[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 102 (Friday, June 22, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D884-D885]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                              Friday, June 22, 2007

[[Page D884]]

                              Daily Digest

HIGHLIGHTS

      The House passed H.R. 2771--Legislative Branch Appropriations 
      Act, 2008.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8273-S8313
Measures Introduced: Three bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1682-1684, S. Res. 249, and S. Con. Res. 40. 
                                                         Pages S8301-02
Measures Reported:
  Report to accompany S. 535, to establish an Unsolved Crimes Section 
in the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, and an 
Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Investigative Office in the Civil Rights 
Unit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. (S. Rept. No. 110-88) 
                                                             Page S8301
Measures Passed:
  Honoring Ruth Bell Graham: Senate agreed to S. Res. 249, honoring the 
life of Ruth Bell Graham.
  Page S8311
  Burma Sanctions: Senate agreed to S. Res. 250, expressing the sense 
of the Senate condemning the military junta in Burma for its continued 
detention of Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners. 
                                                             Page S8311
  Honoring Charleston Firefighters: Senate agreed to S. Res. 251, 
honoring the firefighters and other public servants who responded to 
the fire in Charleston, South Carolina, on June 18, 2007.
  Page S8311
  National Day of Human Trafficking Awareness: Senate agreed to S. Con. 
Res. 40, supporting the goals and ideals of observing the National Day 
of Human Trafficking Awareness on January 11 of each year to raise 
awareness of and opposition to human trafficking.
  Pages S8311-12
  Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission: Senate passed S. 
1099, to amend chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, to make 
individuals employed by the Roosevelt Campobello International Park 
Commission eligible to obtain Federal health insurance.
  Page S8312
Clean Energy Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that, notwithstanding, the June 21, 2007 passage of H.R. 6, 
to move the United States towards greater energy independence and 
security, to increase the production of clean renewable fuels, to 
protect consumers from price gouging, to increase the energy efficiency 
of products, buildings, and vehicles, to promote research on and deploy 
greenhouse gas capture and storage options, and to improve the energy 
performance of the Federal Government, that the following amendment be 
agreed to:
  Page S8273
Employee Free Choice Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that at 1 p.m., on Monday, June 25, 2007, Senate 
resume consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 
800, to amend the National Labor Relations Act to establish an 
efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor 
organizations, to provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor 
practices during organizing efforts, and that the time until 7 p.m., be 
for debate with respect to the motion, with the time equally divided 
and controlled between Senators Kennedy and Enzi, or their designees; 
provided further, that at 7 p.m., Senator Sessions be recognized to 
speak for up to 1 hour.
  Page S8312
Message From the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the national emergency 
with respect to the Western Balkans as declared in Executive Order 
13219 of June 26, 2001; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-19)
Page S8300

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Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Marylyn Andrea Howe, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the National 
Council on Disability for a term expiring September 17, 2008.
  Lonnie C. Moore, of Kansas, to be a Member of the National Council on 
Disability for a term expiring September 17, 2008.
  Kerri Layne Briggs, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education.
  Dell L. Dailey, of South Dakota, to be Coordinator for 
Counterterrorism, with the rank and status of Ambassador at Large. 
(Prior to this action, Committee on Foreign Relations was discharged 
from further consideration.)
  Reuben Jeffery III, of the District of Columbia, to be an Under 
Secretary of State (Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs). (Prior 
to this action, Committee on Foreign Relations was discharged from 
further consideration.)
  Lorne W. Craner, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Millennium Challenge Corporation for a term of three 
years. (Prior to this action, Committee on Foreign Relations was 
discharged from further consideration.)
  Alan J. Patricof, of New York, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Millennium Challenge Corporation for a term of three 
years. (Prior to this action, Committee on Foreign Relations was 
discharged from further consideration.)
  Jerome F. Kever, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Railroad 
Retirement Board for a term expiring August 28, 2008.
  Michael Schwartz, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Railroad 
Retirement Board for a term expiring August 28, 2012.
  Virgil M. Speakman, Jr., of Ohio, to be a Member of the Railroad 
Retirement Board for a term expiring August 28, 2009.
Pages S8312-13
Messages from the House:
  Page S8300
Measures Referred:
  Pages S8300-01
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
  Pages S8273, S8301
Executive Communications:
  Page S8301
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S8302-03
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S8303-10
Additional Statements:
  Page S8300
Amendments Submitted:
  Page S8310
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 2:16 p.m., 
until 1 p.m. on Monday, June 25, 2007. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S8312.)