[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 108 (Wednesday, September 6, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D913-D914]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                       Wednesday, September 6, 2006

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8985-S9069
Measures Introduced: Seventeen bills and two resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 3845-3861, and S. Res. 557-558. 
                                                         Pages S9040-41
Measures Reported:
  S. 3850, to improve ratings quality for the protection of investors 
and in the public interest by fostering accountability, transparency, 
and competition in the credit rating agency industry. (S. Rept. No. 
109-326)
  S. 3852, to enhance certain maritime programs of the Department of 
Transportation. (S. Rept.No. 109-327)
  S. 3421, to authorize major medical facility projects and major 
medical facility leases for the Department of Veterans Affairs for 
fiscal years 2006 and 2007, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 109-328) 
                                                             Page S9040
Measures Passed:
  General Services Administration Modernization Act: Senate passed H.R. 
2066, to amend title 40, United States Code, to establish a Federal 
Acquisition Service, to replace the General Supply Fund and the 
Information Technology Fund with an Acquisition Services Fund, after 
agreeing to committee amendments and the following amendment proposed 
thereto:
  Pages S9064-66
  Stevens (for Levin) Amendment No. 4905, to provide for the disposal 
of federal surplus property to historic light stations.
Page S9066
  National Life Insurance Awareness Month: Committee on the Judiciary 
was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 448, supporting 
the goals and ideals of ``National Life Insurance Awareness Month'', 
and the resolution was then agreed to
  Page S9066
Department of Defense Appropriations Act: Senate continued 
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 S8992-98, S8998-S9035, S9066-68
Adopted:
  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 S8992, S9035
Rejected:
  By 30 yeas to 70 nays (Vote No. 232), Feinstein/Leahy Amendment No. 
4882, to protect civilian lives from unexploded cluster munitions. 
                                                          Page S8992-96
  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. (By 54 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 233), 
Senate tabled the amendment).
Pages S8992, S9030-34
  Mikulski/Sarbanes Amendment No. 4895, to provide that none of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used 
to enter into or carry out a contract for the performance by a 
contractor of any base operation support service at Walter Reed Army 
Medical Hospital pursuant to a private-public competition conducted 
under Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 that was initiated 
on June 13, 2000, and has the solicitation number DADA 10-03-R-0001. 
(By 50 yeas to 48 nays (Vote No. 234), Senate tabled the amendment). 
                                               Pages S8996-98, S9034-35
Pending:
  Rockefeller Amendment No. 4906, to strike the section specifically 
authorizing intelligence and intelligence-related activities. 
                                                             Page S9068
  During consideration of this measure today, the Senate also took the 
following action:
  Chair sustained a point of order that Reid Amendment No. 4904, 
providing a sense of the Senate on the need for a new direction in Iraq 
policy and in the civilian leadership of the Department of Defense, was 
not germane, and the amendment thus fell.
Page S9030
  A unanimous consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 10 a.m. on Thursday, 
September 7, 2006.
Page S9066

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Messages From the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting a draft of proposed legislation entitled ``Military 
Commissions Act of 2006''; which was referred to the Committee on Armed 
Services. (PM-55)
Pages S9038-39
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nomination:
  Robert K. Steel, of Connecticut, to be an Under Secretary of the 
Department of the Treasury.
Page S9069
Measures Read First Time:
  Page S9039
Executive Communications:
  Pages S9039-40
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S9041-43
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S9043-61
Additional Statements:
  Pages S9037-38
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S9062-64
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
  Page S9064
Privileges of the Floor:
  Page S9064
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--234) 
                                              Pages S8996, S9034, S9035
Recess: Senate convened at 9:45 a.m., and recessed at 9:25 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Thursday, September 7, 2006. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S9066.)