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Measures Introduced: Eight bills and two resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 1783-1790, S. Res. 188, and S. Con. Res. 89.
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Measures Reported:
H.R. 2336, to make permanent the authority to redact financial disclosure statements of judicial employees and judicial officers. (S. Rept. No. 107-111)
S. 835, to establish the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge in the State of Michigan., with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 107-112)
H.R. 700, to reauthorize the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997, with an amendment. (S. Rept. No. 107-113)
S. 1621, to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to carry out a program for the protection of the health and safety of community members, volunteers, and workers in a disaster area. (S. Rept. No. 107-114)
S. 1623, to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to direct the President to appoint Children's Coordinating Officers for disaster areas in which children have lost 1 or more custodial parents. (S. Rept. No. 107-115)
S. 1624, to establish the Office of World Trade Center Attack Claims to pay claims for injury to businesses and property suffered as a result of the attack on the World Trade Center in New York City that occurred on September 11, 2001, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 107-116)
Report to accompany S. 1731, to strengthen the safety net for agricultural producers, to enhance resource conservation and rural development, to provide for farm credit, agricultural research, nutrition, and related programs, to ensure consumers abundant food and fiber. (S. Rept. No. 107-117)
S. Con. Res. 80, expressing the sense of Congress regarding the 30th anniversary of the enactment of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
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Measures Passed:
Department of Defense Appropriations:
Senate passed H.R. 3338, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, after taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto:
Pages S12586-S12676Adopted: Reid (for Wellstone) Amendment No. 2325, to treat certain National Guard duty as military service under the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940.
Pages S12607-12By 78 yeas to 21 nays (Vote No. 359), Helms Amendment No. 2336, to protect United States military personnel and other elected and appointed officials of the United States Government against criminal prosecution by an international criminal court to which the United States is not party.
Pages S12612-28Stevens (for Gramm/McCain) Amendment No. 2352, to provide the President the authority to increase national security and save lives.
Page S12650Bond/Carnahan Amendment No. 2353, to express the Sense of Congress that the military aircraft industrial base of the United States be preserved.
Pages S12651-53Bond Amendment No. 2354, to require procedures that ensure the fair and equitable resolution of labor integration issues in transactions for the combination of air carriers.
Pages S12653-54Bond Amendment No. 2355, to provide funding for necessary expenses of the HUBZone program authorized under the Small Business Act.
Page S12655Torricelli Amendment No. 2356, to require a production grant of $2,000,000 to Green Tree Chemical D1220Technologies in order to sustain the company through fiscal year 2002.
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Byrd/Stevens/Inouye Amendment No. 2348, in the nature of a substitute.
Page S12648Stevens (for Nickles) Amendment No. 2357, to make available from research, development, test and evaluation, Air Force, up to $4,000,000 to extend the modeling and reengineering program now being performed at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center Propulsion Directorate.
Pages S12656-57Stevens (for Lott) Amendment No. 2358, to increase by $7,500,000 the amount available for Armed Forces Retirement.
Pages S12656-57Stevens (for Kennedy Amendment No. 2359, to set aside Marine Corps operation and maintenance for completing the fielding of half-zip, pullover, fleece uniform shirts for all members of the Marine Corps, including the Marine Corps reserve.
Pages S12656-57Inouye (for Reid) Amendment No. 2360, to make available from aircraft procurement, Air Force, $6,000,000 for 10 radars in the Air Force Radar Modernization Program for C-130H2 aircraft (PE040115) for aircraft of the Nevada Air National Guard at Reno, Nevada.
Pages S12656-57Inouye (for Reid) Amendment No. 2361, to make available from research, development, test, and evaluation, Army, $3,000,000 for Medical Development (PE604771N) for the Clark County, Nevada, bioterrorism and public health laboratory.
Pages S12656-57Inouye (for Reid) Amendment No. 2362, to make available from research, development, test, and evaluation, Air Force, $1,000,000 for Agile Combat Support (PE64617) for the Rural Low Bandwidth Medical Collaboration System.
Pages S12656-57Stevens (for Warner) Amendment No. 2363, to set aside funds for the critical infrastructure protection initiative of the Navy.
Pages S12656-57Inouye (for Lincoln) Amendment No. 2364, to make available from research, development, test and evaluation, Air Force, $2,000,000 for Battlespace Logistics Readiness and Sustainment project in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Pages S12656-57Inouye Amendment No. 2365, to provide funds for the Counter Narcotics and Terrorism Operational Medical Support Program.
Pages S12656-57Stevens (for McConnell) Amendment No. 2366, to require an assessment of various alternatives to the current Army plan for the destruction of chemical weapons.
Pages S12656-57Inouye (for Kerry) Amendment No. 2367, to make available $12,500,000 from research, development, test, and evaluation, Defense-wide, for operational nuclear test monitoring requirements of the Air Force.
Pages S12657-59Inouye (for Kerry/Kennedy) Amendment No. 2368, to make available $14,200,000 for procurement for the Air Force for procurement of Sensor Fused Weapons (CBU-97).
Pages S12657-59Inouye (for Feinstein) Amendment No. 2369, to make available from other procurement, Navy, $8,000,000 for procurement of the Tactical Support Center, Mobile Acoustic Analysis System.
Pages S12657-59Inouye (for Kennedy) Amendment No. 2370, to set aside funds for continuation of the Air National Guard Information Analysis Network (GUARDIAN).
Pages S12657-59Inouye (for Kennedy) Amendment No. 2371, to set aside a specified amount of operation and maintenance, Defense-wide funds for the DLAMP program.
Pages S12657-59Stevens (for Helms/Edwards) Amendment No. 2372, to provide funding for the Display Performance and Environmental Evaluation Laboratory Project of the Army Research Laboratory.
Pages S12657-59Stevens (for Helms) Amendment No. 2373, to expand the number of U.S. Navy combat aircrews who can benefit from Airborne Tactical Adversary Electronic Warfare/Electronic Attack training.
Pages S12657-59Stevens (for Helms) Amendment No. 2374, to expand the number of U.S. Air Force combat aircrews who can benefit from Airborne Tactical Adversary Electronic Warfare/Electronic Attack training.
Pages S12657-59Inouye Amendment No. 2375, to express the sense of the Senate regarding environmental contamination and health effects emanating from the former United States military facilities in the Philippines.
Pages S12657-59Stevens (for Warner) Amendment No. 2376, to authorize the burial in Arlington National Cemetery of any former Reservist who died in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and would have been eligible for burial in Arlington National Cemetery but for age at time of death.
Pages S12657-59Stevens (for Burns) Amendment No. 2377, to provide for the retention of certain contracting authorities by the Department of Interior's National Business Center.
Pages S12657-59Stevens Amendment No. 2378, to set aside funds for the Product Improved Combat Vehicle Crewman's Headset.
Pages S12657-59Stevens (for McConnell) Amendment No. 2379, to set aside funds to be used to support development and testing of new designs of low cost digital modems for wideband common data link.
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Stevens (for Gregg) Amendment No. 2380, to set aside Army RDT&E funds for research and development of key enabling technologies for producing low cost, improved performance, reduced signature, multifunctional composite materials.
Pages S12657-59Stevens (for Shelby) Amendment No. 2381, to set aside Army RDT&E funding for certain programs.
Pages S12657-59Inouye (for Biden) Amendment No. 2382, to make available from research, development, test, and evaluation, Army, $5,000,000 to develop high-performance 8mm and 120mm mortar systems that use metal matrix composites to substantially reduce the weight of such systems.
Pages S12657-59Stevens (for Specter) Amendment No. 2383, to set aside Air Force RDT&E funds for human effectiveness applied research (PE602202F) for continuing development under the solid electrolyte oxygen separation program of the Air Force.
Pages S12657-59Stevens (for Grassley) Amendment No. 2384, to continue to apply in fiscal year 2002 a requirement (in an Appropriations Act for the Department of Defense for a previous fiscal year) for matching each Department of Defense disbursement in excess of $500,000 to a particular obligation before the disbursement is made.
Pages S12657-59Stevens (for Voinovich) Amendment No. 2385, to set aside Army RDT&E funds for the Three-Dimensional Ultrasound Imaging Initiative II.
Pages S12657-59Inouye (for Kerry) Amendment No. 2386, to make available from research, development, test, and evaluation, Army, $5,000,000 for the Surveillance Denial Solid Dye Laser Technology program of the Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center of the Army.
Page S12659Inouye (for Feinstein) Amendment No. 2387, to make available from other procurement, Army, $10,000,000 for procurement of Shortstop Electronic Protection Systems for critical force protection.
Page S12659Inouye (for Feinstein) Amendment No. 2388, to make available from research, development, test, and evaluation, Navy, $20,000,000 for the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance program.
Page S12659Stevens (for Lugar) Amendment No. 2389, to increase by $46,000,000 the amount available for former Soviet Union threat reduction and to provide an offset.
Page S12659Stevens (for Lott) Amendment No. 2390, to provide funding for a Processible Rigid-Rod Polymeric Material Supplier Initiative under title III of the Defense Production Act of 1950.
Page S12659Stevens (for Lott) Amendment No. 2391, to increase by $2,000,000 the amount available for Military Personnel Research (PE61103D).
Page S12659Stevens (for Lott) Amendment No. 2392, to express the support of the Senate for the Air Force's long-range beddown plan for the C-130J fleet.
Page S12659Stevens (for Helms/Edwards) Amendment No. 2393, to provide funding for the U.S. Army Materiel Command's Logistics and Technology Project (LOGTECH).
Page S12659Stevens (for Lott) Amendment No. 2394, to increase by $5,000,000 the amount available for the planning and design for evolutionary improvements for the next LHD-type Amphibious Assault Ship (PE603564N).
Page S12659Stevens (for Collins) Amendment No. 2395, to set aside $5,000,000 of Procurement, Defense-Wide for low-rate initial production of the Striker advanced lightweight grenade launcher (ALGL) (PE1160444BB), and $1,000,000 of RDT&E, Navy funds for the Warfighting Laboratory for delivery and evaluation of prototype units of the Striker ALGL (PE0603640M).
Page S12659Stevens (for Collins) Amendment No. 2396, to set aside $4,000,000 of RDT&E, Defense-Wide funds for the Intelligence Spatial Technologies for Smart Maps Initiative of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (PE0305102BQ).
Pages S12659-60Inouye (for Collins) Amendment No. 2397, to set aside $5,000,000 of research, development, test, and evaluation, Defense-Wide funds for further development of light weight sensors of chemical and biological agents using fluorescence-based detection (PE0602384BP).
Pages S12659-60Inouye (for Landrieu) Amendment No. 2398, to authorize the availability of $2,500,000 for the Army Nutrition Project.
Pages S12659-60Inouye (for Landrieu) Amendment No. 2399, to authorize the availability of an additional $2,000,000 for the Partnership for Peace (PFP) Information Management System.
Pages S12659-60Stevens (for Thompson) Amendment No. 2400, to make available $4,892,000 for the Communicator Automated Emergency Notification System of the Army National Guard.
Pages S12659-60Inouye (for Dorgan) Amendment No. 2401, to provide funds for a miniaturized wireless system.
Pages S12659-60Inouye (for Harkin) Amendment 2402, to make available $5,000,000 for the Consolidated Interactive Virtual Information Center of the National Guard.
Pages S12659-60Inouye (for Reed) Amendment No. 2403, to make available $1,200,000 for concept development and composite construction of high speed vessels currently implemented by the Navy Warfare Development Command.
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Inouye (for Reed) Amendment No. 2404, to set aside operation and maintenance, Defense-Wide funds for impact aid for children with severe disabilities.
Pages S12659-60Inouye (for Biden) Amendment No. 2405, to make funds available to enhance the worker safety demonstration programs of the military departments.
Pages S12659-60Inouye (for Carnahan) Amendment No. 2406, to set aside Air National Guard operation and maintenance funds for certain replacement and repair projects for facilities used by the Air National Guard at Rosecrans Memorial Airport, St. Joseph, Missouri.
Pages S12660-61Inouye (for Nelson (FL)) Amendment No. 2407, to make available $7,000,000 for the Center for Advanced Power System.
Pages S12660-61Stevens (for DeWine) Amendment No. 2408, to set aside Air Force RDT&E funds to complete the research and development tasks under the Collaborative Technology Clusters program of the Air Force Research Laboratory.
Pages S12660-61Inouye (for Cleland/Dayton) Amendment No. 2409, to make available $7,000,000 for Army live fire ranges.
Pages S12660-61Inouye (for Cleland) Amendment No. 2410, to make available $3,900,000 for the aging aircraft program of the Air Force.
Pages S12660-61Stevens (for Snowe) Amendment No. 2411, to set aside Navy operation and maintenance funds for the Navy Pilot Human Resources Call Center, Cutler, Maine (Civilian Manpower and Personnel Management, BLN 480).
Pages S12660-61Stevens (for Snowe) Amendment No. 2412, to set aside Army RDT&E funds for Compact Kinetic Energy Missile Inertial Future Missile Technology Integration (PE0602303A, BLN10).
Pages S12660-61Inouye (for Cleland) Amendment No. 2413, to make available $1,600,000 for the Navy for Engineering Control and Surveillance Systems.
Pages S12660-61Stevens (for Bunning) Amendment No. 2414, to provide $5,000,000 for a program at the Naval Medical Research Center (NRMC) to treat victims of radiation exposure (PE0604771N).
Pages S12660-61Inouye (for Landrieu) Amendment No. 2415, to make available $10,000,000 for the Gulf States Initiative.
Pages S12661-62Stevens (for Collins) Amendment No. 2416, to set aside $4,300,000 of Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Navy funds for the demonstration and validation of laser fabricated steel reinforcement for ship construction (PE0603123N).
Pages S12661-62Inouye (for Dodd) Amendment No. 2417, to require a report on progress toward implementation of comprehensive nuclear threat reduction programs to safeguard Pakistani and Indian missile nuclear stockpiles and technology.
Pages S12661-62Inouye (for Dodd) Amendment No. 2418, to make available $5,000,000 for the Marine Corps for M-4 Carbine, Modular Weapon Systems.
Pages S12661-62Inouye (for Dodd) Amendment No. 2419, to make available $7,500,000 for the Army for AN/AVR-2A laser detecting sets.
Pages S12661-62Inouye (for Dodd) Amendment No. 2420, to make available $2,500,000 for the Air Force for Industrial Preparedness (PE0708011F) for continuing development of the nickel-metal hydride replacement battery for F-16 aircraft.
Pages S12661-62Inouye (for Dodd) Amendment No. 2421, to make available $8,960,000 for the Navy for four Hushkit noise inhibitors for C-9 aircraft.
Pages S12661-62Inouye (for Sarbanes) Amendment No. 2422, to make available $5,000,000 for the development of the Operating Room of the Future, an applied technology test bed at the University of Maryland Medical Center in collaboration with the Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center of the Army.
Pages S12661-62Inouye (for Torricelli) Amendment No. 2423, to make available $5,700,000 for the Army for the Coalition for Advanced Biomaterials Technologies and Therapies (CABTT) program to maximize far-forward treatment and for the accelerated return to duty of combat casualties.
Pages S12661-62Inouye (for Torricelli) Amendment No. 2424, to make available $9,800,000 for the Navy for Advanced Digital Recorders and Digital Recorder Producers for P-3 aircraft.
Pages S12661-62Inouye (for Bingaman) Amendment No. 2425, to make funds available for Big Crow (PE605118D).
Pages S12661-62Stevens (for Cochran) Amendment No. 2426, to provide for the acquisition, installation, and maintenance of domed housing units on the Marshall Islands.
Pages S12662-63Stevens (for Shelby) Amendment No. 2427, to set aside for medical technology, National Tissue Engineering Center $4,000,000 of the amount provided for Army, research, development, test and evaluation.
Pages S12662-63Stevens (for Santorum) Amendment No. 2428, to set aside for artillery projectiles, M107, HE, 155mm, $5,000,000 of the amount provided for Army, Ammunition Procurement.
Pages S12662-63Stevens (for Santorum) Amendment No. 2429, to set aside for Agile Combat Support, Integrated Medical Information Technology System (PE604617) $1,000,000 of the amount for Air Force, research, development, test, and evaluation.
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Stevens (for Santorum) Amendment No. 2430, to set aside for Air Crew Systems Development, Modular Helmet Development (PE604264N) $3,000,000 of the amount for the Navy for research, development, test and evaluation.
Pages S12662-63Stevens (for Santorum) Amendment No. 2431, to set aside for land forces readiness-information operations sustainment (PE19640) $5,000,000 of the amount provided for the Army Reserve for operations and maintenance.
Pages S12662-63Inouye (for Kennedy) Amendment No. 2432, to set aside $10,000,000 of other procurement, Navy funds for the NULKA decoy procurement.
Pages S12662-63Inouye (for Harkin) Amendment No. 2433, to facilitate the protection of the health of current and former workers at Iowa Army Ammunition Plant.
Pages S12662-63Stevens (for Shelby) Amendment No. 2434, to add funding for Air Force RDT&E for Low Cost Launch Vehicle Technology.
Pages S12662-63Stevens (for Bunning) Amendment No. 2435, to require a Comptroller General study of the physical state of Initial Entry Trainee housing and barracks of the Armed Service.
Pages S12662-63Stevens (for Hutchinson) Amendment No. 2436, to provide funds for a pilot program for the development of an efficient inventory management system for the Department of Defense.
Pages S12662-63Stevens (for McCain) Amendment No. 2437, to provide funds to carry out authorized military construction projects funds for which are diverted to military construction projects for the national emergency.
Pages S12662-63Inouye (for Stabenow) Amendment No. 2438, to make available $2,000,000 for the Advanced Safety Tether Operation and Reliability/Space Transfer using Electrodynamic Propulsion (STEP-AIRSEDS) program (PE0602236N).
Pages S12662-63Inouye (for Stabenow) Amendment No. 2439, to establish a program to name national and community service projects in honor of victims killed as a result of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
Pages S12663-66Stevens Amendment No. 2440, to make available additional funds for the cost of guaranteeing the reduction loan authorized.
Pages S12663-66Stevens (for Gregg) Amendment No. 2441, to make certain technical corrections.
Pages S12663-66Inouye (for Durbin) Amendment No. 2442, to make certain technical corrections.
Pages S12663-66Stevens (for Specter) Amendment No. 2443, to expedite the deployment of the intelligent transportation infrastructure system.
Pages S12663-66Inouye (for Landrieu) Amendment No. 2444, to provide that funds available to improve nuclear nonproliferation and verification research and development shall be available to research and development with respect to radiological dispersion devices.
Pages S12663-66Inouye (for Murray) Amendment No. 2445, to make certain technical corrections.
Pages S12663-66Stevens (for Domenici) Amendment No. 2446, technical modification of authority to improve safety of transportation routes to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.
Pages S12663-66Inouye (for Durbin) Amendment No. 2447, to make a technical correction to the FY 2002 Energy and Water Appropriations Act, P.L. 107-66 for Nutwood Levee, IL.
Pages S12663-66Stevens (for Domenici) Amendment No. 2448, to make available, with an offset, an additional $14,000,000 for the electric energy systems and storage program of the Department of Energy.
Pages S12663-66Inouye (for Harkin) Amendment No. 2449, to assure minimum service levels under the Essential Air Service Program.
Pages S12663-66Stevens Amendment No. 2450, to require certain compliance for use of funds after June 30, 2002 for the operation of any federally owned buildings.
Pages S12663-66Stevens Amendment No. 2451, to set new criteria and rates for delivery of services under Section 5402 of Title 39.
Pages S12663-66Stevens (for Bond) Amendment No. 2452, to direct the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution to collect and preserve in the National Museum of American History artifacts relating to the September 11th attacks of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
Pages S12663-66Inouye (for Daschle) Amendment No. 2453, to increase the number of general trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center of the Performing Arts and to designate the Secretary of State as a trustee.
Pages S12663-66Stevens Amendment No. 2454, making certain changes to the terms of office of New General Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center of the Performing Arts.
Pages S12663-66Stevens Amendment No. 2455, to allow for expenditures of previously appropriated housing funds.
Pages S12663-66Stevens (for Domenici) Amendment No. 2456, to make a technical correction to the FY 2002 Energy and Water Appropriations Act, P.L. 107-66, for the Bureau of Reclamation Dam Safety Program.
Pages S12663-66Stevens Amendment No. 2457, to clarify Federal procurement law for certain qualified entities.
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Inouye (for Biden) Amendment No. 2458, to provide that no appropriated funds or revenues generated by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation may be used to implement Section 204(c)(2) of P.L. 105-134 until the Congress has enacted an Amtrak Reauthorization Act.
Pages S12663-66Daschle Amendment No. 2459, to provide for the conveyance of certain real property in South Dakota to the State of South Dakota with indemnification by the United States Government.
Pages S12663-66Rejected: By 48 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 358), Reid (for Dodd) Modified Amendment No. 2337, with respect to the protection of United States interests and the interest of American citizens and service members as it relates to the establishment of an International Criminal Court.
Pages S12612-28Withdrawn: Durbin Amendment No. 2343, to expand aviation capacity in the Chicago area.
Pages S12628-46During consideration of this measure, Senate also took the following action: By 50 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 357), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate rejected a motion to waive section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. Subsequently, a point of order that the committee substitute exceeds the allocation of the Subcommittee pursuant to section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 was sustained, and the committee substitute thus fell.
Pages S12586-94By 33 yeas to 65 nays (Vote No. 360), Senate rejected the question of germaneness with respect to Feingold Amendment No. 2349, to provide that Members of Congress shall not receive a cost of living adjustment in pay during fiscal year 2002. Subsequently, the point of order that the amendment was not germane was sustained, and the amendment thus fell.
Pages S12648-50Section 8132 on page 117 of Byrd/Stevens/Inouye Amendment No. 2348 (listed above) was stricken. Subsequently, the pending point of order that the section was in violation of Rule XVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, was withdrawn.
Page S12650Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the House thereon, and the Chair was authorized to appoint the following conferees on the part of the Senate: Senators Inouye, Hollings, Byrd, Leahy, Harkin, Dorgan, Durbin, Reid, Feinstein, Kohl, Stevens, Cochran, Specter, Domenici, Bond, McConnell, Shelby, Gregg, and Hutchison.
Page S12676Printing Authorization: Committee on Rules and Administration was discharged from further consideration of H. Con. Res. 90, authorizing the printing of a revised and updated version of the House document entitled ``Hispanic Americans in Congress'', and the resolution was then agreed to.
Page S12745Printing Authorization: Committee on Rules and Administration was discharged from further consideration of H. Con. Res. 244, authorizing the printing of a revised edition of the publication entitled ``Our Flag'', and the resolution was then agreed to.
Page S12745Connecticut River Atlantic Salmon Commission: Senate passed S. 703, to extend the effective period of the consent of Congress to the interstate compact relating to the restoration of Atlantic salmon to the Connecticut River Basin and creating the Connecticut River Atlantic Salmon Commission, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:
Page S12745Reid (for Stevens) Amendment No. 2461, to amend the method for financing the fishing capacity reduction program required under the Miscellaneous Appropriations Act, 2001.
Page S12745Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge Establishment: Committee on Environment and Public Works was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 1230, to provide for the establishment of the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge in the State of Michigan, and the bill was then passed, clearing the measure for the President.
Page S12745Temporary Aid for Needy Families Supplemental: Senate passed S. 942, to reauthorize the supplemental grant for population increases in certain states under the temporary assistance to needy families program for fiscal year 2002, after agreeing to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Pages S12745-4621st Century Montgomery GI Bill Enhancement: Committee on Veterans' Affairs was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 1291, to amend title 38, United States Code, to modify and improve authorities relating to education benefits, compensation and pension benefits, housing benefits, burial benefits, and vocational rehabilitation benefits for veterans, and to modify certain authorities relating to the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, and the bill was then passed, after striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof, the text of S. 1088, Senate companion measure, after agreeing to a committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and the following amendments proposed thereto:
Pages S12746-52Reid (for Rockefeller/Specter Amendment No. 2462 (to S. 1088), in the nature of a substitute.
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Reid (for Rockefeller/Specter) Amendment No. 2463 (to the title of H.R. 1291), to amend the title.
Page S12752Subsequently, S. 1088 was returned to the Senate calendar.
District of Columbia Appropriations Conference Report: By 79 yeas to 20 nays (Vote No. 356), Senate agreed to the conference report on H.R. 2944, making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, at 9:30 a.m., on Friday, December 7, 2001, clearing the measure for the President.
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Small Business Investment Company Amendments Act: Senate concurred in the amendment of the House to S. 1196, to amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, with a further amendment proposed thereto, as follows:
Pages S12740-45Reid (for Kerry/Bond) Amendment No. 2460 (to the amendment of the House to the bill), to improve the bill.
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Nominations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for the consideration of the nominations of John D. Bates, of Maryland, to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, Kurt D. Engelhardt, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, and Julie A. Robinson, to be United States District Judge for the District of Kansas, at 9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, December 11, 2001.
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Federal Farm Bill--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for consideration of S. 1731, to strengthen the safety net for agricultural producers, to enhance resource conservation and rural development, to provide for farm credit, agricultural research, nutrition, and related programs, to ensure consumers abundant food and fiber, at 3 p.m., on Monday, December 10, 2001.
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Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations: Tammy Dee McCutchen, of Illinois, to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor. (Prior to this action, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions was discharged from further consideration.) Peter B. Teets, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of the Air Force. 2 Air Force nominations in the rank of general. 29 Army nominations in the rank of general. 5 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral. Routine list in the Public Health Service. (Prior to this action, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions was discharged from further consideration.) Routine lists in the Army and Navy.
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Measures Read First Time:
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Additional Cosponsors:
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Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
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Additional Statements:
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Amendments Submitted:
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Authority for Committees to Meet:
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Privilege of the Floor:
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Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total--360)
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Adjournment: Senate met at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, December 7, and adjourned at 12:29 a.m. on Saturday, December 8, until 3 p.m., on Monday, December 10, 2001. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S12753.)
NOMINATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Sean O'Keefe, of New York, to be Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, after the nominee, who was introduced by Representative Boehlert, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SCHOOL
REFORM ACT
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on the District of Columbia held a hearing on the District of Columbia School Reform Act of 1995--Blue Print for Education Reform in the District of Columbia. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the District of Columbia: Kevin Chavous, member, City Council and Chairman, Committee on Education, Libraries and Recreation; Peggy Cooper Cafritz, President, Board of Education; Paul Vance, Superintendent of Schools; Josephine Baker, Chairwoman, Public Charter Board; Gregory McCarthy, Deputy Chief of Staff, Policy and Legislative Affairs, Office of the Mayor; Natwar Gandhi, Chief, Financial Officer; and Charles C. Maddox, Inspector General.
CHECKED BAGGAGE SCREENING SYSTEMS
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Aviation held a hearing on Checked Baggage Screening Systems-Planning for the December 31, 2002 Deadline . Testimony was heard from Steven Zaidman, Associate Administrator, Research and Acquisitions, FAA, Department of Transportation; and public witnesses.
EMPLOYMENT-UNEMPLOYMENT
Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded hearings to examine the employment-unemployment situation for November, focusing on payroll employment figures, after receiving testimony from Lois Orr, Acting Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor.
On Monday , at 3 p.m., Senate will consider S. 1731, Federal Farm Bill. On Tuesday, at 9:30 a.m., Senate will consider the nominations of John D. Bates, of Maryland, to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, Kurt D. Engelhardt, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, and Julie A. Robinson, to be United States District Judge for the District of Kansas. During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any other cleared legislative and executive business, including conference reports when available.
December 12, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the Department of Defense implementation of the President's Military Order on the detention, treatment, and trial by military commissions of certain non-citizens in the war on terrorism, 9:30 a.m., SR-325. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: December 11, business meeting to consider the nomination of Eduardo Aguirre, Jr., of Texas, to be First Vice President, and J. Joseph Grandmaison, of New Hampshire, to be a Member of the Board of Directors, both of the Export-Import Bank of the United States; and the nomination of Kenneth M. Donohue, Sr., of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department of Housing and Urban Development, time to be announced, S-216, Capitol.
December 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine housing and community development needs in America, 10 a.m., SD-538. Committee on Foreign Relations: December 11, to hold hearings on the nomination of Francis Joseph Ricciardone, Jr., of New Hampshire, to be Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Palau, 3 p.m., SD-419.
December 13, Subcommittee on Central Asia and South Caucasus, to hold hearings to examine contributions of central Asian nations to the campaign against terrorism, 3 p.m., SD-419.
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Committee on Governmental Affairs: December 11, to hold hearings to examine the local role in homeland security, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
December 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine security of the passenger and transit rail infrastructure, 9:30 a.m., SD-342. Select Committee on Intelligence: December 12, closed business meeting to consider pending calendar business, 2:30 p.m., S-407, Capitol. Committee on the Judiciary: December 10, to hold hearings on the nomination of David L. Bunning, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky, 10 a.m., SD-226.
December 11, Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts, to hold hearings to examine homeland defense issues, focusing on sharing information with local law enforcement, 10 a.m., SD-226.
December 12, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the future of the Microsoft settlement, 10 a.m., SD-106.
December 13, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
To be announced.
Committee on Appropriations, December 11, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary, on OxyContin, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn. Committee on Energy and Commerce, December 11, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, hearing on the settlement between the U.S. Government and Nextwave, Inc., to resolve disputed spectrum licenses, 3 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
December 12 and 13, Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, hearings on H.R. 3406, Electric Supply and Transmission Act of 2001, 1 p.m., on December 12 and 9:30 a.m., on December 13, 2123 Rayburn. Committee on Financial Services, December 12, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises and the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, joint hearing entitled ``The Enron Collapse: Impact on Investors and Financial Markets,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn. Committee on Government Reform, December 12, hearing on ``The National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: Is It Working as Congress Intended?--Part II,'' 1 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
December 13, hearing on ``The FBI's Handling of Confidential Informants in Boston: Will the Justice Department Comply with Congressional Subpoenas?'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn. Committee on International Relations, December 11, to mark up H.J. Res. 75, regarding the monitoring of weapons development in Iraq, as required by United Nations Security Council Resolution 687 (April 3, 1991), 4 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
December 12, Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific, hearing on Southeast Asia after 9/11: Regional Trends and U.S. Interests, 10 a.m., 2200 Rayburn. Committee on Resources, December 13, Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2109, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of Virginia Key Beach, Florida, for possible inclusion in the National Park System; H.R. 2748, National War Permanent Tribute Historical Database Act; H.R. 3421, Yosemite National Park Educational Facilities Improvement Act; and H.R. 3425, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of establishing Highway 49 in California, known as the ``Golden Chain Highway'', as a National Heritage Corridor, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth. Committee on Rules, December 11, to consider the following: H.R. 3129, Customs Border Security Act of 2001; and H.R. 3295, Help America Vote Act of 2001, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, December 12, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing on Addressing Sewage Treatment in the San Diego-Tijuana Border Region: Implementation or Title VIII of Public Law 106-457, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn. Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, December 12, Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security, executive, hearing on CIA counterterrorism needs and gaps, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: December 12, to hold hearings to examine the state of human rights, democracy and security concerns in Kyrgyzstan, focusing on human rights and democracy in the Central Asian region, 2 p.m., 334 Cannon Building.
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Program for Monday: Senate will consider S. 1731, Federal Farm Bill.
Program for Monday: Pro forma session.
HOUSE
Barcia, James A., Mich., E2238
Bentsen, Ken, Tex., E2221
Bilirakis, Michael, Fla., E2223
Boehlert, Sherwood L., N.Y., E2234
Bonior, David E., Mich., E2219, E2219, E2221, E2222
Bono, Mary, Calif., E2231
Brady, Kevin, Tex., E2229
Calvert, Ken, Calif., E2227
Costello, Jerry F., Ill., E2224
Davis, Tom, Va., E2230
Duncan, John J., Jr., Tenn., E2235, E2237
Fletcher, Ernie, Ky., E2226
Gallegly, Elton, Calif., E2229
Gutierrez, Luis V., Ill., E2227
Hayes, Robin, N.C., E2220
Hayworth, J.D., Ariz., E2229
Honda, Michael M., Calif., E2239
Hunter, Duncan, Calif., E2231
Johnson, Nancy L., Conn., E2236
Kennedy, Patrick J., R.I., E2223
Kind, Ron, Wisc., E2239
Kucinich, Dennis J., Ohio, E2239
Lantos, Tom, Calif., E2228
Lewis, Jerry, Calif., E2230
McCollum, Betty, Minn., E2220
McInnis, Scott, Colo., E2235, E2236, E2237, E2237, E2239
Maloney, James H., Conn., E2234
Miller, Gary G., Calif., E2227
Miller, George, Calif., E2236
Nadler, Jerrold, N.Y., E2224
Ney, Robert W., Ohio, E2240
Oberstar, James L., Minn., E2234, E2238
Oxley, Michael G., Ohio, E2230
Pallone, Frank, Jr., N.J., E2223
Paul, Ron, Tex., E2240
Petri, Thomas E., Wisc., E2232
Pickering, Charles W. ``Chip'', Miss., E2233
Quinn, Jack, N.Y., E2223
Rangel, Charles B., N.Y., E2222
Sabo, Martin Olav, Minn., E2239
Sanchez, Loretta, Calif., E2224
Shaw, E. Clay, Jr., Fla., E2220
Shays, Christopher, Conn., E2225
Shimkus, John, Ill., E2232
Slaughter, Louise McIntosh, N.Y., E2224
Smith, Christopher H., N.J., E2231, E2236
Solis, Hilda L., Calif., E2235, E2237
Spratt, John M., Jr., S.C., E2233
Thurman, Karen L., Fla., E2239
Towns, Edolphus, N.Y., E2219, E2220, E2221, E2222, E2223, E2224, E2226, E2227, E2229, E2230, E2232, E2233, E2235
Traficant, James A., Jr., Ohio, E2228
Udall, Tom, N.M., E2234
Walsh, James T., N.Y., E2219
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