[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 37 (Thursday, March 14, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D217-D218]
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                                           Thursday, March 14, 2013

[[Page D217]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1827-S1872
Measures Introduced: Twenty-four bills were introduced, as follows: S. 
560-583.                                                     
  Page S1853
Measures Reported:
  S. 150, to regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep 
and bear arms is not unlimited, with amendments.             
Page S1853
Measures Considered:
  Department of Defense, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, 
and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act--Agreement: Senate 
continued consideration of H.R. 933, making appropriations for the 
Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and other 
departments and agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, 
taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                               Pages S1829-37, S1837-49
Adopted:
  Inhofe Modified Amendment No. 29 (to Amendment No. 26), to prohibit 
the expenditure of Federal funds to enforce the Spill Prevention, 
Control, and Countermeasure rule of the Environmental Protection Agency 
against farmers.                                  
Pages S1829, S1837-40
Rejected:
  By 54 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 36), Harkin/Cardin Amendment No. 53 
(to Amendment No. 26), of a perfecting nature. (Pursuant to the order 
of Wednesday, March 13, 2013, the amendment having failed to achieve 60 
affirmative votes, was not agreed to.)               
Pages S1829, H1832
  By 45 yeas to 54 nays (Vote No. 37), Coburn/McCain Amendment No. 66 
(to Amendment No. 26), to temporarily freeze the hiring of nonessential 
Federal employees. (A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing 
that the amendment having failed to achieve 60 affirmatives votes, was 
not agreed to.)                                   
Pages S1829-31, S1832
Pending:
  Reid (for Mikulski/Shelby) Modified Amendment No. 26, in the nature 
of a substitute.                                             
Page S1829
  Toomey Amendment No. 115 (to Amendment No. 26), to increase by 
$60,000,000 the amount appropriated for Operation and Maintenance for 
the Department of Defense for programs, projects, and activities in the 
continental United States, and to provide an offset. 
                                               Pages S1840-43, S1846-49
  Durbin Amendment No. 123 (to Amendment No. 115), to change the 
enactment date.                                          
Pages S1843-46
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that 
notwithstanding the adoption of Inhofe Modified Amendment No. 29 (to 
Amendment No. 26) (listed above), the instruction line on the amendment 
be modified with the changes that are at the desk.           
Page S1872
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 
approximately 2 p.m., on Monday, March 18, 2013, Senate resume 
consideration of the bill; that the second-degree filing deadline be at 
4:30 p.m., on Monday, March 18, 2013; and that notwithstanding Rule 
XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the vote on the motion to 
invoke cloture on Reid (for Mikulski/Shelby) Modified Amendment No. 26 
(listed above), be at 5:30 p.m., on Monday, March 18, 2013. 
                                                             Page S1872
Appointments:
  World War I Centennial Commission: The Chair, on behalf of the 
Majority Leader, pursuant to Public Law 112-272, appointed the 
following individuals to be members of the World War I Centennial 
Commission: Philip Peckman of Nevada, James Nutter, Sr. of Missouri. 
                                                             Page S1872
Budget Committee Reporting--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement 
was reached providing that notwithstanding the adjournment or recess of 
the Senate, the Budget Committee be authorized to report legislative 
matters on Friday, March 15, 2013 from 11 a.m. until 12 noon. 
                                                             Page S1872
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S1852
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S1852
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
  Page S1852
Measures Read the First Time:                                
  Page S1852
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S1852-53
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S1853-55

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Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S1855-63
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S1851-52
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S1863-72
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S1872
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S1872
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--37) 
                                                             Page S1832
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:37 p.m., 
until 2 p.m. on Monday, March 18, 2013. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S1872.)