[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 127 (Monday, November 13, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1092-D1093]
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                                          Monday, November 13, 2006

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S10845-S10887
Measures Introduced: Two bills were introduced, as follows: S. 4046-
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  Page S10879
Measures Reported:
  S. 3591, to improve efficiency in the Federal Government through the 
use of high-performance green buildings, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 109-358.)
  Report to accompany S. 1838, to provide for the sale, acquisition, 
conveyance, and exchange of certain real property in the District of 
Columbia to facilitate the utilization, development, and redevelopment 
of such property. (S. Rept. No. 109-359.)                   
Page S10879
Measures Passed:
  Pueblo of Isleta Settlement and Natural Resources Restoration Act: 
Senate passed H.R. 5842, to compromise and settle all claims in the 
case of Pueblo of Isleta v. United States, to restore, improve, and 
develop the valuable on-reservation land and natural resources of the 
Pueblo, clearing the measure for the President.             
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  Clint Independent School District: Committee on Foreign Relations was 
discharged from further consideration of H.R. 860, to provide for the 
conveyance of the reversionary interest of the United States in certain 
lands to the Clint Independent School District, El Paso County, Texas, 
and the bill was then passed, clearing the measure for the President. 
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  Shivwits Band of the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah Water Rights 
Settlement Act Amendment: Senate passed S. 3501, to amend the Shivwits 
Band of the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah Water Rights Settlement Act to 
establish an acquisition fund for the water rights and habitat 
acquisition program, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed 
thereto:                                                
  Pages S10884-85
  Frist (for McCain) Amendment No. 5133, to modify a provision relating 
to transfers to the Acquisition Fund.                   
Pages S10884-85
  Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act Waiver 
Application Act: Senate passed S. 3687, to waive application of the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to a specific 
parcel of real property transferred by the United States to 2 Indian 
tribes in the State of Oregon.                              
  Page S10885
Military Construction/VA Appropriations: Senate began consideration of 
H.R. 5385, making appropriations for the military quality of life 
functions of the Department of Defense, military construction, the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2007, agreeing to the committee amendment in 
the nature of a substitute, which will be considered as original text 
for the purpose of further amendment, and taking action on the 
following amendment proposed thereto:                   
  Pages S10848-59
Pending:
  Akaka/Obama Amendment No. 5128, to provide, with an offset, an 
additional $2,500,000 for the Department of Veterans Affairs for the 
Office of Inspector General.                            
Pages S10856-59
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 2:15 p.m. on Tuesday, November 14, 2006. 
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Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaty:
  Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International 
Registration of Industrial Designs (Treaty Doc. 109-21);
  The treaty was transmitted to the Senate today, considered as having 
been read for the first time, and referred, with accompanying papers, 
to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. 
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Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Mark Everett Keenum, of Mississippi, to be Under Secretary of 
Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services.
  Mark Everett Keenum, of Mississippi, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation.

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  Scott A. Keller, of Florida, to be Assistant Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development.
  Charles E. Dorkey III, of New York, to be a Member of the Advisory 
Board of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation.
  Daine Humetewa, of Arizona, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees 
of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National 
Environmental Policy Foundation for a term expiring August 25, 2012.
  Anthony W. Ryan, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
the Treasury.
  Andrew G. Biggs, of New York, to be Deputy Commissioner of Social 
Security for the remainder of the term expiring January 19, 2007.
  Andrew G. Biggs, of New York, to be Deputy Commissioner of Social 
Security for a term expiring January 19, 2013.
  Leon R. Sequeira, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor.
  William Francis Price, Jr., of California, to be a Member of the 
National Council of the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2012.
  Robert Bretley Lott, of Louisiana, to be a Member of the National 
Council of the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2012.
  Charlotte P. Kessler, of Ohio, to be a Member of the National Council 
of the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2012.
  Joan Israelite, of Missouri, to be a Member of the National Council 
of the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2012.
  Benjamin Donenberg, of California, to be a Member of the National 
Council of the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2012.
  Forestsorn Hamilton, of New York, to be a Member of the National 
Council of the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2012.
  Richard Allan Hill, of Montana, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service for a 
term expiring June 10, 2009.
  Terry L. Cline, of Oklahoma, to be Administrator of the Substance 
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Department of Health 
and Human Services.
  Paul A. Schneider, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary for Management, 
Department of Homeland Security.
  Dan Gregory Blair, of the District of Columbia, to be a Commissioner 
of the Postal Rate Commission for a term expiring October 14, 2012.
  Ellen C. Williams, of Kentucky, to be a Governor of the United States 
Postal Service for a term expiring December 8, 2016.
  31 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Foreign Service, 
and Navy.                                               
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Measures Referred:                                      
  Pages S10874-75
Measures Placed on Calendar:                                
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Measures Read First Time:                               
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Enrolled Bills Presented:                                   
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Executive Communications:                               
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Executive Reports of Committees:                            
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Additional Cosponsors:                                  
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Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:             
  Pages S10880-81
Additional Statements:                                  
  Pages S10868-74
Amendments Submitted:                                   
  Pages S10881-83
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                               
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Authorities for Committees to Meet:                         
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Privileges of the Floor:                                    
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m., and adjourned at 6:02 p.m., 
until 2:15 p.m., on Tuesday, November 14, 2006. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S10886.)