[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 108 (Thursday, July 25, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D770-D772]
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                                            Thursday, July 25, 2013

[[Page D770]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5925-S5987
Measures Introduced: Seventeen bills and four resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1362-1378, S. Res. 199-201, and S. Con. Res. 
20.                                                      
  Pages S5968-69
Measures Reported:
  S. 1371, making appropriations for financial services and general 
government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014. (S. Rept. No. 
113-80)
  S. 1372, making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2014. (S. Rept. No. 113-81)                              
Page S5968
Measures Passed:
  United States Intelligence Professionals Day: Senate agreed to S. 
Res. 200, designating July 26, 2013, as ``United States Intelligence 
Professionals Day''.                                         
  Page S5979
  National Polycystic Kidney Disease Awareness Day: Senate agreed to S. 
Res. 201, designating the first Wednesday in September 2013 as 
``National Polycystic Kidney Disease Awareness Day'' and raising 
awareness and understanding of polycystic kidney disease.    
  Page S5979
Measures Considered:
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act--Agreement: Senate continued consideration of S. 
1243, making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and 
Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2014, taking action on the following motion and 
amendments proposed thereto:                             
  Pages S5937-48
Adopted:
  Collins (for Coburn) Amendment No. 1756, to require public disclosure 
of certain reports.                                          
Page S5942
  Collins (for McCain) Amendment No. 1803, to prohibit the obligation 
or expenditure of funds made available to the Department of 
Transportation for cyber security until the Secretary of Transportation 
submits to Congress a detailed plan describing how the funding will be 
allocated and for what purposes.                             
Page S5942
  Collins (for Boozman) Amendment No. 1785, to establish the Sense of 
the Congress that any vacancy in the position of Inspector General of 
the Federal Housing Finance Agency should be filled in compliance with 
the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998.                    
Page S5943
  Murray (for Udall (CO)/Bennet) Amendment No. 1789, to require the 
Federal Railroad Administration to evaluate regulations that govern the 
use of locomotive horns at highway-rail grade crossings.     
Page S5943
Rejected:
  Toomey motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on Appropriations 
with instructions to report back with such changes as may be necessary 
such that total budget authority provided in the bill for fiscal year 
2014 is not greater than $45,455,000,000. (By 56 yeas to 42 nays (Vote 
No. 187), Senate tabled the motion.)                     
Pages S5944-48
Pending:
  Murray (for Cardin) Modified Amendment No. 1760, to require the 
Secretary of Transportation to submit to Congress a report relating to 
the condition of lane miles and highway bridge deck.         
Page S5937
  Coburn Amendment No. 1750, to prohibit funds from being directed to 
federal employees with unpaid Federal tax liability.         
Page S5937
  Coburn Amendment No. 1751, to prohibit Federal funding of union 
activities by Federal employees.                             
Page S5937
  Coburn Amendment No. 1754, to prohibit Federal funds from being used 
to meet the matching requirements of other Federal Programs. 
                                                             Page S5937
  Murphy Amendment No. 1783, to require the Secretary of Transportation 
to assess the impact on domestic employment of a waiver of the Buy 
America requirement for Federal-aid highway projects prior to issuing 
the waiver.                                              
Pages S5937-38
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 
approximately 4:15 p.m., on Monday, July 29, 2013, Senate resume 
consideration of the bill.                                   
Page S5979

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Comey Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the nomination 
of James B. Comey, Jr., of Connecticut, to be Director of the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation.                                     
  Page S5978
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, and, 
in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, and pursuant to the unanimous-consent agreement of 
Thursday, July 25, 2013, a vote on cloture will occur at 5:30 p.m. on 
Monday, July 29, 2013.                                       
Page S5978
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 4:30 
p.m., on Monday, July 29, 2013, Senate resume consideration of the 
nomination with the time equally divided and controlled in the usual 
form; and that at 5:30 p.m., Senate vote on the motion to invoke 
cloture on the nomination.                                   
Page S5979
Hirozawa Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the 
nomination of Kent Yoshiho Hirozawa, of New York, to be a Member of the 
National Labor Relations Board.                          
  Pages S5978-79
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, and, 
in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of the 
nomination of James B. Comey, Jr., of Connecticut, to be Director of 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation.                         
Page S5979
Schiffer Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the 
nomination of Nancy Jean Schiffer, of Maryland, to be a Member of the 
National Labor Relations Board.                              
  Page S5979
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, and, 
in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of the 
nomination of Kent Yoshiho Hirozawa, of New York, to be a Member of the 
National Labor Relations Board.                              
Page S5978
Pearce Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the 
nomination of Mark Gaston Pearce, of New York, to be a Member of the 
National Labor Relations.                                    
  Page S5979
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, and, 
in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of the 
nomination of Nancy Jean Schiffer, of Maryland, to be a Member of the 
National Labor Relations Board.                              
Page S5979
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By 98 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. EX. 186), Derek Anthony West, of 
California, to be Associate Attorney General.     
Pages S5933-37, S5987
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Vince Girdhari Chhabria, of California, to be United States District 
Judge for the Northern District of California.
  Matthew Frederick Leitman, of Michigan, to be United States District 
Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan.
  Judith Ellen Levy, of Michigan, to be United States District Judge 
for the Eastern District of Michigan.
  Laurie J. Michelson, of Michigan, to be United States District Judge 
for the Eastern District of Michigan.
  James Maxwell Moody, Jr., of Arkansas, to be United States District 
Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas.
  Linda Vivienne Parker, of Michigan, to be United States District 
Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan.
  Leslie E. Bains, of New York, to be a Director of the Securities 
Investor Protection Corporation for a term expiring December 31, 2015.
  Robert Michael Simon, of Maryland, to be an Associate Director of the 
Office of Science and Technology Policy.
  Caroline Kennedy, of New York, to be Ambassador to Japan.
  Donald Lu, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Albania.
  Robert A. Sherman, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the 
Portuguese Republic.
  Tony Hammond, of Missouri, to be a Commissioner of the Postal 
Regulatory Commission for a term expiring October 14, 2018.
  Marcel J. Lettre II, of Maryland, to be a Principal Deputy Under 
Secretary of Defense.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, and Navy.              
Pages S5979-87
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S5966-68
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S5968
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5969-70
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S5970-72
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S5965-66
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S5972-77
Notices of Intent:                                           
  Page S5977
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S5977
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S5978
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S5978
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--187) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 6:57 p.m., 
until 2 p.m. on Monday, July 29, 2013. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5979.)