[Daily Digest]
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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Tuesday, April 19, 2005

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Daily Digest

Senate

Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3865-S3957
Measures Introduced: Fifteen bills and three resolutions were
introduced, as follows: S. 838-852, S.J. Res. 14-15, and S. Res. 113.
Pages S3897-98
Measures Reported:
S. 50, to authorize and strengthen the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration's tsunami detection, forecast, warning, and
mitigation program, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
(S. Rept. No. 109-59)
S. 361, to develop and maintain an integrated system of ocean and
coastal observations for the Nation's coasts, oceans and Great Lakes,
improve warnings of tsunamis and other natural hazards, enhance
homeland security, support maritime operations. (S. Rept. No. 109-60)
Page S3897
SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS: Senate continued consideration of H.R.
1268, making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2005, to establish and rapidly implement
regulations for State driver's license and identification document
security standards, to prevent terrorists from abusing the asylum laws
of the United States, to unify terrorism-related grounds for
inadmissibility and removal, to ensure expeditious construction of the
San Diego border fence, taking action on the following amendments
proposed thereto:
Pages S3865-S3892
Adopted:
Cochran (for Bond) Amendment No. 547, to appropriate $5,000,000 for
the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight to meet emergency
funding needs; which are supported by fees collected from regulated
Government Sponsored Enterprises.
Page S3880
Cochran (for Landrieu) Amendment No. 527, to modify the provision
relating to offshore oil and gas fabrication ports.
Page S3880
Cochran (for Santorum) Amendment No. 441, to allow certain
appropriated funds to be used to provide loan guarantees.
Page S3880
Cochran (for Reid) Amendment No. 407, to provide assistance for the
conduct of agricultural and natural resource conservation activities in
the Walker River Basin, Nevada.
Pages S3880-81
Subsequently, the amendment was modified.
Pages S3883-84
Cochran (for Byrd) Amendment No. 476, to transfer funds relating to
certain watershed programs of the Department of Agriculture.
Page S3881
Subsequently, the amendment was modified.
Page S3884
Cochran (for Leahy) Amendment No. 548, to encourage the Government of
Ecuador to take urgent measures to protect the biodiversity of the
Galapagos.
Page S3881
Kyl Amendment No. 555 (to Amendment No. 387), to modify the criteria
for excluding certain H-2B workers from the numerical limitations under
section 214(g)(1)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Page S3886
By 94 yeas to 6 nays (Vote No. 102), Mikulski Amendment No. 387, to
revise certain requirements for H-2B employers and require submission
of information regarding H-2B nonimmigrants, as amended.
Pages S3886-87
Hutchison/Schumer Modified Amendment No. 379, to make unused EB3
visas available to bring nurses to the United States through Department
of State procedures.
Pages S3887, S3888
Cochran (for Pryor) Amendment No. 343, to release to the State of
Arkansas a reversionary interest in Camp Joseph T. Robinson.
Page S3891
Durbin Modified Amendment No. 427, to require reports on Iraqi
security services.
Pages S3891-92
Dorgan/Durbin Amendment No. 399, to prohibit the continuation of the
independent counsel investigation of Henry Cisneros past June 1, 2005
and request an accounting of costs from GAO.
Page S3892
Cochran (for Shelby) Amendment No. 560, to clarify funding for
judicial security enhancements.
Page S3892
Cochran (for Reid) Amendment No. 561, to modify the provision
relating to agricultural and natural resource conservation activities
in the Walker River Basin, Nevada.
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Cochran (for Reid) Amendment No. 562, to modify the provision
relating to the water lease and purchase program for the Walker River
Paiute Tribe.
Page S3892
Pending:
Feinstein Amendment No. 395, to express the sense of the Senate that
the text of the REAL ID Act of 2005 should not be included in the
conference report.
Page S3865
Bayh Amendment No. 406, to protect the financial condition of members
of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who are ordered to long-
term active duty in support of a contingency operation.
Page S3865
Salazar Amendment No. 351, to express the sense of the Senate that
the earned income tax credit provides critical support to many military
and civilian families.
Page S3865
Reid Amendment No. 445, to achieve an acceleration and expansion of
efforts to reconstruct and rehabilitate Iraq and to reduce the future
risks to United States Armed Forces personnel and future costs to
United States taxpayers, by ensuring that the people of Iraq and other
nations do their fair share to secure and rebuild Iraq.
Page S3865
Frist (for Chambliss/Kyl) Amendment No. 432, to simplify the process
for admitting temporary alien agricultural workers under section
101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, to
increase access to such workers.
Pages S3866-67, S3868-79
Frist (for Craig/Kennedy) Modified Amendment No. 375, to provide for
the adjustment of status of certain foreign agricultural workers, to
amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reform the H-2A worker
program under that Act, to provide a stable, legal agricultural
workforce, to extend basic legal protections and better working
conditions to more workers.
Page S3866
DeWine Amendment No. 340, to increase the period of continued TRICARE
coverage of children of members of the uniformed services who die while
serving on active duty for a period of more than 30 days.
Page S3866
DeWine Amendment No. 342, to appropriate $10,000,000 to provide
assistance to Haiti using Child Survival and Health Programs funds,
$21,000,000 to provide assistance to Haiti using Economic Support Fund
funds, and $10,000,000 to provide assistance to Haiti using
International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement funds, to be
designated as an emergency requirement.
Page S3866
Schumer Amendment No. 451, to lower the burden of gasoline prices on
the economy of the United States and circumvent the efforts of OPEC to
reap windfall oil profits.
Page S3866
Reid (for Reed/Chafee) Amendment No. 452, to provide for the
adjustment of status of certain nationals of Liberia to that of lawful
permanent residence.
Page S3866
Chambliss Further Modified Amendment No. 418, to prohibit the
termination of the existing joint-service multiyear procurement
contract for C/KC-130J aircraft.
Pages S3866, S3887-88
Bingaman Amendment No. 483, to increase the appropriation to Federal
courts by $5,000,000 to cover increased immigration-related filings in
the southwestern United States.
Page S3866
Bingaman (for Grassley) Amendment No. 417, to provide emergency
funding to the Office of the United States Trade Representative.
Page S3866
Isakson Amendment No. 429, to establish and rapidly implement
regulations for State driver's license and identification document
security standards, to prevent terrorists from abusing the asylum laws
of the United States, to unify terrorism-related grounds for
inadmissibility and removal, and to ensure expeditious construction of
the San Diego border fence.
Page S3866
Byrd Amendment No. 463, to require a quarterly report on audits
conducted by the Defense Contract Audit Agency of task or delivery
order contracts and other contracts related to security and
reconstruction activities in Iraq and Afghanistan and to address
irregularities identified in such reports.
Page S3866
Warner Amendment No. 499, relative to the aircraft carriers of the
Navy.
Pages S3866, S3881-83
Sessions Amendment No. 456, to provide for accountability in the
United Nations Headquarters renovation project.
Page S3866
Boxer/Bingaman Amendment No. 444, to appropriate an additional
$35,000,000 for Other Procurement, Army, and make the amount available
for the fielding of Warlock systems and other field jamming systems.
Page S3866
Lincoln Amendment No. 481, to modify the accumulation of leave by
members of the National Guard.
Page S3866
Reid (for Durbin) Amendment No. 443, to affirm that the United States
may not engage in torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment
under any circumstances.
Page S3866
Reid (for Bayh) Amendment No. 388, to appropriate an additional
$742,000,000 for Other Procurement, Army, for the procurement of up to
3,300 Up Armored High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (UAHMMVs).
Page S3866
Reid (for Biden) Amendment No. 537, to provide funds for the security
and stabilization of Iraq and Afghanistan and for other defense-related
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by suspending a portion of the reduction in the highest income tax rate
for individual taxpayers.
Page S3866
Reid (for Feingold) Amendment No. 459, to extend the termination date
of Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction,
expand the duties of the Inspector General, and provide additional
funds for the Office.
Page S3866
Ensign Amendment No. 487, to provide for additional border patrol
agents for the remainder of fiscal year 2005.
Pages S3867-68
Byrd Amendment No. 516, to increase funding for border security.
Pages S3888-90
Reid (for Biden) Amendment No. 440, to appropriate, with an offset,
$6,000,000 for the Defense Health Program for force protection work and
medical care at the Vaccine Health Care Centers.
Pages S3890-91
During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the
following actions:
By 21 yeas to 77 nays (Vote No. 97), three-fifths of those Senators
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate
rejected the motion to close further debate on Frist (for Chambliss/
Kyl) Amendment No. 432, to simplify the process for admitting temporary
alien agricultural workers under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act, to increase access to such workers.
Pages S3866-67, S3868-79
By 53 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 98), three-fifths of those Senators
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate
rejected the motion to close further debate on Frist (for Craig/
Kennedy) Modified Amendment No. 375, to provide for the adjustment of
status of certain foreign agricultural workers, to amend the
Immigration and Nationality Act to reform the H-2A worker program under
that Act, to provide a stable, legal agricultural workforce, to extend
basic legal protections and better working conditions to more workers.
Page S3879
By 91 yeas to 7 nays (Vote No. 99) Senate agreed to the motion to
instruct the Sergeant At Arms to request the attendance of absent
Senators.
Page S3884
By 56 yeas to 42 nays (Vote No. 100) Senate agreed to the modified
motion to recess until 5 p.m. today.
Pages S3884-85
By 83 yeas to 17 nays (Vote No. 101), three-fifths of those Senators
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed
to the motion to close further debate on Mikulski Amendment No. 387, to
revise certain requirements for H-2B employers and require submission
of information regarding H-2B nonimmigrants.
Pages S3885-86
By a unanimous vote of 100 yeas (Vote No. 103), three-fifths of those
Senators duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate
agreed to the motion to close further debate on the bill.
Page S3888
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further
consideration of the bill at approximately 10:30 a.m., and that,
notwithstanding morning business, and the adjournment of the Senate,
all time be counted against cloture under Rule XXII.
Page S3957
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
Alex Azar II, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of Health and Human
Services.
1 Army nomination in the rank of general.
Page S3957
Messages From the House:
Page S3896
Measures Read First Time:
Page S3957
Executive Communications:
Pages S3896-97
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S3898-99
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S3899-S3942
Additional Statements:
Pages S3894-96
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S3942-56
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
Page S3956
Authority for Committees to Meet:
Pages S3956-57
Record Votes: Seven record votes were taken today. (Total--103)
Pages S3879, S3884, S3884-85, S3886, S3887, S3888
Quorum Calls: One quorum call was taken today. (Total--2)
Page S3884
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:45 a.m., and adjourned at 7:42 p.m.,
until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, April 20, 2005. (For Senate's program,
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page
S3957.)