Monday, June 22, 2009
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Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6861-S6898
Measures Introduced: Eight bills and one resolution were introduced, as
follows: S. 1313-1320, and S. Res. 199.
Pages S6887-88
Measures Considered:
Travel Promotion Act: Senate resumed consideration of S. 1023, to
establish a non-profit corporation to communicate United States entry
policies and otherwise promote leisure, business, and scholarly travel
to the United States, after agreeing to the motion to proceed, taking
action on the following amendments proposed thereto:
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Pending:
Reid (for Dorgan/Rockefeller) Amendment No. 1347, of a perfecting
nature.
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Reid Amendment No. 1348 (to Amendment No. 1347), to change the
enactment date.
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Reid Amendment No. 1349 (to the language proposed to be stricken by
Amendment No. 1347), to change the enactment date.
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Reid Amendment No. 1350 (to Amendment No. 1349), of a perfecting
nature.
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Reid Motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation, with instructions.
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Reid Amendment No. 1351 (to the instructions on the motion to
recommit), to change the enactment date.
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Reid Amendment No. 1352 (to Amendment No. 1351), of a perfecting
nature.
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Reid Amendment No. 1353 (to Amendment No. 1352), of a perfecting
nature.
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During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the
following action:
By 53 yeas to 34 nays (Vote No. 211), three-fifths of those Senators
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate
rejected the motion to close further debate on Reid (for Dorgan/
Rockefeller) Amendment No. 1347 (listed above).
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Senator Reid entered a motion to reconsider the vote by which the
motion to invoke cloture on Reid (for Dorgan/Rockefeller) Amendment No.
1347 (listed above) failed.
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A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the
previously scheduled vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the bill,
be withdrawn.
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Message from the President: Senate received the following message from
the President of the United States:
Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the continuation of the
national emergency that was originally declared in Executive Order
13219 of June 26, 2001, with respect to the Western Balkans; which was
referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-
25)
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Koh Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the nomination
of Harold Hongju Koh, of Connecticut, to be Legal Adviser of the
Department of State.
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A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, and,
in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of
the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur on Wednesday, June 24, 2009.
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Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
Charles F. Bolden, Jr., of Texas, to be Administrator of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Lori Garver, of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Warren F. Miller, Jr., of New Mexico, to be Director of the Office of
Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Department of Energy.
John R. Bass, of New York, to be Ambassador to Georgia.
Ertharin Cousin, of Illinois, for the rank of Ambassador during her
tenure of service as U. S. Representative to the United Nations
Agencies for Food and Agriculture.
James B. Foley, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of
Croatia.
Kenneth E. Gross, Jr., of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic
of Tajikistan.
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Jerry P. Lanier, of North Carolina, to be Ambassador to the Republic
of Uganda.
Teddy Bernard Taylor, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to Papua New
Guinea, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation
as Ambassador to the Solomon Islands and Ambassador to the Republic of
Vanuatu.
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Messages from the House:
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Measures Referred:
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Measures Placed on the Calendar:
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Additional Cosponsors:
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Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
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Additional Statements:
Pages S6885-87
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S6889-98
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
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Authorities for Committees to Meet:
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Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--211)
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 2:01 p.m. and adjourned at 7:02 p.m.,
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 23, 2009. (For Senate's program, see the
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S6898.)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
MODERNIZING OVERSIGHT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on
Securities, Insurance and Investment concluded a hearing to examine
over-the-counter derivatives, focusing on modernizing oversight to
increase transparency and reduce risk, after receiving testimony from
Mary L. Shapiro, Chairman, United States Securities and Exchange
Commission; Gary Gensler, Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading
Commission; Patricia White, Associate Director, Division of Research
and Statistics, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Henry
T.C. Hu, University of Texas School of Law, Austin; Kenneth C. Griffin,
Citadel Investment Group, L.L.C., Chicago, Illinois; Robert Pickel,
International Swaps and Derivatives Association, New York, New York;
and Christopher Whalen, International Risk Analytics, Whalen, Croton-
on-Hudson, New York.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee
continued consideration of Affordable Health Choices Act, but did not
complete action thereon, and will meet again on Tuesday, June 23, 2009.
House of Representatives
Chamber Action
The House was not in session today. The House is scheduled to meet at
10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 23, 2009.
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
Joint Meetings
No joint committee meetings were held.
NEW PUBLIC LAWS
(For last listing of Public Laws, see Daily Digest, p. D635)
H.R. 663, to designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 12877 Broad Street in Sparta, Georgia, as the
``Yvonne Ingram-Ephraim Post Office Building''. Signed on June 19,
2009. (Public Law 111-26)
H.R. 918, to designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 300 East 3rd Street in Jamestown, New York, as the
``Stan Lundine Post Office Building''. Signed on June 19, 2009. (Public
Law 111-27)
H.R. 1284, to designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 103 West Main Street in McLain, Mississippi, as the
``Major Ed W. Freeman Post Office''. Signed on June 19, 2009. (Public
Law 111-28)
H.R. 1595, to designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 3245 Latta Road in Rochester, New York, as the
``Brian K. Schramm Post Office Building''. Signed on June 19, 2009.
(Public Law 111-29)
H.R. 2675, to amend title II of the Antitrust Criminal Penalty
Enhancement and Reform Act of 2004 to extend the operation of such
title for a 1-
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year period ending June 22, 2010. Signed on June 19, 2009. (Public Law
111-30)
COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,
JUNE 23, 2009
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior,
Environment, and Related Agencies, business meeting to mark up
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2010 for the Interior,
Environment and Related Agencies, 10 a.m., SD-124.
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel, closed
business meeting to mark up those provisions which fall under the
subcommittee's jurisdiction of the proposed National Defense
Authorization Act for fiscal year 2010, 9:30 a.m., SR-232A.
Subcommittee on Airland, closed business meeting to mark up those
provisions which fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the
proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2010, 11
a.m., SR-222.
Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, closed business meeting to mark
up those provisions which fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction
of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year
2010, 2 p.m., SR-222.
Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, closed business
meeting to mark up those provisions which fall under the
subcommittee's jurisdiction of the proposed National Defense
Authorization Act for fiscal year 2010, 3:30 p.m., SR-232A.
Subcommittee on SeaPower, closed business meeting to mark up those
provisions which fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the
proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2010,
5:30 p.m., SR-222.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee
on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine, to hold hearings to
examine high-speed passenger rail, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on African Affairs,
to hold hearings to examine drug trafficking in West Africa, 10:30
a.m., SD-419.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: business
meeting to continue consideration of Affordable Health Choices Act,
subcommittee assignments, and any pending nominations, 10 a.m., SD-
106.
Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., S-407, Capitol.
House
Committee on Appropriations, to mark up the following
appropriations for fiscal year 2010: State, Foreign Operations and
Related Programs; and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and
Related Agencies, 4 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
Committee on Education and Labor, hearing on The Tri-Committee
Draft Proposal for Health Care Reform, 12 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearings
on draft health reform legislation, 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
Committee on Homeland Security, to continue markup of H.R. 2868,
Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009, 5:30 p.m., Cannon.
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, oversight hearing
entitled ``The Future of the V-22 Osprey: Costs, Capabilities, and
Challenges,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
Committee on Rules, to consider the following bills: H.R. 2892,
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010; and H.R.
2647, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, 5
p.m., H-313 Capitol.
Joint Meetings
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings
to examine religious liberty, media freedom, and the rule of law in
Russia, 10 a.m., SVC-203/202.
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Next Meeting of the SENATE
10 a.m., Tuesday, June 23
Senate Chamber
Program for Tuesday: Senate will be in a period of morning business.
(Senate will recess from 12:30 p.m. until 2:15 p.m. for their
respective party conferences.)
Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
10:30 a.m., Tuesday, June 23
House Chamber
Program for Tuesday: To be announced.