[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 65 (Tuesday, May 11, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D478-D479]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                              Tuesday, May 11, 2004

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed S. 1637, Jumpstart Our Business Strength (JOBS) 
      Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5171-S5240
Measures Introduced: Twelve bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2400-2411, and S. Con. Res. 106.
  Page S5227
Measures Reported:
  S. 2400, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed 
Services. (S. Rept. No. 108-260)
  S. 994, to protect human health and the environment from the release 
of hazardous substances by acts of terrorism, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 108-261)
  H.R. 3104, To provide for the establishment of separate campaign 
medals to be awarded to members of the uniformed services who 
participate in Operation Enduring Freedom and to members of the 
uniformed services who participate in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
  S. 441, to direct the Administrator of General Services to convey to 
Fresno County, California, the existing Federal courthouses in that 
county, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 2286, to designate the Orville Wright Federal Building and the 
Wilbur Wright Federal Building in Washington, District of Columbia.
  S. 2401, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces.
  S. 2402, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for 
military construction.
  S. 2403, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy.
Pages S5226-27
Measures Passed:
  Jumpstart Our Business Strength (Jobs) Act: By 92 yeas to 5 nays 
(Vote No. 91), Senate passed 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, after taking action 
on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                            Pages S5179-90, S5191-S5218
Adopted:
  Landrieu Amendment No. 3123, to improve the credit for Ready Reserve-
National Guard employees, to provide a credit for replacement employees 
of Ready Reserve-National Guard employees called to active military 
duty, and for other purposes.
Pages S5200-04
  Hutchison Amendment No. 3138, to make certain engineering and 
architectural services eligible for the deduction relating to income 
attributable to United States production activities and to limit an 
employer's deduction for entertainment expenses of covered employees to 
the amount which the employee includes in income. 
                                            Pages S5199-S5200, S5204-05
  Levin Modified Amendment No. 3120, to restrict the use of abusive tax 
shelters to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation.
Pages S5213-16
  Grassley Amendment No. 3133, to provide for certain technical 
corrections.
Page S5217
  Grassley (for Nickles) Modified Amendment No. 3040, to treat electric 
transmission property as 15-year property.
Pages S5217-18
  Grassley Amendment No. 3143, to make certain improvements to the 
bill.
Page S5218
  Subsequently, the amendment was modified.
Page S5220

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Rejected:
  By 13 yeas to 85 nays (Vote No. 89), McCain Amendment No. 3129, to 
strike provisions relating to energy tax incentives. 
                                                  Pages S5186-90, S5193
  By 23 yeas to 74 nays (Vote No. 90), Hollings Amendment No. 3134, to 
strike the international tax provisions that are unrelated to the FSC/
ETI repeal and eliminate the phase-in of the deduction for qualified 
production activities income.
Pages S5194-99
  During consideration of this measure today, the Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 90 yeas to 8 nays (Vote No. 87), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on the bill.
Page S5184
  By 59 yeas to 40 nays (Vote No. 88), 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, with respect to Cantwell/Voinovich 
Amendment No. 3114, to extend the Temporary Extended Unemployment 
Compensation Act of 2002. Subsequently, the point of order that the 
amendment increases mandatory spending and would cause an increase in 
the deficit in excess of levels permitted by H. Con. Res. 95, was 
sustained, and the amendment thus falls.
Pages S5184-86
IDEA--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing 
for consideration of S. 1248, to reauthorize the Individuals with 
Disabilities Education Act, at approximately 10:30 a.m., on Wednesday, 
May 12, 2004.
  Page S5240
Messages From the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, the notification of an Executive Order 
blocking the property of certain persons and prohibiting the export of 
certain goods to Syria; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-76)
Pages S5224-25
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Joseph F. Bader, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board for a term expiring October 18, 
2007.
  Brett T. Palmer, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce.
  Deborah P. Majoras, of Virginia, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner 
for the unexpired term of seven years from September 26, 2001.
  Timothy S. Bitsberger, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Secretary 
of the Treasury.
  James R. Kunder, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development.
  Craig T. Ramey, of West Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the National Board for Education Sciences for a term of 
two years. (New Position)
  Larry C. Kindsvater, of Virginia, to be Deputy Director of Central 
Intelligence for Community Management.
Page S5240
Executive Communications:
  Pages S5225-26
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S5227-28
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S5228-36
Additional Statements:
  Pages S5223-24
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S5236-39
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S5239
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Pages S5239-40
Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total-91) 
                                Pages S5184, S5186, S5193, S5199, S5218
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:47 a.m., and adjourned at 7:28 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, May 12, 2004. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S5240.)