[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 167 (Thursday, December 16, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1202-D1204]
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                                        Thursday, December 16, 2010

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S10311-S10419
Measures Introduced: Six bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 4034-4039, S.J. Res. 42, and S. Res. 702.       
  Page S10410
Measures Reported:
  H.R. 2868, To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to enhance 
security and protect against acts of terrorism against chemical 
facilities, to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to enhance the 
security of public water systems, and to amend the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act to enhance the security of wastewater treatment 
works, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 
111-370)
  S. 3903, to authorize leases of up to 99 years for lands held in 
trust for Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 111-371)
  Report to accompany H.R. 2142, To require quarterly performance 
assessments of Government programs for purposes of assessing agency 
performance and improvement, and to establish agency performance 
improvement officers and the Performance Improvement Council. (S. Rept. 
No. 111-372)
  S. 3874, to amend the Safe Drinking Act to reduce lead in drinking 
water.                                                      
Page S10410
Measures Passed:
  Government Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Performance Improvement 
Act: Senate passed H.R. 2142, to require quarterly performance 
assessments of Government programs for purposes of assessing agency 
performance and improvement, and to establish agency performance 
improvement officers and the Performance Improvement Council, after 
agreeing to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                        Pages S10359-64
  Reduction of Lead in Drinking Water Act: Senate passed S. 3874, to 
amend the Safe Drinking Act to reduce lead in drinking water. 
                                                            Page S10364
  Safe Drug Disposal Act: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged 
from further consideration of H.R. 5809, to amend the Energy Policy Act 
of 2005 to reauthorize and modify provisions relating to the diesel 
emissions reduction program, and the bill was then passed, after 
agreeing to the following amendments proposed thereto:      
  Page S10364
  Dorgan (for Voinovich) Amendment No. 4818, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                 
Page S10364
  Dorgan (for Voinovich/Carper) Amendment No. 4819, to amend the title.
                                                            Page S10364
  National Credit Union Administration: Senate passed S. 4036, to 
clarify the National Credit Union Administration authority to make 
stabilization fund expenditures without borrowing from the Treasury. 
                                                        Pages S10364-65
  First Lieutenant Robert Wilson Collins Post Office Building: 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs was discharged 
from further consideration of S. 3592, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 100 Commerce Drive in Tyrone, 
Georgia, as the ``First Lieutenant Robert Wilson Collins Post Office 
Building'', and the bill was then passed.                   
  Page S10365
  Emil Bolas Post Office: Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 
4602, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 1332 Sharon Copley Road in Sharon Center, Ohio, as the 
``Emil Bolas Post Office'', and the bill was then passed.   
  Page S10365
  Staff Sergeant Frank T. Carvill and Lance Corporal Michael A. Schwarz 
Post Office Building: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 5133, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
331 1st Street in Carlstadt, New Jersey, as the ``Staff Sergeant Frank 
T. Carvill and Lance Corporal Michael A. Schwarz Post Office 
Building'', and the bill was then passed.                   
  Page S10365
  George C. Marshall Post Office: Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 
5605, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 47 East Fayette Street in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, as the 
``George C. Marshall Post Office'', and the bill was then passed. 
                                                            Page S10365

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  James M. `Jimmy' Stewart Post Office Building: Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs was discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 5606, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 47 South 7th Street in Indiana, 
Pennsylvania, as the ``James M. `Jimmy' Stewart Post Office Building'', 
and the bill was then passed.                               
  Page S10365
  Jesse J. McCrary, Jr. Post Office: Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 
5655, to designate the Little River Branch facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 140 NE 84th Street in Miami, Florida, 
as the ``Jesse J. McCrary, Jr. Post Office'', and the bill was then 
passed.                                                     
  Page S10365
  Lance Corporal Alexander Scott Arredondo, United States Marine Corps 
Post Office Building: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 5877, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
655 Centre Street in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, as the ``Lance 
Corporal Alexander Scott Arredondo, United States Marine Corps Post 
Office Building'', and the bill was then passed.            
  Page S10366
  Earl Wilson, Jr. Post Office: Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 
6400, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 111 North 6th Street in St. Louis, Missouri, as the ``Earl 
Wilson, Jr. Post Office'', and the bill was then passed.    
  Page S10366
  Colonel George Juskalian Post Office Building: Senate passed H.R. 
6392, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 5003 Westfields Boulevard in Centreville, Virginia, as the 
``Colonel George Juskalian Post Office Building''.      
  Pages S10366-67
  Special Education Teachers: Senate agreed to S. Res. 702, recognizing 
the work and importance of special education teachers.      
  Page S10367
House Messages:
  Removal Clarification Act--Agreement: Senate began consideration of 
the amendment of the House of Representatives to the amendment of the 
Senate No. 3 to H.R. 5281, to amend title 28, United States Code, to 
clarify and improve certain provisions relating to the removal of 
litigation against Federal officers or agencies to Federal courts, 
taking action on the following motions and amendments proposed thereto:
                                                        Pages S10385-86
Pending:
  Reid motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the amendment 
of the Senate No. 3 to the bill.                           
Pages S10385
  Reid motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the amendment 
of the Senate No. 3 to the bill, with Reid Amendment No. 4822 (to the 
House Amendment to the Senate amendment No. 3), to change the enactment 
date.                                                       
Page S10386
  Reid Amendment No. 4823 (to Amendment No. 4822), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                     
Page S10386
  Reid motion to refer the message of the House on the bill to the 
Committee on the Judiciary, with instructions, Reid Amendment No. 4824, 
to provide for a study.                                     
Page S10386
  Reid Amendment No. 4825 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 4824), 
to change the enactment date.                               
Page S10386
  Reid Amendment No. 4826 (to Amendment No. 4825), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                     
Page S10386
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to concur 
in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate No. 3 to 
the bill, with an amendment and, in accordance with the provisions of 
rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will 
occur on Saturday, December 18, 2010.                       
Page S10386
Enhancing Small Business Research and Innovation Act--Agreement: Senate 
began consideration of the amendment of the House of Representatives to 
the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 2965, to amend the Small Business 
Act with respect to the Small Business Innovation Research Program and 
the Small Business Technology Transfer Program, taking action on the 
following motions and amendments proposed thereto:      
  Pages S10386-87
Pending:
  Reid motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the amendment 
of the Senate to the bill.                                  
Page S10386
  Reid motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the amendment 
of the Senate to the bill, with Reid Amendment No. 4827 (to the House 
Amendment to the Senate amendment), to change the enactment date. 
                                                            Page S10386
  Reid Amendment No. 4828 (to Amendment No. 4827), to change the 
enactment date.                                             
Page S10386
  Reid motion to refer the message of the House on the bill to the 
Committee on Armed Services, with instructions, Reid Amendment No. 
4829, to provide for a study.                               
Page S10386
  Reid Amendment No. 4830 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 4829), 
of a perfecting nature.                                 
Pages S10386-87
  Reid Amendment No. 4831 (to Amendment No. 4830), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                     
Page S10387

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  A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to concur 
in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to the 
bill and, in accordance with the provisions of rule XXII of the 
Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur upon 
disposition of the House Message to accompany H.R. 5281, Removal 
Clarification Act.                                          
Page S10386
Treaty With Russia on Measures for Further Reduction and Limitation of 
Strategic Offensive Arms--Agreement: Senate continued consideration of 
Treaty Doc. 111-5, between the United States of America and the Russian 
Federation on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of 
Strategic Offensive Arms, signed in Prague on April 8, 2010, with 
Protocol.                                    
  Pages S10312-59, S10367-83
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the treaty at approximately 9:30 a.m., on Friday, 
December 17, 2010.                                          
Page S10419
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Catherine C. Eagles, of North Carolina, to be United States District 
Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina.
  Kimberly J. Mueller, of California, to be United States District 
Judge for the Eastern District of California.
  John A. Gibney, Jr., of Virginia, to be United States District Judge 
for the Eastern District of Virginia.
  James Kelleher Bredar, of Maryland, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of Maryland.                
Pages S10373, S10419
Messages From the House:                                    
  Page S10408
Measures Read the First Time:                      
  Pages S10367, S10409
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                   
  Page S10409
Executive Communications:                               
  Pages S10409-10
Additional Cosponsors:                                  
  Pages S10410-11
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:             
  Pages S10411-12
Additional Statements:                                  
  Pages S10407-08
Amendments Submitted:                                   
  Pages S10412-15
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                         
  Page S10415
Privileges of the Floor:                                    
  Page S10416
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 8:36 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Friday, December 17, 2010. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S10419.)