[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 17 (Monday, January 29, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D102-D104]
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                                           Monday, January 29, 2007

[[Page D102]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1255-S1297
Measures Introduced: Twelve bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 415-426, and S. Res. 45.                  
  Pages S1283-84
Measures Reported:
  S. Res. 45, authorizing expenditures by the Special Committee on 
Aging.                                                       
Page S1283
Measures Passed:
  National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Women's 
Volleyball Championship: Committee on Judiciary was discharged from 
further consideration of S. Res. 44, commending the University of 
Nebraska-Lincoln women's volleyball team for winning the National 
Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Women's Volleyball 
Championship, and the resolution was then agreed to.     
  Pages S1296-97
Fair Minimum Wage: Senate resumed consideration of H.R. 2, to amend the 
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an increase in the 
Federal minimum wage, taking action on the following amendments 
proposed thereto:                                        
  Pages S1267-77
Pending:
  Reid (for Baucus) Amendment No. 100, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S1267
  McConnell (for Gregg) Amendment No. 101 (to Amendment No. 100), to 
provide Congress a second look at wasteful spending by establishing 
enhanced rescission authority under fast-track procedures.   
Page S1267
  Kyl Amendment No. 115 (to Amendment No. 100), to extend through 
December 31, 2008, the depreciation treatment of leasehold, restaurant, 
and retail space improvements.                               
Page S1267
  Enzi (for Ensign/Inhofe) Amendment No. 152 (to Amendment No. 100), to 
reduce document fraud, prevent identity theft, and preserve the 
integrity of the Social Security system.                     
Page S1267
  Enzi (for Ensign) Amendment No. 153 (to Amendment No. 100), to 
preserve and protect Social Security benefits of American workers, 
including those making minimum wage, and to help ensure greater 
Congressional oversight of the Social Security system by requiring that 
both Houses of Congress approve a totalization agreement before the 
agreement, giving foreign workers Social Security benefits, can go into 
effect.                                                      
Page S1267
  Vitter/Voinovich Amendment No. 110 (to Amendment No. 100), to amend 
title 44 of the United States Code, to provide for the suspension of 
fines under certain circumstances for first-time paperwork violations 
by small business concerns.                                  
Page S1267
  DeMint Amendment No. 155 (to Amendment No. 100), to amend the Public 
Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual 
health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce, and to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 regarding the disposition of unused 
health benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements 
and the use of health savings accounts for the payment of health 
insurance premiums for high deductible health plans purchased in the 
individual market.                                           
Page S1267
  DeMint Amendment No. 156 (to Amendment No. 100), to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 regarding the disposition of unused 
health benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements. 
                                                             Page S1267
  DeMint Amendment No. 157 (to the language proposed to be stricken by 
Amendment No. 100), to increase the Federal minimum wage by an amount 
that is based on applicable State minimum wages.             
Page S1267
  DeMint Amendment No. 159 (to Amendment No. 100), to protect 
individuals from having their money involuntarily collected and used 
for lobbying by a labor organization.                        
Page S1267
  DeMint Amendment No. 160 (to Amendment No. 100), to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain small businesses to 
defer payment of tax.                                        
Page S1267
  DeMint Amendment No. 161 (to Amendment No. 100), to prohibit the use 
of flexible schedules by Federal employees unless such flexible 
schedule benefits are made available to private sector employees not 
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Fair Minimum Wage 
Act of 2007.                                                 
Page S1267

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  DeMint Amendment No. 162 (to Amendment No. 100), to amend the Fair 
Labor Standards Act of 1938 regarding the minimum wage.      
Page S1267
  Kennedy (for Kerry) Amendment No. 128 (to Amendment No. 100), to 
direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to 
establish a pilot program to provide regulatory compliance assistance 
to small business concerns.                                  
Page S1267
  Martinez Amendment No. 105 (to Amendment No. 100), to clarify the 
house parent exemption to certain wage and hour requirements. 
                                                             Page S1267
  Sanders Amendment No. 201 (to Amendment No. 100), to express the 
sense of the Senate concerning poverty.                      
Page S1267
  Gregg Amendment No. 203 (to Amendment No. 100), to enable employees 
to use employee option time.                                 
Page S1267
  Burr Amendment No. 195 (to Amendment No. 100), to provide for an 
exemption to a minimum wage increase for certain employers who 
contribute to their employees health benefit expenses.       
Page S1267
  Chambliss Amendment No. 118 (to Amendment No. 100), to provide 
minimum wage rates for agricultural workers.                 
Page S1267
  Kennedy (for Feinstein) Amendment No. 167 (to Amendment No. 118), to 
improve agricultural job opportunities, benefits, and security for 
aliens in the United States.                                 
Page S1267
  Enzi (for Allard) Amendment No. 169 (to Amendment No. 100), to 
prevent identity theft by allowing the sharing of social security data 
among government agencies for immigration enforcement purposes. 
                                                             Page S1267
  Enzi (for Cornyn) Amendment No. 135 (to Amendment No. 100), to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the Federal unemployment 
surtax.                                              
Pages S1267, S1271
  Enzi (for Cornyn) Amendment No. 138 (to Amendment No. 100), to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand workplace health incentives 
by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use. 
                                                     Pages S1267, S1271
  Sessions (for Kyl) Amendment No. 209 (to Amendment No. 100), to 
extend through December 31, 2012, the increased expensing for small 
businesses.                                                  
Page S1267
  Division I of Sessions (for Kyl) Amendment No. 210 (to Amendment No. 
100), to provide for the permanent extension of increasing expensing 
for small businesses, the depreciation treatment of leasehold, 
restaurant, and retail space improvements, and the work opportunity tax 
credit.                                                      
Page S1267
  Division II of Sessions (for Kyl) Amendment No. 210 (to Amendment No. 
100), to provide for the permanent extension of increasing expensing 
for small businesses, the depreciation treatment of leasehold, 
restaurant, and retail space improvements, and the work opportunity tax 
credit.                                                      
Page S1267
  Division III of Sessions (for Kyl) Amendment No. 210 (to Amendment 
No. 100), to provide for the permanent extension of increasing 
expensing for small businesses, the depreciation treatment of 
leasehold, restaurant, and retail space improvements, and the work 
opportunity tax credit.                                      
Page S1267
  Division IV of Sessions (for Kyl) Amendment No. 210 (to Amendment No. 
100), to provide for the permanent extension of increasing expensing 
for small businesses, the depreciation treatment of leasehold, 
restaurant, and retail space improvements, and the work opportunity tax 
credit.                                                      
Page S1267
  Division V of Sessions (for Kyl) Amendment No. 210 (to Amendment No. 
100), to provide for the permanent extension of increasing expensing 
for small businesses, the depreciation treatment of leasehold, 
restaurant, and retail space improvements, and the work opportunity tax 
credit.                                                      
Page S1267
  Durbin Amendment No. 221 (to Amendment No. 157), to change the 
enactment date.                                              
Page S1275
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 30, 2007; 
that the time until 12:15 p.m., be equally divided and controlled 
between the Majority and Republican Leaders, or their designees; that 
the time from 11:55 a.m. until 12:05 p.m., be under the control of the 
Republican Leader and the time from 12:05 p.m. until 12:15 p.m., be 
under the control of the Majority Leader; that at 12:15 p.m., Senate 
vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Reid (for Baucus) Amendment No. 
100 (listed above); provided further, that Members have until 11:00 
a.m. to file any second-degree amendments.                   
Page S1297
Appointments:
  Mexico-United States Parliamentary Group: The Chair, on behalf of the 
Vice President, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 276h-276k, as amended, appointed 
the following Senator as Chairman of the Senate Delegation to the 
Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group during the 110th Congress: Senator 
Dodd.                                                        
  Page S1296
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  James R. Clapper, Jr., of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Defense 
for Intelligence.
  William Herbert Heyman, of New York, to be a Director of the 
Securities Investor Protection Corporation for a term expiring December 
31, 2008.
  32 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.                  
Page S1297

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Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S1281-83
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S1283
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S1284-85
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S1285-93
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S1281
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S1293-96
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S1296
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S1296
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2:00 p.m., and adjourned at 5:32 p.m., 
until 10:00 a.m., on Tuesday, January 30, 2007. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S1297.)