[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 159 (Tuesday, December 11, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1021-D1022]
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                                         Tuesday, December 11, 2012

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7711-S7752
Measures Introduced: One bill and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3669, and S. Res. 613.                           
  Page S7744
Measures Reported:
  S. 2024, to make technical amendment to the T'uf Shur Bien 
Preservation Trust Area Act, with amendments.
  S. 3546, to amend the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to 
reauthorize a provision to ensure the survival and continuing vitality 
of Native American languages.
  S. 3548, to clarify certain provisions of the Native American 
Veterans' Memorial Establishment Act of 1994.                
Page S7744
Measures Passed:
  Federal Deposit Insurance Act: Senate passed H.R. 4014, to amend the 
Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to 
the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.                 
  Page S7751
  Electronic Fund Transfer Act: Senate passed H.R. 4367, to amend the 
Electronic Fund Transfer Act to limit the fee disclosure requirement 
for an automatic teller machine to the screen of that machine. 
                                                             Page S7751
  Bridgeport Indian Colony Land Trust, Health, and Economic Development 
Act: Senate passed H.R. 2467, to take certain Federal lands in Mono 
County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Bridgeport Indian 
Colony.                                                      
  Page S7751
  Public Interest Declassification Board Reauthorization Act: Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs was discharged from 
further consideration of S. 3564, to extend the Public Interest 
Declassification Act of 2000 until 2014, and the bill was then passed, 
after agreeing to the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S7751-52
  Reid (for Lieberman/Collins) Amendment No. 3326, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S7752
  Reid (for Lieberman/Collins) Amendment No. 3327, to amend the title. 
                                                             Page S7752
  Pascua Yaqui Tribe: Committee on Indian Affairs was discharged from 
further consideration of H.R. 3319, to allow the Pascua Yaqui Tribe to 
determine the requirements for membership in that tribe, and the bill 
was then passed.                                             
  Page S7752
  Clothe a Homeless Hero Act: Senate passed H.R. 6328, to amend title 
49, United States Code, to direct the Assistant Secretary of Homeland 
Security (Transportation Security Administration) to transfer unclaimed 
clothing recovered at airport security checkpoints to local veterans 
organizations and other local charitable organizations, after agreeing 
to the following amendment proposed thereto:                 
  Page S7752
  Reid (for Gillibrand) Amendment No. 3328, to clarify that the 
clothing should be transferred to the local airport authority or other 
local authorities for donation to charity, including local veterans 
organizations or other local charitable organizations for distribution 
to homeless or needy veterans and veteran families.          
Page S7752
Measures Considered:
  Transaction Account Guarantee--Agreement: Senate began consideration 
of S. 3637, to temporarily extend the transaction account guarantee 
program, after agreeing to the motion to proceed, and taking action on 
the following motions and amendments proposed thereto: 
                                               Pages S7721-32, S7737-42
Pending:
  Reid Amendment No. 3314, to change the enactment date.     
Page S7724
  Reid Amendment No. 3315 (to Amendment No. 3314), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S7724
  Reid Motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs, with instructions, Reid Amendment No. 3316, to 
change the enactment date.                                   
Page S7724
  Reid Amendment No. 3317 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 3316), 
of a perfecting nature.                                      
Page S7724
  Reid Amendment No. 3318 (to Amendment No. 3317), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S7724
  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

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vote on cloture will occur on Thursday, December 13, 2012. 
                                                         Pages S7723-24
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 76 yeas to 20 nays (Vote No. 225), 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 bill.                                   
Page S7724
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached proving for further 
consideration of the bill at 2 p.m., on Wednesday, December 12, 2012. 
                                                             Page S7752
  Retiring Senators Speeches--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement 
was reached providing that the previous order with respect to the 
remarks of retiring Senators be amended to occur from 11:30 a.m. until 
2 p.m., on Wednesday, December 12, 2012.                     
  Page S7752
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By a unanimous vote of 95 yeas (Vote No. EX. 226), John E. Dowdell, 
of Oklahoma, to be United States District Judge for the Northern 
District of Oklahoma.                      
Pages S7724, S7732-37, S7752
  Jesus G. Bernal, of California, to be United States District Judge 
for the Central District of California.    
Pages S7724, S7732-37, S7752
Additional Cosponsors:                                       
  Page S7744
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S7744-45
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S7743-44
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S7745-50
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S7750-51
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--226) 
                                                     Pages S7724, S7736
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:18 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, December 12, 2012. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S7752.)