[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 192 (Thursday, December 17, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1485-D1486]
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                                        Thursday, December 17, 2009

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S13343-S13400
Measures Introduced: Eleven bills and four resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2895-2905, S.J. Res. 23, and S. Res. 377-379. 
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Measures Reported:
  Report to accompany S. 1490, to prevent and mitigate identity theft, 
to ensure privacy, to provide notice of security breaches, and to 
enhance criminal penalties, law enforcement assistance, and other 
protections against security breaches, fraudulent access, and misuse of 
personally identifiable information. (S. Rept. No. 111-110)
  H.R. 730, to strengthen efforts in the Department of Homeland 
Security to develop nuclear forensics capabilities to permit 
attribution of the source of nuclear material, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.
  H.R. 1817, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 116 North West Street in Somerville, Tennessee, as 
the ``John S. Wilder Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 2711, to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for the 
transportation of the dependents, remains, and effects of certain 
Federal employees who die while performing official duties or as a 
result of the performance of official duties, with amendments.
  H.R. 2877, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 76 Brookside Avenue in Chester, New York, as the 
``1st Lieutenant Louis Allen Post Office''.
  H.R. 3072, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 9810 Halls Ferry Road in St. Louis, Missouri, as the 
``Coach Jodie Bailey Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 3319, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 440 South Gulling Street in Portola, California, as 
the ``Army Specialist Jeremiah Paul McCleery Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 3539, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 427 Harrison Avenue in Harrison, New Jersey, as the 
``Patricia D. McGinty-Juhl Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 3667, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 16555 Springs Street in White Springs, Florida, as 
the ``Clyde L. Hillhouse Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 3767, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 170 North Main Street in Smithfield, Utah, as the 
``W. Hazen Hillyard Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 3788, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 3900 Darrow Road in Stow, Ohio, as the ``Corporal 
Joseph A. Tomci Post Office Building''.
  S. 678, to reauthorize and improve the Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, with an amendment in the nature of 
a substitute.                                               
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Measures Considered:
Department of Defense Appropriations Act: Senate continued 
consideration of the amendment of the House of Representatives to the 
amendment of the Senate to H.R. 3326, making appropriations for the 
Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, 
taking action on the following motions and amendments proposed thereto:
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Pending:
  Senator Reid entered a motion to concur in the amendment of the House 
to the amendment of the Senate to the bill.                 
Page S13345
  Senator Reid entered a motion to concur in the amendment of the House 
to the amendment of the Senate with Amendment No. 3248 (to the House 
Amendment to the Senate Amendment), to change the enactment date. 
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  Senator Reid entered a motion to refer the amendment of the House to 
the Committee on Appropriations, with instructions, Reid Amendment No. 
3249, to provide for a study.                               
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  Reid Amendment No. 3252 (to Reid Amendment No. 3248), to change the 
enactment date.                                             
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  Reid Amendment No. 3250 (to Amendment No. 3249), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                     
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  Reid Amendment No. 3251 (to Amendment No. 3250), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                     
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Service Members Home Ownership Tax Act: Senate began consideration of 
the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 3590, to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the first-time homebuyers 
credit in the case of members of the Armed Forces and certain other 
Federal employees, taking action on the following amendment proposed 
thereto:                                                    
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Pending:
  Reid Amendment No. 2786, in the nature of a substitute.
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to proceed 
to consideration of the bill and, in accordance with the provisions of 
Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will 
occur on Saturday, December 19, 2009.                       
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  Subsequently, the motion to proceed was withdrawn.        
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Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  David T. Matsuda, of the District of Columbia, to be Administrator of 
the Maritime Administration.
  Gary Blumenthal, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the National 
Council on Disability for a term expiring September 17, 2010.
  Chester Alonzo Finn, of New York, to be a Member of the National 
Council on Disability for a term expiring September 17, 2012.
  Sara A. Gelser, of Oregon, to be a Member of the National Council on 
Disability for a term expiring September 17, 2011.
  Ari Ne'eman, of Maryland, to be a Member of the National Council on 
Disability for a term expiring September 17, 2012.
  Dongwoo Joseph Pak, of California, to be a Member of the National 
Council on Disability for a term expiring September 17, 2012.
  Carol Jean Reynolds, of Colorado, to be a Member of the National 
Council on Disability for a term expiring September 17, 2010.
  Fernando Torres-Gill, of California, to be a Member of the National 
Council on Disability for a term expiring September 17, 2011.
  Jonathan M. Young, of Maryland, to be a Member of the National 
Council on Disability for a term expiring September 17, 2012.
  Gwendolyn E. Boyd, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education 
Foundation for a term expiring August 11, 2014.
  Peggy Goldwater-Clay, of California, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education 
Foundation for a term expiring June 5, 2012.
  Marie Collins Johns, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy 
Administrator of the Small Business Administration.         
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Messages from the House:                                
  Pages S13381-82
Measures Referred:                                          
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Enrolled Bills Presented:                                   
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Executive Reports of Committees:                            
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Additional Cosponsors:                                  
  Pages S13383-85
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:             
  Pages S13385-94
Additional Statements:                                  
  Pages S13379-81
Amendments Submitted:                                   
  Pages S13394-99
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                 
  Pages S13399-S13400
Privileges of the Floor:                                    
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  By 59 yeas to 38 nays (Vote No. 380), Senate agreed to the motion to 
recess until 12:01 a.m. on December 18, 2009.               
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Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--380) 
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Recess: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and recessed at 6:52 p.m., until 
12:01 a.m. on Friday, December 18, 2009.