[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 23 (Monday, February 14, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D107-D108]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                          Monday, February 14, 2011

[[Page D107]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S651-S704
Measures Introduced: Twenty bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 327-346, and S. Res. 49.                   
  Pages S682-83
Measures Reported:
  S. 340, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the 
funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund. 
(S. Rept. No. 112-1)                                          
Page S682
Measures Passed:
  Celebrating Black History Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 49, 
celebrating Black History Month.                          
  Pages S702-03


 =========================== NOTE =========================== 

  
  On page D107, February 14, 2011, the following language appears: 
Measures Passed: Celebrating Black History Month: Senate agreed to 
S. Res. 49, celebrating Black History Month. Page S702
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: Measures Passed: 
Celebrating Black History Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 49, 
celebrating Black History Month. Pages S702-03


 ========================= END NOTE ========================= 

Measures Considered:
  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:                     
  Pages S653-64, S670-77
Withdrawn:
  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.   
Pages S653, S670-74
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 S653
  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 S653
  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 S653
  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 S653
  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 S653
  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 S653
  McCain Amendment No. 4, to repeal the essential air service program. 
                                                              Page S653
  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 S653
  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 S653
  Reid Amendment No. 55, to require the Secretary of the Interior to 
convey certain Federal land to the city of Mesquite, Nevada. 
                                                              Page S653
  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 S653
  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.          
Page S653

[[Page D108]]


  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.                 
Page S653
  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. 
                                                              Page S653
  Rockefeller (for Baucus) Modified Amendment No. 75, of a perfecting 
nature.                                                   
Pages S674-76
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 11 a.m., on Tuesday, February 15, 2011; 
that at 11:40 a.m., Senate proceed to consideration of Nelson (NE) 
Amendment No. 58 (listed above); that a Nelson second-degree amendment, 
which is at the desk, be agreed to; that there be up to 20 minutes of 
debate, equally divided, prior to a vote on or in relation to the 
amendment, as amended; that no further amendments be in order to the 
Nelson (NE) amendment prior to a vote; provided further, that at 2:15 
p.m., there be 10 minutes of debate equally divided in the usual form 
prior to a vote on or in relation to Wicker Modified Amendment No. 14 
(listed above); that all amendments covered in this agreement, be 
subject to a 60 vote threshold; that if an amendment does not achieve 
60 affirmative votes, the amendment be withdrawn; and that there be no 
second-degree amendments in order prior to the votes.         
Page S703
Washington's Farewell Address--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement 
was reached providing that notwithstanding the resolution of the Senate 
of January 24, 1901, the traditional reading of Washington's Farewell 
Address take place on Monday, February 28, 2011 at a time to be 
determined by the Majority Leader in consultation with the Republican 
Leader.                                                       
  Page S703
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, the Budget of the United States 
Government for Fiscal Year 2012; referred jointly, pursuant to the 
order of January 30, 1975 as modified by the order of April 11, 1986; 
which was referred to the Committees on Appropriations; and the Budget. 
(PM-5)                                                    
Pages S679-81
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  James E. Graves, Jr., of Mississippi, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Fifth Circuit.                        
Pages S664-70, S704
  By a unanimous vote of 93 yeas (Vote No. EX. 15), Edward J. Davila, 
of California, to be United States District Judge for the Northern 
District of California.                             
Pages S664-70, S704
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Michael E. Guest, of South Carolina, to be a Member of the National 
Security Education Board for a term of four years.
  Ana Margarita Guzman, of Texas, to be a Member of the National 
Security Education Board for a term of four years.
  Henry J. Aaron, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
Social Security Advisory Board for a term expiring September 30, 2014.
  Jonathan Scott Gration, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Kenya.
  Major General Marilyn A. Quagliotti, USAF (Ret.), of Virginia, to be 
Deputy Director for Supply Reduction, Office of National Drug Control 
Policy.
  Routine lists in the Navy.                              
Pages S703-04
Measures Read the First Time:                          
  Pages S681, S703
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                 
  Pages S681-82
Executive Communications:                                     
  Page S682
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages S683-84
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:               
  Pages S684-96
Amendments Submitted:                                   
  Pages S697-S702
Notices of Intent:                                            
  Page S702
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                 
  Page S702
Privileges of the Floor:                                      
  Page S702
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--15)    
  Page S670
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 8:04 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, February 15, 2011. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S703.)