[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 18 (Monday, February 7, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D80-D81]
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                                           Monday, February 7, 2011

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S581-S619
Measures Introduced: Seven bills were introduced, as follows: S. 293-
299.                                                          
  Page S614
FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act--
Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of S. 223, to modernize the air 
traffic control system, improve the safety, reliability, and 
availability of transportation by air in the United States, provide 
modernization of the air traffic control system, reauthorize the 
Federal Aviation Administration, taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:                                  
  Page S586
Pending:
  Wicker Modified Amendment No. 14, to exclude employees of the 
Transportation Security Administration from the collective bargaining 
rights of Federal employees and provide employment rights and an 
employee engagement mechanism for passenger and property screeners. 
                                                    Pages S586, S589-91
  Blunt Amendment No. 5, to require the Under Secretary of 
Transportation for Security to approve applications from airports to 
authorize passenger and property screening to be carried out by a 
qualified private screening company.                          
Page S586
  Nelson (FL) Amendment No. 34, to strike section 605.        
Page S586
  Paul Amendment No. 21, to reduce the total amount authorized to be 
appropriated for the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal year 
2011 to the total amount authorized to be appropriated for the 
Administration for fiscal year 2008.                          
Page S586
  Rockefeller (for Wyden) Amendment No. 27, to increase the number of 
test sites in the National Airspace System used for unmanned aerial 
vehicles and to require one of those test sites to include a 
significant portion of public lands.                          
Page S586
  Inhofe Amendment No. 6, to provide liability protection to volunteer 
pilot nonprofit organizations that fly for public benefit and to the 
pilots and staff of such nonprofit organizations.             
Page S586
  Inhofe Amendment No. 7, to require the Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration to initiate a new rulemaking proceeding with 
respect to the flight time limitations and rest requirements for 
supplemental operations before any of such limitations or requirements 
be altered.                                                   
Page S586
  Rockefeller (for Ensign) Amendment No. 32, to improve provisions 
relating to certification and flight standards for military remotely 
piloted aerial systems in the National Airspace System.       
Page S586
  McCain Amendment No. 4, to repeal the essential air service program. 
                                                          Pages S592-95
  Rockefeller (for Leahy) Amendment No. 50, to amend title 1 of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include nonprofit 
and volunteer ground and air ambulance crew members and first 
responders for certain benefits, and to clarify the liability 
protection for volunteer pilots that fly for public benefit. 
                                                          Pages S595-96
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 10 a.m. on Tuesday, February 
8, 2011, and that at 10:20 a.m., Senate proceed to consideration of the 
pending Nelson (FL) Amendment No. 34 (listed above); that there be 10 
minutes of debate equally divided between Senators Nelson (FL) and 
Hutchison, or their designees; that upon the use or yielding back of 
time, Senate vote on or in relation to the amendment with no 
intervening action or debate; that there be no amendments, motions or 
points of order to the amendment prior to the vote.           
Page S608
Empowering States To Innovate Act--Referral Agreement: A unanimous-
consent agreement was reached providing that the Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions be discharged from further consideration 
of S. 248, to allow an earlier start for State health care coverage 
innovation waivers under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 
Act, and the bill then be referred to the Committee on Finance. 
                                                              Page S619
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By unanimous vote of 94 yeas (Vote No. EX. 12), Diana Saldana, of 
Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of 
Texas.                                            
Pages S596-S600, S619

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  By unanimous vote of 95 yeas (Vote No. EX. 13), Paul Kinloch Holmes 
III, of Arkansas, to be United States District Judge for the Western 
District of Arkansas.                             
Pages S596-S600, S619
  Marco A. Hernandez, of Oregon, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Oregon.                              
Page S596-99, S619
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Suzan D. Johnson Cook, of New York, to be Ambassador at Large for 
International Religious Freedom.
  4 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  5 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.                  
Page S619
Executive Communications:                                 
  Pages S612-14
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages S614-15
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:               
  Pages S615-17
Additional Statements:                                        
  Page S612
Amendments Submitted:                                     
  Pages S617-19
Privileges of the Floor:                                      
  Page S619
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--13) 
                                                        Pages S599-S600
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 7:02 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, February 8, 2011. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S619.)