[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 122 (Monday, September 13, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D935-D936]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                         Monday, September 13, 2010

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7003-S7049
Measures Introduced: Eight bills were introduced, as follows: S. 3766-
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  Pages S7033-34
Measures Reported:
  Reported on Thursday, September 2, during the adjournment:
  S. 3765, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve 
Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance and Veterans' Group Life Insurance 
and to modify the provision of compensation and pension to surviving 
spouses of veterans in months of the deaths of the veterans. (S. Rept. 
No. 111-282)
  S. 3073, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to protect 
and restore the Great Lakes, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 111-283)
  S. 3539, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to 
establish a grant program to assist in the restoration of San Francisco 
Bay, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 
111-284)
  S. 3234, to improve employment, training, and placement services 
furnished to veterans, especially those serving in Operation Iraqi 
Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 111-285)
  S. 3325, to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the 
waiver of the collection of copayments for telehealth and telemedicine 
visits of veterans, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
(S. Rept. No. 111-286)
  S. 3486, to amend title 38, United States Code, to repeal the 
prohibition on collective bargaining with respect to matters and 
questions regarding compensation of employees of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs other than rates of basic pay. (S. Rept. No. 111-287)
  S. 3609, to extend the temporary authority for performance of medical 
disability examinations by contract physicians for the Department of 
Veterans Affairs. (S. Rept. No. 111-288)
  Reported on Monday, September 13:
  S. 3084, to increase the competitiveness of United States businesses, 
particularly small and medium-sized manufacturing firms, in interstate 
and global commerce, foster job creation in the United States, and 
assist United States businesses in developing or expanding commercial 
activities in interstate and global commerce by expanding the ambit of 
the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership program and the 
Technology Innovation Program to include projects that have potential 
for commercial exploitation in nondomestic markets, providing for an 
increase in related resources of the Department of Commerce, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 111-289) 
                                                             Page S7033
Measures Passed:
  National Aerospace Week: Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation was discharged from further consideration of H. Con. 
Res. 292, supporting the goals and ideals of National Aerospace Week, 
and the resolution was then agreed to.                       
  Page S7048
Small Business Lending Fund Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing that at 10 a.m., on Tuesday, September 
14, 2010, Senate resume 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, with the time until 11 a.m., equally divided and 
controlled between the two Leaders, or their designees. 
                                                         Pages S7048-49
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:

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  By 71 yeas, 21 nays (Vote No. EX. 230), Jane Branstetter Stranch, of 
Tennessee, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit. 
                                                         Pages S7009-16
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Robert Neil Chatigny, of Connecticut, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Second Circuit.
  Goodwin Liu, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Ninth Circuit.
  Louis B. Butler, Jr., of Wisconsin, to be United States District 
Judge for the Western District of Wisconsin.
  Edward Milton Chen, of California, to be United States District Judge 
for the Northern District of California.
  John J. McConnell, Jr., of Rhode Island, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of Rhode Island.
  Elizabeth Ann Hagen, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of 
Agriculture for Food Safety (Recess Appointment).
  Peter A. Diamond, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System for the unexpired term of 
fourteen years from February 1, 2000.
  Samuel Epstein Angel, of Arkansas, to be a Member of the Mississippi 
River Commission for a term of nine years.
  Alan D. Bersin, of California, to be Commissioner of Customs, 
Department of Homeland Security.
  Donald M. Berwick, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the 
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
  Jeffrey Alan Goldstein, of New York, to be an Under Secretary of the 
Treasury.
  Richard Sorian, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of Health 
and Human Services (Recess Appointment).
  Mari Carmen Aponte, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of El Salvador (Recess Appointment).
  Cameron Munter, of California, to be Ambassador to the Islamic 
Republic of Pakistan.
  Pamela Ann White, of Maine, to be Ambassador to the Republic of The 
Gambia.
  Thomas M. Beck, of Virginia, to be a Member of the National Mediation 
Board for a term expiring July 1, 2013.
  Marsha Ternus, of Iowa, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of 
the State Justice Institute for a term expiring September 17, 2012.
  Winslow Lorenzo Sargeant, of Wisconsin, to be Chief Counsel for 
Advocacy, Small Business Administration (Recess Appointment).
  8 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  2 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  2 Marine Corps nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.                  
Page S7049
Measures Read the First Time:                        
  Pages S7027, S7048
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S7027-33
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S7034-36
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S7036-44
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S7027
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S7044-48
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S7048
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--EX. 230) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 2:30 p.m. and adjourned at 6:55 p.m., 
until 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 14, 2010. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S7049.)