[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 99 (Tuesday, June 29, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D743-D745]
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                                             Tuesday, June 29, 2010

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5503-S5635
Measures Introduced: Eight bills and three resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 3543-3550, S. Res. 573-574, and S. Con. Res. 65. 
                                                             Page S5538
Measures Reported:
  S. 3373, to address the health and economic development impacts of 
nonattainment of federally mandated air quality standards in the San 
Joaquin Valley, California, by designating air quality empowerment 
zones. (S. Rept. No. 111-218)
  S. 1382, to improve and expand the Peace Corps for the 21st century, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 111-219)
  H.R. 4861, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 1343 West Irving Park Road in Chicago, Illinois, as 
the ``Steve Goodman Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 5051, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 23 Genesee Street in Hornell, New York, as the 
``Zachary Smith Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 5099, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 15 South Main Street in Sharon, Massachusetts, as 
the ``Michael C. Rothberg Post Office''.
  S. 3465, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 15 South Main Street in Sharon, Massachusetts, as 
the ``Michael C. Rothberg Post Office''.                     
Page S5536
Measures Passed:
  Year of the Father: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 285, recognizing 
the important role that fathers play in the lives of their children and 
families and supporting the goals and ideals of designating 2010 as the 
Year of the Father.                                          
  Page S5629
  National Day of the American Cowboy: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 554, designating July 
24, 2010, as ``National Day of the American Cowboy'', and the 
resolution was then agreed to.                           
  Pages S5629-30
  50th Anniversary of the Treaty of Mutual Security and Cooperation 
with Japan: Committee on Foreign Relations was discharged from further 
consideration of S. Res. 564, recognizing the 50th anniversary of the 
ratification of the Treaty of Mutual Security and Cooperation with 
Japan, and affirming support for the United States-Japan security 
alliance and relationship, and the resolution was then agreed to. 
                                                             Page S5630
  Providing for the Use of the Catafalque: Senate agreed to S. Con. 
Res. 65, providing for the use of the catafalque situated in the 
Exhibition Hall of the Capitol Visitor Center in connection with 
memorial services to be conducted in the United States Senate Chamber 
for the Honorable Robert C. Byrd, late a Senator from the State of West 
Virginia.                                                    
  Page S5630
  Memorial Observances of Robert C. Byrd: Senate agreed to S. Res. 574, 
relative to the memorial observances of the Honorable Robert C. Byrd, 
late a Senator from the State of West Virginia.          
  Pages S5630-31
Measures Considered:
  Small Business Lending Fund Act: Senate began consideration of H.R. 
5297, to create the Small Business Lending Fund Program to direct the 
Secretary of the Treasury to make capital investments in eligible 
institutions in order to increase the availability of credit for small 
businesses, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax 
incentives for small business job creation, after agreeing to the 
motion to proceed, taking action on the following amendments and motion 
proposed thereto:                                        
  Pages S5511-24
Pending:
  Reid (for Baucus/Landrieu) Amendment No. 4402, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S5515
  Reid Amendment No. 4403 (to Amendment No. 4402), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S5515
  Reid Amendment No. 4404 (to Amendment No. 4403), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S5515
  Reid Amendment No. 4405 (to the language proposed to be stricken by 
Amendment No. 4402), to change the enactment date.           
Page S5515
  Reid Amendment No. 4406 (to Amendment No. 4405), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
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  Reid motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Finance with 
instructions, Reid Amendment No. 4407 (to the instructions on the 
motion to commit), in the nature of a substitute.        
Pages S5515-16
  Reid Amendment No. 4408 (to the instructions (Amendment No. 4407) of 
the motion to commit), to change the enactment date.         
Page S5516
  Reid Amendment No. 4409 (to Amendment No. 4408), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S5516
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 66 yeas to 33 nays (Vote No. 202), 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 motion to proceed to 
consideration of the bill.                                   
Page S5515
House Messages:
  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 S5524-25
Withdrawn:
  Reid motion to refer in the amendment of the House to the amendment 
of the Senate to the bill to the Committee on Finance, with 
instructions, Reid Amendment No. 4388, to provide for a study. 
                                                             Page S5524
  Reid (for Baucus) motion to concur in the amendment of the House to 
the amendment of the Senate to the bill, with Baucus Amendment No. 4386 
(to the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to the 
bill), in the nature of a substitute.                        
Page S5524
Pending:
  Reid motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the amendment 
of the Senate to the bill, with Reid Amendment No. 4425 (to the 
amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill), in 
the nature of a substitute.                                  
Page S5525
  Reid Amendment No. 4426 (to Amendment No. 4425), to change the 
enactment date.                                              
Page S5525
  Reid motion to refer in the amendment of the House to the amendment 
of the Senate to the bill to the Committee on Finance, with 
instructions, Reid Amendment No. 4427, to provide for a study. 
                                                             Page S5525
  Reid Amendment No. 4428 (to the instructions (Amendment No. 4427) of 
the motion to refer), of a perfecting nature.                
Page S5525
  Reid Amendment No. 4429 (to Amendment No. 4428), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S5525
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to concur 
in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 4213, the 
American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act, with Reid Amendment No. 
4425, and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the 
Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur on Thursday, 
July 1, 2010.                                                
Page S5525
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  Reid Amendment No. 4389 (to the instructions (Amendment No. 4388) of 
the motion to refer), of a perfecting nature, fell when Reid motion to 
refer in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to 
the bill to the Committee on Finance, with instructions, Reid Amendment 
No.4388, to provide for a study, was withdrawn.              
Page S5525
  Reid Amendment No. 4390 (to Amendment No. 4389), of a perfecting 
nature, fell when Reid Amendment No. 4389 (to the instructions 
(Amendment No. 4388) of the motion to refer), of a perfecting nature 
fell.                                                        
Page S5525
  Reid (for Baucus) Amendment No. 4387 (to Amendment No. 4386), to 
change the enactment date, fell when Reid (for Baucus) motion to concur 
in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to the 
bill, with Baucus Amendment No. 4386 (to the amendment of the House to 
the amendment of the Senate to the bill), in the nature of a 
substitute, was withdrawn.                                   
Page S5525
Appointments:
  United States Commission on International Religious Freedom: The 
Chair, on behalf of the President pro tempore, upon the recommendation 
of the Republican Leader, pursuant to Public Law 105-292, as amended by 
Public Law 106-55, and as further amended by Public Law 107-228, 
appointed the following individual to the United States Commission on 
International Religious Freedom:
  Richard D. Land of Tennessee                               
Page S5631
Printing of Robert C. Byrd Tributes--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing that tributes to Robert C. Byrd, late a 
Senator from West Virginia, be printed as a Senate document, and that 
Members have until 12 noon, Friday, August 6, 2010, to submit said 
tributes.                                                    
  Page S5631
Robert C. Byrd Tributes--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement 
was reached providing that on Wednesday, June 30, 2010, after any 
Leader time, there be a 2 hour period of morning business,

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with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each, and that 
during this period of time, Senators may offer tributes to the late 
Senator Robert C. Byrd.                                      
  Page S5631
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaty:
  Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty with Bermuda (Treaty Doc. No. 111-6).
  The treaty was transmitted to the Senate today, considered as having 
been read for the first time, and referred, with accompanying papers, 
to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. 
                                                             Page S5631
Petraeus Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement was 
reached providing that on Wednesday, June 30, 2010, following morning 
business, Senate will begin consideration of the nomination of General 
David H. Petraeus, and that there be 20 minutes of debate with respect 
to the nomination, with the time equally divided and controlled between 
Senators Levin and McCain, or their designees; that upon the use or 
yielding back of time, Senate vote on confirmation of the nomination. 
                                                             Page S5629
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Norman L. Eisen, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the 
Czech Republic.
  Scot Alan Marciel, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Indonesia.
  Terence Patrick McCulley, of Oregon, to be Ambassador to the Federal 
Republic of Nigeria.
  Larry Leon Palmer, of Georgia, to be Ambassador to the Bolivarian 
Republic of Venezuela.
  1 Marine Corps nomination in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, and Navy.        
Pages S5632-35
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S5535
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S5535
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                     
  Pages S5503, S5535
Measures Read the First Time:                        
  Pages S5535, S5631
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S5535-36
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S5536-38
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5538-39
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S5539-45
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S5534-35
Amendments Submitted:                                 
  Pages S5545-S5628
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S5628
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S5628-29
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S5629
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--202) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:01 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 30, 2010. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5631.)