[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 71 (Wednesday, May 2, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D601-D602]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                             Wednesday, May 2, 2007

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House committees ordered reported 22 sundry measures.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5439-S5524
Measures Introduced: Fourteen bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1262-1275, and S. Con. Res. 30.
  Page S5497
Measures Passed:
  Public Service Recognition Week: Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs was discharged from further consideration of S. 
Res. 150, expressing the sense of the Senate that public servants 
should be commended for their dedication and continued service to the 
Nation during Public Service Recognition Week, May 7 through 13, 2007, 
and the resolution was then agreed to.
  Pages S5523-24
Measures Considered:
Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments: Senate continued consideration 
of S. 1082, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to 
reauthorize and amend the prescription drug user fee provisions, and 
taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S5444-92
Adopted:
  DeMint Amendment No. 1018, to amend the notification provision with 
respect to drugs deemed to have risk evaluation and mitigation 
strategies.
Pages S5469-70, S5471-72
  By a unanimous vote of 94 yeas (Vote No. 149), Durbin Modified 
Amendment No. 1022, to ensure the safety of human and pet food. 
                                                         Pages S5478-82
  Schumer Amendment No. 1025, to express the sense of the Senate with 
respect to follow-on biologics.
Page S5485
Rejected:
  By 41 yeas and 53 nays (Vote No. 148), Allard Amendment No. 982, to 
strike provisions related to market exclusivity. 
                                               Pages S5445-52, S5455-61
Pending:
  Landrieu Amendment No. 1004, to require the Food and Drug 
Administration to permit the sale of baby turtles as pets so long as 
the seller uses proven methods to effectively treat salmonella. 
                                                             Page S5444
  Dorgan Amendment No. 990, to provide for the importation of 
prescription drugs. 
          Pages S5444, S5452-53, S5461-69, S5470-71, S5472-73, S5474-78
  Cochran Amendment No. 1010 (to Amendment No. 990), to protect the 
health and safety of the public.
Pages S5444, S5490
  Stabenow Amendment No. 1011, to insert provisions related to citizens 
petitions.
Pages S5433-55, S5474, S5490-91
  Brown (for Brownback/Brown) Amendment No. 985, to establish a 
priority drug review process to encourage treatments of tropical 
diseases.
Pages S5473-73
  Vitter Amendment No. 983, to require counterfeit-resistant 
technologies for prescription drugs.
Pages S5482-85
  Inhofe Amendment No. 988, to protect children and their parents from 
being coerced into administering a controlled substance in order to 
attend school.
Pages S5487-88
  Gregg/Coleman Amendment No. 993, to provide for the regulation of 
Internet pharmacies.
Pages S5488-90
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, May 3, 2007; that 
there be one hour for debate, equally divided and controlled between 
the Majority and Republican Leader, or their designees; that Senate 
vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Dorgan Amendment No. 990 
(listed above); provided further that Senators be authorized to file 
second-degree amendments until 10 a.m., on Thursday, May 3, 2007. 
                                                             Page S5524
Messages From the House:
  Page S5494
Measures Referred:
  Page S5494
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
  Page S5494
Petitions and Memorials:
  Pages S5495-97

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Executive Communications:
  Pages S5494-95
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S5497
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S5497-99
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S5499-S5510
Additional Statements:
  Page S5494
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S5510-22
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
  Page S5523
Privileges of the Floor:
  Page S5523
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--149) 
                                                     Pages S5461, S5482
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 6:24 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 3, 2007. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S5524.)