[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 51 (Tuesday, April 13, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D368-D369]
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                                            Tuesday, April 13, 2010

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2215-S2249
Measures Introduced: One bill and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3196, and S. Res. 478.                           
  Page S2246
Measures Reported:
  S. Res. 409, calling on members of the Parliament in Uganda to reject 
the proposed ``Anti-Homosexuality Bill''.
  S. Res. 446, commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Treaty on the 
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute and with an amended preamble.                
Page S2240
Measures Passed:
  Cell Phone Contraband Act: Senate passed S. 1749, to amend title 18, 
United States Code, to prohibit the possession or use of cell phones 
and similar wireless devices by Federal prisoners, after agreeing to 
the committee amendments, and the following amendment proposed thereto:
                                                             Page S2248
  Brown (OH) (for Feinstein) Amendment No. 3722, to require a GAO study 
of cell phone use in prisons.                                
Page S2248
  Calling on Parliament in Uganda: Senate agreed to S. Res. 409, 
calling on members of the Parliament in Uganda to reject the proposed 
``Anti-Homosexuality Bill''.                                 
  Page S2249
Measures Considered:
Continuing Extension Act--Agreement: Senate began consideration of H.R. 
4851, to provide a temporary extension of certain programs, after 
agreeing to the motion to proceed, taking action on the following 
amendment proposed thereto:                              
  Pages S2226-35
Pending:
  Baucus Amendment No. 3721, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                         Pages S2228-35
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 10:30 a.m., on Wednesday, 
April 14, 2010, with the time until 12:30 p.m., equally divided and 
controlled between the two Leaders, or their designees; and that during 
this time, it be in order for the Republican Leader, or his designee to 
make a relevant budget act point of order against Baucus Amendment No. 
3721, to be modified as specified below, and that after the point of 
order is made, Senator Baucus, or his designee be recognized to move to 
waive the applicable point of order, and that the vote on the motion to 
waive the budget point of order occur at 12:30 p.m., that no 
intervening motions or amendments be in order during this period of 
debate, further that it be in order to modify the Baucus amendment with 
provisions which cover the extension of small business programs. 
                                                             Page S2233
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, the notification of the issuance of an 
Executive Order blocking the property of certain persons contributing 
to the conflict in Somalia; which was referred to the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-50)                 
Page S2237
Messages from the House:                                 
  Pages S2237-38
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
  Page S2238
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S2238-40
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S2240-41
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S2241-42
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S2242-46
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S2236-37
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S2246-47
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S2247
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S2247-48
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:12 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 14, 2010. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S2249.)

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