[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 143 (Tuesday, October 14, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1109-D1110]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                          Tuesday, October 14, 2003

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S12481-S12563
Measures Introduced: Thirteen bills were introduced, as follows: S. 
1718-1730.                                              
  Pages S12532-33
Measures Reported:
  S. 1131, to increase, effective December 1, 2003, the rates of 
compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the 
rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of 
certain disabled veterans. (S. Rept. No. 108-163)
  H.R. 1516, to provide for the establishment by the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs of five additional cemeteries in the National Cemetery 
System, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 108-164)             
Page S12532
Measures Passed:
  Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act: By a unanimous vote of 95 
yeas (Vote No. 377), Senate passed S. 1053, to prohibit discrimination 
on the basis of genetic information with respect to health insurance 
and employment, as amended:
  Commending Inspectors General: Committee on Governmental Affairs was 
discharged from further consideration of S.J. Res. 18, commending the 
Inspectors General for their efforts to prevent and detect waste, 
fraud, abuse, and mismanagement, and to promote economy, efficiency, 
and effectiveness in the Federal Government during the past 25 years, 
and the joint resolution was then passed.           
  Pages S12493-S12508
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations, Iraq and Afghanistan: Senate 
resumed consideration of S. 1689, making emergency supplemental 
appropriations for Iraq and Afghanistan security and reconstruction for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, taking action on the 
following amendments proposed thereto:       
  Pages S12490-93, S12508-28
Rejected:
  By 47 yeas to 48 nays (Vote No. 378), Division I of Bingaman 
Amendment No. 1830, to authorize the award of the Iraqi Liberation 
Medal as a campaign medal for members of the Armed Forces who serve in 
Southwest Asia in connection with Operation Iraqi Freedom. 
                                             Pages S12491-93, S12508-10
  Division II of Bingaman Amendment No. 1830, to authorize the award of 
the Iraqi Liberation Medal as a campaign medal for members of the Armed 
Forces who serve in Southwest Asia in connection with Operation Iraqi 
Freedom.                                                    
Page S12510
  Reid (for Stabenow) Amendment No. 1823, to provide emergency relief 
for veterans healthcare, school construction, healthcare and 
transportation needs in the United States, and to create 95,000 new 
jobs. (By 59 yeas to 35 nays (Vote No. 379), Senate tabled the 
amendment.)                                             
Pages S12510-14
  Dorgan Amendment No. 1826, to require that Iraqi oil revenues be used 
to pay for reconstruction in Iraq. (By 57 yeas to 39 nays (Vote No. 
380), Senate tabled the amendment.)                     
Pages S12514-21
Pending:
  Byrd Amendment No. 1818, to impose a limitation on the use of sums 
appropriated for the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund.   
Page S12490
  Byrd/Durbin Amendment No.1819, to prohibit the use of Iraq Relief and 
Reconstruction Funds for low priority activities that should not be the 
responsibility of U.S. taxpayers, and shift $600 million from the Iraq 
Relief and Reconstruction Fund to Defense Operations and Maintenance, 
Army, for significantly improving efforts to secure and destroy 
conventional weapons, such as bombs, bomb materials, small arms, rocket 
propelled grenades, and shoulder-launched missiles, in Iraq. 
                                                            Page S12490
  Bond/Mikulski Amendment No. 1825, to provide additional VA Medical 
Care Funds for the Department of Veterans Affairs.          
Page S12490
  Reid/Lincoln Amendment No. 1835, to permit retired members of the 
Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability to receive both 
military retired pay by reason of their years of military service and 
disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs for 
their disability.                                           
Page S12522
  Reid Amendment No. 1836, to express the sense of Congress on damages 
caused by the regime of Saddam Hussein during the First Gulf War. 
                                                        Pages S12522-23
  Corzine/Durbin Amendment No. 1811, to amend title 10, United States 
Code, to reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for 
nonregular service from 60 to 55.                       
Pages S12523-24

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  Durbin Amendment No. 1837, to ensure that a Federal employee who 
takes leave without pay in order to perform certain service as a member 
of the uniformed services or member of the National Guard shall 
continue to receive pay in an amount which, when taken together with 
the pay and allowances such individual is receiving for such service, 
will be no less than the basic pay such individual would then be 
receiving if no interruption in employment had occurred. 
                                                        Pages S12524-25
  Reed/Hagel Amendment No. 1834, to increase the end strength of the 
Army and to structure the additional forces for constabulary duty. 
                                                        Pages S12525-28
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of Corzine Amendment No. 1811 (listed above) and Reed/
Hagel Amendment No. 1834 (listed above) on Wednesday, October 15, 2003; 
and the Senate will then vote on or in relation to each amendment 
beginning at approximately 10:40 a.m.                       
Page S12562
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 10:30 a.m., on Wednesday, 
October 15, 2003.                                           
Page S12562
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Robert L. Crandall, of Texas, to be a Member of the Reform Board 
(Amtrak) for a term of five years.
  Michael D. Gallagher, of Washington, to be Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce for Communications and Information.
  Louis S. Thompson, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Reform Board 
(Amtrak) for a term of five years.
  Susan Johnson Grant, of Virginia, to be Chief Financial Officer, 
Department of Energy.
  Gary Lee Visscher, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Chemical Safety 
and Hazard Investigation Board for a term of five years.
  Jon R. Purnell, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Uzbekistan.
  Thomas Riley, of California, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of 
Morocco.
  Margaret Scobey, of Tennessee, to be Ambassador to the Syrian Arab 
Republic.
  Margaret DeBardeleben Tutwiler, of Alabama, to be Under Secretary of 
State for Public Diplomacy.
  Stuart Ishimaru, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for a term expiring July 1, 
2007.
  Drew R. McCoy, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation for a term 
of six years.
  Virginia E. Hopkins, of Alabama, to be United States District Judge 
for the Northern District of Alabama.
  Ricardo S. Martinez, of Washington, to be United States District 
Judge for the Western District of Washington.
  Robert N. McFarland, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs (Information and Technology).
  2 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Army.                            
Pages S12562-63
Messages From the House:                                
  Pages S12531-32
Measures Referred:                                          
  Page S12532
Additional Cosponsors:                                  
  Pages S12533-35
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:                 
  Page S12535
Additional Statements:                                  
  Pages S12531-46
Amendments Submitted:                                   
  Pages S12546-61
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                               
  Page S12561
Authority for Committees to Meet:                           
  Page S12561
Privilege of the Floor:                                     
  Page S12561
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--380) 
                                   Pages S12499, S12510, S12514, S12521
Adjournment: Senate met at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 8:08 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, October 15, 2003. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S12562.)