[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 81 (Monday, June 14, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D600-D602]
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                                              Monday, June 14, 2004

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6685-S6747
Measures Introduced: Two bills and four resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2516-2517, and S. Res. 376-379.                  
  Page S6734
Measures Passed:
  Congratulating Syracuse University Orangemen's Lacrosse Team: Senate 
agreed to S. Res. 376, congratulating the Syracuse University 
Orangemen's lacrosse team on winning the 2004 NCAA Division I men's 
lacrosse National Championship.                              
  Page S6742
  Congratulating Le Moyne College Dolphins Men's Lacrosse Team: Senate 
agreed to S. Res. 377, congratulating the Le Moyne College Dolphins 
men's lacrosse team on winning the 2004 NCAA Division II men's lacrosse 
National Championship.                                   
  Pages S6742-43
  National Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag Day: Senate agreed to S. 
Res. 378, designating June 14, 2004, as ``National Pledge of Allegiance 
to the Flag Day''.                                       
  Pages S6743-45
  Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Authorization: Committee on 
Rules and Administration was discharged from further consideration of 
S. 2362, to authorize construction of a Smithsonian Astrophysical 
Observatory instrumentation support control building and associated 
site development on Kitt Peak, Arizona, and the bill was then passed. 
                                                             Page S6745
Department of Defense Authorization Act: Senate resumed consideration 
of 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, taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                      Pages S6693-S6722
Adopted:
  Wyden/Dorgan Amendment No. 3305, to impose a limitation on Department 
of Defense contracting for performance of acquisition functions closely 
associated with inherently governmental functions.       
Pages S6701-03
  Reid (for Levin) Modified Amendment No. 3449 (to Amendment No. 3322), 
to express the sense of Congress on the nonproliferation of ballistic 
missiles.                                         
Pages S6695, S6704-05
  Allard Amendment No. 3322, to promote international cooperation on 
missile defense.                                  
Pages S6693-95, S6705
  By a unanimous vote of 91 yeas (Vote No. 112), Dodd Modified 
Amendment No. 3312, to require the Secretary of Defense to provide 
reimbursement for certain protective, safety, or health equipment 
purchased by or on behalf of members of the Armed Forces for deployment 
in connection with Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Enduring Freedom, 
or Operation Iraqi Freedom.                 
Pages S6697-S6700, S6713-14
  Levin (for Byrd) Amendment No. 3344, to require the Commission on the 
Future of the National Technology and Industrial Base to consider 
shortages of critical technologies and to make recommendations 
regarding shortages; and to ensure adequate consideration of small 
business interests by the Commission.                        
Page S6714
  Warner (for McConnell/Graham (SC)) Amendment No. 3435, to provide for 
a conveyance of land at the Naval Weapons Station, Charleston, South 
Carolina.                                                
Pages S6714-15
  Levin (for Landrieu) Amendment No. 3314, to authorize the conveyance 
of land at Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant, Doyline, Louisiana. 
                                                             Page S6715
  Warner (for McCain) Amendment No. 3229, to exclude service academy 
permanent and career professors from a limitation on strengths 
applicable to active duty officers in grades of major, lieutenant 
colonel, and colonel and Navy grades of lieutenant commander, 
commander, and captain.                                  
Pages S6715-16
  Levin (for Kennedy/Chambliss) Modified Amendment No. 3257, to provide 
for improved assessment of public-private competition for work 
performed by civilian employees of the Department of Defense. 
                                                         Pages S6716-17
  Warner (for Collins/Levin) Amendment No. 3224, to amend title 31, 
United States Code, to provide Federal Government employees with bid 
protest

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rights in actions under Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76. 
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  Levin/Feinstein Amendment No. 3340, to authorize the settlement of 
the claim of the Oakland Base Reuse Authority and Redevelopment Agency 
of the City of Oakland, California.                          
Page S6717
  Warner Amendment No. 3432, to amend the short title to name the bill 
in honor of the late Ronald W. Reagan, the 40th President of the United 
States.                                                      
Page S6717
  Warner (for Lott) Amendment No. 3221, to ensure continuity of the 
search and rescue capabilities of the Federal Government. 
                                                         Pages S6717-18
  Levin (for Nelson (FL)) Modified Amendment No. 3376, to express the 
sense of Congress on space launch ranges.                    
Page S6718
  Warner (for Domenici) Amendment No. 3167, to require a report on the 
availability of launch sites that permit realistic overland test 
flights for defenses against short-range ballistic missile systems. 
                                                             Page S6718
  Levin (for Sarbanes/Warner) Amendment No. 3296, to grant a Federal 
charter to Korean War Veterans Association, Incorporated. 
                                                         Pages S6718-19
  Levin (for Harkin) Modified Amendment No. 3316, expressing the sense 
of the Senate on Armed Forces Radio and Television Service programming.
                                                             Page S6719
  Warner (for Gregg) Modified Amendment No. 3164, to express the sense 
of the Senate on the coordination of the rights under the Uniformed 
Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 with the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986.                           
Pages S6719-21
  Enzi Amendment No. 3295, to authorize the purchase of aircraft for 
use in aerial firefighting.                          
Pages S6711, S6721
  Reid Amendment No. 3307, to require that any plan for compensation to 
individuals in military prisons in Iraq include provisions for 
compensation to former prisoners of war held by the regime of Saddam 
Hussein.                                             
Pages S6696, S6721
Pending:
  Kennedy Amendment No. 3263, to prohibit the use of funds for the 
support of new nuclear weapons development under the Stockpile Services 
Advanced Concepts Initiative or for the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator 
(RNEP).                                                      
Page S6693
  Reid (for Leahy) Amendment No. 3292, to amend title 18, United States 
Code, to prohibit profiteering and fraud relating to military action, 
relief, and reconstruction efforts.                      
Pages S6696-97
  Dodd Modified Amendment No. 3313, to prohibit the use of contractors 
for certain Department of Defense activities and to establish 
limitations on the transfer of custody of prisoners of the Department 
of Defense.                                    
Pages S6703-04, S6705-11
  Smith/Kennedy Amendment No. 3183, to provide Federal assistance to 
States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes. 
                                                         Pages S6711-13
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 10:30 a.m., on Tuesday, June 15, 2004. 
                                                             Page S6746
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, the text of an amendment to the 
Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and 
the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern 
Ireland for Cooperation on the Uses of Atomic Energy for Mutual Defense 
Purposes of July 3, 1958; which was referred to the Committee on 
Foreign Relations. (PM-85)                                   
Page S6732
Appointments:
  Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group: The Chair, on behalf of the 
Vice President, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 276d-276g, as amended, appointed 
the following Senator as a member of the Senate Delegation to the 
Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group during the Second Session of the 
108th Congress: Senator Akaka.                               
  Page S6742
Escort Committee--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that the Presiding Officer of the Senate be authorized to 
appoint a committee on the part of the Senate to join with a like 
committee on the part of the House of Representatives to escort His 
Excellency Hamid Karzai, President of the Transitional Islamic State of 
Afghanistan, in to the House Chamber for the joint meeting on Tuesday, 
June 15, 2004.                                           
  Pages S6745-46
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Carol D'Amico, of Indiana, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the National Board for Education Sciences for a term of two years. 
(New Position)
  John C. Danforth, of Missouri, to be the Representative of the United 
States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and status of 
Ambassador, and the Representative of the United States of America in 
the Security Council of the United Nations.
  John C. Danforth, of Missouri, to be Representative of the United 
States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United 
Nations during his tenure of service as Representative of the United 
States of America to the United Nations.
  1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.

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  2 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Navy.                             
Pages S6746-47
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
  Page S6732
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S6732-34
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S6734-37
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S6737-41
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S6730-32
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S6741-42
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S6742
Authority for Committees to Meet:                            
  Page S6742
Privilege of the Floor:                                      
  Page S6742
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--112) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 1:01 p.m., and adjourned at 6:53 p.m., 
until 10:30 a.m., on Tuesday, June 15, 2004. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S6746.)