[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 116 (Wednesday, August 1, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D804-D806]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                          Wednesday, August 1, 2012

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5805-S5900
Measures Introduced: Sixteen bills and eight resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 3465-3480, S.J. Res. 49, S. Res. 535-540, 
and S. Con. Res. 55.                                     
  Pages S5870-71
Measures Reported:
  H.R. 1272, to provide for the use and distribution of the funds 
awarded to the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, et al, by the United States 
Court of Federal Claims in Docket Numbers 19 and 188.
  S. 3370, to authorize the Administrator of General Services to convey 
a parcel of real property in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to the Amy Biehl 
High School Foundation.                                      
Page S5870
Measures Passed:
  Enrollment Correction: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 55, directing 
the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the 
enrollment of H.R. 1627.                                 
  Pages S5824-25
  Warren Lindley Post Office: Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 
1369, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 1021 Pennsylvania Avenue in Hartshorne, Oklahoma, as the 
``Warren Lindley Post Office'', and the bill was then passed. 
                                                             Page S5894
  Reverend Abe Brown Post Office Building: Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs was discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 3276, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 2810 East Hillsborough Avenue in 
Tampa, Florida, as the ``Reverend Abe Brown Post Office Building'', and 
the bill was then passed.                                    
  Page S5894
  Sergeant Richard Franklin Abshire Post Office Building: Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs was discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 3412, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 1421 Veterans Memorial Drive in 
Abbeville, Louisiana, as the ``Sergeant Richard Franklin Abshire Post 
Office Building'', and the bill was then passed.             
  Page S5894
  SPC Nicholas Scott Hartge Post Office: Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs was discharged from further consideration of 
H.R. 3501, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 125 Kerr Avenue in Rome City, Indiana, as the ``SPC 
Nicholas Scott Hartge Post Office'', and the bill was then passed. 
                                                             Page S5894
  First Sergeant Landres Cheeks Post Office Building: Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs was discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 3772, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 150 South Union Street in Canton, 
Mississippi, as the ``First Sergeant Landres Cheeks Post Office 
Building'', and the bill was then passed.                    
  Page S5894
  Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of 
Texas Restoration Act: Senate passed 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.                    
  Page S5894
  Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act: Senate 
passed S. 1409, to intensify efforts to identify, prevent, and recover 
payment error, waste, fraud, and abuse within Federal spending, after 
agreeing to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and 
the following amendment proposed thereto:                
  Pages S5894-98
  Reid (for Carper) Amendment No. 2770, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                         Pages S5896-98
  Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution: Senate passed S.J. 
Res. 49, providing for the

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appointment of Barbara Barrett as a citizen regent of the Board of 
Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.                      
  Page S5898
  National Day of Remembrance for Nuclear Weapons Program Workers: 
Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of 
S. Res. 519, designating October 30, 2012, as a national day of 
remembrance for nuclear weapons program workers, and the resolution was 
then agreed to.                                              
  Page S5898
  National Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day: Senate 
agreed to S. Res. 536, designating September 9, 2012, as ``National 
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day''.        
  Pages S5898-99
  National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
537, supporting the goals and ideals of National Ovarian Cancer 
Awareness Month.                                         
  Pages S5898-99
  National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
538, designating September 2012 as ``National Prostate Cancer Awareness 
Month''.                                                 
  Pages S5898-99
  National Chess Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 539, designating October 
13, 2012, as ``National Chess Day''.                  
  Pages S5898-S5900
  National Convenient Care Clinic Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 540, 
designating the week of August 6 through August 10, 2012, as ``National 
Convenient Care Clinic Week''.                               
  Page S5900
Measures Considered:
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 S5805-24, S5825-58
House Messages:
  Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Human Rights Act: Senate 
concurred in the amendment of the House of Representatives to the 
amendment of the Senate to 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.                
  Pages S5858-63
African Growth and Opportunity Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time 
agreement was reached providing that at a time to be determined by the 
Majority Leader, after consultation with the Republican Leader, Senate 
proceed to the consideration of 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; that the 
only amendment in order be a Coburn amendment, the text of which is at 
the desk, that there be 30 minutes for debate equally divided and 
controlled in the usual form; that upon the use or yielding back of 
time, Senate vote on or in relation to the amendment; that if the 
amendment is not agreed to, the bill be read a third time and passed, 
without further action or debate; that when the Senate receives H.R. 
5986 and if its text is identical to S. 3326, Senate proceed to the 
immediate consideration of H.R. 5986, the bill be read a third time and 
passed, without further debate, with no amendments in order prior to 
passage; provided further that if the Coburn amendment is agreed to, 
the Committee on Finance be discharged from further consideration of 
H.R. 9 and Senate proceed to its immediate consideration, that all 
after the enacting clause be stricken and the text of S. 3326, as 
amended, be inserted in lieu thereof, the bill be read a third time and 
passed, without further debate; that when the Senate receives H.R. 
5986, the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration, and all after 
the enacting clause be stricken and the text of Sections 2 and 3 of S. 
3326, as reported, be inserted in lieu thereof, the bill be read a 
third time and passed, without further debate, as amended; and S. 3326 
be returned to the Calendar of Business; that no motions be in order 
other than motions to waive or motions to table.             
  Page S5858
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing that at 
approximately 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, August 2, 2012, Senate begin 
consideration of S. 3326; following the debate on the Coburn amendment, 
the time until 11 a.m., be equally divided and controlled between the 
two Leaders, or their designees, prior to the cloture vote on S. 3414, 
Cybersecurity Act; provided further, that notwithstanding the outcome 
of the cloture vote, Senate proceed to vote on or in relation to Coburn 
amendment to S. 3326, and the remaining provisions of the previous 
order be executed; and that the filing deadline for second-degree 
amendments to S. 3414, be at 10 a.m., on Thursday, August 2, 2012. 
                                                             Page S5900
Messages from the House:                                 
  Pages S5866-67
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S5867
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S5867-70
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5871-72

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Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S5872-84
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S5865-66
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S5884-93
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S5893
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S5893-94
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S5894
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 8:05 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, August 2, 2012. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5900.)