[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 86 (Friday, June 24, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D667-D668]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                              Friday, June 24, 2005

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      The House passed H.R. 3010, Labor, Health and Human Services, 
      Education Appropriations Act for FY 2006.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7331-S7395
Measures Introduced: Two bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1310-
311.
  Page S7377
Measures Reported:
  H.R. 2985, making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 
109-89)
Page S7377
Measures Passed:
  Junk Fax Prevention Act: Senate passed S. 714, to amend section 227 
of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227) relating to the 
prohibition on junk fax transmissions, after agreeing to the committee 
amendments, and the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S7380-83
  Alexander (for Boxer/Smith) Amendment No. 1011, to require post-date-
of-enactment authorization for an established business relationship to 
a telephone facsimile machine.
Page S7382
  Freedom of Information Act Exemption: Senate passed S. 1181, to 
ensure an open and deliberate process in Congress by providing that any 
future legislation to establish a new exemption to section 552 of title 
5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom of 
Information Act) be stated explicitly within the text of the bill. 
                                                         Pages S7383-85
Interior Appropriations: Senate began consideration of H.R. 2361, 
making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, Environment, 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and 
pursuant to the order of June 23, 2005, agreed to the committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute, which will be considered as 
original text for the purpose of further amendment, taking action on 
the following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S7331-74
Pending:
  Burns (for Voinovich) Amendment No. 1010, to prohibit the use of 
funds to take certain land into trust without the consent of the 
Governor of the State in which the land is located.
Page S7374
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 3 p.m. on Monday, June 27, 2005. 
                                                             Page S7394
Appointments:
  Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission: The Chair, on behalf of the 
Democratic Leader, pursuant to Public Law 108-136, appointed the 
following individual to serve as a member of the Veterans' Disability 
Benefits Commission: Ken Jordan of California, vice Mike O'Callaghan of 
Nevada.
  Page S7394
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  A. Noel Anketell Kramer, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals for the 
term of fifteen years.
  Laura A. Cordero, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate 
Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of 
fifteen years.
  Linda Morrison Combs, of North Carolina, to be Controller, Office of 
Federal Financial Management, Office of Management and Budget.
  Linda M. Springer, of Pennsylvania, to be Director of the Office of 
Personnel Management for a term of four years.
  Emil A. Skodon, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to Brunei Darussalam.
  Joseph A. Mussomeli, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of 
Cambodia.
  Dina Habib Powell, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of State 
(Educational and Cultural Affairs).

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  Larry Miles Dinger, of Iowa, to be Ambassador to the Republic of the 
Fiji Islands, and to serve concurrently and without additional 
compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Nauru, the Kingdom of 
Tonga, Tuvalu, and the Republic of Kiribati.
  Michael E. Hess, of New York, to be an Assistant Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development.
  Ronald E. Neumann, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Islamic 
Republic of Afghanistan.
  Gregory L. Schulte, of Virginia, to be Representative of the United 
States of America to the Vienna Office of the United Nations, with the 
rank of Ambassador.
  Gregory L. Schulte, of Virginia, to be Representative of the United 
States of America to the International Atomic Energy Agency, with the 
rank of Ambassador.
Pages S7393-94, S7394-95
Messages From the House:
  Page S7377
Measures Referred:
  Page S7377
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S7377-78
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S7378-79
Additional Statements:
  Page S7377
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S7379-80
Privilege of the Floor:
  Page S7380
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 1:18 p.m. 
until 1 p.m., on Monday, June 27, 2005. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7394.)