[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 51 (Tuesday, April 16, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D318]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                            Tuesday, April 16, 2013

[[Page D318]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2657-S2696
Measures Introduced: Fourteen bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 731-744, and S. Res. 98-100. 
                                                         Pages S2683-84
Measures Passed:
  Honoring British Prime Minister Baroness Margaret Thatcher: Senate 
agreed to S. Res. 98, honoring the life, legacy, and example of British 
Prime Minister Baroness Margaret Thatcher.                   
  Page S2670
  Public Service Recognition Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 99, 
expressing the sense of the Senate that public servants should be 
commended for their dedication and continued service to the United 
States during Public Service Recognition Week.               
  Page S2696
  Congratulating the University of Louisville Men's and Women's 
Basketball Teams: Senate agreed to S. Res. 100, commending and 
congratulating the University of Louisville men's basketball team for 
winning its third Division I National Collegiate Athletic Association 
championship, and the University of Louisville women's basketball team 
for being runner up in the 2013 Women's Division I National Collegiate 
Athletic Association Basketball Tournament.                  
  Page S2696
Measures Considered:
  Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act--Agreement: Senate resumed 
consideration of S. 649, to ensure that all individuals who should be 
prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the national instant 
criminal background check system and require a background check for 
every firearm sale, taking action on the following amendment proposed 
thereto:                   
  Pages S2663-65, S2666-70, S2670-76, S2676-79
Pending:
  Manchin Amendment No. 715, to protect Second Amendment rights, ensure 
that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are 
listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and 
provide a responsible and consistent background check process. 
                                                             Page S2663
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing that the 
following amendments be in order to be called up: Grassley substitute 
amendment consistent with the summary which is at the desk; Leahy/
Collins Amendment No. 713; Cornyn Amendment No. 719; Feinstein 
Amendment No. 711; Burr Amendment No. 720; Lautenberg/Blumenthal 
Amendment No. 714; Barrasso Amendment No. 717; and Harkin/Alexander 
amendment relative to mental health, the text of which is at the desk; 
that following Leader remarks on Wednesday, April 17, 2013, the time 
until 4:00 p.m. be equally divided between the two Leaders, or their 
designees, to debate the amendments concurrently; that at 4 p.m., 
Senate vote on or in relation to Manchin Amendment No. 715 (listed 
above); that upon disposition of Manchin Amendment No. 715, Senate vote 
on or in relation to the remaining pending amendments in the order 
listed; that all of the amendments be subject to a 60 affirmative vote 
threshold; that no other amendments or motions to commit be in order to 
any of these amendments or the bill prior to the votes; that there be 
two minutes equally divided prior to each vote and all after the first 
vote be ten minute votes.                                    
Page S2679
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, 
April 17, 2013.                                              
Page S2696
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S2682
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S2682
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
  Page S2682
Measures Read the First Time:                        
  Pages S2682, S2696
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S2682-83
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S2683
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S2684-86


 =========================== NOTE =========================== 

  
  On page D318, April 16, 2013, the following language appears: 
Measures Read the First Time: Page S2682 Executive Communications: 
Pages S2682-83 Executive Reports of Committees: Page S6283 
Additional Cosponsors: Pages S2784-86
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: Measures Read the 
First Time: Pages S2682, S2696 Executive Communications: Pages 
S2682-83 Executive Reports of Committees: Page S2683 Additional 
Cosponsors: Pages S2684-86


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     Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:         30Additional 
     Statements:
     s Submitted:                                        30Notices of 
     Hearings/Meetings:
     es for Committees to Meet:                          30Adjournment: 
     Senate convened at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 16, 2013 and 
     adjoent: urned at 2:06 a.m. on Wednesday, April 17, 2013, 
     until 9:30 a.m. on the same day. (For Senate's program, see 
     the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record 
     on page S2696.)