[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 104 (Monday, July 13, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
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                                              Monday, July 13, 2009

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7377-S7442
Measures Introduced: One bill and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1444, and S.J. Res. 18.                          
  Page S7412
Measures Passed:
  Enhancing Small Business Research and Innovation Act: Senate passed 
H.R. 2965, to amend the Small Business Act with respect to the Small 
Business Innovation Research Program and the Small Business Technology 
Transfer Program, after striking all after the enacting clause and 
inserting in lieu thereof, the text of S. 1233, to reauthorize and 
improve the SBIR and STTR programs, Senate companion measure, after 
agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:    
  Pages S7426-39
  Reid (for Coburn/Feingold) Amendment No. 1502, of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S7432
Measures Considered:
National Defense Authorization Act: Senate began consideration of S. 
1390, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 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 amendment proposed thereto:          
  Pages S7379-97, S7402-05
Pending:
  Levin/McCain Amendment No. 1469, to strike $1,750,000,000 in 
Procurement, Air Force funding for F-22A aircraft procurement, and to 
restore operation and maintenance, military personnel, and other 
funding in divisions A and B that was reduced in order to authorize 
such appropriation.                                          
Page S7383
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 11 a.m., on Tuesday, July 
14, 2009.                                                    
Page S7439
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  Robert M. Groves, of Michigan, to be Director of the Census.
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 76 yeas to 15 nays (Vote No. 230), 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 nomination. 
                                               Pages S7397-S7402, S7442
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Jonathan B. Jarvis, of California, to be Director of the National 
Park Service.
  Bryan Hayes Samuels, of Illinois, to be Commissioner on Children, 
Youth, and Families, Department of Health and Human Services.
  Glyn T. Davies, of the District of Columbia, to be Representative of 
the United States of America to the Vienna Office of the United 
Nations, with the rank of Ambassador.
  Glyn T. Davies, of the District of Columbia, to be Representative of 
the United States of America to the International Atomic Energy Agency, 
with the rank of Ambassador.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, and Navy.        
Pages S7439-42
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S7412
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
  Page S7412
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S7412-14
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:                  
  Page S7414
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S7411-12
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S7414-25
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S7425
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S7425
Privileges of the Floor:                                 
  Pages S7425-26
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--230) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 11 a.m. and adjourned at 7:30 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 14, 2009. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7439.)

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