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“Senate” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D901-D903 on June 26, 2007.
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Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8377-S8522
Measures Introduced: Eight bills and three resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 1693-1700, and S. Res. 255-257.
Pages S8411-12
Measures Reported:
S. 185, to restore habeas corpus for those detained by the United States. (S. Rept. No. 110-90)
S. 1696, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008. (S. Rept. No. 110-91)
S. 1538, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Intelligence Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 110-92)
S. 126, to modify the boundary of Mesa Verde National Park, with an amendment. (S. Rept. No. 110-93)
S. 553, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the Eightmile River in the State of Connecticut as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. (S. Rept. No. 110-94)
S. 580, to amend the National Trails System Act to require the Secretary of the Interior to update the feasibility and suitability studies of four national historic trails. (S. Rept. No. 110-95)
S. 686, to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historical Trail.
(S. Rept. No. 110-96)
S. 890, to provide for certain administrative and support services for the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 110-97)
S. 797, to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Star-Spangled Banner Trail in the States of Maryland and Virginia and the District of Columbia as a National Historic Trail, with amendments.
(S. Rept. No. 110-98)
S. 1152, to promote wildland firefighter safety, with an amendment.
(S. Rept. No. 110-99)
S. Con. Res. 6, expressing the sense of Congress that the National Museum of Wildlife Art, located in Jackson, Wyoming, should be designated as the ``National Museum of Wildlife Art of the United States''. (S. Rept. No. 110-100)
H.R. 161, to adjust the boundary of the Minidoka Internment National Monument to include the Nidoto Nai Yoni Memorial in Bainbridge Island, Washington, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 110-101)
H.R. 376, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to determine the suitability and feasibility of including the battlefields and related sites of the First and Second Battles of Newtonia, Missouri, during the Civil War as part of Wilson's Creek National Battlefield or designating the battlefields and related sites as a separate unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes. (S. Rept. No. 110-102)
H.R. 497, to authorize the Marion Park Project, a committee of the Palmetto Conservation Foundation, to establish a commemorative work on Federal land in the District of Columbia, and its environs to honor Brigadier General Francis Marion. (S. Rept. No. 110-103)
H.R. 512, to establish the Commission to Study the Potential Creation of the National Museum of the American Latino to develop a plan of action for the establishment and maintenance of a National Museum of the American Latino in Washington, DC. (S. Rept. No. 110-104)
H.R. 658, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into cooperative agreements to protect natural resources of units of the National Park System through collaborative efforts on land inside and outside of units of the National Park System. (S. Rept. No. 110-105)
H.R. 1047, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the Soldiers' Memorial Military Museum located in St. Louis, Missouri, as a unit of the National Park System. (S. Rept. No. 110-106)
Pages S8409-10 Measures Passed:
Condemning Violence in Zimbabwe: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 25, condemning the recent violent actions of the Government of Zimbabwe against peaceful opposition party activists and members of civil society.
Pages S8519-20
International Emergency Economic Powers Enhancement Act: Senate passed S. 1612, to amend the penalty provisions in the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:
Page S8520
Salazar (for Dodd) Amendment No. 1947, to modify the effective date provision.
Page S8520
National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 225, designating the month of August 2007 as ``National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month''.
Pages S8520-21
National Teen Safe Driver Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 230, designating the month of July 2007, as ``National Teen Safe Driver Month''.
Page S8521
National Boating Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 235, designating July 1, 2007, as ``National Boating Day''.
Page S8521
National Aphasia Awareness Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 256, designating June 2007 as ``National Aphasia Awareness Month'' and supporting efforts to increase awareness of aphasia.
Page S8521
Congratulating the University of California at Los Angeles: Senate agreed to S. Res. 257, congratulating the University of California at Los Angeles for becoming the first university to win 100 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I team titles.
Pages S8521-22
Employee Free Choice Act: Senate continued consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 800, to amend the National Labor Relations Act to establish an efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts.
Pages S8378-98
During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the following action:
By 51 yeas to 48 nays (Vote No. 227), 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 motion to proceed to consideration of the bill.
Page S8398
Comprehensive Immigration Reform: Senate resumed consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 1639, to provide for comprehensive immigration reform, and pursuant to the order of June 21, 2007, the motion was agreed to, and Senate began consideration of the bill, taking action on the following amendment proposed thereto:
Pages S8378-98, S8403-04
Pending:
Reid Amendment No. 1934, of a perfecting nature.
Pages S8403-04
A motion was entered to close further debate on the bill, and, in accordance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur on Thursday, June 28, 2007.
Page S8398
During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the following action:
By 64 yeas to 35 nays (Vote No. 228), 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 motion to proceed to consideration of the bill.
Page S8398
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the bill at approximately 10 a.m., on Wednesday, June 27, 2007.
Page S8522
Messages from the House:
Page S8408
Measures Referred:
Page S8408
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
Page S8408
Enrolled Bills Presented:
Page S8408
Executive Communications:
Page S8408-09
Executive Reports of Committees:
Pages S8410-11
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S8412-14
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S8414-19
Additional Statements:
Pages S8406-08
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S8419-73
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
Page S8473
Privileges of the Floor:
Page S8473
Text of H.R. 6 as previously passed:
Pages S8473-S8519
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--228)
Page S8398
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:06 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, June 27, 2007. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S8522.)
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