[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 193 (Monday, December 17, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1638-D1639]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                          Monday, December 17, 2007

[[Page D1638]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S15709-S15792
Measures Introduced: Three bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2492-2494, and S. Res. 407-408.
  Pages S15770-71
Measures Passed:
  Federal Employee Protection of Disclosures Act: Senate passed S. 274, 
to amend chapter 23 of title 5, United States Code, to clarify the 
disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel 
practices, require a statement in nondisclosure policies, forms, and 
agreements that such policies, forms, and agreements conform with 
certain disclosure protections, provide certain authority for the 
Special Counsel, after agreeing to the committee amendment in the 
nature of a substitute, and the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                        Pages S15782-86
  Mikulski (for Coburn) Amendment No. 3801, to provide for reports by 
the Government Accountability Office and the Merit Systems Protection 
Board on cases making allegations of violations of section 2302(b)(8) 
or (9) of title 5, United States Code, relating to whistleblowers. 
                                                            Page S15784
  Coin Dispensing Capability Requirements: Senate passed H.R. 3703, to 
amend section 5112(p)(1)(A) of title 31, United States Code, to allow 
an exception from the $1 coin dispensing capability requirement for 
certain vending machines, clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                        Pages S15787-88
  Do-Not-Call Registry fees: Senate passed S. 781, to extend the 
authority of the Federal Trade Commission to collect Do-Not-Call 
Registry fees to fiscal years after fiscal year 2007, after agreeing to 
the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  Page S15788
  Do-Not-Call Improvement Act: Senate passed S. 2096, to amend the Do-
Not-Call Implementation Act to eliminate the automatic removal of 
telephone numbers registered on the Federal ``do-not-call'' registry, 
after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                        Pages S15788-89
  Dodd (for Dorgan) Amendment No. 3867, to require the FTC to report to 
the Congress on its efforts to improve the accuracy of the Do-Not-Call 
Registry.
Page S15789
  Court Security Improvement Act: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of H.R. 660, to amend title 18, 
United States Code, to protect judges, prosecutors, witnesses, victims, 
and their family members, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing 
to the following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S15789-90
  Dodd (for Leahy) Amendment No. 3868, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                            Page S15790
  U.S. Capitol Police and Library of Congress Police Merger 
Implementation Act: Senate passed H.R. 3690, to provide for the 
transfer of the Library of Congress police to the United States Capitol 
Police, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                            Page S15790
  Dodd (for Feinstein) Amendment No. 3869, in the nature of a 
substitute.
Page S15790


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  On Page D1638, December 17, 2007 the following language appears: 
U.S. Capitol Police and Library of Congress Police Merger 
Implementation Act: Senate passed H.R. 3690, to provide for the 
transfer of the Library of Congress police to the United States 
Capitol Police, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed 
thereto: Page S15790 Dodd (for Feinstein) Amendment No. 3869, in 
the nature of a substitute. Page S15790 Subsequent to its 
adoption, the action on the amendment to the title was vitiated.
  
  The online Record has been corrected by deleting the line: 
Subsequent to its adoption, the action on the amendment to the 
title was vitiated.


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  National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week: Senate 
agreed to S. Res. 388, designating the week of February 4 through 
February 8, 2008, as ``National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and 
Prevention Week''.
  Pages S15790-91
  Honoring the University of Hawaii: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of H. Con. Res. 264, honoring the 
University of Hawaii for its 100 years of commitment to public higher 
education, and the resolution was then agreed to.
  Page S15791
  Honoring Representative Julia Carson: Senate agreed to S. Res. 407, 
relative to the death of Representative Julia Carson, of Indiana. 
                                                            Page S15791
  Congratulating Valdosta State University Football Team: Senate agreed 
to S. Res. 408, congratulating the Valdosta State University football 
team on winning the 2007 Division II National Championship. 
                                                            Page S15791

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Measures Considered:
FISA Amendments Act: Senate resumed consideration of the motion to 
proceed to consideration of S. 2248, to amend the Foreign Intelligence 
Surveillance Act of 1978, to modernize and streamline the provisions of 
that Act.
  Pages S15710-67
During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
    following action:
  By 76 yeas to 10 nays (Vote No. 435), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to 
consideration of the bill.
Page S15726
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing the motion to 
proceed be agreed to and that all time post-cloture be yielded back. 
                                                            Page S15791


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  On Page D1639, December 17, 2007 the following language appears: 
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing the motion to 
proceed be agreed to and that all time post-cloture be yielded 
back. Page S15726
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: On Page D1639, 
December 17, 2007 the following language appears: A unanimous-
consent agreement was reached providing the motion to proceed be 
agreed to and that all time post-cloture be yielded back. Page 
S15791


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House Messages:
  Blinded Veterans Paired Organ Act: Senate concurred in the amendments 
of the House to the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 797, to amend title 
38, United States Code, to improve compensation benefits for veterans 
in certain cases of impairment of vision involving both eyes, to 
provide for the use of the National Directory of New Hires for income 
verification purposes, to extend the authority of the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to provide an educational assistance allowance for 
qualifying work study activities, and to authorize the provision of 
bronze representations of the letter ``V'' for the graves of eligible 
individuals buried in private cemeteries in lieu of Government-provided 
headstones or markers, clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                        Pages S15786-87
Executive Communications:
  Pages S15769-70
Petitions and Memorials:
  Page S15770


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  On Page D1639, December 17, 2007 the following language appears: 
Executive Communications: Pages S15769-70 Additional Cosponsors: 
Page S15771
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: Executive 
Communications: Pages S15769-70 Petitions and Memorials Page 
S15770 Additional Cosponsors: Page S15771


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Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S15771
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S15771-72
Additional Statements:
  Page S15769
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S15772-81
Privileges of the Floor:
  Page S15782
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--435) 
                                                            Page S15726
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned, as a further 
mark of respect to the memory of the late Julie Carson, United States 
House Representative from the State of Indiana, in accordance with S. 
Res. 407, at 8:01 p.m., until 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 18, 2007. 
(For Senate's program, see the remarks of the in today's Record on page 
S15791.)