[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 160 (Tuesday, November 12, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1069-D1070]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                         Tuesday, November 12, 2013

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7937-S7964
Measures Introduced: Eleven bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1677-1687, and S. Res. 290-291.           
  Pages S7951-52
Measures Reported:
  Report to accompany S. 1631, to consolidate the congressional 
oversight provisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 
1978 and for other purposes. (S. Rept. No. 113-119)
  S. 1356, to amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to strengthen 
the United States workforce development system through innovation in, 
and alignment and improvement of, employment, training, and education 
programs in the United States, and to promote individual and national 
economic growth, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 1681, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for 
intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States 
Government and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the 
Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System. 
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Measures Passed:
  Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act: Senate passed S. 
1557, to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize support for 
graduate medical education programs in children's hospitals. 
                                                             Page S7963
  Sergeant Cory Mracek Memorial Post Office: Senate passed S. 1499, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
278 Main Street in Chadron, Nebraska, as the ``Sergeant Cory Mracek 
Memorial Post Office''.                                      
  Page S7964
  Specialist Theodore Matthew Glende Post Office: Senate passed S. 
1512, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 1335 Jefferson Road in Rochester, New York, as the 
``Specialist Theodore Matthew Glende Post Office''.          
  Page S7964
  75th Anniversary of Kristallnacht: Senate agreed to S. Res. 290, 
commemorating the 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht, or the Night of 
the Broken Glass.                                            
  Page S7964
Measures Considered:
Drug Quality and Security Act--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration 
of the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 3204, to amend the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to human drug 
compounding and drug supply chain security.              
  Pages S7949-50
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 97 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. 234), 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 motion to proceed to 
consideration of the bill.                               
Pages S7949-50
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill at 
approximately 11 a.m., on Wednesday, November 13, 2013; and that all 
time during adjournment, recess and morning business, count post-
cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill. 
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Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the continuation of the 
national emergency with respect to Iran that was declared in Executive 
Order 12170 on November 14, 1979; which was referred to the Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-24)              
Page S7951
Pillard Nomination: Senate resumed consideration of the nomination of 
Cornelia T. L. Pillard, of the District of Columbia, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit. 
                                                         Pages S7945-49
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 56 yeas to 41 nays, 1 responding present (Vote No. 233), three-
fifths of those Senators duly chosen

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and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate rejected the 
motion to close further debate on the nomination.            
Page S7949
  Subsequently, Senator Reid entered a motion to reconsider the vote by 
which cloture was not invoked on the nomination.             
Page S7949
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Tommy Port Beaudreau, of Alaska, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Interior.
  Neil Gregory Kornze, of Nevada, to be Director of the Bureau of Land 
Management.
  Thomas A. Burke, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency.
  Stefan M. Selig, of New York, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for 
International Trade.
  Ericka M. Miller, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Postsecondary Education, Department of Education.
  Caroline Diane Krass, of the District of Columbia, to be General 
Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency.
  11 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.           
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Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
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Executive Reports of Committees:                             
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Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S7952-53
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S7953-62
Additional Statements:
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S7962-63
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S7963
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--234) 
                                                  Pages S7949-50, S7950
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 7:05 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, November 13, 2013. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S7964.)