[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 60 (Tuesday, May 16, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D489-D490]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                              Tuesday, May 16, 2006

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4571-S4646
Measures Introduced: Fifteen bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2803-2817, and S. Res. 480-481.
  Page S4617
Measures Passed:
  Relative to Death of Former Senator Jacob Chic Hecht: Senate agreed 
to S. Res. 481, relative to the death of Jacob Chic Hecht, former 
United States Senator for the State of Nevada.
  Page S4645
  Arctic Research and Policy Amendments Act: Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs was discharged from further 
consideration of S. 879, to make improvements to the Arctic Research 
and Policy Act of 1984, and the bill was passed, after agreeing to the 
following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S4645-46
  Frist (for Collins/Murkowski) Amendment No. 4028, to strike the 
sections regarding Commission awards and representation and reception 
activities.
Page S4646
Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act: Senate continued consideration of 
S. 2611, to provide for comprehensive immigration reform, taking action 
on the following amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S4575-S4610
Adopted:
  By 79 yeas to 16 nays (Vote No. 122), Salazar Amendment No. 3994, to 
prohibit implementation of title IV and title VI until the President 
determines that implementation of such titles will strengthen the 
national security of the United States.
Pages S4577-85
  Bingaman/Feinstein Amendment No. 3981, to reduce the number of H-2C 
nonimmigrants to 200,000 during any fiscal year. (By 18 yeas to 79 nays 
(Vote No. 124), Senate earlier failed to table the amendment.) 
                                                         Pages S4600-03
  Kerry/Bingaman Amendment No. 3999, to improve the capacity of the 
United States Border Patrol to rapidly respond to threats to border 
security.
Pages S4603-05
Rejected:
  By 40 yeas to 55 nays (Vote No. 121), Cornyn (for Isakson) Amendment 
No. 3961, to prohibit the granting of legal status, or adjustment of 
current status, to any individual who enters or entered the United 
States in violation of Federal law unless the border security measures 
authorized under Title I and section 233 are fully completed and fully 
operational.
Page S4584
  Dorgan Amendment No. 4017, to prohibit aliens who are currently 
outside the United States from participating in the H-2C guestworker 
visa program. (By 69 yeas to 28 nays (Vote No. 123), Senate tabled the 
amendment.)
Pages S4585-S4600
Pending:
  Kyl Amendment No. 4027, to make certain aliens ineligible for 
adjustment to lawful permanent resident status or Deferred Mandatory 
Departure status.
Pages S4605-10
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 9:15 a.m. 
on Wednesday, May 17, 2006, Senate continue consideration of the bill. 
                                                             Page S4646
Appointments:
  Election Assistance Board of Advisors: The Chair, on behalf of the 
Majority Leader pursuant to the Public Law 107-252, Title II, Section 
214, appointed the following individual to serve as a member of the 
Election Assistance Board of Advisors: Wesley R. Kliner, Jr., of 
Tennessee.
  Page S4645
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By unanimous vote of 93 yeas (Vote No. EX. 120), Milan D. Smith, Jr., 
of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit.
                                                         Pages S4573-75
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Francisco Augusto Besosa, of Puerto Rico, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Puerto Rico.
  R. Hunter Biden, of Delaware, to be a Member of the Reform Board 
(Amtrak) for a term of five years.

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  Donna R. McLean, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
Reform Board (Amtrak) for a term of five years.
  John H. Hill, of Indiana, to be Administrator of the Federal Motor 
Carrier Safety Administration.
  John Ray Correll, of Indiana, to be Director of the Office of Surface 
Mining Reclamation and Enforcement.
Page S4646
Messages From the House:
  Page S4616
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S4616
Measures Read First Time:
  Page S4616
Executive Communications:
  Pages S4616-17
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S4617-19
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S4619-26
Additional Statements:
  Pages S4615-16
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S4626-43
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
  Pages S4643-44
Privileges of the Floor:
  Page S4644
Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total--124) 
                          Pages S4575, S4584, S4585, S4599-S4600, S4603
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:45 a.m., and as a further mark of 
respect to the memory of the late Jacob Chic Hecht, former United 
States Senator from the State of Nevada, in accordance with S. Res. 
481, adjourned at 7:03 p.m., until 9:15 a.m., on Wednesday, May 17, 
2006. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in 
today's Record on page S4646.)