measures Introduced: Two bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1636-1637. 
                                                                 Page S11723
Measures Passed:
  Honoring the Life of Johnny Cash: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 68, 
honoring the life of Johnny Cash.                            
  Pages S11711-12
  Expressing the Sense of the Senate relative to NAFTA: Committee on Finance 
was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 119, expressing the 
sense of the Senate that there should be parity among the countries that are 
parties to the North American Free Trade Agreement with respect to personal 
exemption allowance from merchandise purchased abroad by returning 
residents, and the resolution was then agreed to.                
  Page S11727
  National Housing Act Mortgage Insurance: Senate passed S. 1636, to 
preserve the ability of the Federal Housing Administration to insure 
mortgages under section 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act. 
                                                                 Page S11727
Interior Department Appropriations: Senate continued consideration of H.R. 
2691, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, taking action on the 
following amendments proposed thereto:                       
  Pages S11712-20
Pending:
  Reid Amendment No. 1731, to prohibit the use of funds for initiating any 
new competitive sourcing studies.                                
Page S11712
  Reid Amendment No. 1732, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
acquire certain lands located in Nye County, Nevada.             
Page S11712
  Reid Amendment No. 1733, to provide for the conveyance of land to the city 
of Las Vegas, Nevada, for the construction of affordable housing for 
seniors.                                                         
Page S11712
  Daschle Amendment No. 1734, to provide additional funds for clinical 
services of the Indian Health Service, with an offset.           
Page S11712
  Daschle Amendment No. 1739, to strike funding for implementation of the 
Department of the Interior's reorganization plan for the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs and the Office of Special Trustee and to transfer the savings to the 
Indian Health Service.                                       
Pages S11716-20
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 2 p.m., on Monday, September 22, 2003. 
                                                                 Page S11727
Messages From the President: Senate received the following message from the 
President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the continuation of 
the national emergency with respect to persons who commit, threaten to 
commit, or support terrorism; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs. (PM-49)                                       
Pages S11721-22
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Kenneth M. Karas, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of New York.
  Kirk Van Tine, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Transportation.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.                      
Page S11727
Messages From the House:                                         
  Page S11722
Measures Placed on Calendar:                                     
  Page S11722
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                        
  Page S11722
Executive Communications:                                    
  Pages S11722-23
Additional Cosponsors:                                           
  Page S11723
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:                  
  Pages S11723-26
Additional Statements:                                           
  Page S11721
Amendments Submitted:                                        
  Pages S11726-27
Adjournment: Senate met at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 11:10 p.m., until 2 
p.m., on Monday, September 22, 2003. (For Senate's program, see the remarks 
of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S11727.)