[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 166 (Monday, November 17, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1280-D1281]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                          Monday, November 17, 2003

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S14923-S14971
Measures Introduced: Eight bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1868-
1875.
  Pages S14964-65
Measures Reported:
  S. 720, to amend title IX of the Public Health Service Act to provide 
for the improvement of patient safety and to reduce the incidence of 
events that adversely effect patient safety, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 108-196)
  S. 1136, to restate, clarify, and revise the Soldiers' and Sailors' 
Civil Relief Act of 1940, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 108-197)
  S. 793, to provide for increased energy savings and environmental 
benefits through the increased use of recovered mineral component in 
federally funded projects involving procurement of cement or concrete, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 108-198)
  S. Res. 253, to recognize the evolution and importance of 
motorsports.
Page S14964
Measures Passed:
  Private Security Officer Employment Authorization Act: Senate passed 
S. 1743, to permit reviews of criminal records of applicants for 
private security officer employment.
  Pages S14969-70
VA-HUD Appropriations Act: Senate resumed consideration of H.R. 2861, 
making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, 
boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2004, taking action on the following amendments 
proposed thereto:
  Pages S14932-40
Adopted:
  Bond (for Reid/Graham (FL)) Amendment No. 2194 (to Amendment No. 
2150), to express the sense of Congress on damages caused by the regime 
of Saddam Hussein during the First Gulf War.
Pages S14932-34
  Durbin Amendment No. 2195 (to Amendment No. 2150), to provide that 
none of the funds provided in this Act may be expended to apply, in a 
numerical estimate of the benefits of an agency action prepared 
pursuant to Executive Order 12866 or section 812 of the Clean Air Act, 
monetary values for adult premature mortality that differ based on the 
age of the adult.
Pages S14934-36
  Bond (for Daschle) Amendment No. 2196 (to Amendment No. 2150), to 
provide for epidemiological studies on Vietnam veterans exposed to 
Agent Orange and other herbicides used in Vietnam.
Pages S14937-38
  Bond (for Feingold) Amendment No. 2197 (to Amendment No. 2150), to 
prohibit the use of funds by the Department of Veterans Affairs to 
implement policies that prohibit the Veterans Integrated Service 
Networks from conducting outreach or marketing to enroll new veterans 
in such Networks.
Page S14938
  Bond (for Cantwell) Amendment No. 2198 (to Amendment No. 2150), to 
require a study of the Moving to Work demonstration program. 
                                                        Pages S14938-39
Withdrawn:
  Clinton Amendment No. 2152 (to Amendment No. 2150), to permit the use 
of funds for the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services 
(CARES) initiative of the Department of Veterans Affairs for purposes 
of enhanced services while limiting the use of funds for the initiative 
for purposes of the closure or reduction of services pending a 
modification of the initiative to take into account long-term care, 
domiciliary care, and mental health services and other matters. 
                                                            Page S14937
Pending:
  Bond/Mikulski Amendment No. 2150, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                            Page S14932
  Dayton Amendment No. 2193 (to Amendment No. 2150), to fully fund the 
Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Building. 
                                                        Pages S14936-37
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill and certain amendments on Tuesday, November 
18, 2003.
Page S14971

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Federal Aviation Administration Authorization--Conference Report: 
Senate resumed consideration of the conference report on H.R. 2115, to 
amend title 49, United States Code, to reauthorize programs for the 
Federal Aviation Administration.
  Pages S14940-52
  During consideration of this measure, Senate also took the following 
actions:
  By 45 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 453), 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 conference report. 
                                                            Page S14951
  Senator Frist entered a motion to reconsider the vote by which the 
motion to invoke cloture on the conference report failed. 
                                                        Pages S14951-52
Agriculture Appropriations--Additional Conferees: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached to expand the number of conferees to H.R. 2675, 
making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2004, to include the following members on the part of the 
Senate: Senators Domenici, Shelby, Gregg, Campbell, Hutchison, DeWine, 
Inouye, Hollings, Leahy, Mikulski, Reid, and Murray.
  Page S14971
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaty:
  Cybercrime Convention (Treaty Doc. No. 108-11).
  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. 
                                                            Page S14969
Appointment:
  Congressional Award Board: The Chair, on behalf of the Majority 
Leader, pursuant to Public Law 96-114, as amended, announced the 
appointment of John M. Falk, of Washington, D.C., to be Chairman of the 
Congressional Award Board.
  Page S14969
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Francis Mulvey, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Surface 
Transportation Board for a term expiring December 31, 2007.
  W. Douglas Buttrey, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Surface 
Transportation Board for a term expiring December 31, 2008.
  James C. Oberwetter, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of 
Saudi Arabia.
  Glyn T. Davies, of the District of Columbia, a Career Member of the 
Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, for the rank of 
Ambassador during his tenure of service as the Political Director for 
the United States Presidency of the G-8.
  Gay Hart Gaines, of Florida, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for a term expiring January 
31, 2010.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army.
Page S14971
Measures Read First Time:
  Page S14964
Executive Communications:
  Page S14964
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S14964
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S14965
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S14965-67
Additional Statements:
  Pages S14961-64
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S14967-69
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Page S14969
Privilege of the Floor:
  Page S14969
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--453) 
                                                            Page S14951
Adjournment: Senate met at 12 noon and adjourned at 7:41 p.m. until 
9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, November 18, 2003. ( For Senate's Program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S14971).