[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 116 (Tuesday, August 3, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D900-D901]
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                                            Tuesday, August 3, 2010

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6597-S6676
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 3690-3696, S.J. Res. 38, and S. Res. 605.     
  Page S6651
Measures Reported:
  S. 2781, to change references in Federal law to mental retardation to 
references to an intellectual disability, and to change references to a 
mentally retarded individual to references to an individual with an 
intellectual disability, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 111-244)
  S. 1448, to amend the Act of August 9, 1955, to authorize the 
Coquille Indian Tribe, the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, the 
Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw, the Klamath 
Tribes, and the Burns Paiute Tribe to obtain 99-year lease authority 
for trust land. (S. Rept. No. 111-245)
  S. 2906, to amend the Act of August 9, 1955, to modify a provision 
relating to leases involving certain Indian tribes, with amendments. 
(S. Rept. No. 111-246)
  S. 3304, to increase the access of persons with disabilities to 
modern communications, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
                                                             Page S6647
Measures Passed:
  Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Act: Senate passed S. 3397, to 
amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide for take-back disposal 
of controlled substances in certain instances, after agreeing to the 
committee amendments.                                    
  Pages S6666-67
  National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions was discharged from further 
consideration of S. Res. 555, supporting the goals and ideals of 
National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, and the resolution was then 
agreed to.                                               
  Pages S6667-68
  National Estuaries Day: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged 
from further consideration of S. Res. 596, to designate September 25, 
2010, as ``National Estuaries Day'', and the resolution was then agreed 
to.                                                      
  Pages S6667-68
  National Celiac Disease Awareness Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 605, 
designating September 13, 2010, as ``National Celiac Disease Awareness 
Day''.                                                       
  Page S6668
House Messages:
  FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act--
Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing 
that after any Leader remarks, on Wednesday, August 4, 2010, Senate 
resume 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, with an hour of debate prior to a vote 
on the motion to invoke cloture on the Reid motion to concur in the 
amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill, with 
Reid Amendment No. 4575, with the time equally divided and controlled 
between the two Leaders or their designees, with Senator Murray 
designated to control the time of the Majority Leader, that upon the 
use or yielding back of time, Senate vote on the motion to invoke 
cloture on the motion to concur.                             
Page S6642
  Kagan Nomination: Senate began consideration of the nomination of 
Elena Kagan, of Massachusetts, to be an Associate Justice of the 
Supreme Court of the United States.         
  Pages S6597-S6642, S6669-76
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Timothy Charles Scheve, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the 
Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board for a term expiring September 
14, 2010.
  Timothy Charles Scheve, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the 
Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board for a term expiring September 
14, 2015.
  2 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  18 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  3 Marine Corps nominations in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Army and Navy.                        
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Messages from the House:                                     
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Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S6645
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                     
  Pages S6598, S6645
Measures Read the First Time:                        
  Pages S6645, S6668
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S6645-47
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S6647-51
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
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Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S6652-54
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S6644-45
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S6654-56
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S6656
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 8:42 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, August 4, 2010. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S6668.)