[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 127 (Wednesday, September 19, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D880-D882]
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                                      Wednesday, September 19, 2012

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6393-S6473
Measures Introduced: Twenty-five bills and twelve resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 3553-3577, and S. Res. 559-570. 
                                                         Pages S6453-55
Measures Reported:
  S. 2071, to grant the Secretary of the Interior permanent authority 
to authorize States to issue electronic duck stamps. (S. Rept. No. 112-
212)
  S. 76, to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency to investigate and address cancer and disease clusters, 
including in infants and children. (S. Rept. No. 112-213)
  S. 357, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to identify and 
declare wildlife disease emergencies and to coordinate rapid response 
to those emergencies, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 112-214)
  S. 1494, to reauthorize and amend the National Fish and Wildlife 
Foundation Establishment Act, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 112-215)
  S. 2156, to amend the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp 
Act to permit the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the 
Migratory Bird Conservation Commission, to set prices for Federal 
Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps and make limited waivers 
of stamp requirements for certain users, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 
112-216)
  S. 2282, to extend the authorization of appropriations to carry out 
approved wetlands conservation projects under the North American 
Wetlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2017. (S. Rept. No. 112-
217)
  S. 134, to authorize the Mescalero Apache Tribe to lease adjudicated 
water rights. (S. Rept. No. 112-218)
  S. 3315, to repeal or modify certain mandates of the Government 
Accountability Office, with an amendment. (S. Rept. No. 112-219)
  S. 3341, to require a quadrennial diplomacy and development review. 
(S. Rept. No. 112-220)
  S. Res. 466, calling for the release from prison of former Prime 
Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute and with an amended preamble.
  S. Res. 516, expressing the sense of the Senate on the restitution of 
or compensation for property seized during the Nazi and Communist eras.
  S. Res. 543, to express the sense of the Senate on international 
parental child abduction, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute and with an amended preamble.
  S. 645, to amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to 
establish a permanent background check system, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.
  S. 1440, to reduce preterm labor and delivery and the risk of 
pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and to 
reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.
  S. 3391, to amend section 353 of the Public Health Service Act with 
respect to suspension, revocation, and limitation of laboratory 
certification.
  S. 3566, to provide for scientific frameworks with respect to 
recalcitrant cancers.
  S. 3568, to create a Citrus Disease Research and Development Trust 
Fund to support research on diseases impacting the citrus industry, to 
renew and modify the temporary duty suspensions on certain cotton 
shirting fabrics, and to modify and extend the Wool Apparel 
Manufacturers Trust Fund.
  S. Con. Res. 50, expressing the sense of Congress regarding actions 
to preserve and advance the multistakeholder governance model under 
which the Internet has thrived.                              
Page S6451
Measures Passed:
  National Health Information Technology Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
562, designating the week beginning on September 10, 2012 and ending on 
September 14, 2012 as ``National Health Information Technology Week'' 
to recognize the value of health information technology in improving 
health quality.                                          
  Pages S6469-70
  National Phenylketonuria Awareness Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 563, 
designating December 3, 2012, as ``National Phenylketonuria Awareness 
Day''.                                                       
  Page S6470

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  National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
564, designating the month of October 2012 as ``National Medicine Abuse 
Awareness Month''.                                           
  Page S6470
  National Day on Writing: Senate agreed to S. Res. 565, expressing 
support for the designation of October 20, 2012, as the ``National Day 
on Writing''.                                            
  Pages S6470-71
  National Estuaries Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 566, designating 
September 29, 2012, as ``National Estuaries Day''.           
  Page S6471
  Honoring the Life of George Hickman: Senate agreed to S. Res. 567, 
honoring the life and career of George Hickman.              
  Page S6471
  National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
568, designating the week beginning September 16, 2012, as ``National 
Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week''.                        
  Page S6471
  National Character Counts Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 569, 
designating the week beginning October 21, 2012, as ``National 
Character Counts Week''.                                 
  Pages S6471-72
  National Parents as Teachers Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 570, 
designating November 8, 2012, as ``National Parents as Teachers Day''. 
                                                             Page S6472
  Honoring the Contributions of Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari: Committee on 
Foreign Relations was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 
557, honoring the contributions of Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari as Special Envoy 
of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and in promoting the legitimate rights 
and aspirations of the Tibetan people, and the resolution was then 
agreed to.                                               
  Pages S6472-73
Measures Considered:
  Family and Business Tax Cut Certainty Act: Senate began consideration 
of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 3521, to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions. 
                                                             Page S6393
  Subsequently, Senator Reid withdrew the motion to proceed. 
                                                             Page S6393
  Veterans Jobs Corps Act: Senate resumed consideration of S. 3457, to 
require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a veterans jobs 
corps, taking action on the following amendments and motions proposed 
thereto:                                              
  Pages S6395-S6405
Pending:
  Reid Amendment No. 2810 (to the language proposed to be stricken by 
Amendment No. 2789), to change the enactment date.           
Page S6395
  Reid Amendment No. 2811 (to Amendment No. 2810), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S6395
  Reid motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Veterans Affairs, 
with instructions, Reid Amendment No. 2812, to change the enactment 
date.                                                        
Page S6395
  Reid Amendment No. 2813 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 2812), 
of a perfecting nature.                                      
Page S6395
  Reid Amendment No. 2814 (to Amendment No. 2813), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S6395
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 58 yeas to 40 nays (Vote No. 193), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive pursuant to section 904 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and the applicable sections of that 
Act with respect to consideration of Reid (for Murray) Amendment No. 
2789, in the nature of a substitute. Subsequently, a point of order 
that the amendment was in violation pursuant to Section 302(f) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 was sustained, and the amendment thus 
fell.                                                 
Pages S6396-S6404
  Reid (for Murray) Amendment No. 2789, in the nature of a substitute, 
fell when the point of order was sustained against the amendment. 
                                                             Page S6395
  Reid Amendment No. 2808 (to Amendment No. 2789), to change the 
enactment date, fell when Reid (for Murray) Amendment No. 2789 fell. 
                                                             Page S6395
  Reid Amendment No. 2809 (to Amendment No. 2808), of a perfecting 
nature, fell when Reid Amendment No. 2808 (to Amendment No. 2789) fell.
                                                             Page S6395
  Subsequently, the motion to invoke cloture on Reid (for Murray) 
Amendment No. 2789 was withdrawn.                            
Page S6405
  Subsequently, the motion to invoke cloture on the bill was withdrawn.
                                                             Page S6405
  Subsequently, the bill was returned to the Senate Calendar. 
                                                             Page S6405
Continuing Appropriations Resolution--Agreement: Senate began 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of H.J. Res. 
117, making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2013. 
                                                         Pages S6405-22
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to proceed 
to consideration of the joint resolution, and, in accordance with the 
provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, and 
pursuant to the unanimous-consent agreement of Thursday, September 13, 
2012, a vote on cloture will occur at 2:15 p.m., Wednesday, September 
19, 2012.                                                    
Page S6405
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:

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  By 76 yeas to 22 nays (Vote No. 194), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to 
consideration of the joint resolution.                       
Page S6405
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 2 p.m., 
on Thursday, September 20, 2012, all post-cloture time on the motion to 
proceed to consideration of the joint resolution, be considered 
expired, and Senate vote on the motion to proceed to consideration of 
the joint resolution, and that following the vote, the Majority Leader 
be recognized.                                               
Page S6473
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Joseph Eldridge, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
Board of Directors of the United States Institute of Peace for a term 
of four years.
  George E. Moose, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the United States Institute of Peace for a term of four 
years.
  Sylvia M. Becker, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States for the term 
expiring September 30, 2013.
  Keith Kelly, of Montana, to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for 
Veterans' Employment and Training.
  Bibiana Boerio, of Pennsylvania, to be Director of the Mint for a 
term of five years.
  Beth J. Rosenberg, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Chemical 
Safety and Hazard Investigation Board for a term of five years.
  Robert F. Godec, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Kenya.
  Cheryl Saban, of California, to be Representative of the United 
States of America to the Sixty-seventh Session of the General Assembly 
of the United Nations.
  Caitlin Joan Halligan, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the District of Columbia Circuit.
  Jennifer A. Dorsey, of Nevada, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Nevada.
  Andrew Patrick Gordon, of Nevada, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Nevada.
  Michael J. McShane, of Oregon, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Oregon.
  Derek Anthony West, of California, to be Associate Attorney General.
  Frederick Vollrath, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Defense.
  A routine list in the Coast Guard.                         
Page S6473
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S6446
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S6446
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
  Page S6446
Measures Read the First Time:                        
  Pages S6446, S6473
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S6446-51
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S6451-53
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S6455-58
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S6458-67
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S6441-45
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S6467-68
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                            
  Pages S6468-69
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S6469
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S6469
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--194) 
                                                  Pages S6404-05, S6405
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:25 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, September 20, 2012. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S6473.)