[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 49 (Thursday, April 21, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D383-D384]
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                                           Thursday, April 21, 2005

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                              Daily Digest

HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed H.R. 1268, Supplemental Appropriations.
      The House passed H.R. 6, Energy Policy Act of 2005.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4041-S4138
Measures Introduced: Twenty-four bills and one resolution were 
introduced, as follows: S. 866-889, and S. Res. 118.     
  Pages S4108-09
Measures Reported:
  S. 339, to reaffirm the authority of States to regulate certain 
hunting and fishing activities.
  S. 378, to make it a criminal act to willfully use a weapon with the 
intent to cause death or serious bodily injury to any person while on 
board a passenger vessel, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S4108
Measures Passed:
  Supplemental Appropriations: By a unanimous vote of 99 yeas (Vote No. 
109), Senate passed H.R. 1268, making emergency supplemental 
appropriations for defense, the global war on terror, and tsunami 
relief, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, after taking 
action on the following amendments proposed thereto:     
  Pages S4079-94
Adopted:
  Corzine Modified Amendment No. 368, to provide additional assistance 
in Sudan.                                                    
Page S4080
  DeWine Amendment No. 551 (to Amendment No. 564), to make the 
traumatic injury insurance provision retroactive for servicemembers 
injured in Iraq.                                         
Pages S4081-82
  Craig/Akaka Amendment No. 564, to amend title 38, United States Code, 
to provide a traumatic injury protection rider to servicemembers 
insured under section 1967(a)(1) of such title, as amended. 
                                                         Pages S4080-83
  Ensign Amendment No. 487, to provide for additional border patrol 
agents for the remainder of fiscal year 2005.        
Pages S4079, S4084
  Subsequently, the amendment was modified.                  
Page S4087
  By 61 yeas to 39 nays (Vote No. 108), Bayh Amendment No. 520, to 
appropriate an additional $213,000,000 for Other Procurement, Army, for 
the procurement of Up-Armored High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled 
Vehicles (UAHMMWVs).                    
Pages S4079-80, S4083, S4084-86
  Stevens (for DeWine) Amendment No. 565, to express the sense of the 
Senate that Congress should enact an increase for 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 and make such increased period applicable to children of 
members who have died since the commencement of military operations in 
Afghanistan.                                                 
Page S4087
  Stevens (for Kennedy) Modified Amendment No. 421, to express the 
sense of the Senate on funding for the continuing development of the 
permanent magnet motor.                                  
Pages S4086-87
  Stevens (for Schumer/Boxer) Modified Amendment No. 484, to express 
the sense of the Senate on funding for the procurement of man-portable 
air defense (MANPAD) systems.                                
Page S4087
  Stevens (for Dodd) Modified Amendment No. 502, to express the sense 
of the Senate on funding for the replenishment of medical supply needs 
within the combat theaters of the Army.                      
Page S4087
  Stevens (for Frist) Amendment No. 566, to amend the Immigration and 
Nationality Act to provide for entry of nationals of Australia. 
                                                             Page S4087
  Stevens (for Reid) Amendment No. 389, to reaffirm the authority of 
States to regulate certain hunting and fishing activities.   
Page S4086
  Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair was authorized to appoint the following 
conferees on the part of the Senate: Senators Cochran, Stevens,

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Specter, Domenici, Bond, McConnell, Burns, Shelby, Gregg, Bennett, 
Craig, Hutchison, DeWine, Brownback, Allard, Byrd, Inouye, Leahy, 
Harkin, Mikulski, Reid, Kohl, Murray, Dorgan, Feinstein, Durbin, 
Johnson, and Landrieu.                                       
Page S4094
  State Mediation Program Reauthorization: Committee on Agriculture, 
Nutrition and Forestry was discharged from further consideration of S. 
643, to amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 to reauthorize State 
mediation programs, and the bill was then passed.            
  Page S4138
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 98 yeas 2 nays (Vote No. 107), John D. Negroponte, of New York, to 
be Director of National Intelligence.             
Pages S4052-74, S4084
  Lieutenant General Michael V. Hayden, United States Air Force, to be 
Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence.
  1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.     
Pages S4086, S4138
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  2 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Marine Corps nomination in the rank of general.
  A routine list in the Navy.                                
Page S4138
Messages From the House:                                     
  Page S4106
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S4106
Measures Read First Time:                                
  Pages S4137-38
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S4106-08
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S4108
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S4109-10
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S4110-35
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S4104-06
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S4135-36
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S4136
Authority for Committees to Meet:                            
  Page S4137
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--109) 
                                           Pages S4084, S4086, S4093-94
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 5:58 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Friday, April 22, 2005. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4138.)