[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 183 (Monday, December 3, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1558-D1559]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                           Monday, December 3, 2007

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S14671-S14707
Measures Introduced: Five bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2400-2404, and S. Con. Res. 57.                 
  Page S14700
Measures Reported:
  Reported on Tuesday, November 27, during the adjournment:
  S. 1661, to communicate United States travel policies and improve 
marketing and other activities designed to increase travel in the 
United States from abroad, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 110-233) 
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Measures Passed:
Los Angeles to San Fernando Valley Metro Rail Project: Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs was discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 238, to repeal a prohibition on the use of 
certain funds for tunneling in certain areas with respect to the Los 
Angeles to San Fernando Valley Metro Rail project, California, and the 
bill was then passed, after agreeing to the following amendment 
proposed thereto:                                           
  Page S14706
  Salazar (for Dodd/Shelby) Amendment No. 3802, to amend section 5307 
of title 49, United States Code, to extend the special rule for the 
allocation of urbanized area formula grants through fiscal year 2009. 
                                                            Page S14706
Measures Considered:
United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act: Senate 
began consideration of H.R. 3688, to implement the United States-Peru 
Trade Promotion Agreement.                              
  Pages S14680-95
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the 
statutory time be reduced to 10 hours, equally divided as provided for 
under the statute; that when Senate continues consideration of the bill 
at approximately 11 a.m., on Tuesday, December 4, 2007, there be 90 
minutes remaining for debate, equally divided; and that upon the use or 
yielding back of time, the measure be set aside until 2:15 p.m., and 
Senate then vote on passage of the bill.                    
Page S14678
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaty:
  Treaty with Australia Concerning Defense Trade Cooperation (Treaty 
Doc. No. 110-10).
  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. 
                                                            Page S14706
Executive Reports of Committees: Senate received the following 
executive reports of a committee:
  Received on Tuesday, November 27, 2007 during the adjournment of the 
Senate:
  Report to accompany Patent Law Treaty and Regulations Under Patent 
Law Treaty (Treaty Doc. 109-12) (Ex. Rept. 110-6);
  Report to accompany Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the 
International Registration of Industrial Designs (Treaty Doc. 109-21) 
(Ex. Rept. 110-7); and
  Report to accompany Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks (Treaty 
Doc. 110-2) (Ex. Rept. 110-8).                      
Pages S14699-S14700
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Michael E. Fryzel, of Illinois, to be a Member of the National Credit 
Union Administration Board for a term expiring August 2, 2013.
  Francis Mulvey, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Surface 
Transportation Board for a term expiring December 31, 2012.
  Jonathan Steven Adelstein, of South Dakota, to be a Member of the 
Federal Communications Commission for a term expiring June 30, 2013.
  David R. Hill, of Missouri, to be an Assistant Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency.

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  Charles W. Larson, Jr., of Iowa, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Latvia.
  Neil Romano, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor.
  1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.
  3 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Army, Navy.                          
Page S14707
Nomination Withdrawn: Senate received notification of withdrawal of the 
following nomination:
  John A. Gastright, of South Carolina, for the rank of Ambassador 
during his tenure of service as United States Coordinator for 
Afghanistan, Department of State, which was sent to the Senate on 
August 2, 2007.                                             
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Messages from the House:                                    
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Measures Referred:                                          
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Measures Placed on the Calendar:                            
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Executive Reports of Committees:                    
  Pages S14699-S14700
Additional Cosponsors:                                  
  Pages S14700-03
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:             
  Pages S14703-05
Additional Statements:                                  
  Pages S14697-98
Amendments Submitted:                                       
  Page S14705
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                           
  Pages S14705-06
Privileges of the Floor:                                    
  Page S14706
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 6:13 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, December 4, 2007. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S14706.)