[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 169 (Thursday, November 20, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1306-D1308]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                        Thursday, November 20, 2003

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate and House passed H.J. Res. 78, Continuing Appropriations.
      The House agreed to the conference report on H.R. 2417, 
      Intelligence Authorization Act for FY 2004.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S15211-15323
Measures Introduced: Fifteen bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1897-S. 1911, and S. Res. 269-270.
  Pages S15286-87
Measures Reported:
  S. 1741, to provide a site for the National Women's History Museum in 
the District of Columbia. (S. Rept. No. 108-204)
  S. 1425, to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to reauthorize the New 
York City Watershed Protection Program, with an amendment. (S. Rept. 
No. 108-205)
  S. 1567, to amend title 31, United States Code, to improve the 
financial accountability requirements applicable to the Department of 
Homeland Security, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                            Page S15286
Measures Passed:
  Hugh Gregg Post Office Building: Senate passed H.R. 3185, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
38 Spring Street in Nashua, New Hampshire, as the ``Hugh Gregg Post 
Office Building'', clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                            Page S15303
  John G. Dow Post Office Building: Senate passed H.R. 3166, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
57 Old Tappan Road in Tappan, New York, as the ``John G. Dow Post 
Office Building'', clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                            Page S15303
  Health Care Safety Net Amendments Technical Corrections Act: 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions was discharged from 
further consideration of H.R. 3038, to make certain technical and 
conforming amendments to correct the Health Care Safety Net Amendments 
of 2002, and the bill was then passed, clearing the measure for the 
President.
  Page S15303
  Polio Threat: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 266, expressing the 
sense of the Senate with respect to polio, and the resolution was then 
agreed to.
  Page S15303
  National Museum of African American History and Culture: Senate 
passed H.R. 3491, to establish within the Smithsonian Institution the 
National Museum of African American History and Culture, clearing the 
measure for the President.
  Pages S15303-06
  Congratulating John Gagliardi: Senate agreed to S. Res. 270, 
congratulating John Gagliardi, football coach of St. John's University, 
on the occasion of his becoming the all-time winningest coach in 
collegiate history.
  Page S15306
  Motorsports: Senate agreed to S. Res. 253, to recognize the evolution 
and importance of motorsports.
  Pages S15306-07
  Motorsports: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 320, expressing the sense 
of the Congress regarding the importance of motorsports.
  Page S15307
  U.S. Fire Administration Authorization: Senate passed S. 1152, to 
reauthorize the United States Fire Administration, after agreeing to 
the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and the 
following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S15307-10
  Frist (for McCain) Amendment No. 2207, in the nature of a substitute.
                                                            Page S15310
  D.C. Superior Court Judgeships: Senate passed S. 1561, to preserve 
existing judgeships on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. 
                                                            Page S15310

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  Fairness to Contact Lens Consumer Act: Senate passed H.R. 3140, to 
provide for availability of contact lens prescriptions to patients, 
clearing the measure for the President.
  Page S15310
  Continuing Appropriations: Senate passed H.J. Res. 78, making further 
continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2004, after agreeing to 
the following amendment proposed thereto:
  Page S15310
  Frist Amendment No. 2208, to make a technical correction. 
                                                            Page S15310
Energy Policy Act--Conference Report: Senate continued consideration of 
the conference report to accompany H.R. 6, to enhance energy 
conservation and research and development, to provide for security and 
diversity in the energy supply for the American people. 
                                             Pages S15212-52, S15255-72
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the conference report at 9:30 a.m., on Friday, 
November 21, 2003, with 60 minutes of debate prior to the vote on the 
motion to close further debate thereon.
Page S15252
Healthy Forests Restoration Act: Senate insisted on its amendments to 
H.R. 1904, to improve the capacity of the Secretary of Agriculture and 
the Secretary of the Interior to plan and conduct hazardous fuels 
reduction projects on National Forest System lands and Bureau of Land 
Management lands aimed at protecting communities, watersheds, and 
certain other at-risk lands from catastrophic wildfire, to enhance 
efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and 
rangeland health, including catastrophic wildfire, across the 
landscape, and agreed to the House request for a conference on the 
disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and the Chair was 
authorized to appoint the following conferees on the part of the 
Senate: Senators Cochran, McConnell, Crapo, Domenici, Harkin, Leahy, 
and Daschle.
  Page S15217
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Stuart W. Holliday, of Texas, to be an Alternate Representative of 
the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of 
the United Nations during his tenure of service as Alternate 
Representative of the United States of America for Special Political 
Affairs in the United Nations.
  Jonathan Baron, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the National Board for Education Sciences for a term of three years. 
(New Position)
  Elizabeth Ann Bryan, of Texas, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the National Board for Education Sciences for a term of 
four years. (New Position)
  James R. Davis, of Mississippi, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the National Board for Education Sciences for a term of 
two years. (New Position)
  Robert C. Granger, of New Jersey, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the National Board for Education Sciences for a term of 
four years. (New Position)
  Frank Philip Handy, of Florida, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the National Board for Education Sciences for a term of 
three years. (New Position)
  Eric Alan Hanushek, of California, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the National Board for Education Sciences for a term of 
two years. (New Position)
  Caroline M. Hoxby, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the National Board for Education Sciences for a term of 
four years. (New Position)
  Gerald Lee, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the National Board for Education Sciences for a term of four years. 
(New Position)
  Roberto Ibarra Lopez, of Texas, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the National Board for Education Sciences for a term of 
two years. (New Position)
  Richard James Milgram, of New Mexico, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the National Board for Education Sciences for a term of 
three years. (New Position)
  Sally Epstein Shaywitz, of Connecticut, to be a Member of the Board 
of Directors of the National Board for Education Sciences for a term of 
three years. (New Position)
  Joseph K. Torgesen, of Florida, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the National Board for Education Sciences for a term of 
four years. (New Position)
  Herbert John Walberg, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the National Board for Education Sciences for a term of 
three years. (New Position)
  Ronald E. Meisberg, of Virginia, to be a Member of the National Labor 
Relations Board for the term of five years expiring August 27, 2008.
  22 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  2 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Army, Navy.
Pages S15316-23
Messages From the House:
  Pages S15281-82
Measures Referred:
  Page S15282
Enrolled Bills Signed:
  Page S15282
Enrolled Bills Presented:
  Page S15282

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Executive Communications:
  Page S15282
Petitions and Memorials:
  Pages S15283-86
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S15287-88
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S15288-S15301
Additional Statements:
  Pages S15279-81
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S15301-02
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Page S15302
Adjournment: Senate met at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 9:38 p.m. until 
9:30 a.m. on Friday, November 21, 2003. (For Senate's Program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S15316).