[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 89 (Tuesday, July 11, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D748-D749]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                             Tuesday, July 11, 2006

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7289-S7360
Measures Introduced: Eight bills were introduced, as follows: S. 3631-
3638.
  Page S7331
Measures Passed:
  National Audubon Society: Senate agreed to S. Res. 301, commemorating 
the 100th anniversary of the National Audubon Society.
  Page S7357
  Captive Primate Safety Act: Senate passed S. 1509, to amend the Lacey 
Act Amendments of 1981 to add non-human primates to the definition of 
prohibited wildlife species.
  Pages S7357-58
  Ed Fountain Park Expansion Act: Senate passed S. 2041, to provide for 
the conveyance of a United States Fish and Wildlife Service 
administrative site to the city of Las Vegas, Nevada.
  Page S7358
  Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act: Senate passed S. 2430, 
to amend the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1990 to 
provide for implementation of recommendations of the United States Fish 
and Wildlife Service contained in the Great Lakes Fishery Resources 
Restoration Study, after agreeing to the committee amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.
  Pages S7358-59
  Free Newspaper Access for Disabled Persons: Committee on Rules and 
Administration was discharged from further consideration of S. 2918, to 
provide access to newspapers for blind or other persons with 
disabilities.
  Pages S7359-60
  VA Department Ceremony: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 427, permitting 
the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony to commemorate the 
75th anniversary of the establishment of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs.
  Page S7360
Homeland Security Appropriations: Senate continued consideration of 
H.R. 5441, making appropriations for the Department of Homeland 
Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, taking action 
on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                            Pages S7293-S7305, S7306-28
Adopted:
  By 68 yeas to 32 nays (Vote No.191), Vitter Modified Amendment No. 
4548, to prohibit the United States Customs and Border Protection from 
preventing an individual not in the business of importing a 
prescription drug from importing an FDA-approved prescription drug. 
                                                      Pages S7295-S7305
  Byrd Amendment No. 4557, to provide additional resources for border 
infrastructure and program integrity.
Pages S7306-07
  Byrd Amendment No. 4559, to provide additional funding for port 
security enhancements in fiscal year 2006.
Pages S7307-09
  Gregg (for Salazar) Modified Amendment No. 4555, to require the 
Secretary of Homeland Security to prepare a report on activities to 
ensure that the agriculture quarantine inspection monitoring program of 
the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is operating effectively 
and to ensure that States are receiving adequate guidance.
Page S7316
  By 87 yeas to 11 nays (Vote No. 192), Collins Amendment No. 4560, to 
amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the United States 
Emergency Management Authority.
Pages S7309-16, S7318-20, S7325-26
  Gregg/Byrd Amendment No. 4579, to require the Secretary of Homeland 
Security to revise Management Directive 11056 to provide for the 
treatment of certain sensitive security information.
Pages S7327-28
Rejected:
  By 32 yeas to 66 nays (Vote No. 193), Akaka (for Clinton) Amendment 
No. 4563, to establish the Federal Emergency Management Agency as an 
independent agency.
Pages S7320-25, S7326
Pending:
  Feinstein Amendment No. 4556, to amend chapter 27 of title 18, United 
States Code, to prohibit the unauthorized construction, financing, or, 
with reckless disregard, permitting the construction or use on one's 
land, of a tunnel or subterranean passageway between the United States 
and another country and to direct the United States Sentencing 
Commission to modify the sentencing guidelines to account for such 
prohibition.
Pages S7316-18

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  Cornyn Amendment No. 4577 (to Amendment No. 4556), to provide for 
immigration injunction reform.
Pages S7326-27
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 10:30 a.m., on Wednesday, 
July 12, 2006.
Page S7360
Appointments:
  U.S. Merchant Marine Academy: The Chair, on behalf of the Chairman of 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and pursuant to 
Title 46, Section 1295 b(h), of the U.S. Code, appointed the following 
Senators to the Board of Visitors of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy: 
Senators Lott and Inouye, both from the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation.
  Page S7360
Messages From the House:
  Page S7330
Measures Referred:
  Pages S7330-31
Measures Read First Time:
  Page S7331
Executive Communications:
  Page S7331
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S7331-33
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S7333-38
Additional Statements:
  Pages S7329-30
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S7338-56
Notices of Intent:
  Page S7356
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
  Pages S7356-57
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--193) 
                                           Pages S7305, S7325-26, S7326
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:45 a.m., and adjourned at 7:52 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, July 12, 2006. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S7360.)