[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 165 (Monday, October 29, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1435-D1436]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                           Monday, October 29, 2007

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S13497-S13529
Measures Introduced: Six bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2252-2257, and S. Res. 358-359.
  Pages S13520-21
Measures Reported:
  S. 1498, to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit the 
import, export, transportation, sale, receipt, acquisition, or purchase 
in interstate or foreign commerce of any live animal of any prohibited 
wildlife species, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 110-210)
  Report to accompany H.R. 50, to reauthorize the African Elephant 
Conservation Act and the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994. 
(S. Rept. No. 110-211)
  Report to accompany H.R. 465, to reauthorize the Asian Elephant 
Conservation Act of 1997. (S. Rept. No. 110-212)
Page S13520
Measures Passed:
  Congratulating Boston Red Sox 2007 World Series Champions: Senate 
agreed to S. Res. 359, congratulating the Boston Red Sox on winning the 
2007 World Series.
  Pages S13528-29
Measures Considered:
Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act: Senate resumed 
consideration of S. 294, to reauthorize Amtrak, agreeing to the 
committee amendments, which will be considered as original text for 
purpose of further amendment, and taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S13509-12
Adopted:
  Lott (for Coburn) Amendment No. 3475, to require Amtrak to publish a 
comprehensive annual financial report that allocates revenues and costs 
among each of its routes.
Page S13509
  Lott (for DeMint) Amendment No. 3483, to encourage private sector 
funding of passenger trains.
Page S13509
  Lott (for Hutchison) Amendment No. 3488, to express the sense of the 
Senate regarding the need to maintain Amtrak as a national passenger 
rail system.
Pages S13509-10
  Lott (for Bond) Amendment No. 3485, to provide a mission statement 
for Amtrak.
Page S13510
  Lott (for DeMint) Amendment No. 3484, to include private rail 
passenger operators on the Next Generation Corridor Equipment Pool 
Committee.
Page S13510
  Lott (for Crapo) Amendment No. 3477, to give additional consideration 
to States with limited Amtrak service when considering new intercity 
passenger rail routes.
Page S13510
  Lott (for Allard) Amendment No. 3476, to require Amtrak to develop a 
plan to operate within budgetary limits, including a long-term plan. 
                                                            Page S13510
  Lott (for Sanders) Amendment No. 3473, to clarify that the Secretary 
of Transportation should favor projects that involve the purchase of 
environmentally sensitive, fuel-efficient, and cost-effective passenger 
rail equipment in selecting projects to receive capital investment 
grants to support intercity passenger rail service.
Page S13510
  Lott (for Tester) Amendment No. 3472, to require Amtrak to conduct a 
1-time evaluation of passenger rail service between Chicago and Seattle 
through Southern Montana.
Page S13510
Withdrawn:
  Allard Amendment No. 3455, to strike the provisions repealing 
Amtrak's self-sufficiency requirements.
Page S13510
  Bond Amendment No. 3464, to amend section 24101 of title 49, United 
States Code, to clarify Amtrak's mission.
Page S13510
Pending:
  Bond (for DeMint) Amendment No. 3467, to require Amtrak to disclose 
the Federal subsidy of every ticket sold for transportation on Amtrak. 
                                                            Page S13509
  Bond (for DeMint) Amendment No. 3468, to increase competition in the 
American rail system by allowing any qualified rail operator or 
transportation company to compete for passenger rail service. 
                                                            Page S13509

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  Bond (for DeMint) Amendment No. 3469, to clarify the level of detail 
to be included in the modern financial accounting and reporting system 
required under section 203.
                                                            Page S13509
  Bond (for DeMint) Amendment No. 3470, to require the Performance 
Improvement Plan to address reaching financial solvency by eliminating 
routes and services that do not make a profit.
                                                            Page S13509
  During consideration of this measure, Senate also took the following 
action:
  Lautenberg (for Carper) Amendment No. 3454 (to Amendment No. 3452), 
of a perfecting nature, fell when Sununu Amendment No. 3452 was 
withdrawn on Thursday, October 25, 2007.
Page S13509
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 11 a.m., on Tuesday, October 
30, 2007, and that all second-degree amendments be filed at the desk by 
12 noon, on Tuesday, October 30, 2007.
Page S13529
Myers Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that the sequential referral of the nomination of Julie L. 
Myers, of Kansas, to be Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security, to 
the Committee on the Judiciary be extended until November 2, 2007; 
provided further, that if the nomination is not reported at that time 
the nomination then be automatically discharged from the Committee on 
the Judiciary and placed on the Executive Calendar.
  Page S13528
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  R. Lyle Laverty, of Colorado, to be Assistant Secretary for Fish and 
Wildlife.
Page S13529
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
  Pages S13497, S13520
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S13521
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S13521-26
Additional Statements:
  Page S13520
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S13526-28
Adjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 7:19 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, October 30, 2007. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S13529.)