[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 16, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D123-D124]
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                                       Wednesday, February 16, 2011

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S765-S805
Measures Introduced: Fifteen bills and six resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 359-373, S.J. Res. 6, S. Res. 55-58, and S. Con. Res. 6.
                                                          Pages S791-92
Measures Reported:
  S. Res. 56, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources.
  S. Res. 57, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  S. Res. 58, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on the Budget.
  S. 365, to make a technical amendment to the Education Sciences 
Reform Act of 2002.                                           
Page S791
Measures Passed:
  National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 102nd 
Anniversary: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 6, commending the National 
Association for the Advancement of Colored People on the occasion of 
its 102nd anniversary.                                    
  Pages S803-04
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 S768-83
Adopted:
  Rockefeller (for Baucus) Further Modified Amendment No. 75, of a 
perfecting nature.                                        
Pages S770-77
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 S768
  Inhofe Modified Amendment No. 7, to provide for an increase in the 
number of slots available at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
                                                              Page S768
  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 S768
  McCain Amendment No. 4, to repeal the essential air service program. 
                                                              Page S768
  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 S768
  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 S768
  Udall (NM) Modified Amendment No. 49, to authorize Dona Ana County, 
New Mexico, to exchange certain land conveyed to the County for airport 
purposes.                                                     
Page S768
  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.          
Page S768
  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 S768
  Hutchison Further Modified Amendment No. 93 (to Modified Amendment 
No. 7), of a perfecting nature.                     
Pages S768, S777-83
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, 
February 17, 2011; that there then be 2 hours for debate prior to the 
cloture vote on Inhofe Modified Amendment No. 7 (listed above), with 
the time equally divided and controlled between the proponents and 
opponents,

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and that the filing deadline for second-degree amendments to the bill 
be 10 a.m.                                                    
Page S804
Appointments:
  Joint Committee on Taxation: The Chair, announced on behalf of the 
Committee on Finance, pursuant to section 8002 of title 26, U.S. Code, 
the designation of the following Senators as members of the Joint 
Committee on Taxation: Senator Baucus, Senator Rockefeller, Senator 
Conrad, Senator Hatch, and Senator Grassley.                  
  Page S804
Senator Coats--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that at 1:30 p.m., on Thursday, February 17, 2011, Senator 
Coats be recognized for up to 30 minutes.                     
  Page S804
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Timothy M. Cain, of South Carolina, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of South Carolina.
  Scott Wesley Skavdahl, of Wyoming, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Wyoming.
  2 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Army and Marine Corps.             
Pages S804-05
Messages from the House:                                      
  Page S790
Executive Communications:                                 
  Pages S790-91
Petitions and Memorials:                                      
  Page S791
Executive Reports of Committees:                              
  Page S791
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages S792-93
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:             
  Pages S793-S800
Additional Statements:                                    
  Pages S789-90
Amendments Submitted:                                     
  Pages S800-02
Notices of Intent:                                            
  Page S802
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                 
  Page S802
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                       
  Pages S802-03
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:26 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 17, 2011. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S804.)