[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 107 (Friday, June 29, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D935-D937]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                              Friday, June 29, 2007

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8731-S8756
Measures Introduced: Five bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1745-1749, and S. Res. 262.
  Pages S8741-42
Measures Passed:
  National Security Foreign Investment Reform and Strengthened 
Transparency Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs was 
discharged from further consideration of H.R. 556, to ensure national 
security while promoting foreign investment and the creation and 
maintenance of jobs, to reform the process by which such investments 
are examined for any effect they may have on national security, to 
establish the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, and 
the bill was then passed, after striking all after the enacting clause, 
and inserting in lieu thereof, the text of S. 1610, Senate companion 
measure, as amended, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed 
thereto:
  Pages S8753-55
  Reid (for Dodd/Shelby) Amendment No. 2002, in the nature of a 
substitute.
Page S8755
  Subsequently, S. 1610 was returned to the Senate calendar. 
                                                             Page S8755
  Department of State Crisis Response Act: Senate passed S. 966, to 
enable the Department of State to respond to a critical shortage of 
passport processing personnel, after agreeing to the committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  Pages S8755-56
National Defense Authorization Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing that at 3:00 p.m., on Monday, July 9, 
2007, Senate resume consideration of H.R. 1585, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel.
  Page S8756
Authorizing Leadership to Make Appointments--Agreement: A unanimous-
consent agreement was reached providing that notwithstanding the 
adjournment of the Senate, the President of the Senate, the President 
of the Senate Pro Tempore, and the Majority and Minority Leaders be 
authorized to make appointments to commissions, committees, boards, 
conferences, or interparliamentary conferences authorized by law, by 
concurrent action of the two Houses, or by order of the Senate. 
                                                             Page S8756
Authority for Committees--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that notwithstanding the adjournment of the Senate, 
Senate committees were authorized to file legislative and executive 
calendar business on Tuesday, July 3, 2007, from 10 a.m. until 12 noon.
                                                             Page S8756
Nominations Confirmed: On Thursday, June 28, 2007, Senate confirmed the 
following nominations:
  By unanimous vote of 99 yeas (Vote No. EX. 237), Benjamin Hale 
Settle, of Washington, to be United States District Judge for the 
Western District of Washington.
  By unanimous vote of 99 yeas (Vote No. EX. 238), Richard Sullivan, of 
New York, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District 
of New York.
  Joseph S. Van Bokkelen, of Indiana, to be United States District 
Judge for the Northern District of Indiana.
  Michael W. Tankersley, of Texas, to be Inspector General, Export-
Import Bank.
  Hector E. Morales, of Texas, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the Inter-American Foundation for a term expiring September 20, 
2010.
  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.
  Howard Charles Weizmann, of Maryland, to be Deputy Director of the 
Office of Personnel Management.
  Patrick Dennis Duddy, of Maine, to be Ambassador to the Bolivarian 
Republic of Venezuela.
  William R. Brownfield, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Colombia.
  John L. Withers II, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Albania.
  Charles Lewis English, of New York, to be Ambassador to Bosnia and 
Herzegovina.

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  Robert B. Nolan, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of 
Lesotho.
  Cameron Munter, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Serbia.
  Peter Michael McKinley, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Peru.
  Frederick B. Cook, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Central 
African Republic.
  Joseph Adam Ereli, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to 
the Kingdom of Bahrain.
  Richard Boyce Norland, of Iowa, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Uzbekistan.
  Reuben Jeffery III, of the District of Columbia, to be United States 
Alternate Governor of the International Bank for Reconstruction and 
Development for a term of five years; United States Alternate Governor 
of the Inter-American Development Bank for a term of five years; United 
States Alternate Governor of the African Development Bank for a term of 
five years; United States Alternate Governor of the African Development 
Fund; United States Alternate Governor of the Asian Development Bank; 
and United States Alternate Governor of the European Bank for 
Reconstruction and Development.
  Stephen A. Seche, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Yemen.
  Nancy J. Powell, of Iowa, to be Ambassador to Nepal.
  Maurice S. Parker, of California, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of 
Swaziland.
  June Carter Perry, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Sierra Leone.
  Stan Z. Soloway, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community 
Service for a term expiring October 6, 2011.
  James Palmer, of California, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the Corporation for National and Community Service for a term 
expiring October 6, 2011.
  Anne Woods Patterson, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Islamic 
Republic of Pakistan.
  J. Christian Kennedy, of Indiana, a Career Member of the Senior 
Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, for the rank of Ambassador during 
his tenure of service as Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues.
  Roderick W. Moore, of Rhode Island, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Montenegro.
  William John Garvelink, of Michigan, to be Ambassador to the 
Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  Wanda L. Nesbitt, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Cote D'Ivoire.
  66 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  By 94 yeas 4 nays (Vote No. EX. 236), Lt. Gen. Douglas E. Lute U.S. 
Army.
  49 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  3 Marine Corps nominations in the rank of general.
  35 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Foreign Service, Marine Corps, 
Navy.
Nominations Received: On Thursday, June 28, 2007, Senate received the 
following nominations:
  Donald B. Marron, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Council of 
Economic Advisers.
  Brent T. Wahlquist, of Pennsylvania, to be Director of the Office of 
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement.
  Christopher Egan, of Massachusetts, to be Representative of the 
United States of America to the Organization for Economic Cooperation 
and Development, with the rank of Ambassador.
  Reed Verne Hillman, of Massachusetts, to be United States Marshal for 
the District of Massachusetts for the term of four years.
  Thomas M. Beck, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal Labor 
Relations Authority for a term expiring July 29, 2012.
  Paul J. Hutter, of Virginia, to be General Counsel, Department of 
Veterans Affairs.
  1 Air Force nomination 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 Navy.
Nominations Withdrawn: On Thursday, June 28, 2007, Senate received 
notification of withdrawal of the following nominations:
  John Ray Correll, of Indiana, to be Director of the Office of Surface 
Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, which was sent to the Senate on 
January 9, 2007.
  Dale Cabaniss, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal Labor 
Relations Authority for a term of five years expiring July 29, 2012, 
which was sent to the Senate on March 12, 2007.
Messages from the House:
  Page S8740
Measures Referred:
  Page S8741
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S8741
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S8742-49
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S8749-53

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Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:45 a.m. and adjourned, pursuant to 
the provisions of H. Con. Res. 179, at 12:51 p.m., until 2 p.m on 
Monday, July 9, 2007. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the 
Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S8756.)