[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 82 (Tuesday, June 15, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D612-D614]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                                  Tuesday, June 15, 2004

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      The House and Senate met in a Joint Meeting to receive His Excellency 
      Hamid Karzai, President of the Transitional Islamic State of 
      Afghanistan.
      The House passed H.R. 4513, Renewable Energy Project Siting 
      Improvement Act of 2004.
      The House passed H.R. 4503, Energy Policy Act of 2004.


                                 Senate

Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6749-S6821
Measures Introduced: Five bills were introduced, as follows: S. 2518-2522. 
                                                              Pages S6803-04
Measures Reported: S.J. Res. 39, approving the renewal of import 
restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003. 
                                                                  Page S6803
Measures Passed:
  Flood Insurance Reform Act: Senate passed S. 2238, to amend the National 
Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to reduce loses to properties for which 
repetitive flood insurance claim payments have been made, after agreeing to 
the committee amendments, and the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                              Pages S6809-21
  Warner (for Shelby) Amendment No. 3451, to make technical and conforming 
amendments.                                                   
Pages S6815-16
National Defense Authorization Act: Senate continued 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 S6751-90
Adopted:
  By 65 yeas to 33 nays (Vote No. 114), Smith/Kennedy Amendment No. 3183, to 
provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute 
hate crimes.                                    
Pages S6751, S6763-73, S6775
  Talent/Bond Amendment No. 3251, to express the sense of Congress on 
America's National World War I Museum.                        
Pages S6779-80
  Warner (for Collins) Amendment No. 3395, to encourage the Secretary of 
Defense to achieve maximum cost effective energy savings.     
Pages S6785-89
  Levin (for Bingaman) Modified Amendment No. 3392, to clarify the duties 
and activities of the Vaccine Healthcare Centers Network.     
Pages S6785-89
  Warner (for Grassley/Feinstein) Modified Amendment No. 3402, to express 
the sense of Congress that the elimination of the drug trade in Afghanistan 
should be a national security priority for the United States, and to require 
a report on related efforts.                                  
Pages S6785-89
  Levin (for Bingaman) Modified Amendment No. 3346, to reduce barriers for 
Hispanic-serving institutions in defense contracts, defense research 
programs, and other minority-related defense programs.        
Pages S6785-89
  Warner (for Graham (SC)) Modified Amendment No. 3326, to clarify the 
authorities of the Judge Advocates General.                   
Pages S6785-89
  Levin (for Hollings) Modified Amendment No. 3349, to modify the authority 
to convey land at Equipment and Storage Yard, Charleston, South Carolina. 
                                                              Pages S6785-89

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  Warner (for Inhofe/Chambliss) Modified Amendment No. 3385, to exempt 
procurements of certain services from the limitation regarding service 
charges imposed for defense procurements made through contracts of other 
agencies.                                                     
                                                              Pages S6785-89
                                                                   Rejected:
  By 42 yeas to 55 nays (Vote No. 113), 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).                              
                                                              Pages S6751-63
                                                                    Pending:
  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.                               
                                                                  Page S6751
  Dodd Further 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 S6751, S6777
  Reed Amendment No. 3352, to increase the end strength for active duty 
personnel of the Army for fiscal year 2005 by 20,000 to 502,400. 
                                                              Pages S6780-84
  Warner Amendment No. 3450 (to Amendment No. 3352), to provide for funding 
the increased number of Army active-duty personnel out of fiscal year 2005 
supplemental funding.                                         
                                                              Pages S6780-84
  Durbin Amendment No. 3386, to affirm that the United States may not engage 
in torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment. 
                                                              Pages S6784-85
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill on Wednesday, June 16, 2004; that there be 30 
minutes of debate equally divided on Dodd amendment No. 3313 (listed above) 
and the Senate then proceed to a vote in relation to the amendment, with no 
amendments in order to the amendment prior to the vote; further, that 
Senator Warner, or his designee, be recognized to offer the next first 
degree amendment.                                                 
                                                                  Page S6789
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the following 
action:
  Warner (for Domenici) Amendment No. 3167, to require a report on the 
availability of potential overland ballistic missile defense test ranges, 
previously agreed to on Monday, June 14, 2004, was modified by unanimous 
consent.                                                          
                                                                  Page S6785
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from the 
President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a notification of the President's intent to 
enter into a free trade agreement with the Government of Bahrain; which was 
referred to the Committee on Finance. (PM-86)                     
                                                                  Page S6801
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. Ex. 115), Virginia E. Hopkins, of 
Alabama, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of 
Alabama.                                     
                                             Pages S6773-75, S6775-76, S6821
  By unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. 116), Ricardo S. Martinez, of 
Washington, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of 
Washington.                                  
                                             Pages S6773-75, S6776-77, S6821
  By unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. Ex. 117), Gene E. K. Pratter, of 
Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania.                                   
                                                Pages S6773-75, S6777, S6821
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.
  6 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  3 Marine Corps nominations in the rank of general.
  8 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.                      
                                                                  Page S6821
Messages From the House:                                      
  Pages S6801-02
Measures Referred:                                                
  Page S6802
Measures Placed on Calendar:                                      
  Page S6802
Executive Communications:                                     
  Pages S6802-03
Additional Cosponsors:                                        
  Pages S6804-05
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:                   
  Pages S6805-07
Additional Statements:                                            
  Page S6801
Amendments Submitted:                                         
  Pages S6807-08
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                     
  Page S6808
Authority for Committees to Meet:                             
  Pages S6808-09
Privilege of the Floor:                                           
  Page S6809
Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total--117) 
                                  Pages S6763, S6775, S6776, S6776-77, S6777
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10:30 a.m., and adjourned at 7:05 p.m., 
until 9 a.m., on Wednesday,

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June 16, 2004. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority 
Leader in today's Record on page S6821.)