[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 130 (Monday, September 22, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1021-D1022]
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                                         Monday, September 22, 2003

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                              Daily Digest


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S11729-S11769
Measures Introduced: Three bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1638-1640, and S. Con. Res. 70.             
  Pages S11753-54
Measures Reported:
  S. 281, to amend the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century 
to make certain amendments with respect to Indian tribes, to provide 
for training and technical assistance to Native Americans who are 
interested in commercial vehicle driving careers, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 108-150)
  S. 618, to provide for the use and distribution of the funds awarded 
to the Western Shoshone identifiable group under Indian Claims 
Commission Docket Numbers 326-A-1, 326-A-3, 326-K, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 108-151)          
Page S11753
Interior Department Appropriations: Senate resumed 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 S11731-36, S11738-39
Pending:
  Reid Amendment No. 1731, to prohibit the use of funds for initiating 
any new competitive sourcing studies.                       
Page S11731
  Reid Amendment No. 1732, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
to acquire certain lands located in Nye County, Nevada.     
Page S11731
  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 S11731
  Daschle Further Modified Amendment No. 1734, to provide additional 
funds for clinical services of the Indian Health Service, with an 
offset.                                         
Pages S11731, S11734-35
  Daschle Further Modified 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 S11731, S11734
  Bingaman Amendment No. 1740, to ban commercial advertising on the 
National Mall.                                          
Pages S11733-34
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that following 
morning business, on Tuesday, September 23, 2003, that there be 10 
minutes of debate and Senate vote on or in relation to Daschle Further 
Modified Amendment No. 1734 (listed above).                 
Page S11739
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 10:30 a.m., on Tuesday, September 23, 
2003.                                                       
Page S11769
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act House Message--Conferees: Pursuant to 
the order of the Senate of July 30, 2003 regarding S. 3, to prohibit 
the procedure commonly known as partial-birth abortion, the Chair 
announced the appointment of the following conferees on the part of the 
Senate: Senators Hatch, DeWine, Santorum, Feinstein, and Boxer. 
                                                        Pages S11768-69
Messages From the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting a report relative to waiving the suspensions under 
section 902(a) of the Foreign Relations Authorizations Act, Fiscal 
Years 1990 and 1991, with respect to the issuance of licenses for QSR 
11 sensors; to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (PM-50) 
                                                        Pages S11752-53
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By unanimous vote of 89 yeas (Vote No. Ex. 354), Glen E. Conrad, of 
Virginia, to be United States District Judge for the Western District 
of Virginia.                                            
Pages S11736-38
  By unanimous vote of 89 yeas (Vote No. Ex. 355), Henry F. Floyd, of 
South Carolina, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
South Carolina.                                             
Page S11738
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:

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  Raymond Simon, of Arkansas, to be Assistant Secretary for Elementary 
and Secondary Education, Department of Education.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.                 
Page S11769
Executive Communications:                                   
  Page S11753
Additional Cosponsors:                                      
  Page S11754
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:             
  Pages S11754-58
Additional Statements:                                      
  Page S11752
Amendments Submitted:                                   
  Pages S11757-58
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                               
  Page S11758
Text of H.R. 2754, as Previously Passed:                
  Pages S11758-68
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--355) 
                                                            Page S11738
Adjournment: Senate met at 2 p.m., and adjourned at 7:36 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, September 23, 2003. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S11769.)