[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 119 (Monday, August 3, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D965-D967]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                             Monday, August 3, 2009

[[Page D965]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8641-S8707
Measures Introduced: Fourteen bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1556-1569, and S. Res. 234-236.   
  Page S8681
Measures Passed:
  National Childhood Cancer Awareness Day: Committee on the Judiciary 
was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 200, designating 
September 12, 2009, as ``National Childhood Cancer Awareness Day'', and 
the resolution was then agreed to.                           
  Page S8699
  National Save for Retirement Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 234, 
supporting the goals and ideals of National Save for Retirement Week 
2009.                                                 
  Pages S8699-S8700
  National Airborne Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 235, designating 
August 16, 2009, as ``National Airborne Day''.               
  Page S8700
  Anniversary of the Abolition of Slavery in the British Empire: Senate 
agreed to S. Res. 236, commemorating the 175th anniversary of the 
abolition of slavery in the British Empire on August 1, 1834. 
                                                         Pages S8700-01
Measures Considered:
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration 
Appropriations Act: Senate resumed consideration of H.R. 2997, making 
appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2010, taking action on the following amendments 
proposed thereto:                                        
  Pages S8647-63
Adopted:
  Kohl Amendment No. 2233 (to Amendment No. 1908), to provide the Food 
and Drug Administration the ability to collect user fees as authorized 
by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act.    
Page S8650
  Kohl (for Tester) Amendment No. 2230 (to Amendment No. 1908), to 
clarify a provision relating to funding for a National Animal 
Identification Program.                           
Pages S8647, S8650-51
  Brownback/Brown Modified Amendment No. 2229 (to Amendment No. 1908), 
to establish within the Food and Drug Administration 2 review groups to 
recommend solutions for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of 
rare diseases and neglected diseases of the developing world. 
                                                     Pages S8647, S8651
  Brownback (for Chambliss/Harkin) Modified Amendment No. 2253 (to 
Amendment No. 1908), to require a report on the status of the 
reorganization of the Foreign Agricultural Service and future plans to 
modify office structures.                                    
Page S8656
  Kohl/Brownback Amendment No. 2289 (to Amendment No. 1908), to ensure 
the compliance of the United States regarding obligations under 
international trade agreements.                              
Page S8660
  Brownback (for Chambliss) Amendment No. 2254 (to Amendment No. 1908), 
to prohibit the use of funds to assess greenbook charges to agencies or 
to use previously assessed funds.                            
Page S8660
  Brownback (for Vitter) Amendment No. 2255 (to Amendment No. 1908), to 
require the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to conduct a study on 
imported seafood.                                            
Page S8660
  Kohl (for Landrieu) Modified Amendment No. 2259 (to Amendment No. 
1908), to require a report on increasing the participation of rural 
small businesses in tourism activities.                      
Page S8661
Rejected:
  By 41 yeas to 55 nays (Vote No. 256), McCain Amendment No. 1910 (to 
Amendment No. 1908), to strike a setaside for certain grants authorized 
under the Rural Electrification Act. 
                                     Pages S8647-48, S8657-58, S8661-62
Pending:
  Kohl/Brownback Amendment No. 1908, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                         Pages S8647-63

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  Kohl (for Murray/Baucus) Amendment No. 2225 (to Amendment No. 1908), 
to allow State and local governments to participate in the conservation 
reserve program.                                             
                                                             Page S8647
  Kohl (for Nelson (FL)) Amendment No. 2226 (to Amendment No. 1908), to 
prohibit funds made available under this Act from being used to enforce 
a travel or conference policy that prohibits an event from being held 
in a location based on a perception that the location is a resort or 
vacation destination.                                
                                                     Pages S8647, S8659
  McCain Amendment No. 1912 (to Amendment No. 1908), to strike a 
provision relating to certain watershed and flood prevention 
operations.                                                  
                                                             Page S8648
  McCain Amendment No. 2030 (to Amendment No. 1908), to prohibit 
funding for an earmark.                                  
                                                         Pages S8648-50
  Johanns/Nelson (NE) Amendment No. 2241 (to Amendment No. 1908), to 
provide funding for the tuberculosis program of the Animal and Plant 
Health Inspection Service.                               
                                                         Pages S8653-54
  Brownback (for Barrasso) Amendment No. 2240 (to Amendment No. 1908), 
to require the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a State-by-State 
analysis of the impacts on agricultural producers of the American Clean 
Energy and Security Act of 2009 (H.R. 2452, as passed by the House of 
Representatives on June 26, 2009).                       
                                                         Pages S8658-59
  Coburn Amendment No. 2243 (to Amendment No. 1908), to eliminate 
double-dipped stimulus funds for the Rural Business-Cooperative Service 
account.                                                     
                                                             Page S8659
  Coburn Amendment No. 2244 (to Amendment No. 1908), to support the 
proposal of the President to eliminate funding in the bill for digital 
conversion efforts of the Department of Agriculture that are 
duplicative of existing Federal efforts.                     
                                                             Page S8659
  Coburn Amendment No. 2245 (to Amendment No. 1908), to strike a 
provision providing $3,000,000 for specialty cheeses in Vermont and 
Wisconsin.                                                   
                                                             Page S8659
  Coburn Amendment No. 2248 (to Amendment No. 1908), to prohibit no-bid 
contracts and grants.                                        
                                                             Page S8659
  Coburn Amendment No. 2246 (to Amendment No. 2226), to provide 
additional transparency and accountability for spending on conferences 
and meetings of the Department of Agriculture.           
                                                         Pages S8659-60
  Kohl Amendment No. 2288 (to Amendment No. 2248), to provide 
requirements regarding the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture 
and the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to enter into certain contracts.
                                                             Page S8660
  Sanders Amendment No. 2276 (to Amendment No. 1908), to modify the 
amount made available for the Farm Service Agency.           
                                                             Page S8663
  Sanders Amendment No. 2271 (to Amendment No. 1908), to provide funds 
for the school community garden pilot program, with an offset. 
                                                             Page S8663
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 83 yeas to 11 nays (Vote No. 255), 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 Kohl/Brownback Amendment 
No. 1908 (listed above).                                     
                                                             Page S8661
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 10 a.m., on Tuesday, August 
4, 2009, and that the time until 10:30 a.m. be equally divided and 
controlled between the managers and Senator McCain; provided that the 
filing deadline for second-degree amendment be 10:15 a.m., on Tuesday, 
August 4, 2009; provided that at 10:30 a.m., Senate vote on or in 
relation to the following amendments in the order listed; prior to the 
second vote, there be 2 minutes of debate equally divided and 
controlled in the usual form, and that the time for the second vote be 
limited to 10 minutes: McCain Amendment No. 1912 (to Amendment No. 
1908) (listed above), and McCain Amendment No. 2030 (to Amendment No. 
1908); provided further that no amendment be in order to either 
amendment prior to the vote, and that following the second vote, Senate 
recess until 2:15 p.m.                                       
                                                             Page S8677
Appointments:
  Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission: The Chair, on behalf of the 
Republican Leader, pursuant to Public Law 111-25, announced the 
appointment of the following individual to serve as a member of the 
Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission for the life of the commission: 
Senator Bennett.                                             
  Page S8701
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Anne M. Northup, of Kentucky, to be a Commissioner of the Consumer 
Product Safety Commission for a term of seven years from October 27, 
2004.
  Daniel I. Werfel, of Virginia, to be Controller, Office of Federal 
Financial Management, Office of Management and Budget.
  Terry A. Yonkers, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Air Force.
  Routine lists in the Army and Navy.                    
                                                         Pages S8701-07
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S8679
Measures Referred:                                       
  Pages S8679-80
Measures Read the First Time:                        
  Pages S8680, S8701


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

  
  On page D966, August 3, 2009 the following language appears: 
Measures Read the First Time: Page S8680
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: Measures Read the 
First Time: Pages S8680, S8701


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Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
  Page S8680
Executive Communications:                                    
  Page S8680
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S8680-81
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S8681-83
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S8683-90
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S8678-79
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S8690-99
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S8699
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S8699
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--256) 
                                                     Pages S8661, S8662
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 8:50 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, August 4, 2009. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S8701.)