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Daily Digest - Monday, April 28, 2008
Monday, April 28, 2008
Daily Digest
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Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3415-S3457
Measures Introduced:
Seven bills and six resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 2921-2927, S. Res. 534-538, and S. Con. Res. 78.
Page S3442
Measures Reported:
Report to accompany S. 431, to require convicted sex offenders to register online identifiers. (S. Rept. No. 110-332)
Page S3442
Measures Passed:
Technical Corrections:
Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. 2829, to make technical corrections to section 1244 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, which provides special immigrant status for certain Iraqis, and the bill was then passed.
Pages S3449-50
Honoring Prime Minister of Ireland: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 74, honoring the Prime Minister of Ireland, Bertie Ahern, for his service to the people of Ireland and to the world and welcoming the Prime Minister to the United States.
Pages S3450-51
Public Service Recognition Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 497, expressing the sense of the Senate that public servants should be commended for their dedication and continued service to the Nation during Public Service Recognition Week, May 5 through 11, 2008.
Page S3451
North Atlantic Treaty Organization: Senate agreed to S. Res. 523, expressing the strong support of the Senate for the declaration of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization at the Bucharest Summit that Ukraine and Georgia will become members of the alliance.
Pages S3451-52
National Small Business Week: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 524, honoring the entrepreneurial spirit of the owners of small business concerns in the United States during National Small Business Week, beginning April 21, 2008, and the resolution was then agreed to.
Page S3452
Seeds of Peace 15th Anniversary: Senate agreed to S. Res. 536, recognizing the 15th anniversary of the founding of Seeds of Peace, an organization promoting understanding, reconciliation, acceptance, coexistence, and peace in the Middle East, South Asia, and other regions of conflict.
Pages S3452-53
Dia de los Ninos: Senate agreed to S. Res. 538, designating April 30, 2008, as ``Dia de los Ninos: Celebrating Young Americans''.
Pages S3453-54
Measures Considered:
FAA Reauthorization Act--Agreement:
Senate resumed consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 2881, to amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal years 2008 through 2011, to improve aviation safety and capacity, to provide stable funding for the national aviation system.
Pages S3426-33
During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the following action:
By a unanimous vote of 88 yeas (Vote No. 114), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed to the motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill.
Pages S3430-31
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill at approximately 11 a.m., on Tuesday, April 29, 2008, and that all time during any period of morning business, recess, or adjournment, count against cloture.
Page S3454
Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act--Agreement:
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the Secretary of the Senate be directed to request that the House of Representatives return to the Senate H.R. 493, to prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to health insurance and employment.
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Nominations Received:
Senate received the following nominations: Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Navy.
Pages S3456-57
Nomination Withdrawn:
Senate received notification of withdrawal of the following nomination:
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George A. Krol, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to Turkmenistan, which was sent to the Senate on June 27, 2007.
Page S3457
Messages from the House:
Page S3441
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
Page S3441
Measures Read the First Time:
Page S3441
Executive Communications:
Pages S3441-42
Petitions and Memorials:
Page S3442
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S3442-44
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S3444-49
Additional Statements:
Pages S3438-41
Amendments Submitted:
Page S3449
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
Page S3449
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
Page S3449
Privileges of the Floor:
Page S3449
Record Votes:
One record vote was taken today. (Total--114)
Pages S3430-31
Adjournment:
Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 6:51 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 29, 2008. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S3454.)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations:
Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of William J. Burns, of the District of Columbia, to be an Under Secretary of State (Political Affairs), Janice L. Jacobs, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Bureau of Consular Affairs), and T. Vance McMahan, of Texas, to be Representative of the United States of America on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
House of Representatives
Chamber Action
The House was not in session today. The House is scheduled to meet at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 29, 2008.
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
(For last listing of Public Laws, see
Daily Digest,
p. D500)
S. 1858, to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish grant programs to provide for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted, to reauthorize programs under part A of title XI of such Act. Signed on April 24, 2008. (Public Law 110-204)
S. 2903, to amend Public Law 110-196 to provide for a temporary extension of programs authorized by the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 beyond April 25, 2008. Signed on April 25, 2008. (Public Law 110-205)
Committee on Armed Services:
Subcommittee on Personnel, closed business meeting to markup those provisions which fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2009, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
Subcommittee on SeaPower, closed business meeting to markup those provisions which fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2009, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, closed business meeting to markup those provisions which fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2009, 3 p.m., SR-232A.
Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, closed business meeting to markup those provisions D509which fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2009, 4 p.m., SR-222.
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Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation:
Subcommittee on Interstate Commerce, Trade, and Tourism, to hold hearings to examine improving consumer protection in subprime home lending, 10:30 a.m., SR-253.
Committee on Environment and Public Works:
to hold an oversight hearing to examine the Environmental Protection Agency's toxic chemical policies, 10 a.m., SD-406.
Committee on Finance:
to hold an oversight hearing to examine trade functions, focusing on customs and other trade agencies, 10 a.m., SD-215.
Committee on Foreign Relations:
to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Robert Stephen Beecroft, of California, to be Ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, James B. Cunningham, of New York, to be Ambassador to Israel, Richard E. Hoagland, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan, and Joseph Evan LeBaron, of Oregon, to be Ambassador to the State of Qatar, all of the Department of State, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions:
to hold hearings to examine the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, focusing on penalties related to workplace safety, 10 a.m., SD-430.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs:
Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine the REAL ID Act and the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, focusing on the impact of implementation, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
Committee on the Judiciary:
to hold hearings to examine living on the street, focusing on finding solutions to protect runaway and homeless youth, 10 a.m., SD-226.
Select Committee on Intelligence:
closed business meeting to markup certain pending legislation, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
Committee on Appropriations,
Subcommittee on Defense/Select Intelligence Oversight Panel, executive, Military Intelligence Program, 5 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
Committee on Energy and Commerce,
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``The Heparin Disaster: Chinese Counterfeits and American Failures,'' 11 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform,
and the Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, joint hearing on Oversight of Defense Department Acquisitions, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia, hearing on Catching Up: Benefits That Will Help Recruit and Retain Federal Employees; and to mark up the following: H.R. 5550, To amend title 5, United States Code, to increase the maximum age to qualify for coverage as a ``child'' under the health benefits program for Federal employees; and a measure Prohibiting Certain Tobacco products for Transport by the Postal Service, 2 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
Committee on Rules,
to consider the following: H.R. 6622, Combustible Dust Explosion and Fire Prevention Act of 2008; and a resolution providing for consideration of the Senate Amendment to the bill (H.R. 493) to prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to health insurance and employment, 5 p.m., H-313 Rayburn.
Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming,
hearing entitled ``Rising Taxes, Rising Temperatures: Global Warming's Impact on the Oceans,'' 1:30 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe:
K to hold hearings to examine challenges and opportunities of Europe's Black population, focusing on hate crimes and discrimination, anti-immigration and national identity debates, and growing security concerns, 10 a.m., B318, Rayburn Building.
Conference:
K meeting of conferees on H.R. 2419, to provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, 2:30 p.m., 1100, Longworth Building.
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Program for Tuesday:
After the transaction of any morning business (not to extend beyond 60 minutes), Senate will continue consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 2821, FAA Reauthorization Act.
(Senate will recess from 12:30 p.m. until 2:15 p.m. for their respective party conferences.)
Program for Tuesday:
To be announced.
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