[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 110 (Monday, July 7, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D840-D841]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                               Monday, July 7, 2008

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6343-S6369
Measures Introduced: Four bills and four resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 3224-3227, and S. Res. 607-610.
  Pages S6362-63
Measures Reported:
  S. 3227, to impose sanctions on Iran and for other purposes. (S. 
Rept. No. 110-408)
  S. 1738, to establish a Special Counsel for Child Exploitation 
Prevention and Interdiction within the Office of the Deputy Attorney 
General, to improve the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, to 
increase resources for regional computer forensic labs, and to make 
other improvements to increase the ability of law enforcement agencies 
to investigate and prosecute predators, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute.
Page S6362
Measures Passed:
  Death of former United States Senator Jesse Alexander Helms, Jr.: 
Senate agreed to S. Res. 608, relative to the death of Jesse Alexander 
Helms, Jr., former United States Senator for the State of North 
Carolina.
  Page S6367
  Tay-Sachs Awareness Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 594, designating 
September 2008 as ``Tay-Sachs Awareness Month''.
  Pages S6367-68
  National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act Amendment: 
Senate passed H.R. 3891, to amend the National Fish and Wildlife 
Foundation Establishment Act to increase the number of Directors on the 
Board of Directors of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, 
clearing the measure for the President.
  Page S6368
Measures Considered:
Foreclosure Prevention Act--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of 
the motion to concur in the amendments of the House of Representatives, 
striking Title VI through XI, to the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 
3221, to provide needed housing reform.
  Pages S6354-56
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 76 yeas to 10 nays (Vote No. 163), 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 concur in the 
amendments of the House of Representatives, striking Title VI through 
XI, to the amendment of the Senate to the bill.
Pages S6355-56
FISA Amendments Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that all debate time on the amendments must be 
utilized during the Tuesday, July 8, 2008 session of the Senate, and 
that at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 9, 2008, immediately after the 
opening of the Senate, Senate resume consideration of H.R. 6304, to 
amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to establish a 
procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence, 
with the debate time previously specified prior to the cloture vote 
commencing at that time, and that Senator Bingaman control 10 minutes 
of the time controlled by the Majority Leader; provided further, that 
after all debate time has been used or yielded back, Senate vote on or 
in relation to the amendments; that Senate then vote on the motion to 
invoke cloture on the bill, and then passage of the bill, as previously 
ordered; provided further, that the previous order with respect to 
debate time between votes and vote time in a sequence and all other 
provisions of the previous order remain in effect.
  Page S6368
   A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that Senate 
begin consideration of the bill at approximately 11 a.m., on Tuesday, 
July 8, 2008, and that all time in adjournment, recess, or morning 
business and consideration of the bill count post-cloture.
Page S6368
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaty:

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  Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (Treaty 
Doc. No. 110-19).
  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 S6368
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Richard T. Morrison, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States 
Tax Court for a term of fifteen years.
  David Gustafson, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Tax 
Court for a term of fifteen years.
  Elizabeth Crewson Paris, of the District of Columbia, to be a Judge 
of the United States Tax Court for a term of fifteen years.
  Edwin Eck, of Montana, to be a Member of the Internal Revenue Service 
Oversight Board for a term expiring September 14, 2008. 
                                                     Pages S6368, S6369
Measures Read the First Time:
  Pages S6359, S6368
Executive Communications:
  Pages S6359-62
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S6362
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S6363-64
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S6364-66
Additional Statements:
  Pages S6358-59
Amendments Submitted:
  Page S6366
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Pages S6366-67
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--163) 
                                                         Pages S6355-56
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned, as a further mark 
of respect to the memory of the late former United States Senator Jesse 
Alexander Helms, Jr., at 7:05 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 8, 
2008. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority 
Leader in today's Record on pages S6368-69.)