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Measures Introduced:
Four bills and one resolution were introduced, as follows: S. 2006-2009, and S. Res. 284. (S. 2005 was reported as an original bill on January 9.)
Pages S52-53
Measures Reported:
Reported on Friday, January 9, during the adjournment:
S. 2005, to temporarily replace the use by pension plans of the 30-year treasury bond rate with a composite corporate rate, and to establish a commission on defined benefit plans. (S. Rept. No. 108-221)
S. 1072, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 108-222)
Page S52
Measures Passed:
Providing for a Joint Session of Congress:
Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 349, providing for a joint session of Congress to receive a message from the President on the State of the Union.
Page S21
Pages S21-26
Agriculture Appropriations Act (Omnibus Appropriations)--Conference Report:
Senate resumed consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R. 2673, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004.
Pages S3-21
Pages S20-21
Page S21
Page S60
Appointments:
U.S.-China Economic Security Review Commission:
The Chair, on behalf of the President pro tempore, pursuant to Public Law 106-398, as amended by Public Law 108-7, in accordance with the qualifications specified under section 1237(E) of Public Law 106-398, and upon the recommendation of the Democratic Leader, in consultation with the ranking members of the Senate Committee on Armed Services and the Senate Committee on Finance, reappointed the following individual to the United States-China Economic Security Review Commission: William A. Reinsch of Maryland, for a term expiring December 31, 2005.
Pages S59-60
Pages S59-60D2
Pages S59-60
Pages S59-60
Messages From the President:
Senate received the following message from the President of the United States:
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Transmitting the report on the State of the Union delivered to a Joint Session of Congress on January 20, 2004; which was ordered to lie on the table. (PM-59)
Pages S33-37
Nominations Received:
Senate received the following nominations:
Claude A. Allen, of Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit.
Paul S. Diamond, of Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Robert Bryan Harwell, of South Carolina, to be United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina.
George P. Schiavelli, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California.
Page S60
Messages From the House:
Page S37
Measures Read First Time:
Pages S37-38
Enrolled Bills Signed:
Page S37
Executive Communications:
Pages S38-52
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S53-54
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S54-57
Additional Statements:
Pages S31-33
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S57-59
Record Votes:
One record vote was taken today. (Total--1)
Page S21
Adjournment:
Senate convened the Second Session of the One Hundred Eighth Congress at 12 noon, and as a further mark of respect to the memory of the late Honorable William V. Roth, Jr., former United States Senator from the State of Delaware, in accordance with S. Res. 284, adjourned at 10:13 p.m., until 10 a.m., on Wednesday, January 21, 2004. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S60.)
OVERTIME PAY
Committee on Appropriations:
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine the Department of Labor's proposed rule on overtime pay, after receiving testimony from Elaine L. Chao, Secretary of Labor; Jared Bernstein, Economic Policy Institute, Ronald Bird, Employment Policy Foundation, Andrew J. McDevitt, American Payroll Association, Patti Hefner, on behalf of the American Nurses Association, Richard L. Trumka, AFL-CIO, and David S. Fortney, Fortney and Scott, all of Washington, D.C.
NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR DEVELOPMENTS
Committee on Foreign Relations:
Committee met in closed session to receive a briefing on North Korean nuclear developments and the Six-Power Talks from Siegfried Hecker, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico; and Keith Luse and Frank Jannuzi, both of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
Measures Introduced:
11 public bills, H.R. 3701-3711; and 9 resolutions, H.J. Res. 84-85; H. Con. Res. 343, and H. Res. 489-494, were introduced.
Pages H35-36
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages H36-37
Reports Filed:
Reports were filed as follows today:
Filed on December 8, 2003, H.R. 2844, to require States to hold special elections to fill vacancies in the House of Representatives not later than 21 days after the vacancy is announced by the Speaker of the House of Representatives in extraordinary circumstances, amended (H. Rept. 108-404, Pt. 1); and
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Filed on December 8, 2003, H.R. 2734, to authorize appropriations for the civil aviation research and development projects and activities of the Federal Aviation Administration, amended (H. Rept. 108-405, Pt. 1).
Convening of the Second Session of the One Hundred Eighth Congress:
The Speaker called the House to order and ascertained the presence of a quorum (321 present, Roll No. 1).
Pages H1-2
Resignation from Congress:
Read a letter from Representative William J. Janklow wherein he notified the Speaker of his resignation as Congressman for the State of South Dakota, effective 11:59 p.m. on January 20, 2004.
Page H2
Resignation from the Democratic Caucus:
Read a letter from Representative Menendez wherein he announced that Representative Hall of Texas resigned from the Democratic Caucus, effective January 5, 2004.
Page H2
Committee Election Vacated:
Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he announced that Representative Hall's (TX) election to the Committee on Science has been vacated effective January 5, 2004.
Page H2
Committee Election Vacated:
Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he announced that Representative Hall's (TX) election to the Committee on Energy and Commerce has been vacated effective January 5, 2004.
Page H2
Committee to Notify the President that a Quorum of Each House Has Assembled:
The House agreed to H. Res. 486, authorizing the Speaker to appoint a committee to join with a committee on the part of the Senate to notify the President that a quorum of each House has assembled, and Congress is ready to receive any communication that he may please to make. Subsequently, the Speaker appointed Majority Leader DeLay and Minority Leader Pelosi to the Committee. Later, the Committee reported to the House that the President had been notified.
Pages H2, H4
Notifying the Senate that a Quorum of the House is Present:
The House agreed to H. Res. 487, to authorize the Clerk of the House to inform the Senate that a quorum of the House is present and that the House is ready to proceed with business.
Page H3
Meeting Hour:
The House agreed to H. Res. 488, establishing the hour of daily meeting of the House.
Page H3
State of the Union Message:
The House agreed to H. Con. Res. 349, providing for a joint session of Congress to receive a message from the President on the state of the Union on Tuesday, January 20, 2004 at 9 p.m.
Page H3
Morning Hour Debate:
Agreed by unanimous consent to authority for morning hour debate on the legislative days of Monday and Tuesday.
Page H3
Extension of Remarks:
Agreed by unanimous consent to authority for Members to extend their remarks and include extraneous material in the Congressional Record.
Page H3
Calendar Wednesday:
Agreed by unanimous consent to dispense with the Calendar Wednesday business of Wednesday, January 21, 2004.
Page H3
United States-China Review Commission:
Read a letter from the Minority Leader wherein she announced her appointment of Ms. Carolyn Bartholomew of the District of Columbia to the United States-China Review Commission.
Page H3
Election Assistance Commission Board of Advisors:
Read a letter from the Minority Leader wherein she announced her appointment of Mr. Willie L. Brown, Jr., of San Francisco, California to the Election Assistance Commission Board of Advisors.
Page H3
Recess:
The House recessed at 2:56 p.m. and reconvened at 8:44 p.m.
Page H19
State of the Union Address:
President George W. Bush delivered his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, pursuant to the provisions of H. Con. Res. 349. He was escorted into the House Chamber by a committee comprised of Representatives DeLay, Blunt, Pryce (OH), Kingston, Pelosi, Hoyer, Menendez, Clyburn and Senators Frist, McConnell, Santorum, Hutchison, Kyl, Allen, Specter, Murkowski, Daschle, Mikulski, Breaux, Dorgan, Boxer, Durbin, Reed, Nelson (FL), Stabenow, Clinton, and Corzine. The President's message was referred to the Committee on the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered printed (H. Doc. 108-144).
Pages H19-23
Senate Messages:
Messages received from the Senate today appear on pages H2.
Senate Referral:
S. 1172 was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce; S. 1267 was referred to the Committees on Government Reform, Rules, and Appropriations; S. 2000 was referred to the Committees on Government Reform, Energy and Commerce, and Armed Services; and S. 1177 was ordered held at the desk.
Page H24
Quorum Calls--Votes:
One quorum call (Roll No. 1) developed during the proceedings of the House today and appears on pages H1-2.D4
Adjournment:
The House met at 12 noon and adjourned at 10:13 p.m.
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S. 686, to provide assistance for poison prevention and to stabilize the funding of regional poison control centers. Signed on December 19, 2003. (Public Law 108-194)
S. 1680, to reauthorize the Defense Production Act of 1950. Signed on December 19, 2003. (Public Law 108-195)
S. 1683, to provide for a report on the parity of pay and benefits among Federal law enforcement officers and to establish an exchange program between Federal law enforcement employees and State and local law enforcement employees. Signed on December 19, 2003. (Public Law 108-196)
S. 1929, to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Public Health Service Act to extend the mental health benefits parity provisions for an additional year. Signed on December 19, 2003. (Public Law 108-197)
S. 1947, to prohibit the offer of credit by a financial institution to a financial institution examiner. Signed on December 19, 2003. (Public Law 108-198)
On
Wednesday,
at 10 a.m., Senate will resume consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R. 2673, Agriculture Appropriations Act (Omnibus Appropriations) for debate only. At 12 noon, Senator Byrd will be recognized for up to two hours, and at 2 p.m., Senator McCain will be recognized for up to one hour.
During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any other cleared legislative and executive business.
To be announced.
Committee on Agriculture,
January 21, hearing to review the USDA's Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) Response, 2 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
Committee on Armed Services,
January 21, Subcommittee on Total Force, hearing on Reserve Component Healthcare: Medical Holdovers in Current and Future Deployments, 9:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
Committee on Financial Services,
January 21, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing on the OFHEO's report of the Special Examination of Freddie Mac, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
Committee on the Judiciary,
January 21, to mark up the following measures:
H.R. 2844, Continuity in Representation Act of 2003; H.R. 1997, Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2003; H.R. 3261, Database and Collections of Information Misappropriation Act; H.R. 2391, Cooperative Research and Collections of Information Misappropriation Act; H.R. 2391, Cooperative Research and Technology Enhancement (CREATE) Act of 2003; H.R. 1073, To repeal section 801 of the Revenue Act of 1916; H.R. 1768, Multidistrict Litigation Restoration Act of 2003; H. Res. 412, Honoring the men and women of the Drug Enforcement Administration on the occasion of its 30th Anniversary; H.R. 3095, Community Recognition Act of 2003; H.R. 339, Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption Act; H.R. 2824, Internet Tobacco Sales Enforcement Act; and H. Res. 56, Supporting the goals of the Japanese American, German American, and Italian American communities in recognizing a National Day of Remembrance to increase public awareness of the events surrounding the restriction, exclusion, and internment of individuals and families during World War II, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
Committee on Small Business,
January 21, hearing on Can U.S. Companies Compete Globally Using American Workers? 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
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Program for Wednesday:
Senate will resume consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R. 2673, Agriculture Appropriations Act (Omnibus Appropriations) for debate only. At 12 noon, Senator Byrd will be recognized for up to two hours, and at 2 p.m., Senator McCain will be recognized for up to one hour.
Program for Wednesday:
Consideration of Suspensions:
H. Res. 492, honoring the contributions of Catholic schools;
H. Res. 491, expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the benefits of mentoring;
H. Res. 490, recognizing and commending the achievements of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Mars Exploration Rover Mission; and
H. Res. 489, stating the agreement of the House of Representatives with the sentiment expressed by the Senate in Senate Resolution 281.
HOUSE
Bass, Charles F., N.H., E7
Beauprez, Bob, Colo., E7
Burr, Richard, N.C., E5
Davis, Jim, Fla., E14
Davis, Tom, Va., E4
Diaz-Balart, Lincoln, Fla., E14
Farr, Sam, Calif., E8, E9, E10
Gallegly, Elton, Calif., E7
Gordon, Bart, Tenn., E1, E2
Graves, Sam, Mo., E4
Hart, Melissa A., Pa., E8, E9, E10
Hastings, Alcee L., Fla., E6
Holt, Rush D., N.J., E11, E13
John, Christopher, La., E9, E10
Kennedy, Mark R., Minn., E8, E11
Lofgren, Zoe, Calif., E15
McInnis, Scott, Colo., E8, E8, E9, E10, E10, E12, E14, E14, E15, E16
McIntyre, Mike, N.C., E4
Meek, Kendrick B., Fla., E4
Moran, James P., Va., E5
Musgrave, Marilyn N., Colo., E6
Ney, Robert W., Ohio, E1, E2, E3, E3
Pallone, Frank, Jr., N.J., E7
Pickering, Charles W. ``Chip'', Miss., E15
Porter, Jon C., Nev., E6
Portman, Rob, Ohio, E1, E2, E3
Ross, Mike, Ark., E1, E2, E2, E3
Smith, Nick, Mich., E4
Thompson, Mike, Calif., E7
Visclosky, Peter J., Ind., E5
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