[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 90 (Tuesday, June 16, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D701-D702]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                             Tuesday, June 16, 2009

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House agreed to the Conference Report to accompany H.R. 2346, 
      Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009.
      House ordered reported the National Defense Authorization Act for 
      2010.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6611-S6667
Measures Introduced: Ten bills and four resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1267-1276, S. Res. 185-186, and S. Con. Res. 28-29. 
                                                        Pages S6649-50 
Measures Reported:
  S. 669, to amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the 
conditions under which certain persons may be treated as adjudicated 
mentally incompetent for certain purposes. (S. Rept. No. 111-27)
  S. Res. 153, expressing the sense of the Senate on the restitution of 
or compensation for property seized during the Nazi and Communist eras.
  S. Res. 182, recognizing the democratic accomplishments of the people 
of Albania and expressing the hope that the parliamentary elections on 
June 28, 2009, maintain and improve the transparency and fairness of 
democracy in Albania.
  S. Con. Res. 23, supporting the goals and objectives of the Prague 
Conference on Holocaust Era Assets.                          
Page S6649
Measures Passed:
  Condemning Shootings at Army-Navy Career Center in Little Rock, 
Arkansas: Senate agreed to S. Res. 186, condemning the murder of Army 
Private William Andrew ``Andy'' Long and the wounding of Army Private 
Quinton Ezeagwula, who were shot outside the Army-Navy Career Center in 
Little Rock, Arkansas on June 1, 2009.                   
  Pages S6665-66
Measures Considered:
  Travel Promotion Act: Senate resumed consideration of the motion to 
proceed to consideration of S. 1023, to establish a non-profit 
corporation to communicate United States entry policies and otherwise 
promote leisure, business, and scholarly travel to the United States. 
                                               Pages S6620-21, S6628-40
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 90 yeas to 3 nays (Vote No. 208), 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.                               
Pages S6628-29
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill at 
approximately 10:30 a.m., on Wednesday, June 17, 2009, and that the 
time during any adjournment or period of morning business count post-
cloture.                                                     
Page S6666
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaty:
  Protocol Amending Tax Convention with New Zealand (Treaty Doc. No. 
111-3).
  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 S6666
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Nicole A. Avant, of California, to be Ambassador to the Commonwealth 
of The Bahamas.
  Howard W. Gutman, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to Belgium.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, and Navy. 
                                                         Pages S6666-67
Nomination Discharged: The following nomination was discharged from 
further committee consideration and placed on the Executive Calendar:
  Jo-Ellen Darcy, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Army, which was sent to the Senate

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on April 2, 2009, from the Senate Committee on Environment and Public 
Works.                                                       
Page S6667
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S6648
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S6648
Petitions and Memorials:                                 
  Pages S6648-49
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S6649
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S6650-52
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S6652-56
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S6647-48
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S6656-64
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S6664
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S6664-65
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S6665
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--208) 
                                                         Pages S6628-29
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:02 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 17, 2009. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S6666.)