[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 45 (Friday, April 15, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D348-D349]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                             Friday, April 15, 2005

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3717-S3766
Measures Introduced: Twelve bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 811-822, and S. Res. 111-112.
  Pages S3734-35
Measures Passed:
  Democratic Reform in the Kyrgyz Republic: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
111, urging the United States to increase its efforts to ensure 
democratic reform in the Kyrgyz Republic.
  Pages S3759-60
  Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness: Senate agreed to S. Res. 112, 
designating the third week of April in 2005 as ``National Shaken Baby 
Syndrome Awareness Week''.
  Pages S3760-61
Supplemental Appropriations: Senate continued consideration of H.R. 
1268, making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2005, to establish and rapidly implement 
regulations for State driver's license and identification document 
security standards, to prevent terrorists from abusing the asylum laws 
of the United States, to unify terrorism-related grounds for 
inadmissibility and removal, to ensure expeditious construction of the 
San Diego border fence, taking action on the following amendments 
proposed thereto:
  Pages S3718-30
Pending:
  Mikulski Amendment No. 387, to revise certain requirements for H-2B 
employers and require submission of information regarding H-2B 
nonimmigrants.
Page S3718
  Feinstein Amendment No. 395, to express the sense of the Senate that 
the text of the REAL ID Act of 2005 should not be included in the 
conference report.
Page S3718
  Bayh Amendment No. 406, to protect the financial condition of members 
of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who are ordered to long-
term active duty in support of a contingency operation.
Page S3718
  Durbin Amendment No. 427, to require reports on Iraqi security 
services.
Page S3718
  Salazar Amendment No. 351, to express the sense of the Senate that 
the earned income tax credit provides critical support to many military 
and civilian families.
Page S3718
  Dorgan/Durbin Amendment No. 399, to prohibit the continuation of the 
independent counsel investigation of Henry Cisneros past June 1, 2005 
and request an accounting of costs from GAO.
Page S3718
  Reid Amendment No. 445, to achieve an acceleration and expansion of 
efforts to reconstruct and rehabilitate Iraq and to reduce the future 
risks to United States Armed Forces personnel and future costs to 
United States taxpayers, by ensuring that the people of Iraq and other 
nations do their fair share to secure and rebuild Iraq.
Page S3718
  Frist (for Chambliss/Kyl) Amendment No. 432, to simplify the process 
for admitting temporary alien agricultural workers under section 
101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, to 
increase access to such workers.
Page S3718
  Frist (for Craig/Kennedy) Modified Amendment No. 375, to provide for 
the adjustment of status of certain foreign agricultural workers, to 
amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reform the H-2A worker 
program under that Act, to provide a stable, legal agricultural 
workforce, to extend basic legal protections and better working 
conditions to more workers.
Page S3719
  DeWine Amendment No. 340, to increase the period of continued TRICARE 
coverage of children of members of the uniformed services who die while 
serving on active duty for a period of more than 30 days. 
                                                         Pages S3719-20
  DeWine Amendment No. 342, to appropriate $10,000,000 to provide 
assistance to Haiti using Child Survival and Health Programs funds, 
$21,000,000 to provide assistance to Haiti using Economic Support Fund 
funds, and $10,000,000 to provide assistance to Haiti using 
International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement funds, to be 
designated as an emergency requirement.
Pages S3720-22
  Schumer Amendment No. 451, to lower the burden of gasoline prices on 
the economy of the United

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States and circumvent the efforts of OPEC to reap windfall oil profits.
                                                             Page S3722
  Reid (for Reed/Chafee) Amendment No. 452, to provide for the 
adjustment of status of certain nationals of Liberia to that of lawful 
permanent residence.
Page S3762
  A motion was entered to close further debate on Frist (for Chambliss/
Kyl) Amendment No. 432, and notwithstanding the provisions of Rule XXII 
of the Standing Rules of the Senate, and pursuant to the order of April 
15, 2005, a vote on the motion to invoke cloture will occur at 11:45 
a.m., on Tuesday, April 19, 2005.
Page S3719
  A motion was entered to close further debate on Frist (for Craig/
Kennedy) Modified Amendment No. 375, and notwithstanding the provisions 
of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, and pursuant to the 
order of April 15, 2005, a vote on the motion to invoke cloture will 
occur immediately following the vote on the motion to invoke cloture on 
Frist (for Chambliss/Kyl) Amendment No. 432 (listed above), on Tuesday, 
April 19, 2005.
Page S3719
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the bill and, 
notwithstanding the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, and pursuant to the order of April 15, 2005, a vote on the 
motion to invoke cloture will occur immediately following the vote on 
the motion to invoke cloture on Mikulski Amendment No. 387 (listed 
above), on Tuesday, April19, 2005.
Page S3761
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for a vote on the 
pending cloture motion filed on Thursday, April 14, 2005 on Mikulski 
Amendment No. 387 to occur at 4:30 p.m., on Tuesday, April 19, 2005, if 
the Senate is not proceeding post-cloture.
Page S3761
  A unanimous consent agreement was reached providing that Members have 
until 2 p.m., on Monday, April 18, 2005, to file first-degree 
amendments; and that Members have until 11 a.m. on Tuesday, April 19, 
2005, to file second-degree amendments to the Frist (for Chambliss/Kyl) 
Amendment No. 432 (listed above), and the Frist (for Craig/Kennedy) 
Modified Amendment No. 375 (listed above).
Page S3761
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 2 p.m., on Monday, April 18, 
2005.
Page S3761
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  Pamela Hughes Patenaude, of New Hampshire, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. (Prior to this action, 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs was discharged from 
further consideration.)
Page S3766
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nomination: Raymond 
Simon, of Arkansas, to be Deputy Secretary of Education.
  Page S3766
Messages From the House:
  Page S3734
Executive Communications:
  Page S3734
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S3735-36
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S3736-53
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S3753-59
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 1:38 p.m., 
until 1 p.m., on Monday, April 18, 2005. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S3761.)