[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 98 (Monday, July 24, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
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                                             Mondqay, July 24, 2006
                                              Monday, July 24, 2006

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8113-S8136
Measures Introduced: Six bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3714-3719 and S. Res. 539-540.
  Page S8129
Measures Reported:
  S. 757, to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the 
Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to 
make grants for the development and operation of research centers 
regarding environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of 
breast cancer, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. 
Rept. No. 109-290)
  S. 3501, to amend the Shivwits Band of the Paiute Indian Tribe of 
Utah Water Rights Settlement Act to establish an acquisition fund for 
the water rights and habitat acquisition program. (S. Rept. No. 109-
291)
Pages S8128-29
Measures Passed:
  Retirement Income Taxation: Committee on Finance was discharged from 
further consideration of H.R. 4019, to amend title 4 of the United 
States Code to clarify the treatment of self-employment for purposes of 
the limitation on State taxation of retirement income, and the bill was 
then passed, clearing the measure for the President.
  Page S8135
  United States-India Energy Security Cooperation Act: Senate passed S. 
1950, to promote global energy security through increased cooperation 
between the United States and India in diversifying sources of energy, 
stimulating development of alternative fuels, developing and deploying 
technologies that promote the clean and efficient use of coal, and 
improving energy efficiency, after agreeing to the committee 
amendments, and the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S8135-36
  Frist (for Lugar) Amendment No. 4688, to authorize assistance for 
renewable energy projects.
Page S8136
Energy Exploration Legislation: Senate began consideration of the 
motion to proceed to consideration of S. 3711, to enhance the energy 
independence and security of the United States by providing for 
exploration, development, and production activities for mineral 
resources in the Gulf of Mexico.
  Pages S8134-35
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to proceed 
to consideration of the bill and, in accordance with the provisions of 
rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will 
occur on Wednesday, July 26, 2006.
Page S8134
Executive Communications:
  Pages S8127-28
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S8129-30
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S8130-33
Additional Statements:
  Pages S8124-27
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S8133-34
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S8134
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m., and adjourned at 5:13 p.m., 
until 9:45 a.m., on Tuesday, July 25, 2006. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S8136.)