[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 134 (Tuesday, September 22, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1068-D1069]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                        Tuesday, September 22, 2009

[[Page D1068]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9625-S9691
Measures Introduced: Four bills and three resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1691-1694, S. Res. 279-280, and S. Con. Res. 40. 
                                                             Page S9653
Measures Reported:
  S. 806, to provide for the establishment, administration, and funding 
of Federal Executive Boards, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 111-77)                            
Page S9653
Measures Passed:
  Minority Party Appointments: Senate agreed to S. Res. 279, making 
minority party appointments for certain committees for the 111th 
Congress.                                                
  Pages S9689-90
Measures Considered:
  Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act--Agreement: Senate continued 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 S9634-35, S9635-48, S9690
Adopted:
  By a unanimous vote of 95 yeas (Vote No. 290), 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 S9634-35
  Barrasso Amendment No. 2471, to prohibit the use of wildland fire 
management stimulus funds in the District of Columbia.   
Pages S9638-39
  Reid Modified Amendment No. 2494, to provide for an evaluation of the 
aquifers in the area of the Jungo Disposal Site in Humboldt County, 
Nevada.                                           
Pages S9635-36, S9645
Rejected:
  By 27 yeas to 70 nays (Vote No. 291), McCain Amendment No. 2461, to 
prohibit the use of appropriated funds for the Des Moines Art Center in 
the State of Iowa.                      
Pages S9636-37, S9642, S9645-46
  DeMint motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Appropriations, 
with instructions to report the same back to the Senate forthwith with 
DeMint Amendment No. 2500, relating to the Secretary of the Interior 
and water allocations. (By 61 yeas to 36 nays (Vote No. 292), Senate 
tabled the motion.)                               
Pages S9641-42, S9646
Pending:
  Carper Amendment No. 2456, to require the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a study on black carbon 
emissions.                                                   
Page S9634
  Collins Amendment No. 2498, to provide that no funds may be used for 
the administrative expenses of any official identified by the President 
to serve in a position without express statutory authorization and 
which is responsible for the interagency development or coordination of 
any rule, regulation, or policy unless the President certifies to 
Congress that such official will respond to all reasonable requests to 
testify before, or provide information to, any congressional committee 
with jurisdiction over such matters, and such official submits certain 
reports biannually to Congress.                          
Pages S9642-45
  Isakson Modified Amendment No. 2504, to encourage the participation 
of the Smithsonian Institution in activities preserving the papers and 
teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., under the Civil Rights 
History Project Act of 2009.                                 
Page S9645
  Vitter motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Appropriations, 
with instructions to report the same back to the Senate forthwith with 
Vitter Amendment No. 2508 (to the instructions on Vitter motion to 
commit the bill), to prohibit the use of funds to delay the 
implementation of the Draft Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil and 
Gas Leasing Program 2010-2015.                           
Pages S9646-48
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute, and, in accordance with the 
provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on 
cloture will occur on Thursday, September 24, 2009.          
Page S9690
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the bill, and, in 
accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a

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vote on cloture will occur on Thursday, September 24, 2009. 
                                                             Page S9690
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 11 a.m., on Wednesday, 
September 23, 2009.                                          
Page S9690
Appointments:
  United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: The 
Chair, on behalf of the Republican Leader, pursuant to the provisions 
of Public Law 99-93, as amended by Public Law 99-151, appointed Senator 
Risch as a member of the United States Senate Caucus on International 
Narcotics Control.                                           
  Page S9690
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Carmen R. Nazario, of Puerto Rico, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Family Support, Department of Health and Human Services.
  David C. Jacobson, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to Canada.
  Michael H. Posner, of New York, to be Assistant Secretary of State 
for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.
  Lee Andrew Feinstein, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Poland.
  Robert D. Hormats, of New York, to be an Under Secretary of State 
(Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs).
  Robert D. Hormats, of New York, to be United States Alternate 
Governor of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 
for a term of five years; United States Alternate Governor of the 
Inter-American Development Bank for a term of five years; United States 
Alternate Governor of the African Development Bank for a term of five 
years; United States Alternate Governor of the African Development 
Fund; United States Alternate Governor of the Asian Development Bank; 
and United States Alternate Governor of the European Bank for 
Reconstruction and Development.
  Barry B. White, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to Norway. 
                                                             Page S9691
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S9652


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

  
  On Page D1069, September 22, 2009 the following language 
appears: Barry B. White, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to 
Norway. Page S9691 Measures Referred: Page S9652
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: Barry B. White, of 
Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to Norway. Pages S9690, S9691 
Messages from the House: Page S9652 Measures Referred: Page S9652


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Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S9652
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S9652-53
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S9653-55
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S9655-82
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S9652
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S9682-89
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S9689
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S9689
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--292) 
                                                     Pages S9635, S9646
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:43 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, September 23, 2009. (For Senate's 
program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on 
page S9691.)