[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 41 (Wednesday, March 12, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D264-D265]
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                                          Wednesday, March 12, 2014

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1531-S1596
Measures Introduced: Fourteen bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2111-2124, and S. Res. 382.                   
  Page S1584
Measures Reported:
  S. 2124, to support sovereignty and democracy in Ukraine. 
                                                             Page S1584
Measures Passed:
  Sandia Pueblo Settlement Technical Amendment Act: Senate passed S. 
611, to make a technical amendment to the T'uf Shur Bien Preservation 
Trust Area Act, after agreeing to the committee amendment in the nature 
of a substitute.                                             
  Page S1595
  Demonstrators in Venezuela: Senate agreed to S. Res. 365, deploring 
the violent repression of peaceful demonstrators in Venezuela, calling 
for full accountability for human rights violations taking place in 
Venezuela, and supporting the right of the Venezuelan people to the 
free and peaceful exercise of representative democracy.      
  Page S1595
Measures Considered:
Child Care and Development Block Grant Act--Agreement: Senate began 
consideration of S. 1086, to reauthorize and improve the Child Care and 
Development Block Grant Act of 1990, after agreeing to the motion to 
proceed, and taking action on the following amendments proposed 
thereto:                             
  Pages S1531-32, S1539-69, S1569-70
Adopted:
  By a unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. 72), Enzi Amendment No. 
2812, to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in 
conjunction with the Secretary of Education, to conduct a review of 
Federal early learning and care programs and make recommendations for 
streamlining the various programs.                
Pages S1553-55, S1556
  By 93 yeas to 6 nays (Vote No. 73), Harkin (for Franken) Amendment 
No. 2822, to reserve not less than 2 percent of the amount appropriated 
under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 in each 
fiscal year for payments to Indian tribes and tribal organizations. 
                                                     Pages S1556, S1557
  Burr (for Lee) Modified Amendment No. 2821, to prohibit States from 
providing the Secretary with reports containing personally identifiable 
information.                                                 
Page S1568
  By a unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. 74), Harkin (for Landrieu/
Mikulski) Amendment No. 2818, to require a statewide child care 
disaster plan.                                 
Pages S1555-56, S1568-69
  Mikulski (for Landrieu) Amendment No. 2813, to allow children in 
foster care to receive services under the Child Care and Development 
Block Grant Act of 1990 while their families (including foster 
families) are taking necessary action to comply with immunization and 
other health and safety requirements.             
Pages S1559-62, S1569
  Mikulski (for Landrieu) Amendment No. 2814, to require the State plan 
to describe how the State will coordinate the services supported to 
carry out the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 with 
State agencies and programs serving children in foster care and the 
foster families of such children.                 
Pages S1559-62, S1569
  Harkin (for Bennet) Amendment No. 2824, to require States that elect 
to combine funding for early childhood education and care to describe 
the manner in which they use the combined funding. 
                                                  Pages S1562-66, S1569
  Scott/Landrieu Amendment No. 2837, to clarify parental rights to use 
child care certificates.                          
Pages S1566-68, S1569
  Harkin (for Boxer/Burr) Amendment No. 2809, to amend the Crime 
Control Act of 1990 to improve the quality of background checks for 
Federal agencies hiring, or contracting to hire, individuals to provide 
child care services.                              
Pages S1562-66, S1569
Pending:
  Harkin Amendment No. 2811, to include rural and remote areas as 
underserved areas identified in the State plan.          
Pages S1545-53
   A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 13, 2014. 
                                                             Page S1596

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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 of the continuation of the 
national emergency with respect to Iran that was declared in Executive 
Order 12957 on March 15, 1995; which was referred to the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-35)                 
Page S1581
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By a unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. EX. 67), Carolyn B. McHugh, 
of Utah, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit. 
                                                     Pages S1537, S1596
  By a unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. EX. 68), Matthew Frederick 
Leitman, of Michigan, to be United States District Judge for the 
Eastern District of Michigan.                        
Pages S1537, S1596
  By a unanimous vote of 97 yeas (Vote No. EX. 69), Judith Ellen Levy, 
of Michigan, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of Michigan.                             
Pages S1537-38, S1596
  By a unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. EX. 70), Laurie J. 
Michelson, of Michigan, to be United States District Judge for the 
Eastern District of Michigan.                        
Pages S1538, S1596
  By 60 yeas 37 nays (Vote No. EX. 71), Linda Vivienne Parker, of 
Michigan, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District 
of Michigan.                                         
Pages S1538, S1596
  Sarah Bloom Raskin, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of the 
Treasury.                                         
Pages S1538-39, S1596
  Heather L. MacDougall, of Florida, to be a Member of the Occupational 
Safety and Health Review Commission for a term expiring April 27, 2017.
                                                     Pages S1569, S1596
  France A. Cordova, of New Mexico, to be Director of the National 
Science Foundation for a term of six years.          
Pages S1569, S1596
  James H. Shelton III, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy 
Secretary of Education.                              
Pages S1569, S1596
  Bruce Heyman, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to Canada. 
                                                     Pages S1569, S1596
Messages from the House:                                     
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Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S1581
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                     
  Pages S1531, S1581



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Measures Read the First Time:                        
  Pages S1581, S1595



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language appears: Measures Read the First Time: Page S1581
  
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Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S1581-83
Petitions and Memorials:                                 
  Pages S1583-84
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S1584-86
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S1586-87
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S1580
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S1587-94
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S1594-95
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S1595
Record Votes: Eight record votes were taken today. (Total--74) 
                                        Pages S1537-38, S1556-57, S1569
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 7:43 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 13, 2014. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S1596.)