[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 43 (Wednesday, March 31, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D323-D324]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                          Wednesday, March 31, 2004

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House Committees ordered reported seven sundry measures.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3389-S3517
Measures Introduced: Six bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2262-2267, and S. Res. 326.
  Pages S3455-56
Measures Passed:
  Professional Boxing Amendments Act: Senate passed S. 275, to amend 
the Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996, and to establish the United 
States Boxing Administration, after agreeing to the committee amendment 
in the nature of a substitute, and the following amendment proposed 
thereto:
  Pages S3499-S3510
Frist (for McCain) Amendment No. 3006, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S3510
Budget Resolution--House Message: Senate began consideration of the 
House Message to accompany S. Con. Res. 95, setting forth the 
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 
2005 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 
2006 through 2009, and took the following action:
  Pages S3393-S3407
  Senate disagreed to the amendment of the House, agreed to the request 
for a conference with the House, and the Chair appointed the following 
conferees on the part of the Senate: Senators Nickles, Domenici, 
Grassley, Gregg, Conrad, Hollings, and Sarbanes.
Page S3407
Welfare Reform Reauthorization: Senate continued consideration of H.R. 
4, to reauthorize and improve the program of block grants to States for 
temporary assistance for needy families, improve access to quality 
child care, taking action on the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S3407-48
Pending:
  Boxer/Kennedy Amendment No. 2945, to amend the Fair Labor Standards 
Act of 1938 to provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage. 
                                                             Page S3407
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 10:30 a.m., on Thursday, April 1, 2004, 
provided that there be 60 minutes of debate equally divided, with a 
vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the committee amendment in the 
nature of a substitute, to occur at approximately 11:30 a.m. 
                                                             Page S3515
Treaty Approved: The following treaty having passed through its various 
parliamentary stages, up to and including the presentation of the 
resolution of ratification, upon division, two-thirds of the Senators 
present and having voted in the affirmative, the resolution of 
ratification was agreed to:
  The Protocol to the Agreement of the International Atomic Energy 
Agency Regarding Safeguards in the United States (Treaty Doc. 107-7), 
with 2 conditions and 8 understandings.
Pages S3511-15
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Alphonso R. Jackson, of Texas, to be Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development.
  2 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  28 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  2 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Navy.
Pages S3516-17
Messages From the House:
  Page S3454
Measures Referred:
  Page S3454
Executive Communications:
  Pages S3454-55
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S3456-57
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S3457-62
Additional Statements:
  Pages S3453-54
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S3462-99
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Page S3499
Privilege of the Floor:
  Page S3499

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Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 7:27 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, April 1, 2004. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S3515.)