[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 97 (Monday, July 18, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D767-D768]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

[[Page D767]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8393-S8438
Measures Introduced: Six bills and three resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1415-1420, and S. Res. 198-200.               
  Page S8419
Measures Reported:
  S. 501, to provide a site for the National Women's History Museum in 
the District of Columbia. (S. Rept. No. 109-104)             
Page S8419
Measures Passed:
  United Airlines Flight 93 Memorial: Committee on Rules and 
Administration was discharged from further consideration of S. Con. 
Res. 26, honoring and memorializing the passengers and crew of United 
Airlines Flight 93, and the resolution was then agreed to, after 
agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:    
  Pages S8394-95
  Frist (for Conrad) Amendment No. 1228, to make a technical 
correction.                                                  
Page S8394
  Records Production: Senate agreed to S. Res. 199, to authorize the 
production of records by the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations 
of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 
                                                             Page S8436
  Honoring Jack St. Clair Kilby: Senate agreed to S. Res. 200, honoring 
the life of Nobel Laureate Jack St. Clair Kilby, inventor of the 
integrated circuit and innovative leader in the Information Age. 
                                                         Pages S8436-38
Foreign Operations Appropriations: Senate resumed consideration of H.R. 
3057, making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, 
and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, 
taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                  Pages S8393-94, S8395-S8403, S8408-09
Adopted:
  McConnell (for Martinez) Amendment No. 1229, to extend the United 
States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy until October 1, 2006. 
                                                             Page S8395
  McConnell (for Leahy) Amendment No. 1230, of a technical nature 
relating to Iraq.                                            
Page S8395
  McConnell Amendment No. 1231, to provide an exception for activities 
of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation in Libya.     
Page S8395
  McConnell (for Leahy) Amendment No. 1232, of a technical nature 
relating to foreign nongovernmental organizations.           
Page S8395
  McConnell (for Leahy) Amendment No. 1233, of a technical nature 
relating to a reporting requirement.                         
Page S8395
  McConnell (for Leahy) Amendment No. 1234, of a clarifying nature 
relating to assistance for Pakistan.                         
Page S8395
  McConnell (for Leahy) Amendment No. 1235, to provide certain 
assistance to the North Caucasus.                            
Page S8395
  Harkin Modified Amendment No. 1239, to express the sense of the 
Senate regarding abusive child labor practices in the growing and 
processing of cocoa.                        
Pages S8395-S8400, S8401-02
  McConnell (for Lieberman) Amendment No. 1248, to encourage assistance 
for programs to address protracted refugee situations.   
Pages S8401-02
  McConnell (for Leahy) Amendment No. 1249, of a technical nature 
relating to Nepal.                                       
Pages S8401-02
Pending:
  Landrieu Amendment No. 1245, to express the sense of Congress 
regarding the use of funds for orphans, and displaced and abandoned 
children.                                                
Pages S8400-01
  Grassley Amendment No. 1250, to prohibit the use of funds to approve 
or administer a loan or guarantee for certain ethanol dehydration 
plants.                                                  
Pages S8408-09
  During consideration of this measure today, the following action also 
occurred:
  Senator Dorgan submitted a notice to suspend paragraph 4 of Rule XVI 
of the Standing Rules of the Senate for the purpose of proposing 
Amendment No. 1256 to the bill.                              
Page S8416
Department of Homeland Security--Agreements: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing that notwithstanding the July 14, 2005 
passage of H.R. 2360, making appropriations for the Department of 
Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending, September 30, 2006, Reid 
(for Byrd/

[[Page D768]]

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, which was previously agreed to on July 14, 2005, 
be modified.                                             
  Pages S8412-13
  A unanimous-consent request was granted permitting Senator Shelby to 
change his yea vote to a nay vote on Vote No. 187 changing the outcome 
of the vote to 32 yeas to 65 nays relative to Frist Amendment No. 1223 
rejected on July 14, 2005.                                   
Page S8413
Burma Import Restrictions--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that the Senate at 11 a.m., on Tuesday, July 19, 
2005, begin consideration of S.J. Res. 18, approving the renewal of 
import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act 
of 2003; that the joint resolution be read a third time and returned to 
the Senate calendar; that the Senate then begin consideration of H.J. 
Res. 52 (House companion measure); that there be 80 minutes for debate; 
and that following the use, or yielding back of time, Senate vote on 
final passage of the joint resolution.                       
  Page S8436
Escort Committee--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that the President of the Senate be authorized to appoint a 
committee on the part of the Senate to join with a like committee on 
the part of the House of Representatives to escort His Excellency, Dr. 
Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India, into the House Chamber for the 
joint meeting on Tuesday, July 19, 2005.                     
  Page S8436
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By 78 yeas 16 nays (Vote No. EX. 190), Lester M. Crawford, of 
Maryland, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Department of Health 
and Human Services.                               
Pages S8403-08, S8438
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  H. Dale Hall, of New Mexico, to be Director of the United States Fish 
and Wildlife Service.
  Vincent J. Ventimiglia, Jr., of Maryland, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Health and Human Services.
  Bruce Cole, of Indiana, to be Chairperson of the National Endowment 
for the Humanities for a term of four years.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.                  
Page S8438
Messages From the House:                                     
  Page S8417
Measures Placed on Calendar:                                 
  Page S8417
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S8417-19
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S8419-20
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S8420-28
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S8428-35
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                            
  Pages S8435-36
Authority for Committees to Meet:                            
  Page S8436
Privilege of the Floor:                                      
  Page S8436
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--190) 
                                                             Page S8408
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2:30 p.m., and adjourned at 7:20 p.m. 
until 11 a.m., on Tuesday, July 19, 2005. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S8438.)