[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 133 (Monday, September 21, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1063-D1064]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                         Monday, September 21, 2009

[[Page D1063]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9575-S9623
Measures Introduced: One bill and four resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1690, and S. Res. 275-278.                       
  Page S9589
Measures Reported:
  S. 942, to prevent the abuse of Government charge cards. (S. Rept. 
No. 111-76)                                                  
Page S9589
Measures Passed:
  National Falls Prevention Awareness Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
276, designating September 22, 2009, as ``National Falls Prevention 
Awareness Day''.                                             
  Page S9615
  National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
277, designating September 2009 as ``National Prostate Cancer Awareness 
Month''.                                                 
  Pages S9615-16
Measures Considered:
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of H.R. 
2996, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, 
environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2010, taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S9578-83
Pending:
  Feinstein Modified Amendment No. 2460, to support the participation 
of the Smithsonian Institution in activities under the Civil Rights 
History Project Act of 2009.                         
Pages S9581, S9583
  Carper Amendment No. 2456, to require the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a study on black carbon 
emissions.                                               
Pages S9582-83
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 11 a.m., on Tuesday, 
September 22, 2009; provided that at 12 noon, Senate vote on or in 
relation to Feinstein Modified Amendment No. 2460 (listed above), with 
no amendment in order to the amendment prior to the vote, with the time 
until 12 noon, equally divided and controlled between Senators 
Feinstein and Alexander, or their designees.                 
Page S9583
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the continuation of the 
national emergency with respect to persons who commit, threaten to 
commit, or support terrorism that was established in Executive Order 
13224 on September 21, 2006; which was referred to the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-31)                 
Page S9586
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  J. Michael Gilmore, of Virginia, to be Director of Operational Test 
and Evaluation, Department of Defense.               
Pages S9616, S9623


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

  
  On Page D1063, September 21, 2009 the following language 
appears: Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following 
nomination: J. Michael Gilmore, of Virginia, to be Director of 
Operational Test and Evaluation, Department of Defense. Page S9616
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: Senate confirmed 
the following nomination: J. Michael Gilmore, of Virginia, to be 
Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, Department of 
Defense. Pages S9616, S9623


 ========================= END NOTE ========================= 

Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Elizabeth M. Robinson, of Virginia, to be Chief Financial Officer, 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
  Arun Majumdar, of California, to be Director of the Advanced Research 
Projects Agency-Energy, Department of Energy.
  Daniel W. Yohannes, of Colorado, to be Chief Executive Officer, 
Millennium Challenge Corporation.
  Gustavo Arnavat, of New York, to be United States Executive Director 
of the Inter-American Development Bank for a term of three years.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, and 
Navy.                                                    
Pages S9616-23
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S9586
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                     
  Pages S9586, S9616
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S9586-88
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S9589-90
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S9590-92
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S9586

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Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S9592-95
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S9595
Text of H.R. 3288 as Previously Passed:               
  Pages S9595-S9615
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 5:58 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, September 22, 2009. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S9616.)