[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 84 (Thursday, June 17, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D635-D637]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                            Thursday, June 17, 2004

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      The House passed H.R. 4568, Department of Interior and Related 
      Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2005.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6971-S7028
Measures Introduced: Twelve bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2535-2546, S. Res. 382, and S. Con. Res. 119. 
                                                             Page S6977
Measures Reported: S. 2537, making appropriations for the Department of 
Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005. (S. 
Rept. No. 108-280)
  S. 2013, to amend section 119 of title 17, United States Code, to 
extend satellite home viewer provisions, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.
Page S6997
Measures Passed:
  Authorizing Senate Chamber Photograph: Senate agreed to S. Res. 382, 
authorizing the taking of a photograph in the Chamber of the United 
States Senate.
  Page S6977
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 S6913-41, S6945, S6971-85
Adopted:
  Murray Modified Amendment No. 3427, to facilitate the availability of 
child care for the children of members of the Armed Forces on active 
duty in connection with Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi 
Freedom.
Pages S691-185
  By 55 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 125), Warner Amendment No. 3453 (to 
Amendment No. 3354), to require the Secretary of Defense to prescribe 
and apply criteria for operationally realistic testing of fieldable 
prototypes developed under the ballistic missile defense spiral 
development program.
Pages S6928-41
  Reed Amendment No. 3354, to require baselines for and testing of 
block configurations of the Ballistic Missile Defense System. 
                                                         Pages S6928-41
  Warner Modified 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 S6913, S6946-51
  Sessions Amendment No. 3371, to provide for increased support of 
survivors of deceased members of the uniformed services. 
                                                         Pages S6951-54
  By 93 yeas to 4 nays (Vote No. 129), 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 S6913, S6965-66
  Warner (for Alexander) Modified Amendment No. 3173, to provide for 
the supplemental subsistence allowance, imminent danger pay, family 
separation allowance, and certain federal assistance to be cumulative 
benefits; and to require a report on availability of social services to 
members of the Armed Forces.
Pages S6971-72
  Levin (for Daschle) Amendment No. 3202, to provide relief for 
mobilized military reservists from certain Federal agricultural loan 
obligations.
Page S6972
  Warner (for Ensign) Modified Amendment No. 3440, to promote a 
thorough investigation of the United Nations Oil-for-Food Program. 
                                                             Page S6972
  Levin (for Clinton/Talent) Modified Amendment No. 3163, to provide 
for improved medical readiness of the members of the Armed Forces. 
                                               Pages S6972-75, S6979-80
  Warner (for Inhofe) Modified Amendment No. 3199, to authorize United 
Service Organizations, Incorporated (USO) to procure supplies and 
services from the General Services Administration supplies and services 
on the Federal Supply Schedule.
Page S6975

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  Levin (for Feinstein) Modified Amendment No. 3172, to express the 
sense of the Senate that perchlorate contamination of ground and 
surface water is becoming increasingly problematic to the public health 
of people in the United States.
Page S6975
  Warner (for Bond) Modified Amendment No. 3245, to require two reports 
on operation of the Federal Voting Assistance Program and the military 
postal system together with certain actions to improve the military 
postal system.
Page S6975
  Levin (for Leahy) Modified Amendment No. 3285, to amend title 32, 
United States Code, to provide for the use of members of the National 
Guard on full-time National Guard duty for carrying out homeland 
security activities in support of Federal agencies.
Pages S6975-76
  Warner (for Allard/Pryor) Amendment No. 3254, to repeal a requirement 
for an officer to retire upon termination of service as Superintendent 
of the Air Force Academy.
Page S6976
  Levin (for Akaka) Modified Amendment No. 3413, to amend the Science, 
Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Defense 
Scholarship Pilot Program.
Page S6976
  Warner (for Snowe) Amendment No. 3246, to permit qualified HUBZone 
small business concerns and small business concerns owned and 
controlled by service-disabled veterans to participate in the mentor-
protege program of the Department of Defense.
Page S6976
  Levin (for Bingaman) Modified Amendment No. 3390, to express the 
sense of Congress on the Global Partnership Against the Spread of 
Weapons of Mass Destruction.
Pages S6976-77
  Warner (for Snowe) Modified Amendment No. 3273, to revise and extend 
the authority for an advisory panel on review of Government procurement 
laws and regulations.
Page S6977
  Levin (for Bingaman) Modified Amendment No. 3284, to require an 
independent report on the efforts of the National Nuclear Security 
Administration to understand the aging of plutonium in nuclear weapons.
                                                             Page S6977
  Warner (for McConnell/Snowe) Modified Amendment No. 3434, to express 
the sense of the Senate on the effects of cost inflation on the value 
range of the contracts to which a small business contract reservation 
applies.
Page S6977
  Levin (for Dodd/DeWine) Amendment No. 3401, to amend the Federal Fire 
Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to provide financial assistance for 
the improvement of the health and safety of firefighters, promote the 
use of life saving technologies, and achieve greater equity for 
departments serving large jurisdictions.
Pages S6977, S6978-79
  Warner (for Campbell) Modified Amendment No. 3237, to ensure fairness 
in the standards applied to members of the Army in the awarding of the 
Combat Infantryman Badge and the Combat Medical Badge for service in 
Korea in comparison to the standards applied to members of the Army in 
the awarding of such badges for service in other areas of operations. 
                                                             Page S6977
  Levin (for Nelson (FL)) Modified Amendment No. 3279, to require a 
report on any relationships between terrorist organizations based in 
Colombia and foreign governments and organizations.
Pages S6977-78
Rejected:
  By 42 yeas to 57 nays (Vote No. 124), Boxer Amendment No. 3368, to 
allow deployment of the ground-based midcourse defense element of the 
national ballistic missile defense system only after the mission-
related capabilities of the system have been confirmed by operationally 
realistic testing.
Pages S6918-28
  By 44 yeas to 53 nays (Vote No. 130), Biden Amendment No. 3379, to 
provide funds for the security and stabilization of Iraq by suspending 
a portion of the reduction in the highest income tax rate for 
individual taxpayers.
Pages S6954-65, S6966
Pending:
  Bond Modified Amendment No. 3384, to include certain former nuclear 
weapons program workers in the Special Exposure Cohort under the Energy 
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program and to provide for 
the disposal of certain excess Department of Defense stocks for funds 
for that purpose.
Pages S6913, S6966
  Brownback Amendment No. 3235, to increase the penalties for 
violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions 
against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane language. 
                                                         Pages S6980-81
  Burns Amendment No. 3457 (to Amendment No. 3235), to provide for 
additional factors in indecency penalties issued by the Federal 
Communications Commission.
Pages S6981-84
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  The pending motion to invoke cloture on the bill was vitiated. 
                                                             Page S6985
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 9:30 a.m, on Friday, June 18, 2004. 
                                                             Page S6968
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By unanimous vote of 99 yeas (Vote No. Ex. 126), James L. Robart, of 
Washington, to be United States District Judge for the Western District 
of Washington.
Pages S6941-42, S6969

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  By 98 yeas 1 nay (Vote No. Ex. 127), Roger T. Benitez, of California, 
to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of 
California.
Pages S6942-44, S6969
  By unanimous vote of 99 yeas (Vote No. Ex. 128), Jane J. Boyle, of 
Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of 
Texas.
Pages S6944-45, S6969
  Alan Greenspan, of New York, to be Chairman of the Board of Governors 
of the Federal Reserve System for a term of four years. (Reappointment)
                                                             Page S6969
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Albert A. Frink, Jr., of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce.
  John Ripin Miller, of Washington, to be Director of the Office to 
Monitor and Combat Trafficking, with the rank of Ambassador at Large. 
(New Position)
  Robert Allen Pittman, of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs (Human Resources and Administration).
  Routine lists in the Army.
Page S6969
Messages From the House:
  Page S6995
Measures Referred:
  Page S6995
Executive Communications:
  Pages S6995-97
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S6997
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S6997-S7000
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S7000-24
Additional Statements:
  Pages S6994-95
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S7024-25
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S7025
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Page S7026
Privilege of the Floor:
  Pages S7026-27
Record Votes: Seven record votes were taken today. (Total--130) 
               Pages S6928, S6941, S6942, S6944, S6945, S6965-66, S6966
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 9:24 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Friday, June 18, 2004. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S6968.)