[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 159 (Friday, October 19, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1385-D1386]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                           Friday, October 19, 2007

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S13137-S13168
Measures Introduced: Six bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2207-2212, and S. Res. 354.
  Page S13152
Measures Reported:
  S. 1778, to authorize certain activities of the Maritime 
Administration, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 110-200)
Page S13152
Measures Passed:
  Clean Water Act Anniversary: Senate agreed to S. Res. 354, expressing 
the sense of the Senate regarding the 35th anniversary of the enactment 
of the Clean Water Act.
  Page S13167
  Laurence C. and Grace M. Jones Post Office Building: Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs was discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 3233, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at Highway 49 South in Piney Woods, 
Mississippi, as the ``Laurence C. and Grace M. Jones Post Office 
Building'', and the bill was then passed, clearing the measure for the 
President.
  Page S13167
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be discharged 
from further consideration of S. 2131, Senate companion measure to H.R. 
3233 (listed above), and be placed on the calendar.
Page S13167
Measures Considered:
Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations Act: Senate continued consideration 
of H.R. 3043, making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S13139-46, S13147-50
Adopted:
  Harkin (for Feingold/Collins) Amendment No. 3353, to provide funding 
for the ADAM Act.
Page S13147
  Thune Amendment No. 3333 (to Amendment No. 3325), to provide 
additional funding for the telehealth activities of the Health 
Resources and Services Administration.
Page S13147
  Harkin (for Feingold) Amendment No. 3354 (to Amendment No. 3325), to 
provide for a Government Accountability Office report concerning State 
health care reform initiatives.
Page S13147
  Harkin (for Collins) Modified Amendment No. 3374 (to Amendment No. 
3325), to increase funding for dental workforce programs.
Page S13147
  Coburn Amendment No. 3399 (to Amendment No. 3325), to eliminate 
wasteful spending by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 
                                                Pages S13141-44, S13147
Withdrawn:
  Cornyn Amendment No. 3381 (to Amendment No. 3325), to provide for the 
continuing review of unauthorized Federal programs and agencies and to 
establish a bipartisan commission for the purpose of improving 
oversight and eliminating wasteful Government spending. 
                                                        Pages S13147-49


 =========================== NOTE =========================== 

  
  On page D1386, October 19, 2007, the Cornyn Admendment No. 3381 
(to Amendment No. 3325) was printed as Pending.
  
  The online version has been corrected to read as follows on page 
S1385: Withdrawn: Cornyn Admendment No. 3381 (to Amendment No. 
3325), to provive for the continuing review of unauthorized 
Federal programs and agencies and to establish a bipartisan 
commission for the purpose of improving oversight and eliminating 
wasteful Government spending.


 ========================= END NOTE ========================= 

Pending:
  Harkin/Specter Amendment No. 3325, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                            Page S13139
  Vitter Amendment No. 3328 (to Amendment No. 3325), to provide a 
limitation on funds with respect to preventing the importation by 
individuals of prescription drugs from Canada.
Page S13139
  Dorgan Amendment No. 3335 (to Amendment No. 3325), to increase 
funding for the State Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program of 
the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention.
Page S13139
  Dorgan Amendment No. 3345 (to Amendment No. 3325), to require that 
the Secretary of Labor report to Congress regarding jobs lost and 
created as a result of the North American Free Trade Agreement. 
                                                            Page S13139
  Menendez Amendment No. 3347 (to Amendment No. 3325), to provide 
funding for the activities under the Patient Navigator Outreach and 
Chronic Disease Prevention Act of 2005.
Page S13139
  Ensign Amendment No. 3342 (to Amendment No. 3325), to prohibit the 
use of funds to administer Society Security benefit payments under a 
totalization agreement with Mexico.
Page S13139

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  Ensign Amendment No. 3352 (to Amendment No. 3325), to prohibit the 
use of funds to process claims based on illegal work for purposes of 
receiving Social Security benefits.
Page S13139
  Lautenberg/Snowe Amendment No. 3350 (to Amendment No. 3325), to 
prohibit the use of funds to provide abstinence education that includes 
information that is medically inaccurate.
Page S13139
  Roberts Amendment No. 3365 (to Amendment No. 3325), to fund the small 
business child care grant program.
Page S13139
  Reed Amendment No. 3360 (to Amendment No. 3325), to provide funding 
for the trauma and emergency medical services programs administered 
through the Health Resources and Services Administration.
Page S13139
  Allard Amendment No. 3369 (to Amendment No. 3325), to reduce the 
total amount appropriated to any program that is rated ineffective by 
the Office of Management and Budget through the Program Assessment 
Rating Tool (PART).
Page S13139
  Coburn Amendment No. 3358 (to Amendment No. 3325), to require 
Congress to provide health care for all children in the U.S. before 
funding special interest pork projects.
Pages S13139-41
  Brown/Webb Amendment No. 3361 (to Amendment No. 3325), to provide 
information to schools relating to the prevention of violent events and 
other crisis situations.
Pages S13144-46
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that Senate 
resume consideration of the bill at approximately 3:00 p.m., on Monday, 
October 22, 2007.
Pages S13167-68
Treaty Approved: The following treaty having passed through its various 
parliamentary stages, up to and including the presentation of the 
resolution of ratification, upon division, two-thirds of the Senators 
present having voted in the affirmative, the resolution of ratification 
was agreed to:
  Protocol to Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation with 
Denmark (Treaty Doc. 108-8).
Page S13167
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
  Pages S13137, S13152
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S13152-53
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S13153-59
Additional Statements:
  Page S13151
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S13159-66
Privileges of the Floor:
  Page S13167
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 2:02 p.m., 
until 2 p.m. on Monday, October 22, 2007. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S13167.)