[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 171 (Saturday, November 22, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1328-D1329]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                        Saturday, November 22, 2003

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to the Conference Report to accompany H.R. 2622, 
      Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S15513-S15589
Measures Introduced: Three bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1931-
1933.
  Page S15573
Measures Reported:
  S. 1683, to provide for a report on the parity of pay and benefits 
among Federal law enforcement officers and to establish an exchange 
program between Federal law enforcement employees and State and local 
law enforcement employees. (S. Rept. No. 108-207)
Page S15572
Measures Passed:
  Recognizing Ralph Bunche: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged 
from further consideration of S. Con. Res. 82, recognizing the 
importance of Ralph Bunche as one of the great leaders of the United 
States, the first African-American Nobel Peace Prize winner, an 
accomplished scholar, a distinguished diplomat, and a tireless 
campaigner of civil rights for people throughout the world, and the 
resolution was then agreed to.
  Page S15569
  Recognizing Althea Gibson: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged 
from further consideration of H. Con. Res. 69, expressing the sense of 
Congress that Althea Gibson should be recognized for her ground 
breaking achievements in athletics and her commitment to ending racial 
discrimination and prejudice within the world of sports, and the 
resolution was then agreed to.
  Pages S15569-70
  Recognizing Ralph Bunche: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged 
from further consideration of H. Con. Res. 71, recognizing the 
importance of Ralph Bunche as one of the great leaders of the United 
States, the first African-American Nobel Peace Prize winner, an 
accomplished scholar, a distinguished diplomat, and a tireless 
campaigner of civil rights for people throughout the world, and the 
resolution was then agreed to.
  Page S15570
  Federal Enforcement of Obscenity Laws: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 
77, expressing the sense of Congress supporting vigorous enforcement of 
the Federal obscenity laws.
  Page S15570
Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act--Conference Report: Senate 
agreed to the conference report to accompany 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, clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                            Page S15570
Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act--
Agreement: Senate began consideration of the conference report to 
accompany H.R. 1, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to 
provide for a voluntary prescription drug coverage program under the 
medicare program, to modernize, strengthen, and improve the medicare 
program, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a 
deduction to individuals for amounts contributed to health savings 
accounts, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with 
respect to abbreviated applications for the approval of new drugs and 
the importation of prescription drugs. 
                                  Pages S15519-33, S15533-69, S15574-88
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the conference report 
and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing 
Rules of the Senate, a cloture vote will occur on Monday, November 24, 
2003.
Page S15561
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the conference report at 1 p.m., on Sunday, November 
23, 2003.
Pages S15588-89
Messages From the House:
  Page S15572
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S15573

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Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S15573-74
Additional Statements:
  Pages S15571-72
Privilege of the Floor:
  Page S15574
Adjournment: Senate met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 9:33 p.m. until 1 
p.m. on Sunday, November 23, 2003. (For Senate's Program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S15589).