[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 113 (Thursday, July 29, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D874-D876]
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                                            Thursday, July 29, 2010

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 308, Adjournment Resolution.
      The House passed H.R. 5850, Transportation, Housing and Urban 
      Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2011.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6459-S6539
Measures Introduced: Fourteen bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 3665-3678, and S. Res. 601.               
  Pages S6519-20
Measures Reported:
  S. 3676, making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2011. (S. Rept. No. 111-237)
  S. 3677, making appropriations for financial services and general 
government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011. (S. Rept. No. 
111-238)
  S. 3397, to amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide for take-
back disposal of controlled substances in certain instances, with 
amendments.                                                  
Page S6519
Measures Passed:
  Saving Kids From Dangerous Drugs Act: Senate passed S. 258, to amend 
the Controlled Substances Act to provide enhanced penalties for 
marketing controlled substances to minors, after agreeing to the 
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.       
  Pages S6536-37
  Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act: Senate 
passed H.R. 1454, to provide for the issuance of a Multinational 
Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp, after agreeing to the 
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.           
  Page S6537
  United States Patent and Trademark Office Supplemental Appropriations 
Act, 2010: Senate passed H.R. 5874, making supplemental appropriations 
for the United States Patent and Trademark Office for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2010.                               
  Pages S6537-38
  Polycystic Kidney Disease Awareness Week: Committee on the Judiciary 
was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 592, designating 
the week of September 13-19, 2010, as ``Polycystic Kidney Disease 
Awareness Week'', and supporting the goals and ideals of Polycystic 
Kidney Disease Awareness Week to raise awareness and understanding of 
polycystic kidney disease and the impact the disease has on patients 
now and for future generations until it can be cured, and the 
resolution was then agreed to.                               
  Page S6538
  Authorizing Testimony: Senate agreed to S. Res. 601, to authorize 
testimony of Senate employees in a grand jury proceeding in the 
District of Columbia.                                    
  Pages S6538-39
  Adjournment Resolution: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 308, providing 
for a conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives. 
                                                             Page S6539
Measures Considered:
  Small Business Lending Fund Act: Senate continued 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 S6460-98
Pending:
  Reid (for Baucus/Landrieu) Amendment No. 4519, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S6440
  Reid Amendment No. 4520 (to Amendment No. 4519), to change the 
enactment date.                                              
Page S6440
  Reid Amendment No. 4521 (to Amendment No. 4520), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S6440

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  Reid Amendment No. 4522 (to the language proposed to be stricken by 
Amendment No. 4519), to change the enactment date.           
Page S6440
  Reid Amendment No. 4523 (to Amendment No. 4522), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S6440
  Reid motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Finance with 
instructions, Reid Amendment No. 4524 (the instructions on the motion 
to commit), to provide for a study.                          
Page S6440
  Reid Amendment No. 4525 (to the instructions (Amendment No. 4524) of 
the motion to commit), of a perfecting nature.               
Page S6440
  Reid Amendment No. 4526 (to Amendment No. 4525), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S6440
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 58 yeas to 42 nays (Vote No. 221), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to close further debate on Reid (for Baucus/
Landrieu) Amendment No. 4519 (listed above).                 
Page S6473
  Subsequently, Senator Reid entered a motion to reconsider the vote by 
which cloture was not invoked on Reid (for Baucus/Landrieu) Amendment 
No. 4519.                                                    
Page S6473
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the motion 
to invoke cloture on the bill be withdrawn.                  
Page S6473
  By 70 yeas to 23 nays (Vote No. 222), Senate agreed to the motion to 
instruct the Sergeant at Arms to request the attendance of absent 
Senators.                                                    
Page S6497
House Messages:
  FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act: 
Senate began consideration of the amendment of the House of 
Representatives to the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 1586, to 
modernize the air traffic control system, improve the safety, 
reliability, and availability of transportation by air in the United 
States, provide for modernization of the air traffic control system, 
reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration, taking action on the 
following amendments and motions proposed thereto:       
  Pages S6498-99
Pending:
  Reid motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the amendment 
of the Senate to the bill, with Reid (for Murray) Amendment No. 4567 
(to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill), in the 
nature of a substitute.                                      
Page S6498
  Reid Amendment No. 4568 (to Amendment No. 4567), to change the 
enactment date.                                              
Page S6498
  Reid motion to refer the message of the House on the bill to the 
Committee on Appropriations, with instructions, Reid Amendment No. 4569 
(the instructions on motion to refer), to provide for a study. 
                                                             Page S6498
  Reid Amendment No. 4570 (to the instructions (Amendment No. 4569), of 
the motion to refer), of a perfecting nature.            
Pages S6498-99
  Reid Amendment No. 4571 (to Amendment No. 4570), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                       
Page 6499
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to concur 
in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill, with Reid 
(for Murray) Amendment No. 4567 (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 Monday, August 2, 2010.             
Page S6499
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 continuation 
of the national emergency with respect to the actions of certain 
persons to undermine the sovereignty of Lebanon or its democratic 
processes and institutions; which was referred to the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-65)                 
Page S6517
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  1 Coast Guard nomination in the rank of admiral.           
Page S6539
Messages from the House:                                 
  Pages S6517-18
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
  Page S6518
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
  Page S6518
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S6518-19
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S6519
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S6520-21
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S6521-28
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S6515-17
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S6528-36
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S6536
Quorum Calls:
  One quorum call was taken today. (Total--4)                
Page S6497
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--222) 
                                                     Pages S6473, S6497
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 7:58 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Friday, July 30, 2010. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S6539.)

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