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Monday, October 4, 2004


Daily Digest


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Senate


Chamber Action


Routine Proceedings, pages S10289-S10379

Measures Introduced: Two bills and one resolution were introduced, as follows: S. 2885-2886, and S. Res. 446. 

Pages S10365-66

Measures Reported:

S. 2688, to provide for a report of Federal entities without annually audited financial statements. (S. Rept. No. 108-383).
S. 2686, to amend the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998 to improve the Act, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 108-384).
H.R. 867, for the relief of Durreshahwar Durreshahwar, Nida Hasan, Asna Hasan, Anum Hasan, and Iqra Hasan.
S. 115, for the relief of Richi James Lesley.
S. 353, for the relief of Denes and Gyorgyi Fulop.
S. 1042, for the relief of Tchisou Tho.
S. 1635, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to ensure the integrity of the L-1 visa for intracompany transferees, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
S. 1784, to eliminate the safe-harbor exception for certain packaged pseudoephedrine products used in the manufacture of methamphetamine.
S. 2012, for the relief of Luay Lufti Hadad.
S. 2044, for the relief of Alemseghed Mussie Tesfamical.
S. 2089, to allow aliens who are eligible for diversity visas to be eligible beyond the fiscal year in which they applied.
S. 2314, for the relief of Nabil Raja Dandan, Ketty Dandan, Souzi Dandan, Raja Nabil Dandan, and Sandra Dandan.
S. 2331, for the relief of Fereshteh Sani. 

Page S10365

Measures Passed:

Congressional Accountability Act: Senate passed H.R. 5122, to amend the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to permit members of the Board of Directors of the Office of Compliance to serve for 2 terms, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto as follows: 

Page S10378

Collins (for Lott) Amendment No. 3954, relating to the effective date. 
Page S10378

Honoring Former President Jimmy Carter: Senate agreed to S. Res. 446, honoring former President James Earl (Jimmy) Carter on the occasion of his 80th birthday. 
Pages S10378-79

National Intelligence Reform Act: Senate continued consideration of S. 2845, to reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 

Pages S10296-S10358

Adopted:
Collins/Lieberman Amendment No. 3950 (to Amendment No. 3705), to make certain technical amendments. 
Pages S10309-10

Collins Amendment No. 3705, to provide for homeland security grant coordination and simplification. 
Pages S10296, S10310, S10315-16

Warner Further Modified Amendment No. 3877, to modify the role of the National Intelligence Director in the appointment of intelligence officials of the United States Government. 
Pages S10296, S10327

Stevens Modified Amendment No. 3829, to modify and clarify the effective date provisions. 
Pages S10296, S10329

Stevens Modified Amendment No. 3826, to modify the duties of the Director of the National Counterterrorism Center as the principal advisor to the President on counterterrorism matters. 
Pages S10296, S10330-31

Roberts Modified Amendment No. 3740, to make certain revisions to the bill, including providing for conforming amendments on responsibilities of the Secretary of Defense pertaining to the National Intelligence Program. 
Pages S10296, S10331-32

Roberts Modified Amendment No. 3748, to clarify the duties and responsibilities of the Ombudsman of the National Intelligence Authority and of the Analytic Review Unit within the Office of the Ombudsman. 
Pages S10296, S10332

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Lieberman (for Nelson (FL)) Modified Amendment No. 3841, to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to implement a watchlist for passengers of cruise ships. 

Pages S10296, S10351-58

Lieberman (for Akaka) Modified Amendment No. 3833, to require a report on the implementation of recommendations of the Defense Science Board on preventing and defending against clandestine nuclear attack. 
Pages S10351-58

Collins (for Snowe) Modified Amendment No. 3910, to require a study regarding establishing a secure facility for high-threat international cargo aircraft. 
Pages S10351-58

Lieberman (for Boxer) Amendment No. 3836, to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to award grants to improve first-responder communications systems. 
Pages S10351-58

Lieberman (for Inouye) Modified Amendment No. 3757, to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to report to the Congress on the technological capabilities and equipment for Transportation Security Administration field offices. 
Pages S10351-58

Collins (for Domenici) Modified Amendment No. 3859, to provide that an authorized national intelligence center address each of the nuclear terrorism threats, chemical terrorism threats, and biological terrorism threats confronting the United States. 
Pages S10351-58

Collins (for Domenici) Amendment No. 3860, to improve the working relationship between the intelligence community and the National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center. 
Pages S10351-58

Allard Amendment No. 3778, to improve the management of the personnel of the National Intelligence Authority. 
Pages S10296, S10351-58

Collins (for Specter) Modified Amendment No. 3818, to require a study relative to a nationwide interoperable communications network. 
Pages S10351-58

Lieberman (for Jeffords) Modified Amendment No. 3832, to provide for communications equipment interoperability. 
Pages S10351-58

Lieberman (for Bingaman) Amendment No. 3814, to provide the sense of Congress that United States foreign assistance should be provided to South Asia, Southeast Asia, West Africa, the Horn of Africa, North and North Central Africa, the Arabian peninsula, Central and Eastern Europe, and South America to prevent the establishment of terrorist sanctuaries. 
Pages S10351-58

Lieberman (for Hollings) Amendment No. 3901, to require certain overdue reports relating to maritime security to be transmitted to the Congress within 90 days. 
Pages S10351-58

Reid (for Durbin) Amendment No. 3923, to ensure the balance of privacy and civil liberties. 
Pages S10344, S10351-58

Lieberman (for Levin/Coleman) Modified Amendment No. 3867, to curtail the international financing of terrorism, and to impose a one-year cooling off period for former Federal bank examiners. 
Pages S10351-58

Collins (for Allard) Modified Amendment No. 3722, to facilitate the utilization of United States commercial remote sensing space capabilities for filling imagery and geospatial information requirements. 
Pages S10351-58

Levin/Alexander Amendment No. 3825, to permit reviews of criminal records of applicants for private security officer employment. 
Pages S10321-22, S10351-58

Lieberman (for Feingold) Modified Amendment No. 3762, to improve information-sharing by the national intelligence centers. 
Pages S10351-58

Lieberman (for Kennedy) Amendment No. 3952, to provide protections for human subjects in research conducted or supported by the Department of Homeland Security.
Rejected:
Byrd Amendment No. 3845, to enhance the role of Congress in the oversight of the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government. (By 62 yeas to 29 nays (Vote No.195), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
Pages S10296-S10309, S10310-15, S10327-29

Collins (for Stevens) Modified Amendment No. 3903, to modify the provisions relating to the availability to the public of intelligence funding information. (By 55 yeas to 37 nays (Vote No. 196), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
Pages S10296, S10324-27, S10329-30

Subsequently, the motion to reconsider the vote by which Senate tabled Collins (for Stevens) Modified Amendment No. 3903 (listed above) was tabled. 
Page S10330

Withdrawn:
Roberts Amendment No. 3741, to permit the National Intelligence Director to modify National Intelligence Program budgets before their approval and submittal to the President. 
Pages S10296, S10332

Roberts Amendment No. 3744, to clarify the limitation on the transfer of funds and personnel and to preserve and enhance congressional oversight of intelligence activities. 
Pages S10296, S10332

Roberts Amendment No. 3751, to clarify the responsibilities of the Secretary of Defense pertaining to the National Intelligence Program. 
Pages S10296, S10332D996

Pending: 

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Lautenberg Amendment No. 3767, to specify that the National Intelligence Director shall serve for one or more terms of up to 5 years each. 

Page S10296

Kyl Amendment No. 3801, to modify the privacy and civil liberties oversight. 
Page S10296

Feinstein Amendment No. 3718, to improve the intelligence functions of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
Page S10296

Stevens Amendment No. 3839, to strike section 201, relating to public disclosure of intelligence funding. 
Page S10296

Ensign Amendment No. 3819, to require the Secretary of State to increase the number of consular officers, clarify the responsibilities and functions of consular officers, and require the Secretary of Homeland Security to increase the number of border patrol agents and customs enforcement investigators. 
Page S10296

Reid (for Schumer) Amendment No. 3887, to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to cover individuals, other than United States persons, who engage in international terrorism without affiliation with an international terrorist group. 
Page S10296

Reid (for Schumer) Amendment No. 3888, to establish the United States Homeland Security Signal Corps to ensure proper communications between law enforcement agencies. 
Page S10296

Reid (for Schumer) Amendment No. 3889, to establish a National Commission on the United States-Saudi Arabia Relationship. 
Page S10296

Reid (for Schumer) Amendment No. 3890, to improve the security of hazardous materials transported by truck. 
Page S10296

Reid (for Schumer) Amendment No. 3891, to improve rail security. 
Page S10296

Reid (for Schumer) Amendment No. 3892, to strengthen border security. 
Page S10296

Reid (for Schumer) Amendment No. 3893, to require inspection of cargo at ports in the United States. 
Page S10296

Reid (for Schumer) Amendment No. 3894, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to enhance cybersecurity. 
Page S10296

Leahy/Grassley Amendment No. 3945, to require Congressional oversight of translators employed and contracted for by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
Page S10296

Reed Amendment No. 3908, to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to award grants to public transportation agencies to improve security. 
Page S10296

Reid (for Corzine/Lautenberg) Amendment No. 3849, to protect human health and the environment from the release of hazardous substances by acts of terrorism. 
Page S10296

Reid (for Lautenberg) Amendment No. 3782, to require that any Federal funds appropriated to the Department of Homeland Security for grants or other assistance be allocated based strictly on an assessment of risks and vulnerabilities. 
Page S10296

Reid (for Lautenberg) Amendment No. 3905, to provide for maritime transportation security. 
Page S10296

Reid (for Harkin) Amendment No. 3821, to modify the functions of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. 
Page S10296

Roberts Amendment No. 3739, to ensure the sharing of intelligence information in a manner that promotes all-sources analysis and to assign responsibility for competitive analysis. 
Page S10296

Roberts Amendment No. 3750, to clarify the responsibilities of the Directorate of Intelligence of the National Counterterrorism Center for information-sharing and intelligence analysis. 
Page S10296

Roberts Amendment No. 3747, to provide the National Intelligence Director with flexible administrative authority with respect to the National Intelligence Authority. 
Page S10296

Roberts Amendment No. 3742, to clarify the continuing applicability of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 to the obligation and expenditure of funds appropriated for the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States. 
Page S10296

Kyl Amendment No. 3926, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to ensure that nonimmigrant visas are not issued to individuals with connections to terrorism or who intend to carry out terrorist activities in the United States. 
Page S10296

Kyl Amendment No. 3881, to protect crime victims' rights. 
Page S10296

Kyl Amendment No. 3724, to strengthen anti-terrorism investigative tools, promote information sharing, punish terrorist offenses. 
Page S10296

Stevens Amendment No. 3827, to strike section 206, relating to information sharing. 
Pages S10296, S10331

Stevens Amendment No. 3840, to strike the fiscal and acquisition authorities of the National Intelligence Authority. 
Page S10296

Stevens Amendment No. 3882, to propose an alternative section 141, relating to the Inspector General of the National Intelligence Authority. 
Page S10296

Collins (for Inhofe) Amendment No. 3946 (to Amendment No. 3849), in the nature of a substitute. 
Page S10296

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Sessions Amendment No. 3928, to require aliens to make an oath prior to receiving a nonimmigrant visa. 

Page S10296

Sessions Amendment No. 3873, to protect railroad carriers and mass transportation from terrorism. 
Page S10296

Sessions Amendment No. 3871, to provide for enhanced Federal, State, and local enforcement of the immigration laws. 
Pages S10296, S10344-45

Sessions Amendment No. 3870, to make information sharing permanent under the USA PATRIOT Act. 
Page S10296

Warner Amendment No. 3876, to preserve certain authorities and accountability in the implementation of intelligence reform. 
Page S10296

Collins (for Cornyn) Amendment No. 3803, to provide for enhanced criminal penalties for crimes related to alien smuggling. 
Page S10296

Collins (for Baucus/Roberts) Modified Amendment No. 3768, to require an annual report on the allocation of funding within the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury. 
Page S10296

Frist (for McConnell) Amendment No. 3930, to clarify that a volunteer for a federally-created citizen volunteer program and for the program's State and local affiliates is protected by the Volunteer Protection Act. 
Page S10296

Frist (for McConnell) Amendment No. 3931, to remove civil liability barriers that discourage the donation of equipment to volunteer fire companies. 
Page S10296

Levin Modified Amendment No. 3809, to exempt military personnel from certain personnel transfer authorities. 
Pages S10321-22

Levin Amendment No. 3810, to clarify the definition of National Intelligence Program. 
Pages S10321-22

Stevens Amendment No. 3830, to modify certain provisions relating to the Central Intelligence Agency. 
Page S10331

Warner Amendment No. 3875, to clarify the definition of National Intelligence Program. 
Pages S10334-38

Warner Amendment No. 3874, to provide for the treatment of programs, projects, and activities within the Joint Military Intelligence Program and Tactical Intelligence and Related Activities programs as of the date of the enactment of the Act. 
Pages S10334-38

Reid (for Leahy) Amendment No. 3913, to address enforcement of certain subpoenas. 
Pages S10338-39

Reid (for Leahy) Amendment No. 3915, to establish criteria for placing individuals on the consolidated screening watch list of the Terrorist Screening Center. 
Pages S10338-39

Reid (for Leahy) Amendment No. 3916, to strengthen civil liberties protections. 
Pages S10338-39

Collins (for Frist) Modified Amendment No. 3895, to establish the National Counterproliferation Center within the National Intelligence Authority. 
Pages S10342-44

Collins (for Frist) Amendment No. 3896, to include certain additional Members of Congress among the congressional intelligence committees. 
Pages S10342-44

Sessions (for Grassley) Amendment No. 3850, to require the inclusion of information regarding visa revocations in the National Crime Information Center database. 
Page S10345

Sessions (for Grassley) Amendment No. 3851, to clarify the effects of revocation of a visa. 
Page S10345

Sessions (for Grassley) Amendment No. 3855, to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, to increase the penalties for smuggling goods into the United States. 
Page S10345

Sessions (for Grassley) Amendment No. 3856, to establish a United States drug interdiction coordinator for Federal agencies. 
Page S10345

Sessions/Ensign Amendment No. 3872, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require fingerprints on United States passports and to require countries desiring to participate in the Visa Waiver Program to issue passports that conform to the biometric standards required for United States passports. 
Page S10345

A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that Members have until 9:45 a.m. on Tuesday, October 5, 2004, in order to file second degree amendments as under rule 22. 
Page S10379

A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the bill at 9:40 a.m., Tuesday, October 4, 2004, with a vote on the motion to invoke cloture to occur at 9:45 a.m. 
Page S10379

Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act: Senate insisted on its amendment, agreed to the House request for a conference, and the Chair was authorized to appoint the following conferees on the part of the Senate: Senators Grassley, Frist, and Baucus. 

Page S10379

Appointments:

Commission on the Abraham Lincoln Study Abroad Fellowship Program: The Chair, on behalf of the Majority Leader and Democratic Leader of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, pursuant to Public Law 108-199, Section 104(c)(1), announced the joint appointment of the following individual to serve as Chairman of the

Commission on the Abraham Lincoln Study Abroad Fellowship Program: Peter McPherson. 

Page S10378

Executive Communications: 

Pages S10363-65

Executive Reports of Committees: 

Page S10365

Additional Cosponsors: 

Pages S10366-67

Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: 

Pages S10367-69

Additional Statements: 

Pages S10362-63

Amendments Submitted: 

Pages S10369-77

Notices of Hearings/Meetings: 

Page S10377

Authority for Committees to Meet: 

Page S10377

Privilege of the Floor: 

Page S10378

Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--196) 

Pages S10328-29, S10330

Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and adjourned at 9:18 p.m., until 9 a.m., on Tuesday, October 5, 2004. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S10379.) 

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Committee Meetings


(Committees not listed did not meet)

BUSINESS MEETING


Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 1784, to eliminate the safe-harbor exception for certain packaged pseudoephedrine products used in the manufacture of methamphetamine;
S. 2089, to allow aliens who are eligible for diversity visas to be eligible beyond the fiscal year in which they applied;
S. 115, for the relief of Richi James Lesley;
S. 2331, for the relief of Fereshteh Sani;
S. 1042, for the relief of Tchisou Tho;
S. 2314, for the relief of Nabil Raja Dandan, Ketty Dandan, Souzi Dandan, Raja Nabil Dandan, and Sandra Dandan;
S. 353, for the relief of Denes and Gyorgyi Fulop;
H.R. 867, for the relief of Durreshahwar Durreshahwar, Nida Hasan, Asna Hasan, Anum Hasan, and Iqra Hasan;
S. 2012, for the relief of Luay Lufti Hadad;
S. 2044, for the relief of Alemseghed Mussie Tesfamical; and
The nominations of Susan Bieke Neilson, of Michigan, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, Christopher A. Boyko, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, and Beryl A. Howell, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission.

House of Representatives


Chamber Action


Measures Introduced: 9 public bills, H.R. 5201-5209; and 6 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 508-509, and H. Res. 815-818, were introduced. 

Page H8038

Additional Cosponsors: 

Pages H8038-39

Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
S. 551, to provide for the implementation of air quality programs developed in accordance with an Intergovernmental Agreement between the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and the State of Colorado concerning Air Quality Control on the Southern Ute Indian Reservation (H. Rept. 108-712, Pt. 2);
S. 1814, to transfer federal lands between the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior (H. Rept. 108-716, Pt. 1);
H.R. 3176, to designate the Ojito Wilderness Study Area as wilderness, to take certain land into trust for the Pueblo of Zia, amended (H. Rept. 108-717);
H.R. 4389, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct facilities to provide water for irrigation, municipal, domestic, military, and other uses from the Santa Margarita River, California (H. Rept. 108-718, Pt. 1);
H.R. 3391, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain lands and facilities of the Provo River Project, amended (H. Rept. 108-719);
H.R. 4593, to establish wilderness areas, promote conservation, improve public land, and provide for the high quality development in Lincoln County, Nevada, amended (H. Rept. 108-720);
H.R. 4667, to authorize and facilitate hydroelectric power licensing of the Tapoco Project (H. Rept. 108-721, Pt. 1);
Investigation of Certain Allegations Related to Voting on the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (H. Rept. 108-722);
H. Res. 814, providing for consideration of S. 878, to authorize an additional permanent judgeship in the district of Idaho (H. Rept. 108-723); and 

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H.R. 10, to provide for reform of the intelligence community, terrorism prevention and prosecution, border security, and international cooperation and coordination, amended (H. Rept. 108-724, Pts. 1, 2 and 3). 

Pages H8037-38

Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed Representative Shuster to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 

Page H7947

Recess: The House recessed at 12:37 p.m. and reconvened at 2 p.m. 

Page H7948

Commission on the Abraham Lincoln Study Abroad Fellowship Program: The Chair announced that the Speaker and Minority Leader, with the Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate, jointly appointed Mr. Melville Peter McPherson of East Lansing, Michigan as Chairman of the Commission on the Abraham Lincoln Study Abroad Fellowship Program. 

Page H7948

Commission on Systemic Interoperability: The Chair announced the Speaker's appointment of Mr. Gary A. Mecklenburg of Chicago, Illinois, and Dr. Don E. Detmer of Crozet, Virginia, to the Commission on Systemic Interoperability. 

Page H7948

Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance: The Chair announced the Speaker's appointment of Ms. Norine Fuller of Arlington, Virginia, to the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance for a three-year term. 

Page H7948

Election Assistance Commission Board of Advisors: Read a letter from the Minority Leader wherein she appointed Mr. Douglas H. Palmer of Trenton, New Jersey to the Election Assistance Commission Board of Advisors. 

Page H7949

Assignment of reserved bill numbers: Agreed that the numbers H.R. 3, H.R. 9, and H.R. 10 shall be available during the 2d session of the 108th Congress for assignment by the Speaker to such bills as he may designate. 

Page H7950

Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the following measures:
Petrified Forest National Park Expansion Act of 2003: H.R. 1630, amended, to revise the boundary of the Petrified Forest National Park in the State of Arizona; 

Pages H7950-51

Taunton, Massachusetts Special Resources Study Act: H.R. 2129, amended, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resources study regarding the suitability and feasibility of designating certain historic buildings and areas in Taunton, Massachusetts, as a unit of the National Park System; 
Pages H7951-52

Facilitating the resolution of a minor boundary encroachment on Union Pacific Railroad Company lands: H.R. 4817, amended, to facilitate the resolution of a minor boundary encroachment on lands of the Union Pacific Railroad Company in Tipton, California; 
Page H7952

Recognizing that November 2, 2003 shall be dedicated to ``A Tribute to Survivors'' at the U.S. Holocaust Museum: S. Con. Res. 76, recognizing that November 2, 2003, shall be dedicated to ``A Tribute to Survivors'' at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 331 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 487; 
Pages H7952-54, H7979

Tapoco Project Licensing Act of 2004: S. 2319, to authorize and facilitate hydroelectric power licensing of the Tapoco Project--clearing the measure for the President; 
Pages H7954-55

Edward H. McDaniel American Legion Post No. 22 Land Conveyance Act: S. 1521, amended, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to the Edward H. McDaniel American Legion Post No. 22 in Pahrump, Nevada, for the construction of a post building and memorial park for use by the American Legion, other veterans' groups, and the local community; 
Pages H7955-58

Agreed to amend the title so as to read: to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to the Edward H. McDaniel American Legion Post No. 22 in Pahrump, Nevada, for the construction of a post building and memorial park for use by the American Legion, other veterans' groups, and the local community. 
Page H7958

Lincoln County Conservation, Recreation, and Development Act of 2004: H.R. 4593, amended, to establish wilderness areas, promote conservation, improve public land, and provide for the high quality development in Lincoln County, Nevada; 
Pages H7958-65

Amending the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act: H.R. 2960, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the Brownsville Public Utility Board water recycling and desalinization project; 
Page H7965

Provo River Project Transfer Act: H.R. 3391, amended, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain lands and facilities of the Provo River Project; 
Pages H7965-67

Authorizing the construction of facilities to provide water for various uses from the Santa Margarita River in California: H.R. 4389, amended, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct facilities to provide water for irrigation, municipal, domestic, military, and other uses from the Santa Margarita River, California; 
Pages H7967-69

Directing the Secretary of the Interior to convey land held for the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah to the City of Richfield, Utah: H.R. 3982, to direct the Secretary of Interior to convey certain land held in trust for the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah to the City of Richfield, Utah; 
Pages H7969-70

Alaska Native Allotment Subdivision Act: S. 1421, to authorize the subdivision and dedication of D1000restricted land owned by Alaska Natives--clearing the measure for the President; 
Pages H7970-71

Noxious Weed Control Act of 2004: S. 144, amended, to require the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to provide assistance through States to eligible weed management entities to control or eradicate harmful, nonnative weeds on public and private land; 
Pages H7971-72

Agreed to amend the title so as to read: to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program to provide assistance to eligible weed management entities to control or eradicate noxious weeds on public and private land. 
Page H7972

Transferring federal lands between the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior: S. 1814, to transfer federal lands between the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 333 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 488--clearing the measure for the President; 
Pages H7972-74, H7979-80

Congratulating the American Dental Association for sponsoring the second annual ``Give Kids a Smile'' program: H. Res. 567, congratulating the American Dental Association for sponsoring the second annual ``Give Kids a Smile'' program, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 338 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 489; 
Pages H7974-76, H7980-81

Southern Ute and Colorado Intergovernmental Agreement Implementation Act of 2003: S. 551, to provide for the implementation of air quality programs developed in accordance with an Intergovernmental Agreement between the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and the State of Colorado concerning Air Quality Control on the Southern Ute Indian Reservation--clearing the measure for the President; 
Pages H7976-77

Clarifying the treatment of supplemental appropriations for continuing appropriations for FY05: H.R. 5202, to clarify the treatment of supplemental appropriations in calculating the rate for operations applicable for continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2005; 
Pages H7977-78

North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004: Agree to the Senate amendment to H.R. 4011, to promote human rights and freedom in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea--clearing the measure for the President; 
Pages H7981-86

Urging the Government of Ukraine to ensure a democratic election process for the presidential election on October 31, 2004: H. Con. Res. 415, amended, urging the Government of Ukraine to ensure a democratic, transparent, and fair election process for the presidential election on October 31, 2004; 
Pages H7986-89

Belarus Democracy Act of 2003: H.R. 854, amended, to provide for the promotion of democracy, human rights, and rule of law in the Republic of Belarus and for the consolidation and strengthening of Belarus sovereignty and independence; 
Pages H8089-92

Commending Greece for the successful completion of the 2004 Summer Olympic Games: H. Res. 774, commending the people and Government of Greece for the successful completion of the 2004 Summer Olympic Games; 
Pages H7992-94

Expressing the sense of Congress regarding oppression of Falun Gong in the U.S. and in China: H. Con. Res. 304, expressing the sense of Congress regarding oppression by the Government of the People's Republic of China of Falun Gong in the United States and in China; and 
Pages H7994-97

Expressing the sense of Congress with regard to providing humanitarian assistance to countries of the Caribbean devastated by hurricanes: H. Con. Res. 496, amended, expressing the sense of Congress with regard to providing humanitarian assistance to countries of the Caribbean devastated by Hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne. 
Pages H7997-H1800

Recess: The House recessed at 3:18 and reconvened at 4:17 p.m. 

Page H7977

Recess: The House recessed at 4:27 p.m. and reconvened at 6:30 p.m. 

Page H7978

Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page H7948.

Senate Referrals: S. 2273 was referred to the Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure; S. 2435 was referred to the Committee on Government Reform; S. 2495 was referred to the Committee on Resources; S. 2882 was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary; and S. 2883 and S. 2884 were held at the desk. 

Page H8034

Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes developed during the proceedings of today. There were no quorum calls. 

Pages H7979, H7979-80, H7980-81

Amendments: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on pages H8039.

Adjournment: The House met at 12:30 p.m. and adjourned at 12 midnight. 

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Committee Meetings


BANKRUPTCY JUDGESHIP ACT


Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a structured rule providing one hour of general debate on S. 878, Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2003, equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill shall be considered as an original bill for the purpose of amendment and shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points of order against the committee amendment in the nature of D1001a substitute. The rule makes in order only those amendments printed in the Rules Committee report accompanying the resolution. The rule provides that the amendments printed in the report may be offered only in the order designated in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for a division of the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. The rule waives all points of order against the amendments printed in the report. Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. Testimony was heard from Chairman Sensenbrenner and Representatives Simpson and Berman. 

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Joint Meetings


AMERICAN JOBS CREATION ACT


Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate and House passed versions of H.R. 4520, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove impediments in such Code and make our manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses and workers more competitive and productive both at home and abroad, but did not complete action thereon.

NEW PUBLIC LAWS


(For last listing of Public Laws, see
Daily Digest , p. D947)
H.R. 5149, to reauthorize the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant program through March 31, 2005. Signed on September 30, 2004. (Public Law 108-308)
H.J. Res. 107, making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2005. Signed on September 30, 2004. (Public Law 108-309)

COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,


OCTOBER 5, 2004


(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)

Senate


Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Pamela Hughes Patenaude, of New Hampshire, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 2:30 p.m., SD-538.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold hearings to examine issues relating to E-Rate, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the progress of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
Committee on Governmental Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Gregory E. Jackson, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 10 a.m., SD-342.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold hearings to examine public-private partnerships to improve nutrition and increase physical activity in children, 10 a.m., SD-430.
Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine opening the presidency to naturalized Americans, 10 a.m., SD-226.
Committee on Rules and Administration: business meeting to consider S. Res. 445, to eliminate certain restrictions on service of a Senator on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, 9:30 a.m., SR-305.

House


Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, on Influenza Vaccine, 9:30 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
Committee on Government Reform , Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations, hearing entitled ``The U.N. Oil for Food Program: Cash Cow Meets Paper Tiger,'' 11 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
Committee on International Relations , Subcommittee on Europe, to mark up the following measures: H. Res. 726, Congratulating the people of Serbia and government of Serbia for conducting a democratic, free and fair presidential election and for reaffirming Serbia's commitment to peace, democracy and the rule of law; H.R. 733, Calling on the Government of Libya to review the legal actions taken against several Bulgarian medical workers; H. Res. 341, Urging the President of the European Union to add Hezbollah to the European Union's wide-ranging list of terrorist organizations; H. Res. 483, Pledging continued United States support for the sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity, and democratic and economic reforms of the Republic of Georgia; and H. Con. Res. 412, Relating to the reunification of Cyprus, 1:30 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
Committee on the Judiciary , Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property, oversight hearing on Peer-to-Peer Piracy (P2P) on University Campuses: An Update, 9 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.

Joint Meetings


Conference: Meeting of conferees on H.R. 4850, 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, 2005, 5 p.m., H-140, Capitol. 

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Next Meeting of the
SENATE

9 a.m., Tuesday, October 5

Senate Chamber

Program for Tuesday: After the transaction of any morning business (not to extend beyond 9:40 a.m.), Senate will continue consideration of S. 2845, National Intelligence Reform Act, with a vote on the motion to invoke cloture to occur at 9:45 a.m.
Next Meeting of the

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

9 a.m., Tuesday, October 5

House Chamber

Program for Tuesday: Consideration of Suspensions:
(1) H. Con. Res. 306--Honoring the service of Native American Indians in the United States Armed Forces;
(2) H. Con. Res. 480--Recognizing the spirit of Jacob Mock Doub and his contribution to encouraging youth to be physically active and fit and expressing the sense of Congress that ``National Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day'' should be established in Jacob Mock Doub's honor;
(3) H.R. 918--Patient Navigator, Outreach, and Chronic Disease Prevention Act of 2003;
(4) H.R. 3015--National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Act of 2003;
(5) H.R. 3858--Pancreatic Islet Cell Transplantation Act of 2004;
(6) H.R. 2023--Asthmatic Schoolchildren's Treatment and Health Management Act of 2004;
(7) H.R. 4555--Mammography Quality Standards Reauthorization Act of 2004;
(8) H.R. 2929--Safeguard Against Privacy Invasions (SPY) Act;
(9) H. Con. Res. 250--Recognizing community organization of public access defibrillation programs;
(10) H. Con. Res. 34--Expressing the sense of the Congress that private health insurance companies should take a proactive role in promoting healthy lifestyles;
(11) H.R. 4504--Orderly and Timely Interstate Placement of Foster Children Act of 2004;
(12) H.J. Res. 57--Expressing the sense of the Congress in recognition of the contributions of the seven Columbia astronauts by supporting establishment of a Columbia Memorial Space Science Learning Center; and
(13) H.R. 5011--Military Personnel Financial Services Protection Act.
Consideration of S. 878, Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2003 (structured rule, one hour of debate).

Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue

HOUSE

Berry, Marion, Ark., E1792, E1793

Bilirakis, Michael, Fla., E1780, E1782

Cardin, Benjamin L., Md., E1787

Case, Ed, Hawaii, E1793

Costello, Jerry F., Ill., E1784

DeLauro, Rosa L., Conn., E1786, E1787

Dreier, David, Calif., E1797

Dunn, Jennifer, Wash., E1788

Emerson, Jo Ann, Mo., E1795

Engel, Eliot L., N.Y., E1796

Eshoo, Anna G., Calif., E1783

Farr, Sam, Calif., E1780, E1782

Grijalva, Raul M., Ariz., E1790

Hulshof, Kenny C., Mo., E1788

Jackson, Jesse L., Jr., Ill., E1793

Lantos, Tom, Calif., E1790, E1792

McDermott, Jim, Wash., E1783

McInnis, Scott, Colo., E1790, E1792, E1793, E1794, E1794, E1795, E1795, E1796, E1796, E1796

Maloney, Carolyn B., N.Y., E1786, E1787

Menendez, Robert, N.J., E1787

Moran, James P., Va., E1785

Nadler, Jerrold, N.Y., E1785

Nethercutt, George R., Jr., Wash., E1796

Pallone, Frank, Jr., N.J., E1779, E1780, E1783

Pence, Mike, Ind., E1785

Pombo, Richard W., Calif., E1779, E1780

Rogers, Mike, Ala., E1788, E1796

Sanders, Bernard, Vt., E1784

Sessions, Pete, Tex., E1794

Smith, Lamar S., Tex., E1788

Sullivan, John, Okla., E1786

Velazquez, Nydia M., N.Y., E1784

Waxman, Henry A., Calif., E1783

Woolsey, Lynn C., Calif., E1794 

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