Congressional Record
112th Congress (2011-2012)
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Daily Digest - Monday, November 26, 2012
Monday, November 26, 2012
Daily Digest
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Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6877-S6908
Measures Introduced:
Three bills and one resolution were introduced, as follows: S. 3636-3638, and S. Res. 600.
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Measures Reported:
S. 1673, to establish the Office of Agriculture Inspection within the Department of Homeland Security, which shall be headed by the Assistant Commissioner for Agriculture Inspection, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 112-240)
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Measures Passed:
Child Protection Act:
Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 6063, to amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to child pornography and child exploitation offenses, and the bill was then passed.
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Measures Considered:
Sportsmen's Act--Agreement
: Senate resumed consideration of S. 3525, to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and taking action on the following motions and amendments proposed thereto:
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Withdrawn:
Reid Amendment No. 2878 (to the language proposed to be stricken by Amendment No. 2875), to change the enactment date.
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During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the following action:
By 50 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 204), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate rejected the motion to waive pursuant to section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and the waiver provisions of applicable budget resolutions, with respect to Reid (for Tester) Amendment No. 2875, in the nature of a substitute. Subsequently, the point of order that the amendment was in violation of section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, was sustained.
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Reid (for Tester) Amendment No. 2875, in the nature of a substitute, fell when the point of order was sustained.
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Reid Amendment No. 2876 (to Amendment No. 2875), to change the enactment date, fell when Reid (for Tester) Amendment No. 2875 fell.
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Reid Amendment No. 2877 (to Amendment No. 2876), of a perfecting nature, fell when Reid Amendment No. 2876 (to Amendment No. 2875) fell.
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Reid Amendment No. 2879 (to Amendment No. 2878), of a perfecting nature, fell when Reid Amendment No. 2878 (to the language proposed to be stricken by Amendment No. 2875) was withdrawn.
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A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the vote on passage of the bill be vitiated; the bill be returned to the calendar status quo; and that at a time to be determined by the Majority Leader after consultation with the Republican Leader, it be in order for the Majority Leader to resume consideration of the bill.
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National Defense Authorization Act: Senate began consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 3254, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 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.
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Messages from the House:
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Measures Placed on the Calendar:
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Measures Read the First Time:
Pages S6893, S6908
Enrolled Bills Presented:
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Executive Communications:
Pages S6893-94
Additional Cosponsors:
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Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S6895-97
Additional Statements:
Pages S6892-93
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S6897-S6908
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
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Privileges of the Floor:
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Record Votes:
One record vote was taken today. (Total--204)
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Adjournment:
Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 7:12 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, November 27, 2012. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S6908.)
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs:
On Tuesday, November 20, 2012, Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Robert D. Okun, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, after the nominee, who was introduced by Representative Norton, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
House of Representatives
Chamber Action
The House was not in session today. The House is scheduled to meet at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, November 27, 2012 pursuant to the provisions of S. Con. Res. 60.
Committee Meetings
No hearings were held.
Joint Meetings
No joint committee meetings were held.
Committee on Foreign Relations:
to receive a closed briefing on an update on arms control matters, 10 a.m., SVC-217.
Select Committee on Intelligence:
to hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
No hearings are scheduled.
During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared legislative and executive business.
Committee on Environment and Public Works: November 29, to hold hearings to examine Sandy and its impacts, focusing on a local perspective, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
Committee on Foreign Relations: November 27, to receive a closed briefing on an update on arms control matters, 10 a.m., SVC-217.
November 28, Subcommittee on International Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs and International Environmental Protection, to hold hearings to examine evaluating current United States global food security efforts and determining future United States leadership opportunities, 10 a.m., SD-419.
November 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Robert F. Godec, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Kenya, and Deborah Ann McCarthy, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Lithuania, both of the Department of State, 2 p.m., SD-419.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs:
November 29, to receive a closed briefing on the attack on the United States mission in Benghazi, 8:30 a.m., SVC-217.
Committee on Indian Affairs:
November 29, to hold an oversight hearing to examine ``reclaiming our image and identity for the next seven generations'', 2:15 p.m., SD-628.
Committee on the Judiciary:
November 29, business meeting to consider H.R. 2471, to amend section 2710 of title 18, United States Code, to clarify that a video tape service provider may obtain a consumer's informed, written consent on an ongoing basis and that consent may be obtained through the Internet, and the nominations of Katherine Polk Failla, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, Troy L. Nunley, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of California, Sheri Polster Chappell, to be United D965States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, Pamela Ki Mai Chen, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, Mark A. Barnett, to be a Judge of the United States Court of International Trade, and Angela Tammy Dickinson, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, 10 a.m., SD-226.
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Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship:
November 29, to hold hearings to examine creating jobs and growing the economy, focusing on legislative proposals to strengthen the entrepreneurial ecosystem, 10 a.m., SR-428A.
Select Committee on Intelligence:
November 27, to hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
November 29, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
Committee on Energy and Commerce:
November 28, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Examining Options to Combat Health Care Waste, Fraud and Abuse'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
November 29, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, hearing entitled ``The Role of Receivers in a Spectrum Scarce World'', 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
Committee on Financial Services,
November 29, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit; and Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity joint hearing entitled ``Examining the Impact of the Proposed Rules to Implement Basel III Capital Standards'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
November 29, Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology, hearing entitled ``The Future of Money: Dollars and Sense'', 2 p.m., 2220 Rayburn.
Committee on Foreign Affairs,
November 29, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Israel's Right to Defend Itself: Implications for Regional Security and U.S. Interests'', 11 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
November 29, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, markup on H.R. 1798, to prevent foreign states that do business, issue securities, or borrow money in the United States, and then fail to satisfy United States court judgments totaling $100,000,000 or more based on such activities, from inflicting further economic injuries in the United States, from undermining the integrity of United States courts, and from discouraging responsible lending to poor and developing nations by undermining the secondary and primary markets for sovereign debt, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
Committee on the Judiciary,
November 28, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet, hearing entitled ``Music Licensing Part One: Legislation in the 112th Congress'', 11:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
Committee on Natural Resources,
November 29, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs, hearing on H.R. 511, to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the importation of various injurious species of constrictor snakes, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform,
November 29, Subcommittee on Government Organization, Efficiency and Financial Management, hearing entitled ``Identity Theft and Tax Fraud: Growing Problems for the Internal Revenue Services, Part 4'', 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
November 29, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``1 in 88 Children: A Look Into the Federal Response to Rising Rates of Autism'', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
Committee on Rules,
November 28, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 6429, the ``STEM Jobs Act of 2012'', 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology,
November 28, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing entitled ``National Priorities for Solar and Space Physics Research and Applications for Space Weather Prediction'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
November 30, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, hearing entitled ``Tapping America's Energy Potential Through Research and Development'', 9:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure,
November 28, Full Committee hearing entitled ``Getting Back on Track: A Review of Amtrak's Structural Reorganization'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
November 29, Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing entitled ``How Best to Improve our Nation's Airport Passenger Security System Though Common Sense Solutions'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs,
November 28, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``VA Conference Spending Accountability'', 10:15 a.m., 334 Cannon.
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Program for Tuesday:
The Majority Leader will be recognized.
(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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