[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 147 (Tuesday, November 8, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1163-D1166]
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                                          Tuesday, November 8, 2005

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S12463-S12552
Measures Introduced: Five bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1973-1977, S. Res. 301, and S. Con. Res. 62.    
  Page S12526
Measures Passed:
  Native American Housing Enhancement Act: Senate passed H.R. 797, to 
amend the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act 
of 1996 and other Acts to improve housing programs for Indians, after 
agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:   
  Pages S12549-50
  Voinovich (for Enzi) Amendment No. 2472, to modify a provision 
relating to the application of certain Acts to Indian tribes. 
                                                            Page S12550
  James T. Molloy Post Office Building: Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs was discharged from further consideration of 
H.R. 3339, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 2061 South Park Avenue in Buffalo, New York, as the 
``James T. Molloy Post Office Building'', and the bill was then passed, 
clearing the measure for the President.                     
  Page S12551
  Mayor Joseph S. Daddona Memorial Post Office: Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs was discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 2490, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 442 West Hamilton Street, Allentown, 
Pennsylvania, as the ``Mayor Joseph S. Daddona Memorial Post Office'', 
and the bill was then passed, clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                            Page S12551
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 S12472-79, S12479-S12516
Adopted:
  By 55 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 305), Warner (for Inhofe) Modified 
Amendment No. 2439, relating to the American Forces Network. 
                                             Pages S12477-78, S12479-82
  By 93 yeas to 5 nays (Vote No. 307), Nelson (FL) Amendment No. 2424, 
to repeal the requirement for the reduction of certain Survivor Benefit 
Plan annuities by the amount of dependency and indemnity compensation 
and to modify the effective date for paid-up coverage under the 
Survivor Benefit Plan.                          
Pages S12472, S12485-88
  Reid Amendment No. 2441, to provide that veterans with service-
connected disabilities rated as total by virtue of unemployability 
shall be covered by the termination of the phase-in of concurrent 
receipt of retired pay and veterans disability compensation for 
military retirees.                                      
Pages S12488-89
  By a unanimous vote of 97 yeas (Vote No. 310), Byrd Modified 
Amendment No. 2442, to provide for a report on the establishment of a 
Deputy Secretary of Defense for Management. 
                                             Pages S12483-85, S12492-93
  Inhofe Modified Amendment No. 2432, relating to the partnership 
security capacity of foreign military and security forces and security 
and stabilization assistance.                   
Pages S12472, S12494-95
  Warner (for Craig) Amendment No. 1473, to improve the availability to 
survivors of military decedents of information on the benefits and 
assistance available through the Federal Government. 
                                                    Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for Obama) Modified Amendment No. 1362, to require a report 
on the Department of Defense Composite Health Care System II. 
                                                    Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for DeWine) Amendment No. 1356, to authorize the United 
States Air Force Institute of Technology to receive faculty research 
grants for scientific, literary, and educational purposes. 
                                                    Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for Lieberman) Amendment No. 2446, to require a report on the 
Department of Defense response to the findings and recommendations of 
the Defense Science Board Task Force on High Performance Microchip 
Supply.                                             
Pages S12497-S12513

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  Warner (for Grassley) Amendment No. 1481, to modify the authority of 
Army working-capital funded facilities to engage in cooperative 
activities with non-Army entities.                  
Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for Bayh) Modified Amendment No. 1334, to provide for 
outreach to members of the Armed Forces and their dependents on the 
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.                    
Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for Hatch) Amendment No. 2447, to express the sense of the 
Senate regarding the investment of funds as called for in the Depot 
Maintenance Strategy and Master Plan of the Air Force. 
                                                    Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for Feinstein) Modified Amendment No. 1514, to authorize a 
land conveyance at Marine Corps Air Station, Miramar, San Diego, 
California.                                         
Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for Graham) Amendment No. 1387, to make the Savannah River 
National Laboratory eligible for laboratory directed research and 
development funding.                                
Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for Conrad) Amendment No. 2448, to state the policy of the 
United States on the intercontinental ballistic missile force. 
                                                    Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for Graham) Modified Amendment No. 1358, to require 
additional recommendations in the report on the delivery of health care 
benefits through the military health care system.   
Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for Lieberman) Amendment No. 1434, to make available, with an 
offset, an additional $20,300,000 for aircraft procurement for the Army 
to increase the number of UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters to be procured 
in response to attrition from 2 helicopters to 4 helicopters. 
                                                    Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for Allard) Amendment No. 1355, to authorize a land 
conveyance of Air Force property, La Junta, Colorado. 
                                                    Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for Byrd) Amendment No. 1568, to require quarterly reports on 
audits of task or delivery order contracts and other contracts related 
to security and reconstruction activities in Iraq and Afghanistan and 
to address irregularities identified in such reports. 
                                                    Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for Lugar) Amendment No. 1407, to strike the limitation on 
payment of facilities charges assessed by the Department of State. 
                                                    Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for Durbin) Modified Amendment No. 1578, to require reports 
on significant increases in program acquisition unit costs or 
procurement unit costs of major defense acquisition programs. 
                                                    Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for Thune) Amendment No. 2449, to require a study on the use 
of the Space Radar for topographical mapping for scientific and civil 
purposes.                                           
Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for Murray) Amendment No. 2450, to amend the assistance to 
local educational agencies with significant enrollment changes in 
military dependent students due to force structure changes, troop 
relocations, creation of new units, and realignment under BRAC. 
                                                    Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for Chambliss) Amendment No. 2451, to authorize pilot 
projects to encourage pediatric early literacy among children of 
members of the Armed Forces.                        
Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for Nelson (NE)) Amendment No. 2452, to require the Secretary 
of Defense to establish a uniform policy for the Armed Forces on 
parental leave and similar leave.                   
Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for McCain) Modified Amendment No. 1555, to regulate 
management contracts, require an Analysis of Alternatives for major 
acquisitions of the Department of Defense and impose additional 
limitations on certain leases and charters.         
Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for Akaka/Hatch) Modified Amendment No. 1404, to require a 
pilot program on enhanced quality of life for members of the Army 
Reserve and their families.                         
Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for Lott) Amendment No. 2453, to make available $80,000,000 
for coproduction of the Arrow ballistic missile defense system. 
                                                    Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for Biden) Modified Amendment No. 1448, to ensure a response 
to medical needs arising from mandatory military vaccinations. 
                                                    Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for McCain) Amendment No. 2454, relating to the acquisition 
strategy of the Department of Defense for commercial satellite 
communication services.                             
Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for Boxer) Modified Amendment No. 1519, to provide for a 
Department of Defense task force on mental health. 
                                                    Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for Hutchison/Mikulski) Amendment No. 1478, to make oral and 
maxillofacial surgeons eligible for incentive special pay payable to 
medical officers of the Armed Forces.               
Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for Reed/Rockefeller) Amendment No. 2455, to require a report 
on nonstrategic nuclear weapons.                    
Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for Dole) Amendment No. 2456, to provide for mental health 
counselors under TRICARE.                           
Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for Obama) Modified Amendment No. 1453, to ensure the 
protection of military and civilian personnel in the Department of 
Defense from an influenza pandemic, including an avian influenza 
pandemic.                                           
Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner Amendment No. 2457, to clarify certain authorities relating to 
the Commission on the National Guard and Reserves. 
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  Warner (for Landrieu) Modified Amendment No. 1451, to require 
screenings of members of the Armed Forces for Post Traumatic Stress 
Disorder and other mental health conditions.        
                                                    Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for McCain) Amendment No. 2458, to enhance various 
authorities to assist the recruitment efforts of the Armed Forces. 
                                                    Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for Feingold) Amendment No. 1367, to make permanent the 
authority to provide travel and transportation allowances for 
dependents to visit hospitalized members injured in combat operation or 
combat zone with funding provided out of existing funds through a 
reduction in nonessential civilian travel.          
                                                    Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for Voinovich/DeWine) Modified Amendment No. 1574, to require 
a report on the development of a second source for tire production and 
supply for the Stryker combat vehicle.              
                                                    Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for Sarbanes/Mikulski) Amendment No. 1445, to grant a Federal 
charter to Korean War Veterans Association, Incorporated. 
                                                    Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner Amendment No. 2459, to require guidelines on the use of tiered 
evaluations for offers for contracts and task orders under contracts. 
                                                    Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for Clinton/Collins) Amendment No. 2460, to provide for 
consumer education on insurance and other financial services for 
members of the Armed Forces and their spouses.      
                                                    Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for Snowe) Amendment No. 2461, to authorize funding for a 
human resources benefit call center for the Navy.   
                                                    Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for Kerry) Amendment No. 1502, to make permanent the 
extension of the period of temporary continuation of basic allowance 
for housing for dependents of members of the Armed Forces who die on 
active duty.                                        
                                                    Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for Vitter) Amendment No. 2462, to provide for Congressional 
notification of cancellation of major automated information systems. 
                                                    Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for Leahy/Bond) Amendment No. 1424, relating to the basic 
allowance for housing for members of the Reserves. 
                                                    Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for Alexander) Modified Amendment No. 1341, to require a 
report on the use of ground source heat pumps at Department of Defense 
facilities.                                         
                                                    Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for Levin) Amendment No. 1495, to provide that the 
governments of Indian tribes be treated as State and local governments 
for purposes of the disposition of real property recommended for 
closure in the report to the President from the Defense Base Closure 
and Realignment Commission, July 1993.              
                                                    Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for Chambliss/Isakson) Amendment No. 2463, to provide that, 
of the amount authorized to be appropriated to the Department of the 
Army for military construction projects at Fort Gillem, Georgia, 
$4,550,000 is available for the construction of a military police 
complex at Fort Gordon, Georgia.                    
                                                    Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for Conrad) Modified Amendment No. 1548, to increase, with an 
offset, amounts available for the procurement of Predator unmanned 
aerial vehicles.                                    
                                                    Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner Modified Amendment No. 1563, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Navy to lease United States Navy Museum facilities at Washington Naval 
Yard, District of Columbia, to the Naval Historical Foundation. 
                                                    Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for Bayh) Amendment No. 2464, to increase by $360,800,000 the 
amount of supplemental appropriations for Other Procurement, Army, for 
the procurement of armored Tactical Wheeled Vehicles for units deployed 
in Iraq and Afghanistan or for other Army priorities, and to provide an 
offset.                                             
                                                    Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for Dole) Modified Amendment No. 1526, to express the sense 
of the Senate on the need for community impact assistance related to 
the construction by the Navy of an outlying landing field in North 
Carolina.                                           
                                                    Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for Dayton) Modified Amendment No. 1515, to make available an 
additional $60,000,000 for operation and maintenance, Defense-wide, for 
certain child and family assistance benefits for members of the Armed 
Forces.                                             
                                                    Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for Inhofe) Modified Amendment No. 1388, to provide for the 
establishment of the USS Oklahoma Memorial.         
                                                    Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for Harkin/Grassley) Modified Amendment No. 1463, to 
authorize a land conveyance at Iowa Army Ammunition Plant, Middletown, 
Iowa.                                               
                                                    Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner Amendment No. 2465, to make available, with an offset, 
$10,000,000 for the pilot projects on early diagnosis and treatment of 
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and other mental health conditions. 
                                                    Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for Durbin) Modified Amendment No. 1428, to strengthen civil-
military relationships by permitting State and local governments to 
enter into lease purchase agreements with the United States Armed 
Forces.                                             
                                                    Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for Graham/Nelson (NE) Amendment No. 2466, to improve 
recruitment and retention in the Armed Forces.      
                                                    Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for Dodd) Amendment No. 2467, to improve the authority for 
reimbursement for protective, safety, and health equipment purchased 
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of the Armed Forces deployed in Iraq and Central Asia. 
                                                    Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for Dole) Amendment No. 2468, to require a report on 
predatory lending directed at members of the Armed Forces and their 
dependents.                                         
                                                    Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for Carper) Amendment No. 2469, to authorize $1,440,000 in 
planning and design funds for a replacement C-130 aircraft maintenance 
hangar at Air National Guard New Castle County Airport, and to provide 
an offset.                                          
                                                    Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for Santorum) Amendment No. 2470, expressing the sense of the 
Senate on notice to Congress of the recognition of members of the Armed 
Forces for extraordinary acts of heroism, bravery, and achievement. 
                                                    Pages S12497-S12513
  Warner (for Feingold) Amendment No. 2471, to improve transitional 
assistance provided for members of the Armed Forces being discharged, 
released from active duty, or retired.              
                                                    Pages S12497-S12513
                                                              Rejected:
  By 44 yeas to 54 nays (Vote No. 306), Harkin/Dorgan Amendment No. 
2438, relating to the American Forces Network. 
                                     Pages S12472, S12474-78, S12479-82
  By 36 yeas to 62 nays (Vote No. 308), Snowe Modified Amendment No. 
2436, to require the Secretary of Defense, subject to a national 
security exception, to offer to transfer to local redevelopment 
authorities for no consideration real property and personal property 
located at military installations that are closed or realigned as part 
of the 2005 round of defense base closure and realignment, and to 
clarify that the requirement does not affect certain property 
interests.                                      
                                                Pages S12472, S12489-90
  By 43 yeas to 55 nays (Vote No. 309), Levin Amendment No. 2430, to 
establish a national commission on policies and practices on the 
treatment of detainees since September 11, 2001. 
                                             Pages S12472-74, S12491-92
  By 37 yeas to 60 nays (Vote No. 311), Reed (for Levin/Reed) Amendment 
No. 2427, to make available, with an offset, an additional $50,000,000 
for Operation and Maintenance for Cooperative Threat Reduction. 
                                     Pages S12472, S12478-79, S12493-94
                                                               Pending:
  Chambliss Amendment No. 2433, to reduce the eligibility age for 
receipt of non-regular military service retired pay for members of the 
Ready Reserve in active federal status or on active duty for 
significant periods.                                        
                                                            Page S12472
  Ensign Amendment No. 2443, to restate United States policy on the use 
of riot control agents by members of the Armed Forces. 
                                                        Pages S12495-97
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, 
November 9, 2005.                                       
                                                        Pages S12551-52
Iran Nonproliferation Amendments Act: Senate concurred in the 
amendments of the House of Representatives to S. 1713, to make 
amendments to the Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000 related to 
International Space Station payments, clearing the measure for the 
President.                                              
  Pages S12550-51
Executive Reports of Committee: Senate received the following executive 
report from the Committee on Foreign Relations:
  Agreement with Canada on Pacific Hake/Whiting (Treaty Doc. 108-24) 
(Ex. Rept. 109-5).                                          
                                                            Page S12526
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  3 Army nominations in the rank of general.                
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Messages From the House:                                    
  Page S12525
Measures Placed on Calendar:                                
  Page S12525
Executive Communications:                               
  Pages S12525-26
Executive Reports of Committees:                            
  Page S12526
Additional Cosponsors:                                  
  Pages S12526-28
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:             
  Pages S12528-35
Additional Statements:                                  
  Pages S12523-25
Amendments Submitted:                                   
  Pages S12535-48
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                     
  Pages S12548-49
Privileges of the Floor:                                    
  Page S12549
Record Votes: Seven record votes were taken today. (Total--311) 
                   Pages S12482, S12488, S12490, S12492, S12493, S12494
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:45 a.m., and adjourned at 7:43 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, November 9, 2005. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S12552.)