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Measures Introduced:
Forty-eight bills and nine resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 1506-1553, and S. Res. 207-215.
Pages S10617-19
Measures Reported:
S. 589, to strengthen and improve the management of national security, encourage Government service in areas of critical national security, and to assist government agencies in addressing deficiencies in personnel possessing specialized skills important to national security and incorporating the goals and strategies for recruitment and retention for such skilled personnel into the strategic and performance management systems of Federal agencies. (S. Rept. No. 108-119)
S. 1244, to authorize appropriations for the Federal Maritime Commission for fiscal years 2004 and 2005, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 108-120)
H.R. 1904, to improve the capacity of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects on National Forest System lands and Bureau of Land Management lands aimed at protecting communities, watersheds, and certain other at-risk lands from catastrophic wildfire, to enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health, including catastrophic wildfire, across the landscape, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 108-121)
S. 1053, to prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to health insurance and employment, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 108-122)
S. 274, to amend the procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants. (S. Rept. No. 108-123)
S. Res. 30, expressing the sense of the Senate that the President should designate the week beginning September 14, 2003, as ``National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week''.
S. Res. 204, designating the week of November 9 through November 15, 2003, as ``National Veterans Awareness Week'' to emphasize the need to develop educational programs regarding the contributions of veterans to the country.
S. 1177, A bill to ensure the collection of all cigarette taxes, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
S. Con. Res. 25, recognizing and honoring America's Jewish community on the occasion of its 350th anniversary, supporting the designation of an ``American Jewish History Month'', with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Pages S10615-16
Measures Passed:
Energy Tax Policy Act:
By 84 yeas to 14 nays (Vote No. 317), Senate passed 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, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:
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Sununu (for Roberts/Rockefeller) Amendment No. 1538, to make certain improvements to the bill.
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Campbell Amendment No. 886, to replace ``tribal consortia'' with ``tribal energy resource development organizations''.
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Nomination Considered:
Senate continued consideration of the nomination of William H. Pryor, Jr., of Alabama, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit.
During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the following action:
By 53 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 316), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate rejected the motion to close further debate on the nomination.
Pages S10455-69
Nomination--Cloture Vote Vitiated:
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the scheduled cloture vote on the nomination of Carolyn B. Kuhl, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, be vitiated.
Climate Stewardship Act--Agreement:
A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing that at a time determined by the Majority Leader, following consultation with the Democratic Leader, but no later than October 10, 2003, Committee on Environment and Public Works be discharged from consideration of S. 139, to provide for a program of scientific research on abrupt climate change, to accelerate the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States by establishing a market-driven system of greenhouse gas tradable allowances that could be used interchangeably with passenger vehicle fuel economy standard credits, to limit greenhouse gas emissions in the United States and reduce dependence upon foreign oil, and ensure benefits to consumers from the trading in such allowances, and that the Senate then proceed to its consideration; that there be 6 hours of debate on the bill and amendment in the nature of a substitute; that the only amendment in order be a McCain/Lieberman amendment in the nature of a substitute; that upon the use or yielding back of all time, the amendment be agreed to, the bill as amended be read a third time, and Senate proceed to vote on passage of the bill.
Pages S10529-30
Nominations Status--Agreement:
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that, notwithstanding paragraph 6 of Rule XXXI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, all pending nominations remain in status quo, during the upcoming adjournment of the Senate.
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Treaties Approved:
The following treaties having passed through their various parliamentary stages, up to and including the presentation of the resolution of ratification, upon division, two-thirds of the Senators present and having voted in the affirmative, the resolutions of ratification were agreed to:
Agreement with Russian Federation concerning Polar Bear Population Treaty Doc. 107-10 with one condition;
Agreement Amending Treaty with Canada Concerning Pacific Coast Albacore Tuna Vessels and Port Privileges Treaty Doc. 108-1;
Amendments to the 1987 Treaty on Fisheries with Pacific Island States Treaty Doc. 108-2 with one declaration;
Convention for International Carriage by Air Treaty Doc. 106-45 with one reservation;
Protocol to Amend the Convention for Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage by Air Treaty Doc. 107-14.
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Nominations Confirmed:
Senate confirmed the following nominations:
By unanimous vote of 96 yeas (Vote No. EX. 320), James I. Cohn, of Florida, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida.
Pages S10527-28, S10589-90
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By unanimous vote of 95 yeas (Vote No. EX. 321), Frank Montalvo, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Texas.
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Measures Held Over/Under Rule:
Page S10611
Executive Communications:
Pages S10611-14
Petitions and Memorials:
Pages S10614-15
Executive Reports of Committees:
Page S10616
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S10619-21
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S10621-91
Additional Statements:
Pages S10609-11
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S10691-S10837
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
Page S10837
Authority for Committees to Meet:
Pages S10837-38
Privilege of the Floor:
Page S10838
Record Votes:
Six record votes were taken today. (Total--321)
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Recess:
Senate met at 9 a.m., and recessed at 11:08 p.m., until 9:30 a.m., on Friday, August 1, 2003. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S10527.)
COAL DUST
Committee on Appropriations:
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies concluded hearings to examine the proposed Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) rule on coal dust, after receiving testimony from David D. Lauriski, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health; Joseph A. Main, United Mine Workers of America, Fairfax, Virginia; and D925David Beerbower, Peabody Energy Corporation, St. Louis, Missouri, on behalf of the National Mining Association.
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OVERTIME PAY
Committee on Appropriations:
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies concluded hearings on a proposed rule on overtime pay, after receiving testimony from Tammy D. McCutchen, Administrator, Wage and Hour Division, Employment Standards Administration, Department of Labor; Christine Owens, AFL-CIO, and Ross Eisenbrey, Economic Policy Institute, both of Washington, D.C.; and Lawrence Lorber, Proskauer Rose, New York, New York, on behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
UNION FINANCIAL REPORTING AND DISCLOSURE
Committee on Appropriations:
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies concluded hearings to examine labor union financial reporting and disclosure, after receiving testimony from Victoria Lipnic, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment Standards; Jonathan Hiatt, AFL-CIO, Washington, D.C.; Jay Cochran, George Mason University Mercatus Center, Arlington, Virginia; and Lynn Turner, Colorado State University Center for Quality Financial Reporting, Fort Collins.
IRAQ SURVEY GROUP
Committee on Armed Services:
Committee met in closed session to receive a briefing on the work of the Iraq survey group from David Kay, Special Adviser for Strategy Regarding Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction Program; Major General Keith W. Dayton, USA, Director, Iraq Survey Group; Major General John F. Kimmons, USA, former Director of Intelligence, U.S. Central Command; and Major General James A. Marks, USA, former Director of Intelligence, Coalition Forces Land Component Command, all of the United States Army.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs:
Committee ordered favorably reported the following bills:
S. 627, to prevent the use of certain payments instruments, credit cards, and fund transfers for unlawful Internet gambling, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
H.R. 659, to amend section 242 of the National Housing Act regarding the requirements for mortgage insurance under such Act for hospitals, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
FAIR CREDIT REPORTING ACT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs:
Committee concluded hearings to examine measures to enhance the operation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, focusing on a proposed National Security Alert System, prohibition on the sale or transfer of identity theft debt, adverse action notices, private enforcement rights and agency enforcement, tools to protect privacy, mortgages, credit availability, and prescreening, and the importance of national uniformity to the security of consumers' personal information, after receiving testimony from John W. Snow, Secretary of the Treasury; and Edmund Mierzwinski, U.S. Public Interest Research Group, and Michael F. McEneney, Sidley Austin Brown and Wood, on behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, both of Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation:
Committee ordered favorably reported the following bills:
S. 150, to make permanent the moratorium on taxes on Internet access and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce imposed by the Internet Tax Freedom Act, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 1478, to reauthorize the National Telecommunications and Information Administration; and
S. 733, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2004 for the United States Coast Guard, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
ICANN
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation:
Committee concluded hearings to examine the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), focusing on consumer issues, computer security and stability, root server systems, continued globalization of the internet, innovation in services and processes, the proposed Wait List Service, and new top-level domains, after receiving testimony from Nancy J. Victory, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, National Telecommunications and Information Administration; Paul Twomey, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, Marina del Ray, California; Aristotle Balogh, VeriSign, Dulles, Virginia; Alan B. Davidson, Center for Democracy and Technology, Washington, D.C.; and Paul Stahura, ENom, Inc., Belleview, Washington.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Finance:
on July 30, 2003 Committee concluded hearings to examine the Nominations:
of D926Robert Stanley Nichols, of Washington, to be Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, and Teresa M. Ressel, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Management, both of the Department of the Treasury, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
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NORTH KOREA
Committee on Foreign Relations:
Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs met in closed session to receive a briefing on corruption in North Korea's economy.
NORTH KOREA
Committee on Foreign Relations:
Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs concluded hearings to examine corruption in North Korea's economy, after receiving testimony from Nicholas Eberstadt, American Enterprise Institute, and Michael J. Horowitz, Hudson Institute, both of Washington, D.C.
FINANCING TERRORISM
Committee on Governmental Affairs:
Committee concluded hearings to examine Federal efforts in identifying, tracking and dismantling the financial structure supporting terrorist groups, focusing on Saudi Arabia and the War on Terrorism, the USA PATRIOT Act and other related legislation, Executive Branch organizational changes, foundations of terrorist financing and support, the effect of the May 12, 2003 Riyadh attacks, multilateral actions against Al-Qaeda and other terrorist infrastructure, and the ideological roots of the new terrorism, after receiving testimony from John S. Pistole, Deputy Assistant Director, Counterterrorism Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice; R. Richard Newcomb, Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury; Dore Gold, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, Jerusalem, Israel, former Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations; Steven Emerson, Investigative Project, Washington, D.C.; and Jonathan M. Winer, Alston and Bird, Atlanta, Georgia, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and member, Independent Task Force of the Council on Foreign Relations on Terrorist Finance.
HIV/AIDS PANDEMIC
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions:
Committee concluded hearings to examine solutions to the problem of health care transmission of HIV/AIDS in Africa, focusing on injection safety, blood safety, safe obstetrical delivery practices, and quality assurance in medical care, after receiving testimony from E. Anne Peterson, Assistant Administrator for Global Health, U.S. Agency for International Development; Yvan Hutin, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; John Kiwanuka Ssemakula, Africa-America Institute, New York, New York; and Holly Burkhalter, Physicians for Human Rights, Boston Massachusetts; and John Stover, Futures Group, Glastonbury, Connecticut.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary:
Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 1177, to ensure the collection of all cigarette taxes, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. Res. 30, expressing the sense of the Senate that the President should designate the week beginning September 14, 2003, as ``National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week'';
S. Con. Res. 25, recognizing and honoring America's Jewish community on the occasion of its 350th anniversary, supporting the designation of an ``American Jewish History Month'', with an amendment;
S. Res. 204, designating the week of November 9 through November 15, 2003, as ``National Veterans Awareness Week'' to emphasize the need to develop educational programs regarding the contributions of veterans to the country;
The nominations of Steven M. Colloton, of Iowa, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit; P. Kevin Castel, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York; Sandra J. Feuerstein, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York; Richard J. Holwell, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York; R. David Proctor, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama; Stephen C. Robinson, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York; and Rene Acosta,of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Daniel J. Bryant, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, and Paul Michael Warner, of Utah, to be United States Attorney for the District of Utah, all of the Department of Justice.
Also, committee resumed consideration of S.J. Res. 1, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to protect the rights of crime victims, but did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to the call.
FORENSIC SCIENCES
Committee on the Judiciary:
Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts concluded hearings to examine activities of the Administration and the Department of Justice relating to the use of DNA technology, including forensic tools and techniques, to solve crimes and promote public safety, focusing on a DNA initiative to improve the use of DNA technology in the criminal justice system by
providing funds, training, and assistance, after receiving testimony from Sarah V. Hart, Director, National Institute of Justice, Department of Justice; Susan Hart Johns, Illinois State Police, Springfield, on behalf of the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors; Randall Hillman, Alabama District Attorney's Association, Montgomery; Frank J. Clark, Erie County District Attorney, Buffalo, New York; Michael M. Baden, Medicolegal Investigative Unit, New York State Police, former Chief Forensic Pathologist for the House of Representatives Select Committee on Assassinations, and Peter Neufeld, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, both of New York, New York; and Rosemary Serra, New Haven, Connecticut.
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INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence:
Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community.
Committee recessed subject to call.
Committee on Armed Services:
to hold a closed briefing regarding the situation in Liberia, 10:30 a.m., S-407, Capitol.
Committee on the Judiciary:
to hold hearings to examine the Greater Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals Act, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
No Committee meetings are scheduled.
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe:
to hold hearings to examine issues with respect to missing persons in Southeast Europe, 9:15 a.m., 334 CHOB.
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Program for Friday:
Senate will be in a period of morning business.
*Program for Friday:
The House stands adjourned until 4 p.m. on Friday, August 1, 2003, unless it sooner has received a message from the Senate transmitting an amendment to H. Con. Res. 259 in the form that was reported at the desk, in which case the House shall be considered to have concurred in such amendment and shall stand adjourned until 2 p.m. on Wednesday, September 3, 2003.
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