[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 77 (Thursday, June 15, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D638-D640]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                            Thursday, June 15, 2006

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to the conference report to accompany H.R. 4939, 
      Emergency Supplemental Appropriations.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5903-S5986
Measures Introduced: Fifteen bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 3516-3530, S. Res. 513, and S. Con. Res. 102. 
                                                         Pages S5949-50
Measures Reported:
  S. 3524, to amend titles XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security 
Act to improve health care provided to Indians under the Medicare, 
Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Programs.
  S. 3525, to amend subpart 2 of part B of title IV of the Social 
Security Act to improve outcomes for children in families affected by 
methamphetamine abuse and addiction, to reauthorize the promoting safe 
and stable families program.
Page S5949
Measures Passed:
  Commemorating King Adulyadej of Thailand: Senate agreed to H. Con. 
Res. 409, commemorating the 60th anniversary of the ascension to the 
throne of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand, after 
agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:
  Frist (for Biden) Amendment No. 4291, to amend the preamble. 
                                                             Page S5985
  National Time-Out Day: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 482, 
supporting the goals of an annual National Time-Out Day to promote 
patient safety and optimal outcomes in the operating room, and the 
resolution was then agreed to.
  Page S5985
National Defense Authorization: Senate continued consideration of S. 
2766, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 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 S5909-39
Adopted:
  Durbin Amendment No. 4253, to require a pilot program on troops to 
nurse teachers.
Pages S5909-13
  Feingold Amendment No. 4256, to strengthen the Special Inspector 
General for Iraq Reconstruction.
Pages S5914-17
  By a unanimous vote of 99 yeas (Vote No. 173), Biden Amendment No. 
4257, to state the policy of the United States on the nuclear programs 
of Iran.
Pages S5917, S5921-22
  Warner Amendment No. 4278, to provide for the incorporation of a 
classified annex.
Page S5933
  Warner Amendment No. 4279, to modify the limitations applicable to 
payments under incentives clauses in chemical demilitarization 
contracts.
Page S5933
  Warner/Levin Amendment No. 4280, to repeal requirements for certain 
reports applicable to other nations.
Page S5933
  Warner Amendment No. 4200, to modify the requirements for contingency 
program management to require only a Department of Defense plan for 
such management.
Page S5933
  Warner Amendment No. 4201, to make a technical correction to section 
871, relating to a clarification of authority to carry out certain 
prototype projects.
Page S5933
  Warner/Levin Amendment No. 4198, to improve the authorities relating 
to policies and practices on test and evaluation to address emerging 
acquisition approaches.
Page S5933
  Warner/Levin Amendment No. 4281, to improve the authorities relating 
to major automated information system programs.
Pages S5933-34
  Warner Amendment No. 4282, to require a report assessing the 
desirability and feasability of incentives to encourage certain members 
and former members of the Armed Forces to serve in the Bureau of 
Customs and Border Protection.
Page S5934

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  Levin (for Clinton/Bingaman) Amendment No. 4283, relating to energy 
efficiency in the weapons platforms of the Armed Forces.
Page S5934
  Warner (for Inhofe) Amendment No. 4284, to modify limitations on 
assistance under the American Servicemembers' Protection Act of 2002. 
                                                             Page S5934
  Warner (for Reid) Modified Amendment No. 4252, to amend title 18, 
United States Code, to protect judges, prosecutors, witnesses, victims, 
and their family members.
Pages S5934-36
  Warner (for Inhofe) Amendment No. 4225, to require that, not later 
than March 31, 2007, the Secretary of the Army transport to an 
authorized disposal facility for appropriate disposal all of the 
Federal Government-furnished uranium in the chemical and physical form 
in which it is stored at the Sequoyah Fuels Corporation site in Gore, 
Oklahoma.
Page S5936
  Warner (for Salazar) Modified Amendment No. 4218, to express the 
sense of the Senate regarding the Chemical Weapons Convention. 
                                                             Page S5936
  Warner (for Lugar) Amendment No. 4285, to improve authorities to 
address urgent nonproliferation crises and United States 
nonproliferation operations.
Page S5936
  Warner Amendment No. 4286, to provide for the applicability of 
certain requirements to the acquisition of certain speciality metals. 
                                                             Page S5936
  Warner (for Warner/Snowe) Modified Amendment No. 4199, to authorize a 
pilot program on the expanded use of mentor-protege authority. 
                                                             Page S5937
  Warner (for Bingaman) Amendment No. 4287, expressing the sense of the 
Senate on the nomination of an individual to serve as Director of 
Operational Test and Evaluation of the Department of Defense on a 
permanent basis.
Page S5937
Rejected:
  By 45 yeas to 54 nays (Vote No. 172), Santorum Amendment No. 4234, to 
authorize, with an offset, assistance for pro-democracy programs and 
activities inside and outside Iran, to make clear that the United 
States supports the ability of the people of Iran to exercise self-
determination over their own form of government, and to make 
enhancements to the Iran-Libya Sanctions Act of 1996.
Pages S5917-21
  McConnell Amendment No. 4269 (to Amendment No. 4265), to require the 
withdrawal of United States Armed Forces from Iraq and urge the 
convening of an Iraq summit. (By 93 yeas to 6 nays (Vote No. 174), 
Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S5927-29
Withdrawn:
  Feingold Amendment No. 4192, to provide for the redeployment of 
United States forces from Iraq by December 31, 2006.
Pages S5913-14
Pending:
  McCain Amendment No. 4241, to name the Act after John Warner, a 
Senator from Virginia.
Page S5909
  Nelson (FL)/Menendez Amendment No. 4265, to express the sense of 
Congress that the Government of Iraq should not grant amnesty to 
persons known to have attacked, killed, or wounded members of the Armed 
Forces of the United States.
Pages S5922-27
  McConnell Amendment No. 4272, to commend the Iraqi Government for 
affirming its positions of no amnesty for terrorists who have attacked 
U.S. forces.
Pages S5932-33
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 10:45 a.m. on Friday, June 16, 2008. 
                                                             Page S5986
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations--Conference Report: By 98 yeas to 
1 nay (Vote No. 171), Senate agreed to the conference report to 
accompany H.R. 4939, making emergency supplemental appropriations for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, clearing the measure for the 
President.
  Pages S5905-09
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Robert M. Couch, of Alabama, to be President, Government National 
Mortgage Association.
  James B. Lockhart III, of Connecticut, to be Director of the Office 
of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development for a term of five years.
  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.
  Kathleen L. Casey, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Securities and 
Exchange Commission for a term expiring June 5, 2011.
Page S5986
Nominations Discharged: The following nomination was discharged from 
further committee consideration and placed on the Executive Calendar:
  Jon T. Rymer, of Tennessee, to be Inspector General, Federal Deposit 
Insurance Corporation, which was sent to the Senate on February 14, 
2006, from the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs.
Page S5986
Messages From the House:
  Page S5949
Measures Referred:
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Executive Communications:
  Page S5949
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S5949
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S5950-52
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S5952-67
Additional Statements:
  Pages S5947-49
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S5967-84
Notics of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S5984
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
  Page S5984
Privileges of the Floor:
  Pages S5984-85
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--174) 
                                       Pages S5909, S5921, S5922, S5929
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 6:07 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Friday, June 16, 2006. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5986.)