Volume 151, No. 113 covering the 1st Session of the 109th Congress (2005 - 2006) was published by the Congressional Record.
The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.
“Senate” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D899-D900 on Sept. 12, 2005.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Monday, September 12, 2005
Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9893-S9942
Measures Introduced: Thirty-nine bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1650-1688.
Pages S9930-31
Measures Reported:
S. 113, to modify the date as of which certain tribal land of the Lytton Rancheria of California is deemed to be held in trust. (S. Rept. No. 109-136)
S. 1197, to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Page S9930
Measures Passed:
National Flood Insurance Program Enhanced Borrowing Authority Act: Senate passed H.R. 3669, to temporarily increase the borrowing authority of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for carrying out the national flood insurance program, clearing the measure for the President.
Pages S9941-42
Commerce/Justice/Science Appropriations: Senate continued consideration of H.R. 2862, making appropriations for Science, the Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto:
Pages S9898-S9908
Pending:
Lincoln Amendment No. 1652, to provide for temporary medicaid disaster relief for survivors of Hurricane Katrina.
Page S9898
Dayton Amendment No. 1654, to increase funding for Justice Assistance Grants.
Page S9898
Biden Amendment No. 1661, to provide emergency funding for victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Page S9899
Sarbanes Amendment No. 1662, to assist the victims of Hurricane Katrina with finding new housing.
Page S9899
Dorgan Amendment No. 1665, to prohibit weakening any law that provides safeguards from unfair foreign trade practices.
Page S9899
Sununu Amendment No. 1669, to increase funding for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, the Southwest Border Prosecutors Initiative, and transitional housing for women subjected to domestic violence.
Page S9899
Lieberman Amendment No. 1678, to provide financial relief for individuals and entities affected by Hurricane Katrina.
Page S9899
DeWine Amendment No. 1671, to make available, from amounts otherwise available for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration,
$906,200,000 for aeronautics research and development programs of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Pages S9899-S9900
Clinton Amendment No. 1660, to establish a congressional commission to examine the Federal, State, and local response to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Region of the United States especially in the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and other areas impacted in the aftermath and make immediate corrective measures to improve such responses in the future.
Pages S9900-02
Coburn Amendment No. 1648, to eliminate the funding for the Advanced Technology Program and increase the funding available for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, community oriented policing services, and State and local law enforcement assistance.
Pages S9902-07
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the bill at approximately 10:45 a.m., on Tuesday, September 13, 2005.
Page S9942
Clean Air Act Resolution: Senate began consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S.J. Res. 20, disapproving a rule promulgated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to delist coal and oil-direct utility units from the source category list under the Clean Air Act, and by a unanimous vote of 92 yeas (Vote No. 224), Senate agreed to the motion to proceed.
Pages S9921-22
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for consideration of the resolution at 12:10 a.m., on Tuesday, September 13, 2005; that there be 20 minutes for debate, and the Senate then vote on final passage of the joint resolution.
Page S9942 Appointments:
Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group: The Chair, on behalf of the Vice President, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 276d-276g, as amended, appointed the following Senators as members of the Senate Delegation to the Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group during the First Session of the 109th Congress: Senators Grassley, Lott, Voinovich, Chambliss, and Burr.
Page S9942
Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance: The Chair, on behalf of the President pro tempore, pursuant to Public Law 99-498, reappointed the following individual to a three-year term (commencing on October 1, 2005), as a member of the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance: Claude O. Pressnell, Jr., of Tennessee.
Page S9942
Measures Read First Time:
Pages S9928, S9941
Executive Communications:
Pages S9928-30
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S9931-32
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S9932-40
Additional Statements:
Pages S9927-28
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S9940-41
Authority for Committees to Meet:
Page S9941
Privilege of the Floor:
Page S9941
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--224)
Pages S9921-22
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m., and adjourned at 8 p.m., until 9:45 a.m., on Tuesday, September 13, 2005. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S9942.)
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