[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 61 (Wednesday, May 5, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D451-D452]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                             Wednesday, May 5, 2004

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House committees ordered reported 26 sundry measures.
      The House passed H.R. 4227, Middle-Class Alternative Tax Relief 
      Act of 2004.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4853-S4930
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2383-2389, and S. Res. 352.
  Pages S4910-11
Measures Reported:
  S. 2386, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for 
intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States 
Government, the Intelligence Community Management Account, and the 
Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System. 
                                                             Page S4910
Measures Passed:
  Remembrance of World War II Veterans Day: Committee on the Judiciary 
was discharged from further consideration of S.J. Res. 34, designating 
May 29, 2004, on the occasion of the dedication of the National World 
War II Memorial, as Remembrance of World War II Veterans Day, and the 
joint resolution was then passed.
  Pages S4921-22
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 S4861-97
Adopted:
  By 76 yeas to 23 nays (Vote No. 84), Allard Amendment No. 3118, to 
provide for a brownfields demonstration program for qualified green 
building and sustainable design projects.
Pages S4882, S4894-95
Rejected:
  By 31 yeas to 68 nays (Vote No. 81), Breaux Amendment No. 3117, to 
limit the amount of deferred foreign income that can be repatriated at 
a lower rate.
Pages S4861-68, S4883-85
  By 22 yeas to 77 nays (Vote No. 82), 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. 
                       Pages S4861, S4874-77, S4878-82, S4882-83, S4885
  Dorgan Amendment No. 3110, to provide for the taxation of income of 
controlled foreign corporations attributable to imported property. (By 
60 yeas to 39 nays (Vote No. 83), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                        Pages S4861, S4869-74, S4885-94
Pending:
  Cantwell/Voinovich Amendment No. 3114, to extend the Temporary 
Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002.
Page S4861
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 11 a.m., on Thursday, May 6, 2004. 
                                                             Page S4922
Appointments:
  Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group: The Chair, on behalf of the 
Vice President, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 276h-276k, as amended, appointed 
the following Senator as a member of the Senate Delegation to the 
Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group during the Second Session of the 
108th Congress: Senator Bingaman.
  Page S4921
  NATO Parliamentary Assembly: The Chair, on behalf of the Vice 
President, in accordance with 22 U.S.C. 1928-1928d, as amended, 
appointed the following Senators as members of the Senate Delegation to 
the NATO Parliamentary Assembly during the Second Session of the 108th 
Congress: Senators Hollings and Miller.
  Page S4921
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:

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  A. Paul Anderson, of Florida, to be a Federal Maritime Commissioner 
for the term expiring June 30, 2007.
  Paul V. Applegarth, of Connecticut, to be Chief Executive Officer, 
Millennium Challenge Corporation. (New Position)
  Joseph E. Brennan, of Maine, to be a Federal Maritime Commissioner 
for the term expiring June 30, 2008. (Reappointment)
Page S4930
Messages From the House:
  Page S4906
Measures Referred:
  Page S4906
Executive Communications:
  Pages S4906-07
Petitions and Memorials:
  Pages S4907-10
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S4911-12
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S4912-18
Additional Statements:
  Pages S4902-06
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S4918-20
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S4920
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Pages S4920-21
Privilege of the Floor:
  Page S4921
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--84) 
                                       Pages S4884, S4885, S4994, S4995
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 8:18 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, May 6, 2004. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4922.)