[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 122 (Friday, October 1, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D986-D989]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S10195-S10287
Measures Introduced: Five bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2880-2884, and S. Res. 445.
  Pages S10261-62
Measures Reported:
  S. 1134, to reauthorize and improve the programs authorized by the 
Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 108-382)
Page S10261
Measures Passed:
  Background Checks Programs: Senate passed S. 2882,to make the program 
for national criminal history background checks for volunteer groups 
permanent.
  Pages S10276-77
  Prevention of Child Abduction Partnership Act: Senate passed S. 
2883,to amend the International Child Abduction Remedies Act to limit 
the tort liability of private entities or organizations that carry out 
responsibilities of the United States Central Authority under that Act.
                                                        Pages S10276-77
  Missing Child Cold Case Review Act: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S. 2435, to permit Inspectors 
General to authorize staff to provide assistance to the National Center 
for Missing and Exploited Children, and the bill was then passed. 
                                                        Pages S10277-78
  Kitt Peak Project: Senate passed H.R. 5105, to authorize the Board of 
Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to carry out construction and 
related activities in support of the collaborative Very Energetic 
Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) project on Kitt Peak 
near Tucson, Arizona., clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                            Page S10278
  Church Pension Plans: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 1533, to 
amend the securities laws to permit church pension plans to be invested 
in collective trusts, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to 
the following amendment proposed thereto:
  Page S10278
  Frist (for Shelby/Sarbanes) Amendment No. 3948, to make a technical 
correction.
Page S10278
  Rail Security Act: Senate passed S. 2273, to provide increased rail 
transportation security, after agreeing to the committee amendments. 
                                                        Pages S10278-85
  Public Transportation Terrorism Prevention Act: Senate passed S. 
2884, to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to award grants 
to public transportation agencies to improve security. 
                                                        Pages S10285-87
National Intelligence Reform Act: Senate continued consideration of S. 
2845, to reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and 
intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, taking 
action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                    Pages S10197-S10254
Adopted:
  Allard Amendment No. 3765, to provide for additional responsibilities 
for the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Homeland 
Security relating to geographic information.
Page S10197
  Levin Amendment No. 3808, to enhance customer focus on intelligence 
and to ensure independent intelligence analyses.
Pages S10217-18
  McCain/Lieberman Modified Amendment No. 3807, to develop a strategy 
for combining terrorist travel intelligence, operations, and law 
enforcement.
Pages S10197, S10215-16, S10247
  Collins (for Coleman) Amendment No. 3798, to amend section 510 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 to ensure widespread access to the 
Information Sharing Network.
Page S10248
  Collins (for Coleman) Amendment No. 3799, to require the enterprise 
architecture and implementation plan for the Information Sharing 
Network to

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include equipment and training requirements and utilization costs. 
                                                            Page S10248
  Collins (for Coleman) Amendment No. 3800, to find that the United 
States needs to implement the 9/11 Commission's recommendation to adopt 
a unified incident command system and significantly enhance 
communications connectivity among first responders.
Page S10248
  Collins (for Snowe) Amendment No. 3911, to require a report on the 
methodologies utilized for National Intelligence Estimates. 
                                                            Page S10248
  Collins (for Snowe) Amendment No. 3912, to require an evaluation of 
the effectiveness of the National Counterrorism Center. 
                                                        Pages S10248-50
  Collins (for Snowe) Amendment No. 3932, relating to alternative 
analyses of intelligence by the intelligence community. 
                                                        Pages S10248-50
  Collins (for Frist) Amendment No. 3864, to extend section 145 (c) of 
the Aviation and Transportation Security Act.
Pages S10248-50
  Collins (for Bingaman) Amendment 3772, to establish the position of 
Chief Scientist of the National Intelligence Authority. 
                                                        Pages S10248-50
  Collins (for Reed) Amendment No. 3813, to find that risk assessments 
and protective measures for liquefied natural gas marine terminals 
should be included in the plan of the Secretary of Homeland Security to 
protect critical infrastructure.
Pages S10248-50
  Collins (for Feinstein) Amendment No. 3717, to provide that the 
Intelligence Community Reserve Corps shall have a personnel strength 
level authorized by law.
Pages S10248-50
  Collins (for Bingaman/Domenici) Modified Amendment No. 3771, to 
authorize employees of Federally Funded Research and Development 
Centers and certain employees of the Department of Energy national 
laboratories to be eligible for the staff of the National 
Counterterrorism Center and the national intelligence centers. 
                                                            Page S10250
  Collins (for Graham (FL)) Amendment No. 3756, to establish additional 
education and training requirements for the National Intelligence 
Authority.
Page S10250
Pending:
  Collins Amendment No. 3705, to provide for homeland security grant 
coordination and simplification.
Page S10197
  Lautenberg Amendment No. 3767, to specify that the National 
Intelligence Director shall serve for one or more terms of up to 5 
years each.
Page S10197
  Kyl Amendment No. 3801, to modify the privacy and civil liberties 
oversight.
Pages S10197, S10222-24
  Feinstein Amendment No. 3718, to improve the intelligence functions 
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Page S10197
  Stevens Amendment No. 3839, to strike section 201, relating to public 
disclosure of intelligence funding.
Page S10197
  Ensign Amendment No. 3819, to require the Secretary of State to 
increase the number of consular officers, clarify the responsibilities 
and functions of consular officers, and require the Secretary of 
Homeland Security to increase the number of border patrol agents and 
customs enforcement investigators.
Page S10197
  Reid (for Schumer) Amendment No. 3887, to amend the Foreign 
Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to cover individuals, other than 
United States persons, who engage in international terrorism without 
affiliation with an international terrorist group.
Page S10197
  Reid (for Schumer) Amendment No. 3888, to establish the United States 
Homeland Security Signal Corps to ensure proper communications between 
law enforcement agencies.
Page S10197
  Reid (for Schumer) Amendment No. 3889, to establish a National 
Commission on the United States-Saudi Arabia Relationship. 
                                                            Page S10197
  Reid (for Schumer) Amendment No. 3890, to improve the security of 
hazardous materials transported by truck.
Page S10197
  Reid (for Schumer) Amendment No. 3891, to improve rail security. 
                                                            Page S10197
  Reid (for Schumer) Amendment No. 3892, to strengthen border security.
                                                            Page S10197
  Reid (for Schumer) Amendment No. 3893, to require inspection of cargo 
at ports in the United States.
Page S10197
  Reid (for Schumer) Amendment No. 3894, to amend the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 to enhance cybersecurity.
Page S10197
  Allard Amendment No. 3778, to improve the management of the personnel 
of the National Intelligence Authority.
Pages S10198-99
  Byrd Amendment No. 3845, to enhance the role of Congress in the 
oversight of the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of 
the United States Government.
Page S10102
  Warner Modified Amendment No. 3877, to modify the role of the 
National Intelligence Director in the appointment of intelligence 
officials of the United States Government.
Pages S10208-11, S10244
  Leahy/Grassley Amendment No. 3945, to require Congressional oversight 
of translators employed and contracted for by the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation.
Pages S10211-12
  Reed Amendment No. 3908, to authorize the Secretary of Homeland 
Security to award grants to public transportation agencies to improve 
security.
Pages S10212-13

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  Reid (for Corzine/Lautenberg) Amendment No. 3849, to protect human 
health and the environment from the release of hazardous substances by 
acts of terrorism.
Pages S10215, S10236
  Reid (for Lautenberg) Amendment No. 3782, to require that any Federal 
funds appropriated to the Department of Homeland Security for grants or 
other assistance be allocated based strictly on an assessment of risks 
and vulnerabilities.
Page S10215
  Reid (for Lautenberg) Amendment No. 3905, to provide for maritime 
transportation security.
Page S10215
  Reid (for Harkin) Amendment No. 3821, to modify the functions of the 
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board.
Page S10215
  Roberts Amendment No. 3748, to clarify the duties and 
responsibilities of the Ombudsman of the National Intelligence 
Authority and of the Analytic Review Unit within the Office of the 
Ombudsman.
Pages S10218-19
  Roberts Amendment No. 3739, to ensure the sharing of intelligence 
information in a manner that promotes all-sources analysis and to 
assign responsibility for competitive analysis.
Pages S10219-20
  Roberts Amendment No. 3750, to clarify the responsibilities of the 
Directorate of Intelligence of the National Counterterrorism Center for 
information-sharing and intelligence analysis.
Pages S10219-20
  Roberts Amendment No. 3747, to provide the National Intelligence 
Director with flexible administrative authority with respect to the 
National Intelligence Authority.
Page S10220
  Roberts Amendment No. 3742, to clarify the continuing applicability 
of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 to the obligation 
and expenditure of funds appropriated for the intelligence and 
intelligence-related activities of the United States.
Pages S10220-21
  Roberts Amendment No. 3740, to include among the primary missions of 
the National Intelligence Director the elimination of barriers to the 
coordination of intelligence activities.
Pages S10221-22
  Roberts Amendment No. 3741, to permit the National Intelligence 
Director to modify National Intelligence Program budgets before their 
approval and submittal to the President.
Pages S10221-22
  Roberts Amendment No. 3744, to clarify the limitation on the transfer 
of funds and personnel and to preserve and enhance congressional 
oversight of intelligence activities.
Pages S10221-22
  Roberts Amendment No. 3751, to clarify the responsibilities of the 
Secretary of Defense pertaining to the National Intelligence Program. 
                                                        Pages S10221-22
  Kyl Amendment No. 3926, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act 
to ensure that nonimmigrant visas are not issued to individuals with 
connections to terrorism or who intend to carry out terrorist 
activities in the United States.
Pages S10224-25
  Kyl Amendment No. 3881, to protect crime victims' rights. 
                                                            Page S10225
  Kyl Amendment No. 3724, to strengthen anti-terrorism investigative 
tools, promote information sharing, punish terrorist offenses. 
                                                        Pages S10225-31
  Stevens Amendment No. 3826, to modify the duties of the Director of 
the National Counterterrorism Center as the principal advisor to the 
President on counterterrorism matters.
Pages S10231-34
  Stevens Amendment No. 3827, to strike section 206, relating to 
information sharing.
Pages S10231-34
  Stevens Amendment No. 3829, to amend the effective date provision. 
                                                        Pages S10231-34
  Stevens Amendment No. 3840, to strike the fiscal and acquisition 
authorities of the National Intelligence Authority.
Pages S10231-34
  Stevens Amendment No. 3882, to propose an alternative section 141, 
relating to the Inspector General of the National Intelligence 
Authority.
Pages S10234-36
  Collins (for Inhofe) Amendment No. 3946 (to Amendment No. 3849), in 
the nature of a substitute.
Page S10236
  Sessions Amendment No. 3928, to require aliens to make an oath prior 
to receiving a nonimmigrant visa.
Pages S10239-42
  Sessions Amendment No. 3873, to protect railroad carriers and mass 
transportation from terrorism.
Pages S10239-42
  Sessions Amendment No. 3871, to provide for enhanced Federal, State, 
and local enforcement of the immigration laws.
Pages S10239-42
  Sessions Amendment No. 3870, to make information sharing permanent 
under the USA PATRIOT ACT.
Pages S10239-42
  Warner Amendment No. 3876, to preserve certain authorities and 
accountability in the implementation of intelligence reform. 
                                                            Page S10242
  Collins (for Cornyn) Amendment No. 3803, to provide for enhanced 
criminal penalties for crimes related to alien smuggling. 
                                                        Pages S10250-51
  Collins (for Baucus/Roberts) Modified Amendment No. 3768, to require 
an annual report on the allocation of funding within the Office of 
Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury. 
                                                        Pages S10250-51
  Collins (for Stevens) Amendment No. 3903, to strike section 201, 
relating to public disclosure of intelligence funding. 
                                                        Pages S10251-52
  Frist (for McConnell) Amendment No. 3930, to clarify that a volunteer 
for a federally-created citizen volunteer program and for the program's 
State and

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local affiliates is protected by the Volunteer Protection Act. 
                                                            Page S10253
  Frist (for McConnell) Amendment No. 3931, to remove civil liability 
barriers that discourage the donation of equipment to volunteer fire 
companies.
Page S10253
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the bill and, in 
accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur on Tuesday, October 5, 2004. 
                                                            Page S10254
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that 
notwithstanding the filing deadline for first degree amendments, it be 
in order for the Managers to propose cleared amendments prior to the 
cloture vote.
Page S10253
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 4:15 
p.m., on Monday, October 4, 2004 the Senate proceed to votes in 
relation to certain amendments, and that no second degree amendments be 
in order to these amendments prior to the votes.
Page S10254
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 11 a.m., on Monday, October 4, 2004. 
                                                            Page S10287
Appointments:
  Commission on Systemic Interoperability: The Chair, on behalf of the 
Majority Leader, pursuant to Public Law 108-173, appointed the 
following individuals to the Commission on Systemic Interoperability: 
Vicky B. Gregg of Tennessee, and Ivan G. Seidenberg of New York. 
                                                            Page S10276
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  Alan Greenspan, of New York, to be United States Alternate Governor 
of the International Monetary Fund for a term of five years. 
(Reappointment) (Prior to this action, Committee on Foreign Relations 
was discharged from further consideration.)
Pages S10276, S10287
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S10261
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S10262-63
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S10263-65
Additional Statements:
  Page S10261
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S10265-76
Privilege of the Floor:
  Page S10276
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 6:19 p.m., 
until 10 a.m., on Monday, October 4, 2004. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S10287.)