[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 129 (Thursday, July 31, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D996-D997]
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                                            Thursday, July 31, 2008

[[Page D996]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to the conference report to accompany H.R. 4040, 
      Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act.
      Senate agreed to the conference report to accompany H.R. 4137, 
      College Opportunity and Affordability Act.
      Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 398, Adjournment Resolution.

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7805-S7982
Measures Introduced: Forty eight bills and seven resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 3370-3417, and S. Res. 636-642. 
                                                         Pages S7903-05
Measures Reported:
  S. 1193, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust 2 
parcels of Federal land for the benefit of certain Indian Pueblos in 
the State of New Mexico. (S. Rept. No. 110-434)
  H.J. Res. 62, to honor the achievements and contributions of Native 
Americans to the United States, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 110-435)
  S. Res. 620, designating the week of September 14-20, 2008, as 
National Polycystic Kidney Disease Awareness Week, to raise public 
awareness and understanding of polycystic kidney disease, and to foster 
understanding of the impact polycystic kidney disease has on patients 
and future generations of their families.
  S. Res. 622, designating the week beginning September 7, 2008, as 
``National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week''.
  S. Res. 624, designating August 2008 as ``National Truancy Prevention 
Month''.
Page S7903
Measures Passed:
  Pending Claims Against Libya: Senate passed S. 3370, to resolve 
pending claims against Libya by United States nationals. 
                                                         Pages S7979-81
  Adjournment Resolution: By 48 yeas to 40 nays (Vote No. 196), Senate 
agreed to H. Con. Res. 398, providing for a conditional adjournment of 
the House of Representatives and a conditional recess or adjournment of 
the Senate.
  Page S7880
  Production of Records: Senate agreed to S. Res. 642, to authorize the 
production of records by the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations 
of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 
                                                             Page S7981
Measures Considered:
National Defense Authorization Act: Senate continued consideration of 
S. 3001, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year. 
                                               Pages S7811-45, S7878-80
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 51 yeas to 39 nays (Vote No. 195), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to 
consideration of the bill.
Pages S7879-80
  Senator Reid entered a motion to reconsider the vote by which cloture 
was not invoked on the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill. 
                                                             Page S7880
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill at 
approximately 9:30 a.m., on Friday, August 1, 2008, with Senators 
permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each.
Page S7981

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Conference Reports:
CPSC Reform Act: By 89 yeas to 3 nays (Vote No. 193), Senate agreed to 
the conference report to accompany H.R. 4040, to establish consumer 
product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's 
products and to reauthorize and modernize the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission, clearing the measure for the President.
  Pages S7867-78
College Opportunity and Affordability Act: By 83 yeas to 8 nays, 1 
responding present (Vote No. 194), Senate agreed to the conference 
report to accompany H.R. 4137, to amend and extend the Higher Education 
Act of 1965, clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                  Pages S7845-67, S7878
Appointments:
  Commission on Wartime Contracting: The Chair, on behalf of the Vice 
President, pursuant to Public Law 110-181, appointed the following 
individual to the Commission on Wartime Contracting: Robert J. Henke of 
Virginia.
  Page S7981
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Deborah Hersman, of Virginia, to be a Member of the National 
Transportation Safety Board for a term expiring December 31, 2013.
  Sung Y. Kim, of California, a Foreign Service Officer of Class One, 
for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as Special 
Envoy for the Six Party Talks.
  Anthony W. Ryan, of Massachusetts, to be an Under Secretary of the 
Treasury.
  John J. Tharp, Jr., of Illinois, to be United States District Judge 
for the Northern District of Illinois.
  J. Richard Barry, of Mississippi, to be United States District Judge 
for the Southern District of Mississippi.
  Thomas Marcelle, of New York, to be United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of New York.
  Gineen Bresso Beach, of Florida, to be a Member of the Election 
Assistance Commission for the remainder of the term expiring December 
12, 2009.
Pages S7903 S7982
Messages from the House:
  Pages S7900-01
Measures Referred:
  Page S7901
Measures Read the First Time:
  Pages S7901-02 S7981
Executive Communications:
  Pages S7902-03
Petitions and Memorials:
  Page S7903
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S7903
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S7905-08
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S7908-78
Additional Statements:
  Pages S7897-S7900
Amendments Submitted:
  Page S7978
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
  Page S7978
Privileges of the Floor:
  Pages S7978-79
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total-196) 
                                                         Pages S7778-80
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 10:20 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Friday, August 1, 2008. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S7981.)