[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 170 (Sunday, December 30, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1082]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8521-S8556
Measures Introduced: Two bills were introduced, as follows: S. 3714-
3715.                                                        
  Page S8548
Measures Passed:
  SAFER Act: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further 
consideration of S. 3250, to amend the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination 
Act of 2000 to provide for Debbie Smith grants for auditing sexual 
assault evidence backlogs and to establish a Sexual Assault Forensic 
Evidence Registry, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the 
following amendment proposed thereto:                    
  Pages S8551-52
  Durbin (for Cornyn) Amendment No. 3445, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S8552
  Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act: Senate passed S. 3715, to 
extend the limited antitrust exemption contained in the Pandemic and 
All-Hazards Preparedness Act.                                
  Page S8552
  Lake Thunderbird Efficient Use Act: Senate passed H.R. 3263, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to allow the storage and 
conveyance of nonproject water at the Norman project in Oklahoma. 
                                                             Page S8552
  Pinnacles National Park Act: Senate passed H.R. 3641, to establish 
Pinnacles National Park in the State of California as a unit of the 
National Park System.                                        
  Page S8552
  Pike National Forest Railroad Right of Way: Senate passed H.R. 4073, 
to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to accept the quitclaim, 
disclaimer, and relinquishment of a railroad right of way within and 
adjacent to Pike National Forest in El Paso County, Colorado, 
originally granted to the Mt. Manitou Park and Incline Railway Company 
pursuant to the Act of March 3, 1875.                    
  Pages S8552-53
  Natchez Trace Parkway Land Conveyance Act: Senate passed S. 264, to 
direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the State of 
Mississippi 2 parcels of surplus land within the boundary of the 
Natchez Trace Parkway, after agreeing to the committee amendment. 
                                                             Page S8553
  Powell Shooting Range Land Conveyance Act: Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources was discharged from further consideration of S. 2015, 
to require the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal land 
to the Powell Recreation District in the State of Wyoming, and the bill 
was then passed.                                             
  Page S8552
  Federal Permit Streamlining Pilot Project: Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources was discharged from further consideration of S. 3563, 
to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to modify the Pilot Project 
offices of the Federal Permit Streamlining Pilot Project, and the bill 
was then passed.                                             
  Page S8552
  Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel Act: Senate passed S. 1047, to amend 
the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment of 1992 to 
require the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of 
Reclamation, to take actions to improve environmental conditions in the 
vicinity of the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel in Lake County, 
Colorado.                                                
  Pages S8553-54
  Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation: Senate passed S. 1421, to 
authorize the Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation to establish a 
commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs. 
                                                             Page S8554
  Minuteman Missile National Historic Site Boundary Modification Act: 
Senate passed S. 1478, to modify the boundary of the Minuteman Missile 
National Historic Site in the State of South Dakota.         
  Page S8554
  Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act: Senate passed S. 
499, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to facilitate the 
development of hydroelectric power on the Diamond Fork System of the 
Central Utah Project.                                    
  Pages S8554-55
  Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Conservation and Recreation 
Act: Senate passed S. 140, to designate as wilderness certain land and 
inland water within the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in the 
State of Michigan.                                           
  Page S8555

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  San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Boundary Expansion Act: 
Senate passed S. 114, to expand the boundary of the San Antonio 
Missions National Historical Park, after agreeing to the committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute, and the following amendments 
proposed thereto:                                        
  Pages S8555-56
  Durbin (for Hutchison) Amendment No. 3446, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                              
Pages S8555-56
  Durbin (for Hutchison) Amendment No. 3447, to amend the title. 
                                                             Page S8556
  White Clay Creek Wild and Scenic River Expansion Act: Senate passed 
S. 970, to designate additional segments and tributaries of White Clay 
Creek, in the States of Delaware and Pennsylvania, as a component of 
the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.                  
  Page S8556
Tributes to Daniel Inouye--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that tributes to Daniel Inouye, a late Senator from 
Hawaii, be printed as a Senate document, and that Members have until 12 
p.m. on Tuesday, January 8, 2013, to submit said tributes.   
  Page S8556
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 64 yeas to 26 nays (Vote No. EX. 249), William Joseph Baer, of 
Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney General.    
Pages S8521-28, S8556
  By 69 yeas to 24 nays (Vote No. EX. 250), Carol J. Galante, of 
California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development. (A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that 
the nomination, having achieved 60 affirmatives votes, be confirmed.) 
                                                  Pages S8521-29, S8556
Messages from the House:                                 
  Pages S8547-48
Measures Read the First Time:                                
  Page S8556
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S8548-49
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S8549-51
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--250) 
                                                         Pages S8528-29
Recess: Senate convened at 1 p.m. and recessed at 7:26 p.m., until 11 
a.m. on Monday, December 31, 2012. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S8556.)