[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 164 (Wednesday, December 19, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1049-D1051]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                       Wednesday, December 19, 2012

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8155-S8234
Measures Introduced: Nine bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3690-3698, S. Res. 625, and S. Con. Res. 65.     
  Page S8203
Measures Reported:
  Special Report entitled ``Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia: A 
Comparison of International Approaches''. (S. Rept. No. 112-254)
  Report to accompany S. 1980, to prevent, deter, and eliminate 
illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing through port State 
measures. (S. Rept. No. 112-255)
  Report to accompany S. 2388, to reauthorize and amend the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Act 
of 2002. (S. Rept. No. 112-256)
  S. 1910, to provide benefits to domestic partners of Federal 
employees, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. 
No. 112-257)
  S. 241, to expand whistleblower protections to non-Federal employees 
whose disclosures involve misuse of Federal funds, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute.
  S. 1100, to amend title 41, United States Code, to prohibit inserting 
politics into the Federal acquisition process by prohibiting the 
submission of political contribution information as a condition of 
receiving a Federal contract, with an amendment.
  S. 2234, to prevent human trafficking in government contracting, with 
amendments.                                                  
Page S8203
 Measures Passed:
  Improving Transparency of Education Opportunities for Veterans Act: 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs was discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 4057, to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop a comprehensive 
policy to improve outreach and transparency to veterans and members of 
the Armed Forces through the provision of information on institutions 
of higher learning, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the 
following amendment proposed thereto:                        
  Page S8229
  Merkley (for Murray) Amendment No. 3405, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S8229
  Foreign and Economic Espionage Penalty Enhancement Act: Senate passed 
H.R. 6029, to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for 
increased penalties for foreign and economic espionage, after agreeing 
to the following amendment proposed thereto:                 
  Page S8229
  Merkley (for Kohl/Lee) Amendment No. 3406, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S8229
  Army First Sergeant David McNerney Post Office Building: Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs was discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 3477, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 133 Hare Road in Crosby, Texas, as the 
Army First Sergeant David McNerney Post Office Building, and the bill 
was then passed.                                             
  Page S8230
  Nicky `Nick' Daniel Bacon Post Office: Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs was discharged from further consideration of 
H.R. 3870, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 6083 Highway 36 West in Rose Bud, Arkansas, as the 
``Nicky `Nick' Daniel Bacon Post Office'', and the bill was then 
passed.                                                      
  Page S8230
  Brigadier General Nathaniel Woodhull Post Office Building: Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs was discharged from 
further consideration of H.R. 3912, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 110 Mastic Road in Mastic 
Beach, New York, as the ``Brigadier General Nathaniel Woodhull Post 
Office Building'', and the bill was then passed.             
  Page S8230
  Lance Cpl. Anthony A. DiLisio Clinton-Macomb Carrier Annex: Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs was discharged from 
further consideration of H.R. 5738, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 15285 Samohin Drive in Macomb, 
Michigan, as the ``Lance Cpl. Anthony A. DiLisio Clinton-Macomb Carrier 
Annex'', and the bill was then passed.                       
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  Corporal Kyle Schneider Post Office Building: Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs was discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 5837, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 26 East Genesee Street in 
Baldwinsville, New York, as the ``Corporal Kyle Schneider Post Office 
Building'', and the bill was then passed.                    
  Page S8230
  Sergeant Leslie H. Sabo, Jr. Post Office Building: Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs was discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 5954, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 320 7th Street in Ellwood City, 
Pennsylvania, as the ``Sergeant Leslie H. Sabo, Jr. Post Office 
Building'', and the bill was then passed.                    
  Page S8230
  Captain Rhett W. Schiller Post Office: Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs was discharged from further consideration of 
S. 3630, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 218 North Milwaukee Street in Waterford, Wisconsin, as the 
``Captain Rhett W. Schiller Post Office'', and the bill was then 
passed.                                                      
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  Lieutenant Ryan Patrick Jones Post Office Building: Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs was discharged from further 
consideration of S. 3662, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 6 Nichols Street in Westminster, 
Massachusetts, as the ``Lieutenant Ryan Patrick Jones Post Office 
Building'', and the bill was then passed.                    
  Page S8230
  Department of State Rewards Program Update and Technical Corrections 
Act: Senate passed S. 2318, to authorize the Secretary of State to pay 
a reward to combat transnational organized crime and for information 
concerning foreign nationals wanted by international criminal 
tribunals, after agreeing to the committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.                                              
  Pages S8230-31
  Dignified Burial of Veterans Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs was 
discharged from further consideration of S. 3202, to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to ensure that deceased veterans with no known next 
of kin can receive a dignified burial, and the bill was then passed, 
after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto: 
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  Merkley (for Murray) Amendment No. 3407, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S8231
  Improving Veterans Service Organizations Access to Federal Surplus 
Personal Property: Senate passed S. 3698, to amend title 40, United 
States Code, to improve veterans service organizations access to 
Federal surplus personal property.                       
  Pages S8231-32
  100th Birthday of Rosa Parks: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 618, observing the 
100th birthday of civil rights icon Rosa Parks and commemorating her 
legacy, and the resolution was then agreed to.           
  Pages S8232-33
  Opening of the United States Freedom Pavilion: Senate agreed to S. 
Res. 625, recognizing the January 12, 2013, opening of the United 
States Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center at the National World War II 
Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana, and supporting plans for other 
educational pavilions and initiatives.                   
  Pages S8233-34
Measures Considered:
  Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act--Agreement: Senate continued 
consideration of H.R. 1, making appropriations for the Department of 
Defense and the other departments and agencies of the Government for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, taking action on the 
following amendments and motions proposed thereto: 
                                               Pages S8164-65, S8169-96
Withdrawn:
  Leahy (for Inouye) Amendment No. 3338, in the nature of a substitute.
                                                            Page  S8164
Pending:
  Reid Amendment No. 3395, in the nature of a substitute.    
Page  S8195
  Reid Amendment No. 3396 (to Amendment No. 3395), to change the 
enactment date.                                              
Page  S8195
  Reid Amendment No. 3397 (to Amendment No. 3396), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page  S8195
  Reid Amendment No. 3398 (to the language proposed to be stricken by 
Amendment No. 3395), to change the enactment date.           
Page  S8195
  Reid Amendment No. 3399 (to Amendment No. 3398), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page  S8195
  Reid motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Appropriations, 
with instructions, Reid Amendment No. 3400, to change the enactment 
date.                                                        
Page  S8195
  Reid Amendment No. 3401 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 3400), 
of a perfecting nature.                                      
Page  S8195
  Reid Amendment No. 3402 (to Amendment No. 3401), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page  S8195
  A motion was entered to close further debate on Reid Amendment No. 
3395, and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the 
Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur on Friday, 
December 21, 2012.                                           
Page  S8195
  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 upon disposition of Reid Amendment No. 3395.
                                                            Page  S8195
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  Leahy (for Inouye) Amendment No. 3339 (to Amendment No. 3338), of a 
perfecting nature, fell when Leahy (for Inouye) Amendment No. 3338 was 
withdrawn.                                                   
Page  S8164
  Merkley Modified Amendment No. 3367 (to Amendment No. 3338), to 
extend certain supplemental agricultural disaster assistance programs, 
fell when Leahy (for Inouye) Amendment No. 3338 was withdrawn. 
                                                 Pages  S8164, S8178-79
  McCain/Coburn Amendment No. 3355 (to Amendment No. 3338), to strike 
funding for the emergency forest restoration program, fell when Leahy 
(for Inouye) Amendment No. 3338 was withdrawn.               
Page  S8164
  Tester Amendment No. 3350 (to Amendment No. 3338), to provide 
additional funds for wildland fire management, fell when Leahy (for 
Inouye) Amendment No. 3338 was withdrawn.                    
Page  S8164
  Coburn/McCain Modified Amendment No. 3371 (to Amendment No. 3338), to 
ensure that Federal disaster assistance is available for the most 
severe disasters, fell when Leahy (for Inouye) Amendment No. 3338 was 
withdrawn.                                        
Pages S8164, S8184-94
  Bingaman Amendment No. 3344 (to Amendment No. 3338), to provide for 
the approval of an agreement between the United States and the Republic 
of Palau in response to Super Typhoon Bopha, fell when Leahy (for 
Inouye) Amendment No. 3338 was withdrawn.      
Pages S8164-65, S8194-95
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 11 a.m., on Thursday, 
December 20, 2012.                                           
Page S8234
Appointments:
  United States-China Economic Security Review Commission: The Chair, 
on behalf of the President pro tempore, pursuant to Public Law 106-398, 
as amended by Public Law 108-7, and upon the recommendation of the 
Republican Leader, in consultation with the Ranking Members of the 
Senate Committee on Armed Services and the Senate Committee on Finance, 
appointed the following individuals to the United States-China Economic 
Security Review Commission: Robin Cleveland of Virginia for a term 
expiring December 31, 2014, Dennis C. Shea of Virginia for a term 
expiring December 31, 2014, and James M. Talent of Missouri, vice 
Daniel Blumenthal, for a term expiring December 31, 2013.    
  Page S8234
  United States-China Economic Security Review Commission: The Chair, 
on behalf of the President pro tempore, pursuant to Public Law 106-398, 
as amended by Public Law 108-7, and upon the recommendation of the 
Majority Leader, in consultation with the Chairmen of the Senate 
Committee on Armed Services and the Senate Committee on Finance, 
appointed the following individual to the United States-China Economic 
Security Review Commission: Katherine Tobin of Virginia for a term 
beginning January 1, 2013 and expiring December 31, 2014, vice C. 
Richard D'Amato of Maryland.                                 
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Messages from the House:                                 
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Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S8201
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
  Page S8201
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S8201-03
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S8203-04
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S8204-06
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S8200
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S8206-29
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 10:21 p.m., 
until 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, December 20, 2012. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S8234.)