[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 110 (Thursday, July 21, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D817-D818]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                            Thursday, July 21, 2011

[[Page D817]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4741-S4812
Measures Introduced: Eleven bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1395-1405, and S. Res. 234-236.   
  Page S4802
Measures Reported:
  S. 1228, to prohibit trafficking in counterfeit military goods or 
services, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 1231, to reauthorize the Second Chance Act of 2007, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.                     
Page S4802
Measures Passed:
  Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation: Senate passed S. 
1103, to extend the term of the incumbent Director of the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, after agreeing to the committee amendment in 
the nature of a substitute, and the following amendment proposed 
thereto:                                                 
  Pages S4779-81
  Reid (for Coburn) Amendment No. 579, to create a new 2-year term of 
service for the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
                                                         Pages S4780-81
  Restoring GI Bill Fairness Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs was 
discharged from further consideration of H.R. 1383, to temporarily 
preserve higher rates for tuition and fees for programs of education at 
non-public institutions of higher learning pursued by individuals 
enrolled in the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs before the enactment of the Post-9/11 
Veterans Educational Assistance Improvements Act of 2010, and the bill 
was then passed, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed 
thereto:                                                 
  Pages S4809-10
  Whitehouse (for Murray) Amendment No. 580, to improve the bill. 
                                                             Page S4810
  International Year of Cooperatives: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 87, designating the 
year of 2012 as the ``International Year of Cooperatives'', and the 
resolution was then agreed to.                               
  Page S4810
  Honoring William F. Hildenbrand: Senate agreed to S. Res. 234, 
relative to the death of William F. Hildenbrand, former Secretary of 
the Senate.                                              
  Pages S4810-11
  Year of the Family Caregiver: Senate agreed to S. Res. 235, 
designating 2011 as ``The Year of the Family Caregiver''.    
  Page S4811
  National Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
236, designating September 2011 as National Spinal Cord Injury 
Awareness Month.                                             
  Page S4811
Measures Considered:
  Cut, Cap, and Balance Act--Agreement: Senate began consideration of 
the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 2560, to cut, cap, and 
balance the Federal budget.                    
  Pages S4743-79, S4781-95
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill at 
approximately 9 a.m., on Friday, July 22, 2011, with the time until 10 
a.m. equally divided and controlled between the two Leaders, or their 
designees; provided further, that at 10 a.m., the Majority Leader be 
recognized.                                                  
Page S4812
  Mueller Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement was 
reached providing that if Robert S. Mueller III, is nominated to be 
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the nomination be 
placed directly on the Executive Calendar; that at a time to be 
determined by the Majority Leader, in consultation with the Republican 
Leader, the Senate proceed to Executive Session to consider the 
nomination; that there be two hours for debate equally divided in the 
usual form; that upon the use or yielding back of time, Senate vote 
without intervening action or debate on confirmation of the nomination; 
and that no further motions be in order to the nomination. 
                                                         Pages S4779-80
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Roslyn Ann Mazer, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, Department of 
Homeland Security.

[[Page D818]]


  Maureen K. Ohlhausen, of Virginia, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner 
for a term of seven years from September 26, 2011.           
Page S4812
Measures Read the First Time:                     
  Pages S4800-01, S4811
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S4801-02
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S4802
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S4802-03
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S4803-08
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S4800
Amendments Submitted:                                        
  Page S4808
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S4809
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S4809
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S4809
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned, as a further 
mark of respect to the memory of the late William F. Hildenbrand, 
Former Secretary of the Senate, in accordance with S. Res. 234, at 8:13 
p.m., until 9 a.m. on Friday, July 22, 2011. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S4812.)