[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 131 (Wednesday, September 7, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D927]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                       Wednesday, September 7, 2011

[[Page D927]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5347-S5394
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1516-1522, S.J. Res. 26, and S. Res. 258. 
                                                         Pages S5386-87
Measures Reported:
  H.R. 2112, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 112-73)
  H.R. 2017, making appropriations for the Department of Homeland 
Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 112-74)
  H.R. 2354, making appropriations for energy and water development and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 112-75) 
                                                             Page S5386
Measures Passed:
  Joint Session of Congress to Receive a Message from the President: 
Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 74, providing for a joint session of 
Congress to receive a message from the President.            
  Page S5392
  National Celiac Disease Awareness Day: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 219, designating 
September 13, 2011, as ``National Celiac Disease Awareness Day'', and 
the resolution was then agreed to.                       
  Pages S5392-93
  National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week: Senate agreed to 
S. Res. 258, supporting the designation of National Adult Education and 
Family Literacy Week.                                        
  Page S5393
Measures Considered:
  Leahy-Smith America Invents Act--Agreement: Senate began 
consideration of H.R. 1249, to amend title 35, United States Code, to 
provide for patent reform, after agreeing to the motion to proceed. 
                                               Pages S5353-57, S5370-77
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 10:30 a.m., on Thursday, 
September 8, 2011; that the following amendments be the only first-
degree amendments in order to the bill: Coburn Amendment No. 599; 
Sessions Amendment No. 600; and Cantwell Amendment No. 595; that there 
be up to five hours of debate on the amendments divided in the 
following manner: 75 minutes for Senator Coburn, or his designee; 1 
hour for Senator Sessions, or his designee; 45 minutes for Senator 
Cantwell, or her designee; 1 hour for Senator Grassley, or his 
designee; and 1 hour for Senator Leahy, or his designee; that upon the 
use or yielding back of time, Senate vote on or in relation to the 
amendments in the following order: Sessions Amendment No. 600; Cantwell 
Amendment No. 595; and Coburn Amendment No. 599; that no other 
amendments or points of order be in order to any of the amendments or 
the bill prior to the votes; and that following disposition of the 
amendments, Senate vote on passage of the bill, as amended, if amended.
                                                             Page S5377
  Escort Committee--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that the President of the Senate be authorized to 
appoint a committee on the part of the Senate to join with a like 
committee on the part of the House of Representatives to escort the 
President of the United States into the House Chamber for the Joint 
Session at 7 p.m., on Thursday, September 8, 2011.           
  Page S5393
Messages From the House:                                     
  Page S5382
Measures Placed on the Calendar:               
  Pages S5347-48  S5382-83
Measures Read the First Time:                       
  Pages  S5383, S5393


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

  
  On page D927, September 7, 2011, the following language appears: 
Measures Placed on the Calendar: Pages S5382-83 Measures Read the 
First Time: Pages S5347-48, S5383, S5393
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: Measures Placed on 
the Calendar: Pages S5347-48, S5382-83 Measures Read the First 
Time: Pages S5383, S5393


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     Hearings/Meetings:
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     s of the Floor:
     nt: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8 p.m., until 
     urnme9:30 a.m. on Thursday, September 8, 2011. (For Senate's 
     program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's 
     Record on page S5394.)