[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 149 (Wednesday, October 22, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1155-D1156]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                        Wednesday, October 22, 2003

[[Page D1155]]

                              Daily Digest

HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed S. 877, Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited 
      Pornography and Marketing Act (CAN SPAM Act).


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S12985-S13065
Measures Introduced: Three bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1773-1775, S. Res. 249 and S. Con. Res. 74. 
                                                            Page S13053
Measures Reported:
  Report to accompany S. 1293, to criminalize the sending of predatory 
and abusive e-mail. (S. Rept. No. 108-170)              
Pages S13052-53
Measures Passed:
  Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing 
Act (CAN SPAM Act): By a unanimous vote of 97 yeas (Vote No. 404), 
Senate passed S. 877, to regulate interstate commerce by imposing 
limitations and penalties on the transmission of unsolicited commercial 
electronic mail via the Internet, after taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:                            
  Pages S13012-45
Adopted:
  Wyden/Burns Amendment No. 1891, to clarify the provision prohibiting 
false or misleading transmission information.           
Pages S13024-26
  Subsequently, Wyden/Burns Amendment No. 1891 was modified. 
                                                        Pages S13026-27
  Schumer Amendment No. 1892, to authorize the Commission to implement 
a nationwide ``Do Not E-mail'' registry.           
Pages S13024, S13027
  Hatch Amendment No. 1893, to revise the criminal penalty provisions 
of the bill as reported.                                
Pages S13027-35
  Harkin Amendment No. 1895, to provide competitive grants for training 
court reporters and closed captioners to meet requirements for realtime 
writers under the Telecommunications Act of 1996.       
Pages S13037-39
  McCain (for Enzi/Santorum) Amendment No. 1894, to require warning 
labels on sexually explicit commercial e-mail. 
                                             Pages S13035-37, S13039-40
  McCain (for Corzine) Amendment No. 1896, to direct the FTC to develop 
a system for rewarding those who supply information about violations of 
this Act and a system for requiring ADV labeling on unsolicited 
commercial electronic mail.                             
Pages S13040-41
  Developmental Disabilities Support: Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions was discharged from further consideration of S. 
Con. Res. 21, expressing the sense of the Congress that community 
inclusion and enhanced lives for individuals with mental retardation or 
other developmental disabilities is at serious risk because of the 
crisis in recruiting and retaining direct support professionals, which 
impedes the availability of a stable, quality direct support workforce, 
and the resolution was then agreed to, after agreeing to the following 
amendments proposed thereto:                            
  Pages S13062-63
  Frist (for Bunning) Amendment No. 1897, to make a certain technical 
correction.                                                 
Page S13062
  Frist (for Bunning) Amendment No. 1898, to amend the preamble. 
                                                        Pages S13062-63
Class Action Reform: Senate continued 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.                    
  Pages S12999-13008
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 59 yeas to 39 nays (Vote No. 403), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to 
consideration of the bill.                                  
Page S13008

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  Transportation/Treasury Appropriations--Agreement: A unanimous 
consent agreement was reached providing that on Thursday, October 23, 
2003, Senate begin consideration of H.R. 2898, making appropriations 
for the Departments of Transportation and Treasury, and independent 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004.     
  Page S13064
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  Thomas M. Hardiman, of Pennsylvania, to be United States District 
Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania.             
Page S13065
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Neil Vincent Wake, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Arizona.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.                 
Page S13065
Measures Placed on Calendar:                                
  Page S13049
Petitions and Memorials:                                
  Pages S13049-52
Executive Reports of Committees:                            
  Page S13053
Additional Cosponsors:                                  
  Pages S13053-55
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:             
  Pages S13055-57
Additional Statements:                                  
  Pages S13048-49
Amendments Submitted:                                   
  Pages S13057-60
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                               
  Page S13060
Authority for Committees to Meet:                       
  Pages S13060-61
Privilege of the Floor:                                     
  Page S13061
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--404) 
                                                   Pages S13008, S13044
Adjournment: Senate met at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 8:09 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Thursday, October 23, 2003. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S13065.)