[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 91 (Wednesday, June 17, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D712-D713]
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                                           Wednesday, June 17, 2009

[[Page D712]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6669-S6749
Measures Introduced: Nine bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1277-1285, and S. Res. 187-188.              
  Pages S6719-20
Measures Reported:
  Special Report entitled ``Revised Allocation to Subcommittees of 
Budget Totals From the Concurrent Resolution, Fiscal Year 2009''. (S. 
Rept. No. 111-28)                                            
Page S6719
Measures Passed:
  Webcaster Settlement Act: Senate passed H.R. 2344, to amend section 
114 of title 17, United States Code, to provide for agreements for the 
reproduction and performance of sound recordings by webcasters, 
clearing the measure for the President.                  
  Pages S6740-41
  Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act: Senate passed 
H.R. 2675, to amend title II of the Antitrust Criminal Penalty 
Enhancement and Reform Act of 2004 to extend the operation of such 
title for a 1-year period ending June 22, 2010, clearing the measure 
for the President.                                           
  Page S6741
  J. Herbert W. Small Federal Building and United States Courthouse: 
Senate passed H.R. 813, to designate the Federal building and United 
States courthouse located at 306 East Main Street in Elizabeth City, 
North Carolina, as the ``J. Herbert W. Small Federal Building and 
United States Courthouse'', clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                             Page S6741
  Ronald H. Brown United States Mission to the United Nations Building: 
Senate passed H.R. 837, to designate the Federal building located at 
799 United Nations Plaza in New York, New York, as the ``Ronald H. 
Brown United States Mission to the United Nations Building'', clearing 
the measure for the President.                               
  Page S6741
  Year of the Noncommissioned Officer Corps of the United States Army: 
Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of 
S. Res. 66, designating 2009 as the ``Year of the Noncommissioned 
Officer Corps of the United States Army'', and the resolution was then 
agreed to.                                                   
  Page S6741
  Congratulating the Los Angeles Lakers: Senate agreed to S. Res. 188, 
congratulating the Los Angeles Lakers for winning the 2009 National 
Basketball Championship.                                 
  Pages S6741-42
  Photographic Records Relating to Treatment of Individuals: Senate 
passed S. 1285, 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), to amend section 552(b)(3) of title 
5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom of 
Information Act) to provide that statutory exemptions to disclosure 
requirements of that Act shall specifically cite to the provision of 
that Act authorizing exemptions, to ensure and open and deliberative 
process in Congress by providing for related legislative proposals to 
explicitly state such required citations.                    
  Page S6742
Measures Considered:
  Travel Promotion Act: Senate began 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, after agreeing to the motion to proceed. 
                                               Pages S6683-87, S6706-10
Conference Reports:
Supplemental Appropriations Act--Conference Report: Senate began 
consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R. 2346, making 
supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2009.                                                        
  Page S6710
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the conference 
report, and, in accordance with the provisions of rule XXII of the 
Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur on Friday, 
June 19, 2009.                                               
Page S6743

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Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  Hilary Chandler Tompkins, of New Mexico, to be Solicitor of the 
Department of the Interior.                                  
Page S6749
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Vilma S. Martinez, of California, to be Ambassador to Argentina.
  Routine lists in the Army and Navy.                    
Pages S6743-49
Nomination Withdrawn: Senate received notification of withdrawal of the 
following nomination:
  Donald Michael Remy, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the 
Department of the Army, which was sent to the Senate on April 20, 2009.
                                                             Page S6749
Messages from the House                                      
  Page S6718
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S6718
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S6718-19
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S6720-22
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S6722-30
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S6715-18
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S6730-40
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S6740
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S6740
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 7:38 p.m., 
until 9:45 a.m. on Thursday, June 18, 2009. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S6743.)