[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 153 (Wednesday, October 30, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1030-D1031]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                        Wednesday, October 30, 2013

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7637-S7687
Measures Introduced: Sixteen bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1611-1626, and S. Res. 277-278.           
  Pages S7673-74
Measures Reported:
  H.R. 2094, to amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the 
preference given, in awarding certain asthma-related grants, to certain 
States (those allowing trained school personnel to administer 
epinephrine and meeting other related requirements).
  H.R. 2747, to amend title 40, United States Code, to transfer certain 
functions from the Government Accountability Office to the Department 
of Labor relating to the processing of claims for the payment of 
workers who were not paid appropriate wages under certain provisions of 
such title.
  S. 1302, to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 
and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for cooperative and 
small employer charity pension plans, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute.
  S. 1557, to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize 
support for graduate medical education programs in children's 
hospitals.
  S. 1561, to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve provisions 
relating to the sanctuary system for surplus chimpanzees, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.                     
Page S7673
Measures Passed:
  CHIMP Act Amendments: Senate passed S. 1561, to amend the Public 
Health Service Act to improve provisions relating to the sanctuary 
system for surplus chimpanzees, after agreeing to the committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.                 
  Pages S7684-85
  United States Parole Commission Extension Act: Senate passed H.R. 
3190, to provide for the continued performance of the functions of the 
United States Parole Commission.                             
  Page S7685
  School Bus Safety Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 278, designating 
October 2013 as ``School Bus Safety Month''.             
  Pages S7685-86
  Adjournment Resolution: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 62, providing 
for a conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives. 
                                                             Page S7686
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 relative to the actions and policies of the 
Government of Sudan as declared in Executive Order 13067 of November 3, 
1997; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs. (PM-23)                                       
Page S7670
Suh Nomination Referral--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that the nomination of Rhea Sun Suh, of Colorado, to 
be Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife, sent to the Senate by the 
President on October 30, 2013, be referred jointly to the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources and the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works.                                                
  Page S7684
Watt Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement was 
reached providing that at approximately 10 a.m. on Thursday, October 
31, 2013, Senate resume consideration of the nomination of Melvin L. 
Watt, of North Carolina, to be Director of the Federal Housing Finance 
Agency, with the time until 12 noon equally divided and controlled 
between the two Leaders or their designees; and that following the 
swearing in of Senator-elect Booker, Senate vote on the motion to 
invoke cloture on the nomination, and that there be two minutes of 
debate equally divided and controlled in the usual form prior to a 
cloture vote on the nomination.                   
  Pages S7663-64, S7686
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Alan F. Estevez, of the District of Columbia, to be a Principal 
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense.                
Pages S7639-46, S7687
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 91 yeas to 8 nays (Vote No. 223), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having

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voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed to the motion to close further 
debate on the nomination.                                
Pages S7640-41
  By 62 yeas to 35 nays (Vote No. EX. 225), Katherine Archuleta, of 
Colorado, to be Director of the Office of Personnel Management for a 
term of four years.                               
Pages S7647-63, S7687
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 81 yeas to 18 nays (Vote No. 224), 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 S7646-47
  Jacob J. Lew, of New York, to be United States Governor of the 
International Monetary Fund for a term of five years; United States 
Governor of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 
for a term of five years; United States Governor of the Inter-American 
Development Bank for a term of five years; United States Governor of 
the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. 
                                                     Pages S7663, S7687
  Subsequently, the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination was 
withdrawn.                                                   
Page S7663
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Joseph S. Hezir, of Virginia, to be Chief Financial Officer, 
Department of Energy.
  Nani A. Coloretti, of California, to be Chief Financial Officer, 
Department of the Treasury.
  Jonathan Elkind, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy 
(International Affairs).
  Rhea Sun Suh, of Colorado, to be Assistant Secretary for Fish and 
Wildlife.
  Charles Hammerman Rivkin, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of State (Economic and Business Affairs).
  Robert C. Barber, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Iceland.
  Bathsheba Nell Crocker, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of State (International Organization Affairs).
  Mark Gilbert, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to New 
Zealand.
  Tina S. Kaidanow, of the District of Columbia, to be Coordinator for 
Counterterrorism, with the rank and status of Ambassador at Large.
  Theodore Reed Mitchell, of California, to be Under Secretary of 
Education.
  Massie Ritsch, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary 
for Communications and Outreach, Department of Education.
  William A. LaPlante, Jr., of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary 
of the Air Force.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, and Army.              
Pages S7686-87
Messages from the House:                                     
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Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S7670
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
  Page S7670
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S7670-73
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S7673
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S7674-75
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S7675-83
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S7669
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S7683-84
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S7684
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S7684
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--225) 
                                              Pages S7641, S7647, S7663
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 6:43 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Thursday, October 31, 2013. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7686.)