[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 98 (Tuesday, July 19, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D773-D775]
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                                             Tuesday, July 19, 2005

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      The House and Senate met in a Joint Meeting to receive His 
      Excellency Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of the Republic of 
      India.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8439-S8501
Measures Introduced: Six bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1421-1426, and S. Res. 201-202.              
  Pages S8487-88
Measures Passed:
  Burma Import Restrictions: By 97 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. 191), Senate 
passed H.J. Res. 52, approving the renewal of import restrictions 
contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003, clearing 
the measure for the President.                           
  Pages S8440-46
  Prior to this action, Senate began consideration of S.J. Res. 18, 
(Senate companion measure), and pursuant to the order of July 18, 2005, 
the joint resolution was read for a third time and returned to the 
Senate calendar.                                             
Page S8440
  Highway Extension: Senate passed H.R. 3332, to provide an extension 
of highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other 
programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of a 
law reauthorizing the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, 
clearing the measure for the President.                      
  Page S8499
  Sudan Peace Agreement: Senate agreed to S. Res. 202, urging the 
Government of Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army to 
fully implement the Comprehensive Peace Agreement of January 9, 2005. 
                                                      Pages S8499-S8500
  National Health Center Week: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 31, expressing the 
sense of the Senate that the week of August 7, 2005, be designated as 
``National Health Center Week'' in order to raise awareness of health 
services provided by community, migrant, public housing, and homeless 
health centers, and the resolution was then agreed to, after agreeing 
to the following amendment proposed thereto:             
  Pages S8500-01
  Frist (for Coleman) Amendment No. 1302, to provide for the observance 
of the week with appropriate ceremonies and activities.      
Page S8500
  Controlled Substances Act Amendment: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S. 45, to amend the Controlled 
Substances Act to lift the patient limitation on prescribing drug 
addiction treatments by medical practitioners in group practices, and 
the bill was then passed.                                    
  Page S8501
Foreign Operations Appropriations: Senate continued 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 S8447-76
Adopted:
  McConnell (for Brownback/Kennedy) Amendment No. 1276, to extend 
eligibility for refugee status of unmarried sons and daughters of 
certain Vietnamese refugees.                                 
Page S8452
  McConnell (for Leahy) Amendment No. 1277, to provide a United States 
contribution to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Trust 
Fund.                                                        
Page S8452
  McConnell (for Brownback) Amendment No. 1278, to provide that certain 
funds should be used for educational programs in Egypt.      
Page S8452
  McConnell (for Obama/Hagel) Amendment No. 1264, to support a United 
States contribution to the Special Court for Sierra Leone. 
                                                  Pages S8449-51, S8452
  McConnell (for Allen/Leahy) Modified Amendment No. 1238, to combat 
piracy of United States copyrighted materials.               
Page S8453
  McConnell (for Feingold) Modified Amendment No. 1253, to require an 
annual report on anti-retroviral drug procurement.           
Page S8453

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  McConnell (for Salazar) Modified Amendment No. 1262, to provide that 
funds should be made available for law enforcement programs to combat 
the prevalence of violent gangs in Guatemala, Honduras, and El 
Salvador.                                                    
Page S8453
  McConnell (for Brownback) Amendment No. 1283, to express the sense of 
the Senate regarding the forced repatriation of refugees in Cambodia. 
                                                         Pages S8453-54
  By 59 yeas to 40 nays (Vote No. 193), Coburn Amendment No. 1241, to 
prohibit funds from being made available to the United States Agency 
for International Development for entertainment expenses. 
                                               Pages S8455-56, S8468-69
  Santorum/Durbin Amendment No. 1260, to transfer $100,000,000 from the 
Economic Support Fund to provide for an additional contribution to the 
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.     
Pages S8470-71
  Corzine Amendment No. 1290, to make funds available for the African 
Union Mission in Sudan.                        
Pages S8456-58, S8471-72
  McConnell (for Feingold) Modified Amendment No. 1254, to support 
democracy and governance activities in Zimbabwe.             
Page S8472
  McConnell (for Nelson (FL)/Coleman) Modified Amendment No. 1285, to 
provide that funds be used for democracy programs in Venezuela. 
                                                             Page S8472
  McConnell (for Sessions) Modified Amendment No. 1274, to prohibit the 
use of funds for any loan to the United Nations in excess of 
$600,000,000 for the renovation of its headquarters in New York, New 
York.                                                        
Page S8472
  McConnell (for Grassley) Modified Amendment No. 1273, to prohibit the 
use of funds to approve or administer a loan, guarantee, or insurance 
policy for certain ethanol dehydration plants.       
Pages S8453, S8472
  McConnell (for Vitter) Modified Amendment No. 1287, to limit funds 
relating to attendance of Federal employees at conferences occurring 
outside the United States, unless the Secretary of State determines 
that such attendance is in the national interest.            
Page S8472
  McConnell (for Leahy) Amendment No. 1295, of a technical nature 
relating to Indonesia.                                   
Pages S8472-73
  McConnell (for Brownback) Amendment No. 1296, to support commodities, 
equipment and other assistance to combat malaria.            
Page S8473
  McConnell (for Feinstein) Amendment No. 1297, to require a report on 
states that have not cooperated in small arms programs.      
Page S8473
  McConnell (for Sununu/Chafee) Amendment No. 1298, to increase by 
$5,000,000 the amount available for Economic Support Fund assistance 
for Lebanon, and to increase by $2,000,000 the amount of such 
assistance that should be made available for scholarships and direct 
support of American educational institutions in Lebanon.     
Page S8473
  McConnell (for Kennedy/Biden) Amendment No. 1299, to make available, 
out of funds appropriated for Economic Support Fund assistance, 
$28,000,000 to the International Republican Institute and $28,000,000 
to the National Democratic Institute for fiscal year 2006 to support 
democracy building programs in Iraq.                         
Page S8473
  McConnell (for Stevens/Inouye) Amendment No. 1300, to provide funding 
to the Center for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue.           
Page S8473
Rejected:
  By 37 yeas to 62 nays (Vote No. 192), Coburn/Boxer Amendment No. 
1242, to prohibit any funds from being used by the Export-Import Bank 
of the United States to approve a loan or a loan guarantee related to a 
nuclear project in China.                         
Pages S8458-64, S8468
  By 33 yeas to 66 nays (Vote No. 194), Dorgan/Wyden Amendment No. 
1294, to provide that no funds may be made available to provide 
television broadcasting to Cuba, to increase by $21,100,000 the amount 
appropriated to the Peace Corps, and to reduce by the same amount the 
amount appropriated under title I to the Broadcasting Board of 
Governors for broadcasting to Cuba.            
Pages S8464-68, S8469-70
Withdrawn:
  Grassley Amendment No. 1250, to prohibit the use of funds to approve 
or administer a loan or guarantee for certain ethanol dehydration 
plants.                                              
Pages S8447, S8471
Pending:
  Landrieu Amendment No. 1245, to express the sense of Congress 
regarding the use of funds for orphans, and displaced and abandoned 
children.                                                    
Page S8447
  Chambliss Amendment No. 1271, to prevent funds from being made 
available to provide assistance to a country which has refused to 
extradite certain individuals to the United States.          
Page S8454
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that only certain 
remaining first-degree amendments be in order to the bill; that the 
first-degree amendments be subject to second-degree amendments which 
are related to the first-degree amendments to which they are offered; 
that following the disposition of the amendments, the bill be read a 
third time, and the Senate then vote on final passage of the bill, as 
amended; provided further, that the Senate insist on its amendment, 
request a conference with the House thereon, and the

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Chair be authorized to appoint conferees on the part of the Senate. 
                                                             Page S8474
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, 
July 20, 2005.                                               
Page S8501
SIGNING AUTHORITY--AGREEMENT: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that during this adjournment of the Senate, the Majority 
Leader and Majority Whip, be authorized to sign duly enrolled bills or 
joint resolutions.                                           
  Page S8499
Dorr Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the nomination 
of Thomas C. Dorr, of Iowa, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for 
Rural Development.                                           
  Page S8498
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination and, 
in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur on Thursday, July 21, 2005. 
                                                             Page S8498
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the continuation of the 
national emergency blocking property of certain persons and prohibiting 
the importation of certain goods from Liberia that was established in 
Executive Order 13348 on July 22, 2004; which was referred to the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-18)    
Page S8487
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, the District of Columbia's Fiscal Year 
2006 Budget Request Act; which was referred to the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (PM-19)          
Page S8487
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  3 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  A routine list in the Air Force.                           
Page S8501
Messages From the House:                                     
  Page S8487
Executive Communications:                                    
  Page S8487
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S8488-89
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S8489-91
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S8486-87
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S8491-98
Authority for Committees to Meet:                            
  Page S8498
Privilege of the Floor:                                      
  Page S8498
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total-194) 
                                    Pages S8446, S8468, S8469, S8469-70
Adjournment: Senate convened at 11 a.m., and adjourned at 8:56 p.m. 
until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, July 20, 2005. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S8501.)