[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 142 (Thursday, September 22, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1007-D1008]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                       Thursday, September 22, 2011

[[Page D1007]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed H.R. 2832, Generalized System of Preferences Act, 
      as amended.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5849-S5920
Measures Introduced: Twenty-three bills and two resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1599-1621, and S. Res. 274-275. 
                                                         Pages S5902-03
Measures Reported:
  Special Report entitled ``Further Revised Allocation to Subcommittees 
of Budget Totals for Fiscal Year 2012''. (S. Rept. No. 112-86)
  S. 1599, making appropriations for Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2012. (S. Rept. No. 112-84)
  S. 1601, making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2012. (S. Rept. No. 112-85)
  H.R. 2480, to amend title 5, United States Code, to authorize 
appropriations for the Administrative Conference of the United States 
for fiscal years 2012, 2013, and 2014, with an amendment.
  S. 1151, to prevent and mitigate identity theft, to ensure privacy, 
to provide notice of security breaches, and to enhance criminal 
penalties, law enforcement assistance, and other protections against 
security breaches, fraudulent access, and misuse of personally 
identifiable information, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
  S. 1535, to protect consumers by mitigating the vulnerability of 
personally identifiable information to theft through a security breach, 
providing notice and remedies to consumers in the wake of such a 
breach, holding companies accountable for preventable breaches, 
facilitating the sharing of post-breach technical information between 
companies, and enhancing criminal and civil penalties and other 
protections against the unauthorized collection or use of personally 
identifiable information, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S5902
Measures Passed:
  Generalized System of Preferences Act: By 70 yeas to 27 nays (Vote 
No. 150), Senate passed H.R. 2832, to extend the Generalized System of 
Preferences, by the order of the Senate of Wednesday, September 21, 
2011, 60 Senators having voted in the affirmative, and after taking 
action on the following amendments proposed thereto:     
  Pages S5853-91
Adopted:
  By 69 yeas to 28 nays (Vote No. 149), Reid (for Casey) Amendment No. 
633, to extend and modify trade adjustment assistance. (Pursuant to the 
order of Wednesday, September 21, 2011, the amendment having achieved 
60 affirmative votes, was agreed to.)   
Pages S5853, S5873-78, S5881-82
Rejected:
  By 34 yeas to 62 nays (Vote No. 146), Rubio Amendment No. 651 (to 
Amendment No. 633), to limit eligibility for trade adjustment 
assistance to workers who are laid off because of an increase in 
imports from, or a shift in production to, a country with which the 
United States has a free trade agreement in effect. (Pursuant to the 
order of Wednesday, September 21, 2011, the amendment having failed to 
achieve 60 affirmative votes, was not agreed to.) 
                                           Pages S5857-60, S5866, S5878
  By 44 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 147), Thune Amendment No. 650, to 
require a report on the consequences of failing to act on trade 
agreements. (Pursuant to the order of Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 
the amendment having failed to achieve 60 affirmative votes, was not 
agreed to.)                                       
Pages S5866-73, S5879
  By 48 yeas to 48 nays (Vote No. 148), Cornyn Amendment No. 634, to 
provide Taiwan with critically needed United States-built multirole 
fighter aircraft to strengthen its self-defense capability against the 
increasing military threat from China. (Pursuant to the order of 
Wednesday, September 21,

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2011, the amendment having failed to achieve 60 affirmative votes, was 
not agreed to.)                      
Pages S5853-57, S5860-66, S5879-81
  Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act: Senate 
passed H.R. 2883, to amend part B of title IV of the Social Security 
Act to extend the child and family services program through fiscal year 
2016.                                                        
  Page S5920
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Jacqueline H. Nguyen, of California, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Ninth Circuit.
  Brian C. Wimes, of Missouri, to be United States District Judge for 
the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri.
  Michael A. Hughes, of the District of Columbia, to be United States 
Marshal for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term 
of four years.
  2 Army nominations in the rank of general.                 
Page S5920
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S5900
Measures Read the First Time:                        
  Pages S5900, S5920
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
  Page S5900
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S5900-02
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S5902
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5903-04
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S5904-19
Additional Statements:                                
  Pages S5898-S5900
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S5919-20
Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total--150) 
                                        Pages S5878-79, S5881-82, S5885
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 8:23 p.m., 
until 9 a.m. on Friday, September 23, 2011. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5920.)