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Wednesday, September 12, 2012 

Daily Digest 

Senate 

Chamber Action 

Routine Proceedings, pages S6241–S6287 

Measures Introduced: Seven bills and three resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 3530–3536, and 

S. Res. 551–553. Pages S6270–71 

Measures Reported: 

S. 46, to reauthorize the Coral Reef Conservation 

Act of 2000. (S. Rept. No. 112–210) Page S6270 

Measures Passed: 

Frederick Douglass Statue: Senate passed H.R. 

6336, to direct the Joint Committee on the Library 

to accept a statue depicting Frederick Douglass from 

the District of Columbia and to provide for the permanent display of the statue in Emancipation Hall 

of the United States Capitol. Pages S6284–85 

Deaths of Americans at U.S. Consulate in 

Benghazi, Libya: Senate agreed to S. Res. 551, commending the 4 American public servants who died 

in Benghazi, Libya, including Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, for their tireless efforts on behalf of 

the American people and condemning the violent attack on the United States consulate in Benghazi. 

 Pages S6285–S86 

National Principals Month: Senate agreed to S. 

Res. 552, recognizing the month of October 2012 as 

‘‘National Principals Month’’. Page S6286 

National Falls Prevention Awareness Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 553, designating September 22, 

2012, as ‘‘National Falls Prevention Awareness Day’’ 

to raise awareness and encourage the prevention of 

falls among older adults. Page S6287 

Measures Considered: 

Veterans Jobs Corps Act: Senate began consideration of S. 3457, to require the Secretary of Veterans 

Affairs to establish a veterans jobs corps, taking action on the following amendments and motions proposed thereto: Pages S6243–60 

Pending: 

Reid (for Murray) Amendment No. 2789, in the 

nature of a substitute. Page S6259 

Reid Amendment No. 2808 (to Amendment No. 

2789), to change the enactment date. Page S6259 

Reid Amendment No. 2809 (to Amendment No. 

2808), of a perfecting nature. Page S6259 

Reid Amendment No. 2810 (to the language proposed to be stricken by Amendment No. 2789), to 

change the enactment date. Page S6259 

Reid Amendment No. 2811 (to Amendment No. 

2810), of a perfecting nature. Page S6259 

Reid motion to commit the bill to the Committee 

on Veterans’ Affairs, with instructions, Reid Amendment No. 2812, to change the enactment date. 

 Page S6259 

Reid Amendment No. 2813 (to (the instructions) 

Amendment No. 2812), of a perfecting nature. 

 Page S6259 

Reid Amendment No. 2814 (to Amendment No. 

2813), of a perfecting nature. Pages S6259–60 

A motion was entered to close further debate on 

Reid (for Murray) Amendment No. 2789, and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the 

Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will 

occur on Friday, September 14, 2012. Page S6260 

A motion was entered to close further debate on 

the bill, and, in accordance with the provisions of 

Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a 

vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of Reid 

(for Murray) Amendment No. 2789. Page S6260 

During consideration of this measure today, Senate 

also took the following action: 

By 84 yeas to 8 nays (Vote No. 192), Senate 

agreed to the motion to proceed to consideration of 

the bill. Page S6259 

Family and Business Tax Cut Certainty Act: Senate began consideration of the motion to proceed to 

consideration of S. 3521, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions. Pages S6260–61 

Messages from the House: Page S6266 

Measures Referred: Page S6266 

Measures Placed on the Calendar: Page S6266 

Executive Communications: Pages S6266–70 

Additional Cosponsors: Pages S6271–72 

Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: 

 Pages S6272–74 


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Additional Statements: Pages S6261–66 

Amendments Submitted: Pages S6274–84 

Notices of Hearings/Meetings: Page S6284 

Authorities for Committees to Meet: Page S6284 

Privileges of the Floor: Pages S6284–85 

Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. 

(Total—192) Page S6259 

Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and 

adjourned at 9:38 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Thursday, 

September 13, 2012. (For Senate’s program, see the 

remarks of the Majority Leader in today’s Record on 

page S6287.) 

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

LOW-EARTH ORBIT TO MARS 

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 

Committee concluded a hearing to examine the path 

from low-Earth orbit to Mars, after receiving testimony from Fuk Li, Director, Mars Exploration Directorate, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and John 

Grunsfeld, Associate Administrator, Science Mission 

Directorate, both of the National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration; Charles F. Kennel, Chair, National Research Council Space Studies Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, The National Academies, and University of California San 

Diego Scripps Institute of Oceanography; John 

Grotzinger, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena; Steven W. Squyres, Cornell University, Ithaca, 

New York; and Jim Maser, Pratt and Whitney 

Rocketdyne, Los Angeles, California. 

NUCLEAR WASTE ADMINISTRATION ACT 

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee 

concluded a hearing to examine S. 3469, to establish 

a new organization to manage nuclear waste, provide 

a consensual process for siting nuclear waste facilities, ensure adequate funding for managing nuclear 

waste, after receiving testimony from General Brent 

Scowcroft, Co-Chairman, and Richard A. Meserve, 

Commissioner, both of the Blue Ribbon Commission 

on America’s Nuclear Future; Peter Lyons, Assistant 

Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Energy; Henry B. 

Barron, Constellation Energy Nuclear Group, LLC, 

Baltimore, Maryland; and Geoffrey H. Fettus, Natural Resources Defense Council, Washington, DC. 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee with the Subcommittee on Clean Air and 

Nuclear Safety concluded a joint oversight hearing to 

examine the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s implementation of recommendations for enhancing nuclear reactor safety in the 21st century, after receiving testimony from Allison M. MacFarlane, Chairman, and Kristine L. Svinicki, George Apostolakis, 

William D. Magwood, IV, and William C. 

Ostendorff, each a Commissioner, all of the Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission. 

UPDATE ON SYRIA AND IRAN 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee received a 

closed briefing on an intelligence update on Syria 

and Iran from national security briefers. 

NOMINATIONS 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded 

a hearing to examine the nominations of Joseph E. 

Macmanus, of New York, to be Representative to 

the Vienna Office of the United Nations, with the 

rank of Ambassador, and to be Representative to the 

International Atomic Energy Agency, with the rank 

of Ambassador, Sharon English Woods Villarosa, of 

Texas, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Mauritius, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic 

of Seychelles, and Walter North, of Washington, 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, all of the Department 

of State, after the nominees testified and answered 

questions in their own behalf. 

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 

future of the General Services Administration, after 

receiving testimony from Daniel Tangherlini, Acting 

Administrator, and Brian D. Miller, Inspector General, both of the General Services Administration. 

CITIZENS UNITED 

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a 

hearing to examine the Citizens United court and the 

continuing importance of the ‘‘Voting Rights Act’’, 

after receiving testimony from Senator Tester; Anthony Johnstone, University of Montana School of 

Law, Missoula; and Michael A. Carvin, Jones Day, 

and Elisabeth MacNamara, League of Women Voters 

of the United States, both of Washington, DC. 

BUSINESS MEETING 

Committee on Veterans’ Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business 

items: 

S. 3340, to improve and enhance the programs 

and activities of the Department of Defense and the 

Department of Veterans Affairs regarding suicide 


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