[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 40 (Monday, April 3, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D322-D323]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                              Monday, April 3, 2006

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2699-S2757
Measures Introduced: Ten bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2488-2497 and S. Res. 420.
  Page S2730
Measures Reported:
  S. 2489, to implement the obligations of the United States under the 
Protocol Additional to the Agreement between the United States of 
America and the International Atomic Energy Agency for the Application 
of Safeguards in the United States of America, signed by the United 
States on June 12, 1998. (S. Rept. No. 109-226)
  S.J. Res. 28, approving the location of the commemorative work in the 
District of Columbia honoring former President Dwight D. Eisenhower. 
(S. Rept. No. 109-227)
  S. Con. Res. 60, designating the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in 
Kansas City, Missouri, as America's National Negro Leagues Baseball 
Museum, with an amendment and with an amended preamble. (S. Rept. No. 
109-228)
Page S2730
Securing America's Borders Act: Senate resumed consideration of S. 
2454, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for 
comprehensive reform, taking action on the following amendments 
proposed thereto:
  Pages S2699-S2725
Adopted:
  By 84 yeas to 6 nays (Vote No. 84), Bingaman Modified Amendment No. 
3210 (to Amendment No. 3192), to provide financial aid to local law 
enforcement officials along the Nation's borders. 
                                                  Pages S2699, S2720-22
  By 91 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. 85), Alexander Modified Amendment No. 
3193 (to Amendment No. 3192), to prescribe the binding oath or 
affirmation of renunciation and allegiance required to be naturalized 
as a citizen of the United States, to encourage and support the efforts 
of prospective citizens of the United States to become citizens. 
                                        Pages S2699, S2717-20, S2722-25
Pending:
  Specter/Leahy Amendment No. 3192, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S2699
  Kyl/Cornyn Amendment No. 3206 (to Amendment No. 3192), to make 
certain aliens ineligible for conditional nonimmigrant work 
authorization and status.
Page S2699
  Cornyn Amendment No. 3207 (to Amendment No. 3206), to establish an 
enactment date.
Page S2699
  Isakson Amendment No. 3215 (to Amendment No. 3192), to demonstrate 
respect for legal immigration by prohibiting the implementation of a 
new alien guest worker program until the Secretary of Homeland Security 
certifies to the President and the Congress that the borders of the 
United States are reasonably sealed and secured.
Page S2699
  Dorgan Amendment No. 3223 (to Amendment No. 3192), to allow United 
States citizens under 18 years of age to travel to Canada without a 
passport, to develop a system to enable United States citizens to take 
24-hour excursions to Canada without a passport, and to limit the cost 
of passport cards or similar alternatives to passports to $20. 
                                                         Pages S2704-09
  Mikulski/Warner Amendment No. 3217 (to Amendment No. 3192), to extend 
the termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the 
numerical limitations for temporary workers.
Pages S2709-17
  Senate will continue consideration of the bill on Tuesday, April 4, 
2006.
Chagares Nomination Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that at 9:45 a.m. on Tuesday, April 4, 2006, Senate 
begin consideration of the nomination of Michael A. Chagares, of New 
Jersey, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit; that 
the time until 10

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a.m. be equally divided, followed by a vote on confirmation of the 
nomination.
  Page S2756
Executive Communications:
  Pages S2729-30
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S2730-32
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S2732-36
Additional Statements:
  Pages S2727-29
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S2736-56
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S2756
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
  Page S2756
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--85) 
                                                   Page S2721-22, S2722
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m., and adjourned at 7:40 p.m., 
until 9:45 a.m., on Tuesday, April 4, 2006. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S2756-
57.)