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“Highlights + Senate” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Energy was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D305-D307 on April 10, 2002.
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Wednesday, April 10, 2002
Daily Digest
HIGHLIGHTS
House Committees ordered reported the DOT Kids Implementation and
Efficiency Act of 2002 and the Immigration Reform and
Accountability Act of 2002.
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2425-S2505
Measures Introduced: Eight bills and two resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 2081-2088, and S. Res. 234-235.
Pages S2484-85
Measures Passed:
Commending Capitol Hill Community: Senate agreed to S. Res. 187, commending the staffs of Members of Congress, the Capitol Police, the Office of the Attending Physician, and other members of the Capitol Hill community for their courage and professionalism following the release of anthrax in Senator Daschle's office.
Page S2504
Energy Policy Act: Senate continued consideration of S. 517, to authorize funding for the Department of Energy to enhance its mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships for fiscal years 2002 through 2006, taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto:
Pages S2425-43, S2447-51, S2452-65
Adopted:
Dorgan/Murkowski Amendment No. 3087 (to Amendment No. 2917), to provide technical assistance to States to identify areas with greatest energy resource potential and maximize energy efficiency.
Pages S2450-51
Bingaman (for Conrad) Amendment No. 3088 (to Amendment No. 2917), to direct the Secretary of Energy to conduct an assessment of wind energy resources and transmission capacity for wind energy.
Page S2451
Bingaman (for Kennedy) Amendment No. 3098 (to Amendment No. 2917), to require a National Academy of Sciences Study of renewable resources on the Outer Continental Shelf.
Pages S2461-63
Bingaman (for Kerry) Amendment No. 3099 (to Amendment No. 2917), to promote energy efficiency in small businesses.
Pages S2461-63
Bingaman (for Wellstone) Amendment No. 3100 (to Amendment No. 2917), to include units of local government in the energy efficiency pilot program.
Pages S2461-63
Bingaman (for Conrad) Amendment No. 3101 (to Amendment No. 2917), to set a funding goal of $100 million for research and development on wind power.
Pages S2461-63
Bingaman Amendment No. 3102 (to Amendment No. 2917), to clarify the requirement for the use of advanced meters in federal facilities.
Pages S2461-63
Rejected:
By 32 yeas to 67 nays (Vote No. 62), Craig Amendment No. 3047 (to Amendment No. 2917), to provide for consumer protections and electric reliability.
Pages S2430-43, S2447-50
Withdrawn:
Feinstein Modified Amendment No. 2989 (to Amendment No. 2917), to provide regulatory oversight over energy trading markets and metals trading markets.
Pages S2425, S2427-30
Pending:
Daschle/Bingaman Further Modified Amendment No. 2917, in the nature of a substitute.
Pages S2425-43, S2447-51, S2452-65
Kerry/McCain Amendment No. 2999 (to Amendment No. 2917), to provide for increased average fuel economy standards for passenger automobiles and light trucks.
Page S2425
Dayton/Grassley Amendment No. 3008 (to Amendment No. 2917), to require that Federal agencies use ethanol-blended gasoline and biodiesel-blended diesel fuel in areas in which ethanol-blended gasoline and biodiesel-blended diesel fuel are available.
Page S2425
Lott Amendment No. 3028 (to Amendment No. 2917), to provide for the fair treatment of Presidential judicial nominees.
Page S2425
Landrieu/Kyl Amendment No. 3050 (to Amendment No. 2917), to increase the transfer capability of electric energy transmission systems through participant-funded investment.
Page S2425
Graham Amendment No. 3070 (to Amendment No. 2917), to clarify the provisions relating to the Renewable Portfolio Standard.
Page S2425
Schumer/Clinton Amendment No. 3093 (to Amendment no. 2917), to prohibit oil and gas drilling activity in Finger Lakes National Forest, New York.
Pages S2453-54, S2457-61
Durbin Amendment No. 3094 (to Amendment No. 2917), to establish a Consumer Energy Commission to assess and provide recommendations regarding energy price spikes from the perspective of consumers.
Pages S2454-57
Dayton Amendment No. 3097 (to Amendment No. 2917), to require additional findings for FERC approval of an electric utility merger.
Pages S2463-65
During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the following action:
By 48 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 61), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate rejected the motion to close further debate on Feinstein Modified Amendment No. 2989 (to Amendment No. 2917) (listed above).
Page S2429
Reid Modified Amendment No. 3081 (to Amendment No. 2989), in the nature of a substitute fell, when Amendment No. 2989 (listed above) was withdrawn.
Pages S2425, S2430
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the bill at 10 a.m., on Thursday, April 11, 2002.
Page S2505
Election Reform: Senate resumed consideration of S. 565, to establish the Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures to study and make recommendations regarding election technology, voting, and election administration, to establish a grant program under which the Office of Justice Programs and the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice shall provide assistance to States and localities in improving election technology and the administration of Federal elections, and to require States to meet uniform and nondiscriminatory election technology and administration requirements for the 2004 Federal elections, taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto:
Pages S2465-77
Adopted:
Dodd/McConnell Amendment No. 3104, to modify the requirements for voters who register by mail.
Pages S2466-68
Dodd (for Wyden) Amendment No. 3105, to modify the requirements for individuals who register to vote by mail.
Pages S2466-68
Dodd (for Rockefeller) Amendment No. 3106, to meet the needs of both military and civilian overseas voters by providing treatment more nearly equal to that of at-home voters.
Pages S2466-68
McConnell (for Hatch) Amendment No. 3107, to establish the Advisory Committee on Electronic Voting and the Electoral Process, and to instruct the Attorney General to study the adequacy of existing electoral fraud statutes and penalties.
Page S2468
McConnell (for Nickles) Amendment No. 3109, to provide for adequate technological security measures to prevent the unauthorized access of a certain computerized list.
Page S2471
Dodd (for Levin) Amendment No. 3110, to permit voter information contained in a written affirmation to be used to verify the eligibility of an individual to vote in an election for Federal office, rather than the provisional ballot, for the purpose of determining whether that provisional ballot should be counted as a vote in that election.
Pages S2471-72
McConnell (for Grassley) Amendment No. 3111, to permit States to coordinate the computerized statewide voter registration list with Federal records relating to death and identity.
Pages S2475-76
McConnell (for Smith of NH) Amendment No. 3112, to provide for a study into the broadcasting of false election information.
Page S2476
McConnell (for Thomas) Amendment No. 3113, to express the sense of the Senate regarding changes made to the electoral process and how such changes impact States.
Page S2476
Withdrawn:
Clinton Amendment No. 2906, to establish a residual ballot performance benchmark.
Page S2465
Dodd (for Schumer) Modified Amendment No. 2914, to permit the use of a signature or personal mark for the purpose of verifying the identity of voters who register by mail.
Page S2465
Dodd (for Kennedy) Amendment No. 2916, to clarify the application of the safe harbor provisions.
Page S2465
Hatch Amendment No. 2935, to establish the Advisory Committee on Electronic Voting and the Electoral Process, and to instruct the Attorney General to study the adequacy of existing electoral fraud statutes and penalties.
Page S2465
Hatch Amendment No. 2936, to make the provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 permanent.
Page S2465
Smith (NH) Amendment No. 2933, to prohibit the broadcast of certain false and untimely information on Federal elections.
Page S2465 Pending:
Roberts/McConnell Amendment No. 2907, to eliminate the administrative procedures of requiring election officials to notify voters by mail whether or not their individual vote was counted.
Pages S2468-69, S2472-75
Clinton Amendment No. 3108, to establish a residual ballot performance benchmark.
Pages S2469-71
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the agreement of March 22 be modified to provide that all amendments remaining in order to the bill, first and any second degree, must be offered and debated during today's session; and that any votes ordered to occur with respect to these amendments be stacked to occur at a time to be determined by the two Leaders.
Page S2503
A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the bill at 11:30 a.m., on Thursday, April 11, 2002, with votes to occur on or in relation to the pending amendments (listed above).
Page S2505
Messages From the House:
Page S2484
Measures Referred:
Page S2484
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S2485-86
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S2486-91
Additional Statements:
Pages S2483-84
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S2491-S2503
Authority for Committees to Meet:
Page S2503
Privilege of the Floor:
Page S2503
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--62)
Pages S2429, S2450
Adjournment: Senate met at 9:16 a.m., and adjourned at 8:24 p.m., until 10 a.m., on Thursday, April 11, 2002.
