[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 130 (Friday, October 7, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1030-D1032]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                            Friday, October 7, 2005

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed H.R. 2368, Department of Defense Appropriations.
      Senate agreed to the conference report to accompany H.R. 2360, 
      Homeland Security Appropriations.
      The House passed the following measure, ``Gasoline for America's 
      Security Act of 2005.''.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S11247-S11337
Measures Introduced: Fourteen bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1855-1868, S. Res. 271-272, and S. Con. Res. 
58.
  Pages S11313-14
Measures Passed:
  Department of Defense Appropriations: By a unanimous vote of 97 yeas 
(Vote No. 254), Senate passed H.R. 2863, making appropriations for the 
Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, as 
amended.
  Pages S11247-75
  Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair was authorized to appoint the following 
conferees on the part of the Senate: Senators Stevens, Cochran, 
Specter, Domenici, Bond, McConnell, Shelby, Gregg, Hutchison, Burns, 
Inouye, Byrd, Leahy, Harkin, Dorgan, Durbin, Reid, Feinstein, and 
Mikulski.
Page S11275
  Community Disaster Loans: Senate passed S. 1858, to provide for 
community disaster loans.
  Pages S11280-85
  Social Services Emergency Relief and Recovery Act: Senate passed H.R. 
3971, to provide assistance to individuals and States affected by 
Hurricane Katrina, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed 
thereto:
  Pages S11329-30


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  On page D1030, October 7, 2005, under Measures Passed: Social 
Services Emergency Relief and Recorvery Act: the following 
sentence appeared: Senate passed H.R. 3971, to provide assistance 
to individuals and States affected by Hurricane Katrina, clearing 
the measure for the President, after agreeing to the following 
amendment proposed thereto:
  
  The online version has been corrected to read: Senate passed 
H.R. 3971, to provide assistance to individuals and States 
affected by Hurricane Katrina, after agreeing to the following 
amendment proposed thereto: Pages S11329-30


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  Stevens (for Grassley) Amendment No. 2059, in the nature of a 
substitute.
Pages S11329-30
  Kosovo: Committee on Foreign Relations was discharged from further 
consideration of S. Res. 237, expressing the sense of the Senate on 
reaching an agreement on the future status of Kosovo, and the 
resolution was then agreed to.
  Pages S11331-32
  Permit Processing Fund Extension: Committee on Environment and Public 
Works was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 3765, to extend 
through March 31, 2006, the authority of the Secretary of the Army to 
accept and expend funds contributed by non-Federal public entities and 
to expedite the processing of permits, and the measure was then passed, 
after agreeing to the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                            Page S11332
  Stevens (for Inhofe) Amendment No. 2057, to modify the 
reauthorization period of a certain water resource program. 
                                                            Page S11332
  Stevens (for Inhofe) Amendment No. 2058, to amend the title. 
                                                            Page S11332
  National Character Counts Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 271, 
designating the week beginning October 16, 2005, as ``National 
Character Counts Week''.
  Pages S11332-33
  Honoring Judge Constance Baker Motley: Senate agreed to S. Res. 272, 
recognizing and honoring the life and achievements of Constance Baker 
Motley, a judge for the United States District Court, Southern District 
of New York.
  Pages S11333-34
  Use of Capitol Grounds: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 161, 
authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for an event to commemorate 
the 10th Anniversary of the Million Man March.
  Page S11334
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations--Conference Report: 
Senate agreed to the conference report to accompany H.R. 2360, making

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appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2006, clearing the measure for the President.
                                                        Pages S11275-79
Signing Authority--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that during this adjournment of the Senate, the Majority 
Leader, and Senator Warner, be authorized to sign duly enrolled bills 
or joint resolutions.
  Page S11331
Authorizing Leadership To Make Appointments--Agreement: A unanimous-
consent agreement was reached providing that notwithstanding the 
adjournment of the Senate, the President of the Senate, the President 
pro tempore, and the Majority and Minority Leaders be authorized to 
make appointments to commissions, committees, boards, conferences, or 
interparliamentary conferences authorized by law, by concurrent action 
of the two Houses, or by order of the Senate.
  Page S11331
Adjournment Resolution: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that, notwithstanding the adjournment of the Senate, when the 
Senate receives from the House of Representatives the adjournment 
resolution, the concurrent resolution be agreed to and the motion to 
reconsider be laid on the table.
  Page S11331
Transportation/Treasury Appropriations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing that at 3 p.m. on Monday, October 17, 
2005, Senate begin consideration of H.R. 3058, making appropriations 
for the Departments of Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban 
Development, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006.
  Page S11329
Nomination--Joint Referral: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that when the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs reports the nomination of Julie L. Myers, of Kansas, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security, the nomination be referred 
sequentially to the Committee on the Judiciary for up to 30 calendar 
days, provided further, that if the nomination is not reported by that 
time it be discharged automatically from the Committee on the Judiciary 
and placed on the Executive Calendar.
  Page S11331
Treaties Approved: The following treaties having passed through their 
various parliamentary stages, up to and including the presentation of 
the resolution of ratification, upon division, two-thirds of the 
Senators present having voted in the affirmative, the resolutions of 
ratification were agreed to:
  Inter-American Convention Against Terrorism (Treaty Doc. 107-18) with 
one understanding; and
  U.N. Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime (Treaty Doc. 
108-16).
Pages S11334-36
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Juliet JoAnn McKenna, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate 
Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of 
fifteen years.
  Jan E. Boyer, of Texas, to be United States Alternate Executive 
Director of the Inter-American Development Bank.
  Israel Hernandez, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce and 
Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service.
  Charles A. Ford, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Honduras.
  John R. Fisher, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge 
of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals for the term of fifteen 
years.
  Kenneth L. Wainstein, of Virginia, to be United States Attorney for 
the District of Columbia for the term of four years.
  Kent R. Hill, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development.
  Colleen Duffy Kiko, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Federal 
Labor Relations Authority for a term of five years.
  David H. McCormick, of Pennsylvania, to be Under Secretary of 
Commerce for Export Administration.
  Darryl W. Jackson, of the District of Columbia to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Commerce.
  John Hillen, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State 
(Political-Military Affairs).
  Kim Kendrick, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
  Patrick M. O'Brien, of Minnesota, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Terrorist Financing, Department of the Treasury.
  Robert A. Mosbacher, of Texas, to be President of the Overseas 
Private Investment Corporation.
  Mark Langdale, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Costa 
Rica.
  Keith A. Nelson, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development.
  Patricia Louise Herbold, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Singapore.
  Stewart A. Baker, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Homeland Security.
  H. Dale Hall, of New Mexico, to be Director of the United States Fish 
and Wildlife Service.
  Darlene F. Williams, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development.

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  Keith E. Gottfried, of California, to be General Counsel of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development.
  Alfred Hoffman, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Portugal.
  Emil W. Henry, Jr., of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Treasury.
  Edward McGaffigan, Jr., of Virginia, to be a Member of the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission for the term of five years expiring June 30, 
2010.
  George M. Gray, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency.
  Barry F. Lowenkron, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of State 
for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.
  William Paul McCormick, of Oregon, to be Ambassador to New Zealand, 
and serve concurrently and without additional compensation as 
Ambassador to Samoa.
  Francis Rooney, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Holy See.
  Josette Sheeran Shiner, of Virginia, to be United States Alternate 
Governor of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 
for a term of five years; United States Alternate Governor of the 
Inter-American Development Bank for a term of five years; United States 
Alternate Governor of the African Development Bank for a term of five 
years; United States Alternate Governor of the African Development 
Fund; United States Alternate Governor of the Asian Development Bank; 
and United States Alternate Governor of the European Bank for 
Reconstruction and Development.
  Lyons Gray, of North Carolina, to be Chief Financial Officer, 
Environmental Protection Agency.
  Jacqueline Ellen Schafer, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development.
  Brenda LaGrange Johnson, of New York, to be Ambassador to Jamaica.
  Alexander R. Vershbow, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of Korea.
  Thomas A. Shannon, Jr., of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
State (Western Hemisphere Affairs).
  John J. Danilovich, of California, to be Chief Executive Officer, 
Millennium Challenge Corporation.
  Jendayi Elizabeth Frazer, Assistant Secretary of State (African 
Affairs), to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the African 
Development Foundation for the remainder of the term expiring September 
27, 2009.
  A routine list in the Foreign Service.
Pages S11330-31, S11336-37
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nomination:
  Harriet Ellan Miers, of Texas, to be an Associate Justice of the 
Supreme Court of the United States.
Page S11336
Nominations Withdrawn: Senate received notification of withdrawal of 
the following nominations:
  Philip D. Morrison, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of the Treasury, which was sent to the Senate on May 26, 
2005.
  Timothy Elliott Flanigan, of Virginia, to be Deputy Attorney General, 
which was sent to the Senate on June 20, 2005.
Page S11337
Messages From the House:
  Pages S11304-05
Measures Referred:
  Page S11305
Petitions and Memorials:
  Pages S11305-13
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S11314
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S11314-28
Additional Statements:
  Pages S11299-S11304
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S11328-29
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S11329
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Page S11329
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--254) 
                                                            Page S11256
Adjournment: Senate convened at 8:15 a.m. and adjourned at 1:11 p.m., 
until 2 p.m., on Monday, October 17, 2005, contingent on the action of 
the Senate on the adjournment resolution from the House of 
Representatives, that if the Senate does not agree to the adjournment 
resolution, the Senate will reconvene at 12 noon on Tuesday, October 
11, 2005. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority 
Leader in today's Record on page S11336.)