[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 10 (Monday, February 2, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D44-D45]
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                                           Monday, February 2, 2004

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S335-S382
Measures Introduced: Eight bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2040-2047, and S. Res. 295.                   
  Pages S370-71
Measures Passed:
  Congratulating New England Patriots: Senate agreed to S. Res. 295, 
congratulating the New England Patriots on their victory in Super Bowl 
XXXVIII.                                                  
  Pages S377-78
  National School Counseling Week: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 292, designating the 
week beginning February 2, 2004, as ``National School Counseling 
Week'', and the resolution was then agreed to.            
  Pages S378-79
  National Mentoring Month: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged 
from further consideration of S. Res. 294, designating January 2004 as 
``National Mentoring Month'', and the resolution was then agreed to. 
                                                          Pages S378-79
  Mammography Quality Standards Reauthorization Act: Senate passed S. 
1879, to amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend 
provisions relating to mammography quality standards.         
  Page S379
Safe Transportation Equity Act: Senate resumed consideration of the 
motion to proceed to consideration of S. 1072, to authorize funds for 
Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs. 
                                                          Pages S343-60
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 75 yeas to 11 nays (Vote No. 7), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to the 
bill.                                                         
Page S360
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for consideration 
of the bill at 10:30 a.m., on Tuesday, February 3, 2004.      
Page S360
Messages from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, The Budget of the United States 
Government for fiscal year 2005; referred jointly to the Committees on 
Appropriations and on the Budget. (PM-62)                 
Pages S369-70
Appointments
  Commission on Review of Overseas Military Facility Structure of the 
United States: The Chair, on behalf of the Majority Leader, pursuant to 
Public Law 108-132, Section 128, appointed the following individual to 
the Commission on Review of Overseas Military Facility Structure of the 
United States: Major General Lewis E. Curtis III, USAF (Retired). 
                                                          Pages S379-80
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  William Hardiman, of Michigan, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the National Institute of Building Sciences for a term 
expiring September 7, 2006.
  Sue Ellen Wooldridge, of Virginia, to be Solicitor of the Department 
of the Interior.
  William T. Hiller, of Ohio, to be a Member of the National Institute 
for Literacy Advisory Board for a term expiring November 25, 2006. 
(Reappointment)
  Juan R. Olivarez, of Michigan, to be a Member of the National 
Institute for Literacy Advisory Board for a term expiring November 25, 
2006. (Reappointment)
  Maria Otero, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Board 
of Directors of the United States Institute of Peace for a term 
expiring January 19, 2007. (Reappointment)

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  Richard Kenneth Wagner, of Florida, to be a Member of the National 
Institute for Literacy Advisory Board for a term expiring November 25, 
2006.
  Isaac Fulwood, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be a Commissioner 
of the United States Parole Commission for a term of six years.
  Raymond L. Finch, of Virgin Islands, to be Judge for the District 
Court of the Virgin Islands for a term of ten years. (Reappointment)
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps.     
Pages S380-82
Executive Communications:                                     
  Page S370
Additional Cosponsors:                                        
  Page S371
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:               
  Pages S371-76
Additional Statements:                                    
  Pages S366-69
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                             
  Pages S376-77
Authority for Committees to Meet:                             
  Page S377
Privilege of the Floor:                                       
  Page S377
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--7)     
  Page S360
 Adjournment: Senate convened at 1 p.m., and adjourned at 6:57 p.m., 
until 9:45 a.m., on Tuesday, February 3, 2004. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S380.)