[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 85 (Tuesday, June 14, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D631-D632]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                             Tuesday, June 14, 2011

[[Page D631]]

                              Daily Digest


Highlights

      The House passed H.R. 2055, Military Construction and Veterans 
      Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3741-S3786
Measures Introduced: Nine bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1188-1196, and S.J. Res. 19.                     
  Page S3773
Measures Considered:
Economic Development Revitalization Act: Senate resumed consideration 
of S. 782, to amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 
1965 to reauthorize that Act, taking action on the following amendments 
proposed thereto:                                        
  Pages S3752-54
Pending:
  DeMint Amendment No. 394, to repeal the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform 
and Consumer Protection Act.                                 
Page S3752
  Paul Amendment No. 414, to implement the President's request to 
increase the statutory limit on the public debt.             
Page S3752
  Cardin Amendment No. 407, to require the FHA to equitably treat 
homebuyers who have repaid in full their FHA-insured mortgages. 
                                                             Page S3752
  Merkley/Snowe Amendment No. 428, to establish clear regulatory 
standards for mortgage servicers.                            
Page S3752
  Kohl Amendment No. 389, to amend the Sherman Act to make oil-
producing and exporting cartels illegal.                     
Page S3752
  Hutchison Amendment No. 423, to delay the implementation of the 
health reform law in the United States until there is final resolution 
in pending lawsuits.                                         
Page S3752
  Portman Amendment No. 417, to provide for the inclusion of 
independent regulatory agencies in the application of the Unfunded 
Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.).         
Page S3752
  Portman Amendment No. 418, to amend the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 
of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) to strengthen the economic impact 
analyses for major rules, require agencies to analyze the effect of 
major rules on jobs, and require adoption of the least burdensome 
regulatory means.                                            
Page S3752
  McCain Amendment No. 411, to prohibit the use of Federal funds to 
construct ethanol blender pumps or ethanol storage facilities. 
                                                             Page S3752
  McCain Amendment No. 412, to repeal the wage rate requirements 
commonly known as the Davis-Beacon Act.                      
Page S3752
  Merkley Amendment No. 440, to require the Secretary of Energy to 
establish an Energy Efficiency Loan Program under which the Secretary 
shall make funds available to States to support financial assistance 
provided by qualified financing entities for making qualified energy 
efficiency or renewable efficiency improvements.             
Page S3752


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

  
  On page D631, June 14, 2011 the following language appears: 
Merkley Amendment No. 440, to require the Secretary of Energy to 
establish an Energy Efficiency Loan Program under which the 
Secretary shall make funds available to States to support 
financial assistance provided by qualified energy efficiency or 
renewable efficiency improvements. Pages S3752-61
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: Merkley Amendment 
No. 440, to require the Secretary of Energy to establish an Energy 
Efficiency Loan Program under which the Secretary shall make funds 
available to States to support financial assistance provided by 
qualified financing entities for making qualified energy 
efficiency or renewable efficiency improvements. Pages S3752-61


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

  Coburn Modified Amendment No. 436, to repeal the Volumetric Ethanol 
Excise Tax Credit.                                           
Page S3752
  Brown (MA)/Snowe Amendment No. 405, to repeal the imposition of 
withholding on certain payments made to vendors by government entities.
                                                             Page S3752
  Inhofe Amendment No. 430, to reduce amounts authorized to be 
appropriated.                                                
Page S3752
  Inhofe Amendment No. 438, to provide for the establishment of a 
committee to assess the effects of certain Federal regulatory mandates.
                                                             Page S3752
  Merkley Amendment No. 427, to make a technical correction to the 
HUBZone designation process.                                 
Page S3752
  McCain Amendment No. 441 (to Coburn Modified Amendment No. 436), to 
prohibit the use of Federal funds to construct ethanol blender pumps or 
ethanol storage facilities.                                  
Page S3752
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
   By 40 yeas to 59 nays (Vote No. 89), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to close further debate on the Coburn Modified

[[Page D632]]

Amendment No. 436, to repeal the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit. 
                                                             Page S3754
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the continuation of the 
national emergency that was originally declared in Executive Order 
13405 of June 16, 2006, with respect to Belarus; which was referred to 
the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-10) 
                                                         Pages S3770-71
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By a unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. EX. 88), Claire C. Cecchi, 
of New Jersey, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
New Jersey.                                              
Pages S3749-52
  Esther Salas, of New Jersey, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of New Jersey.                              
Pages S3749-52
Executive Communications:                                    
  Page S3771
Petitions and Memorials:                                 
  Pages S3771-73
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S3773
Additional Cosponsors:                                       
  Page S3773


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

  
  On page D632, June 14, 2011, the following language appears: 
Executive Reports of Committees: Page S3773
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: Executive Reports 
of Committees: Page S3773 Additional Cosponsors: Page S3773


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

Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S3773-84
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S3770
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S3784-85
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S3785-86
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S3786
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--89) 
                                                     Pages S3752, S3754
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:58 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, June 15, 2011. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S3786.)