Monday, July 18, 2005 [[Page D767]] Daily Digest Senate Chamber Action Routine Proceedings, pages S8393-S8438 Measures Introduced: Six bills and three resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 1415-1420, and S. Res. 198-200. Page S8419 Measures Reported: S. 501, to provide a site for the National Women's History Museum in the District of Columbia. (S. Rept. No. 109-104) Page S8419 Measures Passed: United Airlines Flight 93 Memorial: Committee on Rules and Administration was discharged from further consideration of S. Con. Res. 26, honoring and memorializing the passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93, and the resolution was then agreed to, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto: Pages S8394-95 Frist (for Conrad) Amendment No. 1228, to make a technical correction. Page S8394 Records Production: Senate agreed to S. Res. 199, to authorize the production of records by the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Page S8436 Honoring Jack St. Clair Kilby: Senate agreed to S. Res. 200, honoring the life of Nobel Laureate Jack St. Clair Kilby, inventor of the integrated circuit and innovative leader in the Information Age. Pages S8436-38 Foreign Operations Appropriations: Senate resumed consideration of H.R. 3057, making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: Pages S8393-94, S8395-S8403, S8408-09 Adopted: McConnell (for Martinez) Amendment No. 1229, to extend the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy until October 1, 2006. Page S8395 McConnell (for Leahy) Amendment No. 1230, of a technical nature relating to Iraq. Page S8395 McConnell Amendment No. 1231, to provide an exception for activities of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation in Libya. Page S8395 McConnell (for Leahy) Amendment No. 1232, of a technical nature relating to foreign nongovernmental organizations. Page S8395 McConnell (for Leahy) Amendment No. 1233, of a technical nature relating to a reporting requirement. Page S8395 McConnell (for Leahy) Amendment No. 1234, of a clarifying nature relating to assistance for Pakistan. Page S8395 McConnell (for Leahy) Amendment No. 1235, to provide certain assistance to the North Caucasus. Page S8395 Harkin Modified Amendment No. 1239, to express the sense of the Senate regarding abusive child labor practices in the growing and processing of cocoa. Pages S8395-S8400, S8401-02 McConnell (for Lieberman) Amendment No. 1248, to encourage assistance for programs to address protracted refugee situations. Pages S8401-02 McConnell (for Leahy) Amendment No. 1249, of a technical nature relating to Nepal. Pages S8401-02 Pending: Landrieu Amendment No. 1245, to express the sense of Congress regarding the use of funds for orphans, and displaced and abandoned children. Pages S8400-01 Grassley Amendment No. 1250, to prohibit the use of funds to approve or administer a loan or guarantee for certain ethanol dehydration plants. Pages S8408-09 During consideration of this measure today, the following action also occurred: Senator Dorgan submitted a notice to suspend paragraph 4 of Rule XVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate for the purpose of proposing Amendment No. 1256 to the bill. Page S8416 Department of Homeland Security--Agreements: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that notwithstanding the July 14, 2005 passage of H.R. 2360, making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending, September 30, 2006, Reid (for Byrd/ [[Page D768]] Stabenow) Amendment No. 1224, to make certain funding revisions with respect to firefighter assistance grants, preparedness and recovery, interoperable communications grants, disaster relief, and the counterterrorism fund, which was previously agreed to on July 14, 2005, be modified. Pages S8412-13 A unanimous-consent request was granted permitting Senator Shelby to change his yea vote to a nay vote on Vote No. 187 changing the outcome of the vote to 32 yeas to 65 nays relative to Frist Amendment No. 1223 rejected on July 14, 2005. Page S8413 Burma Import Restrictions--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the Senate at 11 a.m., on Tuesday, July 19, 2005, begin consideration of S.J. Res. 18, approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003; that the joint resolution be read a third time and returned to the Senate calendar; that the Senate then begin consideration of H.J. Res. 52 (House companion measure); that there be 80 minutes for debate; and that following the use, or yielding back of time, Senate vote on final passage of the joint resolution. Page S8436 Escort Committee--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the President of the Senate be authorized to appoint a committee on the part of the Senate to join with a like committee on the part of the House of Representatives to escort His Excellency, Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India, into the House Chamber for the joint meeting on Tuesday, July 19, 2005. Page S8436 Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination: By 78 yeas 16 nays (Vote No. EX. 190), Lester M. Crawford, of Maryland, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Department of Health and Human Services. Pages S8403-08, S8438 Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations: H. Dale Hall, of New Mexico, to be Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Vincent J. Ventimiglia, Jr., of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services. Bruce Cole, of Indiana, to be Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Humanities for a term of four years. 1 Army nomination in the rank of general. 1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral. Page S8438 Messages From the House: Page S8417 Measures Placed on Calendar: Page S8417 Executive Communications: Pages S8417-19 Additional Cosponsors: Pages S8419-20 Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: Pages S8420-28 Amendments Submitted: Pages S8428-35 Notices of Hearings/Meetings: Pages S8435-36 Authority for Committees to Meet: Page S8436 Privilege of the Floor: Page S8436 Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--190) Page S8408 Adjournment: Senate convened at 2:30 p.m., and adjourned at 7:20 p.m. until 11 a.m., on Tuesday, July 19, 2005. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S8438.) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) ENGINE COOLANT AND ANTIFREEZE BITTERING AGENT ACT Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Product Safety, and Insurance concluded a hearing to examine S. 1110, to amend the Federal Hazardous Substances Act to require engine coolant and antifreeze to contain a bittering agent in order to render the coolant or antifreeze unpalatable, after receiving testimony from Jacqueline Elder, Assistant Executive Director, Hazard and Reduction, Consumer Product Safety Commission; New Mexico State Representative Kathy A. McCoy, Cedar Crest; Jeffrey Bye, Prestone, Honeywell International, Inc., Danbury, Connecticut; and Sara Amundson, Doris Day Animal League, Washington, D.C. IRAQ Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine certain efforts to secure Iraq, focusing on the current counterinsurgency strategy in Iraq, protecting Iraq's borders and preventing foreign infiltration, the training schedule of Iraqi forces and supporting more training in other countries, and the force structure of the United States' presence in Iraq, after receiving testimony from Kenneth M. Pollack, The Brookings Institution Saban Center for Middle East Policy, and Anthony H. Cordesman, Center for Strategic and International Studies, both of Washington, D.C.; and General Barry R. McCaffrey, USA (Ret.), BR McCaffrey Associates, LLC, Arlington, Virginia. [[Page D769]] NOMINATIONS Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Gillian Arlette Milovanovic, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Macedonia, and James Cain, of North Carolina, to be Ambassador to Denmark, who was introduced by Senator Burr, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. NOMINATIONS Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Richard L. Skinner, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department of Homeland Security, who was introduced by Senator Warner, and Brian David Miller, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, General Services Administration, who was introduced by Senators Warner and Allen, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. NOMINATION Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Edmund S. Hawley, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf. House of Representatives Chamber Action Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 10 public bills, H.R. 3318- 3327; 1 private bill, H.R. 3328; and 2 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 210 and H. Res. 364, were introduced. Pages H5262-63 Additional Cosponsors: Pages H5963-64 Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows: The National Drug Control Strategy for 2005 and the National Drug Control Budget for Fiscal Year 2006 (H. Rept. 109-172); H.R. 3070, To authorize the human space flight, aeronautics, and science programs of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 109-173); H.R. 3199, as amended. To extend and modify authorities needed to combat terrorism, and for other purposes. (H. Rept. 109-174, Parts I and II); H. Res. 365, Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2601) to authorize appropriations for the Department of State for the fiscal years 2006 and 2007, and for other purposes (Rept. 109-175). Page H5962 Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed Representative Price of Georgia to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. Page H5917 Recess: The House recessed at 12:37 p.m. and reconvened at 2 p.m. Page H5918 Recess: The House recessed at 2:10 p.m. and reconvened at 3 p.m. Page H5919 Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the following measures: Recognizing the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Veterans Administration: H. Res. 361, recognizing the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Veterans Administration on July 21, 1930; Pages H5919-23 Recognizing the 25th anniversary of the workers' strikes in Poland in 1980: H. Res. 328, amended, recognizing the 25th anniversary of the workers' strikes in Poland in 1980 that led to the establishment of the Solidarity Trade Union, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 385 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 380; Pages H5925-27, H5931-32 Acknowledging African descendants of the transatlantic slave trade in all of the Americas: H. Con. Res. 175, amended, acknowledging African descendants of the transatlantic slave trade in all of the Americas with an emphasis on descendants in Latin America and the Caribbean, recognizing the injustices suffered by these African descendants, and recommending that the United States and the international community work to improve the situation of Afro-descendant communities in Latin America and the Caribbean, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 382 yeas to 6 nays and 2 voting ``present'', Roll No. 381; and Pages H5927-30, H5932-33 Commending the continuing improvement in relations between the United States and the Republic of India: H. Res. 364, commending the continuing improvement in relations between the United States and the Republic of India, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 388 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 382. Pages H5930-31, H5933 [[Page D770]] Recess: The House recessed at 4:25 p.m. and reconvened at 6:32 p.m. Page H5931 Suspension--Proceedings Postponed: The House completed debate on the following measure under suspension of the rules. Further consideration will continue tomorrow, July 19th: Calling for free and fair parliamentary elections in the Republic of Azerbaijan: H. Res 326, amended, calling for free and fair parliamentary elections in the Republic of Azerbaijan. Pages H5923-25 Quorum Calls--Votes: 3 yea-and-nay votes developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H5932, H5932-33, and H5933. There were no quorum calls. Adjournment: The House met at 12:30 p.m., and adjourned at 11:30 p.m. Committee Meetings FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATION ACT, FISCAL YEARS 2006 AND 2007 Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a structured rule providing one hour of general debate on H.R. 2601, to authorize appropriations for the Department of State for fiscal years 2006 and 2007, and of other purposes, equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on International Relations. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule provide that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on International Relations now printed in the bill modified by the amendment printed in Part A of the Rules Committee report shall be considered as an original bill for the purpose of amendment and shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points of order against the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on International Relations. Notwithstanding clause 11 of rule XVIII, no amendment to that amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be in order except those printed in part B of the report of the Committee on Rules. The rule provides that amendments shall be considered only in the order specified in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment except as specified in the report, shall be considered as read, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. The rule waives all points of order against amendments printed in the report. Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. Testimony was heard from Representatives Hyde, Smith of New Jersey, Burton, Mack, Foley, Kennedy of Minnesota, Lantos, Markey, Spratt and McGovern. COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY, JULY 19, 2005 (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) Senate Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans' Affairs and Related Agencies, business meeting to mark up H.R. 2528, making appropriations for military quality of life functions of the Department of Defense, military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, 2 p.m., SD-138. Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury, the Judiciary, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, business meeting to consider H.R. 3058, making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, 3 p.m., SD- 116. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold hearings to examine modifications to the organizational structure and operations of the Department of Homeland Security as part of an effort to make it more efficient and effective, 11:15 a.m., SR-253. Subcommittee on Aviation, to hold hearings to examine the Federal Aviation Administration's Age 60 Rule, 3:30 p.m., SR-253. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold an oversight hearing to examine the effects of the U.S. nuclear testing program on the Marshall Islands, 2:30 p.m., SD-366. Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine advancing Iraqi political development, 2:30 p.m., SH-216. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and International Security, to hold hearings to examine efforts to protect national information infrastructures that continue to face challenges relating to cyberspace, focusing on challenges in protecting U.S. critical infrastructures from cybersecurity threats, 2 p.m., SD-562. Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, 11 a.m., SD-226. Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts, to hold hearings to examine a review of Federal consent decrees, 2:30 p.m., SD-226. Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Benjamin A. Powell, of Florida, to be General Counsel of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, 2:30 p.m., SDG-50. [[Page D771]] House Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing on the Current Status of Military Recruiting and Retention, 11 a.m., 2118 Rayburn. Subcommittee on Projection Forces, hearing on Department of the Navy FY06 Plans and Programs for the DD(X) Next-Generation Multi- Mission Surface Combatant Ship, 3:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn. Committee on Energy and Commerce, hearing entitled ``Legislation to Reauthorize the National Institutes of Health,'' 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn. Committee on Financial Services, and the Committee on Resources, joint hearing entitled ``Improving Land Title Grant Procedures for Native Americans,'' 11 a.m., 2128 Rayburn. Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations, hearing entitled ``Occupational and Environmental Health Surveillance of Deployed Forces: Tracking Toxic Casualties,'' 10:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn. Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity, to continue hearings entitled ``Leveraging Technology to Improve Aviation Security, Part II,'' 2 p.m., 2261 Rayburn. Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, oversight hearing on Can Congress Create A Race-Based Government?: The Constitutionality of H.R. 309, Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2005, and S. 147, Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2005, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn. Subcommittee on the Constitution, hearing on H. Res. 97, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that judicial determinations regarding the meaning of the Constitution of the United States should not be based on judgments, laws, or pronouncements of foreign institutions unless such foreign judgments, laws, or pronouncements inform an understanding of the original meaning of the Constitution of the United States, and the Appropriate Role of Foreign Judgements in the Interpretation of American Law, 4 p.m., 2141 Rayburn. Committee on Resources, oversight hearing entitled ``The Status of the Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) and the Petition to List the Eastern Oyster as Endangered or Threatened under the Endangered Species Act,'' 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth. Subcommittee on Water and Power, oversight hearing entitled ``Maintaining and Upgrading the Bureau of Reclamation's Facilities to Improve Power Generation, Enhance Water Supply and Keep our Homeland Secure,'' 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth. 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Also, at 2:15 p.m., Senate will continue consideration of H.R. 3057, Foreign Operations Appropriations. (At 9:40 a.m., Senators will meet in the Senate Chamber to proceed to the House of Representatives for a Joint Meeting of Congress, to begin at 10 a.m., to receive an address from His Excellency, Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India.) (Senate will recess from 12:30 p.m. until 2:15 p.m. for their respective party conferences.) Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 9 a.m., Tuesday, July 19 House Chamber Program for Tuesday: Joint Meeting to receive Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India. Begin consideration of H.R. 2601, Foreign Relations Authorization Act for FY 2006 and 2007 (subject to a rule). _______________________________________________________________________ Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue HOUSE Becerra, Xavier, Calif., E1516 Bonner, Jo, Ala., E1514, E1518 Crowley, Joseph, N.Y., E1509, E1512 Frank, Barney, Mass., E1510 Johnson, Nancy L., Conn., E1511 Johnson, Timothy V., Ill., E1517 Kaptur, Marcy, Ohio, E1511 Langevin, James R., R.I., E1517 Lee, Barbara, Calif., E1512 McCaul, Michael T., Tex., E1514, E1518 Maloney, Carolyn B., N.Y., E1516 Ney, Robert W., Ohio, E1509, E1512 Norwood, Charlie, Ga., E1516 Pallone, Frank, Jr., N.J., E1517 Rangel, Charles B., N.Y., E1513 Rogers, Harold, Ky., E1509 Rogers, Mike, Ala., E1512 Shuster, Bill, Pa., E1513 Simpson, Michael K., Idaho, E1511 Slaughter, Louise McIntosh, N.Y., E1514 Thompson, Mike, Calif., E1510 Udall, Mark, Colo., E1510, E1512 Wasserman Schultz, Debbie, Fla., E1516 Weldon, Dave, Fla., E1515 Wilson, Joe, S.C., E1515