[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 151 (Monday, October 19, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1194-D1195]
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                                           Monday, October 19, 2009

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S10499-S10531
Measures Introduced: Four bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1796-1799, and S. Res. 314.                     
  Page S10520
Measures Reported:
  S. 1796, to provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans 
and reduce the growth in health care spending. (S. Rept. No. 111-89) 
                                                            Page S10520
Measures Passed:
  Public Health Service Act: Senate passed S. 1793, to amend title XXVI 
of the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend the program for 
providing life-saving care for those with HIV/AIDS, after agreeing to 
the following amendment proposed thereto:               
  Pages S10524-30
  Brown (for Harkin/Enzi) Amendment No. 2692, to make certain technical 
and conforming changes.                                     
Page S10525
  Girl Scouts Centennial Commemorative Coin Act: Senate passed H.R. 
621, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in 
commemoration of the centennial of the establishment of the Girl Scouts 
of the United States of America, clearing the measure for the 
President.                                                  
  Page S10530
  National Character Counts Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 314, 
designating the week beginning October 18, 2009, as ``National 
Character Counts Week''.                                
  Pages S10530-31
Medicare Physicians Fairness Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing that the vote on the motion to invoke 
cloture on S. 1776, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to 
provide for the update under the Medicare physician fee schedule for 
years beginning with 2010 and to sunset the application of the 
sustainable growth rate formula, occur at a time to be determined with 
the concurrence of the two Leaders.                     
  Pages S10517-18
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act Conference Report--
Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing 
that at approximately 11:30 a.m., on Tuesday, October 20, 2009, Senate 
begin consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R. 2892, 
making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, with debate on the conference 
report limited to three hours and 15 minutes, with the time divided as 
follows: 1 hour under the control of the Majority Leader, or his 
designee; and two hours and 15 minutes under the control of the 
Republican Leader, or his designee; that if any points of order are 
raised, any votes on the motions to waive occur upon the use or 
yielding back of time identified above; provided further, that upon 
disposition of the points of order, and if the motions to waive are 
successful, Senate then vote immediately on adoption of the conference 
report, with two minutes of debate, equally divided and controlled, 
prior to any sequence of votes with respect to the conference report. 
                                                            Page S10518
Messages from the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, notification of the continuation of 
the national emergency with respect to the emergency declared 
pertaining significant narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia to 
continue in effect beyond October 21, 2009, as received during 
adjournment of the Senate on October 16, 2009; which was referred to 
the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-33) 
                                                            Page S10519
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to The Haitian 
Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act of 2008 
(HOPEII) (P.L. 110-246) that amended the Caribbean Basin Economy 
Recovery Act (CBERA) making certain additional products from Haiti 
eligible for preferential tariff treatment after October 18, 2009, as 
received during the adjournment of the Senate on October 16, 2009; 
which was referred to the Committee on Finance. (PM-34)     
Page S10519
Messages from the House:                                    
  Page S10519
Measures Referred:                                          
  Page S10519
Executive Communications:                               
  Pages S10519-20

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Additional Cosponsors:                                  
  Pages S10520-21
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:             
  Pages S10521-24
Additional Statements:                                  
  Pages S10518-19
Amendments Submitted:                                       
  Page S10524
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 6:31 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, October 20, 2009. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S10531.)