[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 45 (Friday, April 2, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D345]
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                                              Friday, April 2, 2004

[[Page D345]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      The House passed H.R. 3550, Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy 
      for Users.
      The House agreed to the conference report on H.R. 3108, Pension 
      Funding Equity Act of 2003.
      The House agreed to H. Con. Res. 404, providing for an 
      adjournment or recess of the two Houses.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3599-S3622
Measures Introduced: Two resolutions were submitted, as follows: S. 
Res. 329-330.
  Page S3605
Measures Passed:
  Ricin Claims Authorization: Senate agreed to S. Res. 329, authorizing 
the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate to ascertain and 
settle claims arising out of the discovery of lethal ricin powder in 
the Senate Complex.
  Page S3610
  Standards Development Organization Advancement Act: Senate passed 
H.R. 1086, to encourage the development and promulgation of voluntary 
consensus standards by providing relief under the antitrust laws to 
standards development organizations with respect to conduct engaged in 
for the purpose of developing voluntary consensus standards, after 
agreeing to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and 
the following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S3610-19
  McConnell (for Hatch/Leahy) Amendment No. 3010, in the nature of a 
substitute.
Page S3619
Pregnancy and Trauma Care Access Protection Act: Senate began 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 2207, to 
improve women's access to health care services, and the access of all 
individuals to emergency and trauma care services, by reducing the 
excessive burden the liability system places on the delivery of such 
services.
  Pages S3599-S3600
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to proceed 
to consideration of the bill and, in accordance with the provisions of 
Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will 
occur at 2:15 p.m., on Wednesday, April 7, 2004. 
                                               Pages S3599-S3600, S3609
  Subsequently, the motion to proceed was withdrawn.
Page S3600
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S3605
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S3605-07
Additional Statements:
  Pages S3604-05
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S3607-09
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Page S3609
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and adjourned at 11:24 a.m., 
until 1 p.m., on Monday, April 5, 2004. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S3619.)