[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 88 (Wednesday, June 23, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D676-D679]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                           Wednesday, June 23, 2004

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization 
      Act.
      The House passed H.R. 4548, Intelligence Authorization Act for 
      Fiscal Year 2005.
      House Committees ordered reported 10 sundry measures, including 
      the following appropriations for fiscal year 2005: Commerce, 
      Justice, State, Judiciary and Related Agencies; Agriculture, 
      Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related 
      Agencies; and Legislative.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7277-S7347
Measures Introduced: Eleven bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2561-2571, and S. Res. 389-390.
  Page S7311
Measures Passed:
  Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act: Senate passed S. 2507, 
to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child 
Nutrition Act of 1966 to provide children with increased access to food 
and nutrition assistance, to simplify program operations and improve 
program management, to reauthorize child nutrition programs, after 
agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S7244-65
  Crapo (for Cochran/Harkin) Amendment No. 3474, in the nature of a 
substitute.
Pages S7249-65
  Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act: By a unanimous 
vote of 97 yeas (Vote No. 146), Senate passed 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, after taking 
action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                              Pages S7204-21, S7223-26, S7230, S7277-99
Adopted:
  Bond Further 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 S7204, S7218-21
  By 71 yeas to 27 nays (Vote No. 137), Warner (for McConnell) 
Amendment No. 3472, to require a report on the stabilization of Iraq. 
                                                  Pages S7207-10, S7224
  Feingold Modified Amendment No. 3288, to rename and modify the 
authorities relating to the Inspector General of the Coalition 
Provisional Authority.
Pages S7204, S7267-68
  Landrieu/Snowe Modified Amendment No. 3315, to substitute the 
substantive text of S. 1916, but without the restriction on the maximum 
premium chargeable for SBP participation initiated by enrollment during 
the special period of open enrollment.
Pages S7204, S7268-70
  Reid (for Akaka) Modified Amendment No. 3414, to provide for a report 
on the recruitment and retention of individuals with foreign language 
skills.
Pages S7204, S7270-71
  Warner (for Inhofe) Modified Amendment No. 3280, to reauthorize 
energy saving performance contracts.
Pages S7204, S7211, S7273-74
  Levin (for Reed/Kohl) Modified Amendment No. 3355, to clarify the 
fiscal year 2004 funding level for a National Institute of Standards 
and Technology account.
Pages S7205, S7271
  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

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during the 2005 round of defense base closure and realignment. 
                                                     Pages S7204, S7271
  Warner (for Bennett/Hatch) Modified Amendment No. 3373, to require a 
report on encroachment issues affecting Utah Test and Training Range, 
Utah.
Page S7204
  Bingaman Modified 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.
Pages S7271-72
  Levin (for Dodd) Modified Amendment No. 3311, to provide for a report 
on offset requirements under certain contracts.
Pages S7204, S7272
  Warner Amendment No. 3476, to provide for appropriate coordination in 
the preparation of the management plan for contractor security 
personnel.
Page S7272
  Warner Amendment No. 3477, to provide for appropriate coordination in 
the preparation of the report on contractor performance of security, 
intelligence, law enforcement, and criminal justice functions, and to 
add other congressional committee recipients for the report. 
                                                             Page S7272
  Warner Amendment No. 3478, to provide for appropriate coordination in 
the preparation of the report on contractor security in Iraq, and to 
add other congressional committee recipients for the report. 
                                                             Page S7272
  Warner Amendment No. 3479, to provide for the space posture review to 
be a joint undertaking of the Secretary of Defense and the Director of 
Central Intelligence.
Page S7272
  Warner Amendment No. 3480, to add the Select Committee on 
Intelligence and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
House of Representatives as recipients of the report of the panel on 
the future of military space launch.
Page S7272
  Warner Amendment No. 3481, to add the Director of Central 
Intelligence as an approving official for Department of Defense 
assistance to Iraq and Afghanistan military and security forces in 
certain cases.
Page S7272
  Levin (for Reid/Lieberman) Modified Amendment No. 3342, to require a 
plan on the implementation and utilization of flexible personnel 
management authorities in Department of Defense laboratories. 
                                                         Pages S7272-73
  Warner/Levin Amendment No. 3482, to express the sense of the Senate 
regarding the return of members of the Armed Forces to active service 
upon rehabilitation from service-related injuries.
Page S7273
  Levin (for Hollings) Amendment No. 3483, to authorize, and authorize 
the appropriation of, $18,140,000 for military construction at Navy 
Weapons Station, Charleston, South Carolina, for the construction of a 
consolidated electronic integration and support facility to house the 
command and control systems engineering and design work of the Space 
and Naval Warfare Systems Center, Charleston, and to provide offsets, 
including the elimination of the authorization of appropriations of 
$10,358,000 for military construction at Charleston, South Carolina, 
for the construction of a readiness center for the Army National Guard.
                                                             Page S7273
  Warner Amendment No. 3484, to add an amount for a bed-down initiative 
to enable the C-130 aircraft of the Idaho Air National Guard to be the 
permanent carrier of the SENIOR SCOUT mission shelters of the 169th 
Intelligence Squadron of the Utah Air National Guard. 
                                                  Pages S7218-21, S7273
  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 S7204, S7274
  Reid (for Leahy) Amendment No. 3387, relative to the treatment of 
foreign prisoners. (By 45 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 143), Senate 
earlier failed to table the amendment.)
Pages S7204, S7288
Rejected:
  By 48 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 138), 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 S7204, S7225
  By 45 yeas to 53 nays (Vote No. 139), 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 S7204, S7210-13, S7225
  By 40 yeas to 58 nays (Vote No. 140), 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. 
                                        Pages S7204, S7213-18, S7225-26
  By 46 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 144), Leahy/Corzine Amendment No. 
3485 (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 S7274-75, S7288-89
Withdrawn:
  Levin (for Feingold) Amendment No. 3400, to enable military family 
members to take leave to attend to deployment-related business and 
tasks.
Pages S7204, S7265-67
  Warner Amendment No. 3460 (to Amendment No. 3459), in the nature of a 
substitute.
Page S7204

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  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.
Page S7204
  Warner (for McCain) Amendment No. 3442, to impose requirements for 
the leasing of aerial refueling aircraft for the Air Force. 
                                                             Page S7204
  Warner (for McCain) Amendment No. 3443, to impose requirements for 
the aerial refueling aircraft program of the Air Force.
Page S7204
  Warner (for McCain) Amendment No. 3444, to restrict leasing of aerial 
refueling aircraft by the Air Force.
Page S7204
  Warner (for McCain) Amendment No. 3445, to prohibit the leasing of 
Boeing 767 aircraft by the Air Force.
Page S7204
  Levin (for Biden/Lugar) Amendment No. 3378, to provide certain 
authorities, requirements, and limitations on foreign assistance and 
arms exports.
Page S7204
  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 S7204
  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 S7204
  Levin (for Daschle) Amendment No. 3330, to authorize the provision to 
Indian tribes of excess nonlethal supplies of the Department of 
Defense.
Page S7204
  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 S7204
  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 S7204
  Levin (for Graham) (FL)) Amendment No. 3300, to amend the Haitian 
Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998.
Page S7204
  Levin (for Leahy) Amendment No. 3388, to obtain a full accounting of 
the programs and activities of the Iraqi National Congress. 
                                                             Page S7204
  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 S7204
  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 S7204
  Ensign Amendment No. 3467 (to Amendment No. 3315), to provide a 
fiscally responsible open enrollment authority. (Senate vitiated 
earlier adoption of the amendment).
Pages S7204, S7269
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took action 
the following action:
  By 49 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. 136), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974 with respect to 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. 
Subsequently, the point of order that the amendment would increase 
mandatory spending, was sustained, and the amendment thus fell. 
                                                         Pages S7223-24
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that Senator 
Smith be authorized to change his vote from nay to yea with respect to 
Vote No. 129 (changing the vote tally to 94 yeas to 3 nays), on 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, agreed 
to on June 17, 2004.
  Warner (for Gregg) Amendment No. 3475 (to Amendment No. 3400), to 
enable military family members to take time off to attend to 
deployment-related business, tasks, and other family issues, fell when 
Levin (for Feingold) Amendment No. 3400 (listed above) was withdrawn. 
                                                         Pages S7265-67
  By 49 yeas to 48 nays (Vote No. 145), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, with respect to 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. Subsequently, the 
point of order that the amendment would increase mandatory spending, 
was sustained, and the amendment thus fell.
Page S7204, S7289-90
  Department of Defense Authorization: Senate passed S. 2401, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, and to prescribe personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, after striking all after the 
enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof Division A of S. 2400, 
National Defense Authorization, as amended.
  Page S7300

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  Military Construction Authorization: Senate passed S. 2402, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for military 
construction, after striking all after the enacting clause and 
inserting in lieu thereof Division B of S. 2400, National Defense 
Authorization, as amended.
  Page S7300
  Department of Energy Defense Activities Authorization: Senate passed 
S. 2403, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, after striking all after the 
enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof Division C of S. 2400, 
National Defense Authorization, as amended.
  Pages S7300-01
  National Defense Authorization: Senate passed H.R. 4200 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 Forces, after striking all 
after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the text of S. 
2400, Senate companion measure, as amended and passed by the Senate. 
                                                             Page S7300
  National Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Day: Senate agreed to S. 
Res. 390, designating September 9, 2004, as ``National Fetal Alcohol 
Spectrum Disorders Day''.
  Pages S7346-47
  Surface Transportation Extension Act: Senate passed H.R. 4635, to 
provide an extension of highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, 
transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund 
pending enactment of a law reauthorizing the Transportation Equity Act 
for the 21st Century, clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                             Page S7347
Class Action Fairness Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that the previous order with respect to S. 2062, to 
amend the procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class 
actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants, be 
vitiated, and the Senate then proceed to its consideration upon the 
disposition of the Defense Appropriations Bill.
Nomination Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that at 10 a.m., on Thursday, June 24, Senate begin 
consideration of the nomination of John C. Danforth, of Missouri, to be 
a U.S. Representative to the United Nations, with the rank and status 
of Ambassador, and the U.S. Representative in the Security Council of 
the United Nations, and to be U.S. Representative to the Sessions of 
the General Assembly of the United Nations during his tenure of service 
as U.S. Representative to the United Nations.
  Page S7275
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. Ex. 141), Juan R. Sanchez, of 
Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of Pennsylvania.
Pages S7226-28, S7276
  By unanimous vote of 94 yeas (Vote No. Ex. 142), Walter D. Kelley, 
Jr., of Virginia, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of Virginia.
Pages S7228-29, S7276
Messages From the House:
  Page S7306
Measures Referred:
  Page S7306
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S7306
Enrolled Bills Presented:
  Page S7306
Executive Communications:
  Pages S7306-08
Petitions and Memorials:
  Pages S7308-11
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S7311-12
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S7313-26
Additional Statements:
  Pages S7303-06
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S7326-45
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Pages S7345-46
Privilege of the Floor:
  Page S7346
Record Votes: Eleven record votes were taken today. (Total--146) 
                                        Pages S4821-24, S7288-90, S7299
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:31 a.m., and adjourned at 11:45 p.m., 
until 10 a.m., on Thursday, June 24, 2004. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S7275-
76.)