[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 146 (Friday, October 17, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1136-D1138]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                           Friday, October 17, 2003

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      The Senate and The House both passed H.R. 3289, Making Emergency 
      Supplemental Appropriations for Defense and for the 
      Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan for Fiscal Year 2004.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S12769-S12857
Measures Introduced: Six bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1752-1757, and S. Res. 246-247.
  Page S12838
Measures Reported:
  S. 1753, to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act in order to prevent 
identity theft, to improve the use of and consumer access to consumer 
reports, to enhance the accuracy of consumer reports, to limit the 
sharing of certain consumer information, to improve financial education 
and literacy. (S. Rept. No. 108-166)
  S. 1210, to assist in the conservation of marine turtles and the 
nesting habitats of marine turtles in foreign countries. (S. Rept. No. 
108-167)
  H.R. 1320, to amend the National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration Organization Act to facilitate the reallocation of 
spectrum from governmental to commercial users, with an amendment. (S. 
Rept. No. 108-168)
Pages S12837-38
Measures Passed
  Emergency Supplemental Appropriations, Iraq and Afghanistan: By 87 
yeas to 12 nays (Vote No. 400), Senate passed S. 1689, making emergency 
supplemental appropriations for Iraq and Afghanistan security and 
reconstruction for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, after 
taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                    Pages S12769-S12821
Adopted:
  By 96 yeas to 3 nays (Vote No. 390), 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.
Page S12770
  By a unanimous vote of 99 yeas (Vote No. 393), Boxer Modified 
Amendment No. 1843, to make retroactive the relief of hospitalized 
members of the uniformed services from the obligation to pay for food 
and subsistence while hospitalized.
Page S12772
  Dorgan/Wyden Amendment No. 1887, to reduce unnecessary spending for 
reconstruction in Iraq.
Pages S12791-92
  Reid (for Chafee/Leahy) Further Modified Amendment No. 1807, to 
provide for emergency assistance to the people of Liberia, with 
offsets.
Page S12794
  Stevens (for Clinton) Modified Amendment No. 1850, to provide for an 
audit of funds appropriated under this Act by the General Accounting 
Office.
Page S12794
  Stevens (for Harkin) Modified Amendment No. 1860, to provide up to 
$13,000,000 for conflict resolution, rule of law and democracy 
activities.
Page S12794
  Boxer Modified Amendment No. 1845, to prioritize the equipping of 
aircraft enrolled in the Civil Reserve Air Fleet when counter-measures 
against the threat of shoulder-fired missiles are deployed. 
                                                            Page S12795
  Stevens (for Domenici) Modified Amendment No. 1864, to require 
reports on the United States strategy for relief and reconstruction 
efforts in Iraq.
Pages S12796-97
  Bond/Mikulski Amendment No. 1825, to provide additional VA Medical 
Care Funds for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Pages S12797-99
Rejected:
  Daschle Amendment No. 1854, to achieve the most effective means of 
reconstructing Iraq and to reduce the future costs to the American 
taxpayer of

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such reconstruction by ensuring broad-based international cooperation 
for this effort. (By 55 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 391), Senate tabled 
the amendment.)
Pages S12770-71
  Reid (for Landrieu) Amendment No. 1859, to promote the establishment 
of an Iraq Reconstruction Finance Authority and the use of Iraqi oil 
revenues to pay for reconstruction in Iraq. (By 52 yeas to 47 nays 
(Vote No. 392), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Page S12771
  Durbin Amendment No. 1879, to provide funds for the prevention, 
treatment, and control of, and research on HIV/AIDS. (By 56 yeas to 43 
nays (Vote No. 394), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S12772-73
  Corzine Amendment No. 1882, to establish a National Commission on the 
Development and Use of Intelligence Related to Iraq. (By 67 yeas to 32 
nays (Vote No. 395), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S12773-79
  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. (By 51 
yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 396), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                                            Page S12789
  Byrd Amendment No. 1886, to prohibit the use of funds for the 
involuntary deployment overseas in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom 
of members of the National Guard and Reserves who have been 
involuntarily deployed for more than six months during the preceding 
six years. (By 82 yeas to 15 nays (Vote No. 397), Senate tabled the 
amendment.)
Pages S12789-91
  Byrd Amendment No. 1888, to eliminate the flexibility given to the 
President to reallocate all of the $20.3 billion Iraq Relief and 
Reconstruction Funds, without approval by Congress. (By 49 yeas to 46 
nays (Vote No. 398), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S12792-93
  Brownback Modified Amendment No. 1885, to reduce the amount 
appropriated for reconstruction in Iraq by $600,000,000 and to increase 
the amount available to the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps by $50,000,000, 
the amount available for Afghanistan by $400,000,000, and the amount 
available for Liberia. (By 55 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 399), Senate 
tabled the amendment.)
Pages S12799-S12803
  During consideration of this measure today, the Senate also took the 
following action:
  Byrd Amendment No. 1884 (to Amendment No. 1819), to reduce 
unnecessary spending in the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund; 
increase reconstruction assistance to Afghanistan; protect our troops 
by increasing funding for the destruction of conventional weapons in 
Iraq; provide disaster relief in Liberia; and provide funding to repair 
Hurricane Isabel damage to military and Coast Guard facilities, fell 
when Byrd/Durbin Amendment No.1819 (listed above) was tabled. 
                                                        Pages S12779-89
  Subsequently, passage of S. 1689 (listed above) was vitiated and the 
bill was then returned to the Senate calendar.
Page S12789
  Emergency Supplemental Appropriations, Iraq and Afghanistan: By 
unanimous-consent, Senate passed H.R. 3289, making emergency 
supplemental appropriations for defense and for the reconstruction of 
Iraq and Afghanistan for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, 
after striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu 
thereof the text of S. 1689, Senate companion measure, as amended. 
                                                        Pages S12822-32
  Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair appointed the following conferees on the 
part of the Senate: Senators Stevens, Cochran, Specter, Domenici, Bond, 
McConnell, Burns, Shelby, Gregg, Bennett, Campbell, Craig, Hutchison, 
DeWine, Brownback, Byrd, Inouye, Hollings, Leahy, Harkin, Mikulski, 
Reid, Kohl, Murray, Dorgan, Feinstein, Durbin, Johnson, and Landrieu. 
                                                            Page S12822
  Condemning Anti-Semitism: Senate agreed to S. Res. 247, calling on 
the President to condemn the anti-Semitic sentiments expressed by Dr. 
Mahathir Mohamad, the outgoing prime minister of Malaysia. 
                                                            Page S12852
  National Cemetery Administration: Senate passed H.R. 1516, to provide 
for the establishment by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of 
additional cemeteries in the National Cemetery Administration, after 
agreeing to the committee amendments.
  Page S12853
  Jackie Robinson Congressional Gold Medal: Senate passed H.R. 1900, to 
award a congressional gold medal to Jackie Robinson (posthumously), in 
recognition of his many contributions to the Nation, and to express the 
sense of the Congress that there should be a national day in 
recognition of Jackie Robinson, clearing the measure for the President.
                                                            Page S12853
  Jackie Robinson Congressional Gold Medal: Senate passed S. 300, to 
award a congressional gold medal to Jackie Robinson (posthumously), in 
recognition of his many contributions to the Nation,

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and to express the sense of Congress that there should be a national 
day in recognition of Jackie Robinson.
  Pages S12853-55
Class Action Lawsuits: Senate began consideration of the motion to 
proceed to consideration of S. 1751, to amend the procedures that apply 
to consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer outcomes 
for class members and defendants.
  Page S12853
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill at 
2 p.m., on Monday, October 20, 2003.
Page S12855
Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that at 5:15 p.m., on Monday, October 20, 2003, Senate will 
consider and vote on the nomination of Margaret Catharine Rodgers, to 
be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Florida. 
                                                            Page S12855
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 declared in Executive Order 12978 with 
respect to significant narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia; to 
the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-52) 
                                                            Page S12837
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Julie L. Myers, of Kansas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce.
  Kristin J. Forbes, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Council of 
Economic Advisers.
  Harvey S. Rosen, of New Jersey, to be a Member of the Council of 
Economic Advisers.
  Peter Lichtenbaum, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce.
Page S12857
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nomination: James 
B. Comey, of New York, to be Deputy Attorney General.
  Page S12857
Messages From the House:
  Pages S12835-36
Petitions and Memorials:
  Pages S12836-37
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S12838-39
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S12839-50
Additional Statements:
  Pages S12834-35
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S12850-52
Privilege of the Floor:
  Page S12852
Record Votes: Eleven record votes were taken today. (Total-400) 
      Pages S12770, S12771, S12771, S12772, S12772-73, S12779, S12789, 
                                         S12791, S12793, S12803, S12821
Adjournment: Senate met at 9 a.m., and adjourned at 7:52 p.m., until 
1:30 p.m., on Monday, October 20, 2003. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S12855.)