[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 45 (Monday, March 19, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D260-D261]
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                                             Monday, March 19, 2012

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1763-S1815
Measures Introduced: Three bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2203-2205, and S. Res. 399.                      
  Page S1790
Measures Considered:
  Reopening American Capital Markets to Emerging Growth Companies Act--
Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of H.R. 3606, to increase 
American job creation and economic growth by improving access to the 
public capital markets for emerging growth companies, taking action on 
the following amendments proposed thereto:               
  Pages S1776-84
Pending:
  Reid (for Reed) Amendment No. 1833, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S1776
  Reid Amendment No. 1834 (to Amendment No. 1833), to change the 
enactment date.                                              
Page S1776
  Reid Amendment No. 1835 (to Amendment No. 1834), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S1776
  Reid (for Cantwell) Amendment No. 1836 (to the language proposed to 
be stricken by Amendment No. 1833), to reauthorize the Export-Import 
Bank of the United States.                                   
Page S1776
  Reid Amendment No. 1837 (to Amendment No. 1836), to change the 
enactment date.                                              
Page S1776
  Reid motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs, with instructions, Reid Amendment No. 1838, 
to change the enactment date.                                
Page S1776
  Reid Amendment No. 1839 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 1838), 
of a perfecting nature.                                      
Page S1776
  Reid Amendment No. 1840 (to Amendment No. 1839), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S1776
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 11 a.m., on Tuesday, March 
20, 2012, with the time until 11:30 a.m. equally divided and controlled 
between the two Leaders, or their designees prior to the cloture vote 
on Reid (for Reed) Amendment No. 1833; provided further, that the 
filing deadline for second-degree amendments to Reid (for Reed) 
Amendment No. 1833, Reid (for Cantwell) Amendment No. 1836 (to the 
language proposed to be stricken by Amendment No. 1833), and the bill 
be at 11 a.m., on Tuesday, March 20, 2012.               
Pages S1814-15
  Local Courthouse Safety Act--Referral: A unanimous-consent agreement 
was reached providing that the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs be discharged from further consideration of S. 
2076, to improve security at State and local courthouses, and that the 
bill be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.          
  Page S1814
  Official Photograph of the 112th Congress--Agreement: A unanimous-
consent agreement was reached providing that at 12:30 p.m., on Tuesday, 
March 20, 2012, Senate recess subject to the call of the Chair to allow 
for the weekly caucus meetings and the official photograph of the 112th 
Congress.                                                
  Pages S1814-15
  Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act--Agreement: A 
unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that notwithstanding 
passage of S. 1813, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act, 
Reid (for Boxer) Amendment No. 1903, be agreed to. Reid (for Boxer) 
Amendment No. 1903, is technical in nature and strikes title V of 
division C with the heading entitled ``Research and Innovative 
Technology Administration Reauthorization Act of 2012'', which was 
moved to division E.                                         
  Page S1814
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Edward W. Brehm, of Minnesota, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the African Development Foundation for a term expiring 
September 22, 2017.
  Mark L. Asquino, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Equatorial Guinea.
  Susanna Loeb, of California, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the National Board for Education Sciences for a term expiring March 
15, 2016.

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  Derek H. Chollet, of Nebraska, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Defense.
  Kathleen H. Hicks, of Virginia, to be a Principal Deputy Under 
Secretary of Defense.
  4 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Coast Guard nomination in the rank of admiral.
  1 Marine Corps nomination in the rank of general.
  17 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Army, Coast Guard, and Navy.          
Page S1815
Measures Read the First Time:                        
  Pages S1790, S1814
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S1790-91
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S1792-93
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S1789-90
Amendments Submitted:                                 
  Pages S1793-S1814
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S1814
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 6:44 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 20, 2012. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S1815.)