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Rec. D1071", "Congressional Record, Volume 158 Issue 168 (Thursday, December 27, 2012)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 168 (Thursday, December 27, 2012)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D1071-D1073]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n                                             Thursday, December 27, 2012\n\n[[Page D1071]]\n\n                              Daily Digest\n\nHIGHLIGHTS\n\n      Senator-Designate Brian Schatz, of Hawaii, was administered the oath\n      of office by the Vice President.\n\n                                 Senate\n\nChamber Action\nRoutine Proceedings, pages S8383-S8454\nMeasures Introduced: Two bills were introduced, as follows: S. 3710-3711.\n                                                                  Page S8452\nMeasures Reported:\n  S. 847, to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to ensure that risks\nfrom chemicals are adequately understood and managed, with amendments. (S.\nRept. No. 112-264)\n  S. 1763, to decrease the incidence of violent crimes against Indian women,\nto strengthen the capacity of Indian tribes to exercise the sovereign\nauthority of Indian tribes to respond to violent crimes committed against\nIndian women, and to ensure that perpetrators of violent crimes committed\nagainst Indian women are held accountable for that criminal behavior, with\nan amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 112-265)\n  S. 2251, to designate the United States courthouse located at 709 West 9th\nStreet, Juneau, Alaska, as the Robert Boochever United States Courthouse.\n  S. 2326, to designate the new United States courthouse in Buffalo, New\nYork, as the ``Robert H. Jackson United States Courthouse''.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S8451\nMeasures Passed:\n  Harry T. and Harriette Moore Post Office: Committee on Homeland Security\nand Governmental Affairs was discharged from further consideration of H.R.\n2338, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located\nat 600 Florida Avenue in Cocoa, Florida, as the ``Harry T. and Harriette\nMoore Post Office'', and the bill was then passed.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n  Page S8454\n  Lance Corporal Victor A. Dew Post Office: Committee on Homeland Security\nand Governmental Affairs was discharged from further consideration of H.R.\n3892, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located\nat 8771 Auburn Folsom Road in Roseville, California, as the ``Lance Corporal\nVictor A. Dew Post Office'', and the bill was then passed.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n  Page S8454\n  Sidney `Sid' Sanders McMath Post Office Building: Senate passed H.R. 3869,\nto designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 600\nEast Capitol Avenue in Little Rock, Arkansas, as the ``Sidney `Sid' Sanders\nMcMath Post Office Building''.\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 S8454\n  Cecil E. Bolt Post Office: Senate passed H.R. 4389, to designate the\nfacility of the United States Postal Service located at 19 East Merced\nStreet in Fowler, California, as the ``Cecil E. Bolt Post Office''.\n                                                                  Page S8454\n  Lieutenant Kenneth M. Ballard Memorial Post Office: Senate passed H.R.\n6260, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located\nat 211 Hope Street in Mountain View, California, as the ``Lieutenant Kenneth\nM. Ballard Memorial Post Office''.\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 S8454\n  Representative Curtis B. Inabinett, Sr. Post Office: Senate passed H.R.\n6379, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located\nat 6239 Savannah Highway in Ravenel, South Carolina, as the ``Representative\nCurtis B. Inabinett, Sr. Post Office''.\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 S8454\n  Postal Inspector Terry Asbury Post Office Building: Senate passed H.R.\n6587, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located\nat 225 Simi Village Drive in Simi Valley, California, as the ``Postal\nInspector Terry Asbury Post Office Building''.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n  Page S8454\n  Kay Bailey Hutchison Spousal IRA: Committee on Finance was discharged from\nfurther consideration of S. 3667, to rename section 219(c) of the Internal\nRevenue Code of 1986 as the Kay Bailey Hutchison Spousal IRA, and the bill\nwas then passed.\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 S8454\nMeasures Considered:\n  FISA Amendments Act Reauthorization Act--Agreement: Senate began\nconsideration of H.R. 5949, to extend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 for\nfive years, taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto:\n                                       Pages S8384-S8410, S8411-25, S8427-28\nRejected:\n  By 38 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 232), Leahy Amendment No. 3437, in the\nnature of a substitute. (Pursuant to the order of Friday, December 21,\n\n[[Page D1072]]\n\n2012, the amendment having failed to achieve 60 affirmative votes, was not\nagreed to.)\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\nPages S8407-10, S8427\n  By 37 yeas to 54 nays (Vote No. 233), Merkley/Lee Amendment No. 3435, to\nrequire the Attorney General to disclose each decision, order, or opinion of\na Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court that includes significant legal\ninterpretation of section 501 or 702 of the Foreign Intelligence\nSurveillance Act of 1978 unless such disclosure is not in the national\nsecurity interest of the United States. (Pursuant to the order of Friday,\nDecember 21, 2012, the amendment having failed to achieve 60 affirmative\nvotes, was not agreed to.)\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPages S8397-S8407, S8427-28\n  By 12 yeas to 79 nays (Vote No. 234), Paul/Lee Amendment No. 3436, to\nensure adequate protection of the rights under the Fourth Amendment to the\nConstitution of the United States. (Pursuant to the order of Friday,\nDecember 21, 2012, the amendment having failed to achieve 60 affirmative\nvotes, was not agreed to.)\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\nPages S8407, S8428\n  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing that on Friday,\nDecember 28, 2012, there be 30 minutes of debate, equally divided, on the\nWyden amendment, prior to a vote on or in relation to the amendment; that\nthere be no amendments in order to the amendment prior to the vote; and that\nupon disposition of the amendment, Senate vote on passage of the bill, as\namended, if amended; provided further, that there be a 60 affirmative vote\nthreshold for the amendment, and for passage of the bill.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPages S8417-18\n  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further\nconsideration of the bill at approximately 9:00 a.m., on Friday, December\n28, 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\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S8454\nFull-Year Continuing Appropriations Act--Agreement: Senate resumed\nconsideration of H.R. 1, making appropriations for the Department of Defense\nand the other departments and agencies of the Government for the fiscal year\nending September 30, 2011, taking action on the following amendments\nproposed thereto:\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 S8425-27, S8429-45\nPending:\n  Reid Amendment No. 3395, in the nature of a substitute.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S8425\n  Coats/Alexander Amendment No. 3391 (to Amendment No. 3395), in the nature\nof a substitute.\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\nPages S8425-27\n  Cardin/Landrieu Amendment No. 3393 (to Amendment No. 3395), 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\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S8429\n  Tester Amendment No. 3350 (to Amendment No. 3395), to provide additional\nfunds for wildland fire management.\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\nPages S8429-30\n  Landrieu Amendment No. 3415 (to Amendment No. 3395), to clarify the\nprovision relating to emergency protective measures.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPages S8430-31\n  Coburn Amendment No. 3369 (to Amendment No. 3395), to reduce the amount\nthat triggers the requirement to notify Congress of the recipients of\ncertain grants and to require publication of the notice.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S8431\n  Coburn/McCain Amendment No. 3371 (to Amendment No. 3395), to ensure that\nFederal disaster assistance is available for the most severe disasters.\n                                                                  Page S8431\n  Coburn Amendment No. 3382 (to Amendment No. 3395), to require merit-based\nand competitive awards of disaster recovery contracts.\n                                                       Pages S8431-32, S8441\n  Coburn Amendment No. 3383 (to Amendment No. 3395), to strike a provision\nrelating to certain studies of the Corps of Engineers.\n                                                       Pages S8432, S8441-42\n  Coburn/McCain Amendment No. 3368 (to Amendment No. 3395), to clarify cost-\nsharing requirements for certain Corps of Engineers activities.\n                                                              Pages S8432-33\n  Division I of Coburn/McCain Modified Amendment No. 3370 (to Amendment No.\n3395), to ensure funding for victims of Hurricane Sandy is not spent on tax\ncheats, deceased individuals, or fisheries outside of the affected area.\n                                                              Pages S8433-34\n  Division II of Coburn/McCain Modified Amendment No. 3370 (to Amendment No.\n3395), to ensure funding for victims of Hurricane Sandy is not spent on tax\ncheats, deceased individuals, or fisheries outside of the affected area.\n                                                          Pages S8434, S8442\n  Merkley Further Modified Amendment No. 3367 (to Amendment No. 3395), to\nextend certain supplemental agricultural disaster assistance programs.\n                                                                  Page S8434\n  Mikulski (for Leahy) Amendment No. 3403 (to Amendment No. 3395), to\nprovide authority to transfer previously appropriated funds to increase\nsecurity at United States embassies and other overseas posts.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S8442\n  Mikulski (for Harkin) Amendment No. 3426 (to Amendment No. 3395), 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\u0000\nPages S8442-45\n  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing that on Friday,\nDecember 28, 2012, when the Senate continues consideration of the bill,\nSenate vote on or in relation to the amendments to the bill under the order\nof Friday, December 21, 2012; that all remaining time under the previous\norder with respect to the amendments be yielded back; that there be two\nminutes equally divided prior to each vote with the exception of the\nfollowing: 4 minutes equally divided prior to each of the votes on or in\nrelation to the Coburn amendments and divisions; 10 minutes equally divided\nprior to the votes on or in relation to each of the Paul amendments; 8\nminutes equally divided prior to the vote on or in relation to McCain\nAmendment No. 3355; and 10 minutes equally divided prior to the vote on or\nin relation to the Lee amendment; and that all other provisions of the\nprevious order remain in effect.\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 S8445\n\n[[Page D1073]]\n\n  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further\nconsideration of the bill upon disposition of H.R. 5949, to extend the FISA\nAmendments Act of 2008 for five years.\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 S8454\nSwearing-In of Senator Schatz: The Chair laid before the Senate the\ncertificate of appointment of Senator-designate Brian Schatz, of the State\nof Hawaii, and the oath of office was then administered as required by the\nU.S. Constitution and prescribed by law.\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 S8411\nAdditional Cosponsors:\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 S8452\nAdditional Statements:\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 S8451\nAmendments 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