[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 15, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D113-D114]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                         Tuesday, February 15, 2011

[[Page D113]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed H.R. 514, PATRIOT Act/FISA Extension Act, as 
      amended.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S705-S763
Measures Introduced: Twelve bills and five resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 347-358, and S. Res. 50-54.                
  Pages S746-47
Measures Reported:
  S. Res. 50, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Environment 
and Public Works.
  S. Res. 52, authorizing expenditures by the Special Committee on 
Aging.
  S. Res. 53, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs.
  S. Res. 54, authorizing expenditures by the Select Committee on 
Intelligence.                                                 
Page S747
Measures Passed:
  PATRIOT Act/FISA Extension Act: By 86 yeas to 12 nays (Vote No. 19), 
Senate passed H.R. 514, to extend expiring provisions of the USA 
PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 and Intelligence 
Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 relating to access to 
business records, individual terrorists as agents of foreign powers, 
and roving wiretaps until December 8, 2011, after taking action on the 
following amendment proposed thereto:                     
  Pages S727-31
Adopted:
  Reid/McConnell Amendment No. 90, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                              Page S727
Measures Considered:
  FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act--
Agreement: 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 S709-27, S731-39
Adopted:
  Nelson (NE) Modified Amendment No. 85 (to Amendment No. 58), to 
improve the amendment.                                    
Pages S714-15
  By a unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. 16), 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. (A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that 
the amendment, having achieved 60 affirmatives votes, be agreed to). 
                                                    Pages S710, S713-15
  Blunt Modified Amendment No. 5, to require the Under Secretary of 
Transportation for Security to reconsider certain applications from 
airports to authorize passenger and property screening to be carried 
out by a qualified private screening company and to report to Congress 
if the Under Secretary denies any such application.    
Pages S709, S739
  Reid Amendment No. 55, to require the Secretary of the Interior to 
convey certain Federal land to the city of Mesquite, Nevada. 
                                                       Pages S710, S739
Rejected:
  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. (By 51 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 
18), Senate tabled the amendment.)                  
Pages S709, S720-27
Withdrawn:
  By 47 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 17), 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. (A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that the amendment, having failed to achieve 60 affirmative 
votes, be withdrawn).                               
Pages S709, S716-20

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Pending:
  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 S709
  Inhofe Modified Amendment No. 7, to provide for an increase in the 
number of slots available at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
                                                    Pages S709, S732-33
  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 S709
  McCain Amendment No. 4, to repeal the essential air service program. 
                                                    Pages S709, S715-16
  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 S709-10
  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 S710
  Udall (NM) Modified Amendment No. 49, to authorize Dona Ana County, 
New Mexico, to exchange certain land conveyed to the County for airport 
purposes.                                              
Pages S710, S731
  Udall (NM) Modified 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 S710, S732
  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 S710-13
  Rockefeller (for Baucus) Further Modified Amendment No. 75, of a 
perfecting nature.                                            
Page S710
  Hutchison Modified Amendment No. 93 (to Modified Amendment No. 7), to 
provide for an increase in the number of slots available at Ronald 
Reagan Washington National Airport.                       
Pages S733-35
  A motion was entered to close further debate on Inhofe Modified 
Amendment No. 7 (listed above), and, in accordance with the provisions 
of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture 
will occur on Thursday, February 17, 2011.                    
Page S734
  A motion was entered to close further debate on 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 Inhofe 
Modified Amendment No. 7 (listed above).                      
Page S734
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 11 a.m., on Wednesday, February 16, 2011. 
                                                              Page S762
Messages From the House:                                      
  Page S744
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                              
  Page S744
Executive Communications:                                 
  Pages S744-46
Executive Reports of Committees:                              
  Page S746
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages S747-48
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:               
  Pages S748-59
Additional Statements:                                    
  Pages S742-44
Amendments Submitted:                                     
  Pages S759-62
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                           
  Page S762
Privileges of the Floor:                                      
  Page S762
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--19) 
                                                          Pages S714-31
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:36 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, February 16, 2011. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S762.)