[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 37 (Tuesday, April 5, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D286-D287]
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                                             Tuesday, April 5, 2005

[[Page D286]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3163-S3236
Measures Introduced: Seventeen bills and two resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 696-712, and S. Res. 95-96.
  Pages S3200-01
Measures Passed:
  Death of Pope: By a unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. 82), Senate 
agreed to S. Res. 95, relating to the death of the Holy Father, Pope 
John Paul II.
  Page S3189
State Department Authorization: Senate began consideration of S. 600, 
to authorize appropriations for the Department of State and 
international broadcasting activities for fiscal years 2006 and 2007, 
for the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2006 and 2007, for foreign 
assistance programs for fiscal years 2006 and 2007, taking action on 
the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                     Pages S3171-76, S3176-89, S3189-95
Adopted:
  Lugar Amendment No. 268, to permit grants to be used for broadcasting 
outside the Middle East region.
Page S3175
  Lugar Amendment No. 269, to limit the compensation paid to employees 
of the Middle East Broadcasting Networks.
Page S3175
  Lugar Amendment No. 270, to require payments from the Broadcasting 
Board of Governors for costs resulting from the creditable service of 
employees of the Middle East Broadcasting Networks.
Page S3175
  Lugar Amendment No. 271, to extend the United States Advisory 
Commission on Public Diplomacy until 2008.
Page S3175
  Lugar Amendment No. 272, to clarify Foreign Service Grievance Board 
procedures in the case of an alleged payment of an annuity. 
                                                             Page S3175
  Lugar Amendment No. 273, to limit the availability of funds 
authorized for contributions for international peacekeeping activities.
                                                             Page S3175
  Subsequently, the Amendment was modified.
Page S3188
  Lugar Amendment No. 275, to require a determination to provide 
assistance for destruction of small arms and related ammunition. 
                                                             Page S3175
  Lugar Amendment No. 276, to require a determination to provide 
assistance for the safeguarding, removal, or elimination of 
conventional weapons and related ammunition.
Page S3175
  Lugar (for Biden) Amendment No. 277, to waive the passport fees for a 
relative of a deceased member of the Armed Forces proceeding abroad to 
visit the grave of such member or to attend a funeral or memorial 
service for such member.
Page S3175
  Lugar Amendment No. 279, to strike section 207, entitled Transfer 
Authority For Buying Power Maintenance Account.
Page S3185
  Lugar (for Schumer) Amendment No. 280, to impose an economic sanction 
on foreign countries that owe parking fines and penalties or property 
taxes to Washington, D.C. or New York City.
Page S3185
  By 52 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. 83), Boxer Amendment No. 278, to 
prohibit the application of certain restrictive eligibility 
requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations with respect to 
the provision of assistance under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961.
Pages S3177-85, S3189-90
Pending:
  Lugar Amendment No. 266, to strike the amendment to the limitation on 
the United States share of assessments for the United Nations 
Peacekeeping operations.
Pages S3172-73
  McCain/DeWine Amendment No. 267, to authorize the extension of 
nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the 
products of Ukraine.
Page S3173
  Baucus Amendment No. 281, to facilitate the sale of United States 
agricultural products to Cuba, as authorized by the Trade Sanctions 
Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000.
Pages S3186-88
  Craig/Roberts Amendment No. 282 (to Amendment No. 281), to clarify 
the payment terms under the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export 
Enhancement Act of 2000.
Pages S3186-88
  Dodd Amendment No. 283, to express the sense of the Senate concerning 
recent provocative actions by the People's Republic of China. 
                                                             Page S3190
  Dorgan/Wyden Amendment No. 284, to prohibit funds from being used for 
television broadcasting to Cuba.
Pages S3191-92

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  Biden Amendment No. 286 (in lieu of the language proposed to be 
stricken by Lugar Amendment No. 266), relative to the United States' 
share of assessment for United Nations Peacekeeping operations. 
                                                         Pages S3192-95
  During consideration of this measure today, the Senate also took the 
following action:
  Lugar Amendment No. 274, to provide a short title, previously agreed 
to, which was then subsequently vitiated and withdrawn.
Page S3185
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of Biden Amendment No. 286 (listed above) with a vote to 
occur thereon at 10 a.m.
Page S3227
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, April 6, 2005, 
and the time until 10 a.m. be equally divided.
Page S3227
Escort Committee--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that the Presiding Officer of the Senate be authorized to 
appoint a committee on the part of the Senate to join with a like 
committee on the part of the House of Representatives to escort Viktor 
Yushchenko, President of Ukraine, in to the House Chamber for the joint 
meeting on Wednesday, April 6, 2005.
  Page S3227
Appointments:
  Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group: The Chair, on behalf of the 
Vice President, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 276h-276k, as amended, appointed 
the following Senator as Chair of the Senate Delegation to the Mexico-
U.S. Interparliamentary Group during the 109th Congress: Senator 
Cornyn.
  Page S3195
Executive Communications:
  Pages S3199-S3200
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S3201-03
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S3203-21
Additional Statements:
  Pages S3197-99
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S3221-26
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Pages S3226-27
Privilege of the Floor:
  Page S3227
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--83) 
                                                     Pages S3189, S3190
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:45 a.m., and adjourned at 7:50 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, April 6, 2005, p.m. (For Senate's 
program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's 
Record on page S3227.)