[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 82 (Thursday, May 27, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D612-D615]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                             Thursday, May 27, 2010

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed H.R. 4899, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations 
      Act, as amended.
      Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 282, Adjournment Resolution.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4473-S4562
Measures Introduced: Twenty-one bills and six resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 3432-3452, S. Res. 541-545, and S. Con. Res. 
64.                                                      
  Pages S4528-29
Measures Reported:
  H.R. 553, to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop a 
strategy to prevent the over-classification of homeland security and 
other information and to promote the sharing of unclassified homeland 
security and other information, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 111-200)
  H.R. 4506, to authorize the appointment of additional bankruptcy 
judges.                                                  
Pages S4527-28
Measures Passed:
  Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act: By 67 yeas to 28 nays 
(Vote No. 176), Senate passed H.R. 4899, making emergency supplemental 
appropriations for disaster relief and summer jobs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2010, after agreeing to the committee amendment in 
the nature of a substitute, an amendment to the title, and taking 
action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                      Pages S4474-S4507
Adopted:
  By 60 yeas to 37 nays (Vote No. 173), Collins Amendment No. 4253, to 
prohibit the imposition of fines and liability under certain final 
rules of the Environmental Protection Agency. 
                                        Pages S4475, S4491-96, S4501-02
  By 60 yeas to 35 nays (Vote No. 174), Inouye Amendment No. 4299, to 
allow unobligated balances in the Construction, Major Projects account 
to be utilized for major medical facility projects of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs otherwise authorized by law.            
Pages S4502-03
  Inouye (for Reid) Amendment No. 4178, to facilitate a transmission 
line project.                                                
Page S4503
  Inouye (for Levin) Amendment No. 4205, to make a technical 
correction.                                              
Pages S4503-04
  Inouye (for McCain) Amendment No. 4217, to provide for the submittal 
of the charter and reports on the High-Value Detainee Interrogation 
Group to additional committees of Congress.                  
Page S4504
  Inouye (for Webb) Amendment No. 4222, to limit the use of funds for 
the Department of Veterans Affairs for the presumption of service-
connection between exposure of veterans to Agent Orange during service 
in Vietnam and certain additional diseases until the period for 
disapproval by Congress of the regulation establishing such presumption 
has expired.                                                 
Page S4504
  Inouye (for Wicker) Amendment No. 4224, to make a technical 
correction related to Amtrak security in the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2010.                                    
Page S4504
  Inouye (for Leahy) Amendment No. 4245, to add a provision relating to 
commitments of resources by foreign governments.             
Page S4504
  Inouye (for Leahy) Amendment No. 4246, to strike a technical 
clarification.                                               
Page S4504
  Inouye (for Leahy) Amendment No. 4249, to modify a condition on the 
availability for funds to support the work of the Independent Electoral 
Commission and the Electoral Complaints Commission in Afghanistan. 
                                                             Page S4504
  Inouye (for Lugar) Amendment No. 4260, to clarify that non-military 
projects in the former Soviet Union for which funding is authorized by 
this Act for the purpose of engaging scientists and engineers shall be 
executed through existing science and technology centers.    
Page S4504

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  Inouye (for Sanders) Amendment No. 4280, to require the Administrator 
of General Services to make publicly available the contractor integrity 
and performance database established under the Clean Contracting Act of 
2008.                                                        
Page S4504
  Inouye (for Landrieu) Further Modified Amendment No. 4184, to require 
the Secretary of the Army to maximize the placement of dredged material 
available from maintenance dredging of existing navigation channels to 
mitigate the impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil spill in the Gulf of 
Mexico at full Federal expense.               
Pages S4475, S4503, S4504
  Inouye (for Bond/Coburn) Amendment No. 4259, to require assessments 
on the detainees at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
                                                             Page S4504
  Inouye (for Isakson/Chambliss) Amendment No. 4255, to make a 
technical correction.                                    
Pages S4504-05
  Inouye (for Leahy) Amendment No. 4248, to authorize the Secretary of 
State to award task orders for police training in Afghanistan under 
current Department of State contracts for police training.   
Page S4505
  Inouye (for Byrd) Amendment No. 4200, to make a technical correction.
                                                             Page S4505
  Inouye (for Landrieu) Modified Amendment No. 4213, to provide 
authority to the Secretary of the Interior to immediately fund projects 
under the Coastal Impact Assistance Program on an emergency basis. 
                                                      Pages S4474 S4505
  Inouye (for Merkley) Further Modified Amendment No. 4251, to provide 
funds for drought relief, with an offset.            
Pages S4505, S4506
  Inouye (for Shelby/Vitter) Modified Amendment No. 4287, to provide 
fisheries disaster relief, conduct a study on ecosystem services, and 
conduct an enhanced stock assessment for Gulf of Mexico fisheries 
impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil discharge.         
Pages S4505-06
  Rejected:
  By 18 yeas to 80 nays (Vote No. 168), Feingold Amendment No. 4204, to 
require a plan for safe, orderly, and expeditious redeployment of the 
United States Armed Forces from Afghanistan.      
Pages S4474, S4481-82
  Coburn/McCain Modified Amendment No. 4231, to pay for the costs of 
supplemental spending by reducing waste, inefficiency, and unnecessary 
spending within the Federal Government. (By 53 yeas to 45 nays (Vote 
No. 169), Senate tabled the amendment.)           
Pages S4475, S4482-83
  Coburn/McCain Amendment No. 4232, to pay for the costs of 
supplemental spending by reducing Congress' own budget and disposing of 
unneeded Federal property and uncommitted Federal funds. (By 50 yeas to 
47 nays (Vote No. 170), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                                     Pages S4475, S4483
  By 37 yeas to 58 nays (Vote No. 175), Burr Amendment No. 4273, to 
strike section 901, relating to the transfer of amounts to the Filipino 
Veterans Equity Compensation Fund.                       
Pages S4502-03
Withdrawn:
  McCain Amendment No. 4214, to provide for the National Guard support 
to secure the southern land border of the United States. 
                                                  Pages S4474, S4475-79
  Kyl/McCain Modified Amendment No. 4228 (to Amendment No. 4202), to 
appropriate $200,000,000 to increase resources for the Department of 
Justice and the Judiciary to address illegal crossings of the Southwest 
border, with an offset.                           
Pages S4475, S4479-81
  Cornyn/Kyl Further Modified Amendment No. 4202, to make 
appropriations to improve border security, with an offset from 
unobligated appropriations under division A of Public Law 111-5. 
                                                     Pages S4474, S4479
  Isakson/Chambliss Amendment No. 4221, to include the 2009 flooding in 
the Atlanta area as a disaster for which certain disaster relief is 
available.                                           
Pages S4475, S4494
  Reid Amendment No. 4174, to provide collective bargaining rights for 
public safety officers employed by States or their political 
subdivisions.                                                
Page S4474
  Sessions/McCaskill Amendment No. 4173, to establish 3-year 
discretionary spending caps.                      
Pages S4474, S4496-97
  Wyden/Grassley Amendment No. 4183, to establish as a standing order 
of the Senate that a Senator publicly disclose a notice of intent to 
objecting to any measure or matter.                          
Page S4474
  Lautenberg Modified Amendment No. 4175, to provide that parties 
responsible for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico 
shall reimburse the general fund of the Treasury for costs incurred in 
responding to that oil spill.                                
Page S4475
  Cardin Amendment No. 4191, to prohibit the use of funds for leasing 
activities in certain areas of the outer Continental Shelf. 
                                                             Page S4475
  Landrieu/Cochran Amendment No. 4179, to allow the Administrator of 
the Small Business Administration to create or save jobs by providing 
interest relief on certain outstanding disaster loans relating to 
damage caused by the 2005 Gulf Coast hurricanes or the 2008 Gulf Coast 
hurricanes.                                                  
Page S4475
  Landrieu Amendment No. 4180, to defer payments of principal and 
interest on disaster loans relating to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
                                                             Page S4475
  Landrieu Amendment No. 4182, to require the Secretary of the Army to 
use certain funds for the

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construction of authorized restoration projects in the Louisiana 
coastal area ecosystem restoration program.                  
Page S4475
  Landrieu Amendment No. 4234, to establish a program, and to make 
available funds, to provide technical assistance grants for use by 
organizations in assisting individuals and businesses affected by the 
Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.           
Page S4475
  Ensign/Reid Amendment No. 4229, to prohibit the transfer of C-130 
aircraft from the National Guard to a unit of the Air Force in another 
State.                                                       
Page S4475
  Ensign/Reid Modified Amendment No. 4230, to establish limitations on 
the transfer of C-130H aircraft from the National Guard to a unit of 
the Air Force in another State.                              
Page S4475
  Menendez Amendment No. 4289 (to Amendment No. 4174), to require oil 
polluters to pay the full cost of oil spills.                
Page S4475
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate took the following 
actions:
  By 51 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. 165), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive pursuant to section 302(f) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, with respect to McCain Amendment No. 
4214, to provide for the National Guard support to secure the southern 
land border of the United States. Subsequently, the point of order that 
the amendment was in violation of section 302(f) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, was sustained, and pursuant to the order of May 26, 
2010, the amendment was withdrawn.                           
Page S4479
  By 54 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 166), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive pursuant to section 403 of S. Con. Res. 
13, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2010, with 
respect to Kyl/McCain Modified Amendment No. 4228 (to Amendment No. 
4202), to appropriate $200,000,000 to increase resources for the 
Department of Justice and the Judiciary to address illegal crossings of 
the Southwest border, with an offset. Subsequently, the point of order 
that the amendment was in violation of section 403 of S. Con. Res. 13, 
the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2010, was 
sustained, and pursuant to the order of May 26, 2010, the amendment was 
withdrawn.                                                   
Page S4479
  By 54 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 167), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive pursuant to section 403 of S. Con. Res. 
13, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2010, with 
respect to Cornyn/Kyl Further Modified Amendment No. 4202, to make 
appropriations to improve border security, with an offset from 
unobligated appropriations under division A of Public Law 111-5. 
Subsequently, the point of order that the amendment was in violation of 
section 403 of S. Con. Res. 13, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget 
for Fiscal Year 2010, was sustained, and pursuant to the order of May 
26, 2010, the amendment was withdrawn.                   
Pages S4480-81
  By 69 yeas to 29 nays (Vote No. 171), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on the committee-reported 
substitute amendment.                                        
Page S4483
  By 45 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 172), two-thirds of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to suspend Rule XXII for purpose of offering DeMint 
Amendment No. 4177.                                          
Page S4501
  Subsequently, the motion to invoke cloture on the bill was withdrawn.
                                                             Page S4501
  Senate insisted on its amendments, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair was authorized to appoint the following 
conferees on the part of the Senate: Senators Inouye, Byrd, Leahy, 
Harkin, Mikulski, Kohl, Murray, Dorgan, Feinstein, Durbin, Johnson, 
Landrieu, Reed, Lautenberg, Nelson (NE), Pryor, Tester, Specter, 
Cochran, Bond, McConnell, Shelby, Gregg, Bennett, Hutchison, Brownback, 
Alexander, Collins, Voinovich, and Murkowski.                
Page S4507
  Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act: Senate passed 
H.R. 5330, to amend the Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and 
Reform Act of 2004 to extend the operation of such Act, clearing the 
measure for the President.                               
  Pages S4559-60
  American Eagle Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 542, designating June 
20, 2010, as ``American Eagle Day'', and celebrating the recovery and 
restoration of the bald eagle, the national symbol of the United 
States.                                                  
  Pages S4560-61
  National Prader-Willi Syndrome Awareness Month: Senate agreed to S. 
Res. 543, expressing support for the designation of a National Prader-
Willi Syndrome Awareness Month to raise awareness of and promote 
research on the disorder.                                    
  Page S4561
  United States Beef Products: Senate agreed to S. Res. 544, supporting 
increased market access for exports of United States beef and beef 
products.                                                
  Pages S4561-62
  Authorize the Production of Records: Senate agreed to S. Res. 545, to 
authorize the production

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of records by the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.     
  Page S4560
  Adjournment Resolution: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 282, providing 
for a conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives and a 
conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate.             
  Page S4562
  Authorizing Leadership to Make Appointments--Agreement: A unanimous-
consent agreement was reached providing that, notwithstanding the 
recess or adjournment of the Senate, the President of the Senate, the 
President Pro Tempore, and the Majority and Minority Leaders be 
authorized to make appointments to commissions, committees, boards, 
conferences, or interparliamentary conferences authorized by law, by 
concurrent action of the two Houses, or by order of the Senate. 
                                                             Page S4562
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the National Security 
Strategy of the United States of America; which was referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services. (PM-58)                         
Page S4525
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  J. Thomas Dougherty, of Wyoming, to be Ambassador to Burkina Faso.
  Eric D. Benjaminson, of Oregon, to be Ambassador to the Gabonese 
Republic, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation 
as Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe.
  Paul M. Tiao, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, Department of 
Labor.
  Robert Anacletus Underwood, of New Jersey, to be a Member of the 
Board of Directors of the National Board for Education Sciences for a 
term expiring November 28, 2012.
  Anthony Bryk, of California, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the National Board for Education Sciences for a term expiring 
November 28, 2011.
  Beverly L. Hall, of Georgia, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the National Board for Education Sciences for a term expiring March 
15, 2012.
  Kris D. Gutierrez, of Colorado, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the National Board for Education Sciences for a term 
expiring November 28, 2012.
  James E. Shadid, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge for 
the Central District of Illinois.
  Max Oliver Cogburn, Jr., of North Carolina, to be United States 
District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina.
  William J. Ihlenfeld II, of West Virginia, to be United States 
Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia for the term of 
four years.
  John William Vaudreuil, of Wisconsin, to be United States Attorney 
for the Western District of Wisconsin for the term of four years.
  Neile L. Miller, of Maryland, to be Principal Deputy Administrator, 
National Nuclear Security Administration.
  Routine lists in the Marine Corps, and Navy.               
Page S4562
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S4525
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S4525-27
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S4528
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S4529-31
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S4531-56
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S4524-25
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S4556-59
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S4559
Record Votes: Twelve record votes were taken today. (Total--176) 
                                        Pages S4479-83, S4501-03, S4507
Recess: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and recessed at 9:53 p.m., until 
10 a.m. on Friday, May 28, 2010. (For Senate's program, see the remarks 
of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4562.)