[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 143 (Tuesday, September 25, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1253-D1255]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                        Tuesday, September 25, 2007

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                              Daily Digest


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S12013-S12076
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2087-2093, and S. Res. 330-331.
  Page S12054
Measures Passed:
  Childhood Cancer Awareness: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
and Pensions was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 325, 
supporting efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness, treatment, 
and research, and the resolution was then agreed to.
  Pages S12075-76
  Trade Act of 1973 Extension: Senate passed H.R. 3375, to extend the 
trade adjustment assistance program under the Trade Act of 1974 for 3 
months, clearing the measure for the President.
  Page S12076
  Tamper-Resistant Prescription Pads: Committee on Finance was 
discharged from further consideration of S. 2085, to delay for 6 months 
the requirement to use of tamper-resistant prescription pads under the 
Medicaid program, and the bill was then passed.
  Page S12076
Measures Considered:
National Defense Authorization Act: Senate resumed consideration of 
H.R. 1585, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel, taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S12023, S12024, S12028-46
Adopted:
  Levin (for Isakson) Modified Amendment No. 2952 (to Amendment No. 
2011), to authorize the procurement of fire resistant rayon fiber for 
the production of uniforms from foreign sources.
Page S12034
  Levin (for Boxer) Amendment No. 2870 (to Amendment No. 2011), to 
require an annual report on cases reviewed by the National Committee 
for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve.
Page S12034
  Levin (for Clinton) Amendment No. 2917 (to Amendment No. 2011), to 
extend and enhance the authority for temporary lodging expenses for 
members of the Armed Forces in areas subject to a major disaster 
declaration or for installations experiencing a sudden increase in 
personnel levels.
Pages S12034-35
  Levin (for Menendez) Amendment No. 2973 (to Amendment No. 2011), to 
express the sense of Congress on the provision of equipment for the 
National Guard for the defense of the homeland.
Pages S12034-35
  Levin (for Brown) Amendment No. 2095 (to Amendment No. 2011), to 
expedite the prompt return of the remains of deceased members of the 
Armed Forces to their loved ones for burial.
Pages S12034-35
  Levin (for Graham/Kerry) Amendment No. 2975 (to Amendment No. 2011), 
to require a report on the status of the application of the Uniform 
Code of Military Justice during a time of war or contingency operation.
                                                        Pages S12034-35
  Levin (for Dole) Amendment No. 2951 (to Amendment No. 2011), to 
require the Secretary of the Navy to make reasonable efforts to notify 
certain former residents and civilian employees at Camp Lejeune, North 
Carolina, of their potential exposure to certain drinking water 
contaminants.
Pages S12034-35
  Levin (for Chambliss) Amendment No. 2978 (to Amendment No. 2011), to 
require a report on housing privatization initiatives. 
                                                        Pages S12034-35
  Levin (for Smith/Wyden) Amendment No. 2956 (to Amendment No. 2011), 
to express the sense of the Senate on use by the Air Force of 
towbarless aircraft ground equipment.
Pages S12034, S12036
  Levin (for Lieberman) Amendment No. 2932 (to Amendment No. 2011), to 
provide for the provision of contact information on separating members 
of the Armed Forces to the veterans department or agency of the State 
in which such members intend to reside after separation. 
                                                   Pages S12034, S12036
  Levin (for Hagel/Byrd) Amendment No. 2979 (to Amendment No. 2011), to 
express the sense of Congress on the future use of synthetic fuels in 
military systems.
Pages S12034, S12036
  Levin (for Bingaman) Amendment No. 2943 (to Amendment No. 2011), to 
require a report on the

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workforce required to support the nuclear missions of the Navy and the 
Department of Energy.
Pages S12034, S12036
  Levin (for Coleman) Amendment No. 2982 (to Amendment No. 2011), to 
authorize the establishment of special reimbursement rates for the 
provision of mental health care services under the TRICARE program. 
                                                   Pages S12034, S12036
  Levin (for Domenici) Amendment No. 2981 (to Amendment No. 2011), to 
require an evaluation of the strategic plan for advanced computing of 
the National Nuclear Security Administration.
Pages S12034, S12036
  Levin (for Nelson (NE)/Johnson) Amendment No. 2158 (to Amendment No. 
2011), to ensure the eligibility of certain heavily impacted local 
educational agencies for impact aid payments under section 8003(b)(2) 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 for fiscal year 
2008 and succeeding fiscal years.
Pages S12034, S12036
  Levin (for Chambliss) Amendment No. 2977 (to Amendment No. 2011), to 
provide for physician and health care professional comparability 
allowances to improve and enhance the recruitment an retention of 
medical and health care personnel for the Department of Defense. 
                                                Pages S12034, S12036-37
  Levin (for Boxer). Amendment No. 2962 (to Amendment No. 2011), to 
implement the recommendations of the Department of Defense Task Force 
on Mental Health.
Pages S12034, S12037-38
  Levin (for Martinez). Amendment No. 2950 (to Amendment No. 2011), to 
require a study and report on the feasibility of including additional 
elements in the pilot program utilizing an electronic clearinghouse for 
support of the disability evaluation system of the Department of 
Defense.
Pages S12034, S10238
  Levin (for Kerry) Amendment No. 2969 (to Amendment No. 2011), to 
provide for the establishment of a Center of Excellence in Prevention, 
Diagnosis, Mitigation, Treatment, and Rehabilitation of Military Eye 
Injuries.
Pages S12034, S12038-39
  Levin (for Thune) Amendment No. 3021 (to Amendment No. 2011), to 
require a Comptroller General report on actions by the Defense Finance 
and Accounting Service in response to the decision in Butterbaugh v. 
Department of Justice.
Pages S12034, S12039
  Levin (for Salazar) Amendment No. 2920 (to Amendment No. 2011), to 
require a report on the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, Colorado. 
                                                Pages S12034, S12039-40
  Levin (for Cornyn) Amendment No. 2929 (to Amendment No. 2011), to 
require a report assessing the facilities and operations of the Darnall 
Army Medical Center at Fort Hood Military Reservation, Texas. 
                                                   Pages S12034, S12040
  Levin (for Martinez) Amendment No. 2197 (to Amendment No. 2011), to 
lift the moratorium on improvements at Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico. 
                                                   Pages S12034, S12040
  Levin (for Biden) Amendment No. 2290 (to Amendment No. 2011), to 
require a report on funding of the Department of Defense for health 
care in the budget of the President in any fiscal year in which the 
Armed Forces are engaged in major military conflict. 
                                                   Pages S12034, S12040
  Levin (for Chambliss/Isakson) Amendment No. 2936 (to Amendment No. 
2011), to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center 
in Augusta, Georgia, as the ``Charlie Norwood Department of Veterans 
Affairs Medical Center''.
Pages S12034, S12040
  Levin/McCain Amendment No. 3007 (to Amendment No. 2011), to clarify 
the requirement for military construction authorization and the 
definition of military construction.
Pages S12034, S12040
  Levin (for Akaka) Amendment No. 2995 (to Amendment No. 2011), to 
require a report on the plans of the Secretary of the Army and the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to replace the monument at the Tomb of 
the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia. 
                                                Pages S12034, S12040-41
  Levin (for Lautenberg/Menendez) Amendment No. 3029 (to Amendment No. 
2011), to require a comprehensive review of safety measures and 
encroachment issues at Warren Grove Gunnery Range, New Jersey. 
                                                   Pages S12034, S12041
  Levin (for Hagel) Amendment No. 2980 (to Amendment No. 2011), to 
require a report on the establishment of a scholarship program for 
civilian mental health professionals.
Pages S12034, S12041
  Levin (for Kerry/Snowe) Amendment No. 3023 (to Amendment No. 2011), 
to improve the Commercialization Pilot Program for defense contracts. 
                                                   Pages S12034, S12041
  Levin (for Kerry) Amendment No. 3024 (to Amendment No. 2011), to 
improve small business programs for veterans.
Pages S12034, S12041
  Levin (for Landrieu) Amendment No. 2963 (to Amendment No. 2011), to 
authorize the Secretary of the Army to use land under the control of 
the State of Louisiana adjacent to, or in the vicinity of the Baton 
Rouge airport, Baton Rouge, Louisiana for the purpose of siting an Army 
Reserve Center and Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Center. 
                                                   Pages S12034, S12041
  Levin (for Bennett/Hatch) Modified Amendment No. 3030 (to Amendment 
No. 2011), to modify land management restrictions applicable to Utah 
national defense lands.
Pages S12034, S12041-42

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  Levin (for Coburn) Amendment No. 3044 (to Amendment No. 2011), to 
prohibit the use of earmarks for awarding no-bid contracts and non-
competitive grants.
Pages S12034, S12042
Pending:
  Nelson (NE) (for Levin) Amendment No. 2011, in the nature of a 
substitute.
Page S12023
  Warner (for Graham/Kyl) Amendment No. 2064 (to Amendment No. 2011), 
to strike section 1023, relating to the granting of civil rights to 
terror suspects.
Page S12023
  Kyl/Lieberman Amendment No. 3017 (to Amendment No. 2011), to express 
the sense of the Senate regarding Iran.
Pages S12023, S12029
  Biden Amendment No. 2997 (to Amendment No. 2011), to express the 
sense of Congress on federalism in Iraq.
Pages S12023, S12028-29
  Reid (for Kennedy/Smith) Amendment No. 3035 (to the language proposed 
to be stricken by Amendment No. 2064), to provide Federal assistance to 
States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate 
crimes.
Page S12023
  Motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on Armed Services, with 
instructions to report back forthwith, with Reid Amendment No. 3038, to 
change the enactment date.
Page S12024
  Reid Amendment No. 3039 (to the instructions of the motion to 
recommit), of a technical nature.
Page S12024
  Reid Amendment No. 3040 (to Amendment No. 3039), of a technical 
nature.
Page S12024
  Casey (for Hatch) Amendment No. 3047 (to Amendment No. 2011), to 
require comprehensive study and support for criminal investigations and 
prosecutions by State and local law enforcement officials. 
                                                        Pages S12044-45
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the Reid (for 
Kennedy/Smith) Amendment No. 3035 (listed above), and, in accordance 
with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a 
vote on cloture will occur on Thursday, September 27, 2007. 
                                                            Page S12023
  A motion was entered to close further debate on Casey (for Hatch) 
Amendment No. 3047 (listed above), and, in accordance with the 
provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on 
cloture will occur on Thursday, September 27, 2007.
Pages S12044-46
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 10:30 a.m., on Wednesday, September 26, 
2007; provided further, that when Senate resumes consideration of Biden 
Amendment No. 2997 (to Amendment No. 2011), that there be 30 minutes of 
debate equally divided and controlled between Senators Biden and 
McCain, or their designees, and that Senate vote on or in relation to 
the amendment; provided further, that the amendment be subject to a 60 
vote affirmative threshold, and that if it does not achieve that 
threshold, the amendment be withdrawn.
Page S12076
Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act--Agreement: A 
unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that on Wednesday, 
September 26, 2007, when cloture is filed on the motion to concur in 
the House amendments to the Senate amendments to H.R. 976, to amend 
title XXI of the Social Security Act to reauthorize the State 
Children's Health Insurance Program, that it be considered to have been 
filed on Tuesday, September 25, 2007.
  Page S12075
Nomination Received: Senate received the following nomination:
  Christina H. Pearson, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Health and Human Services.
Page S12076
Nomination Withdrawn: Senate received notification of withdrawal of the 
following nomination:
  John A. Rizzo, of the District of Columbia, to be General Counsel of 
the Central Intelligence Agency, which was sent to the Senate on 
January 9, 2007.
Page S12076
Messages from the House:
  Page S12051
Measures Referred:
  Page S12051
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
  Page S12051
Executive Communications:
  Pages S12051-52
Petitions and Memorials:
  Pages S12052-54
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S12054-56
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S12056-68
Additional Statements:
  Pages S12050-51
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S12068-75
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S12075
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
  Page S12075
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:50 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, September 26, 2007. (For Senate's 
program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's 
Record on page S12076.)