[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 88 (Monday, June 14, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D663-D664]
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                                              Monday, June 14, 2010

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4869-4894
Measures Introduced: Two bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3483-3484, and S. Res. 551.                      
  Page S4885
Measures Reported:
  S. 2852, to establish, within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, an integrated and comprehensive ocean, coastal, Great 
Lakes, and atmospheric research, prediction, and environmental 
information program to support renewable energy. (S. Rept. No. 111-206)
  H.R. 3951, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 2000 Louisiana Avenue in New Orleans, Louisiana, as 
the ``Roy Rondeno, Sr. Post Office Building''.           
Pages S4884-85
Measures Passed:
  Formaldehyde Standards for Composite Wood Products Act: Senate passed 
S. 1660, to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to reduce the 
emissions of formaldehyde from composite wood products, after agreeing 
to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and after 
taking action on the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S4891-92
Adopted:
  Reid (for Klobuchar) Amendment No. 4347, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S4892
  National Men's Health Week: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
and Pensions was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 547, 
supporting National Men's Health Week, and the resolution was then 
agreed to.                                               
  Pages S4892-93
  One Year Anniversary of the Presidential Election in Iran: Senate 
agreed to S. Res. 551, marking the one year anniversary of the June 12, 
2009, presidential election in Iran, and condemning ongoing human 
rights abuses in Iran.                                   
  Pages S4893-94
Measures Considered:
  American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act: Senate resumed 
consideration of the amendment of the House of Representatives to the 
amendment of the Senate to H.R. 4213, to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, taking action on 
the following amendments proposed thereto:               
  Pages S4876-80
Pending:
  Baucus motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the 
amendment of the Senate to the bill, with Baucus Amendment No. 4301 (to 
the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill), 
in the nature of a substitute.                               
Page S4877
  Franken Amendment No. 4311 (to Amendment No. 4301), to establish the 
Office of the Homeowner Advocate for purposes of addressing problems 
with the Home Affordable Modification Program.               
Page S4877
  Sanders Amendment No. 4318 (to Amendment No. 4301), to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate big oil and gas company tax 
loopholes, and to use the resulting increase in revenues to reduce the 
deficit and to invest in energy efficiency and conservation. 
                                                             Page S4877
  Vitter Amendment No. 4312 (to Amendment No. 4301), to ensure that any 
new revenues to the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund will be used for the 
purposes of the fund and not used as a budget gimmick to offset deficit 
spending.                                                    
Page S4877
  Reid Amendment No. 4344 (to Amendment No. 4301), to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the time for closing on a 
principal residence eligible for the first-time homebuyer credit. 
                                                         Pages S4877-78
  Thune/McConnell Amendment No. 4333 (to Amendment No. 4301), of a 
perfecting nature.                                       
Pages S4878-80
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to concur 
in the House amendment to the Senate amendment on the bill, with Baucus 
Amendment No. 4301 (listed above), and, in accordance with the 
provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on 
cloture will occur on Wednesday, June 16, 2010.              
Page S4878
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:

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  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the continuation of the 
national emergency that was originally declared in Executive Order 
13466 of June 26, 2008, with respect to the current existence and risk 
of the proliferation of weapons-usable fissile material on the Korean 
Peninsula; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs. (PM-62)                                       
Page S4883
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Anne M. Harrington, of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator for 
Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, National Nuclear Security 
Administration.
  Earl F. Weener, of Oregon, to be a Member of the National 
Transportation Safety Board for a term expiring December 31, 2015.
  Laurence D. Wohlers, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Central 
African Republic.                                            
Page S4894
Messages from the House:                                     
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Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
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Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S4883-84
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S4885-86
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S4886-87
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S4883
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S4887-91
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S4891
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 6:27 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 15, 2010. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4894.)