[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 43 (Tuesday, March 13, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D317-D319]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                            Tuesday, March 13, 2007

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed S. 4, Improving America's Security by Implementing 
      Unfinished Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3013-S3076
Measures Introduced: Twenty-two bills were introduced, as follows: S. 
847-868.
  Page S3064
Measures Passed:
  Improving America's Security by Implementing Unfinished 
Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act: By 60 yeas to 38 nays (Vote 
No. 73), Senate passed 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, 
after taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                             Pages S3019-23, S3024-3058
Adopted:
  Lieberman (for Feingold) Amendment No. 441 (to Amendment No. 357), to 
require appropriate reports regarding data-mining by the Federal 
Government.
Page S3029
  Kyl Modified Amendment No. 357 (to Amendment No. 275), to amend the 
data-mining technology reporting requirement to avoid revealing 
existing patents, trade secrets, and confidential business processes, 
and to adopt a narrower definition of data-mining in order to exclude 
routine computer searches.
Pages S3019, S3029-30
  Ensign Amendment No. 448 (to Amendment No. 275), to establish a Law 
Enforcement Assistance Force in the Department of Homeland Security to 
facilitate the contributions of retired law enforcement officers during 
major disasters.
Pages S3030-31, S3033-34
  Schumer/Clinton Modified 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 S3019
  Bond/Rockefeller Modified Amendment No. 389 (to Amendment No. 275), 
to provide the sense of the Senate that the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs and the Select Committee on 
Intelligence of the Senate should submit a report on the 
recommendations of the 9/11 Commission with respect to intelligence 
reform and congressional intelligence oversight reform. 
                                                  Pages S3019, S3031-33
  Stevens Amendment No. 299 (to Amendment No. 275), to authorize NTIA 
to borrow against anticipated receipts of the Digital Television 
Transition and Public Safety Fund to initiate migration to a national 
IP-enabled emergency network capable of receiving and responding to all 
citizen activated emergency communications.
Page S3019
  Lieberman (for 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. (By unanimous consent, the amendment was 
agreed to, notwithstanding having been ruled not germane on Friday, 
March 9, 2007.)
Page S3035
  Lieberman (for Grassley) Modified Amendment No. 293 (to Amendment No. 
275), to amend the Congressional Charter of The American National Red 
Cross to modernize its governance structure, to enhance the ability of 
the board of governors of The American National Red Cross to support 
the critical mission of The American National Red Cross in the 21st 
century.
Pages S3035-37
  Lieberman (for Coleman) Amendment No. 341 (to Amendment No. 275), to 
provide for an additional program requirement for the border 
interoperability demonstration project.
Page S3037
  Lieberman (for Feinstein) Amendment No. 323 (to Amendment No. 275), 
to provide for the inclusion of executive level training in certain 
curriculum for training.
Page S3037

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  Lieberman (for Salazar) Further Modified Amendment No. 290 (to 
Amendment No. 275), to require a quadrennial homeland security review. 
(By unanimous consent, the amendment was agreed to, notwithstanding 
having been ruled not germane on Friday, March 9, 2007.)
Page S3037
  Lieberman (for Carper) Amendment No. 368 (to Amendment No. 275), to 
make funds available for the activities of the Public Interest 
Declassification Board.
Page S3037
  Lieberman (for Akaka) Amendment No. 392 (to Amendment No. 275), to 
provide for the Secretary to ensure that chemical, biological, 
radiological, and nuclear detection equipment and technologies are 
integrated as appropriate with other border security systems and 
detection technologies, and for other purposes.
Page S3037
  Lieberman/Collins Modified Amendment No. 332 (to Amendment No. 275), 
to establish the Emergency Management Performance Grants Program as a 
separate grant program.
Pages S3037-39
  Lieberman/Collins Amendment No. 391 (to Amendment No. 275), to 
improve the guidelines for fusion centers operated by State or local 
governments, to improve the awarding and administration of homeland 
security grants.
Page S3039
  Lieberman/Collins Amendment No. 431 (to Amendment No. 275), to 
clarify the coordination of the accreditation and certification program 
for the private sector.
Page S3039
  Lieberman (for Wyden) Amendment No. 348 (to Amendment No. 275), to 
require that a redacted version of the Executive Summary of the Office 
of Inspector General Report on Central Intelligence Agency 
Accountability Regarding Findings and Conclusions of the Joint Inquiry 
into Intelligence Community Activities Before and After the Terrorist 
Attacks of September 11, 2001 is made available to the public. (By 
unanimous consent, the amendment was agreed to, notwithstanding having 
been ruled not germane on Friday, March 9, 2007.)
Page S3039
  Lieberman (for Byrd) Amendment No. 404 (to Amendment No. 275), to 
require the Secretary of Homeland Security to notify Congress not later 
than 30 days before waiving any eligibility requirement under the visa 
waiver program established under section 217 of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act.
Page S3039
  Lieberman (for Pryor) Modified Amendment No. 388 (to Amendment No. 
275), to provide for annual reports on equipment technical assistance. 
                                                         Pages S3039-40
  Lieberman/McCain Modified Amendment No. 411 (to Amendment No. 275), 
to advance and strengthen democracy globally through peaceful means 
using transformational diplomacy to assist foreign countries to 
implement democratic forms of government, to strengthen respect for 
internationally accepted human rights standards and norms in foreign 
countries through increased United States advocacy, to strengthen 
alliances of democratic countries, and to increase support for programs 
of non-governmental organizations, individuals, and private groups that 
promote democracy.
Pages S3040-41
  Lieberman (for Landrieu) Amendment No. 456 (to Amendment No. 275), to 
require the Secretary of Homeland Security to include levees in the 
list of critical infrastructure sectors.
Page S3041
  Lieberman (for Coleman) Modified Amendment No. 414 (to Amendment No. 
275), to establish a demonstration project to conduct demonstrations of 
security management systems.
Page S3041
  Lieberman (for Inouye/Stevens) Modified Amendment No. 412 (to 
Amendment No. 275), to provide for model ports of entry and modify the 
international registered traveler program.
Page S3041
  Lieberman (for Inouye) Modified Amendment No. 423 (to Amendment No. 
275), to revise sections 801 and 802.
Pages S3042-44
  Lieberman (for Inouye) Modified Amendment No. 424 (to Amendment No. 
275), to coordinate various reporting provisions with Senate Committee 
jurisdictional interests.
Pages S3044-45
  Lieberman (for Rockefeller) Amendment No. 340 (to Amendment No. 275), 
to reinstate the State registration fee system for commercial motor 
vehicles until the Unified Carrier Registration System Plan Agreement 
is fully implemented.
Page S3042
  Lieberman (for Kerry) Amendment No. 307 (to Amendment No. 275), to 
modify the criteria that the Secretary of Homeland Security will use to 
develop a hazardous material tracking pilot program for motor carriers.
                                                             Page S3042
  Lieberman (for Murray) Modified Amendment No. 358 (to Amendment No. 
275), to establish a pilot program to identify technological solutions 
for reducing airport exit lane staffing.
Page S3045
  Lieberman (for Lautenberg) Modified Amendment No. 359 (to Amendment 
No. 275), to require the Inspector General of the Department of 
Homeland Security to audit the Highway Watch grant program and report 
to the Congress on its efficacy in providing security from terrorism. 
                                                             Page S3045
  Lieberman (for Cardin) Amendment No. 394 (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.
Page S3042
  Lieberman (for Menendez) Modified Amendment No. 354 (to Amendment No. 
275), to require the Secretary to include in the reports on 
implementation of 100 percent ocean-borne cargo scanning an

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ongoing assessment of progress, including obstacles and challenges. (By 
unanimous consent, the amendment was agreed to, notwithstanding having 
been ruled not germane on Friday, March 9, 2007.)
Page S3041
  Lieberman (for Dodd) Amendment No. 415 (to Amendment No. 275), to 
amend title X, with respect to critical infrastructure protection 
efforts by Federal departments and agencies.
Page S3042
  Lieberman (for Kohl) Modified Amendment No. 371 (to Amendment No. 
275), to ensure that public transportation workers specifically take 
into account the evacuation needs of the elderly.
Page S3045
  Schumer Further Modified Amendment No. 367 (to Amendment No. 275), to 
require the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration 
to establish and implement a program to provide additional safety 
measures for vehicles that carry high hazardous materials.
Page S3019
  Reid Amendment No. 275, in the nature of a substitute.
Page S3019
Rejected:
  Coburn Amendment No. 294 (to Amendment No. 275), to provide that the 
provisions of the Act shall cease to have any force or effect on and 
after December 31, 2012, to ensure congressional review and oversight 
of the Act. (By 60 yeas to 38 nays (Vote No. 70), Senate tabled the 
amendment.)
Pages S3019-23
  Coburn Amendment No. 325 (to Amendment No. 275), to ensure the fiscal 
integrity of grants awarded by the Department of Homeland Security. (By 
66 yeas to 31 nays (Vote No. 71), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                                         Pages S3019-23
  Biden Amendment No. 383 (to Amendment No. 275), to require the 
Secretary of Homeland Security to develop regulations regarding the 
transportation of high hazard materials. (By 73 yeas to 25 nays (Vote 
No. 72), Senate tabled the amendment).
Pages S3019, S3024-29, S3046
Withdrawn:
  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 S3019
  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.
Page S3019
  St. Louis County, Missouri Arterial Road: Senate passed H.R. 1129, to 
provide for the construction, operation, and maintenance of an arterial 
road in St. Louis County, Missouri.
  Page S3076
Iraq Resolution--Agreement: A unanimous consent agreement was reached 
providing that at 10:00 a.m., on Wednesday, March 14, 2007, Senate 
resume consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S.J. 
Res. 9, to revise United States policy on Iraq; that there be 1 hour of 
debate prior to a vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to 
proceed to consideration of the resolution, with the time equally 
divided and controlled between the Majority and Republican Leaders, or 
their designees; provided further, that the final 20 minutes prior to 
the vote be controlled by the two Leaders, with the Majority Leader 
controlling the final 10 minutes.
  Page S3076
Appointments:
  U.S.-China Interparliamentary Group: The Chair, on behalf of the 
President pro tempore, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 276n, as amended, 
appointed the following Senator as Vice Chairman of the U.S.-China 
Interparliamentary Group conference during the 110th Congress: Senator 
Stevens.
  Page S3076
Messages From the House:
  Page S3061
Messages Referred:
  Pages S3061-62
Executive Communications:
  Pages S3062-64
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S3064-66
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S3066-75
Additional Statements:
  Page S3061
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S3075
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
  Pages S3075-76
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--73) 
                                              Pages S3023, S3046, S3058
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and adjourned at 6:54 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 14, 2007. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S3076.)