[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 19 (Monday, February 6, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D82-D83]
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                                           Monday, February 6, 2012

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to the Conference Report to accompany H.R. 658, FAA 
      Reauthorization and Reform Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S329-S359
Measures Introduced: Five bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2070-2074, and S. Res. 368.                       
  Page S350
Measures Reported:
  S. 1408, to require Federal agencies, and persons engaged in 
interstate commerce, in possession of data containing sensitive 
personally identifiable information, to disclose any breach of such 
information, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 1813, to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety 
construction programs, with amendments.                       
Page S350
Measures Passed:
  Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act: Senate 
passed S. 1794, to correct and simplify the drafting of section 1752 
(relating to restricted buildings or grounds) of title 18, United 
States Code, after agreeing to the committee amendments. 
                                                          Pages S357-58
  Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act: Senate 
passed H.R. 347, to correct and simplify the drafting of section 1752 
(relating to restricted buildings or grounds) of title 18, United 
States Code, after agreeing to the committee amendment in the nature of 
a substitute.                                                 
  Page S358
  Earthquake in Haiti Anniversary: Senate agreed to S. Res. 368, 
recognizing the anniversary of the tragic earthquake in Haiti on 
January 12, 2010, honoring those who lost their lives in that 
earthquake, and expressing continued solidarity with the people of 
Haiti.                                                    
  Pages S358-59
Conference Reports:
  FAA Reauthorization and Reform Act Conference Report: By 75 yeas to 
20 nays (Vote No. 15), Senate agreed to the conference report to 
accompany H.R. 658, to amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize 
appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal years 
2011 through 2014, to streamline programs, create efficiencies, reduce 
waste, and improve aviation safety and capacity, to provide stable 
funding for the national aviation system, by the order of the Senate of 
Thursday, February 2, 2012, 60 Senators having voted in the 
affirmative.                                              
  Pages S333-44
Messages from the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the continuation of the 
national emergency that was declared in Executive Order 13396 on 
February 7, 2006, with respect to the situation in or in relation to 
Cote d'Ivoire; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs. (PM-38)                                
Pages S347-48
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the issuance of 
an Executive Order to take additional steps with respect to the 
national emergency originally declared on March 15, 1995 in Executive 
Order 12957 with respect to Iran; which was referred to the Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-39)               
Page S348
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Jeremiah O'Hear Norton, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for the 
remainder of the term expiring July 15, 2013.
  John Robert Norris, of Iowa, to be a Member of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission for the term expiring June 30, 2017.
  Marcilynn A. Burke, of North Carolina, to be an Assistant Secretary 
of the Interior.
  Joseph G. Jordan, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator for Federal 
Procurement Policy.

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  William Joseph Baer, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney 
General.
  Heidi Shyu, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army.
  1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.
  76 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Army, and Navy.                        
Page S359
Messages from the House:                                      
  Page S348
Measures Referred:                                        
  Pages S348-49
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                       
  Pages S329, S349
Executive Communications:                                     
  Page S349
Petitions and Memorials:                                  
  Pages S349-50
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages S350-51
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:               
  Pages S351-52
Additional Statements:                                        
  Page S347
Privileges of the Floor:                                      
  Page S352
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--15) 
                                                          Pages S343-44
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 6:29 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, February 7, 2012. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S359.)