[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 79 (Monday, June 19, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D654-D655]
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                                              Monday, June 19, 2006

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6025-S6098
Measures Introduced: Two bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3535-3536 and S. Res. 515-516.                   
  Page S6061
Measures Reported:
  S. 1509, to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to add non-human 
primates to the definition of prohibited wildlife species. (S. Rept. 
No. 109-263)                                                 
Page S6061
Measures Passed:
  Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization 
Act: Senate passed S. 2012, to authorize appropriations to the 
Secretary of Commerce for the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act for fiscal years 2006 through 2012, after agreeing to 
the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and the 
following amendment proposed thereto:          
  Pages S6025-43, S6049-51
  Warner (for Stevens) Amendment No. 4310, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S6043
  Recognizing Juneteenth Independence Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
516, recognizing the historical significance of Juneteenth Independence 
Day and expressing the sense of the Senate that history should be 
regarded as a means for understanding the past and solving the 
challenges of the future.                                    
  Page S6097
  Interstate Highway System Anniversary: Committee on Environment and 
Public Works was discharged from further consideration of H. Con. Res. 
372, recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Interstate Highway System, 
and the resolution was then agreed to.                       
  Page S6097
National Defense Authorization: Senate resumed 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 S6051-52
Pending:
  McCain Amendment No. 4241, to name the Act after John Warner, a 
Senator from Virginia.                                       
Page S6051
  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 S6051
  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 S6051
  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.                                                   
Page S6051
  Kennedy Amendment No. 4322, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
1938 to provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage. 
                                                             Page S6051
  Frist Amendment No. 4323 (to Amendment No. 4322), to amend title 18, 
United States Code, to prohibit taking minors across State lines in 
circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion 
decisions.                                               
Pages S6051-52
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 10:15 a.m. on Tuesday, June 
20, 2006, and that Senator Reed be recognized to speak for up to 20 
minutes.                                                 
Pages S6097-98
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, the notification of the issuance of an 
Executive Order blocking the property of persons in connection with the 
situation in Belarus; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM--50)                     
Pages S6059-60
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of the continuation of the 
national emergency with respect to the risk of nuclear proliferation 
created by the accumulation of weapons-usable fissile material in the

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territory of the Russian Federation; which was referred to the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM--51)   
Page S6060
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By unanimous vote of 81 yeas (Vote No. EX. 175), Sandra Segal Ikuta, 
of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit.
                                                  Pages S6052-54, S6098
  Donald L. Kohn, of Virginia, to be Vice Chairman of the Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System for a term of four years. 
                                                     Pages S6047, S6098
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Henry M. Paulson, Jr., of New York, to be Secretary of the Treasury.
  2 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Marine Corps nomination in the rank of general.
  2 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.                 
Page S6098
Measures Placed on Calendar:                         
  Pages S6060, S6097
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S6060-61
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S6061-63
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S6063-65
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S6057-59
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S6065-96
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S6096
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S6096-97
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--175) 
                                                             Page S6054
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m., and adjourned at 6:02 p.m., 
until 9:45 a.m., on Tuesday, June 20, 2006. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S6098.)