[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 73 (Monday, May 21, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D503-D504]
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                                               Monday, May 21, 2012

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3295-S3388
Measures Introduced: Five bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3207-3211, and S. Res. 468-469.                  
  Page S3329
Measures Reported:
  Special Report entitled ``Inquiry into Counterfeit Electronic Parts 
in the Department of Defense Supply Chain''. (S. Rept. No. 112-167) 
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Measures Passed:
  Iran Threat Reduction Act: Committee on Foreign Relations was 
discharged from further consideration of H.R. 1905, to strengthen Iran 
sanctions laws for the purpose of compelling Iran to abandon its 
pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities, and the 
bill was then passed, after agreeing to the following amendments 
proposed thereto:                                        
  Pages S3316-22
  Reid (for Johnson (SD)/Shelby) Amendment No. 2124 (to the language 
proposed by Amendment No. 2123), to improve the bill.        
Page S3317
  Reid (for Johnson (SD)/Shelby) Amendment No. 2123, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S3317
  National Pediatric Stroke Awareness Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
468, expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to childhood 
stroke and recognizing May as ``National Pediatric Stroke Awareness 
Month''.                                                     
  Page S3385
  National Small Business Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 469, honoring 
the entrepreneurial spirit of small business concerns in the United 
States during National Small Business Week, which begins on May 20, 
2012.                                                    
  Pages S3386-88
Measures Considered:
  FDA User Fee--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the motion 
to proceed to consideration of S. 3187, to amend the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise and extend the user-fee programs for 
prescription drugs and medical devices, to establish user-fee programs 
for generic drugs and biosimilars.                    
  Pages S3295-S3307
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the motion 
to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration of the 
bill, be withdrawn; that at 2:15 p.m., Tuesday, May 22, 2012, the 
motion to proceed be agreed to; that a Harkin-Enzi substitute 
amendment, which is at the desk, be agreed to; and the bill, as 
amended, by the Harkin-Enzi substitute be considered original text for 
the purposes of further amendment; and that the Majority Leader be 
recognized.                                                  
Page S3316
Appointments:
  Congressional Award Board: The Chair, on behalf of the Republican 
Leader, pursuant to Public Law 96-114, as amended, appointed the 
following individuals to the Congressional Award Board: Michael Schmid 
of Wyoming, Cheryl D. Maddox of Kentucky, and Charmaine Yoest of 
Virginia.                                                    
  Page S3388
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the continuation of the 
national emergency that was originally declared in Executive Order 
13303 of May 22, 2003, received during adjournment of the Senate on May 
18, 2012; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs. (PM-50)                                   
Pages S3326-27
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By 61 yeas to 34 nays (Vote No. EX. 104), Paul J. Watford, of 
California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit. 
                                                         Pages S3307-16
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the motion 
to invoke cloture on the nomination, be withdrawn.           
Page S3296
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Thomas M. Durkin, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of Illinois.

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  Joseph Byrne Donovan, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the National Institute of Building Sciences for a term 
expiring September 7, 2013.
  Bruce R. Sievers, of California, to be a Member of the National 
Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2018.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.                  
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Messages from the House:                                     
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Measures Placed on the Calendar:                            
  Pages S3327
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S3327-29
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
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Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S3330-31
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S3325-26
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S3331-85
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S3385
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
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Privileges of the Floor:                                     
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Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--104) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 6:53 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 22, 2012. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S3388.)