[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 159 (Wednesday, November 5, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1231-D1233]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                        Wednesday, November 5, 2003

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed H.R. 2622, Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions 
      Act.
      The House passed H.R. 2443, Coast Guard and Maritime 
      Transportation Act of 2003.
      The House passed H.J. Res. 76, making further continuing 
      appropriations for fiscal year 2004.
      The House agreed to the conference report on H.R. 2559, Military 
      Construction Appropriations for fiscal year 2004.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S13947-S14081
Measures Introduced: Nine bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1820-1828, S.J. Res. 23 and S. Res. 259.
  Pages S14031-32
Measures Reported:
  S. 1669, to reauthorize the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration 
Act. (S. Rept. No. 108-186)
  S. 1627, to reauthorize the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 108-187) 
                                                            Page S14031
Measures Passed:
  Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act: Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs was discharged from further consideration of 
H.R. 2622, to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act, to prevent identity 
theft, improve resolution of consumer disputes, improve the accuracy of 
consumer records, make improvements in the use of, and consumer access 
to, credit information, and by 95 yeas to 2 nays (Vote No. 437), Senate 
passed the bill, after striking all after the enacting clause and 
inserting in lieu thereof the text of S. 1753, Senate companion 
measure, as amended.
  Pages S13980-94
  Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair was authorized to appoint the following 
conferees on the part of the Senate: Senators Shelby, Bennett, Allard, 
Enzi, Sarbanes, Dodd, and Johnson.
Page S13994
  Subsequently, S. 1753 was returned to the Senate Calendar. 
                                                            Page S13994
  Legal Representation: Senate agreed to S. Res. 259, to authorize 
legal representation in Bell Aviation, Inc., et al. v. Sino Swearingen 
Aircraft Co., L.P., et. al.
  Pages S14032
  Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visitor Center Act: Senate passed H.R. 
1442, to authorize the design and construction of a visitor center for 
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, after agreeing to the following 
amendment proposed thereto:
  Page S14075
  Bennett (for Thomas) Amendment No. 2113, in the nature of a 
substitute.
Page S14075
  Homeland Security Federal Workforce Act: Senate passed S. 589, to 
strengthen and improve the management of national security, encourage 
Government service in areas of critical national security, and to 
assist government agencies in addressing deficiencies in personnel 
possessing specialized skills important to national security and 
incorporating the goals and strategies for recruitment and retention 
for such skilled personnel into the strategic and performance 
management systems of Federal agencies, after agreeing to the following 
amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S14075-76
  Bennett (for Collins) Amendment No. 2114, in the nature of a 
substitute.
Page S14076
Agriculture Appropriations Act: Senate began consideration of H.R. 
2673, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2004, taking action on the following amendments 
proposed thereto:
  Pages S13954-80

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Adopted:
  Bennett/Kohl Amendment No. 2072, in the nature of a substitute. 
(Amendment, as agreed to, will be considered original text for the 
purpose of further amendment.)
Page S13954
  Bennett/Kohl Amendment No. 2084, to provide that statements made by 
the Chairman and/or Ranking Member of the Agriculture Appropriations 
Subcommittee, and colloquies engaging the Chairman and/or Ranking 
Member of the Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, given on the 
Senate Floor or submitted for the Record during Senate consideration of 
this Act shall be deemed part of Senate Committee Report 108-107 for 
purposes of conference with the House of Representatives. 
                                                        Pages S13971-72
  Akaka Amendment No. 2088, to restrict funding for the approval for 
human consumption of meat produced from downed animals. 
                                                Pages S13997-98, S14000
  By 57 yeas to 40 nays (Vote No. 439), Cantwell Amendment No. 2087, to 
prohibit energy market manipulation.
Pages S13998-S14001
  Bennett/Kohl Amendment No. 2091, to provide for an increase in the 
Food Stamp Program.
Page S14005
  Bennett (for Durbin) Amendment No. 2092, to prohibit funds to be made 
available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products.
                                                        Pages S14005-06
  Bennett/Kohl Amendment No. 2093, relative to nuclear affected 
islands.
Page S14006
  Bennett (for Murkowski) Amendment No. 2094, to provide a freeze in 
the Alaska/Hawaii Food Stamp Program.
Page S14006
  Bennett (for Snowe/Dorgan) Amendment No. 2095, to modify the 
boundaries of certain empowerment zone designations.
Page S14006
  Bennett (for Levin/Stabenow) Amendment No. 2096, to prohibit the use 
of funds to issue or to implement the proposed rule on cost-sharing for 
animal and plant health emergency programs.
Page S14007
  Bennett (for Inhofe) Amendment No. 2097, relative to rural community 
advancement program eligibility.
Page S14007
  Bennett/Kohl Amendment No. 2098, to define the term ``eligible rural 
community.''
Page S14007
  Bennett (for Inouye) Amendment No. 2099, to designate any portion of 
the County of Honolulu as a rural area or eligible rural community. 
                                                            Page S14007
  Bennett/Kohl Amendment No. 2100, relative to the Ginnie Mae mortgage-
backed securities pools.
Page S14007
  Bennett (for Kohl) Amendment No. 2101, to allow all Community 
Facility Program facility borrowers and grantees to enter into 
contracts with not-for-profit third parties for services consistent 
with the requirements of the Program.
Page S14007
  Bennett (for Brownback) Amendment No. 2102, to provide for four flood 
control structures in Marmaton, Kansas.
Pages S14007-08
  Bennett Amendment No. 2103, relative to the processing worker demo 
pilot project.
Page S14008
  Bennett/Kohl Amendment No. 2104, to make a technical correction to 
the rural economic development loans and grants program.
Page S14008
  Bennett (for Grassley/Dorgan) Amendment No. 2105, to limit payments 
under the environmental quality incentives program.
Page S14008
  Bennett (for Craig) Amendment No. 2106, to facilitate cooperative 
agreements for wildlife services programs of the Animal and Plant 
Health Inspection Service of the Department of Agriculture. 
                                                        Pages S14008-09
  Bennett (for Graham (FL)/Nelson (FL)) Amendment No. 2107, to make a 
technical amendment to ensure that assistance is provided for tree 
replacement for losses due to citrus canker.
Page S14009
  Bennett (for Burns/Clinton) Amendment No. 2108, to permit the use of 
certain unobligated carryover funds to carry out the 911 access loan 
program.
Page S14009
  Bennett (for Durbin) Amendment No. 2109, to insert a provision 
relating to funding the processing of comments in response to a Federal 
Register item concerning ephedra.
Page S14009
  Bennett (for Schumer) Amendment No. 2110, to ensure that amounts are 
made available for the generic drugs program.
Page S14009
  Bennett (for Miller) Amendment No. 2111, to restrict the expenditure 
of funds for the salary of the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm 
and Foreign Agricultural Services.
Pages S14009
  Bennett (for Frist/Daschle) Amendment No. 2112, to require the 
Secretary of Agriculture to establish university-based research, 
extension, and educational programs to implement biobased energy 
technologies, products, and economic diversification in rural areas of 
the United States.
Pages S14009-11
  Bennett (for Hatch) Amendment No. 2090, to specify a minimum level of 
funding for regulation of dietary supplements.
Pages S14011-12
Rejected:
  By 41 yeas to 56 nays (Vote No. 436), Feinstein Amendment No. 2083, 
to improve the operation of energy markets. 
                                             Pages S13961-71, S13972-80
Pending:
  Bennett/Kohl Amendment No. 2073, of a technical nature. 
                                                        Pages S13955-57
  Specter Amendment No. 2080, to limit the use of funds to allocate the 
rate of price support between the purchase prices for nonfat dry milk 
and butter

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in a manner that does not support the price of milk at the rate 
prescribed by law.
Page S13997
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 40 yeas to 55 nays (Vote No. 440), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive section 502(c)(5) of H. Con. Res. 95, 
Congressional Budget Resolution, with respect to the emergency 
designation provision in Dayton Amendment No. 2089, to provide 
emergency disaster assistance to agricultural producers. Subsequently, 
a point of order that the emergency designation provision would violate 
section 502(c)(5) of H. Con. Res. 95 was sustained and the provision 
was stricken. Also, the Chair sustained a point order that the 
amendment would exceed the subcommittee's 302(b) allocation and the 
amendment thus falls.
Pages S14001-05
  Senate expects to continue consideration of the bill on Thursday, 
November 6, 2003.
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaty:
  Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment and 
Protocol to Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment 
(Treaty Doc. No. 108-10).
  The treaty was transmitted to the Senate today, considered as having 
been read for the first time, and referred, with accompanying papers, 
to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. 
                                                        Pages S14076-77
Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing for further consideration of the nomination of William H. 
Pryor, Jr., of Alabama, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Eleventh Circuit at 10:30 a.m., on Thursday, November 6, 2003, with 60 
minutes of debate followed by a vote on the second motion to close 
further debate on the nomination.
  Page S14077
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By unanimous vote of 97 yeas (Vote No. 438), Roger W. Titus, of 
Maryland, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Maryland.
Pages S13997, S14081
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  James M. Loy, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Homeland 
Security.
  Laurie Susan Fulton, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the United States Institute of Peace for a term expiring 
January 19, 2007.
  Peter G. Sheridan, of New Jersey, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of New Jersey.
  William S. Duffey, Jr., of Georgia, to be United States District 
Judge for the Northern District of Georgia.
Page S14081
Messages From the House:
  Page S14027
Measures Referred:
  Page S14028
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S14028
Executive Communications:
  Pages S14028-31
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S14032
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S14032-51
Additional Statements:
  Pages S14026-27
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S14051-74
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S14074
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Page S14074
Privilege of the Floor:
  Page S14075
Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total--440) 
                            Page S13980, S13982, S13997, S14001, S14005
Adjournment: Senate met at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 7:14 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Thursday, November 6, 2003. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S14077.)