[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 123 (Wednesday, September 18, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D874-D875]
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                                      Wednesday, September 18, 2013

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6547-6609
Measures Introduced: Eleven bills and four resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1515-1525, and S. Res. 237-240.               
  Page S6597
Measures Reported:
  S. Res. 237, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Foreign 
Relations.
  S. Res. 238, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  S. Res. 239, authorizing expenditures by the Senate Committee on 
Indian Affairs.                                              
Page S6596
Measures Passed:
  National Day of Remembrance for Nuclear Weapons Program Workers: 
Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of 
S. Res. 164, designating October 30, 2013, as a national day of 
remembrance for nuclear weapons program workers, and the resolution was 
then agreed to.                                              
  Page S6608
  National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
240, designating the week beginning September 15, 2013, as ``National 
Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week''.                        
  Page S6609
Measures Considered:
Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act--Agreement: Senate 
continued consideration of S. 1392, to promote energy savings in 
residential buildings and industry, taking action on the following 
amendment proposed thereto:                              
  Pages S6554-88
Pending:
  Wyden (for Merkley) Amendment No. 1858, to provide for a study and 
report on standby usage power standards implemented by States and other 
industrialized nations.                                      
Page S6555
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 10:30 a.m., on Thursday, 
September 19, 2013.                                          
Page S6609
Messages from the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, the proposed 
Agreement for Cooperation Between the Parties to the North Atlantic 
Treaty for Cooperation Regarding Atomic Information, including a 
technical annex and security annex (collectively referred to as the 
``ATOMAL Agreement''); which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
Relations. (PM-20)                                           
Page S6594
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the continuation of the 
national emergency with respect to persons who commit, threaten to 
commit, or support terrorism that was established in Executive Order 
13224 on September 23, 2001; which was referred to the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-21)                 
Page S6594
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Tamara Wenda Ashford, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States 
Tax Court for a term of fifteen years.
  Richard Stengel, of New York, to be Under Secretary of State for 
Public Diplomacy.
  Leslie Ragon Caldwell, of New York, to be an Assistant Attorney 
General.                                                     
Page S6609
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S6594
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S6594
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                  
  Pages S6547, S6594-95
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S6595-96
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S6596-97
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S6597-98
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:           
  Pages S6598-S6602
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S6593
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S6602-08
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S6608
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 6:07 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, September 19, 2013. (For Senate's program, 
see

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the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S6609.)