[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 87 (Tuesday, June 22, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D662-D666]
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                                             Tuesday, June 22, 2004

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7117-S7202
Measures Introduced: Six bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2555-2560, and S. Res. 387-388.
  Page S7174
Measures Reported: S. 2559, making appropriations for the Department of 
Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005.
  Page S7174
Measures Passed:
  TANF AND Related Programs Continuation Act: Senate passed H.R. 4589, 
to authorize the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant 
program through September 30, 2004, clearing the measure for the 
President.
  Pages S7200-01
  Hong Kong: Senate passed S.J. Res. 33, expressing support for freedom 
in Hong Kong, after agreeing to the committee amendment in the nature 
of a substitute, and the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S7201-02
  Frist (for Feinstein) Amendment No. 3473, to express support for 
democratic activity in Hong Kong.
Pages S7201-02
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 S7120-62
Adopted:
  Burns/Ensign Modified Amendment No. 3457 (to Amendment No. 3235), to 
provide for consideration of additional factors in indecency penalties 
issued by the Federal Communications Commission. 
                                                  Pages S7120, S7127-29
  By 99 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. 134), Brownback Amendment No. 3464 (to 
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 S7129
  Reid (for Dorgan) Amendment No. 3465 (to Amendment No. 3235), to 
increase FCC's authority to fine for indecent broadcasts and prevent 
further relaxation of the media ownership rules in order to stem the 
rise of indecent programming.
Pages S7129-30
  Reid (for Hollings) Amendment No. 3466 (to Amendment No. 3235), to 
protect children from violent programming.
Page S7130
  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 S7130
  By 54 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. 135), Warner (for McCain) Amendment 
No. 3461 (to the language proposed to be stricken by Amendment No. 
3197), in the nature of a substitute.
Pages S7131-34
  Levin (for Daschle) Modified Amendment No. 3329, to increase amounts 
provided under the Defense Health Program and RDT&E for the Army for 
research and development relating to leishmaniasis, the skin ailment 
resulting from parasitic sand flies in Iraq, and to provide an offset. 
                                                             Page S7152
  Warner Modified Amendment No. 3433, to authorize, and authorize the 
appropriations of, $5,500,000 for military construction at F.E. Warren 
Air Force Base, Wyoming, and to provide an offset.
Pages S7152-53
  Levin (for Nelson (FL)) Modified Amendment No. 3234, to make 
available, from amounts for operation and maintenance for the Army, 
$10,000,000 for the Family Readiness Program of the National Guard, and 
to provide an offset.
Page S7153
  Warner Amendment No. 3430, to improve authorities under the 
alternative authority for acquisition and improvement of military 
housing.
Page S7156
  Warner (for Chambliss) Amendment No. 3293, to require a GAO analysis 
of the potential for using transitional benefit corporations in 
connection with competitive sourcing of the performance of activities 
and functions of the Department of Defense.
Page S7156
  Levin (for Dayton) Modified Amendment No. 3333, to require a periodic 
detailed accounting of costs and expenditures for Operation Iraqi 
Freedom,

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Operation Enduring Freedom, and all other operations relating to the 
Global War on Terrorism.
Page S7158
  Warner Amendment No. 3471, to increase the amount for RDT&E, Defense-
Wide, to provide for joint threat warning system maritime variants, and 
to provide an offset.
Page S7153
  Levin (for Kennedy) Modified Amendment No. 3289, to provide an 
additional amount for the Department of Defense One Source counseling 
and referral hotline, and to provide an offset.
Page S7153
  Warner (for Lott/Cochran) Modified Amendment No. 3179, to set aside 
$3,000,000 of the RDT&E, Navy, funds for development and testing of the 
advanced Ferrite Antenna.
Pages S7132-33, S7153
  Levin (for Reed) Modified Amendment No. 3351, to increase by 
$5,000,000 the amount authorized to be appropriated for research, 
development, test, and evaluation, Navy, and to allocate the amount of 
the increase for Program Element PE 0604503N for a prototype littoral 
array system for operating submarines, and to provide an offset. 
                                                             Page S7153
  Warner (for Santorum) Modified Amendment No. 3239, to increase by 
$5,000,000 the amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2005 for the Army for procurement for weapons and tracked combat 
vehicles for the purpose of procuring M109-based command-and-control 
vehicles or field artillery ammunition support vehicles.
Page S7153
  Levin (for Pryor) Modified Amendment No. 3264, to recognize the 
sacrifices of the members of the Armed Forces who are injured in 
combat.
Page S7153
  Levin (for Bayh) Modified Amendment No. 3157, to authorize an 
additional $2,000,000 for research, development, test, and evaluation, 
Defense-wide activities, for Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, and 
$3,000,000 for research, and to provide an offset for the amounts. 
                                                  Pages S7153-54, S7152
  Warner Amendment No. 3429, to provide exceptions to the bilateral 
agreement requirement for transfers of defense items to the United 
Kingdom and Australia.
Pages S7153-54
  Levin (for Daschle/Frist) Modified Amendment No. 3327, to require a 
report on establishing national centers of excellence for unmanned 
aerial and ground vehicles.
Pages S7154-55
  Warner Modified Amendment No. 3431, to provide authority to transfer 
naval vessels to certain foreign countries.
Page S7155
  Levin Modified Amendment No. 3337, to require a report on the post-
major combat operations phase of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Page S7155
  Levin (for Boxer) Amendment No. 3367, to amend title 10, United 
States Code, to exempt abortions of pregnancies in cases of rape and 
incest from a limitation on use of Department of Defense funds. 
                                                             Page S7156
  Warner (for Inhofe) Modified Amendment No. 3198, to increase the 
amount of assistance authorized to be provided by the Secretary of 
Defense to Iraq and Afghanistan military or security forces during 
fiscal year 2005.
Page S7156
  Levin (for Graham (FL)) Modified Amendment No. 3365, to authorize a 
pilot program on cryptologic service training.
Page S7156
  Levin (for Feingold) Modified Amendment No. 3399, to require the 
Comptroller General to conduct a study of transition assistance 
provided for members of the Armed Forces being discharged or released 
from active duty; to require a related study; and to add to the content 
of pre-separation counseling for the members.
Pages S7156-57
  Warner (for Ensign) Modified Amendment No. 3325, to extend to current 
Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act contracts for the operation of military dining 
facilities a limitation on the applicability of the Randolph-Sheppard 
Act to the operation of such facilities.
Page S7157
  Levin (for Clinton) Modified Amendment No. 3204, to require a 
Comptroller General report on closure of Department of Defense 
dependent elementary and secondary schools and commissary stores. 
                                                         Pages S7157-58
  Warner (for McCain) Modified Amendment No. 3441, to impose 
limitations and requirements for the acquisition of aerial refueling 
aircraft for the Air Force.
Page S7158
  Warner (for McCain) Amendment No. 3319, to repeal certain 
requirements and limitations relating to the defense industrial base. 
                                                             Page S7158
  Levin Amendment No. 3339, to modify the priority afforded 
applications for national defense tank vessel construction assistance. 
                                                             Page S7158
Rejected:
  By 44 yeas to 56 nays (Vote No. 133), Levin Amendment No. 3338, to 
reallocate funds for Ground-based Midcourse interceptors to homeland 
defense and combatting terrorism.
Pages S7120-28
Withdrawn:
  Reid Amendment No. 3469 (to Amendment No. 3387), to direct the 
Attorney General to submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
Senate all documents in the possession of the Department of Justice 
relating to the treatment and interrogation of individuals held in the 
custody of the United States.
Pages S7138-40
Pending:
  Bond Modified Amendment No. 3384, to include certain former nuclear 
weapons program workers in

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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 S7120
  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.
Page S7120
  Bingaman Amendment No. 3459, to require reports on the detainment of 
foreign nationals by the Department of Defense and on Department of 
Defense investigations of allegations of violations of the Geneva 
Convention.
Page S7120
  Warner Amendment No. 3460 (to Amendment No. 3459), in the nature of a 
substitute.
Page S7120
  Feingold Modified Amendment No. 3288, to rename and modify the 
authorities relating to the Inspector General of the Coalition 
Provisional Authority.
Page S7120
  Landrieu/Snowe Amendment No. 3315, to amend title 10, United States 
Code, to increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for 
surviving spouses age 62 and older, and to provide for a one-year open 
season under that plan.
Page S7120
  Reid (for Daschle) Amendment No. 3409, to assure that funding is 
provided for veterans' health care each fiscal year to cover increases 
in population and inflation.
Pages S7128-29
  Ensign Amendment No. 3467 (to Amendment No. 3315), to provide a 
fiscally responsible open enrollment authority.
Page S7134
  Daschle Amendment No. 3468 (to Amendment No. 3409), to assure that 
funding is provided for veterans' health care each fiscal year to cover 
increases in population and inflation.
Pages S7134-37
  Reid (for Akaka) Amendment No. 3414, to provide for fellowships for 
students to enter Federal service.
Page S7137
  Reid (for Leahy) Amendment No. 3387, relative to the treatment of 
foreign prisoners.
Pages S7137-38
  Warner (for Lott) Amendment No. 3220, to repeal the authority of the 
Secretary of Defense to recommend that installations be placed in 
inactive status as part of the recommendations of the Secretary during 
the 2005 round of defense base closure and realignment.
  Warner (for Bennett/Hatch) Amendment No. 3373, to provide for the 
protection of the Utah Test and Training Range.
  Warner (for Bennett) Amendment No. 3403, to prohibit a full-scale 
underground nuclear test of the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator weapon 
without a specific authorization of Congress.
  Warner (for Inhofe) Amendment No. 3280, to reauthorize energy saving 
performance contracts.
  Warner (for McCain) Amendment No. 3442, to impose requirements for 
the leasing of aerial refueling aircraft for the Air Force.
  Warner (for McCain) Amendment No. 3443, to impose requirements for 
the aerial refueling aircraft program of the Air Force.
  Warner (for McCain) Amendment No. 3444, to restrict leasing of aerial 
refueling aircraft by the Air Force.
  Warner (for McCain) Amendment No. 3445, to prohibit the leasing of 
Boeing 767 aircraft by the Air Force.
  Levin (for Biden/Lugar) Amendment No. 3378, to provide certain 
authorities, requirements, and limitations on foreign assistance and 
arms exports.
Page S7152
  Levin (for Byrd) Amendment No. 3423, to modify the number of military 
personnel and civilians who may be assigned or retained in connection 
with Plan Colombia.
Page S7152
  Levin (for Byrd) Amendment No. 3286, to restrict acceptance of 
compensation for contractor employment of certain executive branch 
policymakers after termination of service in the positions to which 
appointed.
Page S7152
  Levin (for Corzine) Amendment No. 3303, to amend title 10, United 
States Code, to reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for 
nonregular service from 60 to 55.
Page S7152
  Levin (for Daschle) Amendment No. 3328, to require the Secretary of 
the Air Force to maintain 3 additional B-1 bomber aircraft, in addition 
to the current fleet of 67 B-1 bomber aircraft, as an attrition reserve 
for the B-1 bomber aircraft fleet.
Page S7152
  Levin (for Daschle) Amendment No. 3330, to authorize the provision to 
Indian tribes of excess nonlethal supplies of the Department of 
Defense.
Page S7152
  Levin (for Dayton) Amendment No. 3203, to require a periodic detailed 
accounting of costs and expenditures for Operation Iraqi Freedom, 
Operation Enduring Freedom, and all other operations relating to the 
Global War on Terrorism.
Page S7152
  Levin (for Dodd) Amendment No. 3311, relating to the imposition by 
the Department of Defense of offsets against certain contractors. 
                                                             Page S7152
  Levin (for Dodd) Amendment No. 3310, to amend the Federal Law 
Enforcement Pay Reform Act of 1990 to adjust the percentage 
differentials payable to the Federal law enforcement officers in 
certain high-cost areas.
Page S7152

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  Levin (for Feingold) Amendment No. 3400, to enable military family 
members to take leave to attend to deployment-related business and 
tasks.
Pages S7143-44, S7152
  Levin (for Graham (FL)) Amendment No. 3300, to amend the Haitian 
Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998.
Page S7152
  Levin (for Leahy) Amendment No. 3388, to obtain a full accounting of 
the programs and activities of the Iraqi National Congress. 
                                                             Page S7152
  Levin Amendment No. 3336, to authorize the demolition of facilities 
and improvements on certain military installations approved for closure 
under the defense base closure and realignment process.
Page S7152
  Levin (for Kennedy) Amendment No. 3201, to assist school districts 
serving large numbers or percentages of military dependent children 
affected by the war in Iraq or Afghanistan, or by other Department of 
Defense personnel decisions.
Page S7152
  Levin (for Kennedy) Amendment No. 3377, to require reports on the 
efforts of the President to stabilize Iraq and relieve the burden on 
members of the Armed Forces of the United States deployed in Iraq and 
the Persian Gulf region.
Pages S7140-43, S7152
  Levin (for Reed/Kohl) Amendment No. 3355, to ensure the soundness of 
defense supply chains through the support of Manufacturing Extension 
Partnership centers that improve the productivity and competitiveness 
of small manufacturers; and to clarify the fiscal year 2004 funding 
level for a National Institute of Standards and Technology account. 
                                                             Page S7152
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the bill and, in 
accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur on Thursday, June 22, 2004. 
                                                             Page S7162
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for the 
consideration of the following amendments at 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, 
June 23, 2004: Corzine Amendment No. 3303 for 30 minutes; Byrd 
Amendment No. 3423 for 20 minutes; McConnell Amendment relative to the 
Iraq report and Kennedy Amendment No. 3377 for a total of 30 minutes; 
and Reed Amendment No. 3353 for 20 minutes; following which, Senate 
will proceed to a series of consecutive votes in relation to these 
amendments, with no second-degree amendments in order prior to the 
votes.
Page S7202
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  Under Senate precedent, Dayton/Feingold Modified Amendment No. 3197, 
to strike section 842, relative to a conforming standard for waiver of 
domestic source or content requirement, was rendered moot, when Warner 
(for McCain) Amendment No. 3461 (to the language proposed to be 
stricken by Amendment No. 3197) listed above, was agreed to. 
                                                             Page S7134
  Sessions Amendment No. 3371, to provide for increased support of 
survivors of deceased members of the uniformed services, previously 
agreed to on June 17, 2004, was modified
Pages S7158-60
  Bunning (for McConnell/Bunning) Modified Amendment No. 3438, to 
strike the funding offset for the coverage under the Energy Employee 
Occupational Illness Compensation Program of atomic weapons employees 
employed as facilities during period of residual contamination, 
previously agreed to on June 16, 2004, was further modified. 
                                                             Page S7159
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, the President's report to Congress 
concerning the Secretary of Commerce's certification under section 8 of 
the Fisherman's Protective Act of 1967, as amended (the ``Pelly 
Amendment'') (22 U.S.C. 1978) that Iceland has conducted whaling 
activities that diminish the effectiveness of the International Whaling 
Commission (IWC) conservation program; which was referred to the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (PM-88) 
                                                         Pages S7168-69
Messages From the House:
  Page S7169
Measures Referred:
  Page S7169
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S7169
Executive Communications:
  Pages S7173-74
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Pages S7169-73
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S7174-76
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S7176-95
Additional Statements:
  Pages S7166-68
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S7195-99
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Pages S7199-S7200
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Page S7200
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--135) 
                                              Pages S7128, S7129, S7134
Recess: Senate convened at 9:47 a.m., and recessed at 9:58 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, June 23, 2004. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7202.)

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