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Rec. D1063 | Congressional Record, Volume 158 Issue 166 (Friday, December 21, 2012) [Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 166 (Friday, December 21, 2012)] [Daily Digest] [Pages D1063-D1066] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Friday, December 21, 2012 [[Page D1063]] Daily Digest HIGHLIGHTS Senate agreed to the conference report to accompany H.R. 4310, National Defense Authorization Act. Senate Chamber Action Routine Proceedings, pages S8323-8380 Measures Introduced: Five bills and one resolution were introduced, as follows: S. 3705-3709, and S.J. Res. 51. Page S8364 Measures Reported: Report to accompany S. 911, to establish the sense of Congress that Congress should enact, and the President should sign, bipartisan legislation to strengthen public safety and to enhance wireless communications. (S. Rept. No. 112-260) Report to accompany S. 1449, to authorize the appropriation of funds for highway safety programs and for other purposes. (S. Rept. No. 112- 261) S. 1262, to improve Indian education, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 112-262) S. 1684, to amend the Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self- Determination Act of 2005, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 112-263) Page S8363 Measures Passed: Birthplace of the National Guard: Committee on Armed Services was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 1339, to designate the City of Salem, Massachusetts, as the Birthplace of the National Guard of the United States, and the bill was then passed. Page S8377 Drywall Safety Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 4212, to prevent the introduction into commerce of unsafe drywall, to ensure the manufacturer of drywall is readily identifiable, to ensure that problematic drywall removed from homes is not reused, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto: Pages S8377-78 Reid (for Vitter) Amendment No. 3432, in the nature of a substitute. Pages S8377-78 Motor Vehicle Insurance Cost Reporting: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 5859, to repeal an obsolete provision in title 49, United States Code, requiring motor vehicle insurance cost reporting, and the bill was then passed. Page S8378 Frank Buckles World War I Memorial Act: Senate passed H.R. 6364, to establish a commission to ensure a suitable observance of the centennial of World War I, to provide for the designation of memorials to the service of members of the United States Armed Forces in World War I, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto: Page S8378 Reid (for McCaskill/Blunt) Amendment No. 3433, in the nature of a substitute. Page S8378 Large Financial Institutions and the Federal Government Transactions: Senate passed S. 3709, to require a Government Accountability Office examination of transactions between large financial institutions and the Federal Government, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto: Pages S8378-79 Reid (for Vitter/Brown (OH)) Amendment No. 3434, in the nature of a substitute. Pages S8378-79 Hizballah: Committee on Foreign Relations was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 613, urging the governments of Europe and the European Union to designate Hizballah as a terrorist organization and impose sanctions, and urging the President to provide information about Hizballah to the European allies of the United States and to support to the Government of Bulgaria in investigating the July 18, 2012, terrorist attack in Burgas, and the resolution was then agreed to. Pages S8379-80 Medicare IVIG Access Act: Senate passed H.R. 1845, to provide a demonstration project providing [[Page D1064]] Medicare coverage for in-home administration of intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) and to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to the application of Medicare secondary payer rules for certain claims. Page S8380 Measures Considered: Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act--Agreement: Senate continued consideration of H.R. 1, making appropriations for the Department of Defense and the other departments and agencies of the Government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, taking action on the following amendments and motions proposed thereto: Pages S8340-46 Withdrawn: Reid Amendment No. 3396 (to Amendment No. 3395), to change the enactment date. Page S8341 Reid Amendment No. 3398 (to the language proposed to be stricken by Amendment No. 3395), to change the enactment date. Page S8341 Pending: Reid Amendment No. 3395, in the nature of a substitute. Page S8341 During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the following action: By 91 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. 230), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed to the motion to close further debate on Reid Amendment No. 3395 (listed above). Page S8340 Reid motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Appropriations, with instructions, Reid Amendment No. 3400, to change the enactment date, fell when cloture was invoked on Reid Amendment No. 3395 (listed above). Page S8341 Reid Amendment No. 3401 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 3400), of a perfecting nature, fell when Reid motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Appropriations, with instructions, Reid Amendment No. 3400 (listed above) fell. Page S8341 Reid Amendment No. 3402 (to Amendment No. 3401), of a perfecting nature, fell when Reid Amendment No. 3401 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 3400) fell. Page S8341 By 57 yeas to 34 nays (Vote No. 231), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate rejected the motion to waive pursuant to section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to Reid Amendment No. 3395 (listed above). Subsequently, the point of order that the amendment was in violation of section 314(e)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, was sustained, and the emergency designation within the amendment was stricken. Pages S8341-42 Reid Amendment No. 3397 (to Amendment No. 3396), of a perfecting nature, fell when Reid Amendment No. 3396 (to Amendment No. 3395) (listed above) was withdrawn. Page S8341 Reid Amendment No. 3399 (to Amendment No. 3398), of a perfecting nature, fell when Reid Amendment No. 3398 (to the language proposed to be stricken by Amendment No. 3395) (listed above) was withdrawn. Page S8341 A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing that no other budget points of order be in order to the substitute or the underlying bill; provided further, that notwithstanding Rule XXII, the following amendments be in order: Cardin Amendment No. 3393; Grassley Amendment No. 3348; Feinstein Modified Amendment No. 3421; Harkin Amendment No. 3426; Landrieu Amendment No. 3415; Leahy Amendment No. 3403; McCain Modified Amendment No. 3384; Bingaman Amendment No. 3344; Coburn Amendment No. 3368; Coburn Amendment No. 3369; Coburn Modified Amendment No. 3370; Coburn Amendment No. 3371; Coburn Amendment No. 3382; Coburn Amendment No. 3383; Tester Amendment No. 3350; Paul Amendment No. 3376; Paul Amendment No. 3410; McCain Amendment No. 3355; Merkley Modified Amendment No. 3367; Lee Modified Amendment No. 3373; and Coats Amendment No. 3391; that no amendments be in order to any of these amendments prior to votes on or in relation to the amendments; that the amendments be subject to a 60 affirmative vote threshold; that there will be 30 minutes of debate equally divided in the usual form on each amendment with the exception of the following: 20 minutes equally divided on each of the Coburn amendments or divisions, and the Lee amendment; 40 minutes equally divided on each of the Paul amendments; and one hour equally divided on the Coats amendment; that upon the use or yielding back of time, Senate vote on or in relation to the amendments in the order listed; that there be two minutes of debate, equally divided, between the votes; that all after the first vote, be ten minute votes; that upon disposition of the pending amendments listed, Senate vote on or in relation to the pending substitute amendment, as amended, if amended; that upon disposition of the substitute, the cloture motion on the underlying bill be withdrawn, and Senate vote on passage of the bill, as amended, if amended. Page S8340 Conference Reports: National Defense Authorization Act: By 81 yeas to 14 nays (Vote No. 229), Senate agreed to the conference report to accompany H.R. 4310, to authorize [[Page D1065]] appropriations for fiscal year 2013 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. Pages S8325-40 FISA Amendments Act Reauthorization Act--Agreement: A unanimous- consent agreement was reached providing that notwithstanding cloture having been invoked and at a time to be determined by the Majority Leader, after consultation with the Republican Leader, Senate begin consideration of H.R. 5949, to extend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 for five years; that the only first-degree amendments in order to the bill be the following: Leahy; Merkley; Paul; and Wyden; that there be 30 minutes of debate equally divided between the proponents and opponents on each amendment; that there be up to seven hours of debate on the bill equally divided between the proponents and opponents; that upon the use or yielding back of time, Senate vote on or in relation to the amendments in the order listed; that there be no amendments in order to any of the amendments prior to the votes; that upon disposition of the amendments, Senate vote on passage of the bill, as amended, if amended, and that there be a 60 affirmative vote threshold on each of the amendments and passage of the bill. Page S8374 A unanimous-consent agreement was reached provided that with respect to consideration of the bill, the text for each of the amendments in order under the previous agreement is at the desk. Page S8374 A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that Senate begin consideration of the bill at approximately 10 a.m., on Thursday, December 27, 2012; and that Senator Wyden be recognized. Page S8380 Authorizing Leadership to Make Appointments--Agreement: A unanimous- consent agreement was reached providing that, notwithstanding the upcoming recess or adjournment of the Senate, the President of the Senate, the President pro tempore, and the Majority and Minority Leaders be authorized to make appointments to commissions, committees, boards, conferences, or interparliamentary conferences authorized by law, by concurrent action of the two Houses, or by order of the Senate. Page S8380 Signing Authority--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that from Friday, December 21, 2012 through Thursday, December 27, 2012, the Majority Leader be authorized to sign duly enrolled bills or joint resolutions. Page S8380 Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations: Matthew W. Brann, of Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Malachy Edward Mannion, of Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Jon S. Tigar, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of California. Pages S8374-75, S8380 William S. Greenberg, of New Jersey, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims for the term of fifteen years. (Prior to this action, Committee on Veterans' Affairs was discharged from further consideration.) Pages S8375, S8380 Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations: Ernest W. Dubester, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority for a term of five years expiring July 29, 2017. Carol Waller Pope, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority for a term of five years expiring July 1, 2014. Page S8380 Messages from the House: Page S8360 Measures Referred: Pages S8360-61 Executive Communications: Pages S8361-63 Petitions and Memorials: Page S8363 Executive Reports of Committees: Pages S8363-64 Additional Cosponsors: Page S8364 Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: Pages S8364-65 Additional Statements: Pages S8358-60 Amendments Submitted: Pages S8365-74 Authorities for Committees to Meet: Page S8374 Privileges of the Floor: Page S8374 Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--231) Pages S8338, S8340, S8342 Adjournment: Senate convened at 1 p.m. and adjourned at 7:19 p.m., until 12 p.m. on Monday, December 24, 2012. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S8340.) [[Page D1066]] |