Tuesday, September 4, 2001 Daily Digest HIGHLIGHTS See Re´sume´ of Congressional Activity. Senate ports, taking action on the following amendment Chamber Action proposed thereto: Pages S9018–65 Routine Proceedings, pages S9011–S9089 Rejected: Measures Introduced: Eight bills were introduced, Thompson Amendment No. 1481, to modify the as follows: S. 1394–1401. exceptions from required time periods. (By 74 yeas Measures Reported: to 19 nays (Vote No. 274), Senate tabled the amend- Reported on Tuesday, August 28, during the ad- ment.) Pages S9049–65 journment: Denver Water Reuse Project—Title Amendment Report to accompany S. 1099, to increase the Modified: By unanimous consent, Senate modified criminal penalties for assaulting or threatening Fed- the committee reported title amendment to S. 491, eral judges, their family members, and other public to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to servants. (S. Rept. No. 107–53) the provisions of the Reclamation Wastewater and S. 856, to reauthorize the Small Business Tech- Groundwater to participate in the design, planning, nology Transfer Program. (S. Rept. No. 107–54) and construction of the Denver Water Reuse project S. 1196, to amend the Small Business Investment (passed on August 3, 2001). Page S9084 Act of 1958. (S. Rept. No. 107–55) Nominations Received: Senate received the fol- S. 87, to amend the Native Hawaiian Health Care lowing nominations. Improvement Act to revise and extend such Act, Roy L. Austin, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 107–56) Page S9074 to Trinidad and Tobago. Reported today: Phillip Bond, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary S. 1398, making appropriations for the Treasury of Commerce for Technology. Department, the United States Postal Service, the Raymond F. Burghardt, of Florida, to be Ambas- Executive Office of the President, and certain Inde- sador to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. pendent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending Sep- Franklin Pierce Huddle, Jr., of California, to be tember 30, 2002. (S. Rept. No. 107–57) Ambassador to the Republic of Tajikistan. H.R. 2506, making appropriations for foreign op- Laura E. Kennedy, of New York, to be Ambas- erations, export financing, and related programs for sador to Turkmenistan. the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, with an Harold Craig Manson, of California, to be Assist- amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. ant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife. No. 107–58) Kevin Joseph McGuire, of Maryland, to be Am- S. 643, to implement the agreement establishing bassador to the Republic of Namibia. a United States-Jordan free trade area, with an Pamela Hyde Smith, of Washington, to be Am- amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. bassador to the Republic of Moldova. No. 107–59) Ronald Weiser, of Michigan, to be Ambassador to S. 1401, to authorize appropriations for the De- the Slovak Republic. partment of State and for United States international Eduardo Aguirre, Jr., of Texas, to be First Vice broadcasting activities for fiscal years 2002 and President of the Export-Import Bank of the United 2003. (S. Rept. No. 107–60) Page S9074 States. Export Administration Act: Senate began consider- George L. Argyros, Sr., of California, to be Am- ation of S. 149, to provide authority to control ex- bassador to Spain, and to serve concurrently and D853 VerDate 11-MAY-2000 03:04 Sep 05, 2001 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0627 Sfmt 0627 E:\CR\FM\D04SE1.REC pfrm01 PsN: D04SE1 D854 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST September 4, 2001 without additional compensation as Ambassador to Brian E. Carlson, of Virginia, to be Ambassador Andorra. to the Republic of Latvia. M. Christina Armijo, of New Mexico, to be Paul G. Cassell, of Utah, to be United States Dis- United States District Judge for the District of New trict Judge for the District of Utah. Mexico. Paul K. Charlton, of Arizona, to be United States Brig. Gen. Edwin J. Arnold, Jr., United States Attorney for the District of Arizona. Army, to be a Member and President of the Mis- Margaret M. Chiara, of Michigan, to be United sissippi River Commission. States Attorney for the Western District of Michi- Jo Anne Barnhart, of Delaware, to be Commis- gan. sioner of Social Security. Joseph M. Clapp, of North Carolina, to be Ad- John D. Bates, of Maryland, to be United States ministrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Ad- District Judge for the District of Columbia. ministration. Charlotte L. Beers, of Texas, to be Under Secretary Edith Brown Clement, of Louisiana, to be United of State for Public Diplomacy. States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit. Susan Schmidt Bies, of Tennessee, to be a Member Richard R. Clifton, of Hawaii, to be United States of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit. System. Bruce Cole, of Indiana, to be Chairperson of the Marion Blakey, of Mississippi, to be a Member of National Endowment for the Humanities. the National Transportation Safety Board. Colm F. Connolly, of Delaware, to be United Marion Blakey, of Mississippi, to be Chairman of States Attorney for the District of Delaware. the National Transportation Safety Board. Robert J. Conrad, Jr., of North Carolina, to be J. Richard Blankenship, of Florida, to be Ambas- United States Attorney for the Western District of sador to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. North Carolina. Lawrence J. Block, of Virginia, to be a Judge of Deborah L. Cook, of Ohio, to be United States the United States Court of Federal Claims. Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit. Robert C. Bonner, of California, to be Commis- Fred L. Dailey, of Ohio, to be a Member of the sioner of Customs. Board of Directors of the Federal Agricultural Mort- Karon O. Bowdre, of Alabama, to be United gage Corporation. States District Judge for the Northern District of Grace Trujillo Daniel, of California, to be a Mem- Alabama. ber of the Board of Directors of the Federal Agricul- Terrence W. Boyle, of North Carolina, to be tural Mortgage Corporation. United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit. Deborah J. Daniels, of Indiana, to be an Assistant Linton F. Brooks, of Virginia, to be Deputy Ad- Attorney General. ministrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, John J. Danilovich, of California, to be Ambas- National Nuclear Security Administration. sador to the Republic of Costa Rica. Susan W. Brooks, of Indiana, to be United States Joseph M. DeThomas, of Pennsylvania, to be Am- Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana. bassador to the Republic of Estonia. John L. Brownlee, of Virginia, to be United States Nils J. Diaz, of Florida, to be a Member of the Attorney for the Western District of Virginia. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. David L. Bunning, of Kentucky, to be United Kenneth M. Donohue, Sr., of Virginia, to be In- States District Judge for the Eastern District of Ken- spector General, Department of Housing and Urban tucky. Development. Timothy Mark Burgess, of Alaska, to be United Thomas C. Dorr, of Iowa, to be Under Secretary States Attorney for the District of Alaska. of Agriculture for Rural Development. Scott M. Burns, of Utah, to be Deputy Director Thomas C. Dorr, of Iowa, to be a Member of the for State and Local Affairs, Office of National Drug Board of Directors of the Commodity Credit Cor- Control Policy. poration. Jay S. Bybee, of Nevada, to be an Assistant Attor- Claire V. Eagan, of Oklahoma, to be United States ney General. District Judge for the Northern District of Okla- Karen K. Caldwell, of Kentucky, to be United homa. States District Judge for the Eastern District of Ken- Kurt D. Engelhardt, of Louisiana, to be United tucky. States District Judge for the Eastern District of Lou- Laurie Smith Camp, of Nebraska, to be United isiana. States District Judge for the District of Nebraska. Ellen G. Engleman, of Indiana., to be Adminis- Leura Garrett Canary, of Alabama, to be United trator of the Research and Special Programs Admin- States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama. istration, Department of Transportation. VerDate 11-MAY-2000 03:04 Sep 05, 2001 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0627 Sfmt 0627 E:\CR\FM\D04SE1.REC pfrm01 PsN: D04SE1 September 4, 2001 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST D855 Miguel A. Estrada, of Virginia, to be United Marian Blank Horn, of Maryland, to be a Judge States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia of the United States Court of Federal Claims. Circuit. Jeffrey R. Howard, of New Hampshire, to be J. Robert Flores, of Virginia, to be Administrator United States Circuit Judge for the First Circuit. of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency John L. Howard, of Illinois, to be Chairman of the Prevention. Special Panel on Appeals. Sharee M. Freeman, of Virginia, to be Director, Roscoe Conklin Howard, Jr., of the District of Community Relations Service. Columbia, to be United States attorney for the Dis- Stephen P. Friot, of Oklahoma, to be United trict of Columbia. States District Judge for the Western District of David Claudio Iglesias, of New Mexico, to be Oklahoma. United States Attorney for the District of New Mex- Thomas C. Gean, of Arkansas, to be United States ico. Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas. Jeffrey D. Jarrett, of Pennsylvania, to be Director James Gilleran, of California, to be Director of the of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and En- Office of Thrift Supervision. forcement. John W. Gillis, of California, to be Director of P.H. Johnson, of Mississippi, to be Federal Co- the Office for Victims of Crime. chairperson, Delta Regional Authority. Callie V. Granade, of Alabama, to be United William P. Johnson, of New Mexico, to be States District Judge for the Southern District of United States District Judge for the District of New Alabama.