[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 47 (Tuesday, April 19, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D361-D363]
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                                            Tuesday, April 19, 2005

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3865-S3957
Measures Introduced: Fifteen bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 838-852, S.J. Res. 14-15, and S. Res. 113. 
                                                         Pages S3897-98
Measures Reported:
  S. 50, to authorize and strengthen the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration's tsunami detection, forecast, warning, and 
mitigation program, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
(S. Rept. No. 109-59)
  S. 361, to develop and maintain an integrated system of ocean and 
coastal observations for the Nation's coasts, oceans and Great Lakes, 
improve warnings of tsunamis and other natural hazards, enhance 
homeland security, support maritime operations. (S. Rept. No. 109-60) 
                                                             Page S3897
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 S3865-S3892
Adopted:
  Cochran (for Bond) Amendment No. 547, to appropriate $5,000,000 for 
the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight to meet emergency 
funding needs; which are supported by fees collected from regulated 
Government Sponsored Enterprises.                            
Page S3880
  Cochran (for Landrieu) Amendment No. 527, to modify the provision 
relating to offshore oil and gas fabrication ports.          
Page S3880
  Cochran (for Santorum) Amendment No. 441, to allow certain 
appropriated funds to be used to provide loan guarantees.    
Page S3880
  Cochran (for Reid) Amendment No. 407, to provide assistance for the 
conduct of agricultural and natural resource conservation activities in 
the Walker River Basin, Nevada.                          
Pages S3880-81
  Subsequently, the amendment was modified.              
Pages S3883-84
  Cochran (for Byrd) Amendment No. 476, to transfer funds relating to 
certain watershed programs of the Department of Agriculture. 
                                                             Page S3881
  Subsequently, the amendment was modified.                  
Page S3884
  Cochran (for Leahy) Amendment No. 548, to encourage the Government of 
Ecuador to take urgent measures to protect the biodiversity of the 
Galapagos.                                                   
Page S3881
  Kyl Amendment No. 555 (to Amendment No. 387), to modify the criteria 
for excluding certain H-2B workers from the numerical limitations under 
section 214(g)(1)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. 
                                                             Page S3886
  By 94 yeas to 6 nays (Vote No. 102), Mikulski Amendment No. 387, to 
revise certain requirements for H-2B employers and require submission 
of information regarding H-2B nonimmigrants, as amended. 
                                                         Pages S3886-87
  Hutchison/Schumer Modified Amendment No. 379, to make unused EB3 
visas available to bring nurses to the United States through Department 
of State procedures.                                 
Pages S3887, S3888
  Cochran (for Pryor) Amendment No. 343, to release to the State of 
Arkansas a reversionary interest in Camp Joseph T. Robinson. 
                                                             Page S3891
  Durbin Modified Amendment No. 427, to require reports on Iraqi 
security services.                                       
Pages S3891-92
  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 S3892
  Cochran (for Shelby) Amendment No. 560, to clarify funding for 
judicial security enhancements.                              
Page S3892
  Cochran (for Reid) Amendment No. 561, to modify the provision 
relating to agricultural and natural resource conservation activities 
in the Walker River Basin, Nevada.                           
Page S3892

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  Cochran (for Reid) Amendment No. 562, to modify the provision 
relating to the water lease and purchase program for the Walker River 
Paiute Tribe.                                                
Page S3892
Pending:
  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 S3865
  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 S3865
  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 S3865
  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 S3865
  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.               
Pages S3866-67, S3868-79
  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 S3866
  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.    
Page S3866
  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.                      
Page S3866
  Schumer Amendment No. 451, to lower the burden of gasoline prices on 
the economy of the United States and circumvent the efforts of OPEC to 
reap windfall oil profits.                                   
Page S3866
  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 S3866
  Chambliss Further Modified Amendment No. 418, to prohibit the 
termination of the existing joint-service multiyear procurement 
contract for C/KC-130J aircraft.                  
Pages S3866, S3887-88
  Bingaman Amendment No. 483, to increase the appropriation to Federal 
courts by $5,000,000 to cover increased immigration-related filings in 
the southwestern United States.                              
Page S3866
  Bingaman (for Grassley) Amendment No. 417, to provide emergency 
funding to the Office of the United States Trade Representative. 
                                                             Page S3866
  Isakson Amendment No. 429, 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, and to ensure expeditious construction of 
the San Diego border fence.                                  
Page S3866
  Byrd Amendment No. 463, to require a quarterly report on audits 
conducted by the Defense Contract Audit Agency of task or delivery 
order contracts and other contracts related to security and 
reconstruction activities in Iraq and Afghanistan and to address 
irregularities identified in such reports.                   
Page S3866
  Warner Amendment No. 499, relative to the aircraft carriers of the 
Navy.                                             
Pages S3866, S3881-83
  Sessions Amendment No. 456, to provide for accountability in the 
United Nations Headquarters renovation project.              
Page S3866
  Boxer/Bingaman Amendment No. 444, to appropriate an additional 
$35,000,000 for Other Procurement, Army, and make the amount available 
for the fielding of Warlock systems and other field jamming systems. 
                                                             Page S3866
  Lincoln Amendment No. 481, to modify the accumulation of leave by 
members of the National Guard.                               
Page S3866
  Reid (for Durbin) Amendment No. 443, to affirm that the United States 
may not engage in torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment 
under any circumstances.                                     
Page S3866
  Reid (for Bayh) Amendment No. 388, to appropriate an additional 
$742,000,000 for Other Procurement, Army, for the procurement of up to 
3,300 Up Armored High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (UAHMMVs).
                                                             Page S3866
  Reid (for Biden) Amendment No. 537, to provide funds for the security 
and stabilization of Iraq and Afghanistan and for other defense-related 
activities

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by suspending a portion of the reduction in the highest income tax rate 
for individual taxpayers.                                    
Page S3866
  Reid (for Feingold) Amendment No. 459, to extend the termination date 
of Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, 
expand the duties of the Inspector General, and provide additional 
funds for the Office.                                        
Page S3866
  Ensign Amendment No. 487, to provide for additional border patrol 
agents for the remainder of fiscal year 2005.            
Pages S3867-68
  Byrd Amendment No. 516, to increase funding for border security. 
                                                         Pages S3888-90
  Reid (for Biden) Amendment No. 440, to appropriate, with an offset, 
$6,000,000 for the Defense Health Program for force protection work and 
medical care at the Vaccine Health Care Centers.         
Pages S3890-91
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following actions:
  By 21 yeas to 77 nays (Vote No. 97), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to close further debate on 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. 
                                               Pages S3866-67, S3868-79
  By 53 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 98), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to close further debate on 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 S3879
  By 91 yeas to 7 nays (Vote No. 99) Senate agreed to the motion to 
instruct the Sergeant At Arms to request the attendance of absent 
Senators.                                                    
Page S3884
  By 56 yeas to 42 nays (Vote No. 100) Senate agreed to the modified 
motion to recess until 5 p.m. today.                     
Pages S3884-85
  By 83 yeas to 17 nays (Vote No. 101), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on Mikulski Amendment No. 387, to 
revise certain requirements for H-2B employers and require submission 
of information regarding H-2B nonimmigrants.             
Pages S3885-86
  By a unanimous vote of 100 yeas (Vote No. 103), three-fifths of those 
Senators duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
agreed to the motion to close further debate on the bill.    
Page S3888
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 10:30 a.m., and that, 
notwithstanding morning business, and the adjournment of the Senate, 
all time be counted against cloture under Rule XXII.         
Page S3957
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Alex Azar II, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of Health and Human 
Services.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.                  
Page S3957
Messages From the House:                                     
  Page S3896
Measures Read First Time:                                    
  Page S3957
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S3896-97
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S3898-99
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:           
  Pages S3899-S3942
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S3894-96
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S3942-56
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S3956
Authority for Committees to Meet:                        
  Pages S3956-57
Record Votes: Seven record votes were taken today. (Total--103) 
                      Pages S3879, S3884, S3884-85, S3886, S3887, S3888
Quorum Calls: One quorum call was taken today. (Total--2)    
  Page S3884
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:45 a.m., and adjourned at 7:42 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, April 20, 2005. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S3957.)