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Measures Introduced:
Thirteen bills and four resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 1876-1888, S. Res. 267-268, and S. Con. Res. 82-83.
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Measures Reported:
S. 616, to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to reduce the quantity of mercury in the environment by limiting the use of mercury fever thermometers and improving the collection and proper management of mercury. (S. Rept. No. 108-199)
S. 1561, to preserve existing judgeships on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. (S. Rept. No. 108-200)
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Measures Passed:
VA-HUD Appropriations Act:
Senate passed H.R. 2861, making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, after taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto:
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Frist (for Allen/Wyden) Amendment No. 2202, in the nature of a substitute.
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Measures Indefinitely Postponed:
Barbara B. Kennelly Post Office Building:
Senate indefinitely postponed S. 1415, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 141 Weston Street in Hartford, Connecticut, as the ``Barbara B. Kennelly Post Office Building''.
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Energy and Water Development Appropriations Conference Report:
Senate agreed to the conference report on H.R. 2754, making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, clearing the measure for the President.
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Nomination Considered:
Senate resumed consideration of the nomination of Thomas C. Dorr, of Iowa, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development.
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Nomination Considered:
Senate resumed consideration of the nomination of Thomas C. Dorr, of Iowa, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation.
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Messages From the President:
Senate received the following message from the President of the United States:
Transmitting, pursuant to law, the 2003 National Money Laundering Strategy; to the Committee on the Judiciary. (PM-57)
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Nominations Confirmed:
Senate confirmed the following nominations:
4 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
4 Army nominations in the rank of general.
9 Marine Corps nominations in the rank of general.
6 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Foreign Service, Navy.
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Messages From the House:
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Measures Referred:
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Measures Placed on Calendar:
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Petitions and Memorials:
Pages S15058-60
Executive Reports of Committees:
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Additional Cosponsors:
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Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S15062-84
Additional Statements:
Pages S15055-57
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S15084-87
Authority for Committees to Meet:
Pages S15087-88
Record Votes:
Two record votes were taken today. (Total--455)
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Adjournment:
Senate met at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 8:20 p.m. until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, November 19, 2003. (For Senate's Program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S15103).
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SPACE ACQUISITION POLICIES
Committee on Armed Services:
Subcommittee on Strategic Forces concluded a hearing to examine space acquisition policies and processes, focusing on the Commission to Assess National Security Space Management and Organization, the space industrial base, and improvements needed to optimize the growing investment in space exploration, after receiving testimony from Peter B. Teets, Under Secretary of the Air Force, and Director, National Reconnaissance Office; Lieutenant General Brian Arnold, USAF, Commander, Space and Missile Systems Center, Air Force Space Command; A. Thomas Young, Chairman, Defense Science Board/Air Force Scientific Advisory Board Joint Task Force on Acquisition of National Security Space Programs; and Robert E. Levin, Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management, General Accounting Office.
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services:
Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Michael W. Wynne, of Florida, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
MUTUAL FUND INDUSTRY
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs:
Committee concluded a hearing to examine current investigations and regulatory actions regarding the mutual fund industry, focusing on investors' rights, the Risk Management Initiative, the Putnam settlement, disclosure proposals, and late trading and market timing, after receiving testimony from William H. Donaldson, Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission; and Matthew P. Fink, Investment Company Institute, and Marc E. Lackritz, Securities Industry Association, both of Washington, DC.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation:
Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Michael D. Gallagher, of Washington, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, Cheryl Feldman Halpern, of New Jersey, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Elizabeth Courtney, of Louisiana, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Kirk Van Tine, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Transportation, Jeffrey A. Rosen, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of Transportation, Robert L. Crandall, of Texas, Floyd Hall, of New Jersey, and Louis S. Thompson, of Maryland, each to be a Member of the Reform Board (Amtrak), and certain nominations for promotion in the United States Coast Guard.
PUBLIC LANDS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources:
Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests concluded a hearing to examine S. 1209, to provide for the acquisition of property in Washington County, Utah, for implementation of a desert tortoise habitat conservation plan, H.R. 708, to require the conveyance of certain National Forest System lands in Mendocino National Forest, California, to provide for the use of the proceeds from such conveyance for National Forest purposes, S. 1467, to establish the Rio Grande Outstanding Natural Area in the State of Colorado, S. 1167, to resolve the boundary conflicts in Barry and Stone Counties in the State of Missouri, and S. 1848, to amend the Bend Pine Nursery Land Conveyance Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to sell the Bend Pine Nursery Administration Site in the State of Oregon, after receiving testimony from Senator Bond; Tom Thompson, Deputy Chief, National Forest Systems, Department of Agriculture; Jim Hughes, Deputy Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; Charlotte Bobicki, County Commission, Alamosa, Colorado; and Kate Booth Doyle, San Luis Valley Ecosystem Council, Del Norte, Colorado.
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NOMINATION
Committee on Finance:
Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Arnold I. Havens, of Virginia, to be General Counsel for the Department of the Treasury, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs:
Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of James M. Loy, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Stevens and Inouye, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
U.S. TAX SHELTER INDUSTRY
Committee on Governmental Affairs:
Committee concluded a hearing to examine the role of professional organizations like accounting firms, law firms, and financial institutions in developing, marketing and implementing tax shelters, after receiving testimony from Debra S. Petersen, California Franchise Tax Board, Rancho Cordova; Calvin H. Johnson, University of Texas at Austin School of Law; Philip Weisner and Mark Watson, both of Washington, D.C., Jeffrey Eischeid, Atlanta, Georgia, Lawrence DeLap, San Francisco, California, Larry Manth, Los Angeles, California, and Richard H. Smith, Jr., New York, New York, all of KPMG LLP; Richard Berry, Jr., PricewaterhouseCoopers, New York, New York; and Mark A. Weinberger, Ernst and Young LLP, Washington, D.C.
AMERICA POST 9/11
Committee on the Judiciary:
Committee concluded a hearing to examine America after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, focusing on whether the government response to the attacks has adversely affected individual liberties, including the right to privacy, after receiving testimony from former Representative Barr; Nadine Strossen, American Civil Liberties Union, Muzaffar A. Chishti, Migration Policy Institute at New York University School of Law, and Robert J. Cleary, Proskauer Rose LLP, all of New York, New York; and Viet D. Dinh, Georgetown University Law Center, James J. Zogby, Arab American Institute, and James X. Dempsey, Center for Democracy and Technology, all of Washington, D.C.
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Measures Introduced:
13 public bills, H.R. 3506-3518; and 8 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 325-328, and H. Res. 445-448, were introduced.
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Additional Cosponsors:
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Reports Filed:
Reports were filed as follows today:
H.R. 2584, to provide for the conveyance to the Utrok Atoll local government of a decommissioned National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ship (H. Rept. 108-378);
H.R. 2907, to provide for a land exchange in the State of Arizona between the Secretary of Agriculture and Yavapai Ranch Limited Partnership, amended, (Rept. 108-379).
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Speaker:
Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed Representative Chocola to act as Speaker Pro Tempore for today.
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Approval of the Journal:
The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal by a recorded vote of 361 ayes to 48 noes, Roll No. 626.
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Railroad Right-of-Way Conveyance Validation Act of 2003:
The House agreed to call from the private calendar and pass H.R. 1658, Private Bill; to amend the Railroad Right-of-Way Conveyance Validation Act to validate additional conveyances of certain lands in the State of California that form part of the right-of-way granted by the United States to facilitate the construction of the transcontinental railway.
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Energy and Water Development Appropriations--Conference Report:
The House agreed to the conference report on H.R. 2754, making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, by a yea-and-nay vote of 387 yeas to 36 nays, Roll No. 631.
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Agriculture Appropriations--Motion to go to Conference:
The House disagreed to the Senate amendments to H.R. 2673, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and agreed to a conference.
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Energy Policy Act of 2003--Conference Report:
The House agreed to the conference report on H.R. 6, to enhance energy conservation and research and development, to provide for security and diversity in the energy supply for the American people, by a yea-and-nay vote of 246 yeas to 180 nays, Roll No. 630.
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Intelligence Authorization--Motion to go to Conference:
The House disagreed to the Senate amendment 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, and agreed to a conference.
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Suspensions:
The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the following measures:
Walter F. Ehrnfelt, Jr. Post Office Building Designation Act:
Debated on Monday, November 17, H.R. 3300, to designate the facility of the D1293United States Postal Service located at 15500 Pearl Road in Strongsville, Ohio, as the Walter F. Ehrnfelt, Jr. Post Office Building by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 410 yeas with none voting ``nay,'' Roll No. 627;
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Agreed to amend the title so as to read ``a bill to establish certain National Heritage Areas, and for other purposes''.
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Suspensions Postponed:
The following measures were debated under suspension of the rules. Further proceedings were postponed until Wednesday, November 19:
Captive Wildlife Safety Act:
H.R. 1006, amended, to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to further the conservation of certain wildlife species;
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Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act of 2003--Motion to Instruct Conferees:
The House debated the Berkley motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 1, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a voluntary prescription drug benefit under the medicare program and to strengthen and improve the medicare program.
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Representative Hooley of Oregon announced her intention to offer a motion to instruct conferees on the bill.
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Labor/HHS Appropriations--Motion to Instruct Conferees:
The House agreed to the Kennedy of Rhode Island motion to instruct conferees on 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.
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Presidential Message:
Received a message from the President wherein he transmitted the 2003 National Money Laundering Strategy--referred to the Committees on the Judiciary and Financial Services (H. Doc. 108-143).
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Senate Message:
Messages received from the Senate today appear on page H11361.
Senate Referrals:
S. 1743 was referred to the Committees on Education and the Workforce and Judiciary.
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Adjournment:
The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 12 midnight.
ENERGY POLICY ACT
Conferees
agreed to file a conference report on the differences between the Senate and House passed versions of H.R. 6, to enhance energy conservation and research and development, to provide for security and diversity in the energy supply for the American people.
Committee on Armed Services:
to hold hearings to examine current Army issues, 9 a.m., SH-216.
Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending military nominations, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
Committee on Governmental Affairs:
to hold hearings to examine the threat of agroterrorism, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions:
to hold hearings to examine S.741, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with regard to new animal D1295drugs, proposed Mammography Quality Standards Reauthorization Act, proposed Medical Device Technical Corrections Act, proposed Organ Donation and Recovery Improvement Act, and pending nominations, Time to be announced, S-216, Capitol.
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Committee on the Judiciary:
to hold hearings to examine pending judicial nominations, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
Committee on Armed Services,
hearing on U.S. National Security Strategy, 2:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
Committee on Energy and Commerce,
Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, hearing entitled ``Cybersecurity and Consumer Data: What's at Risk for the Consumer?'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, hearing entitled ``Digital Dividends and Other Proposals to Leverage Investment in Technology,'' 10:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
Committee on Government Reform,
Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census, to consider H.R. 3478, National Archives and Records Administration Efficiency Act of 2003, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
Committee on House Administration,
to mark up H.R. 2844, Continuity in Representation Act of 2003, 3 p.m., 1310 Longworth.
Committee on International Relations,
Subcommittee on the Middle East and Central Asia and the Subcommittee on International Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Human Rights, joint hearing on Afghanistan: Democratization and Human Rights on the Eve of the Constitutional
Loya Jirga,
1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
Committee on the Judiciary,
oversight hearing entitled ``Saving the Savings Clause: Congressional Intent, the
Trinko
Case, and the role of the Antitrust Laws in Promoting Competition in the Telecom Sector,'' 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs,
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing to review progress being made by the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs with the sharing of medical information and development of a seamless electronic medical record, 10:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
Committee on Ways and Means,
Subcommittee on Human Resources, hearing on Improved Monitoring of Vulnerable Children, 2 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.
Conference:
A closed meeting of conferees on 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, 2 p.m., S-407, Capitol.
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Program for Wednesday:
After the transaction of any morning business (not to extend beyond 10:30 a.m.), Senate may begin consideration of the conference report on H.R. 6, Energy Policy Act.
Next Meeting of the
Program for Wednesday:
Consideration of Suspensions:
(1) H. Con. Res. 288, Honoring Seeds of Peace;
(2) H. Res. 427, expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the courageous leadership of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam and the urgent need for religious freedom and related human rights in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam;
(3) H. Res. 423, recognizing the 5th anniversary of the signing of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998;
(4) H. Res. 393, commending Afghan women;
(5) H. Con. Res. 83, honoring the victims of the Cambodian genocide that took place from April 1975 to January 1979;
(6) H.R. 1813, Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2003;
(7) S. 1824, Overseas Private Investment Corporation Amendments Act of 2003;
(8) H.R. 3140, Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act;
(9) H.R. 2218, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the regulation of noncorrective contact lens as medical devices;
(10) S. 826, Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities Prevention Act of 2003;
(11) S. Con. Res. 48, supporting the goals and ideals of ``National Epilepsy Awareness Month'' and urging support for epilepsy research and service programs;
(12) S. 650, Pediatric Research Equity Act of 2003;
(13) S. 686, Poison Control Center Enhancement and Awareness Act Amendments of 2003;
(14) S. 1685, Basic Pilot Program Extension and Expansion Act of 2003;
(15) S. 1720, to provide for Federal court proceedings in Plano, Texas;
(16) H.R. 482, Florida National Forest Land Management Act of 2003;
(17) H.R. 2420, Mutual Funds Integrity and Fee Transparency Act of 2003; and
(18) H.R. 253, Two Floods and You Are Out of the Taxpayers' Pocket Act of 2003.
Rolled Vote on Berkley motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 1,
Consideration of Hooley motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 1,
Consideration of Kildee motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 2660.
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