Congressional Record
111th Congress (2009-2010)
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Daily Digest - Monday, September 20, 2010
Monday, September 20, 2010
Daily Digest
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Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7187-S7227
Measures Introduced:
Six bills and one resolution were introduced, as follows: S. 3802-3807, and S. Res. 630.
Page S7205
Measures Reported:
S. 1252, to promote ocean and human health and for other purposes, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 111-296)
S. 2871, to make technical corrections to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act. (S. Rept. No. 111-297)
S. 3119, to amend and reauthorize certain provisions relating to Long Island Sound restoration and stewardship, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 111-298)
Page S7205
Measures Passed:
Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act:
Senate passed S. 624, to provide 100,000,000 people with first-time access to safe drinking water and sanitation on a sustainable basis by 2015 by improving the capacity of the United States Government to fully implement the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005, after agreeing to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and the following amendment proposed thereto:
Pages S7222-24
Levin (for Durbin) Amendment No. 4620, in the nature of a substitute.
Page S7224
Nursing Home Care: Committee on Veterans' Affairs was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 4505, to enable State homes to furnish nursing home care to parents any of whose children died while serving in the Armed Forces, and the bill was then passed.
Pages S7224-25
Drive Safer Sunday: Senate agreed to S. Res. 630, designating November 28, 2010, as ``Drive Safer Sunday''.
Page S7225
Measures Considered:
National Defense Authorization Act--Agreement:
Senate resumed consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 3454, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2011 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 S7193-97
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill at approximately 11:00 a.m., on Tuesday, September 21, 2010.
Page S7225
Nominations Received:
Senate received the following nominations:
Mario Cordero, of California, to be a Federal Maritime Commissioner for the term expiring June 30, 2014.
Rebecca F. Dye, of North Carolina, to be a Federal Maritime Commissioner for the term expiring June 30, 2015.
Stacia A. Hylton, of Virginia, to be Director of the United States Marshals Service. vice John F. Clark, resigned.
46 Army nominations in the rank of general.
7 Coast Guard nominations in the rank of admiral.
Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, and Navy.
Pages S7225-27
Nominations Discharged:
The following nominations were discharged from further committee consideration and placed on the Executive Calendar:
Steve A. Linick, of Virginia, to be Inspector General of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which was sent to the Senate on April 12, 2010, from the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Osvaldo Luis Gratacos Munet, of Puerto Rico, to be Inspector General, Export-Import Bank, which was sent to the Senate on May 13, 2010, from the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Page S7227
Messages from the House:
Pages S7203-04
Measures Referred:
Page S7204
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
Page S7204
Executive Communications:
Pages S7204-05D972
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S7205-06
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S7207-18
Additional Statements:
Pages S7202-03
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S7218-21
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
Pages S7221-22
Privileges of the Floor:
Page S7222
Adjournment:
Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 5:34 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, September 21, 2010. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7227.)
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
No committee meetings were held.
House of Representatives
Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced:
1 public bills, H.R. 6157; 1 private bill, H.R. 6158; and 1 resolution, H. Res. 1638, were introduced.
Page H6809
Additional Cosponsors:
Page H6809
Reports Filed:
Reports were filed today as follows:
H.R. 4387, to designate the Federal building located at 100 North Palafox Street in Pensacola, Florida, as the ``Winston E. Arnow Federal Building'' (H. Rept. 111-610);
H.R. 5591, to designate the facility of the Federal Aviation Administration located at Spokane International Airport in Spokane, Washington, as the ``Ray Daves Air Traffic Control Tower'', with amendments (H. Rept. 111-611); and
H.R. 5717, to authorize the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to plan, design, and construct a facility and to enter into agreements relating to education programs at the National Zoological Park facility in Front Royal, Virginia, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 111-612, Pt. 1).
Page H6809
Speaker:
Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed Representative Edwards (MD) to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
Page H6807
Meeting Hour:
Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to meet at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, September 22.
Page H6807
Privileged Resolution:
Agreed by unanimous consent that Representative Price (GA) may be recognized only on the legislative day of Thursday, September 23, 2010, to offer the resolution that he noticed on Thursday, September 16, 2010, without further notice under clause 9(a)(1) of rule 9.
Page H6807
Quorum Calls--Votes:
There were no yea-and-nay votes, and there were no recorded votes. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment:
The House met at 2:30 p.m. and adjourned at 2:35 p.m.
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
Joint Meetings
No joint committee meetings were held.
Committee on Armed Services:
to hold hearings to examine the nomination of General James F. Amos, USMC, for reappointment to the grade of general and to be Commandant of the Marine Corps, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs:
to hold hearings to examine investigating infrastructure, focusing on creating jobs and growing the economy, 10 a.m., SD-538.
Committee on Finance:
to hold hearings to examine welfare reform, focusing on women and poverty, 10 a.m., SD-215.
Committee on Foreign Relations:
business meeting to consider S. 1183, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide assistance to the Government of Haiti to end within 5 years the deforestation in Haiti and restore within 30 years the extent of tropical forest cover in existence in Haiti in 1990, S. 3184, to provide United States assistance for the purpose of eradicating severe forms of trafficking in children in eligible countries D973through the implementation of Child Protection Compacts, S. 3581, to implement certain defense trade treaties, S. 3665, to promote the strengthening of the private sector in Pakistan, S. 3297, to update United States policy and authorities to help advance a genuine transition to democracy and to promote recovery in Zimbabwe, S. 987, to protect girls in developing countries through the prevention of child marriage, S. Res. 573, urging the development of a comprehensive strategy to ensure stability in Somalia, treaty Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Australia Concerning Defense Trade Cooperation, done at Sydney, September 5, 2007 (Treaty Doc. 110-10), treaty Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Concerning Defense Trade Cooperation, done at Washington and London on June 21 and 26, 2007 (Treaty Doc. 110-07), and the nominations of Alexander A. Arvizu, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Albania, Matthew J. Bryza, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Azerbaijan, Norman L. Eisen, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Joseph A. Mussomeli, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Slovenia, and Duane E. Woerth, of Nebraska, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as Representative of the United States of America on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization, all of the Department of State, and Edward W. Brehm, of Minnesota, Johnnie Carson, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, and Mimi E. Alemayehou, Executive Vice President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, all to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the African Development Foundation, 2:30 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
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Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs:
business meeting to consider the nomination of Jacob J. Lew, of New York, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 9 a.m., SD-342.
Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Maria Elizabeth Raffinan, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
Select Committee on Intelligence:
to hold hearings to examine the nomination of David B. Buckley, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Central Intelligence Agency, 2:30 p.m., SD-124.
Impeachment Trial Committee (Porteous):
to resume hearings to examine the Articles Against Judge G. Thomas Porteous, Jr, 8 a.m., SH-216.
No committee meetings are scheduled.
Program for Tuesday:
After the transaction of any morning business (not to extend beyond 11 a.m.), Senate will continue consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 3454, National Defense Authorization Act, and after a period of debate, vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed thereon at 2:15 p.m.
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(Senate will recess from 12:30 p.m. until 2:15 p.m. for their respective party conferences.)
Program for Wednesday:
To be announced.
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