[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 107 (Tuesday, September 5, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D906-D908]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                         Tuesday, September 5, 2006

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8909-S8984
Measures Introduced: Five bills were introduced, as follows: S. 3840-
3844.                                                        
  Page S8972
Measures Reported:
Reported on Wednesday, August 30, during the adjournment:
  Report to accompany S. 939, to expedite payments of certain Federal 
emergency assistance authorized pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, to authorize the 
reimbursement under that Act of certain expenditures. (S. Rept. No. 
109-320)
  Report to accompany S. 3495, to authorize the extension of 
nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the 
products of Vietnam. (S. Rept. No. 109-321)
  Special Report entitled ``Hurricane Katrina: A Nation Still 
Unprepared''. (S. Rept. No. 109-322)
Reported on today:
  S. 1902, to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize funding 
for the establishment of a program on children and the media within the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study the role and impact 
of electronic media in the development of children, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 109-323)
  S. 3546, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with 
respect to serious adverse event reporting for dietary supplements and 
nonprescription drugs, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
(S. Rept. No. 109-324)
  Special Report entitled `` `Gimme Five'--Investigation of Tribal 
Lobbying Matters''. (S. Rept. No. 109-325)                   
Page S8971
Measures Passed:
  Maine Navigation Project: Committee on Environment and Public Works 
was discharged from further consideration of S. 466, to deauthorize a 
certain portion of the project for navigation, Rockland Harbor, Maine, 
and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the following 
amendments proposed thereto:                             
  Pages S8976-77
  Frist (for Snowe) Amendment No. 4887, to redesignate the project for 
navigation, Saco River, Maine.                           
Pages S8976-77
  Frist (for Jeffords) Amendment No. 4888, to provide for the Herbert 
Hoover Dike Supplemental Major Rehabilitation Report.    
Pages S8976-77
  National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: Committee on the Judiciary 
was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 552, designating 
September 2006 as ``National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month'', and the 
resolution was then agreed to.                               
  Page S8978
Department of Defense Appropriations Act: Senate resumed consideration 
of H.R. 5631, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, taking action on the 
following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                     Pages S8909-12, S8922-32, S8948-50
Pending:
  Kennedy/Reid Amendment No. 4885, to include information on civil war 
in Iraq in the quarterly reports on progress toward military and 
political stability in Iraq.                             
Pages S8922-26
  Allen Modified Amendment No. 4883, to make available from Defense 
Health Program up to $19,000,000 for the Defense and Veterans Brain 
Injury Center.                                           
Pages S8926-29
  Feinstein/Leahy Amendment No. 4882, to protect civilian lives from 
unexploded cluster munitions.                            
Pages S8948-50
  A unanimous consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 10:15 a.m., on Wednesday, 
September 6, 2006.                                       
Pages S8978-79

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Executive Reports of Committees: Senate received on Wednesday, August 
30, 2006 during the adjournment of the Senate, the following executive 
reports of a committee:
  Report to accompany Investment Treaty with Uruguay (Treaty Doc. 109-
9) (Ex. Rept. 109-17); and
  Report to accompany U.N. Convention Against Corruption (Treaty Doc. 
109-6) (Ex. Rept. 109-18).                               
Pages S8971-72
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaty:
  Patent Law Treaty and Regulations Under Patent Law Treaty (Treaty 
Doc. No. 109-12).
  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. 
                                                         Pages S8977-78
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By unanimous vote of 92 yeas (Vote No. EX. 231), Kimberly Ann Moore, 
of Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit.
  Robert S. Martin, of Texas, to be a Member of the National Council on 
the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2012. 
                                           Pages S8944-48, S8976, S8984
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Charles F. Conner, of Indiana, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation.
  Collister Johnson, Jr., of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Saint 
Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation for a term of seven years.
  Mark Myers, of Alaska, to be Director of the United States Geological 
Survey.
  John Ray Correll, of Indiana, to be Director of the Office of Surface 
Mining Reclamation and Enforcement.
  Mary Amelia Bomar, of Pennsylvania, to be Director of the National 
Park Service.
  David Longly Bernhardt, of Colorado, to be Solicitor of the 
Department of the Interior.
  William Ludwig Wehrum, Jr., of Tennessee, to be an Assistant 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
  Peter E. Cianchette, of Maine, to be a Member of the Internal Revenue 
Service Oversight Board for a term expiring September 14, 2010.
  Charles L. Glazer, of Connecticut, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of El Salvador.
  Richard Stickler, of West Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of 
Labor for Mine Safety and Health.
  Sara Alicia Tucker, of California, to be Under Secretary of 
Education.
  Tracy A. Henke, of Missouri, to be Executive Director of the Office 
of State and Local Government Coordination and Preparedness, Department 
of Homeland Security.
  Michael Brunson Wallace, of Mississippi, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Fifth Circuit.
  Norman Randy Smith, of Idaho, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Ninth Circuit.
  James F.X. O'Gara, of Pennsylvania, to be Deputy Director for Supply 
Reduction, Office of National Drug Control Policy.
  William Gerry Myers III, of Idaho, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Ninth Circuit.
  William W. Mercer, of Montana, to be Associate Attorney General.
  William James Haynes II, of Virginia, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Fourth Circuit.
  Terrence W. Boyle, of North Carolina, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Fourth Circuit.
  Robert T. Howard, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs (Information and Technology).
  John Edward Mansfield, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Defense 
Nuclear Facilities Safety Board for a term expiring October 18, 2011.
  Larry W. Brown, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Defense Nuclear 
Facilities Safety Board for a term expiring October 18, 2010.
  Peter Stanley Winokur, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Defense 
Nuclear Facilities Safety Board for a term expiring October 18, 2009.
  Halil Suleyman Ozerden, of Mississippi, to be United States District 
Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi.
  Otis D. Wright II, of California, to be United States District Judge 
for the Central District of California.
  George H. Wu, of California, to be United States District Judge for 
the Central District of California.
  Routine lists in the Army, Navy.                       
Pages S8979-84
Messages From the House:                                     
  Page S8964
Measures Placed on Calendar:                                 
  Page S8964
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S8964-71
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S8971-72
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S8972-74
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S8974-75
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S8957-64
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S8975-76
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S8976
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S8976

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Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S8976
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--231) 
                                                             Page S8948
Adjournment: Senate convened at 11 a.m., and adjourned at 7:07 p.m., 
until 9:45 a.m., on Wednesday, September 6, 2006. (For Senate's 
program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on 
page S8979.)

Committee Meeting
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of Ronald A. Tschetter, of Minnesota, to be 
Director of the Peace Corps, after the nominee testified and answered 
questions in his own behalf.