[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 29 (Friday, March 11, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D226]
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                                             Friday, March 11, 2005

[[Page D226]]


                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2505-S2585
Measures Introduced: Eight bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 603-610, S. Con. Res. 18-19.
  Page S2517
Measures Reported:
  S. 263, to provide for the protection of paleontological resources on 
Federal lands, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 109-36)
  S. Con. Res. 18, setting for the congressional budget for the United 
States Government for fiscal year 2006 and including the appropriate 
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2005 and 2007 through 2010. 
                                                             Page S2517
Measures Passed:
  Honoring Enrique Camarena: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged 
from further consideration of S. Res. 73, honoring the life of Enrique 
``Kiki'' Camarena, and the resolution was then agreed to.
  Page S2585
Nomination Referral--Agreement: On Thursday, March 10, 2005, a 
unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that when the 
nomination for the Assistant Secretary for Civil Works is received by 
the Senate, it be referred to the Committee on Armed Services, provided 
that when the Committee on Armed Services reports the nomination, it be 
referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works for a period 
of 20 days of session, provided further that if the Committee on 
Environment and Public Works does not report the nomination within 
those 20 days, the Committee be discharged from further consideration 
of the nomination and the nomination be placed on the calendar.
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S2517
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S2517-31
Additional Statements:
  Pages S2514-17
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Page S2531
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 12:06 p.m., 
until 10 a.m., on Monday, March 14, 2005. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S2585.)