[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 11 (Tuesday, February 3, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
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                                          Tuesday, February 3, 2004

[[Page D50]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S383-S547
Measures Introduced: Three bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2048-2050, and S. Res. 296.
  Page S541
Measures Passed:
  Senate Adjournments and Recesses: Senate agreed to S. Res. 296, 
relating to Senate adjournments and recesses.
  Page S384
Safe Transportation Equity Act: Senate agreed to the motion to proceed 
to consideration of S. 1072, to authorize funds for Federal-aid 
highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and then began 
consideration of the bill.
  Pages S393-S527
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  Committee amendment in the nature of a substitute was modified. 
                                                          Pages S506-09
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for consideration 
of the bill at 1 p.m., on Wednesday, February 4, 2004.
Page S545
Escort Committee--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that the President of the Senate be authorized to appoint a 
committee on the part of the Senate to join with a like committee on 
the part of the House of Representatives to escort His Excellency, Jose 
Maria Aznar, President of the Government of Spain, into the House 
Chamber for the joint meeting on Wednesday, February 4, 2004. 
                                                              Page S545
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Jerald S. Paul, of Florida, to be Principal Deputy Administrator, 
National Nuclear Security Administration. (New Position)
  Craig A. Kelly, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Chile.
  Matthew G. Whitaker, of Iowa, to be United States Attorney for the 
Southern District of Iowa for the term of four years.
Page S547
Messages From the House:
  Page S538
Executive Communications:
  Pages S538-41
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S541-45
Additional Statements:
  Page S538
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Page S545
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:45 a.m., and adjourned at 6:18 p.m., 
until 1 p.m., on Wednesday, February 4, 2004. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S545-
47.)