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“Senate” mentioning the Federal Reserve System was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D654-D655 on June 19, 2006.
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Monday, June 19, 2006
Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6025-S6098
Measures Introduced: Two bills and two resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 3535-3536 and S. Res. 515-516.
Page S6061
Measures Reported:
S. 1509, to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to add non-human primates to the definition of prohibited wildlife species. (S. Rept. No. 109-263)
Page S6061
Measures Passed:
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act: Senate passed S. 2012, to authorize appropriations to the Secretary of Commerce for the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act for fiscal years 2006 through 2012, after agreeing to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and the following amendment proposed thereto:
Pages S6025-43, S6049-51
Warner (for Stevens) Amendment No. 4310, in the nature of a substitute.
Page S6043
Recognizing Juneteenth Independence Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 516, recognizing the historical significance of Juneteenth Independence Day and expressing the sense of the Senate that history should be regarded as a means for understanding the past and solving the challenges of the future.
Page S6097
Interstate Highway System Anniversary: Committee on Environment and Public Works was discharged from further consideration of H. Con. Res. 372, recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Interstate Highway System, and the resolution was then agreed to.
Page S6097
National Defense Authorization: Senate resumed consideration of S. 2766, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto:
Pages S6051-52
Pending:
McCain Amendment No. 4241, to name the Act after John Warner, a Senator from Virginia.
Page S6051
Nelson (FL)/Menendez Amendment No. 4265, to express the sense of Congress that the Government of Iraq should not grant amnesty to persons known to have attacked, killed, or wounded members of the Armed Forces of the United States.
Page S6051
McConnell Amendment No. 4272, to commend the Iraqi Government for affirming its positions of no amnesty for terrorists who have attacked U.S. forces.
Page S6051
Dorgan Amendment No. 4292, to establish a special committee of the Senate to investigate the awarding and carrying out of contracts to conduct activities in Afghanistan and Iraq and to fight the war on terrorism.
Page S6051
Kennedy Amendment No. 4322, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage.
Page S6051
Frist Amendment No. 4323 (to Amendment No. 4322), to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking minors across State lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions.
Pages S6051-52
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the bill at approximately 10:15 a.m. on Tuesday, June 20, 2006, and that Senator Reed be recognized to speak for up to 20 minutes.
Pages S6097-98
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages from the President of the United States:
Transmitting, pursuant to law, the notification of the issuance of an Executive Order blocking the property of persons in connection with the situation in Belarus; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM--50)
Pages S6059-60
Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of the continuation of the national emergency with respect to the risk of nuclear proliferation created by the accumulation of weapons-usable fissile material in the territory of the Russian Federation; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM--51)
Page S6060
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
By unanimous vote of 81 yeas (Vote No. EX. 175), Sandra Segal Ikuta, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit.
Pages S6052-54, S6098
Donald L. Kohn, of Virginia, to be Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for a term of four years.
Pages S6047, S6098
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
Henry M. Paulson, Jr., of New York, to be Secretary of the Treasury.
2 Army nominations in the rank of general.
1 Marine Corps nomination in the rank of general.
2 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
Page S6098
Measures Placed on Calendar:
Pages S6060, S6097
Executive Communications:
Pages S6060-61
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S6061-63
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S6063-65
Additional Statements:
Pages S6057-59
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S6065-96
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
Page S6096
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
Pages S6096-97
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--175)
Page S6054
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m., and adjourned at 6:02 p.m., until 9:45 a.m., on Tuesday, June 20, 2006. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S6098.)
