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D1076", "Congressional Record, Volume 158 Issue 169 (Friday, December 28, 2012)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 169 (Friday, December 28, 2012)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D1076-D1078]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n                                          Friday, December 28, 2012\n\n[[Page D1076]]\n\n                              Daily Digest\n\nHIGHLIGHTS\n\n      Senate passed H.R. 5949, FISA Amendments Act Reauthorization Act.\n      Senate passed H.R. 1, Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, as\n      amended.\n\n                                 Senate\n\nChamber Action\nRoutine Proceedings, pages S8455-S8519\nMeasures Introduced: Two bills were introduced, as follows: S. 3712-\n3713.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\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 S8507\nMeasures Passed:\n  FISA Amendments Act Reauthorization Act: By 73 yeas to 23 nays (Vote\nNo. 236), Senate passed H.R. 5949, to extend the FISA Amendments Act of\n2008 for five years, by the order of the Senate of Friday, December 21,\n2012, 60 Senators having voted in the affirmative, and after taking\naction on the following amendment proposed thereto:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n  Pages S8455-62\nRejected:\n  By 43 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 235), Wyden Amendment No. 3439, to\nrequire a report on the impact of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 on\nthe privacy of the people of the United States. (Pursuant to the order\nof Friday, December 21, 2012, the amendment having failed to achieve 60\naffirmative votes, was not agreed to.)\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPages S8455-60\n  Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act: By 62 yeas to 32 nays (Vote\nNo. 248), Senate passed H.R. 1, making appropriations for disaster\nrelief for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, after taking\naction on the following amendments and motions proposed thereto:\n                                               Pages S8462-67, S8467-97\nAdopted:\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\nPage S8462\n  Mikulski (for Grassley) Amendment No. 3348 (to Amendment No. 3395),\nto shift vehicles used for non-operational purposes by the Department\nof Justice and Department of Homeland Security in the District of\nColumbia to replace vehicles of those agencies damaged by Hurricane\nSandy.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\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 S8462\n  Mikulski (for Feinstein) Modified Amendment No. 3421 (to Amendment\nNo. 3395), of a perfecting 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\nPage S8462\n  Mikulski (for Harkin) Amendment No. 3426 (to Amendment No. 3395), of\na perfecting 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\nPage S8462\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\nPage S8462\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.\n                                                             Page S8462\n  Coburn Amendment No. 3369 (to Amendment No. 3395), to reduce the\namount that triggers the requirement to notify Congress of the\nrecipients of certain grants and to require publication of the notice.\n                                                             Page S8462\n  Division I of Coburn/McCain Modified Amendment No. 3370 (to Amendment\nNo. 3395), to ensure funding for victims of Hurricane Sandy is not\nspent on tax cheats, deceased individuals, or fisheries outside of the\naffected area.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\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 S8462\n  Reid Amendment No. 3395, in the nature of a substitute.\n                                                     Pages S8462, S8483\n  Reid (for Mikulski) Amendment No. 3440, to amend the title.\n                                                             Page S8496\nRejected:\n  By 52 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 237), Bingaman Amendment No. 3344 (to\nAmendment No. 3395), to provide for the approval of an agreement\nbetween the United States and the Republic of Palau in response to\nSuper Typhoon Bopha. (Pursuant to the order of Friday, December 21,\n2012, the amendment having failed to achieve 60 affirmative votes, was\nnot 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\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S8463\n  By 44 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 239), Coburn/McCain Amendment No.\n3368 (to Amendment No.\n\n[[Page D1077]]\n\n3395), to clarify cost-sharing requirements for certain Corps of\nEngineers activities. (Pursuant to the order of Friday, December 21,\n2012, the amendment having failed to achieve 60 affirmative votes, was\nnot 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\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPages S8462, S8464-65\n  By 35 yeas to 60 nays (Vote No. 240), Division II of Coburn/McCain\nModified Amendment No. 3370 (to Amendment No. 3395), to ensure funding\nfor victims of Hurricane Sandy is not spent on tax cheats, deceased\nindividuals, or fisheries outside of the affected area. (Pursuant to\nthe order of Friday, December 21, 2012, the amendment having failed to\nachieve 60 affirmative votes, was not agreed to.)\n                                                  Pages S8462, S8465-67\n  By 40 yeas to 55 nays (Vote No. 241), Coburn/McCain Amendment No.\n3371 (to Amendment No. 3395), to ensure that Federal disaster\nassistance is available for the most severe disasters. (Pursuant to the\norder of Friday, December 21, 2012, the amendment having failed to\nachieve 60 affirmative votes, was not agreed to.)\n                                                  Pages S8462, S8466-67\n  By 48 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 242), Coburn Amendment No. 3382 (to\nAmendment No. 3395), to require merit-based and competitive awards of\ndisaster recovery contracts. (Pursuant to the order of Friday, December\n21, 2012, the amendment having failed to achieve 60 affirmative votes,\nwas 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\nPages S8462, S8467-68\n  By 42 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 243), Paul Amendment No. 3376 (to\nAmendment No. 3395), to provide for the nonapplication of the Davis-\nBacon Act in the case of projects funded under this Act. (Pursuant to\nthe order of Friday, December 21, 2012, the amendment having failed to\nachieve 60 affirmative votes, was not agreed to.)\n                                               Pages S8469-72, S8480-81\n  By 3 yeas to 91 nays (Vote No. 244), Paul Amendment No. 3410 (to\nAmendment No. 3395), to offset the cost of the bill and to put the\nspending on budget as regular spending and not emergency. (Pursuant to\nthe order of Friday, December 21, 2012, the amendment having failed to\nachieve 60 affirmative votes, was not agreed to.)\n                                           Pages S8469-72, S8480, S8481\n  By 46 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. 245), McCain/Coburn Amendment No.\n3355 (to Amendment No. 3395), to strike funding for the emergency\nforest restoration program. (Pursuant to the order of Friday, December\n21, 2012, the amendment having failed to achieve 60 affirmative votes,\nwas 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\nPages S8476-80, S8481-82\n  By 41 yeas to 54 nays (Vote No. 247), Coats/Alexander Amendment No.\n3391 (to Amendment No. 3395), in the nature of a substitute. (Pursuant\nto the order of Friday, December 21, 2012, the amendment having failed\nto achieve 60 affirmative votes, was not agreed to.)\n                                                     Pages S8462, S8483\nWithdrawn:\n   Tester Amendment No. 3350 (to Amendment No. 3395), to provide\nadditional funds for wildland fire management.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S8462\n  Coburn Amendment No. 3383 (to Amendment No. 3395), to strike a\nprovision relating to certain studies of the Corps of Engineers.\n                                                     Pages S8462, S8468\n  Lee Modified Amendment No. 3373 (to Amendment No. 3395), to amend the\nInternal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide special rules for the use of\nretirement funds in connection with federally declared disasters, to\nprovide for certain regulatory relief in connection with federally\ndeclared disasters.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\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 S8472-74\n  Merkley Further Modified Amendment No. 3367 (to Amendment No. 3395),\nto extend certain supplemental agricultural disaster assistance\nprograms.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\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 S8462, S8482\n  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the\nfollowing action:\n  By 51 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 238), three-fifths of those Senators\nduly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate\nrejected the motion to waive pursuant to section 904 of the\nCongressional Budget Act of 1974, with respect to Tester Amendment No.\n3350 (to Amendment No. 3395) (listed above). Subsequently, the point of\norder that the amendment was in violation of section 314(e)(1) of the\nCongressional Budget Act of 1974, was sustained, the emergency\ndesignation within the amendment was stricken, and the amendment was\nwithdrawn.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\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 S8464\n  By 55 yeas to 40 nays (Vote No. 246), three-fifths of those Senators\nduly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate\nrejected the motion to waive pursuant to section 904 of the\nCongressional Budget Act of 1974, with respect to Merkley Further\nModified Amendment No. 3367 (to Amendment No. 3395) (listed above).\nSubsequently, the point of order that the amendment was in violation of\nsection 314(e)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, was\nsustained, the emergency designations within the amendment were\nstricken, and the amendment was withdrawn.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S8482\n  Subsequently, the motion to invoke cloture on the bill was withdrawn.\n                                                             Page S8483\n  Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013: Senate passed S.\n3454, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for intelligence\nand intelligence-related activities of the United States Government and\nthe Office of the Director of National\n\n[[Page D1078]]\n\nIntelligence, the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability\nSystem, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:\n                                                  Pages S8513-15, S8516\n  Reid (for Feinstein/Chambliss) Amendment No. 3441, 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 S8516\n  North Korean Refugee Adoption Act: Committee on Foreign Relations was\ndischarged from further consideration of H.R. 1464, to express the\nsense of Congress regarding North Korean children and children of one\nNorth Korean parent and to require the Department of State regularly to\nbrief appropriate congressional committees on efforts to advocate for\nand develop a strategy to provide assistance in the best interest of\nthese children, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the\nfollowing amendments proposed thereto:\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 S8516\n  Reid (for Burr) Amendment No. 3442, in the nature of a substitute.\n                                                             Page S8516\n  Reid (for Burr) Amendment No. 3443, to amend the title.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S8516\n  Katie Sepich Enhanced DNA Collection Act: Senate passed H.R. 6014, to\nauthorize the Attorney General to award grants for States to implement\nDNA arrestee collection processes.\u0000\u0000\u0000\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 S8516\n  Former Presidents Protection Act: Committee on the Judiciary was\ndischarged from further consideration of H.R. 6620, to amend title 18,\nUnited States Code, to eliminate certain limitations on the length of\nSecret Service Protection for former Presidents and for the children of\nformer Presidents, and the bill was then passed.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n  Pages S8516-17\n  Officer Safety Act: Senate passed H.R. 6621, to correct and improve\ncertain provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act and title 35,\nUnited States Code, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed\nthereto:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\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 S8517-18\n  Reid (for Leahy/Grassley) Amendment No. 3444, 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\nPages S8517-18\nJob Protection and Recession Prevention Act--Agreement: A unanimous-\nconsent agreement was reached providing that at a time to be determined\nby the Majority Leader, with the concurrence of the Republican Leader,\nSenate begin consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of\nH.R. 8, to extend certain tax relief provisions enacted in 2001 and\n2003, and to provide for expedited consideration of a bill providing\nfor comprehensive tax reform.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\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 S8513\nGalante and Baer Nominations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time\nagreement was reached providing that at approximately 1 p.m., on\nSunday, December 30, 2012, Senate begin consideration of the nomination\nof Carol J. Galante, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of\nHousing and Urban Development, under the previous order; provided\nfurther, that upon the use or yielding back of time, Senate begin\nconsideration of the nomination of William Joseph Baer, of Maryland, to\nbe an Assistant Attorney General, and vote on confirmation of the\nnominations; that there be two minutes for debate, equally divided in\nthe usual form prior to each vote; and that no further motions be in\norder to the nominations.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\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 S8513\nExecutive Communications:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\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 S8506-07\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\n  Page S8507\nStatements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n  Pages S8507-08\nAmendments Submitted:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\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 S8508-13\nRecord Votes: Fourteen record votes were taken today. 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