[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 72 (Thursday, May 3, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D612-D613]
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                                              Thursday, May 3, 2007

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5525-S5612
Measures Introduced: Thirty-five bills and six resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1276-1310, 
S. Res. 185-188, and S. Con. Res. 31-32.                 
  Pages S5561-62
Measures Reported:
  S. 992, to achieve emission reductions and cost savings through 
accelerated use of cost effective lighting technologies in public 
buildings, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 110 60)            
Page S5561
Measures Passed:
  Supporting the Accession of Israel: Senate agreed to S. Res. 188, 
expressing the sense of the Senate in support of the accession of 
Israel to the Convention on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation 
and Development.                                         
  Pages S5609-10
  National Hunger Awareness Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 186, 
designating June 5, 2007, as ``National Hunger Awareness Day'' and 
authorizing the Senate offices of Senators Gordon H. Smith, Blanche L. 
Lincoln, Elizabeth Dole, and Richard J. Durbin to collect donations of 
food during the period beginning May 7, 2007, and ending June 5, 2007, 
from concerned Members of Congress and staff to assist families 
suffering from hunger and food insecurity in the Washington, D.C., 
metropolitan area.                                           
  Page S5610
  Condemning Violence in Estonia: Senate agreed to S. Res. 187, 
condemning violence in Estonia and attacks on Estonia's embassies in 
2007, and expressing solidarity with the Government and the people of 
Estonia.                                                 
  Pages S5610-11
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 S5526-58
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 S5526
  Dorgan Amendment No. 990, to provide for the importation of 
prescription drugs.                                          
Page S5526
  Cochran Amendment No. 1010 (to Amendment No. 990), to protect the 
health and safety of the public.                     
Pages S5526, S5532
  Stabenow Amendment No. 1011, to insert provisions related to citizens 
petitions.                                                   
Page S5526
  Brown (for Brownback/Brown) Amendment No. 985, to establish a 
priority drug review process to encourage treatments of tropical 
diseases.                                                    
Page S5526
  Vitter Amendment No. 983, to require counterfeit-resistant 
technologies for prescription drugs.                         
Page S5526
  Inhofe Amendment No. 988, to protect children and their parents from 
being coerced into administering a controlled substance in order to 
attend school.                                               
Page S5526
  Gregg/Coleman Amendment No. 993, to provide for the regulation of 
Internet pharmacies.                                         
Page S5526
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute, as modified, and, in 
accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur on Monday, May 7, 2007. 
                                                         Pages S5556-57
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the bill and, in 
accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur on Monday, May 7, 2007. 
                                                             Page S5557
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 63 yeas to 28 nays (Vote No. 150), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on Dorgan Amendment No. 990 
(listed above).                                          
Pages S5531-32
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 4 p.m. on Monday, May 7, 2007; that Senate 
vote on, or in relation to, Cochran Amendment No. 1010, and upon its 
disposition, vote on, or in relation to, Dorgan Amendment No. 990, as 
amended, if amended,

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and upon its disposition, vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the 
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, as modified; 
provided further, that Members have until 3 p.m. on Monday, May 7, 
2007, to file first-degree amendments.                       
Page S5609
Water Resources Development Act: Senate began consideration of the 
motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 1495, to provide for the 
conservation and development of water and related resources, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for 
improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States.     
  Page S5609
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to proceed 
to consideration of the bill and, in accordance with the provisions of 
Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will 
occur on Monday, May 7, 2007.                                
Page S5609
  Subsequently, the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill was 
withdrawn.                                                   
Page S5609
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaty: Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks 
(Treaty Doc. No. 110-2).
  The treaty was transmitted to the Senate today, considered as having 
been read for the first time, and referred, with accompanying papers, 
to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. 
                                                             Page S5609
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.
  Bartholomew H. Chilton, of Delaware, to be a Commissioner of the 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission for the remainder of the term 
expiring April 13, 2008.
  Charles E. F. Millard, of New York, to be Director of the Pension 
Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
  Tevi David Troy, of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of Health and 
Human Services.
  Kerry N. Weems, of New Mexico, to be Administrator of the Centers for 
Medicare and Medicaid Services.
  Cameron R. Hume, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Indonesia.
  Bradford P. Campbell, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Labor.
  Stan Z. Soloway, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community 
Service for a term expiring October 6, 2011.
  James Palmer, of California, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the Corporation for National and Community Service for a term 
expiring October 6, 2011.
  Alejandro Modesto Sanchez, of Florida, to be a Member of the Federal 
Retirement Thrift Investment Board for a term expiring October 11, 
2010.
  Gordon James Whiting, of New York, to be a Member of the Federal 
Retirement Thrift Investment Board for a term expiring September 25, 
2010.
  Andrew Saul, of New York, to be a Member of the Federal Retirement 
Thrift Investment Board for a term expiring September 25, 2008.
  Andrew Saul, of New York, to be a Member of the Federal Retirement 
Thrift Investment Board for a term expiring September 25, 2012.
  45 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Navy.                             
Pages S5611-12
Nomination Withdrawn: Senate received notification of withdrawal of the 
following nomination:
  Jane C. Luxton, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce 
for Oceans and Atmosphere, which was sent to the Senate on January 9, 
2007.                                                        
Page S5612
Measures Read the First Time:                                
  Page S5561
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S5561
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5562-65
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:           
  Pages S5565-S5605
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S5559-61
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S5605-07
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S5608
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S5608-09
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--150) 
                                                             Page S5532
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 6:38 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Friday, May 4, 2007. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5609.)