[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 111 (Thursday, September 8, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D887-D888]
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                                        Thursday, September 8, 2005

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      The House agreed to H.R. 3673, Second Emergency Supplemental 
      Appropriations Act to Meet Immediate Needs Arising From the 
      Consequences of Hurricane Katrina, 2005.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
  Senate passed H.R. 3673, Second Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations.
Routine Proceedings, pages S9741-S9864
Measures Introduced: Sixteen bills were introduced, as follows: S. 
1632-1647.                                                   
  Page S9833
Measures Reported:
  Special Report entitled ``Review of Legislative Activity During the 
108th Congress''. (S. Rept. No. 109-135)                 
Pages S9832-33
Measures Passed:
  Federal Judiciary Emergency Special Sessions Act: Senate passed S. 
1634, to allow United States courts to conduct business during 
emergency conditions.                                    
  Pages S9774-76
  Federal Judiciary Emergency Special Sessions Act: Senate passed H.R. 
3650, to allow United States courts to conduct business during 
emergency conditions, clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                         Pages S9774-76
  Second Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act: By a unanimous vote 
of 97 yeas (Vote No. 223), Senate passed H.R. 3673, making further 
emergency supplemental appropriations to meet immediate needs arising 
from the consequences of Hurricane Katrina, for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2005, clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                         Pages S9805-13
  National Flood Insurance Program: Senate passed H.R. 804, to exclude 
from consideration as income certain payments under the national flood 
insurance program, clearing the measure for the President.   
  Page S9861
Commerce/Justice/Science Appropriations: Senate began consideration of 
H.R. 2862, making appropriations for Science, the Departments of State, 
Justice, and Commerce, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2006, agreeing to the committee amendment in the nature 
of a substitute, which will be considered as original text for the 
purpose of further amendment, and taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:                
  Pages S9745-70, S9776-S9805
Adopted:
  Shelby Amendment No. 1655, to provide funding for programs to promote 
travel to the United States.                                 
Page S9779
  Shelby Amendment No. 1656, to provide funding and personnel for the 
National Hurricane Center.                                   
Page S9779
  Shelby Amendment No. 1657, to strike certain provisions relating to 
Universal Service Fund program under the Federal Communications 
Commission.                                                  
Page S9779
  Shelby (for Dorgan) Amendment No. 1658, to expand the disaster loans 
that shall not be sold by the Small Business Administration. 
                                                             Page S9779
Pending:
  Lincoln Amendment No. 1652, to provide for temporary Medicaid 
disaster relief for survivors of Hurricane Katrina. 
                                               Pages S9776-79, S9783-84
  Harkin Amendment No. 1659, to increase the appropriation for 
nationwide legal services field programs and to provide additional 
funds to programs providing legal services to the victims of Hurricane 
Katrina.                                                     
Page S9780
  Dayton Amendment No. 1654, to increase funding for Justice Assistance 
Grants.                                                  
Pages S9784-86
  Biden Amendment No. 1661, to provide emergency funding for victims of 
Hurricane Katrina.                                       
Pages S9790-91
  Sarbanes Amendment No. 1662, to assist the victims of Hurricane 
Katrina with finding new housing.                        
Pages S9791-95

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  Dorgan Amendment No. 1665, to prohibit weakening any law that 
provides safeguards from unfair foreign trade practices. 
                                                         Pages S9795-99
  Sununu Amendment No. 1669, to increase funding for the State Criminal 
Alien Assistance Program, the Southwest Border Prosecutors Initiative, 
and transitional housing for women subjected to domestic violence. 
                                                      Pages S9799-S9800
  A notice of intent was submitted to suspend paragraph 4 of Rule XVI 
of the Standing Rules of the Senate for the purpose of proposing a 
Dorgan Amendment to the bill.                            
Pages S9801-02
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that only certain 
amendments be in order to the bill, provided further, that they be 
subject to second-degrees which are relevant to the first-degree to 
which they are offered.                                      
Page S9860
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 9:30 a.m., on Friday, September 9, 2005. 
                                                             Page S9861
Signing Authority--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that on Thursday, September 8, 2005, the Majority Leader, be 
authorized to sign duly enrolled bills.                      
  Page S9860
Coal/Oil-Direct Utility Units Rule: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that on Monday, September 12, 2005, at 5:30 p.m., 
Senate proceed to a period of morning business for one hour; that 
following the use or yielding back of time, Senate proceed to a vote on 
the motion to proceed to S.J. Res. 20, disapproving a rule promulgated 
by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to delist 
coal and oil-direct utility units from the source category list under 
the Clean Air Act; that if the motion to proceed is agreed to, the 
statutory time limit be reduced to 2 hours equally divided and 
following the use or yielding back of time, the joint resolution be 
read a third time and the Senate proceed to a vote on passage of the 
resolution.                                                  
  Page S9860
Chief Justice Rehnquist Tributes: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that Senators be permitted to submit tributes to 
Chief Justice Rehnquist for the record until September 30, 2005, and 
that all tributes be printed as a Senate document.           
  Page S9861
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to the Davis-Bacon Act, a report on the 
suspension of Subchapter IV of Chapter 31 of Title 40, United States 
Code, within a limited geographic area in response to the national 
emergency caused by Hurricane Katrina; which was referred to the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (PM-20) 
                                                         Pages S9831-32
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the continuation of the 
national emergency with respect to certain terrorist attacks; which was 
referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-
21)                                                          
Page S9832
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Charles R. Christopherson, Jr., of Texas, to be Chief Financial 
Officer, Department of Agriculture.
  Edward F. Sproat III, of Pennsylvania, to be Director of the Office 
of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Department of Energy.
  Dale W. Meyerrose, of Indiana, to be Chief Information Officer, 
Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
  7 Coast Guard nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, 
Navy.                                                    
Pages S9861-64
Messages From the House:                                 
  Pages S9829-30
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S9830-31
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S9833
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S9833-35
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S9835-52
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S9822-29
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S9852-60
Authority for Committees to Meet:                            
  Page S9860
Privilege of the Floor:                                      
  Page S9860
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--223) 
                                                             Page S9813
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 8:12 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Friday, September 9, 2005. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S9861.)