[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 60 (Tuesday, May 4, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D444-D445]
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                                               Tuesday, May 4, 2004

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4779-S4852
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and four resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2376-2382, S. Res. 349-351, and S. Con. Res. 103. 
                                                             Page S4837
Measures Reported:
  S. 882, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 
improvements in tax administration and taxpayer safe-guards, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 108-257)
  S. Con. Res. 99, condemning the Government of the Republic of the 
Sudan for its participation and complicity in the attacks against 
innocent civilians in the impoverished Darfur region of western Sudan, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and with an amended 
preamble.
Page S4836
Measures Passed:
  Record Production Authorization: Senate agreed to S. Res. 350, to 
authorize the production of records by the Permanent Subcommittee on 
Investigations of the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
  Page S4850
  Congratulating Charter Schools: Senate agreed to S. Res. 351, 
congratulating charter schools and their students, parents, teachers, 
and administrators across the United States for their ongoing 
contributions to education.
  Pages S4850-51
Jumpstart Our Business Strength (JOBS) Act: Senate continued 
consideration of S. 1637, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
comply with the World Trade Organization rulings on the FSC/ETI benefit 
in a manner that preserves jobs and production activities in the United 
States, to reform and simplify the international taxation rules of the 
United States, taking action on the following amendments proposed 
thereto:
  Pages S4787-S4822
Adopted:
  Collins Modified Amendment No. 3108, to provide for a manufacturer's 
jobs credit.
Pages S4787, S4805-06
  By a unanimous vote of 99 yeas (Vote No. 78), Gregg Amendment No. 
3111, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to clarify 
provisions relating to overtime pay.
Pages S4790-93, S4806
  By 52 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 79), Harkin Amendment No. 3107, to 
amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to clarify provisions 
relating to overtime pay.
Pages S4787-90, S4806
  Allen Amendment No. 3113, to provide mortgage payment assistance for 
employees who are separated from employment.
Pages S4821-22
Pending:
  Dorgan Amendment No. 3110, to provide for the taxation of income of 
controlled foreign corporations attributable to imported property. 
                                                         Pages S4787-88
  Graham (FL) Amendment No. 3112, to strike the deduction relating to 
income attributable to United States production activities and the 
international tax provisions and allow a credit for manufacturing 
wages.
Page S4793
  Cantwell/Voinovich Amendment No. 3114, to extend the Temporary 
Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002.
Page S4812
  During consideration of this measure today, the Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 54 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 80), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive section 505 of H. Con. Res. 95, 
Congressional Budget Resolution for fiscal year 2004, with regard to 
Wyden Modified Amendment No. 3109, to provide trade adjustment 
assistance for service workers. Subsequently, a point of order that the 
amendment would violate section 505 of H. Con. Res. 95 was sustained, 
and the amendment thus fell.
Pages S4787, S4806-12, S4812-21
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 10:30 a.m., on Wednesday, May 5, 2004; 
that Senator Breaux be recognized to offer an amendment, that there be 
60 minutes for debate, and that the Senate vote on or in relation to 
the amendment at a time to be determined by the Majority Leader, after 
consultation with the Democratic Leader.
Page S4852

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Appointments:
  Policy Committee to the White House Conference on Aging: The Chair, 
on behalf of the Majority Leader, after consultation with the members 
of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and the 
Committee on Aging, pursuant to Public Law 100-175, as amended by 
Public Laws 102-375, 103-171, and 106-501, appointed the following 
individuals as members of the Policy Committee to the White House 
Conference on Aging: Senators Grassley and Craig.
  Page S4850
Executive Reports of Committees: Senate received the following 
executive report of a committee:
  Report to accompany the Protocol Between the Government of the United 
States of America and the Government of the Republic of Estonia to the 
Treaty for the Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment of 
April 19, 1994, signed at Brussels on October 24, 2003 (Treaty Doc. 
108-17), the Protocol Between the Government of the United States of 
America and the Government of the Republic of Estonia to the Treaty for 
the Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment of April 19, 
1994, signed at Brussels on October 24, 2003 (Treaty Doc. 108-17), the 
Additional Protocol Between the United States of America and the Czech 
Republic to the Treaty Between the United States of America and the 
Czech and Slovak Federal Republic Concerning the Reciprocal 
Encouragement and Protection of Investment of October 22, 1991, signed 
at Brussels on December 10, 2003 (Treaty Doc. 108-18), the Additional 
Protocol Between the United States of America and the Czech Republic to 
the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Czech and 
Slovak Federal Republic Concerning the Reciprocal Encouragement and 
Protection of Investment of October 22, 1991, signed at Brussels on 
December 10, 2003 (Treaty Doc. 108-18), the Additional Protocol Between 
the United States of America and the Slovak Republic to the Treaty 
Between the United States of America and the Czech and Slovak Federal 
Republic Concerning the Reciprocal Encouragement and Protection of 
Investment of October 22, 1991, signed at Brussels on September 22, 
2003 (Treaty Doc. 108-19), the Additional Protocol Between the 
Government of the United States of America and the Government of the 
Republic of Latvia to the Treaty for the Encouragement and Reciprocal 
Protection of Investment of January 13, 1995, signed at Brussels on 
September 22, 2003 (Treaty Doc. 108-20), the Additional Protocol 
Between the Government of the United States of America and the 
Government of the Republic of Lithuania to the Treaty for the 
Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment of January 14, 
1998, signed at Brussels on September 22, 2003 (Treaty Doc. 108-21), 
and the Additional Protocol Between the United States of America and 
the Republic of Poland to the Treaty Between the United States of 
America and the Republic of Poland Concerning Business and Economic 
Relations of March 21, 1990, signed at Brussels on January 12, 2004 
(Treaty Doc. 108-22) (Ex. Rept. 108-13).
Pages S4836-37
Petitions and Memorials:
  Pages S4831-36
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Pages S4836-37
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S4837-39
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S4839-45
Additional Statements:
  Pages S4828-31
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S4846-49
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Pages S4849-50
Privilege of the Floor:
  Page S4850
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--80) 
                                                     Pages S4806, S4821
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:45 a.m., and adjourned at 6:50 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, May 5, 2004. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S4852.)