[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 27, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
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                                          Tuesday, January 27, 2004

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pagesS265-S291
Measures Introduced: Three bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2031-2033, and S. Res. 292.
  Page S286
Measures Reported:
  S. 129, to provide for reform relating to Federal employment, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 108-223) 
                                                              Page S286
Pension Funding Equity Act--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of 
H.R. 3108, to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 
and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to temporarily replace the 30-
year Treasury rate with a rate based on long-term corporate bonds for 
certain pension plan funding requirements and other provisions, taking 
action on the following amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S266-78
Adopted:
  Grassley (for Nickles) Amendment No. 2264 (to Amendment No. 2233), to 
express the sense of the Senate with respect to the status of private 
pension plans.
Pages S274-75
  Grassley Modified Amendment No. 2261 (to Amendment No. 2233), to 
extend transfers of excess pension assets to retiree health accounts. 
                                                              Page S278
Pending:
  Grassley Amendment No. 2233, of a perfecting nature.
Pages S266-78
  Kyl Amendment No. 2236 (to Amendment No. 2233), to restrict an 
employer that elected an alternative deficit reduction contribution 
from applying for a funding waiver.
Page S266
Rejected:
  Kyl Amendment No. 2234 (to Amendment No. 2233), to limit the 
liability of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation with respect to a 
plan for which a reduced deficit contribution is elected. (By 67 yeas 
to 25 nays (Vote No. 4), Senate tabled the amendment).
Pages S266-72
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 11 a.m., on Wednesday, January 28, 2004, 
that there be 30 minutes for debate, equally divided between the 
Chairman and the Ranking Member of the Committee on Finance, or their 
designees; that Senator Kyl control 10 additional minutes; that, upon 
conclusion of debate, the Senate vote in relation to amendment No. 
2236; that, upon disposition of the amendment, the Senate vote on the 
question of agreeing to amendment No. 2233; that, upon disposition of 
said amendment, the bill, as amended, be read the third time and the 
Senate then vote on final passage of the bill.
Pages S278, S291
Executive Communications:
  Pages S284-86
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S286-87
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S287-89
Additional Statements:
  Pages S281-84
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S289-91
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S291
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Page S291
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--4)
  Page S272
Adjournment: Senate convened at 12 noon, and adjourned at 4:49 p.m., 
until 11 a.m., on Wednesday, January 28, 2004. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S291.)