[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 37 (Monday, March 5, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D257-D259]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                              Monday, March 5, 2007

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2567-S2647
Measures Introduced: Nine bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 756-764, S.J. Res. 5, and S. Res. 93.
  Page S2598
Measures Reported:
  S. 385, to improve the interoperability of emergency communications 
equipment, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 110-30)
  S. 509, to provide improved aviation security, with amendments. (S. 
Rept. No. 110-31)
  S. 763, to provide the resources to protect public transportation 
from terrorism. (S. Rept. No. 110-32)
Pages S2597-98
Measures Passed:
  Department of Homeland Security 4th Anniversary: Senate agreed to S. 
Res. 94, honoring the employees of the Department of Homeland Security 
on the 4th anniversary of the Department.
  Page S2646
Improving America's Security by Implementing Unfinished Recommendations 
of the 9/11 Commission Act: Senate resumed consideration of S. 4, to 
make the United States more secure by implementing unfinished 
recommendations of the 9/11 Commission to fight the war on terror more 
effectively, to improve homeland security, withdrawing the committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute, taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S2573-86, S2588-93
Pending:
  Reid Amendment No. 275, in the nature of a substitute.
Page S2573
  Sununu Amendment No. 291 (to Amendment No. 275), to ensure that the 
emergency communications and interoperability communications grant 
program does not exclude Internet Protocol-based interoperable 
solutions.
Page S2573
  Salazar/Lieberman Modified Amendment No. 290 (to Amendment No. 275), 
to require a quadrennial homeland security review.
Page S2573
  DeMint Amendment No. 314 (to Amendment No. 275), to strike the 
provision that revises the personnel management practices of the 
Transportation Security Administration.
Page S2573
  Lieberman Amendment No. 315 (to Amendment No. 275), to provide appeal 
rights and employee engagement mechanisms for passenger and property 
screeners.
Page S2573
  McCaskill Amendment No. 316 (to Amendment No. 315), to provide appeal 
rights and employee engagement mechanisms for passenger and property 
screeners.
Pages S2573, S2585-86
  Dorgan/Conrad Amendment No. 313 (to Amendment No. 275), to require a 
report to Congress on the hunt for Osama Bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri, 
and the leadership of al Qaeda.
Pages S2570-71, S2573
  Landrieu Amendment No. 321 (to Amendment No. 275), to require the 
Secretary of Homeland Security to include levees in the list of 
critical infrastructure sectors.
Page S2573
  Landrieu Amendment No. 296 (to Amendment No. 275), to permit the 
cancellation of certain loans under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.
Page S2573
  Landrieu Amendment No. 295 (to Amendment No. 275), to provide 
adequate funding for local governments harmed by Hurricane Katrina of 
2005 or Hurricane Rita of 2005.
Page S2573
  Allard Amendment No. 272 (to Amendment No. 275), to prevent the 
fraudulent use of social security account numbers by allowing the 
sharing of social security data among agencies of the United States for 
identity theft prevention and immigration enforcement purposes. 
                                                             Page S2573
  McConnell (for Sessions) Amendment No. 305 (to Amendment No. 275), to 
clarify the voluntary inherent authority of States to assist in the 
enforcement of the immigration laws of the United States and to require 
the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide information related to 
aliens found to have violated certain immigration laws to the National 
Crime Information Center.
Pages S2573, S2590-93
  McConnell (for Cornyn) Amendment No. 310 (to Amendment No. 275), to 
strengthen the Federal Government's ability to detain dangerous 
criminal aliens, including murderers, rapists, and child molesters, 
until they can be removed from the United States.
Page S2573

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  McConnell (for Cornyn) Amendment No. 311 (to Amendment No. 275), to 
provide for immigration injunction reform.
Page S2573
  McConnell (for Cornyn) Amendment No. 312 (to Amendment No. 275), to 
prohibit the recruitment of persons to participate in terrorism. 
                                                             Page S2573
  McConnell (for Kyl) Amendment No. 317 (to Amendment No. 275), to 
prohibit the rewarding of suicide bombings and allow adequate 
punishments for terrorist murders, kidnappings, and sexual assaults. 
                                                             Page S2573
  McConnell (for Kyl) Amendment No. 318 (to Amendment No. 275), to 
protect classified information.
Page S2573
  McConnell (for Kyl) Amendment No. 319 (to Amendment No. 275), to 
provide for relief from (a)(3)(B) immigration bars from the Hmong and 
other groups who do not pose a threat to the United States, to 
designate the Taliban as a terrorist organization for immigration 
purposes.
Page S2573
  McConnell (for Kyl) Amendment No. 320 (to Amendment No. 275), to 
improve the Classified Information Procedures Act.
Page S2573
  McConnell (for Grassley) Amendment No. 300 (to Amendment No. 275), to 
clarify the revocation of an alien's visa or other documentation is not 
subject to judicial review.
Page S2573
  McConnell (for Grassley) Amendment No. 309 (to Amendment No. 275), to 
improve the prohibitions on money laundering.
Page S2573
  Thune Amendment No. 308 (to Amendment No. 275), to expand and improve 
the Proliferation Security Initiative while protecting the national 
security interests of the United States.
Page S2573
  Cardin Amendment No. 326 (to Amendment No. 275), to provide for a 
study of modification of area of jurisdiction of Office of National 
Capital Region Coordination.
Page S2573
  Cardin Amendment No. 327 (to Amendment No. 275), to reform mutual aid 
agreements for the National Capital Region.
Page S2573
  Cardin Modified Amendment No. 328 (to Amendment No. 275), to require 
Amtrak contracts and leases involving the State of Maryland to be 
governed by the laws of the District of Columbia.
Pages S2573, S2588
  Feinstein Amendment No. 335 (to Amendment No. 275), to improve the 
allocation of grants through the Department of Homeland Security. 
                                               Pages S2574-80, S2581-85
  Schumer/Clinton Amendment No. 336 (to Amendment No. 275), to prohibit 
the use of the peer review process in determining the allocation of 
funds among metropolitan areas applying for grants under the Urban Area 
Security Initiative.
Pages S2580-81
  Schumer/Clinton Amendment No. 337 (to Amendment No. 275), to provide 
for the use of funds in any grant under the Homeland Security Grant 
Program for personnel costs.
Page S2581
  Collins Amendment No. 342 (to Amendment No. 275), to provide certain 
employment rights and an employee engagement mechanism for passenger 
and property screeners.
Page S2585
  Coburn Amendment No. 325 (to Amendment No. 275), to ensure the fiscal 
integrity of grants awarded by the Department of Homeland Security. 
                                                         Pages S2588-90
  Sessions Amendment No. 347 (to Amendment No. 275), to express the 
sense of the Congress regarding the funding of Senate approved 
construction of fencing and vehicle barriers along the southwest border 
of the United States.
Page S2593
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 11:00 a.m., on Tuesday, March 6, 2007; 
provided that at 12 noon, the question recur on agreeing to DeMint 
Amendment No. 314 (listed above), and that the Majority Leader be then 
recognized.
Page S2647
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By 87 yeas 1 nay (Vote No. EX. 59), Carl Joseph Artman, of Colorado, 
to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
Pages S2586-87, S2647
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Michael E. Baroody, of Virginia, to be a Commissioner of the Consumer 
Product Safety Commission. for a term of seven years from October 27, 
2006.
  Michael E. Baroody, of Virginia, to be Chairman of the Consumer 
Product Safety Commission.
  David George Nason, of Rhode Island, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
the Treasury.
  Patrick Dennis Duddy, of Maine, to be Ambassador to the Bolivarian 
Republic of Venezuela.
Page S2647
Measures Read the First Time:
  Pages S2597, S2646-47
Petitions and Memorials:
  Page S2597
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S2598-S2600
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S2600-32
Additional Statements:
  Pages S2594-97
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S2632-46
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
  Page S2646
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--59)
  Page S2587

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Adjournment: Senate convened at 1:30 p.m., and adjourned at 7:22 p.m., 
until 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 6, 2007. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S2647.)