[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 24 (Monday, March 1, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D135-D136]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                              Monday, March 1, 2004

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity (current year-to-date).


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1901-S1945
Measures Introduced: Five bills were introduced, as follows: S. 2147-
2151.                                                        
  Page S1933
Measures Passed:
  Read Across America Day: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged 
from further consideration of S. Res. 306, designating March 2, 2004, 
as ``Read Across America Day'', and the resolution was then agreed to. 
                                                             Page S1936
Protection of Lawful Commerce In Arms Act: Senate resumed 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 S1901-28
Rejected:
  By 28 yeas to 59 nays (Vote No. 23), Bingaman/Corzine Amendment No. 
2635, to modify the definition of reasonably foreseeable. 
                                                         Pages S1922-28
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 S1901
  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 S1901
  Craig (for Frist/Craig) Amendment No. 2625, to regulate the sale and 
possession of armor piercing ammunition.                     
Page S1901
  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 S1901-22
  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 S1901
  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. 
                                                             Page S1901
  Lautenberg Amendment No. 2633, to exempt lawsuits involving injuries 
to children from the definition of qualified civil liability action. 
                                                             Page S1901
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing that on 
Tuesday, March 2, 2004, the time from 9:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. be 
equally divided between the two leaders or their designees; that the 
time from 11:15 until 11:25 a.m. be under the control of the Democratic 
Leader or his designee; and further, that the time from 11:25 a.m. 
until 11:35 a.m. be under the control of the Majority Leader or his 
designee.                                                
Pages S1936-37
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, March 2, 2004, with 
certain amendments to be proposed thereto, and votes to occur on 
certain pending amendments, beginning at 11:35 a.m., followed by a vote 
on final passage of the bill.                            
Pages S1936-37
Messages From the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, the 2004 National Drug Control 
Strategy; to the Committee on the Judiciary. (PM-67)         
Page S1931

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Appointments:
  Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation Board of Trustees: The Chair, 
on behalf of the Vice President, pursuant to Public Law 93-642, 
appointed Senator Baucus to be a member of the Harry S Truman 
Scholarship Foundation Board of Trustees, vice Senator Murray. 
                                                             Page S1936
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Ann R. Klee, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army.                      
Page S1945
Messages From the House:                                     
  Page S1931
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S1931-33
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S1933-35
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:                  
  Page S1935
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S1930
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S1935-36
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S1936
Authority for Committees to Meet:                            
  Page S1936
Privilege of the Floor:                                      
  Page S1936
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--23)   
  Page S1928
Adjournment: Senate convened at 12 noon, and adjourned at 7:21 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, March 2, 2004. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S1937.)