Wednesday, August 2, 2006
Daily Digest
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8561–S8669
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and two resolu-
tions were introduced, as follows: S. 3773–3779 and
S. Res. 546–547. Page S8610
Measures Reported:
S. 2590, to require full disclosure of all entities
and organizations receiving Federal funds, with an
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
S. 3778, to reauthorize and improve the Small
Business Act and the Small Business Act of 1958.
Measures Passed:
Recognizing United States Winemakers: Com-
mittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry was
discharged from further consideration of H. Con.
Res. 399, recognizing the 30th anniversary of the
victory of United States winemakers at the 1976
Paris Wine Tasting, and the resolution was then
agreed to. Page S8667
Lane Evans Post Office Building: Senate passed
S. 2555, to designate the facility of the United
States Postal Service located at 2633 11th Street in
Rock Island, Illinois, as the ‘‘Lane Evans Post Office
Building’’. Page S8667
Major George Quamo Post Office Building: Sen-
ate passed S. 3613, to designate the facility of the
United States Postal Service located at 2951 New
York Highway 43 in Averill Park, New York, as the
‘‘Major George Quamo Post Office Building’’.
Coach John Wooden Post Office Building: Senate
passed S. 4646, to designate the facility of the
United States Postal Service located at 7320 Reseda
Boulevard in Reseda, California, as the ‘‘Coach John
Wooden Post Office Building’’, clearing the measure
for the President. Page S8667
John Paul Hammerschmidt Post Office Build-
ing: Senate passed H.R. 4811, to designate the facil-
ity of the United States Postal Service located at 215
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the ‘‘John Paul Hammerschmidt Post Office Build-
ing’’, clearing the measure for the President.
Page S8667
Captain George A. Wood Post Office Building:
Senate passed H.R. 4962, to designate the facility of
the United States Postal Service located at 100
Pitcher Street in Utica, New York, as the ‘‘Captain
George A. Wood Post Office Building’’, clearing the
measure for the President. Page S8667
Morris W. Milton Post Office: Senate passed H.R.
5104, to designate the facility of the United States
Postal Service located at 1750 16th Street South in
Page S8609 St. Petersburg, Florida, as the ‘‘Morris W. Milton
Post Office’’, clearing the measure for the President.
Page S8667
Earl D. Hutto Post Office Building: Senate
passed H.R. 5107, to designate the facility of the
United States Postal Service located at 1400 West
Jordan Street in Pensacola, Florida, as the ‘‘Earl D.
Hutto Post Office Building’’, clearing the measure
for the President. Page S8667
Wilfred Edward ‘Cousin Willie’ Sieg, Sr. Post
Office: Senate passed H.R. 5169, to designate the fa-
cility of the United States Postal Service located at
1310 Highway 64 NW. in Ramsey, Indiana, as the
‘‘Wilfred Edward ‘Cousin Willie’ Sieg, Sr. Post Of-
fice’’, clearing the measure for the President.
Page S8668
Sergeant Jacob Dan Dones Post Office: Senate
passed H.R. 5540, to designate the facility of the
United States Postal Service located at 217 Southeast
Page S8667 2nd Street in Dimmitt, Texas, as the ‘‘Sergeant
Jacob Dan Dones Post Office’’, clearing the measure
for the President. Page S8668
Department of Defense Appropriations Act: Sen-
ate continued consideration of H.R. 5631, making
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, taking action
on the following amendments proposed thereto:
Pages S8561–S8601
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Adopted:
Stevens (for Cochran) Modified Amendment No.
4758, to require a report assessing the Depleted Ura-
nium Sensing and Treatment for Removal program
of the Department of Defense. Pages S8571–72
Stevens (for Menendez) Amendment No. 4759, to
make available from Other Procurement, Army, up
to $2,600,000 for the Virtual Interactive Combat
Environment for the New Jersey National Guard.
Stevens (for Lugar) Amendment No. 4770, to
make available from Other Procurement, Navy, up
to $3,000,000 for the Man Overboard Identification
System program. Pages S8571–72
Stevens (for Carper) Amendment No. 4772, to
provide that none of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be obligated or
expended to provide award fees to any defense con-
tractor for performance that does not meet the re-
quirements of the contract. Pages S8571–72
Kyl Amendment No. 4788 (to Amendment No.
4775), to provide $1,829,000,000 for the Army Na-
tional Guard for the construction of 370 miles of tri-
ple-layered fencing, and 500 miles of vehicle barriers
along the southwest border. Pages S8567–70, S8574
By 94 yeas to 3 nays (Vote No. 220), Sessions
Modified Amendment No. 4775, to provide
$1,829,100,000 for the Army National Guard for
the construction of 370 miles of triple-layered fenc-
ing, and 461 miles of vehicle barriers along the
southwest border, as amended.
Pages S8566–67, S8572, S8579–81
Salazar Modified Amendment No. 4776, to pro-
vide that, of the amount appropriated or otherwise
made available by title II for the Air Force for oper-
ation and maintenance, up to $10,000,000 may be
available for an interoperable communications capa-
bility for the United States Northern Command.
Pages S8585–87, S8590
Stevens (for Smith/Wyden) Amendment No.
4778, to make available from Research, Develop-
ment, Test and Evaluation, Navy, up to $2,000,000
for the Advanced Airship Flying Laboratory.
Stevens (for Dayton) Amendment No. 4773, to
make available from additional appropriations for
Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard,
up to $6,700,000 for the pilot program of the Army
National Guard on the reintegration of members of
the National guard into civilian life after deploy-
ment. Pages S8590–91
Stevens (for Lott/Lieberman) Modified Amend-
ment No. 4760, to make available $2,000,000 from
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army
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Stevens (for Conrad) Amendment No. 4796, to
make available from Research, Development, Test
and Evaluation, Air Force, up to $6,000,000 for
Military-Standard–1760 integration for the internal
weapons bays of B–52 aircraft. Pages S8590–91
Stevens (for Frist) Amendment No. 4771, to mod-
ify the notice and wait period applicable to modi-
fications of certain contracts for national defense pur-
poses. Pages S8590–91
Pages S8571–72
By a unanimous vote of 97 yeas (Vote No. 221),
Dodd Amendment No. 4819, to make available an
additional $6,700,000,000 to fund equipment reset
requirements resulting from continuing combat op-
erations, including repair, depot, and procurement
activities. Pages S8596–98
Stevens (for Byrd) Amendment No. 4803, to re-
quire reports on the recommendations of the Defense
Science Board regarding the management of the bio-
metrics program of the Department of Defense.
Page S8599
Stevens (for Warner) Amendment No. 4779, to
make available from Operation and Maintenance,
Defense-Wide, an additional amount of up to
$7,500,000 for the Joint Advertising, Market Re-
search and Studies program. Page S8599
Stevens (for Inouye) Amendment No. 4766, to
make available from Operation and Maintenance,
Army, up to $500,000 for the United States Army
Center of Military History to support a traveling ex-
hibit on military experience in World War II.
Page S8599
Stevens (for Isakson) Amendment No. 4798, to
make available from Research, Development, Test
and Evaluation, Army, up to $1,000,000 for envi-
ronmental management and compliance information.
Page S8599
Stevens Amendment No. 4762, to require plans to
procure medical countermeasures for treating forward
deployed members of the Armed Forces against acute
radiation syndrome and similar threats.
Pages S8562–66, S8600
Pages S8590–91
Stevens (for Bingaman) Amendment No. 4814, to
make available from Research, Development, Test
and Evaluation, Air Force, up to $1,500,000 for
Commercialization and Industrialization of Adaptive
Optics. Pages S8600–01
Stevens (for Sununu) Amendment No. 4829, to
make available from Research, Development, Test
and Evaluation, Navy, up to $1,000,000 for an inte-
grated, low-cost, low-power Multibeam Side Scan
Sonar System for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles.
Pages S8600–01
Pages S8590–91
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Stevens (for Coleman) Modified Amendment No.
4792, to make available from Procurement of Am-
munition, Air Force, up to $5,000,000 for the pro-
curement of Radiation Hardened Microelectronics.
Pages S8600–01
Stevens (for Schumer/Coleman) Modified Amend-
ment No. 4783, to provide that up to $9,000,000
of the amount appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able by chapter 2 of title IX for the Army for oper-
ation and maintenance and up to $2,000,000 of the
amount appropriated or otherwise made available by
such chapter for the Marine Corps for operation and
maintenance may be made available for the procure-
ment of hemostatic agents, including bloodclotting
bandages and invasive hemostatic agents, for use by
members of the Armed Forces in the field.
Pages S8600–01
Rejected:
Durbin Modified Amendment No. 4781, to ap-
propriate, with an offset, an additional $2,000,000
for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Army for the improvement of imaging for traumatic
brain injuries. (By 54 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No.
222), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S8582–85, S8598–99
Pending:
Kennedy Amendment No. 4802, to require a new
National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq.
Pages S8582, S8599
During consideration of this measure today, Senate
also took the following action:
Chair sustained a point of order that Reid
Amendment No. 4795, to provide for the extension
and modification of certain tax relief provisions,
other tax provisions, and Surface Mining Control and
Reclamation Act amendments, violated rule XVI of
the Standing Rules of the Senate, which prohibits
legislation on an appropriation bill. Pages S8570–71
Chair sustained a point of order that Dorgan
Amendment No. 4805, to improve Federal con-
tracting and procurement by eliminating fraud and
abuse and improving competition in contracting and
procurement and by enhancing administration of
Federal contracting personnel, violated rule XVI of
the Standing Rules of the Senate, which prohibits
legislation on an appropriation bill. Pages S8591–96
Chair sustained a point of order that Kyl Amend-
ment No. 4806, to prohibit the suspension of royal-
ties under certain circumstances, to clarify the au-
thority to impose price thresholds for certain leases,
to limit the eligibility of certain lessees for new
leases, and to restrict the transfer of certain leases,
violated rule XVI of the Standing Rules of the Sen-
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bill. Pages S8587–90, S8599
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Chair sustained a point of order that Cornyn
Modified Amendment No. 4768, to provide emer-
gency supplemental appropriations for border secu-
rity and immigration reform, violated rule XVI of
the Standing Rules of the Senate, which prohibits
legislation on an appropriation bill.
Pages S8574–78, S8599
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached pro-
viding for further consideration of the bill at 9:30
a.m., on Thursday, August 3, 2006. Page S8669
Estate Tax and Extension of Tax Relief Act: Sen-
ate began consideration of the motion to proceed to
consideration of H.R. 5970, to amend the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the unified credit
against the estate tax to an exclusion equivalent of
$5,000,000, to repeal the sunset provision for the es-
tate and generation-skipping taxes, and to extend ex-
piring provisions. Page S8668
A motion was entered to close further debate on
the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill
and, in accordance with the provisions of rule XXII
of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on the
motion to invoke cloture may occur on Friday, Au-
gust 4, 2006. Page S8668
Subsequently, the motion to proceed was with-
drawn. Page S8668
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the fol-
lowing nominations:
3 Army nominations in the rank of general.
1 Marine Corps nomination in the rank of general.
1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.
Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Marine
Corps, Navy. Page S8669
Nominations Received: Senate received the fol-
lowing nominations:
Roslynn Renee Mauskopf, of New York, to be
United States District Judge for the Eastern District
of New York.
Liam O’Grady, of Virginia, to be United States
District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Lawrence Joseph O’Neill, of California, to be
United States District Judge for the Eastern District
of California.
Dabney Langhorne Friedrich, of Virginia, to be a
Member of the United States Sentencing Commis-
sion for the remainder of the term expiring October
31, 2009. Page S8669
Messages From the House: Page S8608
Enrolled Bills Presented: Page S8608
Executive Communications: Pages S8608–09
Executive Reports of Committees: Pages S8609–10
Additional Cosponsors: Pages S8610–12
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Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Additional Statements: Pages
Amendments Submitted: Pages
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
Privileges of the Floor: Pages S8666–67
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today.
(Total—222) Pages S8581, S8598, S8599
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and
adjourned at 8:06 p.m., until 9:30 a.m., on Thurs-
day, August 3, 2006. (For Senate’s program, see the
remarks of the Majority Leader in today’s Record on
page S8669.)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FOREST EMERGENCY RECOVERY AND
RESEARCH ACT
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Sub-
committee on Forestry, Conservation, and Rural Re-
vitalization concluded a hearing to examine H.R.
4200, to improve the ability of the Secretary of Ag-
riculture and the Secretary of the Interior to prompt-
ly implement recovery treatments in response to cat-
astrophic events affecting Federal lands under their
jurisdiction, including the removal of dead and dam-
aged trees and the implementation of reforestation
treatments, to support the recovery of non-Federal
lands damaged by catastrophic events, to revitalize
Forest Service experimental forests, after receiving
testimony from Lynn Scarlett, Deputy Secretary of
the Interior; Mark Rey, Under Secretary of Agri-
culture for Natural Resources and Environment; Or-
egon State Senator Charlie Ringo, Beaverton; Alan
Thompson, Ravalli County Commissioner, Ham-
ilton, Montana, on behalf of the National Associa-
tion of Counties; Sue Kupillas, Communities for
Healthy Forests, Roseburg, Oregon; Jim Crouch, Jim
Crouch and Associates, Russellville, Arkansas, on be-
half of Ouachita Timber Purchasers Group, Ozark-
St. Francis Renewable Resource Council, and the
Lake States Federal Timber Purchasers Group; John
A. Helms, University of California, Berkeley, on be-
half of the Society of American Foresters; James R.
Karr, University of Washington, Seattle; Robert L.
Krepps, St. Louis County Land Commissioner, Du-
luth, Minnesota; and Leah W. MacSwords, Kentucky
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State Forester, Frankfort, on behalf of the National
Association of State Foresters.
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CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER
Pages S8612–29 Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legisla-
S8606–08 tive Branch resumed hearings to examine the
S8629–65
progress of Capitol Visitor Center construction, re-
ceiving testimony from Alan M. Hantman, Archi-
tect, and Doug Jacobs, Capitol Visitor Center
Pages S8665–66 Project Architect, both of the Office of the Architect
of the Capitol; and Bernard L. Ungar, Director, and
Terrell Dorn, Director, both of Physical Infrastruc-
ture Issues, Government Accountability Office.
Hearing recessed subject to the call.
MILITARY COMMISSIONS: HAMDAN V.
RUMSFELD
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded
hearings to examine the status of military commis-
sions in light of the Supreme Court decision in
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, after receiving testimony from
Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General of the United
States, Department of Justice; and Gordon R. Eng-
land, Deputy Secretary of Defense.
OVERHEAD IMAGERY SYSTEMS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed
session to discuss overhead imagery systems.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs:
Committee ordered favorably reported an original
bill to improve ratings quality for the protection of
investors and in the public interest by fostering ac-
countability, transparency, and competition in the
credit rating agency industry.
VETERANS’ HOUSING NEEDS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs:
Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation con-
cluded a hearing to examine Federal and local efforts
to meet the housing needs of veterans, after receiving
testimony from Mark Johnston, Acting Deputy As-
sistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
for Special Needs; Keith Pedigo, Director, Loan
Guaranty Service, and Peter H. Dougherty, Director,
Homeless Veterans Programs, both of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs; Cheryl Beversdorf, Na-
tional Coalition for Homeless Veterans, Washington,
D.C.; and Barbara Banaszynski, Volunteers of Amer-
ica, Louisville, Kentucky.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation:
Committee ordered favorably reported the nomina-
tions of Charles D. Nottingham, of Virginia, to be
a Member of the Surface Transportation Board, and
Sean T. Connaughton, of Virginia, to be Adminis-
trator of the Maritime Administration, both of the
Department of Transportation, Robert L. Sumwalt
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III, of South Carolina, to be a Member of the Na-
tional Transportation Safety Board, Jay M. Cohen, of
New York, to be Under Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity for Science and Technology, Nathaniel F.
Wienecke, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary
of Commerce, and a promotion list for National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
CHEMICALS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Com-
mittee concluded an oversight hearing to examine
the implementation of the Toxic Substances Control
Act and the chemicals management program of the
Environmental Protection Agency, after receiving
testimony from James B. Gulliford, Assistant Ad-
ministrator, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, Environmental Protection Agency;
John B. Stephenson, Director, Natural Resources and
Environment, Government Accountability Office;
William K. Rawson, Latham and Watkins, LLP, and
Gail Charnley, HealthRisk Strategies, both of Wash-
ington, D.C.; Lynn R. Goldman, Johns Hopkins
University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Bal-
timore, Maryland; Michael P. Walls, American
Chemistry Council, Arlington, Virginia; Michael P.
Wilson, University of California Center for Occupa-
tional and Environmental Health, Berkeley.
BORDER SECURITY
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing
to examine the effectiveness of United States Cus-
toms and Border Protection in screening entrants
into the United States at land border crossings, after
receiving testimony from Gregory D. Kutz, Man-
aging Director, Forensic Audits and Special Inves-
tigations, Government Accountability Office; Jayson
P. Ahern, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field
Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection,
and Michael Everitt, Unit Chief, Forensic Document
Laboratory, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement,
both of the Department of Homeland Security; Jan-
ice Kephart, 9/11 Security Solutions, Alexandria,
Virginia; C. David Shepherd, Venetian Resort Hotel,
Las Vegas, Nevada; R. Bruce Reeves, AssureTec Sys-
tems, Inc., Manchester, New Hampshire; and Scott
Carr, Digimarc Corporation, Beaverton, Oregon.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded
a hearing to examine the nomination of John C.
Rood, of Arizona, to be an Assistant Secretary of
State for International Security and Non-Prolifera-
tion, after the nominee, who was introduced by Sen-
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own behalf.
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IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
fairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the
status of Iraq reconstruction, focusing on contracting
and procurement issues, after receiving testimony
from Stuart W. Bowen, Jr., Special Inspector Gen-
eral for Iraq Reconstruction.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions:
Committee ordered favorably reported the nomina-
tions of Carmel Borders, of Kentucky, Donald D.
Deshler, of Kansas, and Timothy Shanahan, of Illi-
nois, each to be a Member of the National Institute
for Literacy Advisory Board, Mark R. Abbott, of Or-
egon, John T. Bruer, of Missouri, Patricia D. Gallo-
way, of Washington, Jose-Marie Griffiths, of Penn-
sylvania, Karl Hess, of Illinois, Thomas N. Taylor,
of Kansas, and Richard F. Thompson, of California,
each to be a Member of the National Science Board,
National Science Foundation, Josiah Bunting III, of
Rhode Island, Robert S. Martin, of Texas, Wilfred
M. McClay, of Tennessee, Manfredi Piccolomini, of
New York, Kenneth R. Weinstein, of the District of
Columbia, Mary Habeck, of Maryland, and Jay
Winik, of Maryland, each to be a Member of the
National Council on the Humanities, Victoria Ray
Carlson, of Iowa, Chad Colley, of Florida, Lisa
Mattheiss, of Tennessee, and John R. Vaughn, of
Florida, each to be a Member of the National Coun-
cil on Disability, Katherine M.B. Berger, of Vir-
ginia, Karen Brosius, of South Carolina, Ioannis N.
Miaoulis, of Massachusetts, Christina Orr-Cahall, of
Florida, and Kevin Owen Starr, of California, each to
be a Member of the National Museum and Library
Services Board, Arthur F. Rosenfeld, of Virginia, to
be Federal Mediation and Conciliation Director, and
Wilma B. Liebman, of the District of Columbia, to
be a Member, Peter Schaumber, of the District of
Columbia, to be a Member, and Ronald E.
Meisburg, of Virginia, to be General Counsel, all of
the National Labor Relations Board.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favor-
ably reported the following bills: S. 374, to provide
compensation to the Lower Brule and Crow Creek
Sioux Tribes of South Dakota for damage to tribal
land caused by Pick-Sloan projects along the Mis-
souri River, with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute;
S. 660, to provide for the acknowledgement of the
Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina; and
S. 1535, to amend the Cheyenne River Sioux
Tribe Equitable Compensation Act to provide com-
pensation to members of the Cheyenne River Sioux
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Tribe for damage resulting from the Oahe Dam and
Reservoir Project, with an amendment in the nature
of a substitute.
WAR CRIME PROVISIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a
hearing to examine the authority to prosecute terror-
ists under the war crime provisions of Title 18, in-
cluding S. 2453 to establish procedures for the re-
view of electronic surveillance programs, and S.
2455, to provide in statute for the conduct of elec-
tronic surveillance of suspected terrorists for the pur-
poses of protecting the American people, the Nation,
and its interests from terrorist attack while ensuring
that the civil liberties of United States citizens are
safeguarded, after receiving testimony from Steven
G. Bradbury, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Of-
fice of Legal Counsel, Department of Justice; General
Richard B. Myers, former Chairman, Joint Chiefs of
Staff; and Major General Scott C. Black, USA, Judge
Advocate General, United States Army; Rear Admi-
ral Bruce MacDonald, USN, Judge Advocate Gen-
eral, United States Navy; Major General Jack L.
Rives, USAF, Judge Advocate General, United States
Air Force; and Brigadier General Kevin M.
Sandkuhler, USMC, Staff Judge Advocate to the
Commandant, United States Marine Corps.
h
House of Representatives
Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 1 public
bill, H.R. 6027; and 1 resolution, H. Con. Res. 467
were introduced. Page H6241
Additional Cosponsors: Page H6242
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he
appointed Representative Davis, Tom of Virginia to
act as Speaker pro tempore for today. Page H6239
Summer District Work Period: The House agreed
to H. Con. Res. 467, providing for a conditional ad-
journment of the House of Representatives and a
conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate.
Page H6239
Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House ad-
journs today, it stand adjourned until 4 p.m. on Fri-
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a message from the Senate transmitting its concur-
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ATTORNEY’S FEES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Con-
stitution, Civil Rights, and Property Rights con-
cluded a hearing to examine efforts to create a fair
standard for attorney’s fee awards in establishment
clause cases, focusing on S. 3696, to amend the Re-
vised Statutes of the United States to prevent the use
of the legal system in a manner that extorts money
from State and local governments, and the Federal
Government, and inhibits such governments’ con-
stitutional actions under the first, tenth, and four-
teenth amendments, after receiving testimony from
Rees Lloyd, American Legion, Banning, California;
Marc D. Stern, American Jewish Congress, New
York, New York; Mathew D. Staver, Liberty Univer-
sity School of Law, Lynchburg, Virginia; Melissa
Rogers, Wake Forest University Divinity School,
Winston-Salem, North Carolina; and Shannon
Demos Woodruff, American Center for Law and Jus-
tice, Virginia Beach, Virginia.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in
closed session and ordered favorably reported the
nomination of Randall M. Fort, of Virginia, to be an
Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Re-
search.
Committee recessed until Thursday, August 3.
rence in H. Con. Res. 467, in which case, the House
will stand adjourned pursuant to that concurrent res-
olution. Pages H6239–40
Senate Messages: Message received from the Senate
today and message received from the Senate by the
Clerk and subsequently presented to the House
today appear on pages H6239, H6240.
Senate Referral: S. 2146 was referred to the Com-
mittee on Government Reform; S. 707 was referred
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce; and S.
3741 and S. Con. Res. 113 were held at the desk.
Page H6240
Quorum Calls—Votes: There were no yea and nay
votes, and there were no recorded votes. There were
no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 11 a.m. and ad-
journed at 11:08 a.m, the House stands adjourned
until 4 p.m. on Friday, August 4, 2006, unless it
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sooner has received a message from the Senate trans-
mitting its adoption of H. Con. Res. 467, in which
case the House shall stand adjourned pursuant to
that concurrent resolution until 2 p.m. on Wednes-
day, September 6, 2006.
f endar business; to be followed by a hearing to examine
NEW PUBLIC LAWS
(For last listing of Public Laws, see DAILY DIGEST, p. D 879)
H.R. 2977, to designate the facility of the United
States Postal Service located at 306 2nd Avenue in
Brockway, Montana, as the ‘‘Paul Kasten Post Office
Building’’. Signed on August 1, 2006. (Public Law
109–252)
H.R. 3440, to designate the facility of the United
States Postal Service located at 100 Avenida RL
Rodriguez in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, as the ‘‘Dr.
Jose Celso Barbosa Post Office Building’’. Signed on
August 1, 2006. (Public Law 109–253)
H.R. 3549, to designate the facility of the United
States Postal Service located at 210 West 3rd Ave-
nue in Warren, Pennsylvania, as the ‘‘William F.
Clinger, Jr. Post Office Building’’. Signed on August
1, 2006. (Public Law 109–254)
H.R. 3934, to designate the facility of the United
States Postal Service located at 80 Killian Road in
Massapequa, New York, as the ‘‘Gerard A. Fiorenza
Post Office Building’’. Signed on August 1, 2006.
(Public Law 109–255)
H.R. 4101, to designate the facility of the United
States Postal Service located at 170 East Main Street
in Patchogue, New York, as the ‘‘Lieutenant Michael
P. Murphy Post Office Building’’. Signed on August
1, 2006. (Public Law 109–256)
H.R. 4108, to designate the facility of the United
States Postal Service located at 3000 Homewood Av-
enue in Baltimore, Maryland, as the ‘‘State Senator
Verda Welcome and Dr. Henry Welcome Post Of-
fice Building’’. Signed on August 1, 2006. (Public
Law 109–257)
f orado, Department of Justice, S. 2453, to establish proce-
COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,
AUGUST 3, 2006
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine
Iraq, Afghanistan and the global war on terrorism; to be
followed by a closed session in SR–222, 9:30 a.m.,
SH–216.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Sub-
committee on National Ocean Policy Study, to hold hear-
ings to examine state of the oceans in 2006, 10 a.m.,
SR–253.
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Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: business
meeting to consider the nominations of Drue Pearce, of
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Alaska, to be Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas
Transportation Projects, and John Ray Correll, of Indiana,
to be Director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclama-
tion and Enforcement, and Mark Myers, of Alaska, to be
Director of the United States Geological Survey, both of
the Department of the Interior, and other pending cal-
S. 2589, to enhance the management and disposal of
spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste, to en-
sure protection of public health and safety, to ensure the
territorial integrity and security of the repository at
Yucca Mountain, 10 a.m., SD–628.
Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine tax
code reform issues, 10:30 a.m., SD–215.
Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to exam-
ine the nomination of Mary Martin Ourisman, of Florida,
to be Ambassador to Barbados, and to serve concurrently
and without additional compensation as Ambassador to
St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda,
the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, and Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines, 11 a.m., SD–419.
Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the
nominations of Cesar Benito Cabrera, of Puerto Rico, to
be Ambassador to the Republic of Mauritius, and to serve
concurrently and without additional compensation as
Ambassador to the Republic of Seychelles, Cindy Lou
Courville, of Virginia, to be U.S. Representative to the
African Union, with the rank of Ambassador, and Donald
C. Johnson, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Republic
of Equatorial Guinea, 2:30 p.m., SD–419.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs:
Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Govern-
ment Information, and International Security, to hold
hearings to examine financial management at the Depart-
ment of Defense, focusing on the components of Financial
Improvement and Audit Readiness Plan to improve the
overall financial management health of the Department of
Defense, including an understanding of other plans in-
volved in improving the financial management infrastruc-
ture at the Department, 2:30 p.m., SD–342.
Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider
the nominations of Frances Marie Tydingco-Gatewood, to
be Judge for the District Court of Guam, and Troy A.
Eid, to be United States Attorney for the District of Col-
dures for the review of electronic surveillance programs,
S.2455, to provide in statute for the conduct of electronic
surveillance of suspected terrorists for the purposes of pro-
tecting the American people, the Nation, and its interests
from terrorist attack while ensuring that the civil liberties
of United States citizens are safeguarded, S. 2468, to pro-
vide standing for civil actions for declaratory and injunc-
tive relief to persons who refrain from electronic commu-
nications through fear of being subject to warrantless
electronic surveillance for foreign intelligence purposes, S.
3001, to ensure that all electronic surveillance of United
States persons for foreign intelligence purposes is con-
ducted pursuant to individualized court-issued orders, to
streamline the procedures of the Foreign Intelligence Sur-
veillance Act of 1978, S. 2831, to guarantee the free flow
of information to the public through a free and active
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press while protecting the right of the public to effective
law enforcement and the fair administration of justice, S.
155, to increase and enhance law enforcement resources
committed to investigation and prosecution of violent
gangs, to deter and punish violent gang crime, to protect
law-abiding citizens and communities from violent crimi-
nals, to revise and enhance criminal penalties for violent
crimes, to reform and facilitate prosecution of juvenile
gang members who commit violent crimes, to expand
and improve gang prevention programs, S. 1845, to
amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for the
appointment of additional Federal circuit judges, to di-
vide the Ninth Judicial Circuit of the United States into
2 circuits, S. 2679, to establish an Unsolved Crimes Sec-
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tion in the Civil Rights Division of the Department of
Justice, and an Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Investigative
Office in the Civil Rights Unit of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, H.R. 1442, to complete the codification of
title 46, United States Code, ‘‘Shipping’’, as positive law,
H.R. 866, to make technical corrections to the United
States Code, and other committee matters, 9:30 a.m.,
SD–226.
Select Committee on Intelligence: closed business meeting
to consider pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SH–219.
House
No committee meetings are scheduled.
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Senate Chamber House Chamber

Program for Thursday: Senate will continue consider- Program for Friday: To be announced.
ation of H.R. 5631, Department of Defense Appropria-
tions Act.

Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue

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