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“Highlights + Senate” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Labor was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D338-D340 on April 14, 2005.
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Thursday, April 14, 2005
Daily Digest
HIGHLIGHTS
The House passed S. 256, Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer
Protection Act of 2005.
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3609-S3715
Measures Introduced: Thirty one bills and seven resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 780-810, S.J. Res.12-13, S. Res.107-110, and S. Con. Res.27.
Pages S3652-53
Measures Reported:
S. 119, to provide for the protection of unaccompanied alienchildren, with an amendment.
S. 555, to amend the Sherman Act to make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal.
Page S3652
Measures Passed:
Robert T. Matsui U.S. Courthouse: Senate passed H.R. 787, to designate the United States courthouse located at 501 I Street in Sacramento, California, as the ``Robert T. Matsui United States Courthouse'', clearing the measure for the President.
Page S3712
University of Oklahoma Sooner Men's Gymnastics Champions: Senate agreed to S. Res. 109, commending the University of Oklahoma Sooners men's gymnastics team for winning the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Men's Gymnastics Championship.
Page S3712
Oklahoma State University's Wrestling Team Champions: Senate agreed to S.Res.110, commending Oklahoma State University's wrestling team for winning the 2005 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Wrestling Championship.
Pages S3712-13
National Month of the Military Child: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 27, honoring military children during ``National Month of the Military Child''.
Page S3713
Supplemental Appropriations: Senate continued consideration of H.R. 1268, making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, to establish and rapidly implement regulations for State driver's license and identification document security standards, to prevent terrorists from abusing the asylum laws of the United States, to unify terrorism-related grounds for inadmissibility and removal, to ensure expeditious construction of the San Diego border fence, taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto:
Pages S3616-3645
Adopted:
Cochran (for Leahy/Obama) Amendment No. 422, of a technical nature.
Page S3619
Cochran (for Salazar) Modified Amendment No. 370, to provide assistance topromote democracy in Lebanon.
Page S3619
Cochran (for Leahy) Amendment No. 423, to provide reprogramming authority for certain accounts in the Departments of Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005.
Page S3619
Cochran (for Reid/Levin) Amendment No. 361, to express the sense of the Senate that veterans with a service-connected disability rated as total by virtue of unemployability should be treated as covered by the repeal of the phase-in of concurrent receipt of retired pay and veterans disability compensation for military retirees.
Page S3620
Cochran Amendment No. 424, of a technical nature.
Pages S3620-21
By a unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. 95), Byrd Modified Amendment No. 430, to prohibit the use of funds by any Federal agency to produce a prepackaged news story without including in such story a clear notification for the audience that the story was prepared or funded by a Federal agency.
Pages S3630-41
Obama Amendment No. 390, to provide meal and telephone benefits for members of the Armed Forces who are recuperating from injuries incurred on active duty in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom.
Pages S3641-43
Cochran (for Salazar) Amendment No. 352, to rename the death gratuity payable for deaths of members of the Armed Forces as fallen hero compensation.
Page S3643
Cochran (for Specter) Amendment No. 438, to make a technical correction to cite the proper section intended to repeal the Department of Labor's transfer authority.
Page S3643
Cochran (for Graham) Amendment No. 354, to prohibit the implementation ofcertain orders and guidance on the functions and duties of the General Counsel and Judge Advocate General of the Air Force.
Page S3643
Cochran (for Kennedy) Amendment No. 393, to clarify the limitation on the implementation of mission changes for specified Veterans Health Administration Facilities.
Pages S3643-44
Cochran (for Warner) Amendment No. 394, to require a report on the re-use and redevelopment of military installations closed or realigned as part of the 2005 round of base closure and realignment.
Page S3644
Pending:
Mikulski Amendment No. 387, to revise certain requirements for H-2B employers and require submission of information regarding H-2B nonimmigrants.
Pages S3616, S3626-27, S3638
Feinstein Amendment No. 395, to express the sense of the Senate that the text of the REAL ID Act of 2005 should not be included in the conference report.
Pages S3616, S3645
Bayh Amendment No. 406, to protect the financial condition of members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who are ordered to long-
term active duty in support of a contingency operation.
Page S3616
Durbin Amendment No. 427, to require reports on Iraqi security services.
Pages S3621-26
Salazar Amendment No. 351, to express the sense of the Senate that the earned income tax credit provides critical support to many military and civilian families.
Pages S3627-30
Dorgan/Durbin Amendment No. 399, to prohibit the continuation of the independent counsel investigation of Henry Cisneros past June 1, 2005 and request an accounting of costs from GAO.
Pages S3640-41
Reid Amendment No. 445, to achieve an acceleration and expansion of efforts to reconstruct and rehabilitate Iraq and to reduce the future risks to United States Armed Forces personnel and future costs to United States taxpayers, by ensuring that the people of Iraq and other nations do their fair share to secure and rebuild Iraq.
Pages S3644-45
A motion was entered to close further debate on Mikulski Amendment No. 387 (listed above) and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur on Saturday, April 16, 2005.
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the bill at approximately 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, April 14, 2005.
Page S3635
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
Phyllis F. Scheinberg, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation.
David R. Hill, of Missouri, to be General Counsel of the Department of Energy.
Craig Roberts Stapleton, of Connecticut, to be Ambassador to France.
Eduardo Aguirre, Jr., of Texas, to be Ambassador to Spain, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to Andorra.
Emil A. Skodon, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to Brunei Darussalam.
2 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
5 Army nominations in the rank of general.
1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.
Routine lists in the Army.
Pages S3714-15
Messages From the House:
Page S3650
Measures Referred:
Page S3650
Executive Communications:
Pages S3650-52
Executive Reports of Committees:
Page S3652
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S3653-55
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S3655-91
Additional Statements:
Pages S3647-49
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S3691-S3711
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
Page S3711
Authority for Committees to Meet:
Pages S3711-12
Privilege of the Floor:
Page S3712
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total-95)
Page S3641
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 7:20 p.m., until 9:30 a.m., on Friday, April 15, 2005. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S3713-
14.)
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