[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 48 (Tuesday, April 5, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D351-D352]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                             Tuesday, April 5, 2011

[[Page D351]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2095-S2144
Measures Introduced: Eleven bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 723-733, and S. Res. 130-131.                 
  Page S2130
Measures Reported:
  Report to accompany S. 193, to extend the sunset of certain 
provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act. (S. Rept. No. 112-13)     
Page S2130
Measures Passed:
  Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange 
Subsidy Overpayments: By 87 yeas to 12 nays (Vote No. 49), Senate 
passed H.R. 4, to repeal the expansion of information reporting 
requirements for payments of $600 or more to corporations, by the order 
of the Senate of Thursday, March 31, 2011, 60 Senators having voted in 
the affirmative, and after taking action on the following amendment 
proposed thereto:                                     
  Pages S2099-S2108
Rejected:
  Menendez Amendment No. 284, to protect small businesses from health 
insurance premium increases or losses of health insurance coverage. (By 
41 yeas to 58 nays (Vote No. 48), and pursuant to the order of 
Thursday, March 31, 2011, the amendment, having failed to achieve 60 
affirmative votes, the amendment was not agreed to.) 
                                                      Pages S2099-S2107
  Honoring the Upper Big Branch Mine Coal Miners: Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions was discharged from further 
consideration of S. Res. 129, honoring the 29 coal miners who perished 
in the explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in Montcoal, West 
Virginia, on April 5, 2010, and remembering all those who have lost 
their lives while mining for the resources on which the United States 
relies, and the resolution was then agreed to.           
  Pages S2142-43
  Gold Star Wives Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 130, designating April 
5, 2011, as ``Gold Star Wives Day''.                         
  Page S2143
  Tsunami Awareness Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 131, designating 
April 2011 as ``Tsunami Awareness Month.''.              
  Pages S2143-44


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  On page D351, April 5, 2011, the following language appears: 
Tsunami Awareness Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 131, designating 
April 2011 as ``Tsunami Awareness Month.'' . . .Page S2143
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: Tsunami Awareness 
Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 131, designating April 2011 as 
``Tsunami Awareness Month.'' . . . Pages S2143-44


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Measures Considered:
  SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act--Agreement: Senate resumed 
consideration of S. 493, to reauthorize and improve the SBIR and STTR 
programs, taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                             Page S2111
Rejected:
  Paul motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
with instructions to report the same back to the Senate forthwith with 
Paul Amendment No. 276 (to the instructions on Paul motion to commit 
the bill), of a perfecting nature. (By 90 yeas to 10 nays (Vote No. 
50), Senate tabled the motion.)                              
Page S2111
Pending:
  McConnell Amendment No. 183, to prohibit the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency from promulgating any regulation 
concerning, taking action relating to, or taking into consideration the 
emission of a greenhouse gas to address climate change.      
Page S2111
  Vitter Amendment No. 178, to require the Federal Government to sell 
off unused Federal real property.                            
Page S2111
  Inhofe (for Johanns) Amendment No. 161, to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to repeal the expansion of information reporting 
requirements to payments made to corporations, payments for property 
and other gross proceeds, and rental property expense payments. 
                                                             Page S2111
  Cornyn Amendment No. 186, to establish a bipartisan commission for 
the purpose of improving oversight and eliminating wasteful government 
spending.                                                    
Page S2111
  Paul Amendment No. 199, to cut $200,000,000,000 in spending in fiscal 
year 2011.                                                   
Page S2111
  Sanders Amendment No. 207, to establish a point of order against any 
efforts to reduce benefits paid to Social Security recipients, raise 
the retirement age, or create private retirement accounts under title 
II of the Social Security Act.                               
Page S2111

[[Page D352]]


  Hutchison Amendment No. 197, to delay the implementation of the 
health reform law in the United States until there is final resolution 
in pending lawsuits.                                         
Page S2111
  Coburn Amendment No. 184, to provide a list of programs administered 
by every Federal department and agency.                      
Page S2111
  Pryor Amendment No. 229, to establish the Patriot Express Loan 
Program under which the Small Business Administration may make loans to 
members of the military community wanting to start or expand small 
business concerns.                                           
Page S2111
  Landrieu Amendment No. 244 (to Amendment No. 183), to change the 
enactment date.                                              
Page S2111
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 11 a.m., on Wednesday, April 6, 2011, and 
that the pending amendments be set aside and Senator Reid, or his 
designee, be recognized to call up the following amendments: Baucus No. 
236; Stabenow No. 277; Rockefeller No. 215; Coburn No. 217; Coburn No. 
223; Coburn No. 273; and Inouye No. 286; that the pending Sanders 
Amendment No. 207 (listed above) be modified; that the Senate then 
proceed to a period of debate only until 4 p.m. with the time equally 
divided between the two Leaders, or their designees, prior to votes on 
or in relation to the following amendments in the order listed below: 
Baucus No. 236; Stabenow No. 277; Rockefeller No. 215; McConnell No. 
183 (listed above); Coburn No. 223; Inouye No. 286; and Coburn No. 273; 
that there be no amendments in order to the amendments prior to the 
votes; the amendments not be divisible; there be two minutes equally 
divided in between the votes; all after the first vote be 10 minutes in 
duration; and the amendments be subject to a 60 vote threshold for its 
adoption; further that upon the disposition of Coburn Amendment No. 
273, Amendments No. 184 (listed above) and No. 217 offered by Senator 
Coburn, be agreed to; that no amendments be in order to Coburn 
Amendments No. 184 and No. 217 prior to their adoption; and all of the 
above occurring with no intervening action or debate.        
Page S2142
Morning Business--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement was 
reached providing that on Wednesday, April 6, 2011, Senate proceed to a 
period of morning business until 11 a.m., with Senators permitted to 
speak therein for up to 10 minutes each, with the time until 10:40 a.m. 
equally divided and controlled between the two Leaders, or their 
designees, with the Majority controlling the first half and the 
Republicans controlling the final half, and that at 10:40 a.m., Senator 
Ayotte be recognized to deliver her maiden speech to the Senate. 
                                                             Page S2144
Nomination Discharged: The following nomination were discharged from 
further committee consideration and placed on the Executive Calendar:
  Jonathan Andrew Hatfield, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, 
Corporation for National and Community Service, which was sent to the 
Senate on January 26, 2011, from the Senate Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs.                           
Page S2144
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S2129
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S2129
Measures Read the First Time:                        
  Pages S2129, S2144
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S2129-30


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  On page D352, April 5, 2011, the following language appears: 
Executive Communications: Page S2129
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: Executive 
Communications: Pages S2129-30


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Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S2130
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S2130-31
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S2131-41
Amendments Submitted:                                        
  Page S2141
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S2141
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S2142
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S2142
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--50) 
                                                  Pages S2107-08, S2111
Recess: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and recessed at 7:35 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 6, 2011. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S2144.)