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“Senate” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Transportation was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D705 on July 16, 2001.
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Monday, July 16, 2001
Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7657-S7719
Measures Introduced: Five bills and one resolution were introduced, as follows: S. 1179-1183, and S. Res. 134.
Page S7688
Measures Reported:
Reported on Friday, July 13, during the adjournment:
Special Report entitled ``Further Revised Allocation to Subcommittees of Budget Totals for Fiscal Year 2002.''. (S. Rept. No. 107-40)
S. 1178, An original bill making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002. (S. Rept. No. 107-38)
Report to accompany S. 1171, making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002. (S. Rept. No. 107-39)
Reported today:
S. 180, to facilitate famine relief efforts and a comprehensive solution to the war in Sudan, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
S. 494, to provide for a transition to democracy and to promote economic recovery in Zimbabwe, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
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Measures Passed:
West Virginia Clothing Donations: Senate agreed to S. Res. 134, authorizing that the Senate office of Senator John D. Rockefeller IV be used to collect donations of clothing from July 13, 2001, until July 20, 2001, from concerned Members of Congress and staff to assist the West Virginia families suffering from the recent disaster of flooding and storms.
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Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act: Senate began consideration of H.R. 2311, making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, taking action on the following amendment proposed thereto:
Pages S7657, S7671-78
Adopted:
Reid (for Byrd/Stevens) Amendment No. 980, in the nature of a substitute.
Page S7671
Senate expects to continue consideration of the bill on Tuesday, July 17, 2001.
Bankruptcy Reform Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further consideration of H.R. 333, to amend title 11, United States Code, on Tuesday, July 17, 2001.
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Executive Communications:
Pages S7684-88
Statements on Introduced Bills:
Pages S7688-89
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S7691-96
Additional Statements:
Pages S7683-84
Text of H.R. 2217, as Previously Passed:
Pages S7696-S7712
Notices of Hearings:
Page S7696
Authority for Committees:
Page S7696
Privilege of the Floor:
Page S7696
Adjournment: Senate met at 2 p.m., and adjourned at 5:45 p.m., until 9 a.m., on Tuesday, July 17, 2001. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7712.)
