[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 111 (Monday, September 11, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D935-D936]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                         Monday, September 11, 2006

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9283-S9320
Measures Introduced: Five bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3883-3887, and S. Res. 565.
  Page S9308
Measures Reported:
  Report to accompany S. 2145, to enhance security and protect against 
terrorist attacks at chemical facilities. (S. Rept. No. 109-332)
  S. Con. Res. 71, expressing the sense of Congress that States should 
require candidates for driver's licenses to demonstrate an ability to 
exercise greatly increased caution when driving in the proximity of a 
potentially visually impaired individual. (S. Rept. No. 109-333) 
                                                             Page S9308
Measures Passed:
  September 11th Anniversary: Senate agreed to S. Res. 565, expressing 
the sense of the Senate upon the five-year anniversary of the terrorist 
attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001.
  Page S9319
  Honoring Baseball Hall of Fame Member Bob Feller: Committee on the 
Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of H. Con Res. 449, 
commemorating the 60th anniversary of the historic 1946 season of Major 
League Baseball Hall of Fame member Bob Feller and his return from 
military service to the United States, and the resolution was then 
agreed to.
  Page S9320
Safe Port Act: Senate resumed consideration of H.R. 4954, to improve 
maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses, taking 
action on the following amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S9287-89
Adopted:
  Stevens Amendment No. 4926 (to Amendment No. 4922), to provide 
improved rail security.
Page S9287
  McCain Modified Amendment No. 4922, to provide increased rail 
transportation security, as amended.
Page S9287
  Stevens (for DeMint) Modified Amendment No. 4927 (to Amendment No. 
4921), of a perfecting nature.
Pages S9287-88
Pending:
  Stevens (for DeMint) Amendment No. 4921, to establish a unified 
national hazard alert system.
Pages S9287-89
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 12 noon 
on Tuesday, September 12, 2006, Senate proceed to vote in relation to 
DeMint Amendment No. 4921 (listed above), as amended; provided further, 
that notwithstanding the adoption of Amendment No. 4927, that the 
second-degree amendment be modified to reflect a perfecting amendment. 
                                                             Page S9289
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 10:15 a.m., on Tuesday, 
September 12, 2006.
Page S9320
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Pages S9301, S9320
Measures Read First Time:
  Pages S9301, S9320
Executive Communications:
  Pages S9301-05
Petitions and Memorials:
  Pages S9305-07
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S9308-09
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S9309-11
Additional Statements:
  Page S9301
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S9311-18
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S9318
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
  Page S9318
Privileges of the Floor:
  Page S9318
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m., and as a further mark of 
respect to those who died as result of the September 11th terrorist 
attack, in accordance with S. Res. 565, adjourned at 5:42 p.m., until 
9:45 a.m., on Tuesday, September 12, 2006. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S9320.)

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