[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 100 (Monday, July 19, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D792-D793]
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                                              Monday, July 19, 2004

[[Page D792]]


                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8405-S8430
Measures Introduced: Six bills were introduced as follows: S. 2683-
2688.                                                        
  Page S8423
Measures Passed:
  Santiago E. Campos U.S. Courthouse: Senate passed S. 2385, to 
designate the United States courthouse at South Federal Place in Santa 
Fe, New Mexico, as the ``Santiago E. Campos United States Courthouse''.
                                                             Page S8427
  James V. Hansen Federal Building: Senate passed S. 2398, to designate 
the Federal building located at 324 Twenty-Fifth Street in Ogden, Utah, 
as the James V. Hansen Federal Building.                     
  Page S8427
  Winston E. Arnow U.S. Courthouse: Senate passed H.R. 1572, to 
designate the historic Federal District Court Building located at 100 
North Palafox Street in Pensacola, Florida, as the ``Winston E. Arnow 
Federal Building'', clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                             Page S8427
  Sergeant First Class Paul Ray Smith Post Office Building: Committee 
on Governmental Affairs was discharged from further consideration of 
H.R. 4380, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 4737 Mile Stretch Drive in Holiday, Florida, as the 
``Sergeant First Class Paul Ray Smith Post Office Building'', and the 
bill was then passed, clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                             Page S8427
  Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Reservation Contract: Committee on 
Indian Affairs was discharged from further consideration of S. 2277, to 
amend the Act of November 2, 1966 (80 Stat. 1112), to allow binding 
arbitration clauses to be included in all contracts affecting the land 
within the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Reservation, and the bill 
was then passed.                                             
  Page S8427
Nomination: Senate resumed consideration of the nomination of William 
Gerry Myers III, of Idaho, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Ninth Circuit.                                           
  Pages S8406-12
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination at approximately 11 a.m., on Tuesday, 
July 20, 2004, and that the time until 12:30 p.m., be equally divided 
between the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on the 
Judiciary.                                               
Pages S8427-28
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Michael D. Gallagher, of Washington, to be Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce for Communications and Information.
  Theodore Williams Kassinger, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of 
Commerce.
  Floyd Hall, of New Jersey, to be a Member of the Reform Board 
(Amtrak) for a term of five years.
  Jack Edwin McGregor, of Connecticut, to be a Member of the Advisory 
Board of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation.
  Brigadier General Don T. Riley, United States Army, to be a Member 
and President of the Mississippi River Commission, under the provisions 
of Section 2 of an Act of Congress, approved June 1879 (21 Stat. 37) 
(33 U.S.C. 642).
  B. Lynn Pascoe, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Indonesia.
  Daniel R. Levinson, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, Department 
of Health and Human Services.
  Routine lists in the Foreign Service, Public Health Service. 
                                                         Pages S8428-30
Nomination Withdrawn: Senate received notification of withdrawal of the 
following nomination:
  Albert Casey, of Texas, to be a Governor of the United States Postal 
Service for a term expiring December 8, 2009, which was sent to the 
Senate on January 21, 2004.                                  
Page S8430
Messages From the House:                                     
  Page S8421
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S8421
Measures Placed on Calendar:                                 
  Page S8421
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S8421-23
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S8423-24
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S8424-26
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S8419-21

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Authority for Committees to Meet:                            
  Page S8426
Privilege of the Floor:                                      
  Page S8427
Adjournment: Senate convened at 1 p.m., and adjourned at 6:03 p.m., 
until 10 a.m., on Tuesday, July 20, 2004. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S8428.)