[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 124 (Thursday, September 28, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1056-D1057]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                       Thursday, September 28, 2006

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                              Daily Digest

HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed S. 3930, Military Commissions Act.
      The House passed H.R. 5825, Electronic Surveillance Modernization 
      Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S10349-S10495
Measures Introduced: Thirty-one bills and two resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 3963-3993, and S. Res. 589-590. 
                                                         Page S10457-58
Measures Reported:
  H.R. 1463, to designate a portion of the Federal building located at 
2100 Jamieson Avenue, in Alexandria, Virginia, as the ``Justin W. 
Williams United States Attorney's Building''.
Pages S10456
Measures Passed:
  Military Commissions Act: By 65 yeas to 34 nays (Vote No. 259), 
Senate passed S. 3930, to authorize trial by military commission for 
violations of the law of war, after taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S10354-S10431
Rejected:
  By 48 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 255), Specter Amendment No. 5087, to 
strike the provision regarding habeas review.
Pages S10354-69
  By 46 yeas to 53 nays (Vote No. 256), Rockefeller Amendment No. 5095, 
to provide for congressional oversight of certain Central Intelligence 
Agency programs.
Pages S10369-78, S10396-97
  By 47 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 257), Byrd Amendment No. 5104, to 
prohibit the establishment of new military commissions after December 
31, 2011.
Pages S10385-90, S10397-98
  By 46 yeas to 53 nays (Vote No. 258), Kennedy Amendment No. 5088, to 
provide for the protection of United States persons in the 
implementation of treaty obligations. 
                                     Pages S10378-85, S10390-96, S10398
Secure Fence Act: Senate continued consideration of H.R. 6061, to 
establish operational control over the international land and maritime 
borders of the United States, taking action on the following amendments 
proposed thereto:
  Page S10431-33
Pending:
  Frist Amendment No. 5036, to establish military commissions. 
                                                            Page S10432
  Frist Amendment No. 5037 (to Amendment No. 5036), to establish the 
effective date.
Page S10432
  Motion to commit the bill to the Committee on the Judiciary, with 
instructions to report back forthwith, with an amendment.
Page S10432
  Frist Amendment No. 5038 (to the instructions of the motion to commit 
H.R. 6061 to the Committee on the Judiciary), to establish military 
commissions.
Page S10432
  Frist Amendment No. 5039 (to the instructions of the motion to commit 
H.R. 6061 to the Committee on the Judiciary), to establish the 
effective date.
Page S10432
  Frist Amendment No. 5040 (to Amendment No. 5039), to amend the 
effective date.
Page S10432
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 71 yeas to 28 nays (Vote No. 260), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on the bill.
Pages S10431-32
  Senate expects to continue consideration of the bill on Friday, 
September 29, 2006.
Department of Defense Appropriations--Conference Report: Senate began 
consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R. 5631, making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2007.
  Pages S10433-42
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the conference report on Friday, September 29, 2006, 
with a vote on adoption thereon, to occur at 10 a.m.
Page S10433

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China Currency--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that the orders of July 1, 2005 and March 29, 2006, with 
respect to S. 295, to authorize appropriate action in the negotiations 
with the People's Republic of China regarding China's undervalued 
currency are not successful, be vitiated.
  Page S10389
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaties:
  Mutual Legal Assistance Agreement with the European Union (Treaty 
Doc. No. 109-13); and
  Extradition Agreement with the European Union (Treaty Doc. No. 109-
14).
  The treaties were 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.
Page S10493-94
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Michele A. Davis, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Treasury.
  Eric D. Eberhard, of Washington, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National 
Environmental Policy Foundation for a term expiring October 6, 2012.
  Dana Gioia, of California, to be Chairperson of the National 
Endowment for the Arts for a term of four years.
  1 Coast Guard nomination in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Foreign Service.
Pages S10494-95
Messages From the House:
  Pages S10454-56
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S10456
Measures Read First Time:
  Page S10456
Enrolled Bills Presented:
  Page S10456
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S10456
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S10458-59
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S10459-90
Additional Statements:
  Pages S10450-54
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S10490-92
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
  Page S10492
Record Votes: Six record votes were taken today. (Total--260) 
                Pages S10369, S10397, S10397-98, S10398, S10420, S10432
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 9:42 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Friday, September 29, 2006. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S10494.)