[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 140 (Thursday, October 1, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1117-D1119]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                          Thursday, October 1, 2009

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.
      House agreed to the conference report to accompany H.R. 3183, 
      Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations 
      Act, 2010.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9993-S10078
Measures Introduced: Fourteen bills and seven resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1735-1748, S.J. Res. 20, S. Res. 297-300, 
and S. Con. Res. 42-43.                                 
  Pages S10060-61
Measures Reported:
  Report to accompany S. 327, to amend the Violence Against Women Act 
of 1994 and the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
improve assistance to domestic and sexual violence victims and provide 
for technical corrections. (S. Rept. No. 111-85)            
Page S10060
Measures Passed:
  Acceptance of Helen Keller Statue: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 42, 
providing for the acceptance of a statue of Helen Keller, presented by 
the people of Alabama.                                      
  Page S10076
  Authorizing Use of Capitol Rotunda: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 43, 
authorizing the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for the presentation 
of the Congressional Gold Medal to former Senator Edward Brooke. 
                                                            Page S10076
  Filipino American History Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 298, 
recognizing Filipino American History Month in October 2009. 
                                                        Pages S10076-77
  National Infant Mortality Awareness Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
299, expressing support for the goals and ideals of National Infant 
Mortality Awareness Month 2009.                             
  Page S10077
  Fire Prevention Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 300, supporting the 
goals and ideals of Fire Prevention Week and the work of firefighters 
in educating and protecting the communities of this Nation. 
                                                        Pages S10077-78
Measures Considered:
Department of Defense Appropriations Act--Agreement: Senate continued 
consideration of H.R. 3326, making appropriations for the Department of 
Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, taking action on 
the following amendment proposed thereto:               
  Pages S10009-54
Adopted:
  Kaufman Modified Amendment No. 2578, to provide for the continuing 
support of certain civilian-military training for civilians deploying 
to Afghanistan.                                    
Pages S10019, S10021
  By 60 yeas to 39 nays (Vote No. 304), Levin Amendment No. 2593, 
relating to hearings on the strategy and resources of the United States 
with respect to Afghanistan and Pakistan.       
Pages S10011-15, S10025
  Shelby Amendment No. 2594, to require reports on certain elements of 
the ballistic missile defense system.                   
Pages S10032-33
  Brownback Amendment No. 2598, to acknowledge a long history of 
official depredations and ill-conceived policies by the Federal 
government regarding Indian Tribes and offer an apology to all Native 
Peoples on behalf of the United States.                 
Pages S10036-37
  Inouye (for Byrd) Amendment No. 2571, to require a report on the use 
by the Department of Defense of live primates in training programs 
relating to chemical and biological agents.                 
Page S10037
  Chambliss Modified Amendment No. 2621, to express the Sense of the 
Senate on Joint STARS re-engining.                      
Pages S10040-41
  Coburn Amendment No. 2563, to require public disclosure of certain 
reports.                                           
Pages S10015, S10052

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  Franken Amendment No. 2588, to prohibit the use of funds for any 
Federal contract with Halliburton Company, KBR, Inc., any of their 
subsidiaries or affiliates, or any other contracting party if such 
contractor or a subcontractor at any tier under such contract requires 
that employees or independent contractors sign mandatory arbitration 
clauses regarding certain claims.                  
Pages S10027, S10028
  Sanders Amendment No. 2617, to require a report on Federal 
contracting fraud.                   
Pages S10033-34, S10044-45, S10052
  Sanders Amendment No. 2559, to make available from Research, 
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army $12,000,000 for the peer-
reviewed Gulf War Illness Research Program of the Army. 
                                                   Pages S10035, S10052
  Inouye (for Reid/Ensign) Modified Amendment No. 2562, to express the 
sense of Congress, and to require a report, on expanding the mission of 
the Nevada Test Site.                              
Pages S10040, S10052
  Inouye (for Kyl) Amendment No. 2568, to make available from amounts 
available for the Office of the Secretary of Defense $250,000 for the 
declassification of the 2001 nuclear posture review.        
Page S10052
  Inouye (for Nelson (NE)) Amendment No. 2614, to make available from 
Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide, $15,000,000 for implementation 
of the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act.         
Page S10052
  Inouye (for Hagan) Amendment No. 2615, to provide that none of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used 
to dispose of claims filed regarding water contamination at Camp 
Lejeune, North Carolina, until the Agency for Toxic Substances and 
Disease Registry (ATSDR) fully completes all current, ongoing 
epidemiological and water modeling studies.                 
Page S10052
  Casey Modified Amendment No. 2592, to ensure that work under 
contracts under the Logistics Civil Augmentation Program complies with 
certain standards.                   
Pages S10019-21, S10041-44, S10052
Rejected:
  By 40 yeas to 59 nays (Vote No. 305), McCain Amendment No. 2575, to 
provide for testimony before Congress on the additional forces and 
resources required to meet United States objectives with respect to 
Afghanistan and Pakistan.                    
Pages S10009-15, S10026-27
Withdrawn:
  Coburn Amendment No. 2569, to restore $294,000,000 for the Armed 
Forces to prepare for and conduct combat operations by accounting for 
the August 2009 Congressional Budget Office economic assumptions and by 
reducing funding for congressionally directed spending items for low-
priority research and development projects. 
                                   Pages S10015, S10039, S10040, S10052
  Chambliss/Kyl Amendment No. 2608, to appropriate an additional 
$900,000,000 for the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund. 
                                                        Pages S10029-30
Pending:
  Coburn Amendment No. 2565, to ensure transparency and accountability 
by providing that each member of Congress and the Secretary of Defense 
has the ability to review $1,500,000,000 in taxpayer funds allocated to 
the National Guard and Reserve components of the Armed Forces. 
                                                   Pages S10016, S10040
  Barrasso Amendment No. 2567, to prohibit the use of funds for the 
Center on Climate Change and National Security of the Central 
Intelligence Agency.                         
Pages S10021-25, S10037-38
  Franken (for Bond/Leahy) Amendment No. 2596, to limit the early 
retirement of tactical aircraft.                            
Page S10027
  Franken (for Coburn) Amendment No. 2585, to restore certain funds for 
the Armed Forces to prepare for and conduct combat operations by 
accounting for the August 2009 Congressional Budget Office economic 
assumptions and by reducing funding for congressionally directed 
spending items for low-priority research and development projects. 
                                                   Pages S10027, S10052
  Franken (for Coburn) Amendment No. 2566, to restore $166,000,000 for 
the Armed Forces to prepare for and conduct combat operations, by 
eliminating low-priority congressionally directed spending items for 
all operations and maintenance accounts.                
Pages S10027-28
  Sanders/Dorgan Amendment No. 2601, to make available from Overseas 
Contingency Operations $20,000,000 for outreach and reintegration 
services under the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program.     
Page S10035
  Lieberman Modified Amendment No. 2616, Relating to the two-stage 
ground-based interceptor missile.                       
Pages S10047-50
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that when the 
Senate resumes consideration of the bill on Tuesday, October 6, 2009, 
that the following list of first-degree amendments be the only 
amendments remaining in order to the bill, other than any other pending 
amendments, if not listed, and the committee substitute amendment; that 
no second-degree amendment or side-by-side amendment be in order to any 
of the listed amendments, except Barrasso Amendment No. 2567 (listed 
above); Franken (for Bond/Leahy) Amendment No. 2596 (listed Above); 
Coburn Amendment No. 2565 (listed above); Franken (for Coburn) 
Amendment No. 2566

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(listed above); Sanders/Dorgan Amendment No. 2601 (listed above); 
Inhofe Amendment No. 2618; McCain Amendment No. 2580; McCain Amendment 
No. 2584; McCain Amendment No. 2560, with an Inouye side-by-side 
amendment in order and would be voted prior to the vote in relation to 
the McCain Amendment No. 2560; McCain Amendment No. 2583; Lieberman 
Modified Amendment No. 2616 (listed above); that it be in order for the 
managers to offer a managers amendment that has been cleared by the 
managers and the two Leaders, and that if offered, the amendment be 
considered and agreed to; that in the case in which the managers are 
agreeable with a modification of a listed amendment, then the amendment 
be so modified with the changes agreed upon; that upon disposition of 
the listed amendments, the committee reported substitute, as amended, 
be agreed to; and vote on passage of the bill, as amended; that upon 
passage, the Senate insist on its amendment, request a conference with 
the House on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses, and the Chair be 
authorized to appoint conferees on the part of the Senate, with the 
Subcommittee appointed as conferees; provided further that if a point 
of order is raised and sustained against the substitute amendment, then 
it be in order for a new substitute to be offered, minus the offending 
provision; that the new substitute be considered and agreed to; no 
further amendments be in order, with provisions in this agreement 
listed after adoption of the original substitute amendment remaining in 
effect; that the vote sequence with respect to the listed amendment be 
entered later and that the only debate time remaining be two minutes, 
equally divided in the usual form, prior to each vote and that in any 
sequenced votes, the vote be limited to ten minutes each after the 
first vote, further that the cloture motions be withdrawn. 
                                                            Page S10054
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act--
Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 
4:00 p.m., Monday, October 5, 2009, Senate begin consideration of H.R. 
2847, the Commerce, Justice Appropriations Act; that once the bill is 
reported, there be debate only, with no amendments in order except the 
committee reported substitute.                              
  Page S10054
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Christine H. Fox, of Virginia, to be Director of Cost Assessment and 
Program Evaluation, Department of Defense.
  Roszell Hunter, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the Export-Import Bank of the United States for a term expiring 
January 20, 2013.
  Mark R. Rosekind, of California, to be a Member of the National 
Transportation Safety Board for the remainder of the term expiring 
December 31, 2009.
  Mark R. Rosekind, of California, to be a Member of the National 
Transportation Safety Board for a term expiring December 31, 2014.
  Paul K. Martin, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration.
  Carolyn W. Colvin, of Maryland, to be Deputy Commissioner of Social 
Security for the term expiring January 19, 2013.
  Sara Manzano-Diaz, of Pennsylvania, to be Director of the Women's 
Bureau, Department of Labor.                                
Page S10078
Messages from the House:                                    
  Page S10058
Measures Referred:                                          
  Page S10058
Executive Communications:                               
  Pages S10058-60
Petitions and Memorials:                                    
  Page S10060
Executive Reports of Committees:                            
  Page S10060
Additional Cosponsors:                                  
  Pages S10061-62
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:             
  Pages S10062-69
Additional Statements:                                  
  Pages S10055-57
Amendments Submitted:                                   
  Pages S10069-75
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                               
  Page S10075
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                         
  Page S10075
Privileges of the Floor:                                
  Pages S10075-76
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--305) 
                                                   Pages S10025, S10027
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 9 p.m., 
until 2 p.m. on Monday, October 5, 2009. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S10078.)