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Monday, September 8, 2003


Daily Digest


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Senate


Chamber Action


Routine Proceedings, pages S11173-S11190

Measures Introduced: Four bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1589-1592. 

Page S11186

Measures Reported:

S. 1589, making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation and Treasury, the Executive Office of the President, and certain independent agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004. (S. Rept. No. 108-146) 

Page S11186

Measures Passed:

Welcoming the Dalai Lama: Committee on Foreign Relations was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 212, welcoming His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama and recognizing his commitment to non-violence, human rights, freedom, and democracy, and the resolution was then agreed to, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto: 

Page S11190

Stevens (for Feinstein) Amendment No. 1589 (to the preamble), to make a technical correction. 
Page S11190

Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Appropriations: Senate resumed 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, taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 

Pages S11174-84

Pending:
Specter Amendment No. 1542, in the nature of a substitute. 
Pages S11174-84

Byrd Amendment No. 1543 (to Amendment No. 1542), to provide additional funding for education for the disadvantaged. 
Page S11174

Akaka Amendment No. 1544 (to Amendment No. 1542), to provide funding for the Excellence in Economic Education Act of 2001. 
Page S11174

Mikulski Amendment No. 1552 (to Amendment No. 1542), to increase funding for programs under the Nurse Reinvestment Act and other nursing workforce development programs. 
Page S11174

Kohl Amendment No. 1558 (to Amendment No. 1542), to provide additional funding for the ombudsman program for the protection of vulnerable older Americans. 
Pages S11174-75

Kennedy Amendment No. 1566 (to Amendment No. 1542), to increase student financial aid by an amount that matches the increase in low- and middle-income family college costs. 
Page S11175

Dodd Amendment No. 1572 (to Amendment No. 1542), to provide additional funding for grants to States under part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. 
Page S11175

DeWine Amendment No. 1561 (to Amendment No. 1542), to provide funds to support graduate medical education programs in children's hospitals. 
Page S11175

DeWine Amendment No. 1560 (to Amendment No. 1542), to provide funds to support poison control centers. 
Page S11175

DeWine Amendment No. 1578 (to Amendment No. 1542), to provide funding for the Underground Railroad Education and Cultural Program. 
Page S11175

Harkin Amendment No. 1580 (to Amendment No. 1542), to protect the rights of employees to receive overtime compensation. 
Page S11175

A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the bill at 9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, September 9, 2003. 
Page S11190

Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
Michael O'Grady, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Domingo S. Herraiz, of Ohio, to be Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance.
4 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
2 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
Routine lists in the Army, Navy. 

Page S11190

Messages From the House: 

Page S11185

Executive Communications: 

Pages S11185-86

Additional Cosponsors: 

Pages S11186-87

Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: 

Pages S11182-89

Amendments Submitted: 

Pages S11189-90D964

Adjournment: Senate met at 1 p.m., and adjourned at 4:24 p.m., until 9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, September 9, 2003. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S11190.) 

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Committee Meetings


No committee meetings were held.

House of Representatives


Chamber Action


The House was not in session today. It will meet at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 9 for morning hour debate.

Committee Meetings


No committee meetings were held.

COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,


SEPTEMBER 9, 2003


(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)

Senate


Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine U.S. military commitments and ongoing military operations abroad, 10 a.m., SD-106.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the implementation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (Public Law 107-204), and restoring investor confidence, 10 a.m., SD-538.

Subcommittee on Financial Institutions, to hold oversight hearings to examine the Federal Home Loan Bank system, 2 p.m., SD-538.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold oversight hearings to examine the state of transportation security, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Suedeen G. Kelly, of New Mexico, to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and Rick A. Dearborn, of Oklahoma, to be Assistant Secretary of Energy for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs, 10 a.m., SD-366.

Subcommittee on National Parks, to hold hearings to examine S. 808, to provide for expansion of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, S. 1107, to enhance the Recreational Fee Demonstration Program for the National Park Service, and H.R. 620, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide supplemental funding and other services that are necessary to assist the State of California or local educational agencies in California in providing educational services for students attending schools located within the Park, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine the homeland security and terrorism threat from document fraud, identity theft and social security number misuse, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold a closed briefing on the situation in North Korea, 9:45 a.m., S-407, Capitol.
Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine Congress and the continuity of the United States government, 10 a.m., SD-226.

Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine problems and solutions on peer-to-peer networks regarding pornography, technology, and process, 2 p.m., SD-226.
Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine protecting seniors from representative payee fraud in relation to social security programs, 10 a.m., SD-628.

House


Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Select Education, hearing entitled ``Beyond Baccalaureate: Graduate Programs in the Higher Education Act,'' 2 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, hearing on H.R. 2221, Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act, 1 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.

Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``Nuclear Terrorism Prevention: A Review of the Federal Government's Progress toward Installing Radiation Detection Monitors at U.S. Posts and Borders,'' 2 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Natural Resources and Regulatory Affairs, hearing entitled ``Elevation of the EPA to Department Level Status: Federal and State Views,'' and on H.R. 37, and H.R. 2138, Departmental of Environmental Protection, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.

Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations, hearing on Combating Terrorism: Preparing and Funding First Responders, 10 a.m., 2203 Rayburn.

Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census, oversight hearing entitled ``Advancements in Smart Card and Biometric Technology,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Europe, to mark up the following: H. Res. 356, expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the man-made famine that occurred in Ukraine in 1932-1933; and H. Res. 355, Commemorating the D965100th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the United States and Bulgaria, 4 p.m., 2172 Rayburn. 

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Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 2622, Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up the following: the Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Letter to the House Committee on the Budget; and H.R. 7, Charitable Giving Act of 2003, 4 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
Select Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Rules, hearing entitled ``Perspectives on House Reform: Former House Leaders,'' 10:30 a.m., H-313 Capitol.

Joint Meetings


Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings to examine U.S. policy toward the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), 10 a.m., 334 CHOB. 

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Next Meeting of the
SENATE

9:30 a.m., Tuesday, September 9

Senate Chamber

Program for Tuesday: Senate will continue 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.
(Senate will recess from 12:30 p.m. until 2:15 p.m. for their respective party conferences.)

Next Meeting of the
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

12:30 p.m., Tuesday, September 9

House Chamber

Program for Tuesday: To be announced. 






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