[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 118 (Tuesday, September 20, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D935-D936]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                        Tuesday, September 20, 2005

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S10203-10246
Measures Introduced: Twelve bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1726-1737, and S. Con. Res. 53.
  Pages S10233-34
Agriculture Appropriations: Senate continued consideration of H.R. 
2744, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2006, taking action on the following amendments 
proposed thereto:
  Pages S10210-14, S10215-27
Adopted:
  Allard Amendment No. 1738, to express the sense of the Senate on the 
importation into the United States of beef from Japan. 
                                                        Pages S10212-14
  By 72 yeas to 26 nays (Vote No. 236), Reid (for Nelson (NE)) 
Amendment No. 1732, to prohibit the use of funds for developing a final 
rule with respect to the importation of beef from Japan. 
                                                        Pages S10210-14
  Allard Modified Amendment No. 1737, to allow the Secretary to lease 
certain land to the Board of Governors of the Colorado State University 
System for its Shortgrass Steppe Biological Field Station. 
                                                            Page S10214
  Durbin (for Reid) Amendment No. 1747, to provide for minimum prices 
for milk handlers.
Pages S10215-16
  Durbin (for Inouye) Amendment No. 1748, to limit the use of funds 
made available to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. 
                                                            Page S10216
  Durbin Amendment No. 1749, to insert provisions related to conflicts 
of interest among members of advisory panels of the Food and Drug 
Administration.
Pages S10216-17
  Bennett Amendment No. 1750, to provide for the conveyance of land to 
the Mississippi State University, Starkville.
Page S10217
  Bennett Amendment No. 1751, to provide for a comprehensive report on 
the economic development and current status of the sheep industry in 
the United States.
Page S10218
  Bennett Amendment No. 1752, to establish a demonstration intermediate 
relending program for the construction and rehabilitation of housing 
for the Choctaw Nation.
Page S10218
  Akaka Amendment No. 1729, to prohibit Federal funding of research 
facilities that purchase animals from Class-B dealers. 
                                                Pages S10220, S10221-23
  Akaka Amendment No. 1730, to ensure the humane slaughter of 
nonambulatory livestock.
Page S10221
  Bennett/Kohl Amendment No. 1726, to amend the Rural Electrification 
Act of 1936.
Page S10223
  Talent/Pryor Amendment No. 1763, to prohibit the use of funds to 
close or relocate certain local offices of the Farm Service Agency. 
                                                            Page S10224
  By 68 yeas to 29 nays (Vote No. 237), Ensign Modified Amendment No. 
1753, to prohibit the use of appropriated funds to pay the salaries or 
expenses of personnel to inspect horses under certain authority or 
guidelines.
Pages S10224-25
  Roberts Amendment No. 1742, to modify the conditions under which the 
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation may offer crop insurance to single 
producers.
Page S10225
  Kohl (for Harkin) Amendment No. 1765, to require the Secretary of 
Agriculture to provide notice to Congress before initiating any 
structural change in a mission area of the Department.
Page S10225
  Kohl (for Pryor) Amendment No. 1766, to provide a technical 
correction for the community eligibility for rural utilities programs 
in Arkansas.
Pages S10225-27
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that all first-
degree amendments, except those cleared by the managers of the bill, be 
filed by 4 p.m. on Wednesday, September 21, 2005.
Page S10227
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, 
September 21, 2005.
Page S10246
Messages From the House:
  Page S10232
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S10232
Executive Communications:
  Pages S10232-33

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Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S10234-35
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S10235-41
Additional Statements:
  Pages S10231-32
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S10241-45
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S10245
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Pages S10245-46
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--237) 
                                             Pages S10213-14, S10224-25
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:45 a.m., and adjourned at 6:36 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, September 21, 2005. (For Senate's 
program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's 
Record on page S10246.)