[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 23 (Friday, February 27, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D129-D130]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                          Friday, February 27, 2004

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed H.R. 3850, Surface Transportation Extension Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1853-S1899
Measures Introduced: Five bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2142-2146, and S. Res. 306.
  Page S1891
Measures Passed:
  9/11 Commission Extension: Senate passed S. 2136, to extend the final 
report date and termination date of the National Commission on 
Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, to provide additional funding 
for the Commission.
  Page S1856
  Surface Transportation Extension Act: Senate passed H.R. 3850, to 
provide an extension of highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, 
transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund 
pending enactment of a law reauthorizing the Transportation Equity Act 
for the 21st Century, clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                             Page S1884
Protection of Lawful Commerce In Arms Act: Senate continued 
consideration of S. 1805, to prohibit civil liability actions from 
being brought or continued against manufacturers, distributors, 
dealers, or importers of firearms or ammunition for damages resulting 
from the misuse of their products by others, taking action on the 
following amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S1860-73
Pending:
  Hatch (for Campbell) Amendment No. 2623, to amend title 18, United 
States Code, to exempt qualified current and former law enforcement 
officers from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed 
handguns.
Page S1860
  Kennedy Amendment No. 2619, to expand the definition of armor 
piercing ammunition and to require the Attorney General to promulgate 
standards for the uniform testing of projectiles against body armor. 
                                                             Page S1860
  Craig (for Frist/Craig) Amendment No. 2625, to regulate the sale and 
possession of armor piercing ammunition.
Page S1860
  Levin Amendment No. 2631, to exempt any civil action against a person 
from the provisions of the bill if the gross negligence or reckless 
conduct of the person proximately caused death or injury. 
                                               Pages S1864-65, S1867-71
  Warner Amendment No. 2624, to improve patient access to health care 
services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive 
burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system. 
                                                             Page S1865
  Lautenberg Amendment No. 2632, to require that certain notifications 
occur whenever a query to the National Instant Criminal Background 
Check System reveals that a person listed in the Violent Gang and 
Terrorist Organization File is attempting to purchase a firearm. 
                                                         Pages S1871-72
  Lautenberg Amendment No. 2633, to exempt lawsuits involving injuries 
to children from the definition of qualified civil liability action. 
                                                         Pages S1872-73
  A unanimous-consent agreement reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 12 noon, on Monday, March 1, 2004, with 
four hours for debate; further, at 4 p.m., Senator Bingaman will be 
recognized to offer an amendment, with a vote to occur thereon at 5 
p.m.
Page S1898
International Fisheries Reauthorization Act--Referral Agreement: A 
unanimous-consent agreement reached providing that the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources be discharged from further consideration 
of H.R. 2584, to provide for the conveyance to the Utrok Atoll local 
government of a decommissioned National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration ship, and the bill then be referred to the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
  Page S1897
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:

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  1 Marine Corps nomination in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps.
Pages S1898-99
Measures Referred:
  Pages S1890-91
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S1891
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S1891-92
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S1892-95
Additional Statements:
  Page S1890
Amendments Submitted:
  Page S1892
Text of S. 1072, as Previously Passed: (See Record of 2-26-04) 
                                                      Pages S1702-S1848
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:32 a.m., and adjourned at 4:41 p.m., 
until 12 noon, on Monday, March 1, 2004. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S1898.)