[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 78 (Friday, June 16, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D645-D646]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                              Friday, June 16, 2006

[[Page D645]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      The House agreed to H. Res. 861--Declaring that the United States 
      will prevail in the Global War on Terror, the struggle to protect 
      freedom from the terrorist adversary.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5987-S6024
Measures Introduced: Four bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3531-3534, and S. Res. 514.                      
  Page S6013
Measures Passed:
  Senate Legal Representation: Senate agreed to S. Res. 514, to 
authorize testimony and legal representation in City of Eugene v. Peter 
Vincent Chabarek.                                            
  Page S6022
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 S5990-S6004
Adopted:
  Warner (for Sessions) Amendment No. 4295, to require a report on 
reporting requirements applicable to the Department of Defense. 
                                                         Pages S5995-96
  Levin (for Obama/Coburn) Amendment No. 4254, to require the use of 
competitive procedures for Federal contracts worth over $500,000 
related to hurricane recovery, subject to existing limited national 
security, public interest, and other exceptions.         
Pages S5995-96
  Warner (for Allard/Salazar) Amendment No. 4296, to prohibit the 
acquisition by the Secretary of the Army of real property to expand the 
Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site until the Secretary submits a report 
analyzing such expansion and provides to the congressional defense 
committees the extent to which the expansion could be carried out 
through transactions with willing sellers of the privately held land. 
                                                         Pages S5995-96
  Warner Amendment No. 4297, to make technical corrections to 
provisions related to the National Museums of the Armed Forces. 
                                                      Pages S5995-S6004
Pending:
  McCain Amendment No. 4241, to name the Act after John Warner, a 
Senator from Virginia.                                       
Page S5990
  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.                                 
Page S5990
  McConnell Amendment No. 4272, to commend the Iraqi Government for 
affirming its positions of no amnesty for terrorists who have attacked 
U.S. forces.                                                 
Page S5990
  Dorgan Amendment No. 4292, to establish a special committee of the 
Senate to investigate the awarding and carrying out of contracts to 
conduct activities in Afghanistan and Iraq and to fight the war on 
terrorism.                                               
Pages S5990-95
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 2 p.m. on Monday, June 19, 2006. 
                                                             Page S6022
Ikuta Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement was 
reached, modifying the order of June 14, 2006, providing for 
consideration of the nomination of Sandra Segal Ikuta, of California, 
to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, at 4 p.m., on 
Monday, June 19, 2006, with the time until 5 p.m., to be equally 
divided between the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on the 
Judiciary, or their designees, with a vote to occur at 5 p.m., on 
confirmation of the nomination.                              
  Page S6022
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:

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  Nancy Montanez-Johner, of Nebraska, to be Under Secretary of 
Agriculture for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services.
  Michael V. Dunn, of Iowa, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission for a term expiring June 19, 2011.
  Nancy Montanez-Johner, of Nebraska, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation.
  Geoffrey S. Bacino, of Illinois, to be a Director of the Federal 
Housing Finance Board for a term expiring February 27, 2013.
  Thomas C. Foley, of Connecticut, to be Ambassador to Ireland.
  Manfredi Piccolomini, of New York, to be a Member of the National 
Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2012.
  Kenneth R. Weinstein, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of 
the National Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 
2012.
  Jay Winik, of Maryland, to be a Member of the National Council on the 
Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2012.
  Josiah Bunting III, of Rhode Island, to be a Member of the National 
Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2012.
  Wilfred M. McClay, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the National 
Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2012.
  Robert S. Martin, of Texas, to be a Member of the National Council on 
the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2012.
  Mary Haybeck, of Maryland, to be a Member of the National Council on 
the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2012.
  Karl Hess, of Illinois, to be a Member of the National Science Board 
, National Science Foundation, for the remainder of the term expiring 
May 10, 2008.
  Thomas N. Taylor, of Kansas, to be a Member of the National Science 
Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 2012.
  Richard F. Thompson, of California, to be a Member of the National 
Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 
2012.
  Mark R. Abbott, of Oregon, to be a Member of the National Science 
Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 2012.
  Camilla Persson Benbow, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the National 
Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 
2012.
  John T. Bruer, of Missouri, to be a Member of the National Science 
Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 2012.
  Patricia D. Galloway, of Washington, to be a Member of the National 
Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 
2012.
  Jose-Marie Griffiths, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the National 
Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 
2012.
  1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.
  A routine list in the Foreign Service.                 
Pages S6022-24
Measures Read First Time:                            
  Pages S6013, S6022
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
  Page S6013
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S6013-14
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S6014-15
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S6012-13
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S6015-22
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S6022
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 1:47 p.m., 
until 2 p.m., on Monday, June 19, 2006. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S6022.)