[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 164 (Monday, November 18, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1097-D1098]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                          Monday, November 18, 2013

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed H.R. 3204, Drug Quality and Security Act.

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8071-S8141
Measures Introduced: Four bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1718-1721, and S. Res. 298.                      
  Page S8100
Measures Reported:
  S. 1254, to amend the Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and 
Control Act of 1998. (S. Rept. No. 113-121)                  
Page S8100
Measures Passed:
  Drug Quality and Security Act: Senate passed H.R. 3204, to amend the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to human drug 
compounding and drug supply chain security, after taking action on the 
following amendments and motions proposed thereto:       
  Pages S8071-76
Withdrawn:
  Reid Amendment No. 2033, to change the enactment date.     
Page S8071
  Reid Motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions, with instructions, Reid Amendment No. 2035, to 
change the enactment date.                                   
Page S8071
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  Reid Amendment No. 2034 (to Amendment No. 2033), of a perfecting 
nature, fell when Reid Amendment No. 2033 (listed above), was 
withdrawn.                                                   
Page S8071
  Reid Amendment No. 2036 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 2035), 
of a perfecting nature, fell when Reid Motion to commit the bill to the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, with instructions, 
Reid Amendment No. 2035 (listed above), was withdrawn.       
Page S8071
  Reid Amendment No. 2037 (to Amendment No. 2036), of a perfecting 
nature, fell when Reid Amendment No. 2036 (to (the instructions) 
Amendment No. 2035) (listed above), fell.                    
Page S8071
  Subsequently, the motion to invoke cloture on the bill was withdrawn.
                                                             Page S8071
  Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko: Senate agreed to 
S. Res. 165, calling for the release from prison of former Prime 
Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko in light of the recent European 
Court of Human Rights ruling, after agreeing to the committee amendment 
in the nature of a substitute.                           
  Pages S8082-83
  Alicia Dawn Koehl Respect for National Cemeteries Act: Committee on 
Veterans' Affairs was discharged from further consideration of S. 1471, 
to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of the 
Army to reconsider decisions to inter or honor the memory of a person 
in a national cemetery, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to 
the following amendment proposed thereto:                
  Pages S8135-36
  Boxer (for Sanders) Amendment No. 2146, relative to authority to 
reconsider decisions of Secretary of Veterans Affairs or Secretary of 
the Army to inter the remains or honor the memory of a person in a 
national cemetery.                                       
Pages S8135-36
  PEPFAR Stewardship and Oversight Act: Senate passed S. 1545, to 
extend authorities related to global HIV/AIDS and to promote oversight 
of United States programs, after agreeing to the committee amendments, 
which will be considered as original text, and the following amendment 
proposed thereto:                                        
  Pages S8136-40
  Boxer (for Menendez/Corker) Amendment No. 2147, to require reporting 
on program evaluations.                                  
Pages S8138-40
  Authorize Testimony, Documents, and Representation: Senate agreed to 
S. Res. 298, to authorize testimony, documents, and representation in 
United States v. Allen.                                      
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Measures Considered:
National Defense Authorization Act--Agreement: Senate began 
consideration of S. 1197, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2014 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, after 
agreeing to the motion to proceed, and taking action on the following 
amendments and motion proposed thereto: 
                              Pages S8071-76, S8077-79, S8092-94, S8094
Pending:
  Reid (for Levin/Inhofe) Amendment No. 2123, to increase to 
$5,000,000,000 the ceiling on the general transfer authority of the 
Department of Defense.                                       
Page S8094
  Reid (for Levin/Inhofe) Amendment No. 2124 (to Amendment No. 2123), 
of a perfecting nature.                                      
Page S8094
  Reid motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on Armed Services, 
with instructions, Reid Amendment No. 2125, to change the enactment 
date.                                                        
Page S8094
  Reid Amendment No. 2126 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 2125), 
of a perfecting nature.                                      
Page S8094
  Reid Amendment No. 2127 (to Amendment No. 2126), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S8094
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
   By a unanimous vote of 91 yeas (Vote No. 236), 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 S8092-93
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 11 a.m., on Tuesday, 
November 19, 2013, with the time until 12:30 p.m. for debate only. 
                                                             Page S8140
Wilkins Nomination: Senate resumed consideration of the nomination of 
Robert Leon Wilkins, of the District of Columbia, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit.      
  Pages S8088-92
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
   By 53 yeas to 38 nays, 1 responding present (Vote No. 235), three-
fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the 
affirmative, Senate rejected the motion to close further debate on the 
nomination.                                                  
Page S8092
  Senator Reid entered a motion to reconsider the vote by which cloture 
was not invoked on the nomination.                           
Page S8092
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Mark E. Lopes, of Arizona, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the Inter-American Foundation for a term expiring September 20, 
2016.
  Harry James Franklyn Korrell III, of Washington, to be a Member of 
the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation for a term 
expiring July 13, 2014.
  Victor B. Maddox, of Kentucky, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Legal Services Corporation for a term expiring July 
13, 2016.
  Franklin M. Orr, Jr., of California, to be Under Secretary for 
Science, Department of Energy.
  Marc A. Kastner, of Massachusetts, to be Director of the Office of 
Science, Department of Energy.
  Vivek Hallegere Murthy, of Massachusetts, to be Medical Director in 
the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service, subject to 
qualifications therefor as provided by law and regulations, and to be 
Surgeon General of the Public Health Service for a term of four years.
  Debo P. Adegbile, of New York, to be an Assistant Attorney General. 
                                                         Pages S8140-41
Messages from the House:                                     
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Measures Referred:                                           
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Executive Communications:                             
  Pages S8098-S8100
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S8100-02
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:                  
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Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S8097-98
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S8102-35
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
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Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
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Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S8135
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--236) 
                                                         Pages S8092-93
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 7:41 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, November 19, 2013. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S8140.)