[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 75 (Tuesday, May 8, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D634-D635]
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                                               Tuesday, May 8, 2007

[[Page D634]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5675-S5753
Measures Introduced: Fifteen bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1325-1339, and S. Res. 191.
  Page S5716
Measures Passed:
  Use of Capitol Grounds: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 124, 
authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the National Peace 
Officers' Memorial Service.
  Page S5753
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 S5682-86, S5689-S5707
Adopted:
  Brown (for Brownback/Brown) Amendment No. 985, to establish a 
priority drug review process to encourage treatments of tropical 
diseases.
Pages S5682, S5699
  Brown (for Stabenow) Modified Amendment No. 1011, to insert 
provisions related to citizen petitions.
Pages S5682, S5699-S5700
  Brown (for Hatch) Modified Amendment No. 1009, to insert provisions 
relating to antibiotic access and innovation and certain enantiomer 
drugs.
Pages S5700-01
  Brown (for Feingold) Modified Amendment No. 1026, to require the Food 
and Drug Administration to publish certain annual reports.
Page S5701
  Brown (for Inhofe) Modified Amendment No. 987, to amend the Head 
Start Act to require parental consent for nonemergency intrusive 
physical examinations.
Page S5701-02
  Brown (for Murkowski) Modified Amendment No. 1006, to modify 
provisions relating to required experience or certification for 
prescribing or dispensing certain drugs.
Page S5702
  Brown (for Levin) Modified Amendment No. 1005, to require the Food 
and Drug Administration to determine whether certain substances create 
any health risks and mislead consumers.
Page S5702
  Brown (for Landrieu) Modified 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.
                                                     Pages S5682, S5702
  Brown (for Obama) Modified Amendment No. 1041, to improve the safety 
and efficacy of genetic tests.
Page S5702
  Brown (for Casey/Specter) Amendment No. 1019, to express the sense of 
the Senate concerning orphan disease treatment in children. 
                                                             Page S5702
  Brown (for Enzi) Amendment No. 1053, to modify provisions related to 
pediatric testing and medical products.
Pages S5702-03
  Brown (for Enzi/Kennedy) Amendment No. 1050, to provide for color 
certification reports.
Page S5703
  Brown (for Enzi) Modified Amendment No. 1049, to modify provisions 
relating to user fees.
Pages S5703-04
  Brown (for Roberts) Amendment No. 1047, to modify provisions relating 
to direct-to-consumer advertisements.
Pages S5704-05
  Brown (for Reed/Isakson) Amendment No. 1056, to require the FDA to 
conduct consumer testing to determine the appropriateness of the 
labeling requirements for indoor tanning devices.
Page S5705
Withdrawn:
  Vitter Amendment No. 983, to require counterfeit-resistant 
technologies for prescription drugs.
Page S5682
  Inhofe Amendment No. 988, to protect children and their parents from 
being coerced into administering a controlled substance in order to 
attend school.
Page S5682
  Gregg/Coleman Amendment No. 993, to provide for the regulation of 
Internet pharmacies.
Pages S5682, S5707
Pending:
  Brown (for Grassley) Amendment No. 1039, to clarify the authority of 
the Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology with respect to postmarket 
drug safety pursuant to recommendations by the Institute of Medicine. 
                                                             Page S5705

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  Brown (for Grassley) Amendment No. 998, to provide for the 
application of stronger civil penalties for violations of approved risk 
evaluation and mitigation strategies.
                                                             Page S5705
  Brown (for Durbin/Bingaman) Amendment No. 1034, to reduce financial 
conflict of interest in FDA Advisory Panels.
                                                         Pages S5705-06
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 10:30 a.m., on Wednesday, May 9, 2007; 
provided that the only amendments remaining in order be the following: 
Grassley Amendment No. 1039 (listed above), Grassley Amendment No. 998 
(listed above), and Durbin Amendment No. 1034 (listed above); that 
there be 60 minutes of debate remaining, to run concurrently on the 
bill and remaining amendments and that there be 10 minutes under the 
control of Senator Grassley, or his designee, 5 minutes under the 
control of Senator Durbin, or his designee, and the remaining time 
equally divided and controlled between the Chairman and Ranking Member 
of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, or their 
designees; there be 2 minutes of debate equally divided and controlled 
prior to a vote in relation to Grassley Amendment No. 1039, that upon 
disposition of that amendment, there be 2 minutes of debate prior to a 
vote on or in relation to Grassley Amendment No. 998, and that upon 
disposition of that amendment, there be 2 minutes of debate prior to a 
vote on or in relation to Durbin Amendment No. 1034; that the cloture 
motion on the bill be withdrawn; provided further, that upon 
disposition of the amendments, the committee amendment in the nature of 
a substitute, as modified and amended, be agreed to, and Senate vote on 
final passage of the bill.
                                                             Page S5699
Water Resources Development Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing that the vote on the motion to invoke 
cloture on 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, 
not occur before Thursday, May 10, 2007.
  Page S5753
Livingston Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement 
was reached providing that, notwithstanding the provisions of rule 
XXII, on Wednesday, May 9, 2007, when Senate completes its action on S. 
1082, Senate begin consideration of the nomination of Debra Ann 
Livingston, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Second Circuit; that there be 3 hours for debate equally divided 
between the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on the 
Judiciary, or their designees; provided further, that upon the use or 
yielding back of time, and vote on the confirmation thereon. 
                                                             Page S5753
Appointments:
  Board of Directors of the Vietnam Education Foundation: The Chair, on 
behalf of the President pro tempore and upon the recommendation of the 
Republican Leader, pursuant to Public Law 106-554, appointed Senator 
Vitter to the Board of Directors of the Vietnam Education Foundation. 
                                                             Page S5753
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By a unanimous vote of 91 yeas (Vote No. EX. 153), Frederick J. 
Kapala, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of Illinois.
Pages S5687-89, S5753
Messages From the House:
  Pages S5713-14
Measures Referred:
  Page S5714
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
  Pages S5675, S5714
Executive Communications:
  Pages S5714-16
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S5716
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S5719-51
Additional Statements:
  Pages S5713-19
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S5751-52
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S5752
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
  Page S5752
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--153) 
                                                             Page S5689
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and adjourned at 7:34 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 9, 2007. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S5753.)