[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 98 (Monday, June 18, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D842-D843]
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                                              Monday, June 18, 2007

[[Page D842]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7801-S7836
Measures Introduced: Eight bills and three resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1639-1646, S. Res. 237-238, and S. Con. Res. 38. 
                                                             Page S7810
Measures Reported:
  S.J. Res. 4, to acknowledge a long history of official depredations 
and ill-conceived policies by the United States Government regarding 
Indian tribes and offer an apology to all Native Peoples on behalf of 
the United States. (S. Rept. No. 110-83)
  S. 1644, making appropriations for the Department of Homeland 
Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008. (S. Rept. No. 
110-84)
  S. 1645, making appropriations for military construction, the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2008. (S. Rept. No. 110-85)
  S. 1606, to provide for the establishment of a comprehensive policy 
on the care and management of wounded warriors in order to facilitate 
and enhance their care, rehabilitation, physical evaluation, transition 
from care by the Department of Defense to care by the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, and transition from military service to civilian 
life, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.   
Pages S7809-10
Measures Passed:
  Adjustment of Senate Employee Salaries: Senate agreed to S. Res. 238, 
amending Senate Resolution 458 (98th Congress) to allow the Secretary 
of the Senate to adjust the salaries of employees who are placed on the 
payroll of the Senate, under the direction of the Secretary, as a 
result of the death or resignation of a Senator.             
  Page S7833
Measures Considered:
Clean Energy Act: Senate resumed consideration of H.R. 6, to reduce our 
Nation's dependency on foreign oil by investing in clean, renewable, 
and alternative energy resources, promoting new emerging energy 
technologies, developing greater efficiency, and creating a Strategic 
Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve to invest in alternative 
energy, taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S7804-07
  Pending:
  Reid Amendment No. 1502, in the nature of a substitute.    
Page S7804
  Reid (for Bingaman) Amendment No. 1537 (to Amendment No. 1502), to 
provide for a renewable portfolio standard.                  
Page S7804
  Klobuchar (for Bingaman) Amendment No. 1573 (to Amendment No. 1537), 
to provide for a renewable portfolio standard.               
Page S7804
  Bingaman (for Klobuchar) Amendment No. 1557 (to Amendment No. 1502), 
to establish a national greenhouse gas registry.             
Page S7804
  Kohl Amendment No. 1519 (to Amendment No. 1502), to amend the Sherman 
Act to make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal.     
Page S7804
  Kohl (for DeMint) Amendment No. 1546 (to Amendment No. 1502), to 
provide that legislation that would increase the national average fuel 
prices for automobiles is subject to a point of order in the Senate. 
                                                             Page S7804
  Corker Amendment No. 1608 (to Amendment No. 1502), to allow clean 
fuels to meet the renewable fuel standard.                   
Page S7804
  Cardin Amendment No. 1520 (to Amendment No. 1502), to promote the 
energy independence of the United States.                    
Page S7804
  Domenici (for Thune) Amendment No. 1609 (to Amendment No. 1502), to 
provide requirements for the designation of national interest electric 
transmission corridors.                                      
Page S7804
  Cardin Amendment No. 1610 (to Amendment No. 1502), to provide for the 
siting, construction, expansion, and operation of liquefied natural gas 
terminals.                                                   
Page S7804
  Collins Amendment No. 1615 (to Amendment No. 1502), to provide for 
the development and coordination of a comprehensive and integrated 
United States research program that assists the people of the United 
States and the world to understand, assess, and predict human-induced 
and natural processes of abrupt climate change.              
Page S7804
  Domenici (for Bunning/Domenici) Amendment No. 1628 (to Amendment No. 
1502), to provide standards for clean coal-derived fuels. 
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  Bingaman (for Tester) Amendment No. 1614 (to Amendment No. 1502), to 
establish a program to provide loans for projects to produce syngas 
from coal and other feedstocks while simultaneously reducing greenhouse 
gas emissions and reliance of the United States on petroleum and 
natural gas.                                             
                                                         Pages S7805-06
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 11:00 a.m., on Tuesday, June 19, 2007, and 
that there be up to 2 1/2 hours of debate prior to a vote on or in 
relation to Domenici (for Bunning/Domenici) Amendment No. 1628 (to 
Amendment No. 1502) (listed above) and Bingaman (for Tester) Amendment 
No. 1614 (to Amendment No. 1502) (listed above), to run concurrently 
with the time equally divided and controlled between Senators Bunning 
and Tester, or their designees; provided further, that at 2:15 p.m., 
Senate resume debate on the above-mentioned amendments and that upon 
the use or yielding back of time, Senate vote on or in relation to 
Domenici (for Bunning/Domenici) Amendment No. 1628 (to Amendment No. 
1502) (listed above), and that upon disposition of that amendment, 
there be 2 minutes of debate prior to a vote on or in relation to 
Bingaman (for Tester) Amendment No. 1614 (to Amendment No. 1502) 
(listed above), with no amendment in order to either of the above 
amendments prior to the votes; that upon disposition of the Bingaman 
(for Tester) Amendment No. 1614 (to Amendment No. 1502) (listed above), 
Senate debate consecutively, the following amendments listed below and 
that the debate time on each be limited to 30 minutes equally divided 
and controlled in the usual form; that no amendment be in order to any 
of the amendments enumerated below, and that upon the use or yielding 
back of all time with respect to the amendments listed below, Senate 
vote on or in relation to the amendments in the order listed, that 
there be 2 minutes of debate equally divided and controlled prior to 
each vote and that after the first vote in this sequence, the remaining 
votes be 10 minutes in duration:
  Kohl Amendment No. 1519 (to Amendment No. 1502), Domenici (for Thune) 
Amendment No. 1609 (to Amendment No. 1502), and Cardin Amendment No. 
1610 (to Amendment No. 1502) (all listed above).         
                                                         Pages S7806-07
Appointments:
  Senate National Security Working Group for the 110th Congress: The 
Chair announced, on behalf of the Republican Leader, pursuant to the 
provisions of S. Res. 105 (adopted April 13, 1989), as amended by S. 
Res. 149 (adopted October 5, 1993), as amended by Public Law 105-275, 
further amended by S. Res. 75 (adopted March 25,1999), amended by S. 
Res. 383 (adopted October 27, 2000), and amended by S. Res. 355 
(adopted November 13, 2002), and further amended by S. Res. 480 
(adopted November 20, 2004), the appointment of the following Senators 
to serve as members of the Senate National Security Working Group for 
the 110th Congress: Senators Lugar, Warner, Sessions, Domenici, and 
Corker.                                                      
  Page S7833
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Paul R. Brubaker, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Research 
and Innovative Technology Administration, Department of Transportation.
  Nancy Goodman Brinker, of Florida, to be Chief of Protocol, and to 
have the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service.
  Eunice S. Reddick, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Gabonese 
Republic, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation 
as Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe.
  David W. James, of Missouri, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor.
  Steven H. Murdock, of Texas, to be Director of the Census.
  37 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  38 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Navy.            
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Messages from the House:                                 
  Pages S7808-09
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
  Page S7809
Measures Read the First Time:                                
  Page S7809
Executive Communications:                                    
  Page S7809
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S7810-12
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S7812-18
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S7808
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S7818-32
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S7833
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 6:41 p.m., 
00until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 19, 2007. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S7833.)