[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 86 (Monday, June 17, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D581-D582]
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                                              Monday, June 17, 2013

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4497-S4534
Measures Introduced: One bill and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1171, and S. Res. 172.                           
  Page S4521
Measures Reported:
  S. 394, to prohibit and deter the theft of metal, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute.                               
Page S4521
Measures Passed:
  HIV Organ Policy Equity Act: Senate passed S. 330, to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to establish safeguards and standards of 
quality for research and transplantation of organs infected with human 
immunodeficiency virus (HIV), after agreeing to the committee amendment 
in the nature of a substitute, and the following amendment proposed 
thereto:                                                 
  Pages S4533-34
  King (for Grassley) Amendment No. 1315, of a perfecting nature. 
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Measures Considered:
Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization 
Act--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of S. 744, to provide for 
comprehensive immigration reform, taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:                             
  Pages S4518-20
Pending:
  Leahy/Hatch Amendment No. 1183, to encourage and facilitate 
international participation in the performing arts.          
Page S4519
  Thune Amendment No. 1197, to require the completion of the 350 miles 
of reinforced, double-layered fencing described in section 102(b)(1)(A) 
of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 
1996 before registered provisional immigrant status may be granted and 
to required the completion of 700 miles of such fencing before the 
status of registered provisional immigrants may be adjusted to 
permanent resident status.                                   
Page S4519
  Landrieu Amendment No. 1222, to apply the amendments made by the 
Child Citizenship Act of 2000 retroactively to all individuals adopted 
by a citizen of the United States in an international adoption and to 
repeal the pre-adoption parental visitation requirement for automatic 
citizenship and to amend section 320 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act relating to automatic citizenship for children born outside of the 
United States who have a United States citizen parent.       
Page S4519
  Tester Amendment No. 1198, to modify the Border Oversight Task Force 
to include tribal government officials.                      
Page S4519
  Vitter Amendment No. 1228, to prohibit the temporary grant of legal 
status to, or adjustment to citizenship status of, any individual who 
is unlawfully present in the United States until the Secretary of 
Homeland Security certifies that the US-VISIT System (a biometric 
border check-in and check-out system first required by Congress in 
1996) has been fully implemented at every land, sea, and air port of 
entry and Congress passes a joint resolution, under fast track 
procedures, stating that such integrated entry and exit data system has 
been sufficiently implemented.                               
Page S4519
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing that when 
the Senate continues consideration of the bill on Tuesday, June 18, 
2013, the time until 12:30 p.m. and the time from 2:15 p.m. to 3 p.m. 
be equally divided, between the two Leaders, or their designees, for 
debate on the pending amendments; that at 3 p.m., Senate vote on or in 
relation to the amendments listed in the following order: Thune 
Amendment No. 1197 (listed above); Landrieu Amendment No. 1222 (listed 
above); Vitter Amendment No. 1228 (listed above); Tester Amendment No. 
1198 (listed above); that there be no second-degree amendments in order 
prior to the votes; that all the amendments be subject to a 60 
affirmative vote threshold; that there be two minutes equally divided 
in between the votes; and all after the first vote be ten minute votes.
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  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 11 a.m. on Tuesday, June 18, 
2013.                                                        
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Appointment:
  Health Information Technology Policy Committee: The Chair, on behalf 
of the Majority Leader, pursuant to Public Law 111-5, appointed the 
following individual to the Health Information Technology Policy 
Committee: Dr. Aury Nagy of Nevada, vice Dr. Frank Nemec of Nevada. 
                                                             Page S4534
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 
13219 of June 26, 2001, with respect to the Western Balkans; which was 
referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-
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Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Luis Felipe Restrepo, of Pennsylvania, to be United States District 
Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.          
Pages S4511-15
  By a unanimous vote of 89 yeas (Vote No. EX. 150), Kenneth John 
Gonzales, of New Mexico, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of New Mexico.                                  
Pages S4511-16
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Liliana Ayalde, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Federative 
Republic of Brazil.
  James Costos, of California, to be Ambassador to Spain.
  John B. Emerson, of California, to be Ambassador to the Federal 
Republic of Germany.
  John Rufus Gifford, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to Denmark.
  Kenneth Francis Hackett, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Holy 
See.
  Patricia Marie Haslach, of Oregon, to be Ambassador to the Federal 
Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S4521-23
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
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Additional Statements:                                       
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Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S4524-33
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
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Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
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Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--150) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 7:15 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 18, 2013. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4534.)