[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 171 (Monday, December 31, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1085]
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                                          Monday, December 31, 2012

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed H.R. 8, American Taxpayer Relief Act, as amended.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8557-S8610       
Measures Introduced: Two resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 
Res. 628-629.                                            
  Pages S8589-90
Measures Passed:
  American Taxpayer Relief Act: By 89 yeas to 8 nays (Vote No. 251), 
Senate passed 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, by the order of the Senate of 
Tuesday, January 1, 2013, 60 Senators having voted in the affirmative, 
and after taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S8584-86
Adopted:
  Reid/McConnell Amendment No. 3448, in the nature of a substitute. 
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  Pryor (for Reid) Amendment No. 3450, to amend the title.   
Page S8586
  Space Launch Liability Provisions: Senate passed H.R. 6586, to extend 
the application of certain space launch liability provisions through 
2014, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S8608-09
  Pryor (for Nelson (FL)/Hutchison) Amendment No. 3449, in the nature 
of a substitute.                                             
Page S8609
  Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Extension Act: Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 
6060, to amend Public Law 106-392 to maintain annual base funding for 
the Upper Colorado and San Juan fish recovery programs through fiscal 
year 2019, and the bill was then passed.                     
  Page S8609
  Natural Gas Transmission Pipeline: Senate passed S. 302, to authorize 
the Secretary of the Interior to issue right-of-way permits for a 
natural gas transmission pipeline in nonwilderness areas within the 
boundary of Denali National Park.                            
  Page S8609
  Inter-Country Adoptions of Russian Children: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
628, expressing the deep disappointment of the Senate in the enactment 
by the Russian Government of a law ending inter-country adoptions of 
Russian children by United States citizens and urging the Russia 
Government to reconsider the law and prioritize the processing of 
inter-country adoptions involving parentless Russian children who were 
already matched with United States families before the enactment of the 
law.                                                     
  Pages S8609-10
  Authorize the Production of Records: Senate agreed to S. Res. 629, to 
authorize the production of records by the Committee on Armed Services.
                                                             Page S8610
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S8588
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
  Page S8588
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S8588-89
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S8590-92
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S8586-88
Amendments Submitted:                                 
  Pages S8592-S8608
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--251) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 11 a.m. on Monday, December 31, 2012 
and adjourned at 2:31 a.m. on Tuesday, January 1, 2013, until 2 p.m. on 
the same day.
  (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader 
in today's Record on page S8610.)