[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 145 (Friday, September 12, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1079]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                         Friday, September 12, 2008

[[Page D1079]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate

Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8457-S8503
Measures Introduced: Five bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3483-3487, and S. Res. 657-658.
  Page S8479
Measures Reported:
  S. 3097, to amend the Vietnam Education Foundation Act of 2000. (S. Rept. 
No. 110-458)
  H.R. 2553, to amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to 
provide for the establishment and maintenance of existing libraries and 
resource centers at United States diplomatic and consular missions to 
provide information about American culture, society, and history, with 
amendments. (S. Rept. No. 110-459)
  S. 2052, to allow for certiorari review of certain cases denied relief or 
review by the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.
  S. 3166, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to impose criminal 
penalties on individuals who assist aliens who have engaged in genocide, 
torture, or extrajudicial killings to enter the United States.
Page S8479
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, taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:
Pages S8457-71
Pending:
  Reid Amendment No. 5290, to change the enactment date.
Page S8457
  Reid Amendment No. 5291 (to Amendment No. 5290), of a perfecting nature. 
                                                                  Page S8457
  Motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on Armed Services with 
instructions to report back forthwith, with Reid Amendment No. 5292 (to the 
instructions of the motion to recommit), to change the enactment date. 
                                                                  Page S8457
  Reid Amendment No. 5293 (to the instructions of the motion to recommit to 
the bill), of a perfecting nature.
Page S8457
  Reid Amendment No. 5294 (to Amendment No. 5293), of a perfecting nature. 
                                                                  Page S8457
   A motion was entered to close further debate on the bill, and, in 
accordance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the 
Senate, a vote on cloture will occur on Tuesday, September 16, 2008. 
                                                                  Page S8470
   A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that Senate resume 
consideration of the bill at approximately 3 p.m., on Monday, September 15, 
2008, and that the previous order with respect to a prohibition on motions 
to proceed remain in effect during the session of the Senate on Monday, 
September 15, 2008; provided further, that Senators have until 4 p.m., on 
Monday, September 15, 2008 to file all first-degree amendments to the bill. 
                                                                  Page S8501
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Jay T. Snyder, of New York, to be a Member of the United States Advisory 
Commission on Public Diplomacy for a term expiring July 1, 2010.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, and the Foreign Service. 
                                                              Pages S8501-03
Messages from the House:
  Page S8478
Measures Referred:
  Page S8478
Executive Communications:
  Pages S8478-79
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S8479-80
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S8480-98
Additional Statements:
  Pages S8475-78
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S8498-S8501
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 12:34 p.m., until 
3 p.m. on Monday, September 15, 2008. (For Senate's program, see the remarks 
of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S8501.)