[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 99 (Monday, June 16, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D747-D750]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                              Monday, June 16, 2008

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5639-S5668
Measures Introduced: Five bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3136-3140, and S. Res. 595.
Page S5657
Measures Reported:
  S. 570, to designate additional National Forest System lands in the 
State of Virginia as wilderness or a wilderness study area, to 
designate the Kimberling Creek Potential Wilderness Area for eventual 
incorporation in the Kimberling Creek Wilderness, to establish the Seng 
Mountain and Bear Creek Scenic Areas, to provide for the development of 
trail plans for the wilderness areas and scenic areas, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 110-349)
  S. 617, to make the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands 
Pass available at a discount to certain veterans, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 110-350)
  S. 662, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 
special resource study to evaluate resources at the Harriet Beecher 
Stowe House in Brunswick, Maine, to determine the suitability and 
feasibility of establishing the site as a unit of the National Park 
System, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 
110-351)
  S. 783, to adjust the boundary of the Barataria Preserve Unit of the 
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve in the State of 
Louisiana, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. 
No. 110-352)
  S. 827, to establish the Freedom's Way National Heritage Area in the 
States of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 110-353)
  S. 832, to provide for the sale of approximately 25 acres of public 
land to the Turnabout Ranch, Escalante, Utah, at fair market value, 
with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 110-354)
  S. 868, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments 
of the Taunton River in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a 
component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 110-355)
  S. 900, to authorize the Boy Scouts of America to exchange certain 
land in the State of Utah acquired under the Recreation and Public 
Purposes Act, with an amendment. (S. Rept. No. 110-356)
  S. 1281, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain 
rivers and streams of the headwaters of the Snake River System as 
additions to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 110-357)
  S. 1380, to designate as wilderness certain land within the Rocky 
Mountain National Park and to adjust the boundaries of the Indian Peaks 
Wilderness and the Arapaho National Recreation Area of the Arapaho 
National Forest in the State of Colorado, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 110-358)
  S. 1633, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 
special resource study to determine the suitability and feasibility of 
including the battlefield and related sites of the Battle of 
Shepherdstown in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, as part of Harpers Ferry 
National Historical Park or Antietam National Battlefield, with an 
amendment. (S. Rept. No. 110-359)
  S. 1929, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting through 
the Commissioner of Reclamation, to conduct a feasibility study of 
water augmentation alternatives in the Sierra Vista Subwatershed. (S. 
Rept. No. 110-360)
  S. 2124, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain 
land in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, Montana, to Jefferson 
County, Montana, for use as a cemetery. (S. Rept. No. 110-361)
  S. 2207, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the 
suitability and feasibility of designating Green McAdoo School in 
Clinton, Tennessee, as a unit of the National Park System, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 110-362)
  S. 2229, to withdraw certain Federal land in the Wyoming Range from 
leasing and provide an opportunity to retire certain leases in the 
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Range, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 
110-363)
  S. 2254, to establish the Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area in 
the State of Mississippi, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 110-364)
  S. 2262, to authorize the Preserve America Program and Save America's 
Treasures Program, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. 
Rept. No. 110-365)
  S. 2370, to clear title to certain real property in New Mexico 
associated with the Middle Rio Grande Project, with an amendment. (S. 
Rept. No. 110-366)
  S. 2379, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to cancel certain 
grazing leases on land in Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument that are 
voluntarily waived by the lessees, to provide for the exchange of 
certain Monument land in exchange for private land, to designate 
certain Monument land as wilderness, with an amendment in the nature of 
a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 110-367)
  S. 2512, to establish the Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area in 
the State of Mississippi, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 110-368)
  S. 2513, to modify the boundary of the Minute Man National Historical 
Park. (S. Rept. No. 110-369)
  S. 2593, to establish a program at the Forest Service and the 
Department of the Interior to carry out collaborative ecological 
restoration treatments for priority forest landscapes on public land, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 110-370)
  S. 2604, to establish the Baltimore National Heritage Area in the 
State of Maryland, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. 
Rept. No. 110-371)
  S. 2804, to adjust the boundary of the Everglades National Park, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 110-372)
  S. 2814, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide 
financial assistance to the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Authority 
for the planning, design, and construction of the Eastern New Mexico 
Rural Water System. (S. Rept. No. 110-373)
  S. 2833, to provide for the management of certain public land in 
Owyhee County, Idaho, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
(S. Rept. No. 110-374)
  H.R. 123, to authorize appropriations for the San Gabriel Basin 
Restoration Fund. (S. Rept. No. 110-375)
  H.R. 189, to establish the Paterson Great Falls National Historical 
Park in the State of New Jersey and for other purposes, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 110-376)
  H.R. 356, to remove certain restrictions on the Mammoth Community 
Water District's ability to use certain property acquired by that 
District from the United States, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 110-377)
  H.R. 523, to require the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain 
public land located wholly or partially within the boundaries of the 
Wells Hydroelectric Project of Public Utility District No. 1 of Douglas 
County, Washington, to the utility district. (S. Rept. No. 110-378)
  H.R. 1285, to provide for the conveyance of a parcel of National 
Forest System land in Kittitas County, Washington, to facilitate the 
construction of a new fire and rescue station. (S. Rept. No. 110-379)
  H.R. 1311, To provide for the conveyance of the Alta-Hualapai Site to 
the Nevada Cancer Institute. (S. Rept. No. 110-380)
  H.R. 1483, to amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act 
of 1996 to extend the authorization for certain national heritage 
areas, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 
110-381)
  H.R. 1528, to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the 
New England National Scenic Trail, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 110-382)
  H.R. 1725, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study 
and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
participate in the Rancho California Water District Southern Riverside 
County Recycled Non-Potable Distribution Facilities and 
Demineralization Desalination Recycled Water Treatment and Reclamation 
Facility Project, with an amendment. (S. Rept. No. 110-383)
  H.R. 1855, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting through 
the Bureau of Reclamation to enter into a cooperative agreement with 
the Madera Irrigation District for purposes of supporting the Madera 
Water Supply Enhancement Project. (S. Rept. No. 110-384)
  H.R. 2085, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey to 
the McGee Creek Authority certain facilities of the McGee Creek 
Project, Oklahoma. (S. Rept. No. 110-385)
  H.R. 2197, to modify the boundary of the Hopewell Culture National 
Historical Park in the State of Ohio. (S. Rept. No. 110-386)
  H.R. 2515, to authorize appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation 
to carry out the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation 
Program in the States of Arizona, California, and Nevada, with

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an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 110-387)
  H.R. 2627, to establish the Thomas Edison National Historical Park in 
the State of New Jersey as the successor to the Edison National 
Historic Site, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. 
Rept. No. 110-388)
  H.R. 3332, to provide for the establishment of a memorial within 
Kalaupapa National Historical Park located on the island of Molokai, in 
the State of Hawaii, to honor and perpetuate the memory of those 
individuals who were forcibly relocated to the Kalaupapa Peninsula from 
1866 to 1969. (S. Rept. No. 110-389)
  H.R. 3998, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct 
special resources studies of certain lands and structures to determine 
the appropriate means for preservation, use, and management of the 
resources associated with such lands and structures, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 110-390)
  H.R. 5151, to designate as wilderness additional National Forest 
System lands in the Monongahela National Forest in the State of West 
Virginia, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 110-391)
Pages S5656-57
Measures Passed:
  Children's Gasoline Burn Prevention Act: Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation was discharged from further consideration 
of H.R. 814, to require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue 
regulations mandating child-resistant closures on all portable gasoline 
containers, and the bill was then passed, clearing the measure for the 
President.
  Page S5665
  911 Modernization and Public Safety Act: Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation was discharged from further consideration 
of H.R. 3403, to promote and enhance public safety by facilitating the 
rapid deployment of IP-enabled 911 and E-911 services, encourage the 
Nation's transition to a national IP-enabled emergency network, and 
improve 911 and E-911 access to those with disabilities, and the bill 
was then passed, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed 
thereto:
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  Whitehouse (for Inouye) Amendment No. 4982, in the nature of a 
substitute.
Page S5665
  District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority Independence 
Preservation Act: Senate passed H.R. 5778, to preserve the independence 
of the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority, clearing the 
measure for the President.
  Pages S5665-66
  Gospel Music Heritage Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 595, 
designating September 2008 as ``Gospel Music Heritage Month'' and 
honoring gospel music for its valuable and longstanding contributions 
to the culture of the United States.
  Page S5666
  Honoring Robert Mondavi: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged 
from further consideration of S. Con. Res. 84, honoring the memory of 
Robert Mondavi, and the resolution was then agreed to.
  Page S5666
Measures Considered:
Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act: Senate resumed consideration of 
the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 6049, to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy 
production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to 
provide individual income tax relief.
  Pages S5646-52
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the 
previously scheduled vote at 5:30 p.m., Monday, June 16, 2008, on the 
motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration of 
the bill, be delayed to occur at 2:15 p.m., on Tuesday, June 17, 2008. 
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   A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 11 a.m., on Tuesday, June 
17, 2008, and that the time until 12:30 p.m., be equally divided and 
controlled between the two Leaders, or their designees. 
                                                         Pages S5666-67
Appointments:
  Board of Trustees of Gallaudet University: The Chair, on behalf of 
the Vice President, pursuant to Public Law 83-420, as amended by Public 
Law 99-371, appointed Senator Brown to the Board of Trustees of 
Gallaudet University.
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Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  James Christopher Swan, of California, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Djibouti.
  Michele Jeanne Sison, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Lebanon.
  29 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Marine Corps nomination in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy. 
                                                         Pages S5667-68
Messages From the House:
  Pages S5654-55
Executive Communications:
  Pages S5655-56
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S5657-58
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S5658-63
Additional Statements:
  Page S5654
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S5663-65
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
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Privileges of the Floor:
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 5:54 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 17, 2008. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S5666-
67.)