[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 126 (Monday, September 20, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D971-D972]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                         Monday, September 20, 2010

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7187-S7227
Measures Introduced: Six bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3802-3807, and S. Res. 630.                      
  Page S7205
Measures Reported:
  S. 1252, to promote ocean and human health and for other purposes, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 111-296)
  S. 2871, to make technical corrections to the Western and Central 
Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act. (S. Rept. No. 111-297)
  S. 3119, to amend and reauthorize certain provisions relating to Long 
Island Sound restoration and stewardship, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 111-298)               
Page S7205
Measures Passed:
  Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act: Senate passed S. 624, to 
provide 100,000,000 people with first-time access to safe drinking 
water and sanitation on a sustainable basis by 2015 by improving the 
capacity of the United States Government to fully implement the Senator 
Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005, after agreeing to the 
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and the following 
amendment proposed thereto:                              
  Pages S7222-24
  Levin (for Durbin) Amendment No. 4620, in the nature of a substitute.
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  Nursing Home Care: Committee on Veterans' Affairs was discharged from 
further consideration of H.R. 4505, to enable State homes to furnish 
nursing home care to parents any of whose children died while serving 
in the Armed Forces, and the bill was then passed.       
  Pages S7224-25
  Drive Safer Sunday: Senate agreed to S. Res. 630, designating 
November 28, 2010, as ``Drive Safer Sunday''.                
  Page S7225
Measures Considered:
  National Defense Authorization Act--Agreement: Senate resumed 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 3454, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2011 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year.                
  Pages S7193-97
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill at 
approximately 11:00 a.m., on Tuesday, September 21, 2010.    
Page S7225
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Mario Cordero, of California, to be a Federal Maritime Commissioner 
for the term expiring June 30, 2014.
  Rebecca F. Dye, of North Carolina, to be a Federal Maritime 
Commissioner for the term expiring June 30, 2015.
  Stacia A. Hylton, of Virginia, to be Director of the United States 
Marshals Service. vice John F. Clark, resigned.
  46 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  7 Coast Guard nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, and Navy.        
Pages S7225-27
Nominations Discharged: The following nominations were discharged from 
further committee consideration and placed on the Executive Calendar:
  Steve A. Linick, of Virginia, to be Inspector General of the Federal 
Housing Finance Agency, which was sent to the Senate on April 12, 2010, 
from the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs.
  Osvaldo Luis Gratacos Munet, of Puerto Rico, to be Inspector General, 
Export-Import Bank, which was sent to the Senate on May 13, 2010, from 
the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 
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Messages from the House:                                 
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Measures Referred:                                           
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Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
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Executive Communications:                                
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Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S7205-06
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
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Additional Statements:                                   
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Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S7218-21
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                            
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Privileges of the Floor:                                     
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 5:34 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, September 21, 2010. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S7227.)