[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 64 (Wednesday, May 8, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D413-D414]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                             Wednesday, May 8, 2013

[[Page D413]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House and Senate met in a Joint Meeting to receive Her Excellency 
      Park Geun-hye, President of South Korea.


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  On page D413, May 8, 2013, the following language appears: 
HIGHLIGHTS House and Senate met in a Joint Meeting to receive Her 
Excellency Park Geun-hye, President of South of Korea.
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: HIGHLIGHTS House 
and Senate met in a Joint Meeting to receive Her Excellency Park 
Geun-hye, President of South Korea.


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Senate

Chamber Action
                 Routine Proceedings, pages S3215-S3283
     Measures Introduced: Twenty bills and four resolutions were 
     introduced, as follows: S. 891-910, and S. Res. 131-134. 
                                                         Pages S3255-56
       Measures Passed:
     Animal Drug and Animal Generic Drug User Fee Reauthorization 
     Act: Senate passed 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. 
                                                    Pages S3275-82
     Use of Capitol Grounds: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 32, 
     authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the National 
     Honor Guard and Pipe Band Exhibition.              
       Page S3282
     Recognizing the Teachers of the United States: Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions was discharged from 
     further consideration of S. Res. 126, recognizing the 
     teachers of the United States for their contributions to the 
     development and progress of our country, and the resolution 
     was then agreed to.                                
       Page S3282
       Measures Considered:
     Water Resources Development Act--Agreement: Senate continued 
     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, 
     taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                          Pages S3217-28, S3240-48
Adopted:
  By 67 yeas to 32 nays (Vote No. 116), Whitehouse Amendment No. 803 
(to Amendment No. 799), to create the National Endowment for the Oceans 
to promote the protection and conservation of United States ocean, 
coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems. (A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that the amendment, having achieved 60 affirmatives 
votes, be agreed to.)                      
Pages S3217, S3223-27, S3228
  Boxer/Vitter Amendment No. 799, in the nature of a substitute. (By 
unanimous consent, the amendment will be considered as original text 
for the purpose of further amendment.)                       
Page S3217
  By a unanimous vote of 95 yeas (Vote No. 117), Brown Modified 
Amendment No. 813, to provide a multiagency effort to slow the spread 
of Asian carp in the Upper Mississippi and Ohio River basins and 
tributaries.                                             
Pages S3242-43
  Boxer (for Pryor) Modified Amendment No. 801, to direct the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to change the 
Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule with respect to 
certain farms.                                               
Page S3247
  Boxer (for Pryor) Amendment No. 806, to provide a work-in-kind 
credit.                                                      
Page S3247
  Boxer (for Inhofe) Modified Amendment No. 835, to provide for rural 
water infrastructure projects.                               
Page S3247
  Boxer (for McCain) Amendment No. 833, to protect the American 
taxpayer by establishing metrics to measure the effectiveness of grants 
administered by the national levee safety program.           
Page S3247
  Boxer (for Murray) Amendment No. 832, to modify the definition of the 
term ``cargo container''.                                    
Page S3247
Rejected:
  By 56 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 115), Coburn Amendment No. 805 (to 
Amendment No. 799), to protect the right of individuals to bear arms at 
water resources development projects administered by the Secretary of 
the Army. (A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the 
amendment, having failed to achieve 60 affirmative votes, the amendment 
was not agreed to.)                               
Pages S3218-23, S3227
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the next 
amendment in order to the bill

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be the following: Blunt Amendment No. 800; and that no second-degree 
amendments be in order to the amendment prior to votes on or in 
relation to the amendment.                                   
Page S3228
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 10:30 a.m., on Thursday, May 
9, 2013.                                                     
Page S3282
Dick and Roman Nominations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time 
agreement was reached providing that, at a time to be determined by the 
Majority Leader, after consultation with the Republican Leader, Senate 
begin consideration of the nominations of Shelly Deckert Dick, of 
Louisiana, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District 
of Louisiana, and Nelson Stephen Roman, of New York, to be United 
States District Judge for the Southern District of New York; that there 
be 30 minutes for debate equally divided in the usual form; that upon 
the use or yielding back of time, Senate vote, without intervening 
action or debate, on confirmation of the nominations, in the order 
listed; and that no further motions be in order to the nominations. 
                                                             Page S3275
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S3254
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                     
  Pages S3215, S3254
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S3254-55
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S3256-58
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S3258-63
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S3252-54
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S3263-74
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S3274-75
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--117) 
                                                  Pages S3227-28, S3243
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 7:18 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 9, 2013. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S3283.)