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Monday, September 10, 2012 

Daily Digest 

HIGHLIGHTS 

See Re ́sume ́ of Congressional Activity. 

Senate 

Chamber Action 

Routine Proceedings, pages S6023–S6074 

Measures Introduced: Four bills were introduced, 

as follows: S. 3522–3525. Pages S6062–63 

Measures Reported: 

Reported on Tuesday, August 28, during the adjournment: 

Report to accompany S. 3240, to reauthorize agricultural programs through 2017. (S. Rept. No. 

112–203) 

S. 1002, to prohibit theft of medical products, 

with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. 

Rept. No. 112–204) 

S. 1515, to permit certain members of the United 

States Secret Service and certain members of the 

United States Secret Service Uniformed Division who 

were appointed in 1984, 1985, or 1986 to elect to 

be covered under the District of Columbia Police 

and Firefighter Retirement and Disability System in 

the same manner as members appointed prior to 

1984, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 112–205) 

H.R. 915, to establish a Border Enforcement Security Task Force program to enhance border security by fostering coordinated efforts among Federal, 

State, and local border and law enforcement officials 

to protect United States border cities and communities from trans-national crime, including violence 

associated with drug trafficking, arms smuggling, illegal alien trafficking and smuggling, violence, and 

kidnapping along and across the international borders of the United States, with an amendment in the 

nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 112–206) 

S. 3193, to make technical corrections to the legal 

description of certain land to be held in trust for the 

Barona Band of Mission Indians. (S. Rept. No. 

112–207) 

S. 3521, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 

1986 to extend certain expiring provisions. (S. Rept. 

No. 112–208) 

Reported on Monday, September 10: 

S. 3524, to deter the evasion of antidumping and 

countervailing duty orders. (S. Rept. No. 112–209) 

 Page S6062 

Measures Considered: 

Veterans Jobs Corps Act: Senate resumed consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of 

S. 3457, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

to establish a veterans jobs corps. 

 Pages S6025–33, S6038–45 

September 11th Observance—Agreement: A 

unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing 

that at 11 a.m., on Tuesday, September 11, 2012, 

there be a moment of silence in observance of the 

11th anniversary of the attacks on September 11, 

2001. Page S6066 

Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination: 

By 89 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. EX. 190), Stephanie Marie Rose, of Iowa, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa. 

 Pages S6033–38, S6074 

Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations: 

5 Air Force nominations in the rank of general. 

6 Army nominations in the rank of general. 

Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Foreign 

Service, and Navy. Page S6066 

Messages from the House: Pages S6054–55 

Measures Referred: Page S6055 

Measures Placed on the Calendar: 

 Pages S6055, S6066 

Measures Read the First Time: Pages S6055, S6066 

Enrolled Bills Presented: Page S6055 

Executive Communications: Pages S6055–62 

Additional Cosponsors: Pages S6063–65 

Additional Statements: Pages S6051–54 

Amendments Submitted: Page S6065 

Notices of Hearings/Meetings: Page S6065 

Privileges of the Floor: Pages S6065–66 

Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. 

(Total—190) Page S6037 


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D830 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST September 10, 2012 

Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 7:54 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, September 11, 2012. (For Senate’s program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today’s 

Record on page S6067.) 

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

h 

No committee meetings were held. 

House of Representatives 

Chamber Action 

Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 9 — 

public bills, H.R. 6363–6369; and 4 resolutions, 

H.J. Res. 117; and H. Res. 774–776 were introduced. Pages H5764–65 

Additional Cosponsors: Pages H5765–67 

Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows: 

H.R. 4057, to amend title 38, United States 

Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 

develop a comprehensive policy to improve outreach 

and transparency to veterans and members of the 

Armed Forces through the provision of information 

on institutions of higher learning, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 112–646); 

H.R. 6215, to amend the Trademark Act of 1946 

to correct an error in the provisions relating to remedies for dilution (H. Rept. 112–647); 

H.R. 6189, to eliminate unnecessary reporting requirements for unfunded programs under the Office 

of Justice Programs (H. Rept. 112–648); 

H.R. 4305, to authorize the Attorney General to 

provide a grant to assist Federal, State, tribal, and 

local law enforcement agencies in the rapid recovery 

of missing individuals, with an amendment (H. 

Rept. 112–649); 

H.R. 1775, to amend title 18, United States 

Code, to establish a criminal offense relating to 

fraudulent claims about military service, with 

amendments (H. Rept. 112–650); 

H.R. 2800, to amend the Violent Crime Control 

and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to reauthorize the 

Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program, 

with an amendment (H. Rept. 112–651); 

H.R. 6213, to limit further taxpayer exposure 

from the loan guarantee program established under 

title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, with 

an amendment (H. Rept. 112–652, Pt. 1); 

H.R. 6131, to extend the Undertaking Spam, 

Spyware, And Fraud Enforcement With Enforcers 

beyond Borders Act of 2006, and for other purposes 

(H. Rept. 112–653); 

S. 710, to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act 

to direct the Administrator of the Environmental 

Protection Agency to establish a hazardous waste 

electronic manifest system, with an amendment (H. 

Rept. 112–654); 

H.R. 5544, to authorize and expedite a land exchange involving National Forest System land in the 

Laurentian District of the Superior National Forest 

and certain other National Forest System land in the 

State of Minnesota that has limited recreational and 

conservation resources and lands owned by the State 

of Minnesota in trust for the public school system 

that are largely scattered in checkerboard fashion 

within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness 

and have important recreational, scenic, and conservation resources, and for other purposes, with an 

amendment (H. Rept. 112–655); 

H.R. 2706, to prohibit the sale of billfish, with 

an amendment (H. Rept. 112–656); 

H.R. 6007, to exempt from the Lacey Act 

Amendments of 1981 certain water transfers by the 

North Texas Municipal Water District and the 

Greater Texoma Utility Authority (H. Rept. 

112–657); 

H.R. 5319, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers 

Act to designate segments of the mainstem of the 

Nashua River and its tributaries in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for study for potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, 

and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. 

Rept. 112–658); 

H.R. 5865, to promote the growth and competitiveness of American manufacturing, with an amendment (H. Rept. 112–659, Pt. 1); 

H. Res. 773, providing for consideration of the 

bill (H.R. 5544) to authorize and expedite a land exchange involving National Forest System land in the 

Laurentian District of the Superior National Forest 

and certain other National Forest System land in the 

State of Minnesota that has limited recreational and 

conservation resources and lands owned by the State 

of Minnesota in trust for the public school system 

that are largely scattered in checkerboard fashion 

within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness 

and have important recreational, scenic, and conservation resources, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5949) to 


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