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Fourteen bills and two resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 2832-2845, and S. Res. 433-434.
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Measures Reported:
Special Report entitled ``Further Revised Allocation to Subcommittees of Budget Totals for Fiscal Year 2005''. (S. Rept. No. 108-356)
S. 2484, to amend title 38, United States Code, to simplify and improve pay provisions for physicians and dentists, to authorize alternate work schedules and executive pay for nurses, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 108-357)
S. 2840, to reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government.
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Measures Passed:
Foreign Operations Appropriations:
Pursuant to the order of September 23, 2004, Committee on Appropriations was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 4818, making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and the bill was then passed, after striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the text of S. 2812, Senate companion measure, which was considered as original text for the purpose of further amendment, and after taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto:
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Working Families Tax Relief Act--Conference Report:
By 92 yeas to 3 nays (Vote No. 188), Senate agreed to the conference report to accompany H.R. 1308, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax relief for working families, clearing the measure for the President.
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National Intelligence Reform Act--Agreement:
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that on Monday, September 27, 2004, at a time to be determined by the Majority Leader, in consultation with the Democratic Leader, Senate begin consideration of S. 2845, to reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government; that all amendments be related to the subject matter of the bill or related to the 9/11 Commission recommendations.
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Nominations Received:
Senate received the following nominations:
Buddie J. Penn, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Navy.
Ryan C. Crocker, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
Marcie B. Ries, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Albania.
Dan Arvizu, of Colorado, to be a Member of the National Science Board, National Science Foundation for a term expiring May 10, 2010.
Steven C. Beering, of Indiana, to be a Member of the National Science Board, National Science Foundation for a term expiring May 10, 2010. (Reappointment)
Gerald Wayne Clough, of Georgia, to be a Member of the National Science Board, National Science Foundation for a term expiring May 10, 2010.
Kelvin Kay Droegemeier, of Oklahoma, to be a Member of the National Science Board, National Science Foundation for a term expiring May 10, 2010.
Louis J. Lanzerotti, of New Jersey, to be a Member of the National Science Board, National Science Foundation for a term expiring May 10, 2010.
Alan I. Leshner, of Maryland, to be a Member of the National Science Board, National Science Foundation for a term expiring May 10, 2010.
Jon C. Strauss, of California, to be a Member of the National Science Board, National Science Foundation for a term expiring May 10, 2010.
Kathryn D. Sullivan, of Ohio, to be a Member of the National Science Board, National Science Foundation for a term expiring May 10, 2010.
31 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
39 Army nominations in the rank of general.
Routine lists in the Army, Coast Guard, 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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Measures Read First Time:
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Executive Communications:
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Additional Cosponsors:
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Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
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Additional Statements:
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Amendments Submitted:
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Notices of Hearings/Meetings
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Authority for Committees to Meet:
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Privilege of the Floor:
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Record Votes:
One record vote was taken today. (Total--188)
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Adjournment:
Senate convened at 11 a.m., and adjourned at 9:56 p.m., until 10 a.m., on Friday, September 24, 2004. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S9594.)
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
Committee on Appropriations:
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine National Labor Relations Board issues, including whether graduate student assistants are considered employees under the National Labor Relations Act, and the purpose and need for the Board's recognition bar doctrine, after receiving testimony from Robert J. Battista, Chairman, Arthur F. Rosenfeld, General Counsel, and Wilma B. Liebman, Member, all of the National Labor Relations Board; John B. Langel, Ballard Spahr Andrews and Ingersoll, and Christina D940Collins, on behalf of Graduate Employees Together-University of Pennsylvania, both of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Nancy Schiffer, AFL-CIO, Washington, D.C.; and William L. Messenger, National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Springfield, Virginia.
GLOBAL POSTURE REVIEW
Committee on Armed Services:
Committee concluded a hearing to examine the Global Posture Review of United States military forces stationed overseas, after receiving testimony from Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense; General Richard B. Myers, USAF, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; General James L. Jones, Jr., USMC, Commander, U.S. European Command and Supreme Allied Commander, Europe; Admiral Thomas B. Fargo, USN, Commander, U.S. Pacific Command; and General Leon J. LaPorte, USA, Commander, United Nations Command, Republic of Korea/U.S. Combined Forces Command, Commander, U.S. Forces Korea.
PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions:
Committee concluded a hearing to examine drug abuse prevention issues, focusing on the role of prescription drug monitoring programs, and federal privacy standards for PMPs, after receiving testimony from Representative Whitfield; James W. Holsinger, Jr., Kentucky Secretary for Health and Family Services, Frankfort; Sherry Green, National Alliance for Model State Drug Laws, Alexandria, Virginia; Kenneth G. Varley, Alabama Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, Birmingham, on behalf of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians; Joy L. Pritts, Georgetown University Health Policy Institute, Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence:
Committee met in closed session to consider pending intelligence matters.
Committee recessed subject to the call.
MEDICARE DISCOUNT DRUG CARDS
Special Committee on Aging:
Committee met to discuss the new Medicare-approved prescription drug cards and transitional assistance programs for seniors, with Mark McClellan, Administrator, and Sharman Stephens, Director, Planning and Policy Analysis Group, Office of Research, Development and Information, both of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services; and James Firman, National Council on the Aging, Mary R. Grealy, Healthcare Leadership Council, Robert B. Helms, American Enterprise Institute, and Julie James, Health Policy Alternatives, Inc., all of Washington, D.C.
Measures Introduced:
17 public bills, H.R. 5130-5146; and; 10 resolutions, H.J. Res. 106; H. Con. Res. 497-499, and H. Res. 795-800 were introduced.
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Additional Cosponsors:
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Reports Filed:
Reports were filed today as follows:
H.R. 4341, to reform the postal laws of the United States, amended (H. Rept. 108-672, Pt. 2);
Conference report on H.R. 1308, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to end certain abusive tax practices, to provide tax relief and simplification (H. Rept. 108-696);
H. Res. 745, of inquiry requesting the President of the United States to provide certain information to the House of Representatives respecting the National Energy Policy Development Group, adversely (H. Rept. 108-697);
H.R. 4661, to amend title 18, United States Code, to discourage spyware, amended (H. Rept. 108-698); and
H. Res. 794, waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 1308) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to accelerate the increase in the refundability of the child tax credit (H. Rept. 108-699).
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Speaker:
Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed Representative Kirk to act as Speaker Pro Tempore for today.
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Chaplain:
The prayer was offered today by Rev. Betsy Singleton, Pastor, Quapaw Quarter United Methodist Church in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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Recess:
The House recessed at 9:05 a.m. for the purpose of receiving His Excellency Ayad Allawi, Interim Prime Minister of the Republic of Iraq and reconvened at 11:15 a.m.; and agreed that the proceedings had during the Joint Meeting be printed in the Record.
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Joint Meeting to receive His Excellency Ayad Allawi, Interim Prime Minister of the Republic of Iraq:
The House and Senate met in a Joint Meeting to receive His Excellency Ayad Allawi, Interim Prime Minister of the Republic of Iraq. He was escorted in the House Chamber by a Committee comprised of Representatives DeLay, Blunt, Cox, Kingston, Hunter, Ros-Lehtinen, Pelosi, Hoyer, Clyburn, Skelton, Lantos, and Harman and Senators Frist, McConnell, Santorum, Hutchinson, Kyl, Allen, Lugar, Sessions, Daschle, Breaux, Stabenow, Clinton, and Corzine.
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Pledge Protection Act of 2004--Rule for Consideration:
The House passed H.R. 2028, to amend title 28, United States Code, with respect to the jurisdiction of Federal courts inferior to the Supreme Court over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance, by yea and nay vote of 247 yeas to 173 nays, Roll No. 467.
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Suspension:
The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the following measure which was debated yesterday, September 22.
Adoption Tax Relief Guarantee Act:
H.R. 1057, to repeal the sunset of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 with respect to the expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs, by a yea and nay vote of 414 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 468.
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Tax Relief, Simplification, and Equity Act of 2004--Conference Report:
The House agreed to H. Rept. 108-696, the conference report to accompany H.R. 1308, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to accelerate the increase in the refundability of the child tax credit, by a recorded vote of 339 ayes to 65 noes, Roll No. 472.
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Recess:
The House recessed at 3:12 p.m. and reconvened at 3:54 p.m.
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Meeting Hour:
Agreed that when the House adjourn today it adjourn to meet at 2 p.m. tomorrow, September 24; and further that when the House adjourns on that day, it adjourn to meet at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 28 for Morning Hour debate.
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Calendar Wednesday:
Agreed to dispense with the Calendar Wednesday business of Wednesday, September 29.
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Committee Election:
Agreed to H. Res. 795, electing Representative Gerlach to the Committee on Financial Services and Representative Burgess to the Committee on Government Reform.
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Member Resignation:
Read a letter from Representative Goss wherein he resigned as Representative of the 14th Congressional District of Florida, effective close of business today.
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Senate Message:
Message received from the Senate today appears on page H7563.
Quorum Calls--Votes:
Five yea and nay votes and two recorded vote developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H7477, H7478, H7478-79, H7514, H7529-30, H7530, H7539-40. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment:
The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 11:58 p.m.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Agriculture:
Ordered reported the following measures: H. Res. 261, Expressing the support of the House of Representatives for the efforts of organizations such as Second Harvest to provide emergency food assistance to hungry people in the United States, and encouraging all Americans to provide volunteer services and other support for local antihunger advocacy efforts and hunger relief charities, including food banks, food rescue organizations, food pantries, soup kitchens, and emergency shelters; H. Res. 481, Recognizing the establishment of Hunters for the Hungry programs across the United States and the contributions of those programs to efforts to decrease hunger and help feed those in need; H.R. 2119, amended, To provide for the use by the State of North Carolina of Federal lands, improvements, equipment, and resource materials at the Oxford Research Station in Granville County, North Carolina; H.R. 2984, To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to remove the requirement that processors be members of an agency administering a marketing order applicable to pears; H.R. 3372, To designate the facility of the Agriculture Research Service of the Department of Agriculture located at State Highway 26 West in Poplarville, Mississippi, as the ``Thad Cochran Southern Horticultural Laboratory;'' H.R. 3514, amended, Pennsylvania National Forest Improvement Act of 2003; S. 33, To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell or exchange all or part of certain administrative sites and other land in the Ozark-St. Francis and Ouachita National Forests and to use funds derived from the sale or exchange to acquire, construct, or improve administrative sites; H.R. 4569, To provide for the development of a national plan for the control and management of Sudden Oak Death, a tree disease caused by the fungus-like pathogen Phytophthora ramorum; H.R. 4620, amended, To confirm the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Commodity Credit Corporation to enter into memorandums of understanding with a State regarding the collection of approved State commodity assessments on behalf of the State from the proceeds of marketing assistance loans; H.R. 5042, To amend the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 to ensure that the dependents of employees of the Forest Service stationed in Puerto Rico receive a high-quality elementary and secondary education; and S. 1814, To transfer federal lands between the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior.
DIPLOMA MILLS
Committee on Education and the Workforce:
Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness held a hearing entitled ``Current Safeguards Protecting Taxpayers Against Diploma Mills.'' Testimony was heard from Robert Cramer, Managing Director, Office of Special Investigations, GAO; and public witnesses.
MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE RESPONSIBILITY ACT OF 2004
Committee on Energy and Commerce:
Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials approved for full Committee action, as amended, H.R. 4940, Municipal Solid Waste Responsibility Act of 2004.
PUBLIC HEALTH--FDA'S ROLE IN PROTECTING
Committee on Energy and Commerce:
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing entitled ``FDA's Role in Protecting the Public Health: Examining FDA's Review of Safety and Efficacy Concerns in Anti-Depressant Use by Children.'' Testimony was heard from the following officials of the FDA, Department of Health and Human Services: Andrew Mosholder, M.D., Paul Seligman, M.D., Robert Temple, M.D., Thomas Laughen, M.D., Tarek Hammad, M.D., and James Knudsen, M.D.
ENCOURAGING SMALL BUSINESS GROWTH
Committee on Financial Services:
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing entitled ``Encouraging Small Business Growth and Access to Capital.'' Testimony was heard from Alan L. Beller, Director, Division of Corporation Finance, SEC; and public witnesses.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PIRACY
Committee on Government Reform:
Held a hearing entitled ``Intellectual Property Piracy: Are We Doing Enough to Protect U.S. Innovation Abroad?'' Testimony was heard from Representative Simmons; Loren Yager, Director, International Affairs and Trade, GAO; and public witnesses.
U.S. SECURITY POLICY IN AFGHANISTAN ON EVE OF NATIONAL ELECTIONS
Committee on International Relations:
Held a hearing on United States Security Policy in Afghanistan on the Eve of National Elections. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Peter W. Rodman, Assistant Secretary, International Security Affairs; and LTG Walter L. Sharp, USA, Director, Strategic Plans and Policy, J-5, The Joint Staff; and Robert B. Charles, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, Department of State.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary:
Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security approved for full Committee action, as amended, the following bills: H.R. 4547, Defending America's Most Vulnerable Safe Access to Drug Treatment and Child Protection Act of 2004; S. 1194, Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act of 2003; and H.R 4264, Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act of 2004.D943
OVERSIGHT--ENDANGERED SPECIES
Committee on Resources:
Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans held an oversight hearing on the Upcoming Thirteenth Regular Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP13) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Testimony was heard from. Craig Manson, Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; and Rebecca Lent, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Fisheries, NOAA, Department of Commerce.
CONFERENCE REPORT--WORKING FAMILIES TAX RELIEF ACT OF 2004
Committee on Rules:
Granted, by voice vote, a rule waiving all points against the conference report to accompany H.R. 1308, Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2004, and against its consideration. The rule provides that the conference report shall be considered as read. Testimony was heard from Representative Weller.
RESOLUTION OF INQUIRY--REQUESTING HHS TO TRANSMIT TO THE HOUSE DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE COST OF MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG LEGISLATION
Committee on Ways and Means:
Ordered reported adversely H. Res. 776, Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to estimates and analyses of the cost of the Medicare prescription drug legislation.
SELECT TAX ISSUES
Committee on Ways and Means:
Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures held a hearing on Select Tax Issues. Testimony was heard from Representatives Capps, Isakson, Larson of (CT), Simmons, Wilson (SC), Turner (OH), McCarthy (MO), Neugebauer, Weldon (PA), Kucinich, Beauprez, Ryan (OH), Blackburn, Emanuel, Sessions and Lofgren.
WORKING FAMILIES TAX RELIEF ACT
Conferees
agreed to file a conference report on the differences between the Senate and House passed versions of H.R. 1308, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to end certain abusive tax practices, to provide tax relief and simplification.
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Committee on Environment and Public Works:
Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water, to hold oversight hearings to examine State and private programs for sage grouse conservation, 9 a.m., SD-406.
Committee on Foreign Relations:
to hold hearings to examine the Protocol Amending the Convention Between the United States of America and the Kingdom of the Netherlands for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income (including exchange of notes with attached Understanding), signed at Washington on March 8, 2004 (the ``Protocol'') (Treaty Doc. 108-25), and the Second Protocol Amending the Convention Between the United States of America and Barbados for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income Signed on December 31, 1984, signed at Washington on July 14, 2004; including an exchange of notes with attached Understandings (Treaty Doc. 108-26), 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
Committee on Appropriations,
Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs, on Iraq Reconstruction Program, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
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Program for Friday:
Senate will be in a period of morning business.
Program for Friday:
The House will meet at 2 p.m. on Friday, September 24 in pro forma session and at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 28 for Morning Hour debate.
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