[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 20, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
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                                          Tuesday, January 20, 2004

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                              Daily Digest

HIGHLIGHTS

      Second Session of the One Hundred Eighth Congress Convened.
      Senate and House of Representatives met in Joint Session to 
      receive the President's State of the Union Message.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1-S60
Measures Introduced: Four bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2006-2009, and S. Res. 284. (S. 2005 was reported as an 
original bill on January 9.)
  Pages S52-53
Measures Reported:
  Reported on Friday, January 9, during the adjournment:
  S. 2005, to temporarily replace the use by pension plans of the 30-
year treasury bond rate with a composite corporate rate, and to 
establish a commission on defined benefit plans. (S. Rept. No. 108-221)
  S. 1072, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety 
programs, and transit programs, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 108-222)
Page S52
Measures Passed:
  Providing for a Joint Session of Congress: Senate agreed to H. Con. 
Res. 349, providing for a joint session of Congress to receive a 
message from the President on the State of the Union.
  Page S21
  Commemorating Former Senator William V. Roth, Jr.: Senate agreed to 
S. Res. 284, commemorating the life of William V. Roth, Jr., former 
member of the United States Senate from the State of Delaware. 
                                                           Pages S21-26
Agriculture Appropriations Act (Omnibus Appropriations)--Conference 
Report: Senate resumed consideration of the conference report to 
accompany H.R. 2673, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2004.
  Pages S3-21
  During consideration of this conference report today, Senate also 
took the following action:
  By 48 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 1), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
failed to agree to the motion to close further debate on the conference 
report.
Pages S20-21
  Subsequently, a motion to reconsider the vote by which cloture was 
not invoked was entered.
Page S21
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the conference report at 10 a.m., on Wednesday, 
January 21, 2004, with the time until 6 p.m. equally divided between 
the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Appropriations Committee or 
their designees; further that Senator Byrd be recognized at 12 noon to 
speak for up to 2 hours and Senator McCain be recognized at 2 p.m. to 
speak for 1 hour.
Page S60
Appointments:
  U.S.-China Economic Security Review Commission: The Chair, on behalf 
of the President pro tempore, pursuant to Public Law 106-398, as 
amended by Public Law 108-7, in accordance with the qualifications 
specified under section 1237(E) of Public Law 106-398, and upon the 
recommendation of the Democratic Leader, in consultation with the 
ranking members of the Senate Committee on Armed Services and the 
Senate Committee on Finance, reappointed the following individual to 
the United States-China Economic Security Review Commission: William A. 
Reinsch of Maryland, for a term expiring December 31, 2005. 
                                                           Pages S59-60
  U.S. Military Academy: The Chair, on behalf of the Majority Leader, 
pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 4355(a), appointed Senator Reed, from the Armed 
Services Committee, to the Board of Visitors of the U.S. Military 
Academy.
  Pages S59-60

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  U.S. Naval Academy: The Chair, on behalf of the Majority Leader, 
pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 6968(a), appointed Senator McCain, from the Armed 
Services Committee, to the Board of Visitors of the U.S. Naval Academy.
                                                           Pages S59-60
  U.S. Air Force Academy: The Chair, on behalf of the Majority Leader, 
pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 9355(a), appointed Senator Allard, from the Armed 
Services Committee, to the Board of Visitors of the U.S. Air Force 
Academy.
  Pages S59-60
Messages From the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report on the State of the Union delivered to a 
Joint Session of Congress on January 20, 2004; which was ordered to lie 
on the table. (PM-59)
Pages S33-37
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Claude A. Allen, of Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Fourth Circuit.
  Paul S. Diamond, of Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge 
for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
  Robert Bryan Harwell, of South Carolina, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of South Carolina.
  George P. Schiavelli, of California, to be United States District 
Judge for the Central District of California.
Page S60
Messages From the House:
  Page S37
Measures Read First Time:
  Pages S37-38
Enrolled Bills Signed:
  Page S37
Executive Communications:
  Pages S38-52
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S53-54
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S54-57
Additional Statements:
  Pages S31-33
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S57-59
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--1)
  Page S21
Adjournment: Senate convened the Second Session of the One Hundred 
Eighth Congress at 12 noon, and as a further mark of respect to the 
memory of the late Honorable William V. Roth, Jr., former United States 
Senator from the State of Delaware, in accordance with S. Res. 284, 
adjourned at 10:13 p.m., until 10 a.m., on Wednesday, January 21, 2004. 
(For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in 
today's Record on page S60.)