[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 113 (Monday, September 12, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D899-D900]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                         Monday, September 12, 2005

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9893-S9942
Measures Introduced: Thirty-nine bills were introduced, as follows: S. 
1650-1688.
  Pages S9930-31
Measures Reported:
  S. 113, to modify the date as of which certain tribal land of the 
Lytton Rancheria of California is deemed to be held in trust. (S. Rept. 
No. 109-136)
  S. 1197, to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Page S9930
Measures Passed:
  National Flood Insurance Program Enhanced Borrowing Authority Act: 
Senate passed H.R. 3669, to temporarily increase the borrowing 
authority of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for carrying out 
the national flood insurance program, clearing the measure for the 
President.
  Pages S9941-42
Commerce/Justice/Science Appropriations: Senate continued 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, taking action on the following amendments 
proposed thereto:
  Pages S9898-S9908
Pending:
  Lincoln Amendment No. 1652, to provide for temporary medicaid 
disaster relief for survivors of Hurricane Katrina.
Page S9898
  Dayton Amendment No. 1654, to increase funding for Justice Assistance 
Grants.
Page S9898
  Biden Amendment No. 1661, to provide emergency funding for victims of 
Hurricane Katrina.
Page S9899
  Sarbanes Amendment No. 1662, to assist the victims of Hurricane 
Katrina with finding new housing.
Page S9899
  Dorgan Amendment No. 1665, to prohibit weakening any law that 
provides safeguards from unfair foreign trade practices.
Page S9899
  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. 
                                                             Page S9899
  Lieberman Amendment No. 1678, to provide financial relief for 
individuals and entities affected by Hurricane Katrina.
Page S9899
  DeWine Amendment No. 1671, to make available, from amounts otherwise 
available for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 
$906,200,000 for aeronautics research and development programs of the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Pages S9899-S9900
  Clinton Amendment No. 1660, to establish a congressional commission 
to examine the Federal, State, and local response to the devastation 
wrought by Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Region of the United States 
especially in the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and other 
areas impacted in the aftermath and make immediate corrective measures 
to improve such responses in the future.
Pages S9900-02
  Coburn Amendment No. 1648, to eliminate the funding for the Advanced 
Technology Program and increase the funding available for the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, community oriented policing 
services, and State and local law enforcement assistance. 
                                                         Pages S9902-07
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 10:45 a.m., on Tuesday, 
September 13, 2005.
Page S9942
Clean Air Act Resolution: Senate began consideration of the motion to 
proceed to consideration of 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, and by a unanimous vote of 92 yeas (Vote 
No. 224), Senate agreed to the motion to proceed.
  Pages S9921-22
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for consideration 
of the resolution at 12:10 a.m., on Tuesday, September 13, 2005; that 
there be 20 minutes for debate, and the Senate then vote on final 
passage of the joint resolution.
Page S9942

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Appointments:
  Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group: The Chair, on behalf of the 
Vice President, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 276d-276g, as amended, appointed 
the following Senators as members of the Senate Delegation to the 
Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group during the First Session of the 
109th Congress: Senators Grassley, Lott, Voinovich, Chambliss, and 
Burr.
  Page S9942
  Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance: The Chair, on 
behalf of the President pro tempore, pursuant to Public Law 99-498, 
reappointed the following individual to a three-year term (commencing 
on October 1, 2005), as a member of the Advisory Committee on Student 
Financial Assistance: Claude O. Pressnell, Jr., of Tennessee. 
                                                             Page S9942
Measures Read First Time:
  Pages S9928, S9941
Executive Communications:
  Pages S9928-30
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S9931-32
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S9932-40
Additional Statements:
  Pages S9927-28
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S9940-41
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Page S9941
Privilege of the Floor:
  Page S9941
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--224) 
                                                         Pages S9921-22
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m., and adjourned at 8 p.m., until 
9:45 a.m., on Tuesday, September 13, 2005. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S9942.)