[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 101 (Friday, July 22, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D804-D806]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                              Friday, July 22, 2005

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                              Daily Digest


Highlights

      The House passed H.R. 3070, National Aeronautics and Space 
      Administration Authorization Act of 2005.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8715-S8765
Measures Introduced: Thirteen bills and four resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1464-1476, S. Res. 205-206, and S. Con. Res. 
45-46.
  Pages S8745-46
Measures Reported:
  S. 1389, to reauthorize and improve the USA PATRIOT Act, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Page S8745
Measures Passed:
  Honoring Constantino Brumidi: Senate agreed to S. Res. 205, honoring 
the life and legacy of Constantino Brumidi and recognizing his 
contributions to the United States on the 200th anniversary of his 
birth.
  Page S8764
Department of Defense Authorization: Senate continued 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 S8717-40, S8764-65
Adopted:
  Warner (for Allen) Amendment No. 1343, to increase the limit on the 
value of assistance that may be provided to eligible entities to carry 
out procurement technical assistance programs operating on less than a 
Statewide basis.
Pages S8738-39
  Warner (for Nelson (NE)) Amendment No. 1430, to clarify certain 
authorities relating to adoptions by members of the Armed Forces. 
                                                             Page S8739
  Warner (for Sessions/Reed) Amendment No. 1431, to require a 
Comptroller General study on the features of successful personnel 
management systems of highly technical and scientific workforces. 
                                                             Page S8739
  Warner (for Enzi/Kennedy) Amendment No. 1432, to extend the effective 
date of the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 
2003.
Pages S8739-40
Pending:
  Frist Modified Amendment No. 1342, to support certain youth 
organizations, including the Boy Scouts of America and Girl Scouts of 
America.
Pages S8764-65, S8717
  Inhofe Amendment No. 1311, to protect the economic and energy 
security of the United States.
Page S8717
  Inhofe/Collins Amendment No. 1312, to express the sense of Congress 
that the President should take immediate steps to establish a plan to 
implement the recommendations of the 2004 Report to Congress of the 
United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission. 
                                                             Page S8717
  Inhofe/Kyl Amendment No. 1313, to require an annual report on the use 
of United States funds with respect to the activities and management of 
the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Page S8717
  Lautenberg Amendment No. 1351, to stop corporations from financing 
terrorism.
Page S8717
  Ensign Amendment No. 1374, to require a report on the use of riot 
control agents.
Page S8717
  Ensign Amendment No. 1375, to require a report on the costs incurred 
by the Department of Defense in implementing or supporting resolutions 
of the United Nations Security Council.
Page S8717
  Collins Amendment No. 1377 (to Amendment No. 1351), to ensure that 
certain persons do not evade or avoid the prohibition imposed under the 
International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
Page S8717

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  Durbin Amendment No. 1379, to require certain dietary supplement 
manufacturers to report certain serious adverse events.
Page S8717
  Hutchison/Nelson (FL) Amendment No. 1357, to express the sense of the 
Senate with regard to manned space flight.
Page S8717
  Thune Amendment No. 1389, to postpone the 2005 round of defense base 
closure and realignment.
Page S8738
  Kennedy Amendment No. 1415, to transfer funds authorized to be 
appropriated to the Department of Energy for the National Nuclear 
Security Administration for weapons activities and available for the 
Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator to the Army National Guard, Washington, 
District of Columbia, chapter.
Pages S8718-28, S8731-32
  Allard/McConnell Amendment No. 1418, to require life cycle cost 
estimates for the destruction of lethal chemical munitions under the 
Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives program.
Page S8728
  Allard/Salazar Amendment No. 1419, to authorize a program to provide 
health, medical, and life insurance benefits to workers at the Rocky 
Flats Environmental Technology Site, Colorado, who would otherwise fail 
to qualify for such benefits because of an early physical completion 
date.
Pages S8728-31
  Dorgan Amendment No. 1426, to express the sense of the Senate on the 
declassification and release to the public of certain portions of the 
Report of the Joint Inquiry into the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 
2001, and to urge the President to release information regarding 
sources of foreign support for the hijackers involved in the terrorist 
attacks of September 11, 2001.
Pages S8732-34
  Dorgan Amendment No. 1429, to establish a special committee of the 
Senate to investigate the awarding and carrying out of contracts to 
conduct activities in Afghanistan and Iraq and to fight the war on 
terrorism.
Pages S8734-35
  Salazar Amendment No. 1421, to rename the death gratuity payable for 
deaths of members of the Armed Forces as fallen hero compensation. 
                                                         Pages S8735-36
  Salazar Amendment No. 1422, to provide that certain local educational 
agencies shall be eligible to receive a fiscal year 2005 payment under 
section 8002 or 8003 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965.
Page S8736
  Salazar/Reed Amendment No. 1423, to provide for Department of Defense 
support of certain Paralympic sporting events.
Pages S8736-38
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that on Tuesday, 
July 26, 2005, when the Senate resumes consideration of the Defense 
Authorization bill, notwithstanding the provisions of Rule 22, there be 
20 minutes of debate divided between Senators Collins and Lautenberg; 
that following the use or yielding back of time, Senate proceed to a 
vote in relation to Collins Amendment No. 1377 (to Amendment No. 1351), 
to be modified to become a first-degree amendment, followed by a vote 
in relation to Lautenberg Amendment No. 1351, to stop corporations from 
financing terrorism; provided further, that no second-degree amendments 
be in order to the above listed amendments prior to the vote. 
                                                             Page S8739
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the bill, and, in 
accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur on Tuesday, July 26, 2005. 
                                                             Page S8740
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that following 
the 2 stacked votes on Tuesday, July 26, 2005, Senate proceed to a vote 
in relation to Frist Modified Amendment No. 1342 (listed above); 
provided further, that no second-degree amendments be in order to the 
amendment prior to the vote, and notwithstanding the provision of Rule 
22.
Pages S8764-65
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that on Monday, 
July 25, 2005, Senators have until 2 p.m. in order to file first-degree 
amendments to the bill.
Page S8764
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 1:30 p.m., on Monday, July 
25, 2005.
Page S8764
Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act: Senate began consideration 
of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 397, to prohibit civil 
liability actions from being brought or continued against 
manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers of firearms or 
ammunition for damages, injunctive or other relief resulting from the 
misuse of their products by others.
  Pages S8740-41
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to proceed 
to consideration of the bill, and, in accordance with the provisions of 
Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will 
occur on Tuesday, July 26, 2005.
Pages S8740-41
  Subsequently, the motion to proceed was withdrawn.
Page S8741
Americans With Disabilities Act Commemoration--Agreement: A unanimous-
consent-time agreement was reached providing that at 1 p.m. on Monday, 
July 25, 2005, Senate begin consideration of a resolution commemorating 
the 15th anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act; that there 
be no amendments in order to the preamble or resolution; that there be 
30 minutes of debate at 1 p.m.,

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and 30 minutes of debate at 5 p.m., equally divided between the 
Majority Leader, or his designee, and Senator Harkin, or his designee; 
and that following the use or yielding back of time, Senate vote on the 
resolution at approximately 5:30 p.m.
  Page S8764
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Brian David Miller, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, General 
Services Administration.
  David A. Sampson, of Texas, to be Deputy Secretary of Commerce.
  Suzanne C. DeFrancis, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Health and Human Services.
  Alex Azar II, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of Health and Human 
Services.
  Charles E. Johnson, of Utah, to be an Assistant Secretary of Health 
and Human Services.
  John J. Sullivan, of Maryland, to be General Counsel of the 
Department of Commerce.
  Mark A. Limbaugh, of Idaho, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Interior.
  Edmund S. Hawley, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Homeland Security.
  William Alan Jeffrey, of Virginia, to be Director of the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology.
  Kathie L. Olsen, of Oregon, to be Deputy Director of the National 
Science Foundation.
  Rebecca F. Dye, of North Carolina, to be a Federal Maritime 
Commissioner for a term expiring June 30, 2010.
  Routine lists in the Coast Guard.
Page S8765
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Roel C. Campos, of Texas, to be a Member of the Securities and 
Exchange Commission for a term expiring June 5, 2010.
  Annette L. Nazareth, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of 
the Securities and Exchange Commission for the remainder of the term 
expiring June 5, 2007.
  Martin J. Gruenberg, of Maryland, to be Vice Chairperson of the Board 
of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
  Martin J. Gruenberg, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for the 
remainder of the term expiring December 27, 2006.
Page S8765
Messages From the House:
  Page S8745
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S8745
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S8746-47
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S8747-54
Additional Statements:
  Page S8745
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S8754-63
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Page S8763
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10:01 a.m., and adjourned at 2:10 p.m. 
until 1 p.m., on Monday, July 25, 2005. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S8764.)