[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 63 (Tuesday, May 7, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D405-D406]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                               Tuesday, May 7, 2013

[[Page D405]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3099-S3213
Measures Introduced: Twenty-three bills and one resolution were 
introduced, as follows: S. 868-890, and S. Res. 130.     
  Pages S3158-59
Measures Passed:
  National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coins: Senate passed 
H.R. 1071, to specify the size of the precious-metal blanks that will 
be used in the production of the National Baseball Hall of Fame 
commemorative coins.                                         
  Page S3212
  Loss of New Hampshire's Old Man of the Mountain: Committee on the 
Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 127, 
commemorating the 10-year anniversary of the loss of the State symbol 
of New Hampshire, the Old Man of the Mountain, and the resolution was 
then agreed to.                                              
  Page S3212
  National Physical Education and Sport Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
130, designating the week of May 1 through May 7, 2013, as ``National 
Physical Education and Sport Week''.                     
  Pages S3212-13
Measures Considered:
  Water Resources Development Act--Agreement: Senate began 
consideration of S. 601, to provide for the conservation and 
development of water and related resources, to authorize the Secretary 
of the Army to construct various projects for improvements to rivers 
and harbors of the United States, after agreeing to the motion to 
proceed, withdrawing the committee reported substitute amendment, and 
taking action on the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                               Pages S3110-38, S3139-52
Pending:
  Boxer/Vitter Amendment No. 799, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                         Pages S3139-52
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 11:30 a.m., on Wednesday, 
May 8, 2013; that the following amendments be the first amendments in 
order to Boxer/Vitter Amendment No. 799 (listed above): Coburn 
Amendment No. 804 (ammunition); Coburn Amendment No. 805 (Army Corps 
lands/guns); and Whitehouse Amendment No. 803 (oceans); that there be 
no second-degree amendments in order to any of these amendments prior 
to votes on or in relation to the amendments; that the Coburn and 
Whitehouse amendments be subject to a 60 affirmative vote threshold; 
that the time until 2 p.m., be equally divided between the two Leaders, 
or their designees, for debate on the amendments; that Senator Coburn 
control 40 minutes of the Republican time; that at 2 p.m., Senate vote 
on or in relation to the Coburn and Whitehouse amendments, in the order 
listed; that there be two minutes equally divided in between the votes 
and all after the first vote be ten minute votes; and that upon 
disposition of the Coburn and Whitehouse amendments, Boxer/Vitter 
Amendment No. 799, as amended, if amended, be agreed to and be 
considered original text for the purpose of further amendment. 
                                                             Page S3152
Escort Committee--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that the President of the Senate be authorized to appoint a 
committee on the part of the Senate to join a like committee on the 
part of the House of Representatives to escort Her Excellency Park 
Geun-hye, the President of South Korea, into the House Chamber for the 
joint meeting at 10:30 a.m., on Wednesday, May 8, 2013.      
  Page S3213
Joint Meeting of Congress--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that at 10 a.m., on Wednesday, May 8, 2013, Senate 
recess for the Joint Meeting of Congress with the President of the 
Republic of Korea until 11:30 a.m.                           
  Page S3213
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the continuation of the 
national emergency that was originally declared in Executive Order 
13338 of May 11, 2004, with respect to the blocking of property of 
certain persons and prohibition of exportation and re-exportation of 
certain goods to Syria; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-9)                           
Page S3156

[[Page D406]]

Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By 53 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. EX. 114), David Medine, of Maryland, 
to be Chairman and Member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight 
Board for a term expiring January 29, 2018.       
Pages S3104-08, S3213


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

  
  On page D406, May 7, 2013, the following language appears: By 53 
yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. EX. 114), David Medine, of Maryland, to 
be Chairman and Member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties 
Oversight Board for a term expiring January 29, 2018. Pages S3104-
08
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: By 53 yeas to 45 
nays (Vote No. EX. 114), David Medine, of Maryland, to be Chairman 
and Member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board for 
a term expiring January 29, 2018. Pages S3104-08, S3213


 ========================= END NOTE ========================= 


     Nominations Received: Senate received the following 
     nominations:
  Anthony Renard Foxx, of North Carolina, to be Secretary of 
Transportation.
  Michael Froman, of New York, to be United States Trade 
Representative, with the rank of Ambassador.
  Melvin L. Watt, of North Carolina, to be Director of the Federal 
Housing Finance Agency for a term of five years.
  2 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.                 
Page S3213
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S3156
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S3156
Measures Read the First Time:                        
  Pages S3156, S3213
Petitions and Memorials:                                 
  Pages S3157-58
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S3159-61
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S3161-68
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S3155-56
Amendments Submitted:                                 
  Pages S3168-S3211
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                            
  Pages S3211-12
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S3212
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--114) 
                                                             Page S3108
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:50 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S3213.)