[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 77 (Monday, May 12, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D586-D587]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                               Monday, May 12, 2008

[[Page D586]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3987-S4046
Measures Introduced: Nine bills and four resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 3001-3009, S. Res. 558-560, and S. Con. Res. 82. 
                                                         Pages S4028-29


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  On Page D586, May 12, 2008, the following language appears: 
Measures Introduced: Nine bills and four resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 3001-3009, S. Res. 558-560, and S. Con. 
Res. 82. Page S4028
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: Measures 
Introduced: Nine bills and four resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3001-3009, S. Res. 558-560, and S. Con. Res. 82. Pages 
S4028-29


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Measures Reported:
  S. 3001, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year. (S. 
Rept. No. 110-335).
  S. 3002, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year.
  S. 3003, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for 
military construction.
  S. 3004, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy.
Page S4028
Measures Passed:
  National Hunger Awareness Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 558, 
designating June 10, 2008, as ``National Hunger Awareness Day'' and 
authorizing the collection of food donations during the period 
beginning May 12, 2008, and ending June 10, 2008, from concerned 
Members of Congress and staff to assist families suffering from hunger 
and food insecurity in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. 
                                                         Pages S4045-46
  National MPS Awareness Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 559, designating 
May 15, 2008, as ``National MPS Awareness Day''.
  Pages S4029, S4046
  National Public Works Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 560, proclaiming 
the week of May 18 through May 24, 2008, as ``National Public Works 
Week''.
  Page S4046


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  On Page D586, May 12, 2008, under Measures Passed, the following 
language appears: National Hunger Awareness Day: Senate agreed to 
S. Res. 558, designating June 10, 2008, as ``National Hunger 
Awareness Day'' and authorizing the collection of food donations 
during the period beginning May 12, 2008, and ending June 10, 
2008, from concerned Members of Congress and staff to assist 
families suffering from hunger and food insecurity in the 
Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. Pages S4028, S4045-46
  
  National MPS Awareness Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 559, 
designating May 15, 2008, as ``National MPS Awareness Day''. Pages 
S4028-29, S4046
  
  National Public Works Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 560, 
proclaiming the week of May 18 through May 24, 2008, as ``National 
Public Works Week''. Pages S4029, S4046
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: National Hunger 
Awareness Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 558, designating June 10, 
2008, as ``National Hunger Awareness Day'' and authorizing the 
collection of food donations during the period beginning May 12, 
2008, and ending June 10, 2008, from concerned Members of Congress 
and staff to assist families suffering from hunger and food 
insecurity in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. Pages 
S4045-46
  
  National MPS Awareness Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 559, 
designating May 15, 2008, as ``National MPS Awareness Day''. Pages 
S4029, S4046
  
  National Public Works Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 560, 
proclaiming the week of May 18 through May 24, 2008, as ``National 
Public Works Week''. Page S4046


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Measures Indefinitely Postponed:
  Julia M. Carson Post Office Building: Senate indefinitely postponed 
S. 2534, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 2650 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street, Indianapolis, 
Indiana, as the ``Julia M. Carson Post Office Building''.
  Page S4046
  Sergeant Michael M. Kashkoush Post Office Building: Senate 
indefinitely postponed S. 2626, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 160 East Washington Street in Chagrin 
Falls, Ohio, as the ``Sergeant Michael M. Kashkoush Post Office 
Building''.
  Page S4046
  Sergeant Jamie O. Maugans Post Office Building: Senate indefinitely 
postponed S. 2675, to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 201 West Greenway Street in Derby, Kansas, as 
the ``Sergeant Jamie O. Maugans Post Office Building''.
  Page S4046
  Congresswoman Jo Ann S. Davis Post Office: Senate indefinitely 
postponed S. 2725, to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 6892 Main Street in Gloucester, Virginia, as 
the ``Congresswoman Jo Ann S. Davis Post Office''.
  Page S4046
  Felix Sparks Post Office Building: Senate indefinitely postponed S. 
2673, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 10799 West Alameda Avenue in Lakewood, Colorado, as the 
``Felix Sparks Post Office Building''.
  Page S4046
FLOOD INSURANCE REFORM AND MODERNIZATION ACT--AGREEMENT: A unanimous-
consent agreement was reached providing that at approximately 10 a.m. 
on Tuesday, May 13, 2008, Senate resume consideration of S. 2284, to 
amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, to restore the 
financial solvency of the flood insurance fund.
  Page S4046
Messages from the House:
  Page S4028
Measures Referred:
  Page S4028
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S4029-30
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S4030-33
Additional Statements:
  Pages S4027-28
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S4033
Privileges of the Floor:
  Page S4033

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Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 8 p.m., until 
10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 13, 2008. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4046.)