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Measures Introduced:
Ten bills and two resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 2494-2503, S.J. Res. 38, and S. Con. Res. 114.
Pages S6450-51
Measures Reported:
S. 1129, to provide for the protection of unaccompanied alien children, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
S. 1887, to amend the Controlled Substances Act to lift the patient limitation on prescribing drug addiction treatments by medical practitioners in group practices.
S. 2363, to revise and extend the Boys and Girls Clubs of America.
S. Con. Res. 5, expressing the support for the celebration in 2004 of the 150th anniversary of the Grand Excursion of 1854.
Page S6450
Measures Passed:
School Food Distribution:
Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 114, concerning the importance of the distribution of food in schools to hungry or malnourished children around the world.
Pages S6458, S6465
Pages S6466-67
Department of Defense Authorization Act:
Senate continued consideration of S. 2400, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Services, taking action on the following amendments purposed thereto:
Pages S6395-S6421, S6425-40
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A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the bill at 9:30 a.m., on Friday, June 4, 2004.
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National Great Black Americans Commemoration Act:
Senate concurred in the amendment of the House to S. 1233, to authorize assistance for the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum and Justice Learning Center, clearing the measure for the President.
Pages S6465-66
Messages from the President:
Senate received the following messages from the President of the United States:
Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report to Congress concerning the extension of waiver authority for the Republic of Belarus; which was referred to the Committee on Finance. (PM-81)
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Pages S6447-48
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Nominations Confirmed:
Senate confirmed the following nominations:
By unanimous vote of 95 yeas (Vote No. EX. 108), Sandra L. Townes, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York.
Pages S6421-22, S6467
Pages S6422-23, S6467
Pages S6423-25, S6467
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Messages From the House:
Pages S6448-49
Measures Referred:
Page S6449
Measures Placed on Calendar:
Page S6449
Measures Read First Time:
Page S6449
Enrolled Bills Presented:
Page S6449
Executive Communications:
Pages S6449-50
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S6451-52
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S6452-58
Additional Statements:
Pages S6445-47
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S6458-64
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
Page S6464
Authority for Committees to Meet:
Page S6464
Privilege of the Floor:
Page S6464
Record Votes:
Four record votes were taken today. (Total--110)
Pages S6421, S6422, S6423, S6425
Adjournment:
Senate convened at 9:46 a.m., and adjourned at 6:30 p.m., until 9:30 a.m., on Friday, June 4, 2004. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S6467.)
BANK SECRECY ACT ENFORCEMENT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs:
Committee concluded a hearing to examine efforts to ensure compliance and enforcement of the Bank Secrecy Act, enacted in 1970, which authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to issue regulations requiring that financial institutions keep records and file reports on certain financial transactions, focusing on anti-money laundering and issues concerning depository institution regulatory oversight, after receiving testimony from Susan S. Bies, Member, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; John D. Hawke, Jr., Comptroller of the Currency, James E. Gilleran, Director, Office of Thrift Supervision, William J. Fox, Director, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, all of the Department of the Treasury; Donald E. Powell, Chairman, and Gaston L. Gianni, Jr., Inspector General, both of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Davi M. D'Agostino, Director, Financial Markets and Community Investment, General Accounting Office; and JoAnn M. Johnson, Chairman, National Credit Union Administration.
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TREAD ACT:
MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation:
Committee concluded a hearing to examine the National Highway Safety Administration's implementation of the Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation (TREAD) Act and various motor vehicle safety issues, after receiving testimony from Jeffrey W. Runge, Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation; Oregon State Senator Bruce Starr, Hillsboro; and Robert Strassburger, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, Donald B. Shea, Rubber Manufacturers Association, and Joan Claybrook, Public Citizen, former Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, all of Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary:
Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 1129, to provide for the protection of unaccompanied alien children, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 1887, to amend the Controlled Substances Act to lift the patient limitation on prescribing drug addiction treatments by medical practitioners in group practices;
S. 2363, to revise and extend the Boys and Girls Clubs of America; and
S. Con. Res. 5, expressing support for the celebration in 2004 of the 150th anniversary of the Grand Excursion of 1854.
CHILD CUSTODY PROTECTION ACT
Committee on the Judiciary:
Committee concluded a hearing to examine S. 851, to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking minors across State lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions, after receiving testimony from Senator Ensign; John C. Harrison, University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville; Peter J. Rubin, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C.; Teresa Stanton Collett, University of St. Thomas School of Law, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Reverend Katherine Hancock Ragsdale, St. David's Episcopal Church, Pepperell, Massachusetts, on behalf of NARAL Pro-Choice America and the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice; and Joyce Farley and Crystal Lane, both of Dushore, Pennsylvania.
Measures Introduced:
17 public bills, H.R. 4496-4512; and; 6 resolutions, H.J. Res. 97; H. Con. Res. 441-443, and H. Res. 661-662 were introduced.
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Additional Cosponsors:
Pages H3780-81
Reports Filed:
Reports were filed today as follows:
H.R. 4114, to amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to exclude non-native migratory bird species from the application of that Act, amended (H. Rept. 108-520);
H.R. 2909, to ensure the continued availability of the Utah Test and Training Range to support the readiness and training needs of the Armed Forces, amended (H. Rept. 108-521);
H.R. 2619, to provide for the expansion of Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, amended (H. Rept. 108-522); and
S. 1146, to implement the recommendations of the Garrison Unit Tribal Advisory Committee by providing authorization for the construction of a rural health care facility on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, North Dakota (H. Rept. 108-523, Pt. 1); and
H.R. 4175, to increase, effective as of December 1, 2004, the rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain service-connected disabled veterans, amended (H. Rept. 108-524).
Pages H3779-80
Chaplain:
The prayer was offered today by Rabbi Joui Hessel, Washington Hebrew Congregation in Washington, DC.
Page H3721
Journal:
The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal of Wednesday, June 2 by a yea-and-nay vote of 346 yeas to 47 nays with 1 voting ``present'', Roll No. 223.
Pages H3721-22
Member Sworn--South Dakota At-Large:
Representative-elect Stephanie Herseth presented herself in the well of the House and was administered the Oath of Office by the Speaker. Earlier the Minority Leader asked unanimous consent that the Oath of Office be administered today after the Clerk of the D572House transmitted the unofficial results of the Special Election held on June 1, 2004 from the Honorable Chris Nelson, Secretary of State, State of South Dakota.
Page H3722
Back to Work Incentive Act:
The House passed H.R. 444, to amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to establish a Personal Reemployment Accounts grant program to assist Americans in returning to work, by a recorded vote of 213 ayes to 203 noes, Roll No. 225.
Pages H3725-40
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Agreed that in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Education and the Workforce now printed in the bill, an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of H.R. 4444 be considered as adopted.
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Suspensions:
The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the following measures which were debated on Wednesday, June 2:
Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 2004:
H.R. 3866, amended, to amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide increased penalties for anabolic steroid offenses near sports facilities, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 408 yeas to 3 nays, Roll No. 226; and
Pages H3740-41
Pages H3746-47
Workforce Reinvestment and Adult Education Act of 2003--Motion to go to Conference:
The House disagreed to the Senate amendment to H.R. 1261, to enhance the workforce investment system of the Nation by strengthening one-stop career centers, providing for more effective governance arrangements, promoting access to a more comprehensive array of employment, training, and related services, establishing a targeted approach to serving youth, and improving performance accountability, and agreed to a conference.
Page H3741
Page H3741
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users--Motion to go to Conference:
The House disagreed to the Senate amendment to H.R. 3550, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and agreed to a conference.
Page H3743
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From the Committee on Government Reform, for consideration of sec. 1802 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Representatives Tom Davis (VA), Schrock, and Waxman.
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Committee Resignation:
Read a letter from Representative Thompson (CA) wherein he resigned from the Committee on Agriculture, effective June, 3.
Page H3747
Committee Election:
Agreed to H. Res. 661, electing Representative Herseth to the Committee on Agriculture.
Page H3747
Calendar Wednesday:
Agreed to dispense with the Calendar Wednesday business of Wednesday, June 9.
Page H3748
Temporary Extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958:
The House agreed to discharge from the Committee on Small Business and pass H.R. 4478, to provide for an additional temporary extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 through July 23, 2004.
Pages H3748-49
Meeting Hour:
Agreed that when the House adjourn today, it adjourn to meet at noon tomorrow, June 4. Later agreed that when the House adjourn tomorrow, June 4, it adjourn to meet at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 8, for Morning Hour debate.
Page H3749
Speaker Pro Tempore:
Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed Representative Wolf to sign enrolled bills and joint resolutions through June 8.
Page H3773
Presidential Messages:
Read a communication from the President wherein he transmitted the following messages: The continuation of a waiver of subsections (a) and (b) of section 402 of the Trade Act of 1974 to Turkmenistan--referred to the Committee on Ways & Means and ordered printed (108-189); the continuation of a waiver of subsections (a) and (b) of section 402 of the Trade Act of 1974 to Belarus--referred to the Committee on Ways & Means and ordered printed (108-190); and the continuation of a waiver of subsections (a) and (b) of section 402 of the Trade Act of 1974 to Vietnam--referred to the Committee on Ways & Means and ordered printed (108-191).
Page H3749
Senate Message:
Message received from the Senate today appears on pageH3723.
Senate Referral:
S. 1721 was referred to the Committee on Resources.
Page H3777
Quorum Calls--Votes:
Five yea-and-nay votes and one recorded vote developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H3721-22, H3739-40, H3740, H3740-41, H3745-46, H2746. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment:
The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:28 p.m.
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COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, JUDICIARY AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations,
Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, Judiciary and Related Agencies held a hearing on FBI Transformation. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the FBI, Department of Justice: Robert S. Mueller, III, Director; Maureen Baginski, Executive Assistant Director, Intelligence; and John Pistole, Executive Assistant Director, Counterterrorism and Counterintelligence; Laurie E. Ekstrand, Director, Homeland Security and Justice Issues, GAO; the following officials of the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress: Alfred Cumming, Specialist, Intelligence and National Security Foreign Affairs, Defense and Trade Division; and Todd Masse, Specialist, Domestic Intelligence and Counterterrorism, Domestic Social Policy; and a public witness.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations:
Subcommittee on the District of Columbia held a hearing on the District of Columbia Budget. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the District of Columbia: Anthony A. Williams, Mayor; Linda W. Cropp, Chairwoman, Council; and Natwar M. Gandhi, Chief Financial Officer.
HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations:
Subcommittee on Homeland Security approved for full Committee action the Department of Homeland Security appropriations for fiscal year 2005.
INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations:
Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies approved for full Committee action the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies appropriations for fiscal year 2005.
ARMED FORCES--SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION AND RESPONSE
Committee on Armed Services:
Held a hearing on sexual assault prevention and response in the armed forces. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: David S. C. Chu, Under Secretary, Personnel and Readiness; Ellen Embrey, Deputy Assistant, Force Health Protection and Readiness; Reginald J. Brown, Assistant Secretary of the Army, Manpower and Reserve Affairs; Michael Dominguez, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, Manpower and Reserve Affairs; and William Navas, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Manpower and Reserve Affairs; the following officials of the Department of Veterans Affairs: Frances Murphy, M.D., Deputy Under Secretary, Health Policy Coordination; Carol O'Brien, Director, Center for Sexual Trauma Services, DVA Medical Center, Bay Pines, Florida; and Lori Katz, Staff Psychologist, Military Sexual Trauma Coordinator, DVA Women's Health Clinic, Long Beach, California; and public witnesses.
FASTER AND SMARTER FUNDING FOR FIRST RESPONDERS ACT; SATELLITE HOME VIEWER EXTENSION AND REAUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce:
Ordered reported,
as amended, the following: H.R. 3266, Faster and Smarter Funding for First Responders Act of 2003; and the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Financial Services:
Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 4363,
amended, Helping Hands for Homeownership Act of 2004; H.R. 3916, amended, Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2004; H.R. 3755, amended, Zero Downpayment Act of 2004; and H.R. 4471, Home Ownership Opportunities for Native Americans Act of 2004.
The Committee began markup of H.R. 3574, Stock Option Accounting Reform Act.
The Committee recessed subject to call.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; SUPERSIZING OF AMERICA--COMBATING OBESITY AND PROMOTING HEALTHY LIVING
Committee on Government Reform:
Ordered reported the following measures: H.R. 3826,
amended, Program Assessment and Results Act; H.R. 4222, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 550 Nebraska Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas, as the ``Newell George Post Office Building;'' H. Con. Res. 257, Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should posthumously award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Harry W. Colmery; and H. Res. 653, Honoring former President George Herbert Walker Bush on the occasion of his 80th birthday.
The Committee also held a hearing entitled ``The Supersizing of America:
The Federal Government's Role in Combating Obesity and Promoting Healthy Living.'' Testimony was heard from Lester M. Crawford, M.D., Acting Commissioner, FDA, Department of Health and Human Services; Eric Hentges, M.D., Director, Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, USDA; Lynn Swann, Chair, President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports; and public witnesses.
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OVERSIGHT--OPERATIONS OF THE U.S. COPYRIGHT OFFICE
Committee on the Judiciary:
Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property held an oversight hearing on the Operations of the U.S. Copyright Office. Testimony was heard from Marybeth Peters, Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress.
ACCESS TO RURAL PHYSICIANS IMPROVEMENT ACT
Committee on the Judiciary:
Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, approved for full Committee action H.R. 4453, Access to Rural Physicians Improvement Act of 2004.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources:
Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation,
Wildlife and Oceans approved for full Committee action the following bills: S. 1814, To transfer federal lands between the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior; H.R. 3479, Brown Tree Snake Control and Eradication Act of 2003; and H.R. 4027, amended, To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to make available to the University of Miami property under the administrative jurisdiction of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Virginia Key, Florida, for use by the University for a Marine Life Science Center.
AIRLINE INDUSTRY--FINANCIAL CONDITION
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure:
Subcommittee on Aviation held an oversight hearing on The Financial Condition of the Airline Industry. Testimony was heard from JayEtta Z. Hecker, Director, Physical Infrastructure Team, GAO; Michael Kestenbaum, Executive Director, Air Transportation Stabilization Board; and public witnesses.
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE: IRAN
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence:
Subcommittee on Human Intelligence, Analysis and Counterintelligence met in executive session to hold a hearing on Counterintelligence: Iran. Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses.
BRIEFING--GLOBAL TERRORISM UPDATE
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence:
Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security met in executive session to receive a briefing on Global Terrorism Update. The Subcommittee was briefed by departmental witnesses.
NATIONAL BIODEFENSE STRATEGY
Select Committee on Homeland Security:
Held a hearing entitled ``Towards A National Biodefense Strategy.'' Testimony was heard from Penrose Albright, Assistant Secretary, Science and Technology, Department of Homeland Security; from the following officials of the Department of Health and Human Services: Anthony Fauci, M.D., Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and William F. Raub, M.D., Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Public Health Emergency Preparedness; MG Lester Martinez-Lopez, USA, Commanding General, U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command; and public witnesses.
Committee on the Judiciary:
to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Michael H. Watson, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio, 10 a.m., SD-226.
No committee meetings are scheduled.
Joint Economic Committee:
to hold hearings to examine the employment situation for May, 9:30 a.m., 1334 LHOB.
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Program for Friday:
Senate will continue consideration of S. 2400, Department of Defense Authorization Act.
Program for Friday:
The House will meet in pro forma session.
HOUSE
Bass, Charles F., N.H., E1021, E1024, E1026
Bereuter, Doug, Nebr., E1022
Castle, Michael N., Del., E1021, E1024, E1026
Cunningham, Randy ``Duke'', Calif., E1022, E1025
Graves, Sam, Mo., E1023
McInnis, Scott, Colo., E1021, E1024, E1026
Maloney, Carolyn B., N.Y., E1022, E1024
Solis, Hilda L., Calif., E1023, E1025
Souder, Mark E., Ind., E1023, E1025
Thornberry, Mac, Tex., E1022, E1025
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