[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 132 (Wednesday, November 17, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1080-D1081]
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                                       Wednesday, November 17, 2004

[[Page D1080]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS:

      Senate passed S. 2986, Debt Limit Extension Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S11397-S11439
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2988-2994, and S. Con. Res. 146.                
  Page S11429
Measures Reported: S. 1905, to provide habitable living quarters for 
teachers, administrators, other school staff, and their households in 
rural areas of Alaska located in or near Alaska Native Villages, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 108-414) 
                                                            Page S11429
Measures Passed:
  Enrollment Correction: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 146, to direct 
the Secretary of the Senate to make corrections in the enrollment of 
the bill S. 150.                                        
  Pages S11398-99
  Debt Limit Extension: By 52 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 213), Senate 
passed S. 2986 to amend title 31 of the United States Code to increase 
the public debt limit.                              
  Pages S11398-S11418
  New Shipper Review Amendment Act: Senate passed S. 2991, to suspend 
temporarily new shipper bonding privileges.             
  Pages S11435-36
Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act--Conference Report: 
Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to the consideration of the 
conference report to accompany H.R. 1047, to amend the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States to modify temporarily certain 
rates of duty, to make other technical amendments to the trade laws. 
                                                            Page S11435
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the conference report 
and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing 
Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur on Friday, November 
19, 2004.                                                   
Page S11435
Video Voyeurism Prevention Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing that pursuant to the provisions of H. 
Res. 842, the Senate agree to the request of the House of 
Representatives regarding the papers relating to S. 1301, to amend 
title 18, United States Code, to prohibit video voyeurism in the 
special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States. 
                                                            Page S11398
Foreign Operations Appropriations Act Conferees--Agreement: A 
unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that with respect to 
H.R. 4818, making appropriations for foreign operations, export 
financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2005, Senator Cochran be inserted in lieu of Senator Specter as a 
conferee.                                                   
  Page S11427
Messages from the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, the Agreement between the United 
States of America and Japan on Social Security; which was referred to 
the Committee on Finance. (PM-96)                           
Page S11426
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the 
nonsuitability of the Squirrel River in Alaska as an addition to the 
National Wild and Scenic Rivers System; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (PM-97)          
Page S11426
Treaty Approved: Committee on Foreign Relations was discharged from 
further consideration of the following treaty and having passed through 
its various parliamentary stages, up to and including the presentation 
of the resolution of ratification, upon division, two-thirds of the 
Senators present and having voted in the affirmative, the resolution of 
ratification was agreed to:
  Protocol Amending Tax Convention with the Netherlands Treaty Doc. 
108-25 agreed to in Senate by Division Vote.            
Pages S11436-38
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:

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  A. Wilson Greene, of Virginia, to be a Member of the National Museum 
and Library Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 2009. 
(Reappointment)
  Katina P. Strauch, of South Carolina, to be a Member of the National 
Museum and Library Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 2009.
  Army nomination in the rank of general.                   
Page S11439
Messages From the House:                                
  Pages S11426-27
Executive Communications:                               
  Pages S11427-29
Executive Reports of Committees:                            
  Page S11429
Additional Cosponsors:                                      
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Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:             
  Pages S11430-35
Additional Statements:                                  
  Pages S11424-26
Authority for Committees to Meet:                           
  Page S11435
Privilege of the Floor:                                     
  Page S11435
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2:15 p.m. and adjourned at 6:44 p.m., 
until 10 a.m., on Thursday, November 18, 2004 (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on pages 
S11438-39.)