[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 97 (Wednesday, July 14, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D762-D763]
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                                           Wednesday, July 14, 2004

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House Committees ordered reported 34 sundry measures, including 
      the following appropriations for fiscal year 2005: Labor, Health 
      and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies; and the 
      District of Columbia.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8055-S8140
Measures Introduced: Eight bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2651-2658, and S. Res. 405.
  Page S8118
Measures Reported:
  S. 894, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in 
commemoration of the 230th Anniversary of the United States Marine 
Corps, and to support construction of the Marine Corps Heritage Center.
  S. 976, to provide for the issuance of a coin to commemorate the 
400th anniversary of the Jamestown settlement.
  S. 2610, to implement the United States-Australia Free Trade 
Agreement.
Page S8118
Measures Passed:
  Honoring Former President Gerald R. Ford's 91st Birthday: Senate 
agreed to S. Res. 405, honoring former President Gerald R. Ford on the 
occasion of his 91st birthday and extending the best wishes of the 
Senate to former President Ford and his family.
  Pages S8137, S8139-40
  Retirement Plan Clarification: Committee on Finance was discharged 
from further consideration of S. 2589, to clarify the status of certain 
retirement plans and the organizations which maintain the plans, and 
the bill was then passed.
  Page S8140
  Helping Hands for Homeownership Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 
4363, to facilitate self-help housing homeownership opportunities, 
clearing the measure for the President.
  Page S8140
Constitutional Amendment on Marriage: Senate continued consideration of 
the motion to proceed to consideration of S.J. Res. 40, proposing an 
amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to 
marriage.
  Pages S8061-90
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 48 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 155), 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 motion to proceed to 
consideration of S.J. Res. 40.
Page S8090
American Jobs Creation Act--Agreement: A unanimous consent agreement 
was reached providing that on Thursday, July 15, immediately following 
morning business, the pending motion to proceed to consideration of 
S.J. Res. 40 (listed above), be withdrawn, and the Majority Leader or 
his designee be recognized in order to move to proceed to H.R. 4520, to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove impediments in such 
Code and make our manufacturing, service, and high-technology 
businesses and workers more competitive and productive both at home and 
abroad; provided further, that the motion be agreed to and that 
Chairman Grassley then be immediately recognized in order to offer S. 
1637, as passed by the Senate, as a substitute amendment; provided 
further, that Senator DeWine be recognized in order to offer a DeWine-
Kennedy first degree amendment relating to the FDA and tobacco; 
further, that no other amendments be in order to the bill, and that 
there be 3 hours for debate equally divided on the amendment; further, 
that following the debate time, the Senate proceed to a vote in 
relation to the amendment at a time to be determined by the Majority 
Leader after consultation with

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the Democratic Leader, and that immediately following disposition of 
that amendment, the substitute amendment be agreed to, the bill then be 
read a third time, and the Senate proceed to a vote on passage of the 
bill; further, that the Senate then insist on its amendment, request a 
conference with the House thereon, and the Chair then be authorized to 
appoint conferees on the part of the Senate with a ratio of 12 to 11. 
                                                         Pages S8104-05
Appointments:
  Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance: The Chair, on 
behalf of the President pro tempore, pursuant to Public Law 99-498, 
appointed the following individual as a member of the Advisory 
Committee on Student Financial Assistance: Clare M. Cotton of 
Massachusetts.
  Page S8140
Messages From the House:
  Page S8117
Measures Referred:
  Page S8117
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S8117
Measures Read First Time:
  Page S8117
Enrolled Bills Presented:
  Page S8117
Executive Communications:
  Pages S8117-18
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S8118-19
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S8119-37
Additional Statements:
  Pages S8113-17
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S8138
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Page S8138
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--155) 
                                                             Page S8090
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 9:18 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, July 15, 2004. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S8140.)