[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 99 (Wednesday, July 20, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D783-D784]
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                                           Wednesday, July 20, 2005

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed H.R. 3057, Foreign Operations Appropriations.
      The House passed H.R. 2601, Foreign Relations Authorization Act 
      for Fiscal Year 2006 and 2007.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8503-S8588
Measures Introduced: Thirteen bills were introduced, as follows: S. 
1427-1439.                                               
  Pages S8558-59
Measures Passed:
  Foreign Operations Appropriations: By 98 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. 
197), Senate passed H.R. 3057, making appropriations for the Department 
of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2006, after taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:                             
  Pages S8510-36
Adopted:
  McConnell (for Lugar/Leahy) Amendment No. 1293, to promote reform of 
the multilateral development banks.                      
Pages S8510-13
  By a unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. 195), Landrieu Modified 
Amendment No. 1245, to express the sense of the Senate regarding the 
use of funds for orphans, and displaced and abandoned children. 
                                 Pages S8510, S8513-16, S8517-22, S8529
  By 86 yeas to 12 nays (Vote No. 196), 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.                                    
Pages S8510, S8529-30
  Schumer Amendment No. 1304, to require a report to Congress on 
mergers or acquisitions between certain United States and foreign 
companies.                                        
Pages S8522-26, S8530
  McConnell (for Feingold/Collins) Modified Amendment No. 1255, to 
extend the termination date of Office of the Special Inspector General 
of Iraq Reconstruction, and to provide as an emergency requirement 
additional funds for the Office.                         
Pages S8530-31
  Dodd Amendment No. 1305, to require the Secretary of State to report 
to Congress on a plan for holding elections in Haiti in 2005 and 2006. 
                                                  Pages S8526-29, S8531
  Biden/Lugar Amendment No. 1301, to provide support to the 
Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Preparatory Commission and to 
provide an offset.                                   
Pages S8529, S8531
  McConnell (for Biden) Modified Amendment No. 1252, to require a 
report on assistance for United States citizens who are victims of 
crime in foreign countries.                              
Pages S8531-32
  McConnell (for Byrd) Amendment No. 1306, to modify the 
responsibilities and authorities applicable to the United States-China 
Economic and Security Review Commission.                 
Pages S8532-33
  McConnell (for Leahy) Amendment No. 1307, to require that funds made 
available for the United Nations Population Fund be used for certain 
purposes.                                                    
Page S8533
  McConnell (for Frist) Amendment No. 1308, to provide that funds 
appropriated for nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining and related 
programs and made available for the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty 
International Monitoring System may be made available to the Under 
Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security for use 
in certain nonproliferation efforts and counterproliferation efforts. 
                                                         Pages S8533-35
  By unanimous-consent, notwithstanding passage of the bill, Salazar 
Modified Amendment No. 1263, to increase the accountability and 
effectiveness of international police training.          
Pages S8535-36
  Senate insisted on its amendments, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair was authorized to appoint the following 
conferees on the part of the Senate: Senators McConnell, Specter, 
Gregg, Shelby, Bennett, Bond, DeWine, Brownback,

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Cochran, Leahy, Inouye, Harkin, Mikulski, Durbin, Johnson, Landrieu, 
and Byrd.                                                    
Page S8536
Department of Defense Authorization: Senate began consideration of S. 
1042, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, taking 
action on the following amendments proposed thereto:     
  Pages S8536-45
Adopted:
  Warner/Levin Amendment No. 1315, to authorize the National Defense 
University to award the degree of Master of Science in Joint Campaign 
Planning and Strategy.                                   
Pages S8542-43
  Warner/Levin Amendment No. 1318, to authorize a pilot program on 
expanded public-private partnerships for research and development. 
                                                             Page S8543
  Warner/Levin Amendment No. 1319, to modify the requirements for 
reports on program to award prizes for advanced technology 
achievements.                                            
Pages S8543-44
  Warner Amendment No. 1320, to make a technical correction relating to 
the Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) 
Defense Education Program.                                   
Page S8544
  Warner (for McConnell) Amendment No. 1324, to authorize the 
construction of chemical demilitarization facilities.    
Pages S8544-45
  Warner Amendment No. 1321, to establish certain qualifications for 
individuals who serve as Regional Directors of the TRICARE program. 
                                                             Page S8544
  Warner/Levin Amendment No. 1322, to make technical corrections to 
certain authorizations of appropriations.                    
Page S8544
  Levin/Collins Amendment No. 1325, to require a strategic human 
capital plan for civilian employees of the Department of Defense. 
                                                             Page S8545
  Warner (for Graham) Amendment No. 1323, to clarify the amendment 
relating to the grade of the Judge Advocate General of the Army. 
                                                             Page S8544
Pending:
  Warner Amendment No. 1314, to increase amounts available for the 
procurement of wheeled vehicles for the Army and the Marine Corps and 
for armor for such vehicles.                             
Pages S8540-42
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill on Thursday, July 21, 2005, following the 
cloture vote on the nomination of Thomas C. Dorr (listed below). 
                                                             Page S8587
Dorr Nomination--Agreement:  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was 
reached providing for further consideration of the nomination of Thomas 
C. Dorr, of Iowa, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural 
Development, at 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, July 21, 2005, with 1 hour for 
debate, followed by a vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the 
nomination.                                                  
  Page S8587
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  William Robert Timken, Jr., of Ohio, to be Ambassador to the Federal 
Republic of Germany.
  4 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  5 Army nominations in the rank of general.                 
Page S8588
Messages From the House:                                     
  Page S8549
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S8549
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S8549-50
Petitions and Memorials:                                 
  Pages S8550-58
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S8558
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S8559-60
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S8560-73
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S8548-49
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S8573-82
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S8582
Authority for Committees to Meet:                        
  Pages S8582-83
Privilege of the Floor:                                  
  Pages S8583-84
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--197) 
                                                Pages S8529 S8530 S8535
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 7:15 p.m. 
until 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, July 21, 2005. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S8587.)