[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 113 (Wednesday, September 13, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D950-D952]
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                                      Wednesday, September 13, 2006

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9449-S9575
Measures Introduced: Two resolutions were submitted, as follows: S. 
Res. 569 and S. Con. Res. 114.                               
  Page S9507
Measures Reported:
  S. 660, to provide for the acknowledgement of the Lumbee Tribe of 
North Carolina. (S. Rept. No. 109-334)
  S. 2453, to establish procedures for the review of electronic 
surveillance programs, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 2455, to provide in statute for the conduct of electronic 
surveillance of suspected terrorists for the purposes of protecting the 
American people, the Nation, and its interests from terrorist attack 
while ensuring that the civil liberties of United States citizens are 
safeguarded.
  S. 3001, to ensure that all electronic surveillance of United States 
persons for foreign intelligence purposes is conducted pursuant to 
individualized court-issued orders, to streamline the procedures of the 
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.                                      
Page S9505
Measures Passed:
  Enrollment Corrections: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 114, providing 
for corrections to the enrollment of the bill S. 2590.   
  Pages S9563-64
  Fort McDowell Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Revision Act: 
Senate passed S. 2464, to revise a provision relating to a repayment 
obligation of the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation under the Fort McDowell 
Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act of 1990, after agreeing to 
the following amendment proposed thereto:                    
  Page S9564
  Stevens (for McCain) Amendment No. 5006, to make a technical 
correction.                                                  
Page S9564
  Children and Media Research Advancement Act: Senate passed 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, after agreeing to the 
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.       
  Pages S9564-65
  Shipping Law: Senate passed H.R. 1442, to complete the codification 
of title 46, United States Code, ``Shipping,'' as positive law, 
clearing the measure for the President.                      
  Page S9565
  National Save for Retirement Week: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 550, designating 
October 22 through October 28, 2006, as ``National Save for Retirement 
Week,'' and the resolution was then agreed to.               
  Page S9565
  Darfur: Committee on Foreign Relations was discharged from further 
consideration of S. Res. 559, calling on the President to take 
immediate steps to help stop the violence in Darfur, and the resolution 
was then agreed to.                                      
  Pages S9565-66
  Honoring USS Enterprise Service: Senate agreed to S. Res. 569, 
honoring the life of those who died in service to their country aboard 
the U.S.S. Enterprise on January 14, 1969.                   
  Page S9566
SAFE Port Act: Senate continued consideration of H.R. 4954, to improve 
maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses, taking 
action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                      Pages S9454-S9501
Adopted:
  Nelson (FL) Amendment No. 4968, to require the Department of Homeland 
Security provide Congress with a strategy for deploying radiation 
detection capabilities to all United States ports of entry. 
                                                         Pages S9483-85
  By 95 yeas to 3 nays (Vote No. 245), Coleman Amendment No. 4982, to 
require the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure that all cargo 
containers are screened before arriving at a United States seaport, 
that all high-risk containers are scanned before leaving a United 
States seaport, and that integrated scanning systems are fully deployed 
to scan all cargo containers entering the United States before they 
arrive in the United States.                             
Pages S9487-90

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  Obama Modified Amendment No. 4972, to ensure the evacuation of 
individuals with special needs in times of emergency.    
Pages S9493-94
  Voinovich/Clinton Modified Amendment No. 4962, to amend the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the 
President to carry out a program for the protection of the health and 
safety of residents, workers, volunteers, and others in a disaster 
area.                                          
Pages S9459-60, S9494-96
  Stevens (for Rockefeller) Modified Amendment No. 4924, to establish a 
competitive research program within the Department of Homeland 
Security.                                                
Pages S9567-68
  Stevens (for Bingaman) Amendment No. 4928, to provide a pilot program 
to extend the hours of commercial operations at Santa Teresa, New 
Mexico.                                                      
Page S9568
  Stevens (for Domenici/Warner) Amendment No. 4932, to establish a 
Domestic Nuclear Detection Office with the Department of Homeland 
Security.                                                
Pages S9568-69
  Stevens (for Domenici/Warner) Amendment No. 4933, to provide for 
coordination between the Department of Homeland Security and the 
Department of Energy.                                        
Page S9569
  Stevens (for Kerry) Modified Amendment No. 4939, to require the 
Secretary of Homeland Security to create port security training and 
exercise programs for law enforcement and seaport personnel. 
                                                             Page S9569
  Stevens (for Burns) Modified Amendment No. 4946, to require the 
Assistant Secretary for the Transportation Security Administration to 
submit to Congress a security plan for Essential Air Service airports. 
                                                             Page S9569
  Stevens (for Cantwell) Modified Amendment No. 4950, to establish an 
Intermodal Rail Radiation Detection Test Center.             
Page S9569
  Stevens (for Cantwell) Amendment No. 4949, of a technical nature. 
                                                             Page S9569
  Stevens (for McCain) Amendment No. 4951, to require disclosures 
regarding homeland security grants.                          
Page S9569
  Stevens (for Vitter) Amendment No. 4953, to provide for additional 
security relating to foreign vessels working on the outer Continental 
Shelf.                                                       
Page S9569
  Stevens (for Snowe/Cantwell) Modified Amendment No. 4954, to 
establish a deadline for the Coast Guard to complete inspection of 
foreign ports and validate compliance with the International Ship and 
Port Facility Security Code.                             
Pages S9569-70
  Stevens (for Allard/Salazar) Amendment No. 4955, to include the 
Transportation Technology Center in the National Domestic Preparedness 
Consortium.                                                  
Page S9570
  Stevens (for Pryor/Talent) Modified Amendment No. 4959, to require 
the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations to improve 
trucking security.                                           
Page S9570
  Stevens (for Burns) Amendment No. 4964, to extend the requirement for 
air carriers to honor tickets for suspended air passenger service. 
                                                             Page S9570
  Stevens (for Boxer) Amendment No. 4976, to protect commercial 
aircraft from the threat of Man-Portable Air Defense Systems. 
                                                             Page S9570
  Stevens (for Baucus) Modified Amendment No. 4985, to authorize an 
additional $200,000,000 to be appropriated for fiscal year 2007 for the 
operating expenses of the Northern Border Air Wing.          
Page S9570
  Stevens (for Lautenberg) Modified Amendment No. 4988, to provide 
improved intercity bus, hazardous materials, pipeline, and motor 
carrier security.                                        
Pages S9570-73
  Stevens (for Snowe) Amendment No. 5000, to conduct a study to 
identify redundancies and inefficiencies in connection with Federal 
background checks.                                           
Page S9573
  Stevens (for Burns) Modified Amendment No. 4947, to promote and 
enhance public safety and to encourage the rapid deployment of IP-
enabled voice services.                                  
Pages S9573-74
Rejected:
  Biden Amendment No. 4975, to establish a Homeland Security and 
Neighborhood Safety Trust Fund and refocus Federal priorities toward 
securing the Homeland. (By 57 yeas to 41 nays (Vote No. 244), Senate 
tabled the amendment.)                     
Pages S9461-62, S9469, S9482
  By 43 yeas to 55 nays (Vote No. 246), Menendez Amendment No. 4999, to 
improve the security of cargo containers destined for the United 
States.                                        
Pages S9485-87, S9490-91
Withdrawn:
  Santorum Amendment No. 4990, to provide for comprehensive border 
security.                                                
Pages S9492-93
Pending:
  Schumer Modified Amendment No. 4930, to improve maritime container 
security by ensuring that foreign ports participating in the Container 
Security Initiative scan all containers shipped to the United States 
for nuclear and radiological weapons before loading. 
                                                  Pages S9454, S9469-77
  Murray (for Stabenow) Amendment No. 4967, to authorize grants for 
interoperable communications.                                
Page S9454

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  Nelson (NE) Modified Amendment No. 4945, to provide emergency 
agricultural disaster assistance.         
Pages S9454-56, S9458, S9461, S9496-97
  DeMint Amendment No. 4970, to prohibit the issuance of transportation 
security cards to individuals who have been convicted of certain 
crimes.                                                  
Pages S9456-58
  Clinton/Dole Amendment No. 4957, to facilitate nationwide 
availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information on and referral 
to human services, including volunteer opportunities related to human 
services.                                                
Pages S9475-76
  Clinton Amendment No. 4943, to fund additional research to improve 
the detection of explosive materials at airport security checkpoints. 
                                                         Pages S9476-77
  Clinton/Schumer Amendment No. 4958, to establish a grant program for 
individuals still suffering health effects as a result of the September 
11, 2001, attacks in New York City.            
Pages S9477-82, S9491-92
  During consideration of this measure today, the Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 41 yeas to 57 nays (Vote No. 243), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, with respect to Reid Amendment No. 4936, to provide real 
national security, restore United States leadership, and implement 
tough and smart policies to win the war on terror. Subsequently, the 
point of order that the amendment would provide spending in excess of 
the subcommittee's 302(b) allocation was sustained, and the amendment 
thus fell.                                                   
Page S9468
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 10 a.m., on Thursday, 
September 14, 2006, with one hour of debate equally divided, followed 
by a vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the bill.       
Page S9567
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Bertha K. Madras, of Massachusetts, to be Deputy Director for Demand 
Reduction, Office of National Drug Control Policy.
  Cesar Benito Cabrera, of Puerto Rico, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Mauritius, and to serve concurrently and without additional 
compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Seychelles.
  George E.B. Holding, of North Carolina, to be United States Attorney 
for the Eastern District of North Carolina for the term of four years.
  John C. Rood, of Arizona, to be an Assistant Secretary of State 
(International Security and Non-Proliferation).
  Mary Martin Ourisman, of Florida, to be Ambassador to Barbados, and 
to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador 
to St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, the 
Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, and Saint Vincent and the 
Grenadines.
  Ronald A. Tschetter, of Minnesota, to be Director of the Peace Corps.
                                                         Pages S9574-75
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Frank Baxter, of California, to be Ambassador to the Oriental 
Republic of Uruguay.
  Thomas M. Hardiman, of Pennsylvania, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Third Circuit.
  1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.
  3 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Navy.                
Page S9574
Messages From the House:                                     
  Page S9505
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S9505
Measures Placed on Calendar:                                 
  Page S9505
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
  Page S9505
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S9505
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S9505-07
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:                  
  Page S9507
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S9504
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S9507-62
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S9562
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S9562-63
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--246) 
                                       Pages S9468, S9482, S9490, S9491
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 7:39 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, September 14, 2006. (For Senate's 
program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's 
Record on page S9567.)