[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 76 (Thursday, May 8, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D573-D575]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                              Thursday, May 8, 2008

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House Committee ordered reported the Intelligence Authorization 
      Act for Fiscal Year 2009.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3935-S3986
Measures Introduced: Eight bills and three resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2993-3000, and S. Res. 555-557.
  Page S3975
Measures Reported:
  S. 2996, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for 
intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States 
Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central 
Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System. (S. Rept. No. 
110-333)
  S.J. Res. 28, disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal 
Communications Commission with respect to broadcast media ownership. 
(S. Rept. No. 110-334)
  S. Res. 537, commemorating and acknowledging the dedication and 
sacrifice made by the men and women who have lost their lives while 
serving as law enforcement officers.
Pages S3974-75
Measures Passed:
  Law Enforcement Officers: Senate agreed to S. Res. 537, commemorating 
and acknowledging the dedication and sacrifice made by the men and 
women who have lost their lives while serving as law enforcement 
officers.
  Pages S3984-85
  Congratulating Charter Schools: Senate agreed to S. Res. 556, 
congratulating charter schools and their students, parents, teachers, 
and administrators across the United States for their ongoing 
contributions to education.
  Pages S3985-86
Measures Considered:
Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act: Senate continued 
consideration of S. 2284, to amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 
1968, to restore the financial solvency of the flood insurance fund, 
and taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S3946-66
Adopted:
  Dodd (for Coburn) Amendment No. 4724 (to Amendment No. 4707), to 
study alternative approaches to ensure the future of the National Flood 
Insurance Program by requiring greater efficiency and financial 
accountability.
Page S3961
  Dodd (for Coburn) Amendment No. 4725 (to Amendment No. 4707), to deny 
premium subsidies to homeowners who refuse to accept an offer of 
Federal assistance to alter or relocate their property in an effort to 
minimize future flood damages and costs.
Page S3961
  Dodd (for McCaskill) Amendment No. 4727 (to Amendment No. 4707), to 
impose a civil penalty for noncompliance with certain reporting 
requirements.
Page S3961
  Dodd (for McCaskill) Modified Amendment No. 4728 (to Amendment No. 
4707), to require clear and comprehensible disclosure of conditions, 
exclusions, and other limitations pertaining to flood insurance 
coverage.
Page S3962
  Dodd (for Dole) Amendment No. 4730 (to Amendment No. 4707), to 
provide two additional members to the Technical Mapping Advisory 
Council.
Page S3962
  Dodd (for Menendez) Modified Amendment No. 4733 (to Amendment No. 
4707), to require the Director of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency to enhance communication and outreach to States, communities, 
and property owners about the effects of changes to flood risk maps and 
flood insurance purchase requirements, and to engage with communities 
to enhance communication and outreach to their residents on such 
matters.
Page S3962
  Dodd (for Thune/Johnson) Amendment No. 4735 (to Amendment No. 4707), 
to modify the project for flood control, Big Sioux River and Skunk 
Creek, Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Page S3962

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  Dodd/Shelby Amendment No. 4736 (to Amendment No. 4707), to ensure 
that the purchase price of flood insurance policies required to be 
purchased in areas of residual risk accurately reflects the level of 
flood protection provided by any levee, dam, or other man-made 
structure in such area.
Page S3962
  DeMint Amendment No. 4711 (to Amendment No. 4707), to require the 
Director to conduct a study on the impact, effectiveness, and 
feasibility of amending section 1361 of the National Flood Insurance 
Act of 1968 to include widely used and nationally recognized building 
codes as part of the floodplain management criteria developed under 
such section.
Page S3946
  Landrieu/Nelson (FL) Further Modified Amendment No. 4706 (to 
Amendment No. 4707), to improve the Office of the Flood Insurance 
Advocate.
Pages S3946, S3962-64
  By 68 yeas to 24 nays (Vote No. 122), Durbin Modified Amendment No. 
4715 (to Amendment No. 4707), to provide that no changes in flood 
insurance status for any areas located in the St. Louis District of the 
Corps of Engineers can go into effect until the remapping process is 
completed for that entire District.
Pages S3951-52, S3964-65
Withdrawn:
  Coburn Amendment No. 4716 (to Amendment No. 4707), to require persons 
located in flood prone areas to hold flood insurance as a condition for 
receiving federal disaster assistance.
Pages S3947-48
  Nelson (FL) Amendment No. 4709 (to Amendment No. 4707), to establish 
a National Catastrophe Risks Consortium and a National Homeowners' 
Insurance Stabilization Program.
Page S3946
  DeMint Modified Amendment No. 4710 (to Amendment No. 4707), to end 
the premium subsidy for any property purchased after the date of 
enactment of this Act.
Pages S3946, S3958-59
  Ensign/Reid Amendment No. 4734 (to Amendment No. 4707), to provide 
compensation to the citizens of Fernley, Nevada damaged by the failure 
of the Truckee Canal.
Pages S3950-51, S3960
Pending:
  Dodd/Shelby Amendment No. 4707, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S3946
  McConnell Amendment No. 4720 (to the text of the bill proposed to be 
stricken by Amendment No. 4707), of a perfecting nature.
Page S3946
  Allard Amendment No. 4721 (to Amendment No. 4720), of a perfecting 
nature.
Page S3946
  During consideration of this measure today, the Senate also took the 
following action:
   By 70 yeas to 26 nays (Vote No. 121), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to waive section 201 of S. Con. Res. 21, FY08 
Congressional Budget Resolution, with respect to Dodd/Shelby Amendment 
No. 4707, in the nature of a substitute. The point of order that the 
amendment was in violation of section 201 of S. Con. Res. 21, FY08 
Congressional Budget Resolution, was not sustained.
Page S3950
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that no further 
amendments be in order, except as provided in a previous agreement with 
respect to McConnell and Reid amendments; that the previous order with 
respect to roll call votes on Monday, May 12, 2008, be modified to 
reflect that the previously ordered votes occur on Tuesday, May 13, 
2008, after Senate convenes and following the opening sequence of 
events, that there be 60 minutes of debate equally divided and 
controlled between the Leaders, or their designees, prior to the 
commencement of the votes ordered under a previous order; that prior to 
each vote there be two minutes of debate equally divided and controlled 
in the usual form, and that after the first vote in the sequence, each 
succeeding vote be limited to ten minutes in duration; that the other 
provisions of the previous order remain in effect; provided further, 
that if cloture is invoked on the motion to proceed to consideration of 
H.R. 980, Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act, that all 
post-cloture time be yielded back, and the motion to proceed be agreed 
to.
Page S3964
  Senate will resume consideration of the bill on Tuesday, May 13, 
2008.
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  William J. Burns, of the District of Columbia, to be an Under 
Secretary of State (Political Affairs). (Prior to this action, 
Committee on Foreign Relations was discharged from further 
consideration.)
Page S3986
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Glen E. Conrad, of Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Fourth Circuit.
  Donetta Davidson, of Colorado, to be a Member of the Election 
Assistance Commission for a term expiring December 12, 2011.
  Rosemary E. Rodriguez, of Colorado, to be a Member of the Election 
Assistance Commission for a term expiring December 12, 2011.
  A routine list in the Army.
Page S3986
Messages from the House:
  Page S3974
Measures Referred:
  Page S3974
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
  Pages S3935, S3974
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S3975

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Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S3975-76
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S3976-83
Additional Statements:
  Pages S3973-74
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S3981-83
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Pages S3983-84
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
  Page S3984
Privileges of the Floor:
  Page S3984
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--122) 
                                                     Pages S3950, S3965
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 5:42 p.m., 
until 2 p.m. on Monday, May 12, 2008. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S3986.)