[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 12 (Wednesday, February 4, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D55-D56]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                        Wednesday, February 4, 2004

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House and Senate met in a Joint Meeting to Receive His Excellency 
      Jose Maria Aznar, President of the Government of Spain.
      House passed H.R. 3030, Improving the Community Services Block 
      Grant Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S549-S598
Measures Passed:
  Homeland Security Technology Improvement Act: Senate passed S. 1612, 
to establish a technology, equipment, and information transfer program 
within the Department of Homeland Security, after agreeing to the 
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  Pages S596-97
SAFE Transportation Equity Act: Senate continued consideration of S. 
1072, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety 
programs, and transit programs, taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S549-68, S571-75
Pending:
  Modified committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  Dorgan Amendment No. 2267, to exempt certain agricultural producers 
from certain hazardous materials transportation requirements. 
                                                          Pages S571-75
  Gregg Amendment No. 2268 (to Amendment No. 2267), to provide that 
certain public safety officials have the right to collective 
bargaining.
Pages S573-75
Withdrawn:
  Bond Amendment No. 2265, to make certain improvements to the bill. 
                                                    Pages S554-68, S571
  During consideration of this measure today, the following action also 
occurred:
  Gregg Amendment No. 2266 (to Amendment No. 2265), to provide that 
certain public safety officials have the right to collective 
bargaining, fell when Bond Amendment No. 2265, (listed above) was 
withdrawn.
Pages S557-68, S571
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 10:30 a.m., on Thursday, February 5, 2004.
                                                          Pages S597-98
California Missions Preservation Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing that H.R. 1446, to support the efforts 
of the California Missions Foundation to restore and repair the Spanish 
colonial and mission-era missions in the State of California and to 
preserve the artworks and artifacts of these missions, be referred to 
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  Page S596
APPOINTMENTS:
Task Force on Slave Laborers: The Chair, on behalf of the President Pro 
Tempore, pursuant to S. Con. Res. 130 (106th Congress), appointed the 
following individual to the Task Force on Slave Laborers: Virginia 
Walden-Ford, of Washington, D.C.
  Page S596
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By unanimous vote of 96 yeas (Vote No. Ex. 8), Mark R. Filip, of 
Illinois, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District 
of Illinois.
Pages S568-71, S598
Messages From the House:
  Page S588
Measures Referred:
  Pages S588-89
Executive Communications:
  Pages S589-90
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Pages S590-91
Additional Statements:
  Page S588
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S591-95
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Page S596
Privilege of the Floor:
  Page S596
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--8)
  Page S571

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Adjournment: Senate convened at 1 p.m. and adjourned at 7:09 p.m., 
until 9 a.m., on Thursday, February 5, 2004. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S598.)