[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 147 (Wednesday, October 16, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D993-D995]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                        Wednesday, October 16, 2013

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed H.R. 2775, Continuing Appropriations Act, as 
      amended.
      Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 25, Budget Resolution, as amended.
      Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 24, Adjournment Resolution.
      The House agreed to S. Con. Res. 24, Adjournment Resolution.

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7503-S7561
Measures Introduced: Three bills and seven resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1573-1575, S. Res. 269-274, and S. Con. Res. 24. 
                                                             Page S7536
Measures Passed:
  Continuing Appropriations Act: By 81 yeas to 18 nays (Vote No. 219), 
Senate passed H.R. 2775, making continuing appropriations for the 
fiscal year ending September 30 2014, after taking action on the 
following amendments proposed thereto:                   
  Pages S7531-32
Adopted:
  Reid/Mikulski Amendment No. 2004, to provide continuing 
appropriations.                                              
Page S7531
  Reid Amendment No. 2005, to amend the title.               
Page S7532
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 83 yeas to 16 nays (Vote No. 218), 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 bill.       
Pages S7531-32
  Budget Resolution: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 25, establishing the 
budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014 and 
setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 
through 2023, after taking action on the following amendment proposed 
thereto:                                                     
  Page S7532
Adopted:
  Murray Amendment No. 2006, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S7532
  Senate insisted on its amendment, and requested a conference with the 
House thereon.                                               
Page S7532
Budget Resolution: Senate disagreed to the House Amendment to S. Con. 
Res. 8, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States 
Government for fiscal year 2014, revising the appropriate budgetary 
levels for fiscal year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate 
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023, agreed to 
conference with the House thereon, the Chair appointed the following 
conferees on the part of the Senate: Senators Murray, Wyden, Nelson, 
Stabenow, Sanders, Whitehouse, Warner, Merkley, Coons, Baldwin, Kaine, 
King, Sessions, Grassley, Enzi, Crapo, Graham, Portman, Toomey, Johnson 
(WI), Ayotte, and Wicker, and the conferees were instructed to report 
back a conference report by December 13, 2013.               
  Page S7560
   A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that it not be 
in order for the Senate to consider a conference report with respect to 
H. Con. Res. 25, or S. Con. Res. 8, if it includes reconciliation 
instructions to raise the debt limit; that all of the above occur with 
no intervening action or debate; and that H. Con. Res. 25, as amended, 
and agreed to, be held at the desk until a message is received from the 
House relative to H.R. 2775, making continuing appropriations for the 
fiscal year ending September 30 2014, and if the House fails to concur 
in the Senate amendment to H.R. 2775, this agreement be vitiated. 
                                                             Page S7531
  National Character Counts Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 272, 
designating the week beginning October 20, 2013, as ``National 
Character Counts Week''.                                     
  Page S7559
  Day of the Deployed: Senate agreed to S. Res. 273, designating 
October 26, 2013, as ``Day of the Deployed''.                
  Page S7559

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  Lights On Afterschool: Senate agreed to S. Res. 274, supporting 
Lights On Afterschool, a national celebration of afterschool programs 
held on October 17, 2013.                                    
  Page S7559
  Adjournment Resolution: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 24, providing 
for a conditional adjournment or recess of the Senate and an 
adjournment of the House of Representatives.                 
  Page S7559
Measures Considered:
Default Prevention Act: Senate began consideration of the motion to 
proceed to consideration of S. 1569, to ensure the complete and timely 
payment of the obligations of the United States Government until 
December 31, 2014.                                       
  Pages S7503-31
Appointments:
  Board of Trustees of the Open World Leadership Center: The Chair, on 
behalf of the President pro tempore, pursuant to the provisions of 2 
U.S.C. 1151, as amended, appointed the following individual to the 
Board of Trustees of the Open World Leadership Center: Senator Heinrich 
of New Mexico vice Senator Levin of Michigan.                
  Page S7560
Signing Authority--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that during the adjournment or recess of the Senate from 
Wednesday, October 16, 2013, through Monday, October 28, 2013, the 
Majority Leader and Senators Kaine and Rockefeller be authorized to 
sign duly enrolled bills or joint resolutions.               
  Page S7560
Authorizing Leadership To Make Appointments--Agreement: A unanimous-
consent agreement was reached providing that, notwithstanding the 
upcoming recess or adjournment of the Senate, the President of the 
Senate, the President Pro Tempore, and the Majority and Minority 
Leaders be authorized to make appointments to commissions, committees, 
boards, conferences, or interparliamentary conferences authorized by 
law, by concurrent action of the two Houses, or by order of the Senate.
                                                             Page S7560
Signing Authority--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that on Wednesday, October 16, 2013, Senator Begich be 
authorized to sign duly enrolled bills or joint resolutions. 
                                                             Page S7560
Pro Formas--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that when the Senate completes its business, it adjourn and 
convene for pro forma sessions only with no business conducted on the 
following dates and times, and that following each pro forma session, 
the Senate adjourn until the next pro forma session: Thursday, October 
17, 2013 at 12:15 p.m.; Monday, October 21, 2013 at 1:30 p.m., and 
Thursday, October 24, 2013 at 12:00 noon; and that the Senate adjourn 
on Thursday, October 24, 2013, until 2:00 p.m. on Monday, October 28, 
2013, unless the Senate receives a message from the House that it has 
adopted S. Con. Res. 24, the adjournment resolution.         
  Page S7560
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the continuation 
of the national emergency declared in Executive Order 12978 with 
respect to significant narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia; 
which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs. (PM-22)                                             
Page S7535
Griffin Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the 
nomination of Richard F. Griffin, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to 
be General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board.    
  Page S7532
  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 
Wednesday, October 16, 2013, a vote on cloture will occur at 
approximately 5:30 p.m., on Monday, October, 28, 2013.       
Page S7532
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing that at 4:30 
p.m., on Monday, October 28, 2013, Senate resume consideration of the 
nomination, with up to one hour of debate, equally divided and 
controlled in the usual form, prior to the vote on the motion to invoke 
cloture on the nomination.                                   
Page S7560
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Carol Waller Pope, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
Federal Labor Relations Authority for a term of five years expiring 
July 1, 2014.                                        
Pages S7558, S7560


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

  
  On page D994, October 16, 2013, in the second column, the 
following language appears: Carol Waller Pope, of the District of 
Columbia, to be a Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority 
for a term of five years expiring July 1, 2014.
  
  The Record has been corrected to read: Carol Waller Pope, of the 
District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Federal Labor 
Relations Authority for a term of five years expiring July 1, 
2014. Pages S7558, S7560


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

  Michael Wayne Hail, of Kentucky, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation for a term 
expiring December 10, 2017.                          
Pages S7559, S7560


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

  
  On page D994, October 16, 2013, in the second column, the 
following language appears: Michael Wayne Hail, of Kentucky, to be 
a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Harry S Truman 
Scholarship Foundation for a term expiring December 10, 2017. Page 
S7959
  
  The Record has been corrected to read: Michael Wayne Hail, of 
Kentucky, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Harry S 
Truman Scholarship Foundation for a term expiring December 10, 
2017. Pages S7559, S7560


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

  Ernest W. Dubester, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal Labor 
Relations Authority for a term of five years expiring July 29, 2017.
  Olga Viso, of Minnesota, to be a Member of the National Council on 
the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2018.
  Kevin A. Ohlson, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States 
Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces for the term of fifteen years to 
expire on the date prescribed by law.

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  Ranee Ramaswamy, of Minnesota, to be a Member of the National Council 
on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2018.
  Rick Lowe, of Texas, to be a Member of the National Council on the 
Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2018.
  Andrea Levere, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the National Consumer Cooperative Bank for a term of three years.
  Roberto R. Herencia, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation for a term 
expiring December 17, 2015.
  Zachary Thomas Fardon, of Illinois, to be United States Attorney for 
the Northern District of Illinois for the term of four years.
  Stephen Woolman Preston, of the District of Columbia, to be General 
Counsel of the Department of Defense.
  Gregory Dainard Winfree, of New York, to be Administrator of the 
Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Department of 
Transportation.
  Nisha Desai Biswal, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant 
Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs.
  Scott S. Dahl, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department of 
Labor.
  Julia Frifield, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary of State 
(Legislative Affairs).
  Caroline Kennedy, of New York, to be Ambassador to Japan.
  Sylvia I. Garcia, of Michigan, to be Chief Financial Officer, 
Department of Transportation.
  Christopher A. Hart, of Colorado, to be a Member of the National 
Transportation Safety Board for a term expiring December 31, 2017.
  Deborah A. P. Hersman, of Virginia, to be Chairman of the National 
Transportation Safety Board for a term of two years.
  Deborah A. P. Hersman, of Virginia, to be a Member of the National 
Transportation Safety Board for a term expiring December 31, 2018.
  Stevan Eaton Bunnell, of the District of Columbia, to be General 
Counsel, Department of Homeland Security.
  Patrick Pizzella, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal Labor 
Relations Authority for a term of five years expiring July 1, 2015.
  Bradley Crowell, of Nevada, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy 
(Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs).
  Beth F. Cobert, of California, to be Deputy Director for Management, 
Office of Management and Budget.               
Pages S7558-59, S7560-61
Nomination Discharged: The following nomination were discharged from 
further committee consideration and placed on the Executive Calendar:
  Michael P. O'Rielly, of New York, to be a Member of the Federal 
Communications Commission for the remainder of the term expiring June 
30, 2014, which was sent to the Senate on August 1, 2013, from the 
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. 
                                                     Pages S7559, S7560
Messages from the House:                                 
  Pages S7535-36
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                  
  Pages S7536, S7559-60
Measures Held at the Desk:                                   
  Page S7536
Additional Cosponsors:                                       
  Page S7536
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S7536-39
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S7534-35
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S7539-58
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S7558
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--219) 
                                                             Page S7532
Adjournment: Senate convened at 12 p.m. and adjourned at 11:36 p.m., 
until 12:15 p.m. on Thursday, October 17, 2013. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S7560.)