[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 169 (Friday, December 28, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1076-D1078]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                          Friday, December 28, 2012

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed H.R. 5949, FISA Amendments Act Reauthorization Act.
      Senate passed H.R. 1, Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, as 
      amended.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8455-S8519
Measures Introduced: Two bills were introduced, as follows: S. 3712-
3713.                                                        
  Page S8507
Measures Passed:
  FISA Amendments Act Reauthorization Act: By 73 yeas to 23 nays (Vote 
No. 236), Senate passed H.R. 5949, to extend the FISA Amendments Act of 
2008 for five years, by the order of the Senate of Friday, December 21, 
2012, 60 Senators having voted in the affirmative, and after taking 
action on the following amendment proposed thereto:      
  Pages S8455-62
Rejected:
  By 43 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 235), Wyden Amendment No. 3439, to 
require a report on the impact of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 on 
the privacy of the people of the United States. (Pursuant to the order 
of Friday, December 21, 2012, the amendment having failed to achieve 60 
affirmative votes, was not agreed to.)                   
Pages S8455-60
  Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act: By 62 yeas to 32 nays (Vote 
No. 248), Senate passed H.R. 1, making appropriations for disaster 
relief for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, after taking 
action on the following amendments and motions proposed thereto: 
                                               Pages S8462-67, S8467-97
Adopted:
  Cardin/Landrieu Amendment No. 3393 (to Amendment No. 3395), of a 
perfecting nature.                                           
Page S8462
  Mikulski (for Grassley) Amendment No. 3348 (to Amendment No. 3395), 
to shift vehicles used for non-operational purposes by the Department 
of Justice and Department of Homeland Security in the District of 
Columbia to replace vehicles of those agencies damaged by Hurricane 
Sandy.                                                       
Page S8462
  Mikulski (for Feinstein) Modified Amendment No. 3421 (to Amendment 
No. 3395), of a perfecting nature.                           
Page S8462
  Mikulski (for Harkin) Amendment No. 3426 (to Amendment No. 3395), of 
a perfecting nature.                                         
Page S8462
  Landrieu Amendment No. 3415 (to Amendment No. 3395), to clarify the 
provision relating to emergency protective measures.         
Page S8462
  Mikulski (for Leahy) Amendment No. 3403 (to Amendment No. 3395), to 
provide authority to transfer previously appropriated funds to increase 
security at United States embassies and other overseas posts. 
                                                             Page S8462
  Coburn Amendment No. 3369 (to Amendment No. 3395), to reduce the 
amount that triggers the requirement to notify Congress of the 
recipients of certain grants and to require publication of the notice. 
                                                             Page S8462
  Division I of Coburn/McCain Modified Amendment No. 3370 (to Amendment 
No. 3395), to ensure funding for victims of Hurricane Sandy is not 
spent on tax cheats, deceased individuals, or fisheries outside of the 
affected area.                                               
Page S8462
  Reid Amendment No. 3395, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                     Pages S8462, S8483
  Reid (for Mikulski) Amendment No. 3440, to amend the title. 
                                                             Page S8496
Rejected:
  By 52 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 237), Bingaman Amendment No. 3344 (to 
Amendment No. 3395), to provide for the approval of an agreement 
between the United States and the Republic of Palau in response to 
Super Typhoon Bopha. (Pursuant to the order of Friday, December 21, 
2012, the amendment having failed to achieve 60 affirmative votes, was 
not agreed to.)                                              
Page S8463
  By 44 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 239), Coburn/McCain Amendment No. 
3368 (to Amendment No.

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3395), to clarify cost-sharing requirements for certain Corps of 
Engineers activities. (Pursuant to the order of Friday, December 21, 
2012, the amendment having failed to achieve 60 affirmative votes, was 
not agreed to.)                                   
Pages S8462, S8464-65
  By 35 yeas to 60 nays (Vote No. 240), Division II of Coburn/McCain 
Modified Amendment No. 3370 (to Amendment No. 3395), to ensure funding 
for victims of Hurricane Sandy is not spent on tax cheats, deceased 
individuals, or fisheries outside of the affected area. (Pursuant to 
the order of Friday, December 21, 2012, the amendment having failed to 
achieve 60 affirmative votes, was not agreed to.) 
                                                  Pages S8462, S8465-67
  By 40 yeas to 55 nays (Vote No. 241), Coburn/McCain Amendment No. 
3371 (to Amendment No. 3395), to ensure that Federal disaster 
assistance is available for the most severe disasters. (Pursuant to the 
order of Friday, December 21, 2012, the amendment having failed to 
achieve 60 affirmative votes, was not agreed to.) 
                                                  Pages S8462, S8466-67
  By 48 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 242), Coburn Amendment No. 3382 (to 
Amendment No. 3395), to require merit-based and competitive awards of 
disaster recovery contracts. (Pursuant to the order of Friday, December 
21, 2012, the amendment having failed to achieve 60 affirmative votes, 
was not agreed to.)                               
Pages S8462, S8467-68
  By 42 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 243), Paul Amendment No. 3376 (to 
Amendment No. 3395), to provide for the nonapplication of the Davis-
Bacon Act in the case of projects funded under this Act. (Pursuant to 
the order of Friday, December 21, 2012, the amendment having failed to 
achieve 60 affirmative votes, was not agreed to.) 
                                               Pages S8469-72, S8480-81
  By 3 yeas to 91 nays (Vote No. 244), Paul Amendment No. 3410 (to 
Amendment No. 3395), to offset the cost of the bill and to put the 
spending on budget as regular spending and not emergency. (Pursuant to 
the order of Friday, December 21, 2012, the amendment having failed to 
achieve 60 affirmative votes, was not agreed to.) 
                                           Pages S8469-72, S8480, S8481
  By 46 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. 245), McCain/Coburn Amendment No. 
3355 (to Amendment No. 3395), to strike funding for the emergency 
forest restoration program. (Pursuant to the order of Friday, December 
21, 2012, the amendment having failed to achieve 60 affirmative votes, 
was not agreed to.)                            
Pages S8476-80, S8481-82
  By 41 yeas to 54 nays (Vote No. 247), Coats/Alexander Amendment No. 
3391 (to Amendment No. 3395), in the nature of a substitute. (Pursuant 
to the order of Friday, December 21, 2012, the amendment having failed 
to achieve 60 affirmative votes, was not agreed to.) 
                                                     Pages S8462, S8483
Withdrawn:
   Tester Amendment No. 3350 (to Amendment No. 3395), to provide 
additional funds for wildland fire management.               
Page S8462
  Coburn Amendment No. 3383 (to Amendment No. 3395), to strike a 
provision relating to certain studies of the Corps of Engineers. 
                                                     Pages S8462, S8468
  Lee Modified Amendment No. 3373 (to Amendment No. 3395), to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide special rules for the use of 
retirement funds in connection with federally declared disasters, to 
provide for certain regulatory relief in connection with federally 
declared disasters.                                      
Pages S8472-74
  Merkley Further Modified Amendment No. 3367 (to Amendment No. 3395), 
to extend certain supplemental agricultural disaster assistance 
programs.                                            
Pages S8462, S8482
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 51 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 238), 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, with respect to Tester Amendment No. 
3350 (to Amendment No. 3395) (listed above). Subsequently, the point of 
order that the amendment was in violation of section 314(e)(1) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, was sustained, the emergency 
designation within the amendment was stricken, and the amendment was 
withdrawn.                                                   
Page S8464
  By 55 yeas to 40 nays (Vote No. 246), 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, with respect to Merkley Further 
Modified Amendment No. 3367 (to Amendment No. 3395) (listed above). 
Subsequently, the point of order that the amendment was in violation of 
section 314(e)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, was 
sustained, the emergency designations within the amendment were 
stricken, and the amendment was withdrawn.                   
Page S8482
  Subsequently, the motion to invoke cloture on the bill was withdrawn.
                                                             Page S8483
  Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013: Senate passed S. 
3454, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for intelligence 
and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government and 
the Office of the Director of National

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Intelligence, the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability 
System, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                  Pages S8513-15, S8516
  Reid (for Feinstein/Chambliss) Amendment No. 3441, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S8516
  North Korean Refugee Adoption Act: Committee on Foreign Relations was 
discharged from further consideration of H.R. 1464, to express the 
sense of Congress regarding North Korean children and children of one 
North Korean parent and to require the Department of State regularly to 
brief appropriate congressional committees on efforts to advocate for 
and develop a strategy to provide assistance in the best interest of 
these children, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the 
following amendments proposed thereto:                       
  Page S8516
  Reid (for Burr) Amendment No. 3442, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S8516
  Reid (for Burr) Amendment No. 3443, to amend the title.    
Page S8516
  Katie Sepich Enhanced DNA Collection Act: Senate passed H.R. 6014, to 
authorize the Attorney General to award grants for States to implement 
DNA arrestee collection processes.                           
  Page S8516
  Former Presidents Protection Act: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of H.R. 6620, to amend title 18, 
United States Code, to eliminate certain limitations on the length of 
Secret Service Protection for former Presidents and for the children of 
former Presidents, and the bill was then passed.         
  Pages S8516-17
  Officer Safety Act: Senate passed H.R. 6621, to correct and improve 
certain provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act and title 35, 
United States Code, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed 
thereto:                                                 
  Pages S8517-18
  Reid (for Leahy/Grassley) Amendment No. 3444, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                              
Pages S8517-18
Job Protection and Recession Prevention Act--Agreement: A unanimous-
consent agreement was reached providing that at a time to be determined 
by the Majority Leader, with the concurrence of the Republican Leader, 
Senate begin consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of 
H.R. 8, to extend certain tax relief provisions enacted in 2001 and 
2003, and to provide for expedited consideration of a bill providing 
for comprehensive tax reform.                                
  Page S8513
Galante and Baer Nominations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time 
agreement was reached providing that at approximately 1 p.m., on 
Sunday, December 30, 2012, Senate begin consideration of the nomination 
of Carol J. Galante, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development, under the previous order; provided 
further, that upon the use or yielding back of time, Senate begin 
consideration of the nomination of William Joseph Baer, of Maryland, to 
be an Assistant Attorney General, and vote on confirmation of the 
nominations; that there be two minutes for debate, equally divided in 
the usual form prior to each vote; and that no further motions be in 
order to the nominations.                                    
  Page S8513
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S8506-07
Additional Cosponsors:                                       
  Page S8507
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S8507-08
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S8508-13
Record Votes: Fourteen record votes were taken today. (Total--248) 
                              Pages S8460-61, S8463-68, S8480-83, S8486
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 7:50 p.m., 
until 1 p.m. on Sunday, December 30, 2012. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S8518.)