[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 85 (Friday, June 18, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D645-D646]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                              Friday, June 18, 2004

[[Page D645]]

                              Daily Digest


Highlights

      The House passed H.R. 4567, Department of Homeland Security 
      Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2005.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7029-S7059
Measures Introduced: Three bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2547-S. 2549, and S. Res. 383-384.
  Page S7054
Measures Reported: Report to accompany S.J. Res. 39, approving the 
renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and 
Democracy Act of 2003. (S. Rept. No. 108-281)
  S. Res. 322, designating August 16, 2004, as ``National Airborne 
Day''.
  S. Res. 357, designating the week of August 8 through August 14, 
2004, as ``National Health Center Week''.
  S. Res. 370, designating September 7, 2004, as ``National Attention 
Deficit Disorder Awareness Day''.
Page S7054
Measures Passed:
  Marine Turtle Conservation Act: Senate passed H.R. 3378, to assist in 
the conservation of marine turtles and the nesting habitats of marine 
turtles in foreign countries, clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                             Page S7058
  National Fund for Excellence in American Indian Education: Senate 
passed H.R. 3504, to amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education 
Assistance Act to redesignate the American Indian Education Foundation 
as the National Fund for Excellence in American Indian Education, 
clearing the measure for the President.
  Page S7058
  Celebrating Fatherhood: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged 
from further consideration of S. Res. 379, protecting, promoting, and 
celebrating fatherhood, and the resolution was then agreed to. 
                                                         Pages S7058-59
  Commending Tampa Bay Lightning Hockey Team: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
383, commending the National Hockey League Tampa Bay Lightning for 
winning the 2004 Stanley Cup Championship.
  Page S7059
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 S7030-43
Adopted:
  Durbin Amendment No. 3196, to ensure that a Federal employee who 
takes leave without pay in order to perform service as a member of the 
uniformed services or member of the National Guard shall continue to 
receive pay in an amount which, when taken together with the pay and 
allowances such individual is receiving for such service, will be no 
less than the basic pay such individual would then be receiving if no 
interruption in employment had occurred.
Pages S7030-33, S7041
  Reid Modified Amendment No. 3297, to repeal the phase-in of 
concurrent payment of retired pay and veterans' disability compensation 
for veterans with a service-connected disability rated as 100 percent. 
                                                         Pages S7040-42
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.
Page S7030
  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. 
                                                             Page S7030

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  Burns Amendment No. 3457 (to Amendment No. 3235), to provide for 
additional factors in indecency penalties issued by the Federal 
Communications Commission.
                                                             Page S7030
  Durbin Amendment No. 3225, to require certain dietary supplement 
manufacturers to report certain serious adverse events. 
                                                         Pages S7033-34
  Lautenberg Amendment No. 3291, to require a protocol on media 
coverage of the return to the United States of the remains of members 
of the Armed Forces who are killed overseas.
                                                         Pages S7034-35
  Warner Amendment No. 3458 (to Amendment No. 3291), to propose a 
substitute expressing the sense of Congress on media coverage of the 
return to the United States of the remains of deceased members of the 
Armed Forces from overseas.
                                                         Pages S7035-37
  Reed Amendment No. 3353, to limit the obligation and expenditure of 
funds for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense program pending the 
submission of a report on operational test and evaluation. 
                                                         Pages S7037-42
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 1 p.m., on Monday, June 21, 2004. 
                                                             Page S7059
Messages From the House:
  Page S7054
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S7054-55
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S7055-57
Additional Statements:
  Pages S7053-54
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S7057-58
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S7058
Privilege of the Floor:
  Page S7058
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 2:26 p.m., 
until 1 p.m., on Monday, June 21, 2004. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7059.)