[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 169 (Friday, November 2, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1467-D1468]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S13717-S13737
Measures Introduced: Three bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2301-2303, and S. Res. 365.
  Page S13725
Measures Reported:
  S. 950, to develop and maintain an integrated system of coastal and 
ocean observations for the Nation's coasts, oceans, and Great Lakes, to 
improve warnings of tsunami, hurricanes, El Nino events, and other 
natural hazards, to enhance homeland security, to support maritime 
operations, to improve management of coastal and marine resources, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 110-217)
  S. 1582, to reauthorize and amend the Hydrographic Services 
Improvement Act, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 110-218)
  S. 1769, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to facilitate number 
portability in order to increase consumer choice of voice service 
provider. (S. Rept. No. 110-219)
  S. 2302, to provide for the continuation of agricultural programs 
through fiscal year 2012. (S. Rept. No. 110-220)
  H. Con. Res. 225, honoring the 50th anniversary of the dawn of the 
Space Age, and the ensuing 50 years of productive and peaceful space 
activities.
Page S13725
Measures Passed:
  Dr. James Allen Veteran Vision Equity Act: Committee on Veterans 
Affairs was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 797, to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to improve compensation benefits for 
veterans in certain cases of impairment of vision involving both eyes, 
to provide for the use of the National Directory of New Hires for 
income verification purposes, to extend the authority of the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs to provide an educational assistance allowance for 
qualifying work study activities, and to authorize the provision of 
bronze representations of the letter ``V'' for the graves of eligible 
individuals buried in private cemeteries in lieu of Government-provided 
headstones or markers, and the bill was then passed, after striking all 
after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof, the text of S. 
1163, Senate companion measure, after agreeing to the committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  Pages S13735-36
  S. 1163 was returned to the Senate calendar.
Page S13736
Appointments:
  Board of Visitors of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy: The Chair, on 
behalf of the Vice President, pursuant to 14 U.S.C. 194, as amended by 
Public Law 101-595, and upon the recommendation of the Chairman of the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, appointed the 
following Senators to the Board of Visitors of the U.S. Coast Guard 
Academy: Senator Inouye, ex officio, as Chairman of the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Senator Cantwell, Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
  Page S13734
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry--Agreement: A 
unanimous consent agreement was reached providing that notwithstanding 
the adjournment of the Senate, the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
and Forestry be authorized to file an original bill and accompanying 
committee report until 3:00 p.m. Friday, November 2, 2007. 
                                                        Pages S13736-37
Farm Bill Extension Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that at 3:00 p.m. on Monday, November 5, 2007, Senate 
begin consideration of H.R. 2419, to provide for the continuation of 
agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, and that after the 
majority manager has offered an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute, there be debate only.
  Pages S13736-37
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
  Pages S13736-37
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S13717 S13725
Additional Statements:
  Page S13724
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 12:20 p.m., 
until 2:00 p.m. on Monday, November 5, 2007. (For Senate's program, see 
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remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S13737.)