[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 132 (Tuesday, December 5, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1122-D1123]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                          Tuesday, December 5, 2006

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S11111-S11238
Measures Introduced: Eight bills and three resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 4075-4082, S. Res. 622-623, and S. Con. Res. 122. 
                                                            Page S11194
Measures Reported:
  S. 1531, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to 
expand and intensify programs with respect to research and related 
activities concerning elder falls, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 109-362)
  S. 2322, to amend the Public Health Service Act to make the provision 
of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation 
therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 109-363)
  Report to accompany S. 3569, to implement the United States-Oman Free 
Trade Agreement. (S. Rept. No. 109-364)
  H.R. 3675, to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to increase 
civil penalties for violations involving unfair or deceptive acts or 
practices that exploit popular reaction to an emergency or major 
disaster, and to authorize the Federal Trade Commission to seek civil 
penalties for such violations in actions brought under section 13 of 
that Act.
Page S11193
Measures Passed:
  Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act: Senate passed S. 3678, to 
amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to public health 
security and all-hazards preparedness and response, after agreeing to 
the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and the 
following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S11220-37
  Burr/Kennedy Amendment No. 5210, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                            Page S11237
Agriculture Appropriations: Senate began consideration of the H.R. 
5384, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2007, taking action on the following amendment 
proposed thereto:
  Pages S11127-56
  By 57 yeas to 37 nays (Vote No. 271), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95, 
Congressional Budget Resolution, with respect to the emergency 
designation provision in Conrad Amendment No. 5205, to provide 
emergency agricultural disaster assistance. Subsequently, a point of 
order that the emergency designation provision would violate section 
402 of H. Con. Res. 95 was sustained, and the provision was stricken. 
Also, the Chair sustained a point order that the amendment would exceed 
the subcommittee's 302(b) allocation and the amendment thus fell. 
                                                        Pages S11143-56
Bill Referral--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be 
discharged from further consideration of S. 4048, to prohibit Federal 
funding for the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, 
and the bill then be referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. 
                                                            Page S11238
Appointments:
  Medal of Valor Review Board: The Chair announced, on behalf of the 
Majority Leader, pursuant to Public Law 107-12, the appointment of 
William Pickle, of Virginia, to serve as a member of the Medal of Valor 
Review Board.
  Page S11238
Nomination: Senate began consideration of the nomination of Andrew von 
Eschenbach, of Texas, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Department 
of Health and Human Services.
  Pages S11237-38

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  A motion was filed to close further debate on the nomination and, in 
accordance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a cloture vote will occur on Thursday, December 7, 2006. 
                                                        Pages S11237-38
Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing for consideration of the nomination of Robert M. Gates, of 
Texas, to be Secretary of Defense at 11:30 a.m., on Wednesday, December 
6, 2006.
  Page S11238
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Jill E. Sommers, of Kansas, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission for the remainder of the term expiring April 
13, 2009.
  Jeffrey Robert Brown, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Social 
Security Advisory Board for a term expiring September 30, 2008 (Recess 
Appointment).
  Stanley Davis Phillips, of North Carolina, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Estonia.
  Sam Fox, of Missouri, to be Ambassador to Belgium.
  Gregory B. Cade, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the United 
States Fire Administration, Department of Homeland Security.
  Heidi M. Pasichow, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate 
Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of 
fifteen years.
  Frederick J. Kapala, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge 
for the Northern District of Illinois.
  Michael W. Tankersley, of Texas, to be Inspector General, Export-
Import Bank.
Page S11238
Messages From the House:
  Page S11189
Measures Discharged:
  Page S11189
Measures Read First Time:
  Pages S11189, S11238
Executive Communications:
  Pages S11189-93
Petitions and Memorials:
  Page S11193
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Pages S11193-94
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S11194-96
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S11196-S11200
Additional Statements:
  Pages S11181-89
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S11200-19
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
  Page S11219
Privileges of the Floor:
  Page S11219
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--271) 
                                                            Page S11156
Adjournment: Senate convened at 12 noon, and adjourned at 8:16 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, December 6, 2006. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S11238.)