[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 9 (Tuesday, January 22, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
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                                          Tuesday, January 22, 2008

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senator Roger Wicker, of Mississippi, was sworn in.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S13-S156
Measures Introduced: Twelve bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2533-2544, and S. Res. 419-420.             
  Pages S93-94
Measures Reported:
Reported on Tuesday, January 8, during the adjournment:
  S. 2532, to amend titles XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security 
Act to improve health care provided to Indians under the Medicare, 
Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Programs. (S. Rept. No. 
110-255)
  S. 550, to preserve existing judgeships on the Superior Court of the 
District of Columbia. (S. Rept. No. 110-256)
  S. 1650, to establish a digital and wireless network technology 
program, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 110-257)
Reported on Tuesday, January 22, during the adjournment:
  Report to accompany S. 2248, to amend the Foreign Intelligence 
Surveillance Act of 1978, to modernize and streamline the provisions of 
that Act. (S. Rept. No. 110-258)
  H.R. 735, to designate the Federal building under construction at 799 
First Avenue in New York, New York, as the ``Ronald H. Brown United 
States Mission to the United Nations Building''.
  S. 862, to designate the Federal building located at 210 Walnut 
Street in Des Moines, Iowa, as the ``Neal Smith Federal Building''.
  S. 1189, to designate the Federal building and United States 
Courthouse located at 100 East 8th Avenue in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, as 
the ``George Howard, Jr. Federal Building and United States 
Courthouse''.                                                  
Page S93
Measures Passed:
  Honoring Diane Wolf: Senate agreed to S. Res. 419, honoring the life 
and extraordinary contributions of Diane Wolf.             
  Pages S14-15
  National Defense Authorization Act: By 91 yeas and 3 nays (Vote No. 
1), Senate passed H.R. 4986, to provide for the enactment of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, as previously 
enrolled, with certain modifications to address the foreign sovereign 
immunities provisions of title 28, United States Code, with respect to 
the attachment of property in certain judgments against Iraq, the lapse 
of statutory authorities for the payment of bonuses, special pays, and 
similar benefits for members of the uniformed services, clearing the 
measure for the President.                                 
  Pages S54-57
  Adjournment Resolution: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 279, providing 
for an adjournment of the House.                               
  Page S59
  Commending Martin P. Paone: Senate agreed to S. Res. 420, commending 
Martin P. Paone.                                              
  Page S155
  Hydrocephalus Research: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions was discharged from further consideration of S. Con. Res. 63, 
expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the need for additional 
research into the chronic neurological condition hydrocephalus, and the 
resolution was then agreed to.                            
  Pages S155-56
Measures Indefinitely Postponed:
  Juneteenth Independence Day: Senate indefinitely postponed H. Con. 
Res. 155, recognizing the historical significance of Juneteenth 
Independence Day, and expressing the sense of Congress that history 
should be regarded as a means for understanding the past and more 
effectively facing the challenges of the future.              
  Page S156

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  Staff Sergeant David L. Nord Post Office: Senate indefinitely 
postponed S. 2023, to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 805 Main Street in Ferdinand, Indiana, as the 
``Staff Sergeant David L. Nord Post Office''.                 
  Page S156
Measures Considered:
Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments: Senate began 
consideration of S. 1200, to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement 
Act to revise and extend the Act, taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:                       
  Pages S26-53, S59-65
Pending:
  Bingaman/Thune Amendment No. 3894 (to Amendment No. 3899), to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a limitation on 
the charges for contract health services provided to Indians by 
Medicare providers.                                        
Pages S38-42
  Vitter Amendment No. 3896 (to Amendment No. 3899), to modify a 
section relating to limitation on use of funds appropriated to the 
Service.                                                   
Pages S42-46
  Brownback Amendment No. 3893 (to Amendment No. 3899), to acknowledge 
a long history of official depredations and ill-conceived policies by 
the Federal Government regarding Indian tribes and offer an apology to 
all Native Peoples on behalf of the United States.         
Pages S46-52
  Dorgan Amendment No. 3899, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                           Pages S52-53
  Sanders Amendment No. 3900 (to Amendment No. 3899), to provide for 
payments under subsections (a) through (e) of section 2604 of the Low-
Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981.                 
Pages S59-65
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that amendments 
previously considered be conformed to Amendment No. 3899.      
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  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 2:15 p.m., on Wednesday, 
January 23, 2008.                                             
Page S156
Swearing In of Senator Wicker: Senator Roger Wicker, of Mississippi, 
was sworn in to fill the unexpired term, ending January 3, 2013, caused 
by the resignation of Senator Trent Lott.                      
  Page S13
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the proposed Agreement for 
Cooperation between the U.S. and the Republic of Turkey relative to 
peaceful uses of nuclear energy; which was referred to the Committee on 
Foreign Relations. (PM-34)                                     
Page S90
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaties:
  Extradition Treaty with Romania and Protocol to the Treaty on Mutual 
Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters with Romania (Treaty Doc. No. 110-
11);
  Extradition Treaty with Bulgaria and an Agreement on Certain Aspects 
of Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters with Bulgaria (Treaty 
Doc. No. 110-12); and
  International Convention on Control of Harmful Anti-Fouling Systems 
on Ships, 2001 (Treaty Doc. No. 110-13).
  The treaties were transmitted to the Senate today, considered as 
having been read for the first time, and referred, with accompanying 
papers, to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be 
printed.                                                  
Pages S154-55
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Nelson M. Ford, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of the Army.
  William J. Brennan, of Maine, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce 
for Oceans and Atmosphere.
  J. Gregory Copeland, of Texas, to be General Counsel of the 
Department of Energy.
  Jeffrey J. Grieco, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator of 
the United States Agency for International Development.
  Kurt Douglas Volker, of Pennsylvania, to be United States Permanent 
Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization, with the rank and status of Ambassador.
  Joxel Garcia, of Connecticut, to be Representative of the United 
States on the Executive Board of the World Health Organization.
  Joxel Garcia, of Connecticut, to be Medical Director in the Regular 
Corps of the Public Health Service, subject to the qualifications 
therefor as provided by law and regulations, and to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Health and Human Services.
  Jan Cellucci, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the National Museum 
and Library Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 2012.
  William J. Hagenah, of Illinois, to be a Member of the National 
Museum and Library Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 2012.
  Mark Y. Herring, of South Carolina, to be a Member of the National 
Museum and Library Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 2012.
  Julia W. Bland, of Louisiana, to be a Member of the National Museum 
and Library Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 2012.
  Joanne Weiss, of California, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the National Board for Education Sciences for a term expiring 
November 28, 2010.

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  Sally Epstein Shaywitz, of Connecticut, to be a Member of the Board 
of Directors of the National Board for Education Sciences for a term 
expiring November 28, 2011.
  Frank Philip Handy, of Florida, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the National Board for Education Sciences for a term 
expiring November 28, 2011.
  Jonathan Baron, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the National Board for Education Sciences for a term expiring 
November 28, 2011.
  Dorla M. Salling, of Texas, to be a Commissioner of the United States 
Parole Commission for a term of six years.
  2 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Coast Guard nomination in the rank of admiral.            
Page S156
Measures Referred:                                         
  Pages S90-91
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                               
  Page S91
Executive Communications:                                  
  Pages S91-93
Additional Cosponsors:                                     
  Pages S94-96
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S96-S109
Additional Statements:                                     
  Pages S87-90
Amendments Submitted:                                     
  Pages S109-53
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                             
  Pages S153-54
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                           
  Page S154
Privileges of the Floor:                                      
  Page S154
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--1)      
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:43 p.m., 
until 12 noon on Wednesday, January 23, 2008. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S156.)