[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 93 (Thursday, July 8, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D729-D730]
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                                             Thursday, July 8, 2004

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7775-S7870
Measures Introduced: Seventeen bills and two resolutions, were 
introduced as follows: S. 2619-S. 2635, S. Res. 401, and S. Con. Res. 
121.                                                     
  Pages S7827-28
Measures Reported:
  S. 2386, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for 
intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States 
Government, the Intelligence Community Management Account, and the 
Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, with 
amendments. (S. Rept. No. 108-300)                           
Page S7827
Measures Passed:
  Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act: Senate passed S. 2634, to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to support the planning, implementation, and 
evaluation of organized activities involving statewide youth suicide 
early intervention and prevention strategies, to provide funds for 
campus mental and behavioral health service centers.         
  Page S7864
Class Action Fairness Act: Senate continued consideration of S. 2062, 
to amend the procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class 
actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants, 
taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                      Pages S7782-S7819
Pending:
  Frist Amendment No. 3548, relative to the enactment date of the Act. 
                                                             Page S7782
  Frist Amendment No. 3549 (Amendment No. 3548), relative to the 
enactment date of the Act.                                   
Page S7782
  Frist Motion to Commit the bill to the Committee on the Judiciary, 
with instructions to report back forthwith.
  Frist Amendment No. 3550 (to the instructions of the motion to 
commit), relative to the enactment date of the Act.          
Page S7782
  Frist Amendment No. 3551 (Amendment No. 3550), relative to the 
enactment date of the Act.                                   
Page S7782
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 44 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 154), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to close further debate on the bill.     
Page S7819
Nominations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that the nominations of Juan Carlos Zarate, of California, to 
be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, and Stuart Levey, of 
Maryland, to be Under Secretary of the Treasury for Enforcement, be re-
referred to the Committee on Finance and referred to the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; further, that when the nominations 
are reported by the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, 
they then be automatically discharged from the Committee on Finance, 
and placed on the executive calendar.                        
  Page S7864
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  1 Marine Corps nomination in the rank of general.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.                  
Page S7870
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Valerie Lynn Baldwin, of Kansas, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Army.
  Christopher J. LaFleur, of New York, to be Ambassador to Malaysia.
  2 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  2 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Coast Guard, Navy.     
Pages S7868-70
Messages From the House:                                 
  Pages S7824-25
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S7825
Measures Placed on Calendar:                                 
  Page S7825
Measures Read First Time:                                    
  Page S7825
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S7825-27
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S7827
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S7828-29

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Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S7829-43
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S7823-24
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S7843-62
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S7862
Authority for Committees to Meet:                        
  Pages S7862-63
Privilege of the Floor:                                      
  Page S7863
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--154) 
                                                             Page S7819
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and adjourned at 8:18 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Friday, July 9, 2004. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7867.)