[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 68 (Friday, May 26, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D567-D569]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                               Friday, May 26, 2006

[[Page D567]]

                              Daily Digest

HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 418, Adjournment Resolution.
      Senate confirmed sundry nominations.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5303-S5400
Measures Introduced: One hundred nine bills and four resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 3241-3349, S.J. Res. 38, and S. Res. 496-
498.
  Pages S5341-43
Measures Passed:
  Adjournment Resolution: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 418, providing 
for a conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives and a 
conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate.
  Page S5394
  Oklahoma VA Medical Center: Committee on Veterans Affairs was 
discharged from further consideration of H.R. 3829, to designate the 
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Muskogee, Oklahoma, as 
the Jack C. Montgomery Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 
and the bill was then passed, clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                             Page S5394
  Civilian Operational Readiness: Senate passed S. 3322, to build 
operational readiness in civilian agencies.
  Pages S5394-97
  Kansas City Kansas Community College Debate Team Championship: Senate 
agreed to S. Res. 496, commending the Kansas City Kansas Community 
College Debate Team for their National Championship victories. 
                                                             Page S5397
  Relative to Death of Judge Edward Roy Becker: Senate agreed to S. 
Res. 497, relative to the death of Edward Roy Becker, Chief Judge of 
the Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit.
  Pages S5397-98
Marriage Protection Amendment: Senate began consideration of the motion 
to proceed to consideration of S.J. Res. 1, proposing an amendment to 
the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage. 
                                                         Pages S5393-94
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the joint 
resolution at 2 p.m., on Monday, June 5, 2006.
Page S5394
Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached 
providing that at 10:05 a.m., on Tuesday, June 6, 2006, Senate begin 
consideration of Renee Marie Bumb, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of New Jersey, with 10 minutes of debate, followed by 
a vote on confirmation of the nomination.
  Page S5394
Signing Authority--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that during the adjournment of the Senate, the Majority 
Leader and Senator Warner, be authorized to sign duly enrolled bills or 
joint resolutions.
  Page S5398
Appointments Authority--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that notwithstanding the upcoming 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 S5398
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 57 yeas 36 nays (Vote No. EX. 159), Brett M. Kavanaugh, of 
Maryland, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of 
Columbia Circuit.
Pages S5303-11
  By 78 yeas 15 nays (Vote No. EX. 160), General Michael V. Hayden, 
United States Air Force, to be Director of the Central Intelligence 
Agency.
Pages S5311-18

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  General Michael V. Hayden, USAF, for appointment in the United States 
Air Force to the grade indicated while assigned to a position of 
importance and responsibility under title 10, U.S.C., section 601, to 
be General.
Page S5319
  Dirk Kempthorne, of Idaho, to be Secretary of the Interior. (Prior to 
confirmation of the nomination, by 85 yeas to 8 nays (Vote No. 161), 
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 nomination.)
Pages S5319-22
  Gregory B. Jaczko, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the term of five years expiring June 
30, 2008.
  William Hardiman, of Michigan, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the National Institute of Building Sciences for a term 
expiring September 7, 2006.
  Gregory B. Jaczko, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the term of five years expiring June 
30, 2008 (Recess Appointment).
  Peter B. Lyons, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission for the term of five years expiring June 30, 2009 (Recess 
Appointment).
  Edward F. Sproat III, of Pennsylvania, to be Director of the Office 
of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Department of Energy.
  Duane Acklie, of Nebraska, to be an Alternate Representative of the 
United States of America to the Sixtieth Session of the General 
Assembly of the United Nations.
  Goli Ameri, of Oregon, to be a Representative of the United States of 
America to the Sixtieth Session of the General Assembly of the United 
Nations.
  Robert C. O'Brien, of California, to be an Alternate Representative 
of the United States of America to the Sixtieth Session of the General 
Assembly of the United Nations.
  Raymond L. Orbach, of California, to be Under Secretary for Science, 
Department of Energy.
  Roger Shane Karr, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Transportation.
  Tyler D. Duvall, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Transportation.
  Nicole R. Nason, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the National 
Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
  David L. Norquist, of Virginia, to be Chief Financial Officer, 
Department of Homeland Security.
  Thomas J. Barrett, of Alaska, to be Administrator of the Pipeline and 
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Department of 
Transportation.
  Susan Davis Wigenton, of New Jersey, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of New Jersey.
  Rajkumar Chellaraj, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of State 
(Administration).
  W. Ralph Basham, of Virginia, to be Commissioner of Customs, 
Department of Homeland Security.
  Armando J. Bucelo, Jr., of Florida, to be a Director of the 
Securities Investor Protection Corporation for a term expiring December 
31, 2008.
  Todd S. Farha, of Florida, to be a Director of the Securities 
Investor Protection Corporation for the remainder of the term expiring 
December 31, 2006.
  Todd S. Farha, of Florida, to be a Director of the Securities 
Investor Protection Corporation for a term expiring December 31, 2009.
  Robert M. McDowell, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal 
Communications Commission for a term of five years from July 1, 2004.
  Patricia P. Brister, of Louisiana, for the rank of Ambassador during 
her tenure of service as the Representative of the United States of 
America on the Commission on the Status of Women of the Economic and 
Social Council of the United Nations.
  Robert Irwin Cusick, Jr., of Kentucky, to be Director of the Office 
of Government Ethics for a term of five years.
  John W. Cox, of Texas, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of 
Housing and Urban Development.
  Robert F. Godec, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Tunisia.
  Richard Capka, of Pennsylvania, to be Administrator of the Federal 
Highway Administration.
  Warren W. Tichenor, of Texas, to be Representative of the United 
States of America to the Office of the United Nations and Other 
International Organizations in Geneva, with the rank of Ambassador.
  Mark C. Minton, of Florida, to be Ambassador to Mongolia.
  Michael D. Kirby, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Moldova.
  Gary D. Orton, of Nevada, to be United States Marshal for the 
District of Nevada for the term of four years.
  Lisa Bobbie Schreiber Hughes, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Suriname.
  David M. Robinson, of Connecticut, to be Ambassador to the Co-
operative Republic of Guyana.
  John A. Cloud, Jr., of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Lithuania.
  Lurita Alexis Doan, of Virginia, to be Administrator of General 
Services.

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  R. David Paulison, of Florida, to be Under Secretary for Federal 
Emergency Management, Department of Homeland Security.
  Daniel S. Sullivan, of Alaska, to be an Assistant Secretary of State 
(Economic and Business Affairs).
  Robert S. Ford, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the People's 
Democratic Republic of Algeria.
  Anne E. Derse, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Azerbaijan.
  Erik C. Peterson, of Wisconsin, to be United States Attorney for the 
Western District of Wisconsin for the term of four years.
  April H. Foley, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Hungary.
  Tracey Ann Jacobson, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Tajikistan.
  Robert J. Portman, of Ohio, to be Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget.
  Robert Anthony Bradtke, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Croatia.
  Dale Klein, of Texas, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission for the term of five years expiring June 30, 2011.
  William B. Taylor, Jr., of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Ukraine.
  Michael Wood, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to 
Sweden.
  Routine lists in the Foreign Service and National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration.
  Routine lists in the Coast Guard (Prior to this action, Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation was discharged from further 
consideration of the nominations.)
Page S5400
Messages From the House:
  Page S5340
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S5340
Measures Read First Time:
  Page S5340
Executive Communications:
  Pages S5340-41
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S5343-44
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S5344-93
Additional Statements:
  Pages S5338-40
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S5393
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--161) 
                                              Pages S5311, S5318, S5319
Adjournment: Senate convened at 8:45 a.m. and, pursuant to the 
provisions of H. Con. Res 418, adjourned at 3:03 p.m., until 2 p.m., on 
Monday, June 5, 2006. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the 
Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S5399-S5400.)