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111th Congress (2009-2010)
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Daily Digest - Monday, August 2, 2010
Monday, August 2, 2010
Daily Digest
HIGHLIGHTS
- See Resume of Congressional Activity.
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Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6557-S6596
Measures Introduced:
Eight bills and two resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 3682-3689, S.J. Res. 37, and S. Res. 604.
Page S6584
Measures Reported:
S. 3196, to amend the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 to provide that certain transition services shall be available to eligible candidates before the general election. (S. Rept. No. 111-239)
S. 3386, to protect consumers from certain aggressive sales tactics on the Internet, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 111-240)
S. 1311, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to expand and strengthen cooperative efforts to monitor, restore, and protect the resource productivity, water quality, and marine ecosystems of the Gulf of Mexico, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 111-241)
S. 3515, to authorize and enhance the programs of the Department of the Interior relating to the detection of, response to, and mitigation and cleanup of oil spills on Federal land managed by the Department, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 111-242)
S. 3686, making appropriations for the Department of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011. (S. Rept. No. 111-243)
H.R. 3978, to amend the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to accept and use gifts for otherwise authorized activities of the Center for Domestic Preparedness that are related to preparedness for and response to terrorism, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Pages S6583-84
Measures Passed:
Congressional Gold Medal:
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs was discharged from further consideration of S. 1055, to grant the congressional gold medal, collectively, to the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, United States Army, in recognition of their dedicated service during World War II, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:
Pages S6593-94
Dodd (for Boxer) Amendment No. 4581, to include members of the Military Intelligence Service.
Page S6593
Star-Spangled Banner Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 2097, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the writing of the Star-Spangled Banner, and the bill was then passed.
Pages S6594-95
Copyright Laws: Senate passed S. 3689, to clarify, improve, and correct the laws relating to copyrights.
Page S6594
Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran: Senate agreed to S. Res. 604, urging the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to immediately and unconditionally release Sarah Shourd, Joshua Fattal, and Shane Bauer on humanitarian grounds.
Page S6595
House Messages:
FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act:
Senate resumed consideration of the amendment of the House of Representatives to the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 1586, to modernize the air traffic control system, improve D894the safety, reliability, and availability of transportation by air in the United States, provide for modernization of the air traffic control system, reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration, taking action on the following amendments and motions proposed thereto:
Pages S6565-73
Rejected:
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Reid motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill, with Reid (for Murray) Amendment No. 4567 (to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill), in the nature of a substitute. (By a unanimous vote of 95 yeas (Vote No. 223) Senate tabled the motion.)
Page S6572
Withdrawn:
Reid motion to refer the message of the House on the bill to the Committee on Appropriations, with instructions, Reid Amendment No. 4569 (the instructions on motion to refer), to provide for a study.
Page S6571
Cloture Motion on the Reid motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill, with Reid (for Murray) Amendment No. 4567 (listed above).
Page S6571
Pending:
Reid motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill, with Reid Amendment No. 4575 (to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill), in the nature of a substitute.
Page S6572
Reid Amendment No. 4576 (to Amendment No. 4575), to change the enactment date.
Page S6572
Reid motion to refer the House message on the bill to the Committee on Appropriations, with instructions, Reid Amendment No. 4577 (the instructions on motion to refer), to provide for a study.
Page S6572
Reid Amendment No. 4578 (to the instructions (Amendment No. 4577), of the motion to refer), of a perfecting nature.
Pages S6572-73
Reid Amendment No. 4579 (to Amendment No. 4578), of a perfecting nature.
Page S6573
A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill, with Reid (for Murray) Amendment No. 4575 (listed above), and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur on Wednesday, August 4, 2010.
Page S6572
During consideration of this measure today, Senate took the following action:
Reid Amendment No. 4570 (to the instructions (Amendment No. 4569), of the motion to refer), of a perfecting nature fell when Reid motion to refer the message of the House on the bill to the Committee on Appropriations, with instructions, Reid Amendment No. 4569 (listed above), was withdrawn.
Page S6565
Reid Amendment No. 4571 (to Amendment No. 4570), of a perfecting nature fell when Reid Amendment No. 4570 (to the instructions (Amendment No. 4569), listed above, fell.
Page S6565
Reid Amendment No. 4568 (to Amendment No. 4567), to change the enactment date, fell when the Reid motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill, with Reid (for Murray) Amendment No. 4567 (listed above) was tabled.
Page S6565
Kagan Nomination--Agreement:
A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing that at approximately 9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, August 3, 2010, Senate begin consideration of the nomination of Elena Kagan, of Massachusetts, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, and that during Tuesday's session, the time be divided as follows: Chairman Leahy--first 30 minutes; Ranking member Sessions--second 30 minutes; with the time from 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. equally divided and controlled between the two Leaders, or their designees; the time from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. equally divided and controlled, with the Majority controlling the first 45 minutes; the time from 2:15 p.m. to 8:15 p.m., divided in one hour alternating blocks, with the Majority controlling the first block; with any additional time beyond 8:15 p.m., continuing to be divided in one hour alternating blocks of time.
Page S6593
Messages from the House:
Page S6583
Measures Referred:
Page S6583
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
Page S6583
Measures Read the First Time:
Pages S6583, S6595-96
Enrolled Bills Presented:
Page S6583
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S6584-85
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S6585-86
Additional Statements:
Pages S6582-83
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S6586-93
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
Page S6593
Record Votes:
One record vote was taken today. (Total--223)
Page S6572
Adjournment:
Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 7:46 p.m., until 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, August 3, 2010. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S6596.)
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
No committee meetings were held.
House of Representatives
Chamber Action
The House was not in session today. The House is scheduled to meet at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, September 14, 2010, pursuant to the provisions of H. Con. Res. 308.
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
Joint Meetings
No joint committee meetings were held.
H.R. 725, to protect Indian arts and crafts through the improvement of applicable criminal proceedings. Signed on July 29, 2010. (Public Law 111-211)
H.R. 4899, making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010. Signed on July 29, 2010. (Public Law 111-212)
H.R. 5610, to provide a technical adjustment with respect to funding for independent living centers under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 in order to ensure stability for such centers. Signed on July 29, 2010. (Public Law 111-213)
H.R. 5849, to provide for an additional temporary extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958. Signed on July 30, 2010. (Public Law 111-214)
S. 3372, to modify the date on which the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and applicable States may require permits for discharges from certain vessels. Signed on July 30, 2010. (Public Law 111-215)
H.R. 5900, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to amend title 49, United States Code, to extend airport improvement program project grant authority and to improve airline safety. Signed on August 1, 2010. (Public Law 111-216)
Committee on Armed Services:
To hold hearings to examine the report of the Quadrennial Defense Review Independent Panel, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Jonathan Woodson, of Massachusetts, to be Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, and Neile L. Miller, of Maryland, to be Principal Deputy Administrator, and Anne M. Harrington, of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, both of the National Nuclear Security Administration, both of the Department of Energy, 2:30 p.m., SD-G50.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs:
Business meeting to consider S. 1619, to establish the Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities, to establish the Interagency Council on Sustainable Communities, to establish a comprehensive planning grant program, to establish a sustainability challenge grant program, 10 a.m., SD-538.
Committee on the Budget:
To hold hearings to examine a status report on the United States economy, 10 a.m., SD-608.
Committee on Environment and Public Works:
Subcommittee on Children's Health, to hold hearings to examine the state of research on potential environmental health factors with autism and related neurodevelopment disorders, 10 a.m., SD-406.
Committee on Foreign Relations:
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Peter Michael McKinley, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Colombia, Rose M. Likins, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Peru, Christopher W. Murray, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of the Congo, Mark Charles Storella, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Zambia, James Frederick Entwistle, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eric D. Benjaminson, of Oregon, to be Ambassador to the Gabonese Republic, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, Phillip Carter III, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire, J. Thomas Dougherty, of Wyoming, to be Ambassador to Burkina Faso, Michael S. D896Owen, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Sierra Leone, Laurence D. Wohlers, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Central African Republic, Patrick S. Moon, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Luis E. Arreaga-Rodas, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Iceland, Daniel Bennett Smith, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Greece, Scot Alan Marciel, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia, Judith R. Fergin, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, Helen Patricia Reed-Rowe, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Palau, Paul W. Jones, of New York, to be Ambassador to Malaysia, James Franklin Jeffrey, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Iraq, Maura Connelly, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Lebanon, Gerald M. Feierstein, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Yemen, Francis Joseph Ricciardone, Jr., of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey, Michele Thoren Bond, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Lesotho, Robert Porter Jackson, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Cameroon, Matthew J. Bryza, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Azerbaijan, Alejandro Daniel Wolff, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Chile, Pamela E. Bridgewater Awkard, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Jamaica, Phyllis Marie Powers, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Panama, Terence Patrick McCulley, of Oregon, to be Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, all of the Department of State, Mark Feierstein, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, Mimi E. Alemayehou, of the District of Columbia, to be Executive Vice President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, Richard M. Lobo, of Florida, to be Director of the International Broadcasting Bureau, Broadcasting Board of Governors, Nisha Desai Biswal, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, Robert M. Orr, of Florida, to be United States Director of the Asian Development Bank, with the rank of Ambassador, and a routine list in the foreign service, 2:15 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
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Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs:
Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security, to hold hearings to examine transforming government through innovative tools and technology, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
Committee on the Judiciary:
Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts, to hold hearings to examine protecting public interest, focusing on understanding the threat of agency capture, 10 a.m., SD-226.
Select Committee on Intelligence:
to hold closed hearings to consider certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
No committee meetings are scheduled.
August 2, 2010
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Resume of Congressional Activity
SECOND SESSION OF THE ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS
The first table gives a comprehensive resume of all legislative business transacted by the Senate and House.
The second table accounts for all nominations submitted to the Senate by the President for Senate confirmation.
- DATA ON LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY
January 5 through July 31, 2010
Senate: Days in session
House: 102
Total: 97
..
Senate: Time in session
House: 743 hrs., 14 House: K
Total: 667 hrs., 55
Total: K
..
Congressional Record:
Pages of proceedings
House: 6,555
Total: 6,574
..
Extensions of Remarks
House: ..
Total: 1,535
..
Senate: Public bills enacted into law
House: 20
Total: 70
90
Senate: Private bills enacted into law
House: ..
Total: ..
..
Senate: Bills in conference
House: 1
Total: 1
..
Senate: Measures passed, total
House: 303
Total: 596
899
Senate bills
House: 43
Total: 21
..
House bills
House: 68
Total: 215
..
Senate joint resolutions
House: 3
Total: 3
..
House joint resolutions
House: 3
Total: 4
..
Senate concurrent resolutions
House: 6
Total: 3
..
House concurrent resolutions
House: 22
Total: 38
..
Simple resolutions
House: 158
Total: 312
..
Senate: Measures reported, total
House: *193
Total: *185
378
Senate bills
House: 130
Total: ..
..
House bills
House: 50
Total: 114
..
Senate joint resolutions
House: 1
Total: ..
..
House joint resolutions
House: ..
Total: ..
..
Senate concurrent resolutions
House: 1
Total: ..
..
House concurrent resolutions
House: ..
Total: 3
..
Simple resolutions
House: 11
Total: 68
..
Senate: Special reports
House: 3
Total: 8
..
Senate: Conference reports
House: ..
Total: 2
..
Senate: Measures pending on calendar
House: 305
Total: 78
..
Senate: Measures introduced, total
House: 999
Total: 2,393
3,392
Bills
House: 751
Total: 1,666
..
Joint resolutions
House: 11
Total: 29
..
Concurrent resolutions
House: 21
Total: 89
..
Simple resolutions
House: 216
Total: 609
..
Senate: Quorum calls
House: 4
Total: 4
..
Senate: Yea-and-nay votes
House: 222
Total: 333
..
Senate: Recorded votes
House: ..
Total: 177
..
Senate: Bills vetoed
House: ..
Total: 1
..
Senate: Vetoes overridden
House: ..
Total: ..
..
- DISPOSITION OF EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS
January 5 through July 31, 2010
Civilian nominations, totaling 518, (including 209 nominations carried over from the First Session), disposed of as follows:
Other Civilian nominations, totaling 1,270 (including 112 nominations carried over from the First Session), disposed of as follows:
Air Force nominations, totaling 5,197 (including 759 nominations carried over from the First Session), disposed of as follows:
Army nominations, totaling 5,297 (including 769 nominations carried over from the First Session), disposed of as follows:
Navy nominations, totaling 2,130 (including 8 nominations carried over from the First Session), disposed of as follows:
Marine Corps nominations, totaling 1,188 (including 714 nominations carried over from the First Session), disposed of as follows:
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Program for Tuesday:
Senate will begin consideration of the nomination of Elena Kagan, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, with equally divided alternating blocks of time for debate.
Senate: (Senate will recess from 12:30 p.m. until 2:15 p.m. for their respective party conferences.)
Program for Tuesday:
To be announced.
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