[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 106 (Monday, July 19, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D806-D807]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                              Monday, July 19, 2010

[[Page D806]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5977-S5999
Measures Introduced: Nine bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3607-3615, and S. Res. 585.                      
  Page S5993
Measures Reported:
  S. 3607, making appropriations for the Department of Homeland 
Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011. (S. Rept. No. 
111-222)
  S. 3611, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for 
intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States 
Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central 
Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System. (S. Rept. No. 
111-223)
  Report to accompany H.R. 2765, to amend title 28, United States Code, 
to prohibit recognition and enforcement of foreign defamation judgments 
and certain foreign judgments against the providers of interactive 
computer services. (S. Rept. No. 111-224)
  S. 3317, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2010 through 
2014 to promote long-term, sustainable rebuilding and development in 
Haiti, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 111-225)
  S. 3615, making appropriations for military construction, the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2011. (S. Rept. No. 111-226)       
Page S5993
Measures Passed:
  Foreign Defamation Judgments: Senate passed H.R. 2765, to amend title 
28, United States Code, to prohibit recognition and enforcement of 
foreign defamation judgments and certain foreign judgments against the 
providers of interactive computer services, after agreeing to the 
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.       
  Pages S5978-80
Measures Considered:
  Small Business Lending Fund Act: Senate resumed 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, taking action on the 
following amendments and motion proposed thereto:        
  Pages S5980-88
Pending:
  Reid (for Baucus/Landrieu) Amendment No. 4402, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S5980
  Reid Amendment No. 4403 (to Amendment No. 4402), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S5980
  Reid Amendment No. 4404 (to Amendment No. 4403), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S5980
  Reid Amendment No. 4405 (to the language proposed to be stricken by 
Amendment No. 4402), to change the enactment date.           
Page S5980
  Reid Amendment No. 4406 (to Amendment No. 4405), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S5980
  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.            
Page S5980
  Reid Amendment No. 4408 (to the instructions (Amendment No. 4407) of 
the motion to commit), to change the enactment date.         
Page S5980
  Reid Amendment No. 4409 (to Amendment No. 4408), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S5980
Appointments:
  Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention: 
The Chair, on behalf of the Majority Leader, after consultation with 
the Republican Leader, pursuant to Public Law 93-415, as amended by 
Public Law 102-586, announced the appointment of the following 
individuals to the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Prevention: Richard Vincent of Nevada (2-year term), vice 
Larry Brendtro and Deborah Schumacher of Nevada (3-year term), vice 
William L. Gibbons.                                          
  Page S5999
  Health Information Technology Policy Committee: The Chair, on behalf 
of the Democratic Leader, pursuant to Public Law 111-5, reappointed the 
following individual to the Health Information Technology Policy 
Committee: Dr. Frank Nemec of Nevada.                        
  Page S5999

[[Page D807]]

  American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act--Agreement: A unanimous-
consent agreement was reached providing that following the swearing in 
of Senator-designate Carte Goodwin on Tuesday, July 20, 2010, Senate 
resume 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; with the 
time until 2:30 p.m. equally divided and controlled between the two 
Leaders, or their designees; and Senate then vote on the motion to 
invoke cloture on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the 
Senate amendment 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 S5999
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the former 
Liberian regime of Charles Taylor and on the continuation of the 
national emergency blocking property of certain persons and prohibiting 
the importation of certain goods from Liberia that was established in 
Executive Order 13348 on July 22, 2004; which was referred to the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-64)    
Page S5990
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Philip E. Coyle III, of California, to be an Associate Director of 
the Office of Science and Technology Policy (Recess Appointment).
  Donald M. Berwick, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the 
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (Recess Appointment).
  Kristie Anne Kenney, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of 
Thailand.
  Jo Ellen Powell, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Islamic 
Republic of Mauritania.
  Joshua Gotbaum, of the District of Columbia, to be Director of the 
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (Recess Appointment).   
Page S5999
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S5990
Measures Referred:                                       
  Pages S5990-91
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                     
  Pages S5977, S5991


 =========================== NOTE =========================== 

  
  On page D807, July 19, 2010 the following language appears: 
Measures Placed on the Calendar: Page S5991
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: Measures Placed on 
the Calendar: Pages S5977, S5991


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Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S5991-93
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5993-94
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S5994-96
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S5989-90
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S5996-99
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S5999
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S5999
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 5:18 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 20, 2010. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5999.)