[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 105 (Wednesday, September 8, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D855-D856]
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                                       Wednesday, September 8, 2004

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8925-S8975
Measures Introduced: Three bills were introduced, as follows: S. 2778-
2780.                                                        
  Page S8963
Measures Reported:
  Special Report entitled ``Allocation to Subcommittees of Budget 
Totals from the Concurrent Resolution for Fiscal Year 2005''. (S. Rept. 
No. 108-336)
  Special Report entitled ``Revised Allocation to Subcommittees of 
Budget Totals for Fiscal Year 2005''. (S. Rept. No. 108-337) 
                                                             Page S8963
Homeland Security Appropriations: Pursuant to the order of Tuesday, 
September 7, 2004, Senate began consideration of H.R. 4567, making 
appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2005, striking all after the enacting clause 
and inserting in lieu thereof, the text of S. 2537, Senate companion 
measure, for the purpose of further amendment, and taking action on the 
following amendments proposed thereto:         
  Pages S8933-34, S8934-55
Adopted:
  By 49 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 167), Thomas Amendment No. 3582 (to 
Amendment No. 3581), to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to 
submit to Congress, at least 60 days prior to award, a report on the 
results of an Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 
competition, to include estimated savings, performance improvements, 
and the impact on jobs and Federal Government employees. 
                                                         Pages S8947-50
  By 49 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 168) Leahy Amendment No. 3584 (to 
Amendment No. 3581), to prohibit funds from being used to process or 
approve a competition under Office of Management and Budget Circular A-
76 for services provided as of June 1, 2004, by certain employees of 
the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services of the Department of 
Homeland Security.                                       
Pages S8950-51
  Leahy Amendment No. 3581, to prohibit funds from being used to 
process or approve a competition under Office of Management and Budget 
Circular A-76 for services provided as of June 1, 2004, by certain 
employees of the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services of the 
Department of Homeland Security.                         
Pages S8945-51
  Cochran/Byrd Amendment No. 3586, to make technical corrections to 
provisions of the bill related to verification of air carrier calendar 
year 2000 security costs.                                
Pages S8951-52
  Cochran Amendment No. 3587, to make a technical correction. 
                                                         Pages S8951-52
  Cochran (for Byrd/Stevens) Amendment No. 3588, to make modifications 
to the Government Accountability Office study of the Transportation 
Security Administration's Computer Assisted Passenger Pre-screening 
System/Secure Flight program.                            
Pages S8951-52
  During consideration of this measure today, the Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 50 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. 166), 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 Schumer Modified Amendment No. 3580, to 
appropriate an additional $150,000,000 for port security research and 
development grants. Subsequently, the point of order that the amendment 
would provide spending in excess of the subcommittee's 302(b) 
allocation was sustained, and the amendment thus fell.   
Pages S8941-45
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for certain 
first-degree amendments, subject to relevant second-degree amendments, 
and that all other provisions of the order governing this bill remain 
in effect.                                               
Pages S8954-55
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for the 
consideration of the bill at approximately 10:30 a.m., on Thursday, 
September 9, 2004.                                           
Page S8972
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Raymond F. DuBois, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Under 
Secretary of Defense for Logistics and Materiel Readiness.
  Thomas V. Skinner, of Illinois, to be an Assistant Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency.

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  Howard J. Krongard, of New Jersey, to be Inspector General, 
Department of State.
  Douglas Menarchik, of Texas, to be an Assistant Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development.
  Catherine Todd Bailey, of Kentucky, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Latvia.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy. 
                                                         Pages S8972-75
Messages From the House:                                     
  Page S8960
Measures Referred:                                       
  Pages S8960-61
Measures Placed on Calendar:                                 
  Page S8961
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S8961-63
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S8963-64
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S8964-67
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S8958-60
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S8967-71
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S8971
Authority for Committees to Meet:                        
  Pages S8971-72
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--168) 
                                              Pages S8945, S8950, S8951
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10:30 a.m., and adjourned at 7:47 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, September 9, 2004. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S8972.)