Thursday, September 1, 2005 Daily Digest Senate Chamber Action Routine Proceedings, pages S9593-S9606 Measures Introduced: One resolution was submitted: S. Con. Res. 51. Page S9598 Measures Reported: Reported on Wednesday, August 31, during the adjournment: S. 1295, to amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to provide for accountability and funding of the National Indian Gaming Commission. (S. Rept. No. 109-122) S. 1250, to reauthorize the Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 109-123) S. 1339, to reauthorize the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Act of 1994. (S. Rept. No. 109-124) S. 1340, to amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to extend the date after which surplus funds in the wildlife restoration fund become available for apportionment. (S. Rept. No. 109-125) S. 1415, to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to protect captive wildlife and make technical corrections, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 109- 126) H.R. 1428, to authorize appropriations for the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. (S. Rept. No. 109-127) Report to accompany S. 1307, to implement the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement. (S. Rept. No. 109-128) Report to accompany S. 1317, to provide for the collection and maintenance of cord blood units for the treatment of patients and research, and to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Bone Marrow and Cord Blood Cell Transplantation Program to increase the number of transplants for recipients suitably matched to donors of bone marrow and cord blood. (S. Rept. No. 109-129) S. 525, to amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to reauthorize the Act, to improve early learning opportunities and promote school preparedness, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 109-130) S. 1107, to reauthorize the Head Start Act, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 109-131) Page S9599 Measures Passed: Adjournment Resolution: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 51, providing for a conditional adjournment or recess of the Senate, and a conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives. Page S9598 Emergency Supplemental--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that notwithstanding the recess or adjournment of the Senate, the Senate may receive from the House an emergency supplemental appropriations bill for the relief of the victims of hurricane Katrina, and that the measure be considered read three times and passed and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, provided that the text of the House bill is identical to that which is at the desk. Pages S9597-98 Signing Authority--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the Majority Leader, the senior Senator from Mississippi, and the senior Senator from New Mexico be authorized to sign duly enrolled bills or joint resolutions during this adjournment of the Senate. Page S9605 Executive Reports of Committees: Received on Wednesday, August 31, 2005 during the adjournment of the Senate: Report to accompany U.N. Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime (Treaty Doc. 108-16) (Ex. Rept. 109-4) Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: Pages S9598-99 Adjournment: Pursuant to the authority granted by section 2 of H. Con. Res. 225 of the 109th Congress, Senate convened at 10:02 p.m., and pursuant to the provisions of S. Con. Res. 51, adjourned at 10:39 p.m., until 12 noon, on Tuesday, September 6, 2005. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S9605.) Committee Meetings No committee meetings were held. 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