[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 104 (Tuesday, June 26, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D901-D903]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                             Tuesday, June 26, 2007

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8377-S8522
Measures Introduced: Eight bills and three resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1693-1700, and S. Res. 255-257.
  Pages S8411-12
Measures Reported:
  S. 185, to restore habeas corpus for those detained by the United 
States. (S. Rept. No. 110-90)
  S. 1696, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, 
environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2008. (S. Rept. No. 110-91)
  S. 1538, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for the 
intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States 
Government, the Intelligence Community Management Account, and the 
Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, with 
amendments. (S. Rept. No. 110-92)
  S. 126, to modify the boundary of Mesa Verde National Park, with an 
amendment. (S. Rept. No. 110-93)
  S. 553, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain 
segments of the Eightmile River in the State of Connecticut as 
components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. (S. Rept. No. 
110-94)
  S. 580, to amend the National Trails System Act to require the 
Secretary of the Interior to update the feasibility and suitability 
studies of four national historic trails. (S. Rept. No. 110-95)
  S. 686, to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the 
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historical Trail. 
(S. Rept. No. 110-96)
  S. 890, to provide for certain administrative and support services 
for the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission, with amendments. (S. 
Rept. No. 110-97)
  S. 797, to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the 
Star-Spangled Banner Trail in the States of Maryland and Virginia and 
the District of Columbia as a National Historic Trail, with amendments. 
(S. Rept. No. 110-98)
  S. 1152, to promote wildland firefighter safety, with an amendment. 
(S. Rept. No. 110-99)
  S. Con. Res. 6, expressing the sense of Congress that the National 
Museum of Wildlife Art, located in Jackson, Wyoming, should be 
designated as the ``National Museum of Wildlife Art of the United 
States''. (S. Rept. No. 110-100)
  H.R. 161, to adjust the boundary of the Minidoka Internment National 
Monument to include the Nidoto Nai Yoni Memorial in Bainbridge Island, 
Washington, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. 
No. 110-101)
  H.R. 376, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 
special resource study to determine the suitability and feasibility of 
including the battlefields and related sites of the First and Second 
Battles of Newtonia, Missouri, during the Civil War as part of Wilson's 
Creek National Battlefield or designating the battlefields and related 
sites as a separate unit of the National Park System, and for other 
purposes. (S. Rept. No. 110-102)
  H.R. 497, to authorize the Marion Park Project, a committee of the 
Palmetto Conservation Foundation, to establish a commemorative work on 
Federal land in the District of Columbia, and its environs to honor 
Brigadier General Francis Marion. (S. Rept. No. 110-103)
  H.R. 512, to establish the Commission to Study the Potential Creation 
of the National Museum of the American Latino to develop a plan of 
action for the establishment and maintenance of a National Museum of 
the American Latino in Washington, DC. (S. Rept. No. 110-104)
  H.R. 658, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into 
cooperative agreements to protect natural resources of units of the 
National Park System through collaborative efforts on land inside and 
outside of units of the National Park System. (S. Rept. No. 110-105)
  H.R. 1047, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 
study to determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the 
Soldiers' Memorial Military Museum located in St. Louis, Missouri, as a 
unit of the National Park System. (S. Rept. No. 110-106) 
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Measures Passed:
  Condemning Violence in Zimbabwe: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 25, 
condemning the recent violent actions of the Government of Zimbabwe 
against peaceful opposition party activists and members of civil 
society.
  Pages S8519-20
  International Emergency Economic Powers Enhancement Act: Senate 
passed S. 1612, to amend the penalty provisions in the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act, after agreeing to the following 
amendment proposed thereto:
  Page S8520
  Salazar (for Dodd) Amendment No. 1947, to modify the effective date 
provision.
Page S8520
  National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
225, designating the month of August 2007 as ``National Medicine Abuse 
Awareness Month''.
  Pages S8520-21
  National Teen Safe Driver Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 230, 
designating the month of July 2007, as ``National Teen Safe Driver 
Month''.
  Page S8521
  National Boating Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 235, designating July 
1, 2007, as ``National Boating Day''.
  Page S8521
  National Aphasia Awareness Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 256, 
designating June 2007 as ``National Aphasia Awareness Month'' and 
supporting efforts to increase awareness of aphasia.
  Page S8521
  Congratulating the University of California at Los Angeles: Senate 
agreed to S. Res. 257, congratulating the University of California at 
Los Angeles for becoming the first university to win 100 National 
Collegiate Athletic Association Division I team titles. 
                                                         Pages S8521-22
Employee Free Choice Act: Senate continued 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. 
                                                         Pages S8378-98
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 51 yeas to 48 nays (Vote No. 227), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to 
consideration of the bill.
Page S8398
Comprehensive Immigration Reform: Senate resumed consideration of the 
motion to proceed to consideration of S. 1639, to provide for 
comprehensive immigration reform, and pursuant to the order of June 21, 
2007, the motion was agreed to, and Senate began consideration of the 
bill, taking action on the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                               Pages S8378-98, S8403-04
Pending:
  Reid Amendment No. 1934, of a perfecting nature.
Pages S8403-04
  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 Thursday, June 28, 2007. 
                                                             Page S8398
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 64 yeas to 35 nays (Vote No. 228), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to 
consideration of the bill.
Page S8398
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 10 a.m., on Wednesday, June 
27, 2007.
Page S8522
Messages from the House:
  Page S8408
Measures Referred:
  Page S8408
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
  Page S8408
Enrolled Bills Presented:
  Page S8408
Executive Communications:
  Page S8408-09
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Pages S8410-11
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S8412-14
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S8414-19
Additional Statements:
  Pages S8406-08
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S8419-73
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
  Page S8473
Privileges of the Floor:
  Page S8473
Text of H.R. 6 as previously passed:
  Pages S8473-S8519
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--228) 
                                                             Page S8398
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:06 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, June 27, 2007. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S8522.)

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