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“Senate” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Transportation was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D1421-D1422 on Oct. 25, 2007.
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Thursday, October 25, 2007
Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S13391-S13464
Measures Introduced: Seventeen bills and one resolution were introduced, as follows: S. 2229-2245, and S. Res. 356.
Pages S13437-38
Measures Reported:
S. 2242, to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to establish supplemental agricultural disaster assistance and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for conservation and alternative energy sources and to provide tax relief for farmers. (S. Rept. No. 110-206)
S. Res. 346, expressing heartfelt sympathy for the victims of the devastating thunderstorms that caused severe flooding during August 2007 in the States of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin, with an amendment and with an amended preamble.
S. Res. 347, designating May 2008 as ``National Be Bear Aware and Wildlife Stewardship Month''.
Page S13437
Measures Passed:
Internet Tax Freedom Act Amendments Act: Senate passed H.R. 3678, to amend the Internet Tax Freedom Act to extend the moratorium on certain taxes relating to the Internet and to electronic commerce, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:
Pages S13429-30
Reid (for Sununu) Amendment No. 3466, to amend the Internet Tax Freedom Act to extend the moratorium on certain taxes relating to the Internet and to electronic commerce.
Pages S13429-30
Measures Considered:
Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act: Senate continued consideration of S. 294, to reauthorize Amtrak, agreeing to the committee amendments, which will be considered as original text for purpose of further amendment, and taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto:
Pages S13405-29, S13430
Adopted:
Lautenberg (for Murray) Modified Amendment No. 3457, to require the development of a strategic plan to facilitate expanded cross-border passenger rail service on the Amtrak Cascades route during the 2010 Olympic Games.
Page S13427
Lautenberg (for Murray) Modified Amendment No. 3459, to require a report by the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation on service delays on the Coast Starlight and Amtrak Cascades routes.
Page S13427
Lott (for DeMint) Amendment No. 3460, to ensure that capital investment grants authorized under section 24402 of title 49, United States Code, may be used for passenger rail infrastructure.
Page S13427
Lott (for DeMint) Amendment No. 3461, to direct the Government Accountability Office to conduct a study that compares passenger rail systems in certain developed countries.
Page S13427
Rejected:
By 28 yeas to 66 nays (Vote No. 395), Sununu Amendment No. 3453, to prohibit Federal subsidies in excess of specified amounts on any Amtrak train route.
Pages S13405-12
By 27 yeas to 64 nays (Vote No. 396), Sununu Modified Amendment No. 3456, to remove the limitation on the number of Amtrak routes available for competitive bid.
Pages S13412-13, S13417, S13426
Withdrawn:
Sununu Amendment No. 3452, to amend the Internet Tax Freedom Act to make permanent the moratorium on certain taxes relating to the Internet and to electronic commerce.
Pages S13405, S13417-19, S13430
Pending:
Lautenberg (for Carper) Amendment No. 3454 (to Amendment No. 3452), of a perfecting nature.
Pages S13405, S13412
Allard Amendment No. 3455, to strike the provisions repealing Amtrak's self-sufficiency requirements.
Pages S13413-15
During consideration of this measure, Senate also took the following action:
Motion to invoke cloture on Sununu Amendment No. 3452 (listed above), was withdrawn.
Page S13430
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the bill at approximately 9:30 a.m., on Friday, October 26, 2007.
Page S13464
Messages from the House:
Page S13437
Measures Referred:
Page S13437
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
Page S13437
Measures Read the First Time:
Page S13437
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S13438-39 Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S13439-59
Additional Statements:
Pages S13435-36
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S13459-63
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
Page S13463
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
Page S13464
Privileges of the Floor:
Page S13464
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--396)
Pages S13412, S13426
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 7:45 p.m., until 9:30 a.m. on Friday, October 26, 2007. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S13464.)
