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Saturday, November 22, 2003

Daily Digest

HIGHLIGHTS

Senate agreed to the Conference Report to accompany H.R. 2622, Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act.

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Senate

Chamber Action

Routine Proceedings, pages S15513-S15589

Measures Introduced: Three bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1931-1933.

Page S15573

Measures Reported:

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. (S. Rept. No. 108-207)

Page S15572

Measures Passed:

Recognizing Ralph Bunche: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Con. Res. 82, recognizing the importance of Ralph Bunche as one of the great leaders of the United States, the first African-American Nobel Peace Prize winner, an accomplished scholar, a distinguished diplomat, and a tireless campaigner of civil rights for people throughout the world, and the resolution was then agreed to.

Page S15569

Recognizing Althea Gibson: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of H. Con. Res. 69, expressing the sense of Congress that Althea Gibson should be recognized for her ground breaking achievements in athletics and her commitment to ending racial discrimination and prejudice within the world of sports, and the resolution was then agreed to.

Pages S15569-70

Recognizing Ralph Bunche: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of H. Con. Res. 71, recognizing the importance of Ralph Bunche as one of the great leaders of the United States, the first African-American Nobel Peace Prize winner, an accomplished scholar, a distinguished diplomat, and a tireless campaigner of civil rights for people throughout the world, and the resolution was then agreed to.

Page S15570

Federal Enforcement of Obscenity Laws: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 77, expressing the sense of Congress supporting vigorous enforcement of the Federal obscenity laws.

Page S15570

Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act--Conference Report: Senate agreed to the conference report to accompany H.R. 2622, to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act, to prevent identity theft, improve resolution of consumer disputes, improve the accuracy of consumer records, make improvements in the use of, and consumer access to, credit information, clearing the measure for the President.

Page S15570

Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act--Agreement: Senate began consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R. 1, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a voluntary prescription drug coverage program under the medicare program, to modernize, strengthen, and improve the medicare program, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction to individuals for amounts contributed to health savings accounts, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to abbreviated applications for the approval of new drugs and the importation of prescription drugs.

Pages S15519-33, S15533-69, S15574-88

A motion was entered to close further debate on the conference report and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a cloture vote will occur on Monday, November 24, 2003.

Page S15561

A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the conference report at 1 p.m., on Sunday, November 23, 2003.

Pages S15588-89

Messages From the House:

Page S15572

Additional Cosponsors:

Page S15573 D1329

Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:

Pages S15573-74

Additional Statements:

Pages S15571-72

Privilege of the Floor:

Page S15574

Adjournment: Senate met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 9:33 p.m. until 1 p.m. on Sunday, November 23, 2003. (For Senate's Program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S15589).

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Committee Meetings

No committee meetings were held.

House of Representatives

The House was not in session.

Committee Meetings

No committee meetings were held.

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Next Meeting of the SENATE
1 p.m., Sunday, November 23
Senate Chamber

Program for Sunday: Senate will continue consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R. 1, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a voluntary prescription drug coverage program under the medicare program, to modernize, strengthen, and improve the medicare program, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction to individuals for amounts contributed to health savings accounts, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to abbreviated applications for the approval of new drugs and the importation of prescription drugs.

Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Tuesday, 12 noon, November 25
House Chamber

Program for Tuesday: The House will meet at 12 noon in pro forma session.

Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue

HOUSE

Berkley, Shelley, Nev., E2408

Berman, Howard L., Calif., E2414

Bonilla, Henry, Tex., E2406

Brown, Henry E., Jr., S.C., E2389, E2395, 2399

Burgess, Michale C., Tex., E2390, E2395, E2399, E2402, E2406, E2408, E2412, E2414

Burr, Richard, N.C., E2393, E2397

Calvert, Ken, Calif., E2392, E2396

Cardoza, Dennis A., Calif., E2406, E2410

Case, Ed, Hawaii, E2413

Christensen, Donna M., The Virgin Islands, E2403

Conyers, John, Jr., Mich., E2420

Crowley, Joseph, N.Y., E2409

Cubin, Barbara, Wyo., E2418

Davis, Danny K., Ill., E2391, E2403

Davis, Jim, Fla., E2408

DeGette, Diana, Colo., E2404

Diaz-Balart, Lincoln, Fla., E2418

Doolittle, John T., Calif., E2419

Ehlers, Vernon J., Mich., E2393, E2397

Garrett, Scott, N.J., E2404

Gerlach, Jim, Pa., E2396, E2399, E2403, E2406

Hensarling, Jeb, Tex., E2420

Holt, Rush D., N.J., E2390, E2395, E2399, E2402

Hooley, Darlene, Ore., E2405

Houghton, Amo, N.Y., E2409

Johnson, Sam, Tex., E2417

Kelly, Sue W., N.Y., E2392, E2397

Kucinich, Dennis J., Ohio, E2393, E2397

Lampson, Nick, Tex., E2389, E2394

Larson, John B., Conn., E2409

Lee, Barbara, Calif., E2390, E2395

McDermott, Jim, Wash., E2407

McInnis, Scott, Colo., E2391, E2396, E2400, E2403, E2406, E2408, E2412, E2414

Maloney, Carolyn B., N.Y., E2389, E2394, E2398, E2415

Miller, George, Calif., E2421

Mollohan, Alan B., W.Va., E2406

Moore, Dennis, Kansas, E2414

Norton, Eleanor Holmes, D.C., E2421

Paul, Ron, Tex., E2419

Portman, Rob, Ohio, E2391, E2395

Rangel, Charles B., N.Y., E2413

N O T I C E

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