[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 33 (Monday, March 7, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D197-D198]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                              Monday, March 7, 2011

[[Page D197]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1309-S1333
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 494-500, and S. Res. 93.                     
  Pages S1328-29
Measures Passed:
  Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day: Committee on Veterans' Affairs was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 55, expressing support 
for designation of a ``Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day,'' and the 
resolution was then agreed to.                           
  Pages S1332-33


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  On page D197, March 7, 2011, the following language appears: 
Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day: . . . Page S1332
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: Welcome Home 
Vietnam Veterans Day: . . . Pages S1332-33


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Measures Considered:
Patent Reform Act--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of S. 23, to 
amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for patent reform, 
taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S1323-26
Adopted:
  Reid (for Baucus/Grassley) Modified Amendment No. 141, to clarify 
that section 14 shall not apply to an invention that is a computer 
program product or system used solely for preparing a tax or 
information return or other tax filing.                      
Page S1324
Withdrawn:
  Leahy Amendment No. 114, to improve the bill.              
Page S1324
  Bennet Amendment No. 116, to reduce the fee amounts paid by small 
entities requesting prioritized examination under Three-Track 
Examination.                                                 
Page S1324
  Pending:
  Reid/Ensign Amendment No. 143, to include public institutions of 
higher education in EPSCOR jurisdictions in the definition of a micro 
entity.                                                  
Pages S1324-26
  Reid Amendment No. 152 (to Reid Amendment No. 143), to provide an 
effective date.                                          
Pages S1324-26
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 87 yeas to 3 nays (Vote No. 34), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on the bill.           
Page S1324
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 11:30 a.m., on Tuesday, 
March 8, 2011, and that the time during any adjournment, recess, or 
period of morning business count post-cloture.               
Page S1333
Appointments:
  Public Interest Declassification Board: The Chair, on behalf of the 
Majority Leader, pursuant to Public Law 106-567, reappointed the 
following individual to serve as a member of the Public Interest 
Declassification Board: Sanford Ungar of Maryland.           
  Page S1333
  Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing 
Arts: The Chair, on behalf of the President of the Senate, pursuant to 
Public Law 85-874, as amended, reappointed the following individuals to 
the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing 
Arts: Senators Conrad and Feinstein.                         
  Page S1333
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Sue E. Myerscough, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge 
for the Central District of Illinois.             
Pages S1318-22, S1333
  By a unanimous vote of 89 yeas (Vote No. EX. 32), James E. Shadid, of 
Illinois, to be United States District Judge for the Central District 
of Illinois.                                      
Pages S1318-22, S1333
  By a unanimous vote of 89 yeas (Vote No. EX. 33), Anthony J. 
Battaglia, of California, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of California.                  
Pages S1318-23, S1333
Executive Communications:                                    
  Page S1328
Additional Cosponsors:                                       
  Page S1329
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S1329-31
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S1328
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S1331-32

[[Page D198]]

Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--34) 
                                                  Pages S1322-23, S1324


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  On page D198, March 7, 2011, the following language appears: 
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--34) 
Pages S1322-24
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: Record Votes: 
Three record votes were taken today. (Total--34) Pages S1322-23, 
S1324


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Adjournment: Senate convened at 2:00 p.m. and adjourned at 7:14 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 8, 2011. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S1333.)