[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 16 (Tuesday, February 10, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D75-D76]
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                                         Tuesday, February 10, 2004

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S759-S955
Measures Introduced: Six bills were introduced, as follows: S. 2058-
2063.
  Page S792
Measures Reported:
  Report to accompany S. 1245, to provide for homeland security grant 
coordination and simplification. (S. Rept. No. 108-225)
Page S792
Measures Passed:
  Enrollment Correction: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 354, to correct 
technical errors in the enrollment of the bill S. 610.
  Page S953
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 S760-81
Pending:
  Inhofe Amendment No. 2285, in the nature of a substitute.
Page S769
  Warner Modified Amendment No. 2286 (to Amendment No. 2285), to 
provide a highway safety improvement program that includes incentives 
to States to enact primary safety belt laws.
Pages S770, S954
Withdrawn:
  Dorgan Amendment No. 2276 (to the language proposed to be stricken by 
the committee amendment), to modify the penalty for nonenforcement of 
open container requirements.
Page S769
  Modified committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                              Page S769
  During consideration of this measure today, the following actions 
also occurred:
  Dorgan Amendment No. 2267, to exempt certain agricultural producers 
from certain hazardous materials transportation requirements, fell when 
the modified committee amendment (listed above) was withdrawn. 
                                                              Page S760
  Gregg Amendment No. 2268 (to Amendment No. 2267), to provide that 
certain public safety officials have the right to collective 
bargaining, fell when the modified committee amendment (listed above) 
was withdrawn.
Page S760
  A motion was entered to close further debate on Inhofe Amendment No. 
2285 (listed above) and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII 
of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur on 
Thursday, February 12, 2004.
Page S769
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the bill and, in 
accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur on Thursday, February 12, 
2004.
Page S781
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 10:30 a.m., on Wednesday, February 11, 
2004.
Page S954
Appointments:
  Board of Visitors of the U.S. Military Academy: The Chair, on behalf 
of the President Pro Tempore, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 4355 (a) (2), 
appointed Senator Sessions, from the Armed Services Committee, to the 
Board of Visitors of the U.S. Military Academy.
  Pages S953-54
  Veteran's Disability Benefits Commission: The Chair, on behalf of the 
Majority Leader, pursuant to Public Law 108-136, Title XV, Section 1501 
(b)(1)(C), appointed the following individual to serve on the Veteran's 
Disability Benefits Commission: Vice Admiral Dennis Vincent McGinn. 
                                                              Page S954
  Parents Advisory Council on Youth Drug Abuse: The Chair, on behalf of 
the Majority Leader, pursuant to Public Law 105-277, Section 710, 
2(A)(ii), appointed the following individual to serve as a member of 
the Parents Advisory Council on Youth Drug Abuse: David C. Guth of 
Tennessee, vice June Martin Milam, term expired.
  Page S954
Measures Read First Time:
  Pages S788, S953
Petitions and Memorials:
  Pages S788-92
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S792-93
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S793-S809
Additional Statements:
  Pages S786-88
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S809-S953

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Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S953
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Page S953
Privilege of the Floor:
  Page S953
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 6:24 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, February 11, 2004. (For Senate's 
program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on 
page S954.)