[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 117 (Wednesday, July 16, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D899-D900]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                           Wednesday, July 16, 2008

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed H.R. 5501, Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United 
      States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and 
      Malaria Reauthorization Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6799-S6878
Measures Introduced: Nine bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3269-3277, and S. Res. 614.
  Pages S6868-69
Measures Reported:
  Special Report entitled ``Further Revised Allocation to Subcommittees 
of Budget Totals from the Concurrent Resolution, Fiscal Year 2009''. 
(S. Rept. No. 110-423)
  S. 3270, to reauthorize the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration. (S. Rept. No. 110-422)
  H.R. 3248, to amend the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users to make technical 
corrections, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S6868
Measures Passed:
Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against 
HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act: Committee on 
Foreign Relations was discharged from further consideration and by 80 
yeas to 16 nays (Vote No. 182), Senate passed H.R. 5501, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to provide assistance 
to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, 
after striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu 
thereof, S. 2731, Senate companion measure, as amended. 
                                               Pages S6809-17, S6820-57
  Subsequently, S. 2731 was returned to the Senate calendar.
  Conquer Childhood Cancer Act: Senate passed H.R. 1553, to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to advance medical research and treatments 
into pediatric cancers, ensure patients and families have access to 
information regarding pediatric cancers and current treatments for such 
cancers, establish a national childhood cancer registry, and promote 
public awareness of pediatric cancer, clearing the measure for the 
President.
  Pages S6857-58
  Honoring Thurgood Marshall: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 381, 
honoring and recognizing the dedication and achievements of Thurgood 
Marshall on the 100th anniversary of his birth.
  Pages S6877-78
Measures Considered:
Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against 
HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act: Senate 
continued consideration of S. 2731, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to provide assistance to foreign 
countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, after taking 
action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                               Pages S6809-17, S6820-57
Adopted:
  Dorgan Amendment No. 5084 (to Amendment No. 5076), to reallocate the 
distribution of funds from the Emergency Fund for Indian Safety and 
Health.
Pages S6811-13, S6815
  Thune Amendment No. 5076, to provide for an emergency plan for Indian 
safety and health.
Pages S6809-11, S15
  Biden (for Gregg) Amendment No. 5085, to encourage the inclusion of 
cost sharing assurances and transition strategies among compacts and 
frameworks agreements, the activities authorized under section 104A of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and the highest priorities of the 
Federal Government.
Page S6817
  Biden (for Vitter) Amendment No. 5086, to withhold 20 percent of the 
Federal funding appropriated for the Global Fund until the Secretary 
certifies that the Global Fund has provided the State Department with 
access to financial and other data.
Pages S6828-30

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  Biden (for Sessions) Amendment No. 5087, to advise the public about 
the risks of contracting HIV from blood exposures, to investigate 
unexplained infections, and to promote universal precautions in health 
care settings.
Pages S6830-31
Rejected:
  By 32 yeas to 63 nays (Vote No. 178), Cornyn Amendment No. 5083, to 
establish a bipartisan commission for the purpose of improving 
oversight and eliminating wasteful government spending under the 
President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
Pages S6813-16
  By 44 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 179), Gregg Amendment No. 5081, to 
strike the provision requiring the development of coordinated oversight 
plans and to establish an independent Inspector General at the Office 
of the Global AIDS Coordinator.
Pages S6831-32
  By 28 yeas to 67 nays (Vote No. 180), Kyl Amendment No. 5082, to 
limit the period during which appropriations may be made to carry out 
this Act and to create a point of order in the Senate against 
appropriation to carry out this Act that exceeds the amount authorized 
for fiscal year 2013.
Page S6832
  By 31 yeas to 64 nays (Vote No. 181), DeMint Amendment No. 5077, to 
reduce to $35,000,000,000 the amount authorized to be appropriated to 
combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria in developing countries 
during the next 5 years.
Page S6832
Appointments:
  U.S.-Russia Interparliamentary Group: The Chair, on behalf of the 
Majority Leader, pursuant to Section 154 of Public Law 108-199, as 
amended, appointed the following Senator as Vice Chairman of the Senate 
Delegation to the U.S.-Russia Interparliamentary Group conference 
during the 110 Congress: Senator Gregg.
  Page S6878
Majority Leader--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that at approximately 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 17, 2008, the 
Majority Leader be recognized to make a motion to proceed.
  Page S6878
Messages from the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the continuation of the 
national emergency and related measures dealing with the former 
Liberian regime of Charles Taylor; which was referred to the Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-56)
Pages S6867-68
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, the Agreement Between the United 
States and Poland on Social Security, consisting of a principal 
agreement and an administrative agreement; which was referred to the 
Committee on Finance. (PM-57)
Page S6868
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
  Pages S6799, S6868
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S6869-70
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S6870-76
Additional Statements:
  Pages S6866-67
Amendments Submitted:
  Page S6876
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Pages S6876-77
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
  Page S6877
Privileges of the Floor:
  Page S6877
Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total--182) 
                             Pages S6816, S6831-32, S6832, S6833, S6842
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 8:30 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 17, 2008. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S6878.)