[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 67 (Tuesday, May 14, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D438-D439]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                              Tuesday, May 14, 2013

[[Page D438]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3391-S3436
Measures Introduced: Nineteen bills and two resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 936-954, and S. Res. 140-141. 
                                                         Pages S3429-30
Measures Reported:
  S. 954, to reauthorize agricultural programs through 2018. 
                                                             Page S3429
Measures Passed:
  National Travel and Tourism Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 141, 
recognizing the goals of National Travel and Tourism Week and honoring 
the valuable contributions of travel and tourism to the United States. 
                                                             Page S3436
  Federal, State, and Local Law Enforcement Officers: Senate agreed to 
S. Res. 140, commemorating and acknowledging the dedication and 
sacrifices made by the Federal, State, and local law enforcement 
officers who have been killed or injured in the line of duty. 
                                                             Page S3436
Measures Considered:
  Water Resources Development Act--Agreement: Senate resumed 
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 S3397-S3400, S3400-21
Adopted:
  Boxer (for Baucus) Amendment No. 847, to modify a provision relating 
to Northern Rockies headwaters extreme weather mitigation. 
                                                         Pages S3401-08
  Boxer/Vitter Modified Amendment No. 899, relating to the State of 
Louisiana's Comprehensive Master Plan for a Sustainable Coast, and to 
improve a provision relating to dam optimization.        
Pages S3401-08
  Vitter (for Inhofe) Amendment No. 895, to clarify the role of the 
Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma regarding the maintenance of the W.D. Mayo 
Lock and Dam in the State of Oklahoma.                   
Pages S3401-08
  Vitter (for Wicker) Amendment No. 894, to express the sense of 
Congress that, in recognition of the contributions of Donald G. Waldon 
to the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, a lock and dam on that waterway 
should be designated as the ``Donald G. Waldon Lock and Dam''. 
                                                         Pages S3401-08
  Vitter (for Inhofe) Amendment No. 867, to allow the Secretary to 
accept and expend non-Federal amounts for repair, restoration, or 
replacement of certain water resources projects.         
Pages S3401-08
  Vitter (for Boozman) Amendment No. 872, to improve planning and 
administration relating to water supply storage activities. 
                                                         Pages S3401-08
  Vitter (for Thune/Johnson (SD)) Amendment No. 912, to authorize the 
Secretary to assist Indian tribes in addressing shoreline erosion in 
the Upper Missouri River Basin.                          
Pages S3401-08
  Vitter (for Cornyn) Amendment No. 880, to deauthorize portions of the 
project for East Fork of Trinity River, Texas.           
Pages S3401-08
  Vitter (for Murkowski/Begich) Amendment No. 904, to declare certain 
areas in Seward, Alaska, as nonnavigable waters of the United States 
for purposes of navigational servitude.                  
Pages S3401-08
  Boxer (for Klobuchar) Amendment No. 884, to require the closure of 
the Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam if certain conditions are met.
                                                         Pages S3401-08


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

  
  On page D438, May 14, 2013, the following language appears: 
Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam if certain conditions are 
met. Pages S3401-08
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: Boxer (for 
Klobuchar) Amendment No. 884, to require the closure of the Upper 
St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam if certain conditions are met. 
Pages S3401-08


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


  Boxer (for Wyden) Modified Amendment No. 870, to modify a provision 
relating to Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund prioritization. 
                                                         Pages S3401-08
  Vitter (for Cochran) Modified Amendment No. 911, to provide Crediting 
Authority for Federally Authorized Navigation Projects. 
                                                         Pages S3401-08
  Boxer (for Carper) Amendment No. 882, to modify the allocation of 
funds to the Susquehanna River Basin Commission, Delaware River Basin 
Commission, and the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin to 
fulfill equitable funding requirements of the respective interstate 
compacts of the Commissions.                             
Pages S3401-08
  Vitter (for Murkowski) Modified Amendment No. 903, to authorize the 
Secretary to enter into deep draft port development partnerships. 
                                                         Pages S3401-08
  Boxer (for Durbin) Modified Amendment No. 906, to provide for a 
severe flooding and drought management study of the greater Mississippi 
River Basin.                                             
Pages S3401-08

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  Boxer (for Levin/Stabenow) Amendment No. 893, to provide for the 
policy relating to the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund prioritization. 
                                                         Pages S3401-08
  Vitter (for Collins) Amendment No. 898, to provide for the reopening 
of the Cape Arundel Disposal Site as a dredged material disposal site. 
                                                         Pages S3401-08
  Boxer (for Cardin) Modified Amendment No. 861, to improve a provision 
relating to project acceleration.                        
Pages S3401-08
  Boxer (for Brown/Graham) Amendment No. 907, to provide for further 
project authorizations.                                  
Pages S3401-08
  Boxer (for Wyden) Amendment No. 896, to require the Government 
Accountability Office to carry out a study evaluating the effectiveness 
of activities funded by the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund in maximizing 
economic growth and job creation in port communities.    
Pages S3401-08
  Boxer (for Inhofe) Amendment No. 797, to authorize a land exchange. 
                                                             Page S3417
Rejected:
  By 52 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 119), Barrasso Amendment No. 868, to 
preserve existing rights and responsibilities with respect to waters of 
the United States. (A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing 
that the amendment, having failed to achieve 60 affirmative votes, the 
amendment was not agreed to.) 
                              Pages S3409-11, S3412-15, S3416-17, S3417


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

  
  On page D439, May 14, 2013, the following language appears: 
Rejected: By 52 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 119), Barrasso Amendment 
No. 868, to preserve existing rights and responsibilities with 
respect to waters of the United States. (A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing that the amendment, having failed 
to achieve 60 affirmative votes, the amendment was not agreed to.) 
Pages S3404-11, S3412-15, S3416-17, S3417
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: Rejected: By 52 
yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 119), Barrasso Amendment No. 868, to 
preserve existing rights and responsibilities with respect to 
waters of the United States. (A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that the amendment, having failed to achieve 60 
affirmative votes, the amendment was not agreed to.) Pages S3409-
11, S3412-15, S3416-17, S3417


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


  By 56 yeas to 40 nays (Vote No. 120), Sanders/Leahy Amendment No. 
889, to address restoration of certain properties impacted by natural 
disasters. (A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that 
the amendment, having failed to achieve 60 affirmative votes, the 
amendment was not agreed to.)                     
Pages S3411-12, S3418
Pending:
  Hoeven Amendment No. 909, to restrict charges for certain surplus 
water.                                                   
Pages S3415-16
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing that the 
only remaining amendments in order to the bill be the following: Coburn 
Amendment No. 815; Coburn Amendment No. 816; Boozman Amendment No. 882; 
Merkley Amendment No. 866; and Udall (NM) Amendment No. 853; that no 
second-degree amendments be in order to any of the amendments prior to 
votes on or in relation to the amendments; that there be two minutes 
equally divided prior to each vote; and that upon disposition of Hoeven 
Amendment No. 909, the cloture motion on the bill be withdrawn, and 
Senate vote on passage of the bill, as amended.              
Page S3401
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that when the 
Senate continues consideration of the bill on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, 
it resume the voting sequence in the previous order with all after the 
first vote being ten minute votes; and all other provisions of the 
previous order remain in effect.                             
Page S3415
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 10:30 a.m., on Wednesday, 
May 15, 2013.                                                
Page S3436
     Measures Read the First Time:                   2006

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     On page D439, May 14, 2013, the following language appears: 
     Measures Read the First Time: Page S3428
       The online Record has been corrected to read: Measures Read 
     the First Time: Pages S3428, S3436

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