[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 93 (Monday, July 17, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D782]
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                                              Monday, July 17, 2006

[[Page D782]]


                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7567-S7651
Measures Introduced: Ten bills were introduced, as follows: S. 3668-
3677.
  Page S7628
Measures Passed:
  Commemorating Football Integration: Senate agreed to S. Res. 533, 
commemorating the 60th anniversary of the permanent integration of 
professional football by 4 pioneering players.
  Page S7650
  Freedom to Display the American Flag Act: Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs was discharged from further consideration of 
H.R. 42, to ensure that the right of an individual to display the flag 
of the United States on residential property not be abridged, clearing 
the measure for the President.
  Page S7650
Stem Cell Research: Pursuant to the orders of June 29 and July 13, 
2006, Senate began consideration of H.R. 810, to amend the Public 
Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem cell research, 
S. 3504, to amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the 
solicitation or acceptance of tissue from fetuses gestated for research 
purposes (which was discharged from the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions), and S. 2754, to derive human pluripotent stem 
cell lines using techniques that do not knowingly harm embryos (which 
was discharged from the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions).
  Pages S7569-S7624
  Pursuant to the order of July 13, 2006, Senate will continue 
consideration of the bills at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 18, 2006, and at 
3:45 p.m. begin consecutive votes thereon.
Page S7651
Secretary of the Interior Authorization Act Referral: Committee on 
Environment and Public Works was discharged from further consideration 
of H.R. 125, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct 
facilities to provide water for irrigation, municipal, domestic, 
military, and other uses from the Santa Margarita River, California, 
and the bill was referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources.
  Page S7626
Homeland Security Appropriations: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that notwithstanding the July 13, 2006 passage of 
H.R. 5441, making appropriations for the Department of Homeland 
Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, the following 
previously agreed to amendments be further modified:
  Pages S7632-50
  Gregg (for Pryor) Modified Amendment No. 4642, to increase funding 
for technical assistance.
Page S7650
  Gregg (for Lott) Modified Amendment No. 4570, to require the 
Secretary of Homeland Security Inspector General to investigate the 
conduct of insurers in settling certain claims resulting from Hurricane 
Katrina.
Page S7650
  Gregg (for Warner) Amendment No. 4578, to increase funding for the 
Office of National Capital Region Coordination.
Page S7650
Messages From the House:
  Page S7626
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Pages S7626, S7650
Executive Communications:
  Pages S7626-28
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S7628-29
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S7629-32
Additional Statements:
  Page S7626
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
  Page S7632
Privileges of the Floor:
  Page S7632
Adjournment: Senate convened at 12 noon, and adjourned at 8:43 p.m., 
until 9:45 a.m., on Tuesday, July 18, 2006. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7651.)