[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 153 (Thursday, October 13, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1092-D1093]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                         Thursday, October 13, 2011

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House and Senate met in a Joint Meeting to receive His Excellency 
      Lee Myung-bak, President of the Republic of Korea.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6473-S6563
Measures Introduced: Fourteen bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1700-1713, S. Res. 293, and S. Con. Res. 30-
31.                                                      
  Pages S6505-06
Measures Reported:
  S. 1301, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2012 to 2015 
for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, to enhance measures 
to combat trafficking in person, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S6505
Measures Passed:
  Enrollment Correction: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 31, directing 
the Secretary of the Senate to make a correction in the enrollment of 
S. 1280.                                                     
  Page S6562
  Underground Railroad Memorial 10-year Commemoration: Senate agreed to 
S. Res. 293, celebrating the 10-year commemoration of the Underground 
Railroad Memorial, comprised of the Gateway to Freedom Monument in 
Detroit, Michigan and the Tower of Freedom Monument in Windsor, 
Ontario, Canada.                                             
  Page S6562
Joint Meeting--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 His Excellency Lee 
Myung-bak, President of the Republic of Korea, into the House Chamber 
for the joint meeting at 4 p.m., on Thursday, October 13, 2011. 
                                                             Page S6484
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing that at 4 p.m., on Monday, October 17, 
2011, Senate begin consideration of 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; that the committee amendment be withdrawn and that the Chairman 
of the Committee on Appropriations, or his designee, be recognized to 
offer Amendment No. 738 which consists of the text of the withdrawn 
amendment as Division A, the text of S. 1572, making appropriations for 
Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, as Division B, and the 
text of S. 1596, making appropriations for the Departments of 
Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, as Division C; provided 
further, that H.R. 2596, making appropriations for Departments of 
Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2012, as reported by the House Appropriations 
Committee, and Division C of Amendment No. 738 be deemed House passed 
text in H.R. 2112 for purposes of Rule 16; and, that Amendment No. 738 
for the purpose of paragraph 1 of Rule 16 be considered a committee 
amendment.                                               
  Pages S6561-62
Higginbottom Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement 
was reached providing that at a time to be determined by the Majority 
Leader, in consultation with the Republican Leader, Senate begin 
consideration of the nomination of Heather A. Higginbottom, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget, that there be four 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.   
  Page S6497

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Bissoon Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement was 
reached providing that at 5:15 p.m., on Monday, October 17, 2011, 
Senate begin consideration of the nomination of Cathy Bissoon, of 
Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge for the Western 
District of Pennsylvania; that there be 15 minutes for debate equally 
divided, in the usual form; and that upon the use or yielding back of 
time, Senate vote without intervening action or debate on confirmation 
of the nomination.                                           
  Page S6563
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 48 yeas 44 nays (Vote No. EX. 164), Alison J. Nathan, of New York, 
to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New 
York.                                                    
Pages S6484-94
  By 83 yeas 8 nays (Vote No. EX. 165), Susan Owens Hickey, of 
Arkansas, to be United States District Judge for the Western District 
of Arkansas.                                             
Pages S6484-94
  Katherine B. Forrest, of New York, to be United States District Judge 
for the Southern District of New York.                   
Pages S6484-94
  Sung Y. Kim, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Korea.                                                       
Page S6497
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S6504
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S6504
Petitions and Memorials:                                 
  Pages S6504-05
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S6505
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S6506-07
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S6507-16
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S6503-04
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S6516-61
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S6561
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S6561
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--165) 
                                                         Pages S6493-94
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:24 p.m., 
until 2 p.m. on Monday, October 17, 2011. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S6563.)