[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 117 (Tuesday, September 19, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D985-D986]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                        Tuesday, September 19, 2006

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS:

      Senate passed H.R. 5684, U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement 
      Implementation Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9689-S9735
Measures Introduced: Four bills and three resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 3910-3913, and S. Res. 572-574.
  Pages S9724-25
Measures Reported:
  S. 2010, to amend the Social Security Act to enhance the Social 
Security of the Nation by ensuring adequate public-private 
infrastructure and to resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, 
and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 109-337)
  S. 3570, to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal years 2007 through 2011, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute.
Page S9724
Measures Passed:
  U.S.--Oman Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act: By 62 yeas to32 
nays (Vote No. 250), Senate passed H.R. 5684, to implement the United 
States-Oman Free Trade Agreement.
  Pages S9694-99
  Uganda Peace Transition: Senate agreed to S. Res. 573, calling on the 
United States Government and the international community to support the 
successful transition from conflict to sustainable peace in Uganda. 
                                                         Pages S9731-32
  New England Wilderness Act: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
Forestry was discharged from further consideration of S. 2463, to 
designate certain land in New England as wilderness for inclusion in 
the National Wilderness Preservation system and certain land as a 
National Recreation Area, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing 
to the following amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S9732-34
  Frist (for Leahy) Amendment No. 5019, to designate certain National 
Forest System land in the State of Vermont for inclusion in the 
National Wilderness Preservation system and designate a National 
Recreation Area.
Pages S9732-33
  Frist (for Leahy) Amendment No. 5020, to amend the title. 
                                                         Pages S9733-34
Safe Port Act--Conferees: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that the Senate insist on its amendment to H.R. 4954, to 
improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses, 
request a conference with the House thereon, and the Chair was 
authorized to appoint the following conferees on the part of the 
Senate: from the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs: Senators Collins, Coleman, Bennett, Lieberman, and Levin; from 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Senators 
Stevens, Lott, Hutchison, Inouye, and Lautenberg; from the Committee on 
Finance: Senators Grassley, Hatch, and Baucus; from the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Senators Shelby and Sarbanes; and 
Senator Murray.
  Page S9734
Water Resources Development Act--Conferees: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing that the Senate insist on its amendment 
to H.R. 2864, to provide for the conservation and development of water 
and related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to 
construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of 
the United States, agree to the request of the House for a conference, 
and the Chair was authorized to appoint the following conferees on the 
part of the Senate: Senators Inhofe, Warner, Bond, Voinovich, Chafee, 
Murkowski, Vitter, Jeffords, Baucus, Lieberman, Boxer, and Carper. 
                                                         Pages S9734-35
Secure Fence Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that at approximately 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Senate resume 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 6061, 
to establish operational control over the international land and 
maritime borders of the United States; and that following one hour for

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debate, Senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture thereon. 
                                                             Page S9735
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By 61 yeas 35 nays (Vote No. EX. 251), Alice S. Fisher, of Virginia, 
to be an Assistant Attorney General.
Pages S9699-S9714, S9735
Executive Communications:
  Pages S9722-24
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S9724
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S9725-26
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S9726-30
Additional Statements:
  Pages S9720-22
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S9730-31
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
  Page S9731
Privileges of the Floor:
  Page S9731
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--251) 
                                                  Pages S9689-99, S9714
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:45 a.m., and adjourned at 7:31 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, September 20, 2006. (For Senate's 
program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on 
page S9735.)