[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 50 (Tuesday, May 2, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D414-D417]
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                                               Tuesday, May 2, 2006

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3851-S3931
Measures Introduced: Eleven bills and four resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2690-2700, S. Res. 459-461, and S. Con. Res. 92. 
                                                         Pages S3893-94
Measures Passed:
  Jefferson Public Service Awards: Senate agreed to S. Res. 461, 
supporting and commending the supporters of the Jefferson Awards for 
Public Service for encouraging all citizens of the United States to 
embark on a life of public service and recognizing those citizens who 
have already performed extraordinary deeds for their community and 
country.
  Pages S3916-17
  Presidential Medal of Freedom to Satchel Paige: Committee on the 
Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Con. Res. 91, 
expressing the sense of Congress that the President should posthumously 
award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Leroy Robert ``Satchel'' 
Paige, and the resolution was then agreed to.
  Pages S3917-18
  Greater Washington Soap Box Derby: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 349, 
authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the Greater Washington 
Soap Box Derby.
  Page S3918
  Lung Cancer Mortality Reduction: Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions was discharged from further consideration of S. 
Res. 408, expressing the sense of the Senate that the President should 
declare lung cancer a public health priority and should implement a 
comprehensive interagency program that will reduce lung cancer 
mortality by at least 50 percent by 2015, and the resolution was then 
agreed to.
  Page S3918
  Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Amendments: Senate passed S. 1003, to 
amend the Act of December 22, 1974, after agreeing to the committee 
amendments, and the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S3918-30
  Ensign (for McCain) Amendment No. 3858, in the nature of a 
substitute.
Page S3924
  Ensign (for McCain) Amendment No. 3859 (to Amendment No. 3858), to 
modify a provision relating to the authorization of appropriations. 
                                                             Page S3924
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations: Senate continued consideration 
of H.R. 4939, making emergency supplemental appropriations for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S3858-90
Adopted:
  Domenici/Reid Amendment No. 3769, to provide additional construction 
funding for levee improvements in the New Orleans metropolitan area, 
gulf coast restoration.
Page S3859
  Cochran (for Hutchison) Amendment No. 3789, to ensure states impacted 
by Hurricane Rita are treated equally with regard to cost-share 
adjustments for damage resulting from that hurricane.
Page S3859
  Vitter/Landrieu Modified Amendment No. 3626, to increase the limits 
on community disaster loans.
Pages S3858, S3864
  Lott/Dodd Amendment No. 3727, to provide funding for the Election 
Assistance Commission to make discretionary payments to States affected 
by Hurricane Katrina and other hurricanes during the 2005 season. 
                                                         Pages S3870-72
  Vitter Modified Amendment No. 3627, to designate the areas affected 
by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita as HUBZones and to waive the 
Small Business Competitive Demonstration Program Act of 1988 for the 
areas affected by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita. 
                                                     Pages S3858, S3873
  Salazar Amendment No. 3736, to provide funding for critical National 
Forest System projects to address the consequences of Hurricane Katrina 
and other hurricanes of the 2005 season, reduce the risk of 
catastrophic fires, and mitigate the effects of widespread insect 
infestations throughout the National Forest System.
Pages S3878-79
  By a unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. 106), Obama Amendment No. 
3810, to provide that none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
made available for hurricane relief and recovery contracts

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exceeding $500,000 that are awarded using procedures other than 
competitive procedures.
Pages S3879-80
Rejected:
  By 40 yeas to 59 nays (Vote No. 104), McCain/Ensign Amendment No. 
3617, to strike a provision providing $6 million to sugarcane growers 
in Hawaii, which was not included in the Administration's emergency 
supplemental request.
Pages S3858, S3860-63
  By 48 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 105), Coburn Amendment No. 3641 
(Division IV), relative to Navy shipbuilding cost adjustments. 
                                                  Pages S3858, S3864-69
Withdrawn:
  Coburn Amendment No. 3641 (Division V), relative to highway emergency 
relief funds.
Pages S3858, S3873
  Coburn Amendment No. 3641 (Division VI), relative to shrimp and reef 
fish fisheries.
Pages S3858, S3873
  Coburn Amendment No. 3641 (Division VII), relative to AmeriCorps 
National Civilian Community Corps.
Pages S3858, S3873
  Coburn Amendment No. 3641 (Division VIII), relative to the 
procurement of V-22 aircraft.
Pages S3858, S3874
  Coburn Amendment No. 3641 (Division IX), relative to the American 
River (Common Features) project in California.
Pages S3858, S3874
  Coburn Amendment No. 3641 (Division X), relative to fishing vessels 
with logbooks to record haul-by-haul catch data.
Pages S3858, S3874
  Coburn Amendment No. 3641 (Division XI), relative to the Armed Forces 
Retirement Home.
Pages S3858, S3874-75, S3876-78
  Coburn Amendment No. 3641 (Division XII), relative to off-shore 
shrimp and reef fishery with electronic vessel monitoring systems. 
                                                     Pages S3858, S3880
  Coburn Amendment No. 3641 (Division XIII), relative to New England 
red tide outbreak assistance.
Pages S3858, S3880
  Coburn Amendment No. 3641 (Division XIV), relative to the South 
Sacramento Streams project in California.
Pages S3858, S3880
  Coburn Amendment No. 3641 (Division XV), relative to temporary marine 
services centers.
Pages S3858, S3880
  Coburn Amendment No. 3641 (Division XVI), relative to the replacement 
of private fisheries infrastructure.
Pages S3858, S3880
  Coburn Amendment No. 3641 (Division XVII), relative to the employment 
of fishers and vessel owners.
Pages S3858, S3880
  Coburn Amendment No. 3641 (Division XVIII), relative to the 
replacement of damaged fishing gear.
Pages S3858, S3880
Pending:
  McCain/Ensign Amendment No. 3616, to strike a provision that provides 
$74.5 million to states based on their production of certain types of 
crops, livestock and/or dairy products, which was not included in the 
Administration's emergency supplemental request.
Page S3858
  McCain/Ensign Amendment No. 3618, to strike $15 million for a seafood 
promotion strategy that was not included in the Administration's 
emergency supplemental request.
Page S3858
  McCain/Ensign Amendment No. 3619, to strike the limitation on the use 
of funds for the issuance or implementation of certain rulemaking 
decisions related to the interpretation of ``actual control'' of 
airlines.
Page S3858
  Warner Amendment No. 3620, to repeal the requirement for 12 
operational aircraft carriers within the Navy.
Page S3858
  Coburn Amendment No. 3641 (Division XIX), relative to the 
construction of the Sacramento Riverbank Protection Project in 
California.
Pages S3858, S3880-86
  Vitter Modified Amendment No. 3628, to base the allocation of 
hurricane disaster relief and recovery funds to States on need and 
physical damages.
Page S3858
  Wyden Amendment No. 3665, to prohibit the use of funds to provide 
royalty relief for the production of oil and natural gas.
Page S3858
  Santorum Modified Amendment No. 3640, to increase by $12,500,000 the 
amount appropriated for the Broadcasting Board of Governors, to 
increase by $12,500,000 the amount appropriated for the Department of 
State for the Democracy Fund, to provide that such funds shall be made 
available for democracy programs and activities in Iran, and to provide 
an offset.
Page S3858
  Salazar/Baucus Amendment No. 3645, to provide funding for critical 
hazardous fuels and forest health projects to reduce the risk of 
catastrophic fires and mitigate the effects of widespread insect 
infestations.
Pages S3858-59
  Vitter Amendment No. 3668, to provide for the treatment of a certain 
Corps of Engineers project.
Page S3859
  Burr Amendment No. 3713, to allocate funds to the Smithsonian 
Institution for research on avian influenza.
Pages S3859, S3875-76
  Coburn (for Obama/Coburn) Amendment No. 3693, to reduce wasteful 
spending by limiting to the

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reasonable industry standard the spending for administrative overhead 
allowable under Federal contracts and subcontracts.
Page S3859
  Coburn (for Obama/Coburn) Amendment No. 3694, to improve 
accountability for competitive contracting in hurricane recovery by 
requiring the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to 
approve contracts awarded without competitive procedures.
Page S3859
  Coburn (for Obama/Coburn) Amendment No. 3695, to improve financial 
transparency in hurricane recovery by requiring the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget to make information about Federal 
contracts publicly available.
Page S3859
  Coburn (for Obama/Coburn) Amendment No. 3697, to improve transparency 
and accountability by establishing a Chief Financial Officer to oversee 
hurricane relief and recovery efforts.
Page S3859
  Menendez Amendment No. 3675, to provide additional appropriations for 
research, development, acquisition, and operations by the Domestic 
Nuclear Detection Office, for the purchase of container inspection 
equipment for developing countries, for the implementation of the 
Transportation Worker Identification Credential program, and for the 
training of Customs and Border Protection officials on the use of new 
technologies.
Page S3859
  Murray (for Harkin) Amendment No. 3714, to increase by $8,500,000 the 
amount appropriated for Economic Support Fund assistance, to provide 
that such funds shall be made available to the United States Institute 
of Peace for programs in Iraq and Afghanistan, and to provide an 
offset.
Page S3859
  Conrad/Clinton Amendment No. 3715, to offset the costs of defense 
spending in the supplemental appropriation.
Page S3859
  Levin Amendment No. 3710, to require reports on policy and political 
developments in Iraq.
Page S3859
  Schumer/Reid Amendment No. 3723, to appropriate funds to address 
price gouging and market manipulation and to provide for a report on 
oil industry mergers.
Page S3859
  Schumer Amendment No. 3724, to improve maritime container security. 
                                                             Page S3859
  Murray (for Kennedy) Amendment No. 3716, to provide funds to promote 
democracy in Iraq.
Page S3859
  Murray (for Kennedy) Modified Amendment No. 3688, to provide funding 
to compensate individuals harmed by pandemic influenza vaccine. 
                                                             Page S3859
  Cornyn Amendment No. 3722, to provide for immigration injunction 
reform.
Page S3859
  Cornyn Amendment No. 3699, to establish a floor to ensure that States 
that contain areas that were adversely affected as a result of damage 
from the 2005 hurricane season receive at least 3.5 percent of funds 
set aside for the CDBG program.
Page S3859
  Cornyn Amendment No. 3672, to require that the Secretary of Labor 
give priority for national emergency grants to States that assist 
individuals displaced by Hurricanes Katrina or Rita.
Page S3859
  Murray (for Byrd) Amendment No. 3708, to provide additional amounts 
for emergency management performance grants.
Page S3859
  Thune Amendment No. 3704, to provide, with an offset, $20,000,000 for 
the Department of Veterans Affairs for Medical Facilities. 
                                                         Pages S3873-74
  Menendez Amendment No. 3777, to fund a United Nations Peacekeeping 
force in Darfur and to address the shortfall in the United States 
Contributions to the United Nations for international peacekeeping 
missions in 13 countries.
Pages S3886-88
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 92 yeas to 4 nays (Vote No. 103), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on the bill.
Pages S3859-60
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 10 a.m., on Wednesday, May 
3, 2006, with 1 hour for debate, followed by a vote on Coburn Amendment 
No. 3641 (Division XIX), listed above, with no amendments in order to 
the division prior to the vote; provided further, that notwithstanding 
the adjournment of the Senate, the time consumed in the adjournment 
count against the 30 hours for consideration of the measure under rule 
XXII.
Page S3930
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Sheila C. Bair, of Kansas, to be Chairperson of the Board of 
Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for a term of 
five years.
  Sheila C. Bair, of Kansas, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for a term expiring July 
15, 2013.
  Sheila C. Bair, of Kansas, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for the remainder of the 
term expiring July 15, 2007.
Page S3931
Measures Read First Time:
  Page S3891
Enrolled Bills Presented:
  Page S3891
Executive Communications:
  Pages S3891-93
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S3893
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S3894-96
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S3896-S3903

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Additional Statements:
  Pages S3890-91
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S3903-15
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
  Pages S3915-16
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--106) 
                                 Pages S3859-60, S3862-63, S3869, S3880
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:45 a.m., and adjourned at 7:33 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, May 3, 2006. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S3930.)