[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 173 (Monday, November 14, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
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                                          Monday, November 14, 2011

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7395-S7419
Measures Introduced: One bill and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1860, and S. Res. 322.                           
  Page S7415
Measures Reported:
  S. Res. 296, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Combined 
Federal Campaign.                                            
Page S7415
Measures Passed:
  Crohn's and Colitis Awareness Week: Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions was discharged from further consideration of S. 
Res. 199, supporting the goals and ideals of ``Crohn's and Colitis 
Awareness Week'', and the resolution was then agreed to. 
                                                         Pages S7417-18
  COPD Awareness Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 322, designating 
November 2011 as ``COPD Awareness Month''.                   
  Page S7418
Measures Considered:
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act--
Agreement: Senate began consideration of H.R. 2354, making 
appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012.        
  Pages S7396-S7413
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 2:15 p.m., on Tuesday, November 15, 2011. 
                                                             Page S7418
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaty:
  Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter, and Eliminate 
Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing (Treaty Doc. No. 112-4).
  The treaty was transmitted to the Senate today, considered as having 
been read for the first time, and referred, with accompanying papers, 
to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. 
                                                             Page S7418
Gleason and Rogers Nominations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing that at 11 a.m., on Tuesday, November 
15, 2011, Senate begin consideration of the nominations of Sharon L. 
Gleason, of Alaska, to be United States District Judge for the District 
of Alaska, and Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, of California, to be United 
States District Judge for the Northern District of California, under 
the order of Thursday, November 10, 2011.                    
  Page S7418
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Routine lists in the Coast Guard.               
Pages S7417, S7418-19
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
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Additional Cosponsors:                                       
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Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S7415-16
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S7414-15
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S7416-17
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 4:58 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, November 15, 2011. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7418.) -