[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 89 (Wednesday, June 29, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D696-D699]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                           Wednesday, June 29, 2005

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed H.R. 2361, Department of the Interior 
      Appropriations.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7543-S7645
Measures Introduced: Twelve bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1327-1338, S.J. Res. 20, and S. Res. 184. 
                                                         Pages S7613-14
Measures Reported:
  Special Report entitled ``Revised Allocation to Subcommittees of 
Budget Totals from the Concurrent Resolution for Fiscal Year 2006''. 
(S. Rept. No. 109-95)
  S. 1307, to implement the Dominican Republic-Central America-United 
States Free Trade Agreement.
Page S7613
Measures Passed:
  Congresswoman Shirley A. Chisholm Post Office Building: Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs was discharged from further 
consideration of S. 571, to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 1915 Fulton Street in Brooklyn, New York, as 
the ``Congresswoman Shirley A. Chisholm Post Office Building'', and the 
bill was then passed.
  Pages S7550-51
  Boone Pickens Post Office: Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs was discharged from further consideration of S. 
775, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 123 W. 7th Street in Holdenville, Oklahoma, as the ``Boone 
Pickens Post Office'', and the bill was then passed. 
                                                     Pages S7550, S7551
  Brian P. Parrello Post Office Building: Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs was discharged from further 
consideration of S. 904, to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 1560 Union Valley Road in West Milford, New 
Jersey, as the ``Brian P. Parrello Post Office Building'', and the bill 
was then passed.
  Pages S7550, S7551
  Dalip Singh Saund Post Office Building: Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs was discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 120, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 30777 Rancho California Road in 
Temecula, California, as the ``Dalip Singh Saund Post Office 
Building'', and the bill was then passed, clearing the measure for the 
President.
  Pages S7550, S7551
  Sergeant First Class John Marshall Post Office Building: Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs was discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 289, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 8200 South Vermont Avenue in Los 
Angeles, California, as the Sergeant First Class John Marshall Post 
Office Building, and the bill was then passed, clearing the measure for 
the President.
  Pages S7550, S7551
  Arthur Stacey Mastrapa Post Office Building: Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs was discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 324, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 321 Montgomery Road in Altamonte 
Springs, Florida, as the ``Arthur Stacey Mastrapa Post Office 
Building'', and the bill was then passed, clearing the measure for the 
President.
  Pages S7550, S7551
  Ray Charles Post Office Building: Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 
504, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 4960 West Washington Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, 
as the ``Ray Charles Post Office Building'', and the bill was then 
passed, clearing the measure for the President.
  Pages S7550, S7551
  Linda White-Epps Post Office: Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 
627, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 40 Putnam Avenue in Hamden,

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Connecticut, as the ``Linda White-Epps Post Office'', and the bill was 
then passed, clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                     Pages S7550, S7551
  Sergeant Byron W. Norwood Post Office Building: Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs was discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 1001, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 301 South Heatherwilde Boulevard in 
Pflugerville, Texas, as the ``Sergeant Byron W. Norwood Post Office 
Building'', and the bill was then passed, clearing the measure for the 
President.
  Pages S7550, S7551
  Judge Emilio Vargas Post Office Building: Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs was discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 1072, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 151 West End Street in Goliad, Texas, 
as the ``Judge Emilio Vargas Post Office Building'', and the bill was 
then passed, clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                     Pages S7550, S7551
  Francis C. Goodpaster Post Office Building: Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs was discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 1082, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 120 East Illinois Avenue in Vinita, 
Oklahoma, as the ``Francis C. Goodpaster Post Office Building'', and 
the bill was then passed, clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                     Pages S7550, S7551
  Mayor Tony Armstrong Memorial Post Office: Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs was discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 1236, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 750 4th Street in Sparks, Nevada, as 
the ``Mayor Tony Armstrong Memorial Post Office'', and the bill was 
then passed, clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                     Pages S7550, S7551
  Captain Mark Stubenhofer Post Office Building: Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs was discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 1460, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 6200 Rolling Road in Springfield, 
Virginia, as the ``Captain Mark Stubenhofer Post Office Building'', and 
the bill was then passed, clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                     Pages S7550, S7551
  Ed Eilert Post Office Building: Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 
1524, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 12433 Antioch Road in Overland Park, Kansas, as the ``Ed 
Eilert Post Office Building'', and the bill was then passed, clearing 
the measure for the President.
  Pages S7550, S7551
  Honorable Judge George N. Leighton Post Office Building: Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs was discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 1542, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 695 Pleasant Street in New Bedford, 
Massachusetts, as the ``Honorable Judge George N. Leighton Post Office 
Building'', and the bill was then passed, clearing the measure for the 
President.
  Pages S7550, S7551
  Floyd Lupton Post Office: Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 
2326, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 614 West Old County Road in Belhaven, North Carolina, as the 
``Floyd Lupton Post Office'', and the bill was then passed, clearing 
the measure for the President.
  Pages S7550, S7551
  Department of the Interior Appropriations: By a unanimous vote of 94 
yeas (Vote No. 168), Senate passed H.R. 2361, making appropriations for 
the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, after taking action on the 
following amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S7551-97
Adopted:
  By 57 yeas to 40 nays (Vote No. 161), Burns Amendment No. 1068, to 
direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
conduct a review of all third-party intentional human dosing studies to 
identify or quantify toxic effects.
Pages S7752-60
  By 60 yeas to 37 nays (Vote No. 162), Dorgan (for Boxer) Amendment 
No. 1023, to prohibit the use of funds by the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency to accept, consider, or rely on third-
party intentional dosing human studies for pesticides or to conduct 
intentional dosing human studies for pesticides.
Pages S7552-61
  Dorgan (for Sarbanes) Amendment No. 1046, to provide for a study of 
the feasibility of designating the Captain John Smith Chesapeake 
National Historic Watertrail as a national historic trail. 
                                                         Pages S7585-87
  By a unanimous vote of 96 yeas (Vote No. 165), Santorum Amendment No. 
1071 (to Amendment No. 1052), to provide additional funding for medical 
services provided by the Veterans Health Administration. 
                                               Pages S7569-83, S7586-87
  By a unanimous vote of 96 yeas (Vote No. 166), Byrd (for Murray) 
Amendment No. 1052, making emergency supplemental appropriations for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, for the Veterans Health 
Administration.
Page S7587

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Rejected:
  By 39 yeas to 59 nays (Vote No. 164), Sununu/Bingaman Amendment No. 
1026, to prohibit the use of funds to plan, design, study or construct 
certain forest development roads in the Tongass National Forest. 
                                                  Pages S7562-67, S7568
Withdrawn:
  Kyl Amendment No. 1050, to modify the formula for the allotment of 
grants to States for the establishment of State water pollution control 
revolving funds.
Pages S7584-85


 =========================== NOTE =========================== 

  
  On page D698, June 29, 2005, under Withdrawn: the following 
amendment appear: Withdrawn: Kyl Amendment No. 1050, to modify the 
formula for the allotment of grants to States for the 
establishment of State water pollution control revolving funds. 
Dorgan Amendment No. 1059, to facilitate family travel to Cuba in 
humanitarian circumstance.
  
  The online version has been corrected by deleting Dorgan 
Amendment No. 1059 from the list of Withdrawn: Withdrawn: Dorgan 
Amendment No. 1059, to facilitate family travel to Cuba in 
humanitarian circumstance.


 ========================= END NOTE ========================= 

  During consideration of this measure today, the Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 47 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 163), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, with respect to Dorgan Amendment No. 1025, to require 
Federal reserve banks to transfer certain surplus funds to the general 
fund of the Treasury, to be used for the provision of Indian health 
care services. Subsequently, the point of order that the amendment 
would provide spending in excess of the subcommittee's 302(b) 
allocation was sustained, and the amendment thus fell. 
                                               Pages S7561-62, S7567-68
  By 60 yeas to 35 nays (Vote No. 167), two-thirds of those Senators 
voting, a quorum being present, not having voted in the affirmative, 
the motion to suspend paragraph 4 of Rule XVI to consider Dorgan 
Amendment No. 1059, to facilitate family travel to Cuba in humanitarian 
circumstance, was not agreed to. Subsequently, the Chair sustained a 
point of order against the amendment, as being in violation of Rule XVI 
of the Standing Rules of the Senate which prohibits legislation on 
appropriations matters, and the amendment thus fell. 
                                    Pages S7583-84, S7585, S7587, S7588
  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 Burns, Stevens, Cochran, 
Domenici, Bennett, Gregg, Craig, Allard, Dorgan, Byrd, Leahy, Reid, 
Feinstein, Mikulski, and Kohl.
Page S7644
CAFTA Implementation: By 61 yeas to 34 nays (Vote No. 169), Senate 
agreed to the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 1307, to 
implement the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free 
Trade Agreement, and Senate then began consideration of the bill. 
                                                      Pages S7598-S7605
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 9 a.m. on Thursday, June 30, 2005, 
provided that there then be 16 hours of debate remaining under the 
statute with the time equally divided; further, that the time on the 
Democratic side be divided with 5 hours under the control of Senator 
Dorgan and 3 hours under the control of Senator Baucus.
Page S7644
Messages From the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting a report, pursuant to the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act, an executive order that takes additional steps 
with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 
12938 of November 14, 1994, amending Executive Order 12938 and 
Executive Order 13094 of July 28, 1998 by blocking property of weapons 
of mass destruction proliferators and their supporters; which was 
referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-
16)
Pages S7611-12
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  A.J. Eggenberger, of Montana, to be a Member of the Defense Nuclear 
Facilities Safety Board for a term expiring October 18, 2009.
  Keith E. Eastin, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army.
  Kim Kendrick, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
  Patrick M. O'Brien, of Minnesota, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Terrorist Financing, Department of the Treasury.
  Robert M. Kimmitt, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of the 
Treasury.
  Karen P. Hughes, of Texas, to be Under Secretary of State for Public 
Diplomacy, with the rank of Ambassador.
  Kristen Silverberg, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of State 
(International Organization Affairs).
  Robert A. Mosbacher, of Texas, to be President of the Overseas 
Private Investment Corporation.
  James Cain, of North Carolina, to be Ambassador to Denmark.
  Julie L. Myers, of Kansas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Homeland 
Security.
  Ronald E. Meisburg, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the 
National Labor Relations Board for a term of four years.
  Terrell Halaska, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Legislation and Congressional Affairs, Department of 
Education.
  Peter Schaumber, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
National Labor Relations Board for a term of five years expiring August 
27, 2010.

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  John O. Agwunobi, of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary of Health 
and Human Services.
  1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general
  5 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  2 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
Page S7645
Nominations Withdrawn: Senate received notification of withdrawal of 
the following nominations:
  Ronald E. Meisburg, of Virginia, to be a Member of the National Labor 
Relations Board for the term of five years expiring August 27, 2008, 
which was sent to the Senate on January 24, 2005.
Messages From the House:
  Page S7612
Measures Referred:
  Page S7612
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S7612
Measures Read First Time:
  Page S7612
Executive Communications:
  Pages S7612-13
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S7613
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S7614-16
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S7616-42
Additional Statements:
  Pages S7609-11
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S7642-43
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Pages S7643-44
Privilege of the Floor:
  Page S7644
Record Votes: Nine record votes were taken today. (Total--169) 
                  Pages S7560, S7561, S7568, S7587, S7588, S7597, S7598
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 9:41 p.m. 
until 9 a.m., on Thursday, June 30, 2005. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S7644-
45.)