[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 41 (Wednesday, March 20, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D250-D251]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                          Wednesday, March 20, 2013

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed H.R. 933, Further Continuing Appropriations Act, as 
      amended.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1967-S2052
Measures Introduced: Fourteen bills and four resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 618-631, and S. Res. 82-85.       
  Page S2026
Measures Reported:
  S. 622, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to 
reauthorize user fee programs relating to new animal drugs and generic 
new animal drugs.                                            
Page S2025
Measures Passed:
  Further Continuing Appropriations Act: By 73 yeas to 26 nays (Vote 
No. 44), Senate passed H.R. 933, making consolidated appropriations and 
further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2013, after taking action on the following amendments proposed 
thereto:                                                 
  Pages S1967-90
Adopted:
  Coburn/McCain Modified Amendment No. 65 (to Amendment No. 26), to 
prohibit the use of funds to carry out the functions of the Political 
Science Program in the Division of Social and Economic Sciences of the 
Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences of the 
National Science Foundation, except for research projects that the 
Director of the National Science Foundation certifies as promoting 
national security or the economic interests of the United States. (A 
unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the requirement 
of a 60 affirmative vote threshold, be vitiated.) 
                                                  Pages S1976, S1984-85
  Coburn/McCain Modified Amendment No. 70 (to Amendment No. 26), to 
ensure that authorizing committees receive timely information from the 
Department of Homeland Security. (A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that the requirement of a 60 affirmative vote 
threshold, be vitiated.)                          
Pages S1976-81, S1985
  Inhofe/Hagan Modified Amendment No. 72 (to Amendment No. 26), to 
require the continuation of tuition assistance programs for members of 
the Armed Forces for the remainder of fiscal year 2013. (A unanimous-
consent agreement was reached providing that the requirement of a 60 
affirmative vote threshold, be vitiated.)         
Pages S1974-75, S1985
  Mikulski/Shelby Modified Amendment No. 98 (to Amendment No. 26), of a 
perfecting nature. (A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing 
that the requirement of a 60 affirmative vote threshold, be vitiated.) 
                                                             Page S1985
  Leahy Modified Amendment No. 129 (to Amendment No. 26), to revise 
language regarding cluster munitions. (A unanimous-consent agreement 
was reached providing that the requirement of a 60 affirmative vote 
threshold, be vitiated.)                                 
Pages S1985-86
  Pryor Amendment No. 82 (to Amendment No. 26), relative to Agriculture 
Buildings and Facilities and Rental Payments, Food Safety and 
Inspection Service, and Domestic Food Programs. (A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing that the requirement of a 60 
affirmative vote threshold, be vitiated.)                    
Page S1986
  By 70 yeas to 29 nays (Vote No. 42), Reid (for Mikulski/Shelby) 
Modified Amendment No. 26, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                           Pages S1967, S1983-84, S1987
  Murray Amendment No. 176, to amend the title.              
Page S2008
Rejected:
   By 48 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 39), Coburn/McCain Amendment No. 69 
(to Amendment No. 26), to prohibit Urban Area Security Initiative grant 
recipients from funding projects that do not improve homeland security. 
(A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the 
amendment, having failed to achieve 60 affirmative votes, the amendment 
was not agreed to.)                                  
Pages S1976, S1984
  By 45 yeas to 54 nays (Vote No. 40), Coburn Amendment No. 93 (to 
Amendment No. 26), to

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transfer appropriations from the National Heritage Partnership Program 
to fund the resumption of public tours of the White House and visitor 
services and maintenance at national parks and monuments. (A unanimous-
consent agreement was reached providing that the amendment, having 
failed to achieve 60 affirmative votes, the amendment was not agreed 
to.)                                                 
Pages S1976, S1984
  By 40 yeas to 59 nays (Vote No. 41), Toomey Modified Amendment No. 
115 (to Amendment No. 26), to increase by $25,000,000 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. (A unanimous-consent agreement 
was reached providing that the amendment, having failed to achieve 60 
affirmative votes, the amendment was not agreed to.) 
                                        Pages S1967, S1981-83, S1986-87
  Withdrawn:
  Durbin Amendment No. 123 (to Amendment No. 115), to change the 
enactment date.                                              
Page S1967
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
   By 63 yeas to 36 nays (Vote No. 43), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on the bill.       
Pages S1987-88
  Gold Star Wives Day: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from 
further consideration of S. Res. 67, designating April 5, 2013, as 
``Gold Star Wives Day'', and the resolution was then agreed to. 
                                                             Page S2051
  192nd Anniversary of Independence of Greece: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
84, recognizing the 192nd anniversary of the independence of Greece and 
celebrating democracy in Greece and the United States.       
  Page S2051
  National Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Awareness Month: Senate 
agreed to S. Res. 85, designating April 2013 as ``National Congenital 
Diaphragmatic Hernia Awareness Month''.                      
  Page S2051
Measures Considered:
  Budget Resolution--Agreement: Senate began consideration of S. Con. 
Res. 8, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States 
Government for fiscal year 2014, revising the appropriate budgetary 
levels for fiscal year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate 
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023. 
                                                      Pages S1990-S2019
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached provided that staff be 
permitted to make technical and conforming changes to the resolution, 
as necessary, consistent with amendments adopted during Senate 
consideration, including calculating the associated change in the Net 
Interest function under Section 104 and incorporating the effect of 
such adopted amendments on the budgetary aggregates under Section 101 
for Federal Revenues, the amount by which Federal revenues should be 
changed, New Budget Authority, Budget Outlays, Deficits, Public Debt, 
and Debt Held By the Public.                                 
Page S1990
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the period 
of debate for Economic Goals and Policy under Section 305b of the 
Congressional Budget Act occur on Thursday, March 21, 2013, at a time 
to be determined by the two managers.                        
Page S1990
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the concurrent resolution at approximately 9 a.m., on 
Thursday, March 21, 2013; and that there be 34 hours remaining on the 
concurrent resolution, equally divided between the Chair and Ranking 
Member.                                                      
Page S2051
Executive Communications:                                    
  Page S2025
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S2026
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S2026-28
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S2028-37
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S2024-25
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S2037-50
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S2050-51
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S2051
Record Votes: Six record votes were taken today. (Total--44) 
                                           Pages S1984, S1987-88, S1989
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 10:45 p.m., 
until 9 a.m. on Thursday, March 21, 2013. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S2025.)