[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 42 (Thursday, March 21, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D259-D261]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                           Thursday, March 21, 2013

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2053-S2234
Measures Introduced: Nineteen bills and five resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 632-650, S.J. Res. 12, and S. Res. 86-89. 
                                                         Pages S2145-46
Measures Reported:
  Special Report entitled ``History, Jurisdiction, and a Summary of 
Activities of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources During the 
112th Congress''. (S. Rept. No. 113-4)
  Special Report entitled ``Report on the Activities of the Committee 
on Finance During the 112th Congress.'' (S. Rept. No. 113-5)
  Special Report entitled ``Report on the Activities of the Committee 
on the Judiciary During the 112th Congress''. (S. Rept. No. 113-6) 
                                                             Page S2145
Measures Passed:
  Patricia Clark Boston Air Route Traffic Control Center: Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation was discharged from further 
consideration of S. 540, to designate the air route traffic control 
center located in Nashua, New Hampshire, as the ``Patricia Clark Boston 
Air Route Traffic Control Center'', and the bill was then passed. 
                                                         Pages S2231-32
  Joint Committee on Printing and the Joint Committee of Congress on 
the Library: Senate agreed to S. Res. 88, providing for members on the 
part of the Senate of the Joint Committee on Printing and the Joint 
Committee of Congress on the Library.                        
  Page S2232
  National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 89, 
designating March 25, 2013, as ``National Cerebral Palsy Awareness 
Day''.                                                       
  Page S2232
  Authorizing use of Capitol Grounds: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 18, 
authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the National Peace 
Officers' Memorial Service.                                  
  Page S2232
  Authorizing use of Capitol Grounds: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 19, 
authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the Greater Washington 
Soap Box Derby.                                              
  Page S2232
Measures Considered:
  Budget Resolution--Agreement: Senate continued 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, taking 
action on the following motions and amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                      Pages S2053-S2141
Adopted:
  By 79 yeas to 20 nays (Vote No. 47), Reid (for Hatch) Amendment No. 
297, to promote innovation, preserve high-paying jobs, and encourage 
economic growth for manufacturers of lifesaving medical devices and 
cutting edge medical therapies.                      
Pages S2130, S2133
  By 96 yeas to 3 nays (Vote No. 48), Reid (for Stabenow) Amendment No. 
432, to establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect Medicare's 
guaranteed benefits and to prohibit replacing guaranteed benefits with 
the House passed budget plan to turn Medicare into a voucher program. 
                                                     Pages S2130, S2133
Rejected:
  By 46 yeas to 53 nays (Vote No. 45), Sessions motion to recommit the 
concurrent resolution to the Committee on the Budget, with instructions 
to report back no later than March 22, 2013 with such changes as may be 
necessary to achieve unified budget by fiscal year 2023.     
Page S2132
  By 40 yeas to 59 nays (Vote No. 46), Reid (for Murray) Amendment No. 
433, to amend the resolution.                     
Pages S2130, S2131-33
  By 45 yeas to 54 nays (Vote No. 49), Reid (for Grassley) Amendment 
No. 156, to protect Americans from a $1,000,000,000,000 tax increase 
and provide for pro-growth revenue-neutral comprehensive tax reform. 
                                                     Pages S2130, S2134
Pending:
  Reid (for Mikulski) Amendment No. 431, to establish a deficit-neutral 
reserve fund to require equal pay policies and practices.    
Page S2130
  Reid (for Ayotte/Thune) Amendment No. 158, to prohibit the 
consideration of a budget resolution

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that includes revenue increases while the civilian unemployment rate is 
above 5.5 percent, the administration's prediction for the unemployment 
rate without the stimulus.                                   
Page S2130
  Reid (for Cruz) Amendment No. 202, to establish a deficit-neutral 
reserve fund to provide for the repeal of the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation 
Act of 2010 and to encourage patient-centered reforms to improve health 
outcomes and reduce health care costs, promoting economic growth. 
                                                         Pages S2130-31
  Reid (for Murray) Amendment No. 439, to amend the deficit-neutral 
reserve fund for tax relief to provide tax relief for low and middle 
income families.                                             
Page S2131
  Reid (for Crapo) Amendment No. 222, to establish a deficit neutral 
reserve fund to repeal the tax increases enacted under the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act that were imposed on low-and middle-
income Americans.                                            
Page S2131
  Reid (for Shaheen/Stabenow) Amendment No. 438, to establish a 
deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect women's access to health care, 
including primary and preventative health care, family planning and 
birth control, and employer-provided contraceptive coverage, such as 
was provided under the Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148).   
Page S2131
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the concurrent resolution at approximately 9 a.m., on 
Friday, March 22, 2013, with the time until 11 a.m., equally divided 
between the two managers, or their designees; that at 11 a.m., Senate 
vote on or in relation to Reid (for Mikulski) Amendment No. 431; Reid 
(for Ayotte) Amendment No. 158; Reid (for Cruz) Amendment No. 202; Reid 
(for Murray) Amendment No. 439; Reid (for Crapo) Amendment No. 222; and 
Reid (for Shaheen) Amendment No. 438; that there be two minutes equally 
divided prior to each vote, and all after the first vote in this 
sequence be ten minute votes; that upon disposition of the last 
amendment listed, there be two hours equally divided between the two 
managers, or their designees, remaining on the concurrent resolution; 
and that the next amendment in order be an amendment from the Majority 
side to be followed by a Republican alternative to Reid (for Shaheen) 
Amendment No. 438.                                           
Page S2124
Appointments:
  Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing 
Arts: The Chair, on behalf of the President of the Senate, pursuant to 
Public Law 85-874, as amended, appointed and reappointed the following 
individuals to the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for 
the Performing Arts: Senator Warner vice The Honorable Kent Conrad of 
North Dakota and Senator Feinstein (reappointment).
  British-American Interparliamentary Group conference during the 113th 
Congress: The Chair, on behalf of the President pro tempore, and upon 
the recommendation of the Majority Leader, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2761, 
as amended, appointed Senator Leahy as Chairman of the Senate 
Delegation to the British-American Interparliamentary Group conference 
during the 113th Congress.                                   
  Page S2232
  U.S.-China Interparliamentary Group conference during the 113th 
Congress: The Chair, on behalf of the President pro tempore, pursuant 
to 22 U.S.C. 276n, appointed the following Senator as Chairman of the 
U.S.-China Interparliamentary Group conference during the 113th 
Congress: Senator Begich.                                    
  Page S2232
  Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group conference during the 113th 
Congress: The Chair, on behalf of the Vice President, pursuant to 22 
U.S.C. 276d-276g, as amended, appointed the following Senator as 
Chairman of the Senate Delegation to the Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary 
Group conference during the 113th Congress: Senator Klobuchar. 
                                                             Page S2232
  Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group Conference for the 113th 
Congress: The Chair, on behalf of the Vice President, pursuant to 22 
U.S.C 276h-276k, as amended, appointed the following Senator as 
Chairman to the Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group Conference for the 
113th Congress: Senator Kaine.                               
  Page S2232
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Kevin A. Ohlson, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States 
Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces for the term of fifteen years to 
expire on the date prescribed by law.
  Constance B. Tobias, of Maryland, to be Chairman of the Board of 
Veterans' Appeals for a term of six years.
  Fred P. Hochberg, of New York, to be President of the Export-Import 
Bank of the United States for a term expiring January 20, 2017.
  Allison M. Macfarlane, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission for a term expiring June 30, 2018.
  Marilyn A. Brown, of Georgia, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring May 18, 
2017.
  Stuart F. Delery, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Attorney General.

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  Patricia M. Wald, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board for a term expiring January 
29, 2019.
  Cynthia L. Attwood, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Occupational 
Safety and Health Review Commission for a term expiring April 27, 2019.
  Vicki Miles-LaGrange, of Oklahoma, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation for a term 
expiring December 10, 2015.
  Ranee Ramaswamy, of Minnesota, to be a Member of the National Council 
on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2018.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Foreign Service.                  
Pages S2233-34
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S2143
Measures Read the First Time:                     
  Pages S2143-44, S2232
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S2144-45
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S2145
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S2146-49
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S2149-63
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S2142-43
Amendments Submitted:                                 
  Pages S2163-S2231
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S2231
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S2231
Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total--49) 
                                                         Pages S2132-34
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 10:56 p.m., 
until 9 a.m. on Friday, March 22, 2013. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S2233.)