Monday, February 11, 2008 [[Page D117]] Daily Digest Senate Chamber Action Routine Proceedings, pages S823-S878 Measures Introduced: One bill and one resolution were introduced, as follows: S. 2621, and S. Res. 446. Page S849 Measures Passed: Combat Methamphetamine Enhancement Act: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. 2071, to enhance the ability to combat methamphetamine, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto: Pages S861-62 Durbin (for Feinstein) Amendment No. 4017, in the nature of a substitute. Pages S861-62 Death of Representative Tom Lantos: Senate agreed to S. Res. 446, relative to the death of Representative Tom Lantos, of California. Page S862 Measures Considered: FISA Amendments Act: Senate resumed consideration of S. 2248, to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, to modernize and streamline the provisions of that Act, taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: Pages S827-44, S845 Pending: Rockefeller/Bond Amendment No. 3911, in the nature of a substitute. Page S827 Whitehouse Amendment No. 3920 (to Amendment No. 3911), to provide procedures for compliance reviews. Page S827 Feingold Amendment No. 3979 (to Amendment No. 3911), to provide safeguards for communications involving persons inside the United States. Pages S827, S835-36, S837-38 Feingold/Dodd Amendment No. 3912 (to Amendment No. 3911), to modify the requirements for certifications made prior to the initiation of certain acquisitions. Page S827 Dodd Amendment No. 3907 (to Amendment No. 3911), to strike the provisions providing immunity from civil liability to electronic communication service providers for certain assistance provided to the Government. Pages S827, S838-41 Bond/Rockefeller Modified Amendment No. 3938 (to Amendment No. 3911), to include prohibitions on the international proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978. Page S827 Feinstein Amendment No. 3910 (to Amendment No. 3911), to provide a statement of the exclusive means by which electronic surveillance and interception of certain communications may be conducted. Pages S827, S828-35 Feinstein Amendment No. 3919 (to Amendment No. 3911), to provide for the review of certifications by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. Pages S827, S836-37 Specter/Whitehouse Amendment No. 3927 (to Amendment No. 3911), to provide for the substitution of the United States in certain civil actions. Pages S827, S841-42, S843-44 A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the bill at approximately 10 a.m., on Tuesday, February 12, 2008, and that the sequence of votes on remaining amendments occur in the following order: Whitehouse Amendment No. 3920 (to Amendment No. 3911) (listed above), subject to a 60-vote threshold; Feinstein Amendment No. 3910 (to Amendment No. 3911) (listed above), subject to a 60-vote threshold; Feingold Amendment No. 3979 (to Amendment No. 3911) (listed above); Dodd Amendment No. 3907 (to Amendment No. 3911) (listed above); Feingold/Dodd Amendment No. 3912 (to Amendment No. 3911) (listed above); Bond/Rockefeller Modified Amendment No. 3938 (to Amendment No. 3911) (listed above); Specter/Whitehouse Amendment No. 3927 (to Amendment No. 3911) (listed above); Feinstein Amendment No. 3919 (to Amendment No. 3911) (listed above), subject to a 60-vote threshold; provided further, that each Leader control a total of 10 minutes of debate time to be used prior to any of the votes; and that the provisions of the [[Page D118]] previous order governing debate limitations and vote time limitations remain in effect. Page S845 Conference Reports: Intelligence Authorization Act--Conference Report: Senate began consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R. 2082, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System. Pages S844-45 A motion was entered to close further debate on the conference report to accompany 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 Wednesday, February 13, 2008. Pages S844-45 Message from the President: Senate received the following message from the President of the United States: Transmitting, pursuant to law, the Economic Report of the President dated February 2008 with the Annual Report of the Council of Economic Advisers for 2008; which was referred to the Joint Economic Committee. (PM-37) Pages S848-49 Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations: 2 Marine Corps nominations in the rank of general. Page S878 Measures Placed on the Calendar: Page S849 Additional Cosponsors: Pages S849-50 Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: Page S850 Additional Statements: Pages S847-48 Amendments Submitted: Pages S850-54 Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned, as a further mark of respect to the memory of the late Honorable Tom Lantos, United States Representative from the State of California, in accordance with S. Res. 446, at 10:09 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, February 12, 2008. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S862.) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) No committee meetings were held. [[Page D119]] House of Representatives Chamber Action The House was not in session today. Committee Meetings No Committee meetings were held. NEW PUBLIC LAWS (For last listing of Public Laws, see Daily Digest, p. D79) H.R. 3432, to establish the Commission on the Abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Signed on February 5, 2008. (Public Law 110- 183) S. 2110, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 427 North Street in Taft, California, as the ``Larry S. Pierce Post Office''. Signed on February 5, 2008. (Public Law 110- 184) COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2008 (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) Senate Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine Air Force nuclear security; to be followed by a closed session in S-407, 9:30 a.m., SR-325. Committee on the Budget: to hold hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2009 for defense and war costs, 9 a.m., SD-608. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold hearings to examine ways to address healthcare workforce issues for the future, 2:30 p.m., SD-106. Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine the nominations of James Randal Hall, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Georgia, Richard H. Honaker, to be United States District Judge for the District of Wyoming, Gustavus Adolphus Puryear IV, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Tennessee, and Brian Stacy Miller, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, 2:30 p.m., SR-301. Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs, to hold hearings to examine federal cocaine sentencing laws, focusing on reforming the 100-to-1 crack/powder disparity, 2:30 p.m., SD-226. Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219. House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, on Wildland Fire Management Oversight, 10 a.m., B-308 Capitol. Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions, hearing on Protecting American Employees from Workplace Discrimination, 2 p.m., 2175 Rayburn. Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``Ketek Clinical Study Fraud: What Sanofiaventis Knew,'' 11 a.m., 2123 Rayburn. Committee on House Administration, to consider the following: Report of the Task Force for the Contested Election in the 13th Congressional District of Florida; H.R. 5159, Capitol Visitor Center Act of 2008; and an amendment to Regulations Governing the Use of Official Funds: Safe-Travel-Taxi, 5 p.m., 1310 Longworth. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, hearing on Myths and Facts about Human Growth Hormone, B 12, and Other Substances, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn. 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Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, February 12 House Chamber Program for Tuesday: To be announced.