[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 191 (Tuesday, December 13, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1352]
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                                         Tuesday, December 13, 2011

[[Page D1352]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8493-S8553
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1981-1987, and S. Res. 347.                  
  Pages S8547-48
Measures Passed:
  Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation Act: Senate 
passed H.R. 2845, to amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for 
enhanced safety and environmental protection in pipeline 
transportation, to provide for enhanced reliability in the 
transportation of the Nation's energy products by pipeline. 
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  United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reform 
and Reauthorization Act: Committee on Foreign Relations was discharged 
from further consideration of H.R. 2867, to reauthorize the 
International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, and the bill was then 
passed, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto: 
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  Reid (for Durbin) Amendment No. 1461, to limit appointments to the 
United States Commission on International Religious Freedom to 2 2-year 
terms, to authorize employees of the Commission who have filed a 
discrimination complaint under section 717 of the Civil Rights Act of 
1964 to complete such proceedings, and to clarify that travel by 
members of the United States Commission on International Religious 
Freedom is subject to the Federal Travel Regulation and the Department 
of State Standardized Regulations.                       
Pages S8552-53
Measures Considered:
  Balanced Budget Joint Resolutions--Agreement: Senate began 
consideration of S.J. Res. 10, proposing a balanced budget amendment to 
the Constitution of the United States, and S.J. Res. 24, proposing a 
balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. 
                                                         Pages S8507-40
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the joint resolutions at approximately 10:30 a.m., on 
Wednesday, December 14, 2011, under the previous order.      
Page S8553
Rule XIV H.R. 3630--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that notwithstanding the lack of receipt of the 
papers from the House of Representatives with respect to H.R. 3630, to 
provide incentives for the creation of jobs, it be in order for the 
bill to be considered read for the first time and placed on the 
Legislative Calendar under the Heading ``Bills and Joint Resolutions 
Read the First Time.''                                       
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Messages from the House:                                     
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Measures Referred:                                           
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Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
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Measures Read the First Time:                                
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Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
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Executive Communications:                                
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Executive Reports of Committees:                             
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Additional Cosponsors:                                   
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Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
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Additional Statements:                                   
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Amendments Submitted:                                    
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Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:34 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, December 14, 2011. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S8553.)