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Monday, June 21, 2004


Daily Digest 


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Senate


Chamber Action


Routine Proceedings, pages S7061-S7115

Measures Introduced: Five bills and two resolutions were introduced, as follows:
S. 2550-2554, and S. Res. 385-386. 

Page S7104

Measures Reported:

S. 1292, to establish a servitude and emancipation archival research clearinghouse in the National Archives, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 108-282)
S. 2322, to amend chapter 90 of title 5, United States Code, to include employees of the District of Columbia courts as participants in long term care insurance for Federal employees. (S. Rept. No. 108-283) 

Page S7104

Measures Passed:

Recognizing Civil Rights Act: Senate agreed to S. Res. 385, recognizing and honoring the 40th anniversary of congressional passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 

Pages S7113-14

Recognizing Civil Rights Organizers: Senate agreed to S. Res. 386, recognizing the 40th anniversary of June 21, 1964, and the day civil rights organizers Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner gave their lives in the struggle to guarantee the right to vote for every citizen of the United States, and encouraging all Americans to observe the anniversary of the deaths of the 3 men by committing themselves to ensuring equal rights, equal opportunities, and equal justice for all people. 
Pages S7113-14

Naval Complex Transfer: Senate passed H.R. 4322, to provide for the transfer of the Nebraska Avenue Naval Complex in the District of Columbia to facilitate the establishment of the headquarters for the Department of Homeland Security, to provide for the acquisition by the Department of the Navy of suitable replacement facilities, clearing the measure for the President. 
Pages S7114-15

Technical Correction: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 458, directing the Secretary of the Senate to make technical corrections in the enrollment of the bill S. 2238. 
Page S7115

National Defense Authorization Act: Senate resumed consideration of S. 2400, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Services, taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 

Pages S7062-S7100

Adopted:
By 52 yeas to 38 nays (Vote No. 131), Warner Modified Amendment No. 3458, expressing the sense of Congress on media coverage of the return to the United States of the remains of deceased members of the Armed Forces from overseas. 
Pages S7088-89

Rejected:
By 39 yeas to 54 nays (Vote No. 132), Lautenberg Modified Amendment No. 3291, to require a protocol on media coverage of the return to the United States of the remains of members of the Armed Forces who are killed overseas. 
Pages S7064-67, S7089-90

Withdrawn:
Durbin Amendment No. 3463 (to Amendment No. 3225), to require certain dietary supplement manufacturers to report certain serious adverse events. 
Pages S7083-86

Harkin/Hatch Amendment No. 3462 (to Amendment No. 3225), to express the sense of the Senate concerning legislation requiring reports of serious adverse events related to dietary supplements and over-the-counter drugs. 
Pages S7077-83

Durbin Amendment No. 3225, to require certain dietary supplement manufacturers to report certain serious adverse events. 
Page S7086

Pending:
Bond Modified Amendment No. 3384, to include certain former nuclear weapons program workers in the Special Exposure Cohort under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program and to provide for the disposal of certain excess Department of Defense stocks for funds for that purpose. 

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Brownback Amendment No. 3235, to increase the penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane language. 

Page S7062

Burns Amendment No. 3457 (to Amendment No. 3235), to provide for additional factors in indecency penalties issued by the Federal Communications Commission. 
Page S7062

Reed Amendment No. 3353, to limit the obligation and expenditure of funds for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense program pending the submission of a report on operational test and evaluation. 
Page S7062

Bingaman Amendment No. 3459, to require reports on the detainment of foreign nationals by the Department of Defense and on Department of Defense investigations of allegations of violations of the Geneva Convention. 
Pages S7067-68

Warner Amendment No. 3460 (to Amendment No. 3459), in the nature of a substitute. 
Pages S7068-71

Dayton/Feingold Amendment No. 3197, to strike sections 842 relative to a conforming standard for waiver of domestic source or content requirement and 843 relative to the consistency with United States obligations under trade agreements. 
Page S7071

Warner (for McCain) Amendment No. 3461 (to the language proposed to be stricken by Amendment No. 3197), in the nature of a substitute. 
Pages S7071-77

Feingold Modified Amendment No. 3288, to rename and modify the authorities relating to the Inspector General of the Coalition Provisional Authority. 
Pages S7086-88

Landrieu/Snowe Amendment No. 3315, to amend title 10, United States Code, to increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for surviving spouses age 62 and older, and to provide for a one-year open season under that plan. 
Pages S7090-92

Levin Amendment No. 3338, to reallocate funds for Ground-based Midcourse interceptors to homeland defense and combatting terrorism. 
Pages S7092-94

A modified unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that all first-degree amendments be offered no later than 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 22, 2004, with the exception of amendments agreed to by the Chairman and Ranking Member; further, that when the Senate continues consideration of the bill on Tuesday, June 22, 2004, there be 60 minutes of debate equally divided in relation to Levin Amendment No. 3338 (listed above), to be followed by a vote on, or in relation to that amendment; following that vote, Senate resume consideration of Brownback Amendment No. 3225 (listed above), and that Burns Amendment No. 3457 (listed above) then be agreed to; that Senator Brownback, or his designee, be recognized to offer a further second-degree amendment, to be followed by a vote on or in relation to that amendment; following that vote, Senator Dorgan, or his designee, be recognized to offer a further second-degree amendment on media ownership, and the amendment then be agreed to; that Senator Hollings, or his designee, be recognized to offer an amendment on children's programming, and the amendment then be agreed to; and that the Brownback underlying amendment then be agreed to, as amended. 
Page S7115

A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the bill at 9:45 a.m., on Tuesday, June 22, 2004. 
Page S7115

Messages From the House: 

Page S7102

Measures Referred: 

Page S7102

Measures Placed on Calendar: 

Page S7102

Executive Communications: 

Pages S7102-04

Additional Cosponsors: 

Pages S7104-06

Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: 

Pages S7106-11

Additional Statements: 

Pages S7101-02

Amendments Submitted: 

Pages S7111-13

Authority for Committees to Meet: 

Page S7113

Privilege of the Floor: 

Page S7113

Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--132) 

Pages S7089, S7090

Adjournment: Senate convened at 1 p.m., and adjourned at 8:49 p.m., until 9:45 a.m., on Tuesday, June 22, 2004. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7115.)

Committee Meetings


(Committees not listed did not meet)

NOMINATIONS


Committee on Foreign Relations: On Thursday, June 17, Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Anne W. Patterson, of Virginia, to be U.S. Deputy Representative to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador, and the U.S. Deputy Representative in the Security Council of the United Nations, and to be a U.S. Representative to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations, and James B. Cunningham, of Pennsylvania, to be U.S. Representative to the Vienna Office of the United Nations, D656with the rank of Ambassador, and to be U.S. Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency, with the rank of Ambassador, after each nominee testified and answered questions in their own behalf. 

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NOMINATIONS


Committee on Foreign Relations: On Thursday, June 17, Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of John C. Danforth, of Missouri, to be U.S. Representative to the United Nations with the rank of Ambassador; and to be U.S. Representative in the Security Council of the United Nations; and to be U.S. Representative to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations during his tenure of service as U.S. Representative to the United Nations, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Bond and Talent, and former Senator Eagleton, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.

NOMINATIONS


Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Douglas L. McElhaney, of Florida, to be Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Aldona Wos, of North Carolina, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Estonia, who was introduced by Senator Dole, after each nominee testified and answered questions in their own behalf.

NOMINATIONS


Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Charles Graves Untermeyer, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the State of Qatar, who was introduced by Senators Hutchison and Cornyn, and William T. Monroe, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain, after each nominee testified and answered questions in their own behalf.

House of Representatives


Chamber Action


Measures Introduced: 8 public bills, H.R. 4625-4632; and; 5 resolutions, H.J. Res. 99-100; H. Con. Res. 458-459, and H. Res. 684, were introduced. 

Pages H4646-47

Additional Cosponsors: 

Page H4647

Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
H.R. 3266, to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to make grants to first responders, amended (H. Rept. 108-460, Pts. 3 and 4);
H.R. 3742, to designate the United States courthouse and post office building located at 93 Atocha Street in Ponce, Puerto Rico, as the ``Luis A. Ferre United States Courthouse and Post Office Building'' (H. Rept. 108-556);
H.R. 3884, to designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 615 East Houston Street in San Antonio, Texas, as the ``Hipolito F. Garcia Federal Building and United States Courthouse'' (H. Rept. 108-557);
H.R. 4548, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, amended (H. Rept. 108-558); and
H. Res. 683, providing for consideration of H.R. 4613, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005 (H. Rept. 108-559). 

Page H4646

Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed Representative Renzi to act as Speaker Pro Tempore for today. 

Page H4583

Recess: The House recessed at 12:43 p.m. and reconvened at 2 p.m. 

Page H4584

Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the following measures:
Expressing the gratitude of the House for the contributions of America's community banks: H. Res. 591, expressing the gratitude of the House of Representatives for the contributions made by America's community banks to the Nation's economic well-being and prosperity and the sense of the House of Representatives that a month should be designated as ``Community Banking Month'', by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 364 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 276; 

Pages H4585-87, H4615-16

Homeownership Opportunities for Native Americans Act of 2004: H.R. 4471, to clarify the loan guarantee authority under title VI of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996; 
Pages H4586-88

Helping Hands for Homeownership Act of 2004: H.R. 4363, amended, to facilitate self-help housing home ownership opportunities, by a 2/3 yea-and-nay D657vote of 368 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 277; 
Pages H4588-90, H4616

Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004: S. 2238, to amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to reduce loses to properties for which repetitive flood insurance claim payments have been made--clearing the measure for the President; 
Pages H4590-98

Requiring the Office of Personnel Management to present options for providing dental and vision benefits to Federal employees: H.R. 3751, amended, to require that the Office of Personnel Management study and present options under which dental and vision benefits could be made available to Federal employees and retirees and other appropriate classes of individuals; 
Pages H4599-S4600

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Agreed to amend the title so as to read: to require that the Office of Personnel Management study current practices under which dental, vision, and hearing benefits are made available to Federal employees, annuitants, and other classes of individuals, and to require that the Office also present options and recommendations relating to how additional dental, vision, and hearing benefits could be made so available. 

Page H4600

2004 District of Columbia Omnibus Authorization Act: H.R. 3797, to authorize improvements in the operations of the government of the District of Columbia; 
Pages H4600-02

Newell George Post Office Building Designation Act: H.R. 4222, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 550 Nebraska Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas, as the ``Newell George Post Office Building''; 
Pages H4602-03

Recognizing the 40th anniversary of the deaths of Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner: H. Con. Res. 450, recognizing the 40th anniversary of the day civil rights organizers Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner gave their lives in the struggle to guarantee the right to vote for every citizen of the United States and encouraging all Americans to observe the anniversary of the deaths of the 3 men by committing themselves to ensuring equal rights, equal opportunities, and equal justice for all people; 
Pages H4604-06

Congratulating Randy Johnson of the Arizona Diamondbacks on pitching a perfect game on May 18, 2004: H. Res. 660, congratulating Randy Johnson of the Arizona Diamondbacks on pitching a perfect game on May 18, 2004, by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 367 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 278; 
Pages H4606-07, H4616-17

Congratulating the Detroit Pistons on winning the 2004 NBA Championship: H. Res. 679, congratulating the Detroit Pistons on winning the 2004 National Basketball Association Championship; 
Pages H4607-10

Western Shoshone Claims Distribution Act: H.R. 884, amended, to provide for the use and distribution of the funds awarded to the Western Shoshone identifiable group under Indian Claims Commission Docket Numbers 326-A-1, 326-A-3, and 326-K; 
Pages H4610-12

Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004: H.R. 3846, amended, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement or contract with Indian tribes meeting certain criteria to carry out projects to protect Indian forest land; 
Pages H4612-13

Amending the Bend Pine Nursery Land Conveyance Act: 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 clearing the measure for the President; and 
Pages H4613-14

John Muir National Historic Site Boundary Adjustment Act: H.R. 3706, to adjust the boundary of the John Muir National Historic Site. 
Pages H4614-15

Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004--Technical Correction: The House agreed to H. Con. Res. 458, directing the Secretary of the Senate to make technical corrections in the enrollment of the bill S. 2238. 

Page H4598

Recess: The House recessed at 3:48 p.m. and reconvened at 6:30 p.m. 

Page H4615

Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H4615-16, H4616 and H4616-17. There were no quorum calls.

Adjournment: The House met at 12:30 p.m. and adjourned at 11:34 p.m.

Committee Meetings


DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FISCAL YEAR 2005


Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open rule providing one hour of general debate on H.R. 4613, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005, equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule provides that the amendment printed in the Rules Committee report shall be considered as adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole. Under the rules of the House the bill shall be read D658for amendment by paragraph. The rule waives points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI (prohibiting unauthorized appropriations or legislative provisions in an appropriations bill). The rule authorizes the Chair to accord priority in recognition to Members who have pre-printed their amendments in the Congressional Record. The rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. Section 2 of the resolution provides that upon the adoption of the resolution it shall be in order, any rule of the House to the contrary notwithstanding, to consider concurrent resolutions providing for adjournment of the House and Senate during the month of July. Testimony was heard from Representatives Lewis of California, Murtha, and Kaptur.

COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,


JUNE 22, 2004


(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)

Senate 


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Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine the structural imbalance of the District of Columbia, 10 a.m., SD-138.

Subcommittee on Defense, business meeting to mark up proposed legislation making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, 10:45 a.m., SD-192.

Full Committee, business meeting to mark up proposed legislation making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, 3:30 p.m., SD-106.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings to examine regulatory reform proposals, 10 a.m., SD-538.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold hearings to examine aviation security, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy, to hold hearings to examine the Department of Energy's High Performance Computing research and development activities in both the National Nuclear Security Administration and the Office of Science, and S. 2176, to require the Secretary of Energy to carry out a program of research and development to advance high-end computing through the Office of Science, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine tax-exempt organizations, focusing on governance and best practices of charities, charities accommodating tax shelters, and current problems and issues in the charitable community, 10 a.m., SDG-50.
Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment and Protocol to Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters Specific to Aircraft Equipment, concluded at Cape Town, South Africa, on November 16, 2001 (Treaty Doc. 108-10), and the nominations of John Marshall Evans, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Armenia, Tom C. Korologos, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to Belgium, Charles P. Ries, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to Greece, James B. Cunningham, of Pennsylvania, to be Representative of the United States of America to the Vienna Office of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, Anne W. Patterson, of Virginia, to be a Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations during her tenure of service as Deputy Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, and to be Deputy Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, and the Deputy Representative of the United States of America in the Security Council of the United Nations, John C. Danforth, of Missouri, to be Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations during his tenure of service as Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, Joseph D. Stafford III, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of The Gambia, Lewis W. Lucke, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Swaziland, R. Niels Marquardt, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Cameroon, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Ann M. Corkery, of Virginia, to be an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Fifty-eighth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, Benjamin A. Gilman, of New York, and Walid Maalouf, of Virginia, each to be an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Fifty-eighth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, John D. Rood, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, William R. Brownfield, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Thomas Fingar, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research, Suzanne Hale, of Virginia, to be Ambassasador to Micronesia, Ralph Leo Boyce, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Thailand, James R. Kunder, of Virginia, to be Assistant Administrator of the USAID for Asia and the Near East, Edward Brehm, of Minnesota, to be a Member of the African Development Foundation Board of Directors, Adam L. Lindemann, of New York, to be a Member of the Advisory Board for Cuba Broadcasting, and a Foreign Service Officer Promotion List, Time to be announced, S-116, Capitol.

Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the safety and security of Peace Corps volunteers around the world, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine preserving traditional marriage, focusing on states' perspective, 10 a.m., SD-226.

Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security, to hold hearings to examine the use of subpoena authority and pretrial detention of terrorists in fighting terrorism, 2:30 p.m., SD-226. 

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Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine pending Veterans' programs bills, 2:45 p.m., SR-418.
Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine the Medicaid crisis, 10 a.m., SD-628.

House


Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Air Force Budget Request, 9:30 a.m., B-300 Rayburn.
Committee on Armed Services, hearing on Progress in Iraq, 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness, hearing entitled ``H.R. 4283, the College Access and Opportunity Act: Does Accreditation Provide Students and Parents Accountability and Quality?'' 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``NIH Ethics Concerns: Consulting Arrangements and Outside Awards,'' 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, hearing entitled ``The New Basel Accord: Private Sector Perspectives,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Natural Resources and Regulatory Affairs, hearing entitled ``LNG Import Terminal and Deepwater Port Siting: Federal and State Roles,'' 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.

Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations, to continue hearings on ``Nuclear Security: Can DOE Meet Facility Security Requirements? (Part II), 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
Committee on International Relations, hearing on A Parent's Worst Nightmare: The Heartbreak of International Child Abductions, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.

Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing on U.S. Policy Toward South Asia, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
Committee on the Judiciary, oversight hearing entitled ``Safeguarding Americans From a Legal Culture of Fear: Approaches to Limiting Lawsuit Abuse,'' 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.

Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, hearing on S. 1194, Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act of 2003, 3 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 4548, Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005, 2 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines, oversight hearing on Public Transportation Security, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on Tax Exemption: Pricing Practices of Hospitals, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth. 

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Next Meeting of the
SENATE
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9:45 a.m., Tuesday, June 22

Senate Chamber

Program for Tuesday: Senate will continue consideration of S. 2400, National Defense Authorization Act.
(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

9 a.m., Tuesday, June 22

House Chamber

Program for Tuesday: Consideration of Suspensions:
(1) H. Con. Res. 13--Recognizing the importance of blues music;
(2) H. Con. Res. 449--Honoring the life and accomplishments of Ray Charles, recognizing his contributions to the Nation, and extending condolences to his family on his death;
(3) H. Res. 634--Congratulating the Kenyon College Ladies swimming and diving team for winning the 2004 NCAA Division III Women's Swimming and Diving National Championship;
(4) H. Res. 635--Congratulating the Kenyon College Lords swimming and diving team for winning the 2004 NCAA Division III Men's Swimming and Diving National Championship;
(5) H. Res. 630--Commending the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers for winning the 2003-04 NCAA Division I National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Championship;
(6) H. Con. Res. 56--Expressing the sense of the Congress that States should require candidates for driver's licenses to demonstrate an ability to exercise greatly increased caution when driving in the proximity of a potentially visually impaired individual;
(7) S. 2017--Luis A. Ferre United States Courthouse and Post Office Building Designation Act;
(8) H.R. 4226--Cape Town Treaty Implementation Act of 2004;
(9) H.R. 4372--Working Families Assistance Act of 2004; and
(10) H.R. 4589--To reauthorize the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant program through September 30, 2004.
Consideration of H.R. 4613, Department of Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (open rule, one hour of general debate).

Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue

HOUSE

Baca, Joe, Calif., E1191, E1192

Bishop, Rob, Utah, E1196

Castle, Michael N., Del., E1191, E1192, E1192, E1193

Clay, Wm. Lacy, Mo., E1193

Gibbons, Jim, Nev., E1195

Matsui, Robert T., Calif., E1195

Ney, Robert W., Ohio, E1191, E1191, E1192, E1193

Rahall, Nick J., II, W.Va., E1196

Rangel, Charles B., N.Y., E1195

Rodriguez, Ciro D., Tex., E1196, E1196

Rogers, Mike, Ala., E1192

Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana, Fla., E1193

Skelton, Ike, Mo., E1194

Wolf, Frank R., Va., E1191, E1192 

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