[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 108 (Wednesday, July 18, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D736-D737]
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                                           Wednesday, July 18, 2012

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5093-S5167
Measures Introduced: Seven bills were introduced, as follows: S. 3396-
3402.                                                    
  Pages S5133-34
Measures Reported:
  H.R. 4240, to reauthorize the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004.
  S. 3326, to amend the African Growth and Opportunity Act to extend 
the third-country fabric program and to add South Sudan to the list of 
countries eligible for designation under that Act, to make technical 
corrections to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
relating to the textile and apparel rules of origin for the Dominican 
Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement, to approve 
the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and 
Democracy Act of 2003.                                       
Page S5133
Measures Passed:
  Honoring American Veterans Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs was 
discharged from further consideration of H.R. 1627, to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to furnish hospital care and medical services to 
veterans who were stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, while the 
water was contaminated at Camp Lejeune, to improve the provision of 
housing assistance to veterans and their families, and the bill was 
then passed, after agreeing to the following amendments proposed 
thereto:                                                 
  Pages S5154-67
  Reid (for Murray) Amendment No. 2559, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S5166
  Reid (for Murray) Amendment No. 2560, to amend the title. 
                                                             Page S5167
Measures Considered:
  Bring Jobs Home Act--Agreement: Senate continued consideration of the 
motion to proceed to consideration of S. 3364, to provide an incentive 
for businesses to bring jobs back to America.         
  Pages S5093-S5130
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 2:15 
p.m., on Thursday, July 19, 2012, Senate vote on the motion to invoke 
cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill. 
                                                             Page S5167
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the continuation 
of the national emergency with respect to significant transnational 
criminal organizations that was established in Executive Order 13581 on 
July 24, 2011; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs. (PM-57)                                   
Page S5132
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  James B. Cunningham, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Islamic 
Republic of Afghanistan.
  Richard G. Olson, of New Mexico, to be Ambassador to the Islamic 
Republic of Pakistan.                                        
Page S5167
Messages from the House:                                 
  Pages S5132-33
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S5133
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
  Page S5133
Measures Read the First Time:                         
  Page S5133, S5167
Executive Communications:                                    
  Page S5133
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5134-35
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S5135-39
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S5132
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S5139-54
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S5154
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S5154
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S5154
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 7:14 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 19, 2012. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5167.)

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