[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 103 (Friday, July 10, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D819-D820]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                              Friday, July 10, 2009

[[Page D819]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      The House passed H.R. 3082, Military Construction and Veterans 
      Affairs Appropriations Act, 2010.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7333-S7375
Measures Introduced: Six bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1438-
1443.                                                        
  Page S7359
Measures Passed:
  Capitol Visitor Center Engraving: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 131, 
directing the Architect of the Capitol to engrave the Pledge of 
Allegiance to the Flag and the National Motto of ``In God We Trust'' in 
the Capitol Visitor Center.                                  
  Page S7372
  Role of Slave Labor in Construction of U.S. Capitol: Senate agreed to 
H. Con. Res. 135, directing the Architect of the Capitol to place a 
marker in Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center which 
acknowledges the role that slave labor played in the construction of 
the United States Capitol.                                   
  Page S7372
  Judicial Survivors Protection Act: Senate passed S. 1107, to amend 
title 28, United States Code, to provide for a limited 6-month period 
for Federal judges to opt into the Judicial Survivors' Annuities System 
and begin contributing toward an annuity for their spouse and dependent 
children upon their death.                               
  Pages S7272-73
  Foreign Evidence Request Efficiency Act: Committee on the Judiciary 
was discharged from further consideration of S. 1289, to improve title 
18 of the United States Code, and the bill was then passed. 
                                                         Pages S7373-74
Groves Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the 
nomination of Robert M. Groves, of Michigan, to be Director of the 
Census.                                                      
  Page S7336
   A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, and, 
in accordance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, and pursuant to the unanimous-consent agreement of Friday, 
July 10, 2009, a vote on cloture will occur at 5:30 p.m., on Monday, 
July 13, 2009.                                               
Page S7336
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing at 4:30 
p.m., on Monday, July 13, 2009, Senate resume consideration of the 
nomination, there be one hour of debate prior to a vote on the motion 
to invoke cloture thereon, with the time divided as follows: Senator 
Collins, Shelby, and Vitter with 15 minutes each, Senators Lieberman 
and Carper with 15 minutes equally divided; provided that at 5:30 p.m., 
Senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture; that if cloture is 
invoked, all post-cloture time be yielded back, and Senate vote on 
confirmation of the nomination.                              
Page S7336
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Raphael William Bostic, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development.
  Peter Silva Silva, of California, to be an Assistant Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency.
  David H. Stevens, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development.
  Victor M. Mendez, of Arizona, to be Administrator of the Federal 
Highway Administration.
  Phyllis Corrine Borzi, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Labor.
  Christopher William Dell, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Kosovo.
  Charles H. Rivkin, of California, to be Ambassador to France, and to 
serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to 
Monaco.
  Nicole Lurie, of Maryland, to be Medical Director in the Regular 
Corps of the Public Health Service, subject to qualifications therefor 
as provided by law and regulations, and to be Assistant Secretary for

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Preparedness and Response, Department of Health and Human Services.
  Gordon S. Heddell, of the District of Columbia, to be Inspector 
General, Department of Defense.
  Louis B. Susman, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the United Kingdom 
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
  Laurie Susan Fulton, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Denmark.
  Timothy J. Roemer, of Indiana, to be Ambassador to India.
  Gordon Gray, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Tunisia.
  Richard J. Schmierer, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Sultanate 
of Oman.
  Mark Henry Gitenstein, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador 
to Romania.                                       
Pages S7374, S7374-75
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S7359
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S7359
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
  Page S7359
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S7359-60
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S7360-61
Additional Statements:                                      
  Pages S7359
Text of H.R. 2892 as Previosuly Passed:                  
  Pages S7361-72


 =========================== NOTE =========================== 

  
  On page D820, July 10, 2009, the following language appears: 
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: Pages S7360-61 
Additional Statements: Pages S7359
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: Statements on 
Introduced Bills/Resolutions: Pages S7360-61 Additional 
Statements: Pages S7359 Text of H.R. 2892 as Previously Passed: 
Pages S7361-72


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Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 1:37 p.m., 
until 11 a.m. on Monday, July 13, 2009. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7374.)