[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 111 (Tuesday, July 30, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D790-D792]
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                                             Tuesday, July 30, 2013

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6029-S6082
Measures Introduced: Sixteen bills and five resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1385-1400, and S. Res. 202-206. 
                                                         Pages S6071-72
Measures Passed:
  Douglas A. Munro Coast Guard Headquarters Building: Senate passed 
H.R. 2611, to designate the headquarters building of the Coast Guard on 
the campus located at 2701 Martin Luther King, Jr., Avenue Southeast in 
the District of Columbia as the ``Douglas A. Munro Coast Guard 
Headquarters Building''.                                 
  Pages S6081-82
  Reverse Mortgage Stabilization Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 
2167, to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to 
establish additional requirements to improve the fiscal safety and 
soundness of the home equity conversion mortgage insurance program, and 
the bill was then passed.                                    
  Page S6082
  Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds: Senate agreed to H. Con. 
Res. 44, authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the District of 
Columbia Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run.         
  Page S6082
  National Whistleblower Appreciation Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
202, designating July 30, 2013, as ``National Whistleblower 
Appreciation Day''.                                          
  Page S6082
  National Lighthouse and Lighthouse Preservation Day: Senate agreed to 
S. Res. 204, designating August 7, 2013, as ``National Lighthouse and 
Lighthouse Preservation Day''.                               
  Page S6082
  National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
205, expressing support for the designation of September 2013 as 
National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.                     
  Page S6082
  National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
206, designating September 2013 as ``National Prostate Cancer Awareness 
Month''.                                                     
  Page S6082
Measures Considered:
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act: 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 amendments and 
motion proposed thereto:                                 
  Pages S6051-52
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 S6051
  Coburn Amendment No. 1750, to prohibit funds from being directed to 
federal employees with unpaid Federal tax liability.         
Page S6051
  Coburn Amendment No. 1751, to prohibit Federal funding of union 
activities by Federal employees.                             
Page S6051
  Coburn Amendment No. 1754, to prohibit Federal funds from being used 
to meet the matching requirements of other Federal Programs. 
                                                             Page S6051
  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.                                                  
Page S6051
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the bill, and, in 
accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur on Thursday, August 1, 2013. 
                                                             Page S6051
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, 
July 31, 2013; that the pending amendments be set aside and Senator 
Paul be recognized to offer Amendment No. 1739; that there be 60 
minutes of debate equally divided between the proponents and opponents; 
that upon the use or yielding back of time, Senate vote on or in 
relation to Paul Amendment No. 1739; and that no points of order or 
second-degree amendments be in order to Paul Amendment No. 1739 prior 
to the vote.                                                 
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Power Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement was 
reached providing that the cloture motion with respect to the 
nomination of Samantha Power, of Massachusetts, to be Representative of 
the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of 
the United Nations during her tenure of service as Representative of 
the United States of America to the United Nations, be withdrawn and 
that at a time to be determined by the Majority Leader, notwithstanding 
Rule XXII, in consultation with the Republican Leader, Senate begin 
consideration of the nomination; that there be two hours for debate 
equally divided between the proponents and opponents; that following 
the use or yielding back of time, Senate vote, without intervening 
action or debate, on confirmation of the nomination; that no further 
motions be in order; and the Senate then resume legislative session. 
                                                             Page S6052
Jones Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that upon disposition of Paul Amendment No. 1739 to 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, Senate resume consideration of the 
nomination of Byron Todd Jones, of Minnesota, to be Director, Bureau of 
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, and that Senate vote on the 
motion to invoke cloture on the nomination.                  
  Page S6082
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 54 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. EX. 190), Kent Yoshiho Hirozawa, of 
New York, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board. 
                                               Pages S6031-36, S6036-49
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 64 yeas to 34 nays (Vote No. 189), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on the nomination.     
Page S6031
  By 54 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. EX. 192), Nancy Jean Schiffer, of 
Maryland, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board. 
                                                         Pages S6049-50
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 65 yeas to 33 nays (Vote No. 191), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on the nomination. 
                                                         Pages S6049-50
  By 59 yeas to 38 nays (Vote No. EX. 194), Mark Gaston Pearce, of New 
York, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board. 
                                                             Page S6051
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 69 yeas to 29 nays (Vote No. 193), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on the nomination. 
                                                         Pages S6050-51
  Harry I. Johnson III, of Virginia, to be a Member of the National 
Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring August 27, 
2015.                                                        
Page S6051
  Philip Andrew Miscimarra, of Illinois, to be a Member of the National 
Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring December 16, 
2017.                                                        
Page S6051
Nomination Received: Senate received the following nomination:
  Nicholas Christopher Geale, of Virginia, to be a Member of the 
National Mediation Board for a term expiring July 1, 2016.   
Page S6082
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S6066
Measures Referred:                                       
  Pages S6066-67
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                     
  Pages S6029, S6067
Measures Read the First Time:                                
  Page S6067
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S6067-68
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S6068-71
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S6072-73
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S6073-80
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S6064-66
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S6080-81
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S6081
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S6081
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S6081
Record Votes: Six record votes were taken today. (Total--194) 
                                                  Pages S6031, S6049-51
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:13 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 31, 2013. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S6082.)

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