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Friday, August 1, 2003

Daily Digest

HIGHLIGHTS

See resume of Congressional activity.

Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 259, Adjournment Resolution.

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Senate

Chamber Action

Routine Proceedings, pages S10873-S10939

Measures Introduced: Seventeen bills and two resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 1554-1570, and S. Res. 216-217.

Page S10906

Measures Passed:
Adjournment Resolution: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 259, providing for a conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives and a conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:

Page S10874

Frist Amendment No. 1540, to provide for an adjournment of the House of Representatives on the legislative day of Tuesday, July 29, 2003.

Page S10874

Museum and Library Services Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 13, to reauthorize the Museum and Library Services Act, and the bill was then passed, after striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the text of S. 888, Senate companion measure, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:

Pages S10930-31

Warner (for Gregg) Amendment No. 1541, in the nature of a substitute.

Page S10931

Subsequently, S. 888 was returned to the Senate calendar.

Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Appropriations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for consideration of H.R. 2660, making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, at 9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, September 2, 2003.

Page S10886

Appointment Authority--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that notwithstanding the recess or adjournment of the Senate, the President of the Senate, the President pro tempore, and the Majority and Democratic Leaders be authorized to make appointments to commissions, committees, boards, conferences, or interparliamentary conferences authorized by law, by concurrent action of the two Houses, or by order of the Senate.

Page S10931

Signing Authority--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that during this adjournment of the Senate, the Majority Leader or the Assistant Majority Leader, or Senator Santorum, be authorized to sign duly enrolled bills or joint resolutions.

Page S10932

Intelligence Authorization Act--Conferees: Pursuant to the unanimous-consent agreement of July 31, 2003, relative to H.R. 2417, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2004 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, the following conferees were appointed on the part of the Senate: from the Select Committee on Intelligence: Senators Roberts, Hatch, DeWine, Bond, Lott, Snowe, Hagel, Chambliss, Warner, Rockefeller, Levin, Feinstein, Wyden, Durbin, Bayh, Edwards, and Mikulski; from the Committee on Armed Services: Senators Allard and Nelson (FL).

Page S10932

Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
Teresa M. Ressel, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. (Prior to this action, Committee on Finance was discharged from further consideration.)
James J. Jochum, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce.

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Robert Stanley Nichols, of Washington, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
Josette Sheeran Shiner, of Virginia, to be a Deputy United States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador.
Jeffrey A. Marcus, of Texas, to be Ambassador to Belgium. (Prior to this action, Committee on Foreign Relations was discharged from further consideration.)
Rene Acosta, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General.
Paul Michael Warner, of Utah, to be United States Attorney for the District of Utah for the term of four years. (Reappointment)

Pages S10931-32

Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
Richard Eugene Hoagland, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Tajikistan.
Sandra L. Townes, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York.
2 Army nominations in the rank of general.
A routine list in the Army and Navy.

Pages S10935-39

Measures Read First Time:

Pages S10904-05

Executive Communications:

Page S10905

Nominations Discharged:

Pages S10905-06

Additional Cosponsors:

Pages S10906-08

Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:

Pages S10908-26

Additional Statements:

Pages S10898-S10904

Amendments Submitted:

Pages S10926-30

Notices of Hearings/Meetings:

Page S10930

Authority for Committees to Meet:

Page S10930

Adjournment: Senate met at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned under the provisions of H. Con. Res. 259, at 2:37 p.m., until 9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, September 2, 2003. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S10932.)

Committee Meetings

(Committees not listed did not meet)

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on Finance: on July 31, 2003, Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Robert Stanley Nichols, of Washington, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, James J. Jochum, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, and Josette Sheeran Shiner, of Virginia, to be a Deputy United States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador.

AFFORDABLE PHARMACEUTICALS ACT

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine the Senate and House versions of the Greater Access to Pharmaceuticals Act, focusing on the Hatch-Waxman provisions that govern the generic drug approval process, after receiving testimony from Timothy J. Muris, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission; Sheldon T. Bradshaw, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, Department of Justice; Jon W. Dudas, Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property, and Deputy Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce; Daniel E. Troy, Chief Counsel, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; and Robert A. Armitage, Eli Lilly and Company, Washington, D.C.

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House of Representatives

Chamber Action

The House was not in session today. Pursuant to the provisions of H. Con. Res. 259, providing for a conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives and a conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate, it stands adjourned until 2 p.m. on Wednesday, September 3, 2003.

Committee Meetings

No committee meetings were held.

Joint Meetings

MISSING PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission): Commission concluded hearings on certain issues relative to missing persons in Southeast Europe after receiving testimony from Olgica Bozanic and Vervica Tomanovic, both of the Association of Family Members of Missing and Kidnapped Individuals, and Cedomir Maric, Association of Families of Missing Persons from Krajina, all of Belgrade, Serbia; and Gordana Jaksic, Association of Parents and Families of the Arrested, Captured and Missing, Novi Sad, Serbia.

NEW PUBLIC LAWS

( For last listing of Public Laws, see Daily Digest, p. D927)
H.R. 74, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain land in the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, Nevada, to the Secretary of the Interior, in trust for the Washoe Indian Tribe of Nevada and California. Signed on August 1, 2003. (Public Law 108-67).
S. 1280, to amend the PROTECT Act to clarify certain volunteer liability. Signed on August 1, 2003. (Public Law 108-68).
August 1, 2003

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Resume of Congressional Activity

FIRST SESSION OF THE ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH CONGRESS

The first table gives a comprehensive resume of all legislative business transacted by the Senate and House.

The second table accounts for all nominations submitted to the Senate by the President for Senate confirmation.

DATA ON LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY

January 7 through July 31, 2003

Senate: Days in session
House: 110
Total: 87

..

Senate: Time in session
House: 921 hrs., 29 House: K
Total: 677 hrs., 6
Total: K

..

Congressional Record:

Pages of proceedings

House: 10,871
Total: 7,790

..

Extensions of Remarks

House: ..
Total: 1,667

..

Senate: Public bills enacted into law
House: 19
Total: 47

66

Senate: Private bills enacted into law
House: ..
Total: ..

..

Senate: Bills in conference
House: 8
Total: 9

..

Senate: Measures passed, total
House: 351
Total: 397

748

Senate bills

House: 104
Total: 22

..

House bills

House: 63
Total: 159

..

Senate joint resolutions

House: 2
Total: 1

..

House joint resolutions

House: 6
Total: 9

..

Senate concurrent resolutions

House: 26
Total: 4

..

House concurrent resolutions

House: 22
Total: 49

..

Simple resolutions

House: 128
Total: 153

..

Senate: Measures reported, total
House: 210
Total: 231

441

Senate bills

House: 136
Total: 2

..

House bills

House: 24
Total: 137

..

Senate joint resolutions

House: 2
Total: 1

..

House joint resolutions

House: ..
Total: 2

..

Senate concurrent resolutions

House: 7
Total: ..

..

House concurrent resolutions

House: 1
Total: 7

..

Simple resolutions

House: 40
Total: 82

..

Senate: Special reports
House: 10
Total: 5

..

Senate: Conference reports
House: 2
Total: 7

..

Senate: Measures pending on calendar
House: 84
Total: 59

..

Senate: Measures introduced, total
House: 1,846
Total: 3,673

5,519

Bills

House: 1,552
Total: 2,989

..

Joint resolutions

House: 17
Total: 66

..

Concurrent resolutions

House: 62
Total: 269

..

Simple resolutions

House: 215
Total: 349

..

Senate: Quorum calls
House: 3
Total: 2

..

Senate: Yea-and-nay votes
House: 321
Total: 262

..

Senate: Recorded votes
House: ..
Total: 195

..

Senate: Bills vetoed
House: ..
Total: ..

..

Senate: Vetoes overridden
House: ..
Total: ..

..

DISPOSITION OF EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS

January 7 through July 31, 2003

Civilian Nominations, totaling 426, disposed of as follows:

Confirmed

253

Unconfirmed

166

Withdrawn

Other Civilian Nominations, totaling 1,692, disposed of as follows:

Confirmed

1,689

Unconfirmed

Air Force Nominations, totaling 5,471, disposed of as follows:

Confirmed

5,321

Unconfirmed

150
Army Nominations, totaling 2,202, disposed of as follows:

Confirmed

2,025

Unconfirmed

177

Navy Nominations, totaling 2,382, disposed of as follows:

Confirmed

1,955

Unconfirmed

427

Marine Corps nominations, totaling 2,408, disposed of as follows:

Confirmed

2,394

Unconfirmed

Summary

Total nominations carried over from the First Session

Total nominations received this Session

14,581

Total confirmed

13,637

Total unconfirmed

937

Total withdrawn

Total returned to the White House

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Next Meeting of the SENATE
9:30 a.m., Tuesday, September 2
Senate Chamber

Program for Tuesday: Senate will begin consideration of H.R. 2660, making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004.

Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2 p.m., Wednesday, September 3
House Chamber

Program for Wednesday: To be announced.
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