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Rec. D1038", "Congressional Record, Volume 158 Issue 162 (Monday, December 17, 2012)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 162 (Monday, December 17, 2012)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D1038-D1039]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n                                          Monday, December 17, 2012\n\n[[Page D1038]]\n\n                              Daily Digest\n\nHIGHLIGHTS\n\n      Senate agreed to S. Res. 619, electing Senator Patrick J. Leahy,\n      of Vermont, to be President pro tempore of the Senate of the\n      United States.\n      Senate agreed to S. Res. 620, authorizing the administration of\n      the oath of office of President pro tempore of the Senate of the\n      United States.\n\n                                 Senate\n\nChamber Action\nRoutine Proceedings, pages S8049-S8094\nMeasures Introduced: Five bills and three resolutions were introduced,\nas follows: S. 3684-3688, and S. Res. 619-621.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n  Page S8071\nMeasures Reported:\n  S. 675, to express the policy of the United States regarding the\nUnited States relationship with Native Hawaiians and to provide a\nprocess for the recognition by the United States of the Native Hawaiian\ngoverning entity, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S.\nRept. No. 112-251)\n  S. 1223, to address voluntary location tracking of electronic\ncommunications devices, with an amendment in the nature of a\nsubstitute.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S8071\nMeasures Passed:\n  Strengthening Investigations of Sex Offenders and Missing Children\nAct: Senate passed S. 1792, to clarify the authority of the United\nStates Marshal Service to assist other Federal, State, and local law\nenforcement agencies in the investigation of cases involving sex\noffenders and missing children.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n  Pages S8086-87\n  Investigative Assistance for Violent Crimes Act: Senate passed S.\n1793, to amend title 28, United States Code, to clarify the statutory\nauthority for the longstanding practice of the Department of Justice of\nproviding investigatory assistance on request of State and local\nauthorities with respect to certain serious violent crimes, after\nagreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n  Page S8087\n  Reid (for Whitehouse) Amendment No. 3341, in the nature of a\nsubstitute.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S8087\n  National Defense Authorization Act: Senate passed H.R. 6223, to amend\nsection 1059(e) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal\nYear 2006 to clarify that a period of employment abroad by the Chief of\nMission or United States Armed Forces as a translator, interpreter, or\nin a security-related position in an executive or managerial capacity\nis to be counted as a period of residence and physical presence in the\nUnited States for purposes of qualifying for naturalization.\n                                                         Pages S8087-88\n  Federal Water Pollution Control Act: Senate passed S. 3687, to amend\nthe Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the Lake\nPontchartrain Basin Restoration Program, to designate certain Federal\nbuildings.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n  Page S8088\n  Investigative Assistance for Violent Crimes Act: Senate passed H.R.\n2076, to amend title 28, United States Code, to clarify the statutory\nauthority for the longstanding practice of the Department of Justice of\nproviding investigatory assistance on request of State and local\nauthorities with respect to certain serious violent crimes, after\nagreeing to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and\nthe following amendment proposed thereto:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n  Page S8089\n  Reid (for Whitehouse) Amendment No. 3342, in the nature of a\nsubstitute.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S8089\n  Electing the President Pro Tempore: Senate agreed to S. Res. 619, to\nelect Patrick J. Leahy, a Senator from the State of Vermont, to be\nPresident pro tempore of the Senate of the United States.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n  Page S8089\n  Authorizing the Administration of the Oath of Office of President Pro\nTempore: Senate agreed to S. Res. 620, to authorize Harry Reid, a\nSenator from the State of Nevada, to administer the oath of office\n\n[[Page D1039]]\n\nof President of the Senate Pro Tempore to Patrick J. Leahy, a Senator\nfrom the State of Vermont.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n  Page S8089\n  Condemning the Horrific Attacks in Newtown, Connecticut: Senate\nagreed to S. Res. 621, condemning the horrific attacks in Newtown,\nConnecticut, and expressing support and prayers for all those impacted\nby that tragedy.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n  Pages S8089-90\n  Uninterrupted Scholars Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor,\nand Pensions was discharged from further consideration of S. 3472, to\namend the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 to provide\nimprovements to such Act, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing\nto the following amendment proposed thereto:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n  Pages S8091-92\n  Hagan (for Landrieu) Amendment No. 3345, in the nature of a\nsubstitute.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S8091\nMeasures Considered:\n  Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act--Agreement: Senate began\nconsideration of H.R. 1, making appropriations for the Department of\nDefense and the other departments and agencies of the Government for\nthe fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, taking action on the\nfollowing amendments proposed thereto:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n  Pages S8051-63\nPending:\n  Leahy (for Inouye) Amendment No. 3338, in the nature of a substitute.\n                                                             Page S8052\n  Leahy (for Inouye) Amendment No. 3339 (to Amendment No. 3338), of a\nperfecting nature.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S8052\n  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further\nconsideration of the bill at approximately 11 a.m., on Tuesday,\nDecember 18, 2012.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S8092\nMessage from the President: Senate received the following message from\nthe President of the United States:\n  Transmitting, pursuant to law, the District of Columbia's fiscal year\n(FY) 2013 Budget and Financial Plan, received during adjournment of the\nSenate on December 14, 2012; which was referred to the Committee on\nHomeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (PM-63)\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S8070\nNominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:\n  Fernando M. Olguin, of California, to be United States District Judge\nfor the Central District of California.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPages S8063-67, S8094\n  Thomas M. Durkin, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge for\nthe Northern District of Illinois.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPages S8063-67, S8094\nNominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:\n  Richard J. Engler, of New Jersey, to be a Member of the Chemical\nSafety and Hazard Investigation Board for a term of five years.\n  Nicholas Christopher Geale, of Virginia, to be a Member of the\nNational Mediation Board for a term expiring July 1, 2013.\n  Linda A. Puchala, of Maryland, to be a Member of the National\nMediation Board for a term expiring July 1, 2015.\n  Routine lists in the Air Force, and Army.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPages S8092-94\n\n =========================== NOTE ===========================\n\n  On page D1039, December 17, 2012, the following language\nappears: Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following\nnominations: Fernando M. Olguin, of California, to be United\nStates District Judge for the Central District of California.\nPages S8066-67, S8094 Thomas M. Durkin, of Illinois, to be United\nStates District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois. Pages\nS8066-67, S8094 Nominations Received: Senate received the\nfollowing nominations: Richard J. Engler . . . Routine lists in\nthe Air Force, and Army. Page S8092\n\n  The online Record has been corrected to read: Nominations\nConfirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations: Fernando M.\nOlguin, of California, to be United States District Judge for the\nCentral District of California. Pages S8063-67, S8094 Thomas M.\nDurkin, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge for the\nNorthern District of Illinois. Pages S8063-67, S8094 Nominations\nReceived: Senate received the following nominations: Richard J.\nEngler . . . Routine lists in the Air Force, and Army. 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