[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 19 (Tuesday, February 8, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D84-D85]
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                                          Tuesday, February 8, 2011

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S621-635
Measures Introduced: Twelve bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 300-311, and S. Res. 46.                       
  Page S629
FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act: Senate 
continued 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:                                                  
  Pages S622-28
Adopted:
  By 96 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. 14), Nelson (FL) Amendment No. 34, to 
strike section 605.                              
Pages S622, S625, S626
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. 
                                                              Page S622
  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 S622
  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 S622
  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 S622
  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 S622
  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 S622
  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 S622
  McCain Amendment No. 4, to repeal the essential air service program. 
                                                              Page S622
  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. 
                                                              Page S622
  Reid Amendment No. 54, to allow airports that receive airport 
improvement grants for the purchase of land to lease the land and 
develop the land in a manner compatible with noise buffering purposes. 
                                                              Page S622
  Reid Amendment No. 55, to require the Secretary of the Interior to 
convey certain Federal land to the city of Mesquite, Nevada. 
                                                          Pages S622-23
  Udall (NM)/Bingaman Amendment No. 49, to authorize Dona Ana County, 
New Mexico, to exchange certain land conveyed to the County for airport 
purposes.                                                     
Page S623
  Udall (NM) Amendment No. 51, to require that all advanced imaging 
technology used as a primary screening method for passengers be 
equipped with automatic target recognition software.      
Pages S623-24
  Nelson (NE) Amendment No. 58, to impose a criminal penalty for 
unauthorized recording or distribution of images produced using 
advanced imaging technology during screenings of individuals at 
airports and upon entry to Federal buildings.             
Pages S624-25
  Paul Amendment No. 18, to strike the provisions relating to 
clarifying a memorandum of understanding between the Federal Aviation 
Administration and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. 
                                                          Pages S625-26

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Additional Cosponsors:                                        
  Page S629
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:               
  Pages S629-34
Additional Statements:                                    
  Pages S628-29
Amendments Submitted:                                     
  Pages S634-35
Privileges of the Floor:                                      
  Page S635
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--14)    
  Page S626
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 11:17 a.m., 
until 4 p.m. on Thursday, February 10, 2011. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S635.)