[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 80 (Tuesday, June 20, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D659-D661]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                             Tuesday, June 20, 2006

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      The House passed H.R. 5631--Department of Defense Appropriations 
      Act, 2007.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6099-S6188
Measures Introduced: Nine bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3537-3545 and S. Res. 517-518.
  Page S6154
Measures Reported:
  S.J. Res. 12, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the 
United States authorizing Congress to prohibit the physical desecration 
of the flag of the United States, with an amendment.
Page S6154
Measures Passed:
  Commending Carolina Hurricanes: Senate agreed to S. Res. 517, 
commending the Carolina Hurricanes for winning the 2006 National Hockey 
League Stanley Cup.
  PageS S6187-88
  Honoring James Cameron: Senate agreed to S. Res. 518, honoring the 
life and accomplishments of James Cameron.
  Page S6188
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 S6105-47
Adopted:
  By 64 yeas to 34 nays (Vote No. 177), McConnell Modified Amendment 
No. 4272, to affirm the Iraqi Government position of no amnesty for 
terrorists who have attacked U.S. forces.
Pages S6110-17
  By 79 yeas to 19 nays (Vote No. 178), 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 S6117
  Warner (for Ensign/Reid) Amendment No. 4308, to provide for expansion 
of the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program. 
                                                         Pages S6117-18
  Levin (for Kennedy/Sessions) Amendment No. 4299, to require a report 
on the feasibility of establishing a scholarship or fellowship program 
to educate future nuclear engineers at the postsecondary and 
postgraduate levels.
Pages S6117, S6118
  Warner (for Dole/Jeffords) Amendment No. 4349, to require a National 
Academy of Sciences study on human exposure to contaminated drinking 
water at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
Pages S6117, S6118
  Warner (for Bond/Leahy) Amendment No. 4271, to enhance the 
authorities and responsibilities of the National Guard Bureau. 
                                                  Pages S6117, S6118-19
  Warner (for Graham/Kerry) Amendment No. 4226, to clarify the 
applicability of the Uniform Code of Military Justice during a time of 
war.
Pages S6117, S6119
  Warner Amendment No. 4350, to modify authorities relating to the 
composition and appointment of members of the United States Marine Band 
and the United States Marine Drum and Bugle Corps.
Pages S6117, S6119
  Levin (for Akaka) Amendment No. 4351, to amend chapter 23 of title 5, 
United States Code, to clarify the disclosures of information protected 
from prohibited personnel practices, require a statement in 
nondisclosure policies, forms, and agreements that such policies, 
forms, and agreements conform with certain disclosure protections, 
provide certain authority for the Special Counsel.
Pages S6117, S6119
  Warner (for Ensign) Amendment No. 4352, to authorize the temporary 
use of the National Guard to provide support for border security along 
the southern land border of the United States.
Pages S6117, S6119-20
  Levin (for Akaka) Amendment No. 4353, to ensure government 
performance of critical acquisition functions.
Pages S6117, S6120

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  Warner (for Ensign) Amendment No. 4354, to require a report on 
technologies designed to neutralize or defeat the threat to military 
rotary wing aircraft posed by portable air defense systems and rocket 
propelled grenades.
Pages S6117, S6120
  Levin (for Clinton) Amendment No. 4213, to provide for a review of 
the legal status of the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps 
program.
Pages S6117, S6120
  Warner (for Santorum) Amendment No. 4210, expressing the sense of the 
Senate on notice to Congress of the recognition of members of the Armed 
Forces for extraordinary acts of heroism, bravery, and achievement. 
                                                     Pages S6117, S6120
  Levin (for Kennedy) Amendment No. 4300, relating to multi-spectral 
imaging capabilities.
Pages S6117, S6120-21
  Warner (for Allard) Amendment No. 4209, to commend the men and women 
of the Armed Forces of the United States in Iraq for their on-going 
service to the United States.
Pages S6117, S6121
  Levin (for Jeffords) Modified Amendment No. 4215, to provide for 2 
programs to authorize the use of leave by caregivers for family members 
of certain individuals performing military service. 
                                                  Pages S6117, S6121-22
  Warner/Levin Amendment No. 4355, to modify the increase in the fiscal 
year 2006 general transfer authority.
Pages S6117, S6122
  Warner/Levin Amendment No. 4356, to authorize additional emergency 
supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2006.
Pages S6117, S6122
  Warner (for Thune) Modified Amendment No. 4217, to require a report 
on the future aerial training airspace requirements of the Department 
of Defense.
Pages S6117, S6122
  Levin (for Menendez/Bingaman) Amendment No. 4357, to establish a goal 
of the Department of Defense relating to the use of renewable energy to 
meet electricity needs.
Pages S6117, S6122
  Warner/Levin Amendment No. 4358, to modify the limitation on 
availability of funds for Department of Defense participation in 
multinational military centers of excellence.
Pages S6117, S6122
  Levin (for Bingaman/Menendez) Amendment No. 4359, to require a report 
on actions to reduce the consumption of petroleum-based fuel by the 
Department of Defense.
Pages S6117, S6122
  Warner Amendment No. 4360, to require a report assessing the 
desirability and feasibility of conducting joint officer promotion 
selection boards.
Pages S6117, S6122
Rejected:
  By 44 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 176), 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 S6108-10
Withdrawn:
  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.
Page S6105
Pending:
  McCain Amendment No. 4241, to name the Act after John Warner, a 
Senator from Virginia.
Page S6105
  Kennedy Amendment No. 4322, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
1938 to provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage. 
                                                             Page S6105
  Enzi Amendment No. 4376, to promote job creation and small business 
preservation in the adjustment of the Federal minimum wage. 
                                                             Page S6140
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the bill and, in 
accordance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a cloture vote will occur on Thursday, June 22, 2006. 
                                                     Pages S6142, S6188
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, June 21, 2006; 
that there be 90 minutes for debate on Enzi Amendment No. 4376 (listed 
above) equally divided between the Chairman and Ranking Member of the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, or their 
designees; that upon conclusion of that debate, Senate proceed to vote 
on Kennedy Amendment No. 4322 (listed above), to be followed by a vote 
on Enzi Amendment No. 4376 (listed above); that no amendment be in 
order to either amendment; that if either amendment does not receive 60 
votes in the affirmative, then that amendment would be withdrawn; 
further, that following those votes, Senator Levin be recognized to 
offer an amendment relating to Iraq; that there be 5 hours equally 
divided for debate thereon; that no amendment be in order thereto; that 
upon conclusion of that debate, the Levin amendment be laid aside, and 
Senator Kerry then be recognized to offer an amendment relating to 
Iraq.
Page S6188
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaty:
  Protocol III to 1949 Geneva Convention and an Amendment and Protocol 
to 1980 Conventional Weapons Convention (Treaty Doc. No. 109-10).
  The treaty was transmitted to the Senate today, considered as having 
been read for the first time, and referred, with accompanying papers, 
to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. 
                                                             Page S6187

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Messages From the House:
  Pages S6152-53
Measures Referred:
  Page S6153
Executive Communications:
  Pages S6153-54
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S6154-57
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S6157-63
Additional Statements:
  Page S6151
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S6163-86
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S6186
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Pages S6186-87
Privileges of the Floor:
  Page S6187
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--178) 
                                             Page S6109-10 S6117, S6117
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:45 a.m., and adjourned at 8:09 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, June 21, 2006. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S6188.)