Congressional Record
111th Congress (2009-2010)
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Daily Digest - Friday, December 3, 2010
Friday, December 3, 2010
Daily Digest
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Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8445-S8511
Measures Introduced:
Three bills and one resolution were introduced, as follows: S. 4006-4008, and S. Res. 694.
Page S8477
Measures Reported:
S. 3984, to amend and extend the Museum and Library Services Act.
Page S8477
Measures Passed:
National and Commercial Space Programs:
Senate passed H.R. 3237, to enact certain laws relating to national and commercial space programs as title 51, United States Code, ``National and Commercial Space Programs''.
Page S8479
CAPTA Reauthorization Act: Senate passed S. 3817, to amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978, and the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of 1988 to reauthorize the Acts, after agreeing to the committee amendments.
Pages S8479-S8508
Removal Clarification Act: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 5281, to amend title 28, United States Code, to clarify and improve certain provisions relating to the removal of litigation against Federal officers or agencies to Federal courts, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:
Pages S8508-10
Durbin (for Leahy) Amendment No. 4732, to improve the bill.
Pages S8509-10
Shigeru Yamada Relief: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. 124, for the relief of Shigeru Yamada, and the bill was then passed.
Pages S8510-11
Hotaru Nakama Ferschke Relief: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. 1774, for the relief of Hotaru Nakama Ferschke, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:
Pages S8510-11
Durbin (for Webb) Amendment No. 4733, to add PAYGO language.
Pages S8510-11
Appointments:
United States Commission on Civil Rights:
The Chair, on behalf of the President pro tempore and upon the recommendation of the Majority Leader, pursuant to Public Law 98-183, as amended by Public Law 103-419, appointed the following individual to the United States Commission on Civil Rights: Alice C. ``Dina'' Titus of Nevada vice Arlan D. Melendez of Nevada.
Page S8511
Airport and Airway Extension Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing that at approximately 8:15 a.m., on Saturday, December 4, 2010, Senate resume consideration of the amendment of the House of Representatives to the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 4853, with the time from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., equally divided and controlled between the two Leaders, or their designees, with the time under Democratic control be equally divided and controlled between Senators Schumer and Baucus, or their designees; provided that at 10:30 a.m., Senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the Reid motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 4853, with Reid Amendment No. 4727.
Page S8511
Nominations Received:
Senate received the following nominations:
Janice Lehrer-Stein, of California, to be a Member of the National Council on Disability for a term expiring September 17, 2013.
Leon Rodriguez, of Maryland, to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor.
Kathryn D. Sullivan, of Ohio, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce.
Page S8511
Messages from the House:
Page S8477
Measures Referred:
Page S8477
Measures Read the First Time:
Pages S8477, S8510
Enrolled Bills Presented:
Page S8477
Executive Reports of Committees:
Page S8477D1149
Additional Cosponsors:
Page S8477
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S8477-78
Amendments Submitted:
Page S8478
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
Page S8478
Privileges of the Floor:
Page S8478
Adjournment:
Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 3:31 p.m., until 8:15 a.m. on Saturday, December 4, 2010. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S8511.)
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
POLICY CONCERNING HOMOSEXUALITY IN THE ARMED FORCES
Committee on Armed Services:
Committee concluded hearings to examine the report of the Department of Defense Working Group that conducted a comprehensive review of the issues associated with a repeal of section 654 of title 10, United States Code, ``Policy Concerning Homosexuality in the Armed Forces'', after receiving testimony from General James E. Cartwright, USMC, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, General George W. Casey, Jr., USA, Chief of Staff, United States Army, Admiral Gary Roughead, USN, Chief of Naval Operations, General James F. Amos, USMC, Commandant, United States Marine Corps, General Norton A. Schwartz, USAF Chief of Staff, United States Air Force, and Admiral Robert Papp, Commandant, United States Coast Guard, all of the Department of Defense.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services:
Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of General Claude R. Kehler, USAF, to be general and Commander, United States Strategic Command.
House of Representatives
Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced:
1 public bill, H.R. 6495 was introduced.
Page H8034
Additional Cosponsors:
Page H8034
Reports Filed:
There were no reports filed today.
Speaker:
Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed Representative Engel to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
Page H8033
Library of Congress Trust Fund Board--Appointment:
The Chair announced the Speaker's appointment of the following members on the part of the House to the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board for a five-year term: Mr. J. Richard Fredericks of San Francisco, CA; Ms. Barbara Guggenheim of Los Angeles, CA; and Mr. James Kimsey of McLean, VA.
Page H8033
National Commission for the Review of the Research and Development Programs of the United States Intelligence Community--Appointment:
The Chair announced the Speaker's appointment of the following member on the part of the House to the National Commission for the Review of the Research and Development Programs of the United States Intelligence Community: Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson of Bridgewater, NJ.
Page H8033
Senate Message:
Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and subsequently presented to the House today appears on page H8033.
Senate Referral:
S. 3784 was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Pages H8033-34
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 4 p.m. and adjourned at 4:06 p.m.
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
Joint Meetings
EMPLOYMENT
Joint Economic Committee:
Committee concluded a hearing to examine the employment situation for November 2010, after receiving testimony from Keith Hall, Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor.
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No meetings/hearings scheduled.
No committee meetings are scheduled.
Senate will consider any cleared legislative and executive business.
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: December 9, to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Ramona Emilia Romero, of Pennsylvania, to be General Counsel of the Department of Agriculture, 10 a.m., SR-328A.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: December 7, to hold hearings to examine the state of the credit union industry; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine the nomination of Joseph A. Smith, Jr., of North Carolina, to be Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, 2:30 p.m., SD-538.
December 8, Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance and Investment, with the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold joint hearings to examine the efficiency, stability, and integrity of the United States capital markets, 2 p.m., SD-538.
Committee on Finance:
December 9, to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Carolyn W. Colvin, of Maryland, to be Deputy Commissioner of Social Security, Social Security Administration, 10 a.m., SD-215.
Committee on Foreign Relations:
December 7, business meeting to consider S. 3688, to establish an international professional exchange program, S. 1633, to require the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to establish a program to issue Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Cards, S. 3798, to authorize appropriations of United States assistance to help eliminate conditions in foreign prisons and other detention facilities that do not meet minimum human standards of health, sanitation, and safety, S. Con. Res. 71, recognizing the United States national interest in helping to prevent and mitigate acts of genocide and other mass atrocities against civilians, and supporting and encouraging efforts to develop a whole of government approach to prevent and mitigate such acts, S. Res. 680, supporting international tiger conservation efforts and the upcoming Global Tiger Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, S.J. Res. 37, calling upon the President to issue a proclamation recognizing the 35th anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act, S. 2982, to combat international violence against women and girls, Treaty between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Rwanda Concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment, signed at Kigali on February 19, 2008 (Treaty Doc. 110-23), international Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, adopted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on November 3, 2001, and signed by the United States on November 1, 2002 (the ``Treaty'') (Treaty Doc. 110-19), and the nominations of Thomas R. Nides, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources, William R. Brownfield, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, and Suzan D. Johnson Cook, of New York, to be Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, all of the Department of State, Paige Eve Alexander, of Georgia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, and Alan J. Patricof, of New York, and Mark Green, of Wisconsin, both to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, and a routine list in the foreign service, 2:15 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs:
December 7, to hold hearings to examine catastrophic preparedness, focusing on FEMA, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
December 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine border security, focusing on the challenge of protecting Federal lands, 10 a.m., SD-342.
December 8, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, with the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance and Investment, to hold joint hearings to examine the efficiency, stability, and integrity of the United States capital markets, 2 p.m., SD-538.
Committee on Indian Affairs:
December 8, to resume oversight hearings to examine how the Indian Health Service will correct mismanagement in the Aberdeen area, 10 a.m., SD-628.
Committee on the Judiciary:
December 8, business meeting to consider S. 3675, to amend chapter 11 of title 11, United States Code, to address reorganization of small businesses, S. 2888, to amend section 205 of title 18, United States Code, to exempt qualifying law school students participating in legal clinics from the application of the general conflict of interest rules under such section, S. 1598, to amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to establish a permanent background check system, and the nominations of Max Oliver Cogburn, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina, Robert Neil Chatigny, of Connecticut, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, Marco A. Hernandez, and Michael H. Simon, both to be United States District Judge for the District of Oregon, Steve C. Jones, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, and Patti B. Saris, of Massachusetts, to be Chair, and Dabney Langhorne Friedrich, D1151of Maryland, both to be a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission, 10 a.m., SD-226.
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Select Committee on Intelligence:
December 7, to hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
December 9, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
Committee on Education and Labor,
December 7, Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, hearing on a Review of the Independent Audit of the Labor Department's FY 2010 Consolidated Financial Statements, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
Committee on Financial Services,
December 8, hearing entitled ``A Proposal to Increase the Offering Limit Under SEC Regulation A,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
Committee on the Judiciary,
December 8, to continue hearings on Foreclosed Justice: Causes and Effects of the Foreclosure Crisis--Part II, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
December 9, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, hearing on Civil Liberties and National Security, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe:
December 8, to hold hearings to examine the Western Balkans, focusing on developments in 2010 and hopes for the future, 11 a.m., SVC-202/203.
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Program for Saturday:
Senate will resume consideration of the amendment of the House of Representatives to the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 4853, Airport and Airway Extension Act, and after a period of debate, vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the Reid motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill with Reid Amendment No. 4727, at 10:30 a.m. If cloture is not invoked, Senate would vote immediately on the motion to invoke cloture on Schumer Amendment No. 4728.
Program for Tuesday:
To be announced.
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