[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 115 (Tuesday, July 31, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D795-D796]
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                                             Tuesday, July 31, 2012

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5691-S5803
Measures Introduced: Six bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3459-3464, S.J. Res. 48, and S. Res. 534.        
  Page S5732
Measures Reported:
  Special Report entitled ``Activities of the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs During the 111th Congress''. (S. 
Rept. No. 112-193)
  S. 641, to provide 100,000,000 people with first-time access to safe 
drinking water and sanitation on a sustainable basis within six years 
by improving the capacity of the United States Government to fully 
implement the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005. (S. 
Rept. No. 112-194)
  H.R. 1560, to amend the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and 
Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to allow the Ysleta 
del Sur Pueblo Tribe to determine blood quantum requirement for 
membership in that tribe.
  S. 792, to authorize the waiver of certain debts relating to 
assistance provided to individuals and households since 2005, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 3410, to extend the Undertaking Spam, Spyware, And Fraud 
Enforcement With Enforcers beyond Borders Act of 2006.       
Page S5731
Measures Passed:
  Honoring Oswaldo Paya Sardinas: Committee on Foreign Relations was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 525, honoring the life 
and legacy of Oswaldo Paya Sardinas, and the resolution was then agreed 
to, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S5802-03
  Lieberman (for Nelson (FL)) Amendment No. 2740, to condemn the 
Government of Cuba for the detention of nearly 50 pro-democracy 
activists following the memorial service for Oswaldo Paya Sardinas. 
                                                             Page S5802
Measures Considered:
Cybersecurity Act--Cloture: Senate continued consideration of S. 3414, 
to enhance the security and resiliency of the cyber and communications 
infrastructure of the United States, after taking action on the 
following amendments and motions proposed thereto: 
                                            Pages S5694-S5705, S5705-24
Pending:
  Reid (for Lieberman) Amendment No. 2731, of a perfecting nature. 
                                                             Page S5724
  Reid (for Franken) Amendment No. 2732 (to Amendment No. 2731), of a 
perfecting nature.                                           
Page S5724
  Reid Amendment No. 2733 (to the language proposed to be stricken by 
Amendment No. 2731), of a perfecting nature.                 
Page S5724
  Reid Amendment No. 2734 (to Amendment No. 2733), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S5724
  Reid motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs, with instructions, Reid Amendment No. 2735, 
to change the enactment date.                                
Page S5724
  Reid Amendment No. 2736 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 2735), 
of a perfecting nature.                                      
Page S5724
  Reid Amendment No. 2737 (to Amendment No. 2736), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S5724
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the bill, and, in 
accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur on Thursday, August 2, 2012. 
                                                             Page S5724
Veterans Jobs Corps Act: Senate began consideration of the motion to 
proceed to consideration of S. 3429, to require the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to establish a veterans jobs corps.     
  Pages S5724-25
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 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-60)          
Pages S5730-31
Executive Reports of Committees: Senate received the following 
executive report of a committee:

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  Report to accompany Convention on the Rights of Persons with 
Disabilities (Treaty Doc. 112-7) (Ex. Rept. 112-6).          
Page S5731
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Eric J. Jolly, of Minnesota, to be a Member of the National Museum 
and Library Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 2016.
  Susana Torruella Leval, of New York, to be a Member of the National 
Museum and Library Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 2015.
                                                             Page S5803
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                     
  Pages S5691, S5731
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S5731
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5732-34
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S5734-38
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S5727-29
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S5738-93
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S5793
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:14 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, August 1, 2012. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S5803.)