[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 95 (Thursday, July 14, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D750-D752]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                            Thursday, July 14, 2005

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                              Daily Digest

HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed H.R. 2360, Department of Homeland Security 
      Appropriations.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8247-S8330
Measures Introduced: Fifteen bills were introduced, as follows: S. 
1396-1410.                                               
  Pages S8301-02
Measures Reported: H.R. 3010, making appropriations for the Departments 
of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related 
Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 109-103)
  S. 662, to reform the postal laws of the United States, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.                     
Page S8301
Measures Passed:
  Department of Homeland Security Appropriations: By 96 yeas to 1 nay 
(Vote No. 189), Senate passed H. R. 2360, making appropriations for the 
Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2006, after taking action on the following amendments proposed 
thereto:                                                 
  Pages S8248-90
Adopted:
  Corzine Amendment No. 1208, to express the sense of the Senate that 
Federal standards should be established to protect United States 
chemical facilities from terrorist attacks.              
Pages S8249-50
  Gregg (for Nelson (FL)) Amendment No. 1117, to provide for clear, 
concise, and uniform guidelines for reimbursement for hurricane debris 
removal for counties affected by hurricanes.                 
Page S8254
  Gregg (for Nelson (FL)) Amendment No. 1118, to provide for a report 
describing changes made to Federal emergency preparedness and response 
policies and practices in light of the May 20, 2005 Department of 
Homeland Security Inspector General's Report.                
Page S8254
  Gregg (for Collins) Amendment No. 1137, to allow additional uses for 
funds provided under the law enforcement terrorism prevention grants. 
                                                         Pages S8254-55
  Gregg (for Lott) Amendment No. 1108, to express the sense of the 
Senate regarding a study of the potential use of FM radio signals for 
an emergency messaging system.                               
Page S8255
  Gregg (for Lautenberg) Amendment No. 1197, to clarify authorization 
for port security grants.                                    
Page S8255
  Gregg (for Nelson (FL)) Amendment No. 1194, to require the Under 
Secretary for Emergency Preparedness and Response to propose new 
inspection guidelines within 90 days of enactment that prohibit 
inspectors from entering into a contract with any individual or entity 
for whom the inspector performs an inspection for purposes of 
determining eligibility for assistance from the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency.                                           
Page S8255
  Dorgan Modified Amendment No. 1111, to prohibit the use of funds 
appropriated under this Act to promulgate the regulations to implement 
the plan developed pursuant to section 7209(b) of the 9/11 Commission 
Implementation Act of 2004, to limit United States citizens to a 
passport as the exclusive document to be presented upon entry into the 
United States from Canada by land.                           
Page S8255
  Gregg (for Sarbanes) Amendment No. 1206, to require that funds be 
made available for the United States Fire Administration. 
                                                         Pages S8279-82
  Gregg (for Landrieu) Amendment No. 1110, to give priority for port 
security grants to ports with high impact targets, including ports that 
accommodate liquified petroleum vessels or are close to liquified 
natural gas facilities.                                  
Pages S8279-80
  Gregg (for Reid) Modified Amendment No. 1160, to require a report on 
the Homeland Security Advisory System.                   
Pages S8279-80

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  Reid (for Byrd/Stabenow) Amendment No. 1224, to make certain funding 
revisions with respect to firefighter assistance grants, preparedness 
and recovery, interoperable communications grants, disaster relief, and 
the counterterrorism fund.                           
Pages S8280, S8282
  Durbin (for Boxer/Inhofe) Modified Amendment No. 1216, to provide for 
the strengthening of security at nuclear power plants.       
Page S8282
  Gregg (for Sessions/Hatch) Modified Amendment No. 1140, to provide $5 
million for costs incurred to train state and local personnel to 
perform immigration functions.                               
Page S8282
  Gregg (for Martinez/Ried) Modified Amendment No. 1144, to express the 
sense of the Senate regarding threat assessment of major tourist 
attractions.                                                 
Page S8282
  Gregg (for Kennedy) Amendment No. 1225 (to Amendment No. 1139), to 
provide funds for the Legal Orientation Program.         
Pages S8282-83
  Gregg (for Sessions/Hatch) Modified Amendment No. 1139, to 
appropriate $1 million for entering information into the National Crime 
Information Center database.                             
Pages S8282-83
Rejected:
  By 38 yeas to 60 nays (Vote No. 179), Ensign Amendment No. 1219 (to 
Amendment No. 1124), of a perfecting nature.                 
Page S8251
  Gregg (for Ensign) Modified Amendment No. 1124, to transfer 
appropriated funds from the Office of State and Local Government 
Coordination and Preparedness to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
for the purpose of hiring 1,000 additional border agents and related 
expenditures.                                                
Page S8251
  By 42 yeas to 56 nays (Vote No. 182), McCain Modified Amendment No. 
1171, to increase the number of detention beds and positions or FTEs in 
the United States consistent with the number authorized in the 
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (Public Law 
108-458), as amended.                                    
Pages S8252-53
  Durbin (for Stabenow) Amendment No. 1217, to provide funding for 
interoperable communications equipment grants.               
Page S8253
  By 46 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 185), Gregg Further Modified 
Amendment No. 1220, to allocate funds for certain terrorism prevention 
activities, including rail and transit security.         
Pages S8265-66
  By 33 yeas to 64 nays (Vote No. 187), Frist Amendment No. 1223, to 
protect classified information and to protect our servicemen and women.
                                                     Pages S8268, S8279
  By 44 yeas to 53 nays (Vote No. 188), Reid Amendment No. 1222, to 
prohibit Federal employees who disclose classified information to 
persons not authorized to receive such information from holding a 
security clearance.                               
Pages S8253, S8268-79
Withdrawn:
  Akaka Amendment No. 1113, to increase funding for State and local 
grant programs and firefighter assistance grants.        
Pages S8255-60
  Byrd Amendment No. 1200, to provide funds for certain programs 
authorized by the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974. 
                                                             Page S8283
  McCain Modified Amendment No. 1150, to increase the number of border 
patrol agents consistent with the number authorized in the Intelligence 
Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-458). 
                                                             Page S8283
  During consideration of this measure today, the Senate also took the 
following actions:
  By 45 yeas to 53 nays (Vote No. 180), 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 Schumer Amendment No. 1189, to provide 
that certain air cargo security programs are implemented. 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 S8251-52
  By 36 yeas to 62 nays (Vote No. 181), 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 Schumer Amendment No. 1190, to appropriate 
$70,000,000 to identify and track hazardous materials shipments. 
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.                      
Page S8252
  By 35 yeas to 63 nays (Vote No. 183), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive section 402(b)(5) of H. Con. Res. 95, 
Congressional Budget Resolution, with respect to the emergency 
designation provision in Durbin (for Stabenow) Amendment No. 1217, to 
provide funding for interoperable communications equipment grants. 
Subsequently, a point of order that the emergency designation provision 
would violate section 402(b)(5) of H. Con. Res. 95 was sustained and 
the provision was stricken.                                  
Page S8254
  By 43 yeas to 55 nays (Vote No. 184), 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 Reid (for Byrd)

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Amendment No. 1218, to provide additional funding for intercity 
passenger rail transportation, freight rail, and mass transit. 
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 S8264-66
  By 53 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 186), 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 Shelby Modified Amendment No. 1205, to 
allocate funds for certain terrorism prevention activities, including 
rail and transit security. 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 S8260-64, S8266-68
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that Hatch 
Amendment No. 1221, to clarify the source of funds allocated under 
Amendment No. 1171 to H.R. 2360, previousley agreed to on July 13, 
2005, was modified.                                          
Page S8252
  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 Gregg, Cochran, Stevens, 
Specter, Domenici, Shelby, Craig, Bennett, Allard, Byrd, Inouye, Leahy, 
Mikulski, Kohl, Murray, Reid, and Feinstein.                 
Page S8290
  Congressional Award Act Authorization: Senate passed S. 335, to 
reauthorize the Congressional Award Act.                     
  Page S8328
Foreign Operations Appropriations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing for the consideration of H.R. 3057, 
making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and 
related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, at 10 
a.m. on Friday, July 15, 2005; provided further, that the committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute be agreed to and considered as 
original text for the purpose of further amendment.          
  Page S8290
Energy Policy Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that H.R. 6, to ensure jobs for our future with secure, 
affordable, and reliable energy, be printed, as passed.      
  Page S8328
Messages From the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report requested in section 2106 of 
the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global 
War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005 (Public Law 109-13) providing 
information on matters relating to the Palestinian Security Services 
and Palestinian Authority reform; which was referred to the Committee 
on Foreign Relations. (PM-17)                                
Page S8298
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Stewart A. Baker, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Homeland Security.
  Tracy A. Henke, of Missouri, to be Executive Director of the Office 
of State and Local Government Coordination and Preparedness, Department 
of Homeland Security.
  1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.
  1 Marine Corps nomination in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Foreign Service, Navy.            
Pages S8328-30
Messages From the House:                                 
  Pages S8298-99
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S8299
Measures Placed on Calendar:                         
  Pages S8299, S8328
Executive Communications:                             
  Pages S8299-S8301
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S8302-04
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S8304-26
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S8296-98
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S8326-27
Authority for Committees to Meet:                        
  Pages S8327-28
Privilege of the Floor:                                      
  Page S8328
Record Votes: Eleven record votes were taken today. (Total-189) 
                          Pages S8251-54, S8265-66, S8268, S8279, S8290
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 8:21 p.m. 
until 9:30 a.m., on Friday, July 15, 2005. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S8328.