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Monday, April 5, 2004


Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS



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Senate


Chamber Action


Routine Proceedings, pages S3623-S3733

Measures Introduced: Four bills and one resolution were introduced, as follows: S. 2280-2283, and S. Res. 331. 

Page S3631-32

Measures Reported: S. 2056, to increase the penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane language, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 108-253) 

Page S3631

Measures Passed:

Adjournment Resolution: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 404, providing for a conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives and a conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate. 

Page S3624

Jumpstart Our Business Strength (JOBS) Act: Senate resumed consideration of S. 1637, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to comply with the World Trade Organization rulings on the FSC/ETI benefit in a manner that preserves jobs and production activities in the United States, to reform and simplify the international taxation rules of the United States, taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 

Page S3628

Pending:
Harkin Amendment No. 2881, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to clarify provisions relating to overtime pay. 
Page S3628

Frist Motion to Recommit the bill to the Committee on Finance, with instructions to report back forthwith with the following amendment: 
Page S3628

Frist Amendment No. 3011 (to the instructions of the Motion to Recommit the bill to the Committee on Finance), in the nature of a substitute. 
Page S3628

Frist Amendment No. 3012 (to the instructions (Amendment No. 3011) of the Motion to Recommit the bill to the Committee on Finance), relative to the effective date following enactment of the Act. 
Page S3628

Frist Amendment No. 3013 (to Amendment No. 3012), relative to the effective date following enactment of the Act. 
Page S3628

Withdrawn:
McConnell Motion to Recommit the bill to the Committee on Finance, with instructions. 
Page S3628

Subsequently, the following amendments and motion fell when the McConnell Motion to Recommit, with instructions (listed above) was withdrawn: 
Page S3628

McConnell (for Frist) Amendment No. 2886, in the nature of a substitute. 
Page S3628

Grassley Amendment No. 2898 (to the instructions (Amendment No. 2886) of the motion to recommit (listed above)), relative to the effective date following enactment of the Act. 
Page S3628

Grassley Amendment No. 2926 (to Amendment No. 2898), relative to the effective date following enactment of the Act. 
Page S3628

Frist motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion to invoke cloture on McConnell Motion to Recommit the bill to the Committee on Finance failed. 
Page S3628

A motion was entered to close further debate on the Frist Motion to Recommit the bill, with instructions (listed above) and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur on Wednesday, April 7, 2004. 
Page S3628

Pregnancy and Trauma Care Access Protection Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 11 a.m., on Tuesday, April 6, 2004, Senate resume consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 2207, to improve women's access to health care services, and the access of all individuals to emergency and trauma care services, by reducing the excessive burden D353the liability system places on the delivery of such services. 

Page S3730

Appointments:

Commission on Systemic Interoperability: The Chair, on behalf of the Democratic Leader, pursuant to Public Law 108-173, appointed the following individual to serve as a member of the Commission on Systemic Interoperability: Frederick W. Slunecka of South Dakota. 

Pages S3729-30

American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress: The Chair, on behalf of the President pro tempore, pursuant to Public Law 94-201, as amended by Public Law 105-275, appointed the following individuals as members of the Board of Trustees of the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress: Mickey Hart of California and Dennis Holub of South Dakota. 
Page S3729

Messages From the House: 

Page S3631

Additional Cosponsors: 

Page S3632

Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: 

Pages S3632-33

Additional Statements: 

Pages S3628-31

Amendments Submitted: 

Pages S3633-S3729

Adjournment: Senate convened at 1 p.m., and adjourned at 4:04 p.m., until 10 a.m., on Tuesday, April 6, 2004. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S3730.) 

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Committee Meetings


No committee meetings were held.

House of Representatives


Chamber Action


The House was not in session today. Pursuant to the provisions of H. Con. Res. 361, 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 Tuesday, April 20, 2004.

Committee Meetings


No Committee meetings were held.

COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,


APRIL 6, 2004


(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)

Senate


Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2005 for the Department of Veterans Affairs, 2 p.m., SD-192.
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water, to hold hearings to examine S. 1366, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to make grants to State and tribal governments to assist State and tribal efforts to manage and control the spread of chronic wasting disease in deer and elk herds, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.

House


No Committee meetings are scheduled. 

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Next Meeting of the
SENATE

10 a.m., Tuesday, April 6

Senate Chamber

Program for Tuesday: After the transaction of any morning business (not to extend beyond 11 a.m.), Senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 2207, Pregnancy and Trauma Care Access Protection Act.

Next Meeting of the
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

2 p.m., Tuesday, April 20

House Chamber

Program for Monday: To be announced. 

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