[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 78 (Wednesday, May 20, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D587-D589]
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                                            Wednesday, May 20, 2009

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to the conference report to accompany H.R. 454, 
      Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5649-S5766
Measures Introduced: Thirty-four bills were introduced, as follows: S. 
1081-1114.                                            
  Pages S5699-S5701
Measures Reported:
  H.R. 663, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 12877 Broad Street in Sparta, Georgia, as the 
``Yvonne Ingram-Ephraim Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 918, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 300 East 3rd Street in Jamestown, New York, as the 
``Stan Lundine Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 1284, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 103 West Main Street in McLain, Mississippi, as the 
``Major Ed W. Freeman Post Office''.
  H.R. 1595, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 3245 Latta Road in Rochester, New York, as the 
``Brian K. Schramm Post Office Building''.                   
Page S5699
Measures Passed:
  Women Airforce Service Pilots Congressional Gold Medal: Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs was discharged from further 
consideration of S. 614, to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the 
Women Airforce Service Pilots (''WASP''), and the bill was then passed, 
after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S5765-66
  Reid (for Hutchison) Amendment No. 1200, of a perfecting nature. 
                                                             Page S5765
  Nuclear Weapons Program Workers National Day of Remembrance: 
Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of 
S. Res. 151, designating a national day of remembrance on October 30, 
2009, for nuclear weapons program workers, and the resolution was then 
agreed to.                                                   
  Page S5766
Measures Considered:
Supplemental Appropriations Act: Senate continued consideration of H.R. 
2346, making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2009, taking action on the following amendments proposed 
thereto:
Adopted:
  By 90 yeas to 6 nays (Vote No. 196), Inouye/Inhofe Amendment No. 
1133, to prohibit funding to transfer, release, or incarcerate 
detainees detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to or within the United 
States.                                           
Pages S5650-58, S5663
  By 92 yeas to 3 nays (Vote No. 198), McConnell Modified Amendment No. 
1136, to limit the release of detainees at Naval Station Guantanamo 
Bay, Cuba, pending a report on the prisoner population at the detention 
facility at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. 
                                           Pages S5650, S5681, S5685-87
  By a unanimous vote of 94 yeas (Vote No. 199), Brownback Modified 
Amendment No. 1140, to express the sense of the Senate on consultation 
with State and local governments in the transfer to the United States 
of detainees at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
                                           Pages S5650, S5667-69, S5687
Withdrawn:
  Durbin Amendment No. 1199 (to Amendment No. 1136), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S5683
Pending:
  Cornyn Amendment No. 1139, to express the sense of the Senate that 
the interrogators, attorneys, and lawmakers who tried in good faith to 
protect the United States and abide by the law should not be prosecuted 
or otherwise sanctioned.                                     
Page S5650
  Chambliss Amendment No. 1144, to protect the national security of the 
United States by limiting the immigration rights of individuals 
detained by

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the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base. 
                                                         Pages S5658-66
  Isakson Amendment No. 1164, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to expand the application of the homebuyer credit. 
                                                         Pages S5666-67
  Corker Amendment No. 1173, to provide for the development of 
objectives for the United States with respect to Afghanistan and 
Pakistan.                                                    
Page S5669
  Lieberman Amendment No. 1156, to increase the authorized end strength 
for active duty personnel of the Army.                   
Pages S5669-73
  Graham (for Lieberman) Amendment No. 1157, to provide that certain 
photographic records relating to the treatment of any individual 
engaged, captured, or detained after September 11, 2001, by the Armed 
Forces of the United States in operations outside the United States 
shall not be subject to disclosure under section 552 of title 5, United 
States Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act). 
                                                         Pages S5673-74
  Kyl/Lieberman Amendment No. 1147, to prohibit funds made available 
for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to be made available to any person 
that has engaged in certain activities with respect to the Islamic 
Republic of Iran.                                        
Pages S5674-75
  Brown Amendment No. 1161, to require the United States Executive 
Director of the International Monetary Fund to oppose loans and other 
programs of the Fund that do not exempt certain spending by the 
governments of heavily indebted poor countries from certain budget caps 
and restraints.                                              
Page S5675
  McCain Amendment No. 1188, to make available from funds appropriated 
by title XI an additional $42,500,000 for assistance for Georgia. 
                                                         Pages S5675-76
  Lincoln Amendment No. 1181, to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance 
Act with respect to the extension of certain limitations. 
                                                         Pages S5676-77
  Risch Amendment No. 1143, to appropriate, with an offset, an 
additional $2,000,000,000 for National Guard and Reserve Equipment. 
                                                             Page S5677
  Kaufman Modified Amendment No. 1179, to ensure that civilian 
personnel assigned to serve in Afghanistan receive civilian-military 
coordination training that focuses on counterinsurgency and stability 
operations.                                       
Pages S5677-79, S5690
  Leahy/Kerry Amendment No. 1191, to provide for consultation and 
reports to Congress regarding the International Monetary Fund. 
                                                         Pages S5688-89
  Hutchison Amendment No. 1189, to protect auto dealers. 
                                                   Pages S5680-81, 5689
  Merkley/Whitehouse Amendment No. 1185, to express the sense of the 
Senate on the use by the Department of Defense of funds in the Act for 
operations in Iraq in a manner consistent with the United States-Iraq 
Status of Forces Agreement.                              
Pages S5689-90
  Merkley (for DeMint) Amendment No. 1138, to strike the provisions 
relating to increased funding for the International Monetary Fund. 
                                                             Page S5690
  Bennet/Casey Amendment No. 1167, to require the exclusion of combat 
pay from income for purposes of determining eligibility for child 
nutrition programs and the special supplemental nutrition program for 
women, infants, and children.                                
Page S5691
  Reid Amendment No. 1201 (to Amendment No. 1167), to change the 
enactment date.                                              
Page S5691
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 9 a.m., on Thursday, May 21, 2009, and 
that the time until 10 a.m., be equally divided and controlled for 
debate only between the two Leaders, or their designees; provided that 
at 10 a.m., Senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture thereon; 
provided further, that the filing deadline for second-degree amendments 
be 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, May 21, 2009.                     
Page S5766
Conference Reports:
Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act--Conference Report: By a 
unanimous vote of 95 yeas (Vote No. 197), Senate agreed to the 
conference report to accompany S. 454, to improve the organization and 
procedures of the Department of Defense for the acquisition of major 
weapon systems.                                          
  Pages S5683-85
Signing Authority--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that on Wednesday, May 20, 2009, the Majority Leader, be 
authorized to sign duly enrolled bills or joint resolutions. 
                                                             Page S5649
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the continuation of the 
national emergency that was originally declared in Executive Order 
13303 of May 22, 2003, with respect to the stabilization of Iraq; which 
was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 
(PM-20)                                                  
Pages S5695-96
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  David J. Hayes, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of the Interior.
  Ines R. Triay, of New Mexico, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy 
(Environmental Management).                                  
Page S5765

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Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Bartholomew Chilton, of Maryland, to be a Commissioner of the 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission for a term expiring April 13, 
2013.
  Colin Scott Cole Fulton, of Maryland, to be an Assistant 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
  Alejandro N. Mayorkas, of California, to be Director of the United 
States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland 
Security.
  2 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.                  
Page S5766
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S5696
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S5696
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
  Page S5696
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S5696-98
Petitions and Memorials:                                 
  Pages S5698-99
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S5699
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5701-02
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S5702-32
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S5692
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S5732-33
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S5744
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S5744
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S5744
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--199) 
                                              Pages S5663, S5685, S5687
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 8:21 p.m., 
until 9 a.m. on Thursday, May 21, 2009. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5766.)