[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 153 (Monday, December 3, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D991-D993]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                           Monday, December 3, 2012

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Measures Reported:
  Report to accompany S. 2038, to prohibit Members of Congress and 
employees of Congress from using nonpublic information derived from 
their official positions for personal benefit. (S. Rept. No. 112-244) 
                                                             Page S7345
Measures Considered:
  National Defense Authorization Act--Agreement: Senate resumed 
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, taking 
action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                  Pages S7312-32, S7336
Adopted:
  Levin (for Begich) Amendment No. 2954, to authorize space-available 
travel on Department of Defense aircraft of certain unremarried spouses 
of members and former members of the Armed Forces.       
Pages S7324-29
  Levin (for Inhofe) Amendment No. 2978, to require the Secretary of 
the Air Force to submit to Congress a plan to increase the number of 
contractors eligible to be awarded contracts under the Air Force's 
Network-Centric Solutions-2 (NETCENTS-2) indefinite-delivery, 
indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract.                     
Pages S7324-29
  Levin (for Blumenthal) Amendment No. 3015, to extend the stolen goods 
offense to cover all veterans' memorials.                
Pages S7324-29
  Levin (for Cardin) Amendment No. 3022, to express the sense of the 
Senate concerning the conflict-induced Afghan refugee situation. 
                                                         Pages S7324-29
  Levin (for Cardin) Amendment No. 3024, to include the Coast Guard in 
the requirements for the achievement of diversity in the Armed Forces. 
                                                         Pages S7324-29
  Levin (for Tester) Amendment No. 3028, to authorize the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to transport individuals to and from facilities of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs in connection with rehabilitation, 
counseling, examination, treatment, and care.            
Pages S7324-29
  Levin (for Collins) Modified Amendment No. 3042, to require a report 
on insider attacks in Afghanistan and their effect on the United States 
transition strategy for Afghanistan.                     
Pages S7324-29
  Levin (for McCain/Webb) Modified Amendment No. 3054, relative to 
notice to Congress for the review of proposals to name naval vessels. 
                                                         Pages S7324-29
  Levin (for Toomey) Amendment No. 3066, to require an independent 
study and report on simulated tactical flight training in a sustained 
gravity environment.                                     
Pages S7324-29
  Levin (for McCain) Modified Amendment No. 3091, to authorize 
additional amounts for new programs identified and requested by the 
Department of Defense as unforeseen, urgent, and high priority 
requirements, and to provide an offset.                  
Pages S7324-29
  Levin (for Brown(MA)) Amendment No. 3160, to improve the authorities 
relating to rates of basic allowance for housing for National Guard 
members on full-time National Guard duty.                
Pages S7324-29
  Levin Amendment No. 3164, to authorize the transfer of defense 
articles and the provision of defense services to the military and 
security forces of Afghanistan and certain other countries. 
                                                         Pages S7324-29
  Levin (for Rubio/Nelson(FL)) Modified Amendment No. 3176, to require 
a report on the reorganization of Air Force Materiel Command 
organizations.                                           
Pages S7324-29
  Levin (for Warner) Amendment No. 3188, to express the sense of 
Congress on the Joint Warfighting Analysis Center.       
Pages S7324-29
  Levin (for Bingaman/Murkowski) Amendment No. 3208, to promote the 
production of molybdenum-99 in the United States for medical isotope 
production,

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and to condition and phase out the export of highly enriched uranium 
for the production of medical isotopes.                  
Pages S7324-29
  Levin (for Snowe) Amendment No. 3218, to remove the limit on the 
anticipated award price for contracts awarded under the procurement 
program for women-owned small business concerns.         
Pages S7324-29
  Levin (for Conrad) Amendment No. 3227, to require the Director of the 
American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress to carry out a 
national public awareness and participation campaign for the Veterans' 
History Project of the American Folklife Center.         
Pages S7324-29
  Levin (for Hatch) Amendment No. 3268, to modify the age and 
retirement treatment under the Federal Employees Retirement System for 
certain retirees of the Armed Forces.                    
Pages S7324-29
  Levin (for Coons) Amendment No. 3289, to make technical amendments 
relating to the termination of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology 
under defense base closure and realignment.              
Pages S7324-29
  Levin (for Paul) Amendment No. 3119, to provide for the more accurate 
and complete enumeration of members of the Armed Forces in any 
tabulation of total population by the Secretary of Commerce. 
                                                         Pages S7324-29
  Levin (for Pryor) Amendment No. 3291, to require, as a condition on 
the receipt by a State of certain funds for veterans employment and 
training, that the State ensures that training received by a veteran 
while on active duty is taken into consideration in granting certain 
State certifications or licenses.                            
Page S7332
  Levin (for Collins/Lieberman) Amendment No. 3282, to provide for a 
prescription drug take-back program for members of the Armed Forces and 
their dependents.                                            
Page S7332
  Levin (for Reed) Amendment No. 3292, to provide for the enforcement 
of protections on consumer credit for members of the Armed Forces and 
their dependents.                                            
Page S7332
  Levin (for Reed) Amendment No. 3165, to establish a pilot program to 
authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants 
to nonprofit organizations to rehabilitate and modify homes of disabled 
and low-income veterans.                                     
Page S7332
  Levin (for Coats) Modified Amendment No. 2923, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                              
Pages S7336-40
  Levin (for Webb/Leahy) Amendment No. 2943, to make Department of 
Defense law enforcement officers eligible under the Law Enforcement 
Officers Safety Act.                                     
Pages S7336-40
  Levin (for Casey) Modified Amendment No. 2997, to authorize the 
Transition Assistance Advisor program of the Department of Defense. 
                                                         Pages S7336-40
  Levin (for Cardin) Amendment No. 3023, to include the Coast Guard in 
the requirements relating to hazing in the Armed Forces. 
                                                         Pages S7336-40
  Levin (for Wicker) Modified Amendment No. 3121, to exempt the high 
performance computing modernization program from certain requirements 
relating to funding for data servers and centers.        
Pages S7336-40
  Levin (for Portman) Amendment No. 3142, to require a report on 
Department of Defense support for United States diplomatic security. 
                                                         Pages S7336-40


 =========================== NOTE =========================== 

  
  On page D992, December 3, 2012, the following language appears: 
Levin (for Portman) Amendment No. 3142, to require a report on 
Department of Defense support for the United States diplomatic 
security. Pages S7336-40
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: Levin (for 
Portman) Amendment No. 3142, to require a report on Department of 
Defense support for United States diplomatic security. Pages 
S7336-40


 ========================= END NOTE ========================= 

  Levin (for Webb/Brown (MA)) Amendment No. 3144, to amend section 704 
of title 18, United States Code.                         
Pages S7336-40
  Levin (for Corker) Modified Amendment No. 3172, to require the 
President to report to Congress on issues related to Syria. 
                                                         Pages S7336-40
  Levin (for Lieberman) Amendment No. 3276, to authorize National Mall 
Liberty Fund D.C. to establish a memorial on Federal land in the 
District of Columbia to honor free persons and slaves who fought for 
independence, liberty, and justice for all during the American 
Revolution.                                              
Pages S7336-40
  Levin (for Lautenberg) Amendment No. 3298, to express the sense of 
Congress on health care for retired members of the uniformed services. 
                                                         Pages S7336-40
  Levin (for Blunt) Modified Amendment No. 3278, to provide for the 
modernization of the Department of Defense's mail delivery system to 
ensure the effective and efficient delivery of absentee ballots. 
                                                         Pages S7336-40
  Levin (for Rockefeller) Amendment No. 2996, to authorize certain 
maritime programs of the Department of Transportation.   
Pages S7336-40
  Levin (for Reid) Modified Amendment No. 3047, to clarify the 
computation of combat-related special compensation for disability 
retirees from the Armed Forces.                          
Pages S7336-40
Pending:
  Kyl Modified Amendment No. 3123, to require briefings on dialogue 
between the United States and the Russian Federation on nuclear arms, 
missile defense, and long-range conventional strike systems. 
                                                             Page S7312
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By a unanimous vote of 93 yeas (Vote No. 218), 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.    
Page S7336

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  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that 
notwithstanding adoption of Blumenthal Amendment No. 3124, as modified, 
on Thursday, November 29, 2012, the amendment be modified further with 
the changes that are at the desk.                        
Pages S7329-31
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that a vote on or 
in relation to Kyl Modified Amendment No. 3123 (listed above), which 
has been cleared by both Managers, occur at a time to be determined by 
the Managers in consultation with the Leaders following the vote on 
cloture on the bill.                                         
Page S7332
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that all time 
during adjournment, morning business, Executive Session and recess 
count post-cloture on the bill.                              
Page S7360
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 92 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. EX. 217), Paul William Grimm, of 
Maryland, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Maryland.
  9 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  2 Marine Corps nominations in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, and Navy. 
                                     Pages S7332-36, S7359-60, S7360-61
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S7343
Measures Read the First Time:                                
  Page S7343
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S7343-44
Petitions and Memorials:                                 
  Pages S7344-45
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S7345-47
Additional Statements                                        
  Page S7343
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S7347-59
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S7359
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--218) 
                                                  Pages S7335-36, S7336
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 6:56 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, December 4, 2012. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S7360.)