[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 146 (Thursday, November 15, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D953-D955]
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                                        Thursday, November 15, 2012

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                              Daily Digest

HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 60, Adjournment Resolution.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6829-S6873
Measures Introduced: Five bills and four resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 3631-3635, S. Res. 597-599, and S. Con. Res. 60. 
                                                             Page S6855
Measures Passed:
  PREEMIE Reauthorization Act: Senate passed 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, after agreeing to the committee amendment in the nature 
of a substitute, and the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S6868-70
  Landrieu (for Alexander) Amendment No. 2926, to strike provisions 
relating to the National Institutes of Health.           
Pages S6869-70
  American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and the Emergency 
Economic Stabilization Act of 2008: Senate passed H.R. 6570, to amend 
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and the Emergency 
Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 to consolidate certain CBO reporting 
requirements.                                                
  Page S6870
  Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week: Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions was discharged from further consideration of S. 
Res. 490, designating the week of September 16, 2012, as 
``Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week'', reaffirming the importance of 
an enhanced and coordinated research effort on mitochondrial diseases, 
and commending the National Institutes of Health for its efforts to 
improve the understanding of mitochondrial diseases, and the resolution 
was then agreed to.                                      
  Pages S6870-71
  Charitable Donations in Senate Buildings: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
597, to permit the collection of clothing, toys, food, and housewares 
during the holiday season for charitable purposes in Senate buildings. 
                                                             Page S6871
  Congratulating the San Francisco Giants: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
598, commending and congratulating the San Francisco Giants for winning 
the 2012 World Series.                                   
  Pages S6871-72
  Support of the State of Israel: Senate agreed to S. Res. 599, 
expressing vigorous support and unwavering commitment to the welfare, 
security, and survival of the State of Israel as a Jewish and 
democratic state with secure borders, and recognizing and strongly 
supporting its right to act in self-defense to protect its citizens 
against acts of terrorism.                                   
  Page S6872
  Adjournment Resolution: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 60, providing 
for a conditional adjournment or recess of the Senate and an 
adjournment of the House of Representatives.             
  Pages S6872-73
Measures Considered:
  National Defense Authorization Act: Senate began consideration of the 
motion to proceed to consideration of S. 3254, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year.                          
  Pages S6829-30
  Sportsmen's Act--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of S. 3525, 
to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, 
and shooting, and taking action on the following motions and amendments 
proposed thereto:                                        
  Pages S6830-48
Pending:
  Reid (for Tester) Amendment No. 2875, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S6830
  Reid Amendment No. 2876 (to Amendment No. 2875), to change the 
enactment date.                                              
Page S6830

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  Reid Amendment No. 2877 (to Amendment No. 2876), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S6830
  Reid Amendment No. 2878 (to the language proposed to be stricken by 
Amendment No. 2875), to change the enactment date.           
Page S6830
  Reid Amendment No. 2879 (to Amendment No. 2878), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S6830
   During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
   By 84 yeas to 12 nays (Vote No. 203), 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 bill.       
Pages S6830-31
  Reid Motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources, with instructions, Reid Amendment No. 2880, to change the 
enactment date, fell when cloture was invoked on the bill.   
Page S6830
  Reid Amendment No. 2881 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 2880), 
of a perfecting nature, fell when Reid Amendment No. 2880 fell. 
                                                             Page S6830
  Reid Amendment No. 2882 (to Amendment No. 2881), of a perfecting 
nature, fell when Reid Amendment No. 2881 fell.              
Page S6830
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing that on 
Monday, November 26, 2012, it be in order for Senator Sessions, or his 
designee, to be recognized in order to raise a Budget Act point of 
order against Reid (for Tester) Amendment No. 2875 (listed above), and 
that it be in order for Senator Reid, or his designee, to make a motion 
to waive the point of order; that at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, November 26, 
2012, Senate vote on the motion to waive, if raised; that if the motion 
to waive is successful, Reid Amendment No. 2876, Reid Amendment No. 
2877, Reid Amendment No. 2878, and Reid Amendment No. 2879 be 
withdrawn, en bloc; Reid (for Tester) Amendment No. 2875 be agreed to; 
that no further amendments or motions be in order prior to a vote on 
passage of the bill; and Senate vote on passage of S. 3525, as amended, 
with no intervening action or debate; and if the motion to waive is not 
successful, the Majority Leader be recognized.               
Page S6841
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that all post-
cloture time on the bill be considered expired at 5:30 p.m., on Monday, 
November 26, 2012, and Senate proceed under the previous order. 
                                                             Page S6873
  Pro Forma Sessions-Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that the Senate convene for pro forma sessions only, 
with no business conducted, on the following dates and times, and that 
following each pro forma session, Senate adjourn until the next pro 
forma session: Friday, November 16, 2012, at 9:30 a.m.; Tuesday, 
November 20, 2012, at 12 p.m.; and Friday, November 23, 2012, at 3 
p.m.; and that the Senate adjourn on Friday, November 23, 2012, until 2 
p.m., on Monday, November 26, 2012, unless the Senate has received a 
message from the House of Representatives that it has adopted S. Con. 
Res. 60, which is the adjournment resolution, and if the Senate has 
received such a message, Senate adjourn until Monday, November 26, 
2012, at 2 p.m., under the provisions of S. Con. Res. 60; and that the 
Majority Leader be recognized.                               
  Page S6873
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Martin J. Gruenberg, of Maryland, to be Chairperson of the Board of 
Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for a term of 
five years.
  Thomas Hoenig, of Missouri, to be Vice Chairperson of the Board of 
Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. 
                                                     Pages S6868, S6873
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Robert F. Cohen, Jr., of West Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal 
Mine Safety and Health Review Commission for a term of six years 
expiring August 30, 2018.
  Timothy J. Feighery, of New York, to be Chairman of the Foreign 
Claims Settlement Commission of the United States for a term expiring 
September 30, 2015.
  William S. Greenberg, of New Jersey, to be a Judge of the United 
States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims for the term of fifteen 
years.                                                       
Page S6873
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S6852
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S6852
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S6852-55
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S6855-56
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S6856-59
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S6850-52
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S6859-61
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S6861
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--203) 
                                                         Pages S6830-31
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9 a.m. and adjourned, pursuant to the 
provisions of S. Con. Res. 60, at 6:01 p.m., until 9:30 a.m. on Friday, 
November 16, 2012 (Unless the Senate has received a message from the 
House of Representatives that the House has adopted S. Con. Res. 60, 
Adjournment Resolution. And if the Senate has received such a message, 
the Senate stand adjourned until 2 p.m., on

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Monday, November 26, 2012). (For Senate's program, see the remarks of 
the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S6873.)